Livin' Life To It's Fullest Chapter One What A Twisted World We Live In

Heyy everyone! As you may have noticed, this is a new story. I decided it was about time i made a one-shots story and after getting a prompt from my writing teacher to write a historical fiction with the background of the Holocaust, my first chapter was born! I thought it turned out pretty good and after studying the Holocaust in class, i feel it deserves to be represented. I know im not going to exactly capture all the emotions of living in that era, so hence why i said the story has to have the Holocaust as the background piece to the story... where everything takes place. So enough of me blabbering, and on with the story! Before the story, i have a brief summary of the Holocaust and what happened if you didnt know. It would help you understand the chapter more if you read it so please take the time and do so. One last tiny note, if your also possibly wondering why i named the story Livin' Life To Its Fullest. Simple answer, its my life motto or quote i live by. Im sorry for the large AN... i'll try to minimize it next time :) I hope you enjoy! REVIEW!

Important note: This one-shot does indeed involve the Holocaust and the religions involved. Anything I may say from a characters stand point comes from my own opinion(s). If I in any means offend anybody some how, please understand that people think differently. I do NOT in any way mean to offend anyone, but if I happen to do so, I apologize. If you have any issues concerning this chapter, please don't give me remarks or any bad comments as a review. Fan Fiction is to express yourself and no matter what I may think, you have the freedom to think otherwise. I do NOT judge anyone on their opinion(s), but if you fell unconfortable reading this for any reason, please just ignore the chapter. This is my first chapter like this and usually they are more in this time era.

DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Kickin' It

Background info of the Holocaust. (I would recommend you read it in order to understand this chapter more efficently.)

When Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany, he had visions of building an improved Germany.

Germans were told by Hitler that they would rule the entire world.

Hitler and the Nazis hated the Jews and for several years anti-Semitism existed.

Hitler blamed all of Germany's issues on several people including the communists, and the Jewish.

Hitler soon persuaded his country that the Jews were the enemy and straightaway, the Jews lost their citizenship.

As war broke out, Germany invaded Poland and the oppression of Jews became greater.

They were forced to wear yellow stars that basically "branded" them and the citizens of Germany thought nothing of it.

Their lives were happy and because of that, many Germans encouraged the dislike of Jews.

Jews were humiliated and Ghettos were set up throughout Germany and Europe for them.

These were cut off areas in the country that had awful living conditions.

A lot of people died of starvation, disease and so on while living there.

Though the citizens of Germany weren't informed and didn't know was that Hitler was planning to delete the entire race of Jews from the world.

The Jewish were soon being exiled to unknown places that included labor camps or concentration camps.

Hitler simply told Germany that they were just sending Jews to the east to do labor, but this was far from true.

In one of the most well-known concentration camps (Aushchwitz), there were gas chambers and crematoriums.

Most death camps had these two things.

Gas chambers were enclosed rooms usually disguised as showers where the gas went through a vent and killed whoever was in the concealed chamber.

Once they were gassed, they would burn their bodies in the crematoriums, or bury them in mass graves.

Hundreds of thousands of innocent Jews died daily, some from disease, some others starvation, and sometimes even because of the other harsh living conditions.

When you entered a camp, your head was shaved and you were given a number, basically replacing your name.

They tattooed that number on your arm and you were forced to give up all your clothes which were replaced with a striped uniform with the specific number on it.

The uniforms were always used over and over again and they slept in small barracks and sometimes, Jews would wake up and find a dead body next to them.

They were forced to do hard labor all day and since they were barely fed or watered, many became fragile and perished.

Some killed themselves because of this.

An example would be by throwing themselves against the electrical barbed wire fence that surrounded the perimeter of the camp.

This continued on for years, until Germany finally surrendered and the war ended.

Hitler had shot himself and the Nazis tried to hide what they had done to all these Jewish people.

Americans found the camps and were appalled at the sight.

They saw heaps and piles of dead bodies that were basically skin and bones they were so thin and the crematoriums along with the gas chambers were demolished.

Over 6 million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust and two thirds of the population of Jews were wiped out... 1 ½ half million of them being children.

I know it's not exactly the best way to start out a one-shot story, especially one called Livin' Life To It's Fullest, but this chapter means a great deal to me.

In Language Arts, we read two books about two different people during the time of the Holocaust.

Those books were called "The Diary Of A Young Girl" written by Anne Frank, published by Otto Frank, and "Night" by Elie Wiesel.

Both books were incredible to read and the detail was well done.

They both are from the Jewish religion and both have very different stories, both relating to the Holocaust.

Elie Wiesel was forced to go to a concentration camp while Anne Frank attempted to hide in a building with several others.

Both conditions were tough in their own ways and after reading them both, I was speechless.

