[ WP ] aliens invade earth but what the do n't realise is that humans have been fighting each other forever and have become very good at it .

They came as shooting stars, the carriages of wishes, and finally, the catalyst of our supremacy. 
 
 
 The burning of the fireballs marred the sky in a permanent mark. Day came at night and we were awoken as one. Panic ensued and it was a disaster. I held my children close and became religious for it seemed that the gods themselves were coming. 
 
 
 Their crashes echoed throughout the world and the cumulative fear enshrouded the world. In the dark craters, our worst enemy had come. Or so we had thought. From the news bulletins, I remember our indecisiveness. The Pope was on television, rationalizing it all from the eye of Christ. Our leaders were on, rationalizing our strategies. Everyone was afraid. 
 
 
 I held my children close and I hoped we would die painlessly. That night that they came was full of streaks of red and terror. But then a decision had to be made and we investigated the craters. 
 
 
 Through the veils of smoke and in the night and in the day, our shadows covered the indents of our planets. Our bright lights shone in the faces of our doom. And how pitiful were they! How small and incapable were these beings whom had changed the history of Humans forever. 
 
 
 All over the world, the discoveries came to light. They rode in advanced horses, ships beyond our capabilities, but they did not know true war. They did not know true violence. They had never met us before. 
 
 
 Our would be conquerors demanded our surrender for that was how honor dictated it must be. They had come and caught us unawares. They had landed in our land and stayed there without fear for over two earth hours, a significant time for them. We were to be their servants. They were our Gods. 
 
 
 And they were small and soft. The laughter was broadcast around the world. Furbies demanding our surrender! I remember the headlines. I remember the jokes. I loosened the grip on my children but I knew things had changed. A watershed moment had come, but it had come in our favor. That night that they came had sealed the fate of humanity. It had written history. 
 
 
 Through our excuses we justified our torture. We justified our murder. We learned so much, as did they. I still think about how they must have felt, going from the conquerors to feeling pain for the first time. To knowing that they could be killed as easy as cutting fruit. No matter their last thoughts, they died and we gained. We gained the technology to defy light, to defy time and age. 
 
 
 The Pope gave Jesus' blessing. The leaders were all in agreement. It was n't long before we would be off. It was n't long before we would invade them. My hair had gotten grayer since the first landing, but I was still young by the time we were ready. Not long had passed and we had united as one. Humanity would expand, and we would be reckoned with. I thought back to my life and what had passed. I looked at my children and they were older then but still small. I would be but a footnote in this new chapter of history. Perhaps they would be something more. Perhaps they would be remembered. I thought back to the would-be invaders. How they would regret awakening us that night.
