[ WP ] Start with a tragedy - and then tell me how it is actually a happy ending .

A man stood at a podium in front of a conference of people. His weathered, white hair hung softly on his head. His glasses seemed to sink into his aging face. But he carried distinction of a man who had forged his life around a single area of expertise. He was hear to make a speech that could shock the history of the world. The audience sat uncomfortable as the sensed the impending revelation. `` While at our recent dig sight in the southern hemisphere, near the formal capital of the ancient Itherian people, I found a poem of our two civilizations right after we met.' The man began. The room grew more silent as he continued on, `` it seems odd that two millennia ago we were a separate people. We had different ideas, beliefs. Everything about us was different. The idea that the Encanti enslaved and conquered the Itherians as always been the prevailing theory to our present society. I offer new evidence that some of you may find shocking.'' He reached under the podium and withdrew a single peace of parchment concealed in a glass case. The poem was dirty and the ink fading. 
 
 A low awe spread through the room. Almost 1500 years ago all of the Itherian writings had been lost when a volcanic eruption consumed their former continent. By then the content was uninhabitable and all the Itherians had long ago absorbed into the Encanti society. This poem was the first piece of literature to be uncovered since. The man new the impact of this discovery. He placed it with careful elegance onto the podium and pressed his glasses deeper into the ridge of his nose. 
 
 `` We survived 
 It was the end of us 
 It could have been worse 
 We tried so hard 
 We needed to be reborn 
 We decided to give up 
 Everything changed 
 After awhile we started to notice 
 We acted like them 
 Things seemed better 
 But they were n't 
 We were killing ourselves 
 We deserved our fate'' 
 
 There were now loud murmurs coming from the crowd. Some of the Itherians began shouting at the Encanti. Though long ago the two races have been equal and enjoy each other company it is still sore for many to believe they had been brutalized and conquered in the past. This new evidence only fueled the fire. The man at the podium unleashed a booming voice that surprised an silenced everyone. `` There is more,'' he said as he reigned in his authority. He reached into the podium revealing additional writings sheathed in glass plating. `` In the dig site we uncovered a whole library for the Itherians, with most items intact. This is a monumental discovery indeed and will be remembered for eternity,'' He paused as the room hung on his words, `` we've discovered enough to realize the ancient Itherians had a fundamental difference in writing. While we read top to bottom, they read bottom to top.'' Somehow the room became even more silent. No one drew breath. It was as if all the sound in the room had been sucked away. History was rewritten that day.