This chapter means the world to me for this reason and if you did indeed take the time to read this brief summary of the Holocaust, I thank you.

I honestly bet at least half of the readers who read this won't either read it because of it's historic background, all the words that he/she may not care about, or for maybe other reasons.

Since there is not much I can do to thank you, the readers who spared their time to read this will earn a shoutout in my next chapter.

Also, if you have an account like Twitter, Tumblr, and so on, i'll be sure to give you a shoutout on there as well.

Tell me in you're review that you read this and not only will you also win a shoutout, but if you have a Fan Fiction account, I will PM you my next chapter a day before I publish it.

I know you can't actually for sure know how much this means to me, but I hope you realized it means a lot to me.

I took alot of time into this and though it may or may not be my best, I hope I wrote this as a pretty accurate historical fiction.

Again, I thank the readers who actually took their time to read this and as always, I hope you enjoy.

Jack's POV

"Jackson, come back here!"

All I could do was chuckle in amusement as the angered blond chased me from behind. (Author's Note: Yes, I know that hair like Kim's wasn't around during the time, please use your imagination. As you may notice, the words may not fit the time era since i'm not the best with writing in that form of historic vocab and such. Also, in order for me to fit the characters in, I obviously had to use their names so i'm sorry if they aren't approperiate names for religion and/or the time era.)

Let me clarify, my name is Jackson, and my friend pursuing me from behind is Kimberly.

We've been friends ever since we were toddlers.

We're in our mid-teens and still had the same close friendship that we've had for years now.

Ever since her family moved next door to us, we've done practically everything together.

She knew me like the back of her hand and I knew her like the back of mine.

We were both claimed to be unusual by other kids and their parents who have seen us because of our outgoing and unique personality.

I was more adventurous and outgoing than the average school boy, while Kimberly, who preferred to be called Kim for short, was strong.

Not all physically, but more mentally.

That's why we were so close to one another, we were practically brother and sister.

As usual, we were currently outside running about since just only moments ago, I took her apple.

Just as she went to bite down on it, I quickly snatched the red fruit from her hand and ran off, purposely annoying her.

We continued to run amuck like this for minutes on end until I ran into a fence which blocked my path.

Not literally of course.

I then carefully and more observingly, studied the area more.

We had run into a small forest of some sort full of trees and all sorts of vegetation.

Only mere seconds after I had slowed down at the foot of the fence, Kim had caught up with me and had reacted similar to me at the sight of the fence.

We both approached the fence with caution as I went to grab ahold of the metal.

Just as my fingertips were about to come in contact with it, my hand was swiftly snatched away.

Confused from her recent action, I shot Kim a confused look as she simply pointed to a sign beside her on the fence that read in big, bold letters "Danger! High Voltage."

After realizing I almost had electrocuted myself, I thanked her before taking a step backwards.

As I focused my attention more on what was inside the perimeter of the fence, I saw some large and small wooden buildings that people in an odd, striped uniform that walked in, out, and all about the secluded area.

However, as we continued to watch them, Kim asked "What is this place?"

"I have no clue…" I answered truthfully as we both continued to watch in confusion.

After being astounded for so long, I then decided it was time to get a better look.

I then told her "Let's go get a better view from over there." I said, referring to a small clearing to our left.

After she silently nodded in agreement, we both made our way over and crouched behind some bushes.

We were close enough to see what was going on, while at the same time, were invisible to anyone outside or inside of the fence's boundary.

We both watched as a variety of people from men, to women, to even children slowly move about the camp.

Just when I thought I couldn't be any more confused, both Kim and I smelt a horrid stench coming from inside the camp.

As I looked to the sky, I noticed black smoke filling the sky above.

I personally couldn't stand to see any more of this as we eyed the people inside, precisely watching their every movement.

Seeing that Kim felt the same by her expression, I tapped her shoulder before whispering to her "Let's go back home, our parents are probably out looking for us."

With that being said, we both with-drawled from the site and began our long journey back.

We walked back with ease as we attempted to forget what we had seen just moments ago.

In no time, we eventually made it back to the outskirts of our town.

After giving each other a quick farewell, we both went back only to discuss the matter without parents.

We weren't told much, but I was personally enlightened.

The moment I walked into the kitchen, I saw my mother and father sitting at the oak table in the center of the room.

I could tell the discussion at hand was slightly aggravating for both my mother and father as the vaguely explained to me what I saw earlier.

You could practically hear their hearts pounding out of their chest, increasing in speed as a few beads of sweat rolled down their forehead.

Their hesitation was easily noticeable in their eyes as they forced themselves to explain the situation at hand.

As they explained to me all of the major details, I stood there, frozen in disbelief.

