[ WP ] 60 years ago , the earth stopped spinning normally . Half of the earth has been night and the other half day since then . Someone who has never left the night side experiences daytime for the first time when the earth starts spinning again .

60 years ago was when the Light and Dark separated. Ever since the Dark had been under the harsh heel of the Light. 
 
 We had to work the mines. Raise the cattle. The harsh conditions created by the Light side did n't make the situation better. Since our solar arrays were useless, for obvious reasons, we had to suffer their'failing system' and frequent'errors' which meant power outages were getting longer and more common. 
 
 Years of literally living in the dark had taken its toll on us. We were scared, had no sense of personal identity and blindness was slowly becoming more prevalent in the newborns. We were evolving, out senses changing. We had great hearing, but our eyesight was poor. 
 
 Out education was equally abysmal. We were taught how to mine, what different tools were used for. Nothing that could help us was taught. It was purely for the Light's benefit. 
 
 Trouble was, we had no knowledge of them. In the dark in *so many ways*. 
 
 And that's where I came in. I was sick of not knowing. The lack lf knowledge was worse than any punishments that the Light could dole out. 
 
 I had been planning on leaving the Dark for years now. I had worked out the truck timetables, the order the supply drops came in, everything. When the cargo trucks came in I looped my belt around the fuel pipes and gripped the underside of the metal beast. 
 A sharp stuttering informed me the time had come. The engine choked into life and the convoy slowly moved away from my home. The one place I'd ever known. My life was there and I was leaving it. 
 
 The time it took to reach the borders was shocking. We went over dust and gravel and sand and grass, I think. Sharp rocks had slashed my back to ribbons but I could not cry out for if I cried out I would be heard. If I was heard I was better off dead. 
 
 Large mechanical doors opened and the light broke through the gap. Even a brief glimpse of light, a hasty theft of the sun's rays was blinding. Funny how a lifetime of darkness was blinded by light. 
 
 The planet was still spinning and in our confusion the Light side had built a veil over our side. It must have been huge. It was evil. 
 
 As my body broke down into uncontrollable shaking and I fell off the bus the guards heard my thud and mournful moans. A thick cloth was wrapped around my eyes and my hands tied. I was in the dark again, but at least I had tasted the light. I had felt it's majesty wash over me. I felt hope. 
 
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 This was fun to write albeit I read the prompt wrong and had to change some things.
