Lest We Forget a Forever Knight fanfiction by Endaewen 2005	Rating:	G
	Summary:	A poppy brings back memories.  Written in commemoration of Remembrance Day.
	Disclaimer:	None of the characters belong to me.  I make no profit from this story.
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A poppy.  Red and black.  This one pinned on Natalie's shoulder.  In his mind, the one became many.  Fields of the flower, growing where death had lain heavy.  After both wars, he had seen them silvered by the moonlight, like drops of blood.  Always now, he saw them by moon and starlight, never sun.

To mortals, fifty years or more after the war, the poppy had lost its place as a cheerful, bright flower.  It was now a symbol of death and remembrance.  A reminder of war, not just the one war, but all wars.  As such, it sometimes seemed as though it should cover the land, not just a few fields in Europe.  Lest we forget, as they said now.

Nick took advantage of that to remember other, long-forgotten wars and the soldiers who had fought them from his mortal days.  His father.  The guards he had fought beside, defending his home from raiders and bandits.  And, of course, the crusaders.  While he lived, they would not be forgotten.

Today.  Remembrance Day.  He'd tell some of the stories to Natalie, after the service was over.

He came out of his thoughts to hear Natalie asking him a question.  "Sorry, what was it you just said?  I didn't hear you."

"Obviously," she replied.  "What were you thinking about?  You were completely gone there."

"I was thinking about symbols.  The poppy.  You know, I have seen the fields in Flanders, and how appropriate the choice of that flower is.  That led to remembering some of the soldiers I have known."

Natalie nodded and said two words which summed up his thoughts perfectly.  "Remembrance Day."

          

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