Even being at a younger age, I believed that mistreating the Jewish, more or less anyone was wrong.

What if I was in their shoes?

Would I want to be treated with such cruelty?

No, and just for believing this, I now became more of an outcast than ever before.

I was alone, abandoned by my own parents.

They tried to convince me otherwise that the Jews were heartless, when all along my own religious race were the heartless ones.

What did the Jewish do to me?

Because I was unwilling to support or "except" my religion, I was accused of being a Jew myself by some men searching the area.

Later on I found them out to be German soldiers or as most others call them, Nazis.

The patch stitched into their uniform which held the Nazis emblem, the source of their power.

I now worked in the exact same camp Kim and I had discovered.

One day I was outside the fence living a free life, another, I was inside in a living hellhole.

About a week after I was sent here, I saw Kim being forced inside as well at gunpoint.

What human being deserved to be treated so abused, so neglected?

Nobody, simple as that.

That one question had me thinking...

Who in this right world deserved this?

On the other hand, this world is the opposite of right.

It's completely twisted.

Being a prisoner, I didn't know much so when we were ordered out of our small cabins as the arrival of Kim's group came, we all were confused.

You could see high ranking officers for the Nazis shouting commands to lower levels left and right.

Once all the captives were cleared from all the buildings, they herded us into the yard.

During this moment, I took the opportunity to find Kim.

As a result, after making my way through the crowd, I finally managed to find her.

She still was in her regular clothes as she had arrived only mere minutes ago.

I called out her name and without having to repeat, she turned around to see me squeezing through a scared couple who fought to hang onto one another… hence my difficulty trying to make my way to Kim.

As I finally passed through, both Kim and I engulfed one another in a vast hug.

She hasn't seen me in over a week and the same went for me.

A few seconds later, we separated and she managed to tell me over the yelling of the crowd "Jack, what happened to you? You disappeared after that day…"

"When I got home, I asked my parents about what we saw. They told me it was for my own good, but I refused to accept it. The stuff they told me… it wasn't for my own good, it was for theirs… and now I'm here."

"Jack, if what they said about this place is true, we're gonna die. There has to be a way to get out. We both don't deserve this and neither does anyone else here."

After looking around for a moment, my eye caught sight of a Nazi soldier walking into a cabin.

As my eyes grazed around the fence, I saw in the far corner of the fence a pile of debris.

Instantly then, an idea came to mind. I lightly grabbed her shoulders as I said "I think I have an idea, it's a slim shot but it's better than nothing."

"What?"

"I'm going to try and sneak us out."

"How? There's a fence surrounding the place remember."

"Yeah so that leaves us with two main options, go under or over. We can't go over since for one it's too high up, and secondly, they'd see us. So that means we can go under."

Just than as if cued, a loud boom crackled throughout the sky, indicating a storm was near.

Rain slowly began to trickle down my face as microscopic drops began to sprinkle down from the skies.

Knowing I needed to hurry before it rained any harder, I turned to Kim one last time and said "Go to the far corner of the fence, behind the pile of rubble. I'll meet you there. If everything works out, I should meet you there shortly."

We both said our quick farewells but just before taking off, I gave Kim a quick peck on the cheek in hopes to enlighten her.

Without another word, I sneakily ran to the side of a cabin, luckily attraction no attention.

I as I went to turn the corner to go behind the small, wooden compartment, I stopped in my tracks when I saw a soldier standing about twenty feet away, back facing towards me.

Just before he was able to turn around, I slid under the small house and hid in the shadows.

His black boots calmly walked across the mud as he strolled along on his patrol route.

The moment he passed my location, I silently got up from under the cabin and before he could realize what was going on, put him in a head lock, cutting off his air supply.

He got weaker and weaker by the second and in just under a minute of tussling, trying to get out of my grip, he finally gave out.

I dragged him under the hut and after swapping uniforms, not including the clothing such as underwear, I grabbed some of the now soaked mud from the ground and splattered some of it across my face.

Since it was now raining to a point puddles were starting to form, I thought it would make more of an effect to add to my disguise.

Acting as if I was on patrol, I calmly wandered my way over to the cabin labeled "Officer's Quarters".

After looking around to make sure nobody was looking at me, I walked inside and shut the door.

Luckily, I was the only one in the room and because of that, I hurried around the room, looking for a spare shovel.

I soon found it and after I grabbed it, hid it behind my back before I went to head out.

Just as I opened the door, right there in front of me was a man in a uniform like mine.

He eyed me curiously as I stood there, trying to remain as calm as possible.

After a few moments, he then asked "Soldier, where are you going with that shovel?"

Thinking up the best lie I could at the moment, I quickly made something up.

"I was told to grab another shovel by the boss. Some Jew broke theirs and we needed a replacement shovel…and Jew. He asked me to deliver a new one to him ASAP."

The tension in the room grew thicker by the second as he studied me through for a few seconds before nodding.

"Ok then, go on ahead." He said as he walked inside past me.

I immediately left the room and went out into the rain, giving out a large exhale in relief.

I wiped the single drop of sweat off my forehead as I walked to the far corner of the fence where I was to meet Kim.

Once I was completely hidden from the rest of the camp, I saw to my right Kim sitting on the floor, back against a large piece of stone remains.

I crouched down to her level and was greeted with a warm smile as her chocolate brown eyes locked with mine.

Since it was now raining harder than before, her hair was now clumping in thicker strands as I took my hat required to pull off the uniform and threw it to the floor.

"Thank god you're ok, I thought you might have gotten caught."

"Luckily, I'm surprised I got away with it. There was a real close call but I was lucky and made up a lie."

"So, what was your idea?" she asked as I realized the shovel was still hidden behind my back.

The instant I brought the shovel forwards, she understood exactly what I intended to do.

"You can stay here and I'll start shoveling out a hole before someone catches-" I began before I was interrupted by Kim who cut me off.

"Jack, you already got away with getting a shovel and a uniform, don't push it. Let me dig it. For one I haven't done anything to contribute to our escape yet. Furthermore, I want to help. Also, if anyone saw you come this way and they don't see you come out from behind the rubble, they are going to suspect something's up."

Knowing she was right about the guards seeing me and also because of the fact I wasn't going to convince her to agree with my plan, I just nodded as I answered. "Ok, I'll act as if I'm patrolling while you dig. Give me a signal when you get a big enough hole."

After watching her smirk in victory, I then got up, put my hat back on, then walked right back into the camp's sight and began my "patrol".

Ten minutes had passed when I got Kim signal…

Let's just say it wasn't the best idea but it did get my attention.

I was walking in the opposite direction of Kim when something small hit the back of my head.

My head throbbed as I cringed at the object's impact to my head.

I checked to see if anyone had seen my embarrassing action but once I confirmed nobody saw me, I turned around and walked back to Kim, giving her as slight glare as I approached.

She was sitting on the ground beside the hole as I crouched down to her level once again.

"What was that for?" I asked as I rubbed the back of my aching head.

She just simply smirked again as she explained "You said to get your attention, you didn't say how to."

The rain continued to pour harder and harder by the minute so after we heard another crack of lightning, she began squeezing her way through the hole.

After she freed herself, I then wedged my way through before getting out of the hole, joining her on the other side of the enclosure.

I never thought I would see the outside of the camp ever again, but here I was, free once again.

Kim then motioned me to move a bit further from the camp before celebrating.

After hiding behind some bushes and shrubs, I consumed her in a deep hug.

She wrapped her arms around my neck as I picked her up, her legs wrapping around me as instinct as I spun around a few time in excitement.

We both saw we each had a large grin planted on our faces as we separated and as I set her back on the ground.

Though we had enough excitement to last for years, we both knew we needed to get out of the area before we could celebrate anything.

Minutes after we began our escape, I noticed Kim was shivering.

Ignoring her plea for me to keep my jacket, I gently threw it over her shoulders anyways.

I knew she secretly wanted it since she was cold and was able to confirm my theory when she tucked herself deep inside, hoping to keep the cold air out.

Our feet throbbed in a sharp, aching pain as they soon felt as if they were going to give out from under us.

We both soon struggled to stand alone and even though we took breaks, our feet hurt too much from walking on the rough terrain.

We had probably been walking for hours on end before we finally came across a small town.

Since it was in the evening when we walked about, not many people were outside.

Most were inside preparing to eat, sleep, and so on.

As we walked around for a few minutes, hoping to find something useful, Kim eventually found a train station.

We both we didn't have any money, but since I still had my Nazi uniform on, another idea came to mind.

I asked for my jacket back in order to pull off my idea as she gave me an odd look.

As we approached the counter, I quickly spoke before Kim could so my plan could work.

I stood up straight, shoulders abroad as I asked the young woman for two tickets to get Kim and I back home.

Before she was about to ask for money, I asked "I'm terribly sorry, but it seems I left my money at the camp. Is there any chance you could spare a ride for a soldier?"

Sensing she was hesitant about giving me the free ride, I then gave her a quick wink, instantly making her melt.

A fuzzy smile grew across her face as she attempted to talk to me while laughing uncontrollably.

Her face began to slowly turn red as she finally was able to speak correctly.

"Well, I can't say no to a soldier can I?"

She then grabbed the tickets and as she handed them to me, she whispered "Remember to come and visit more often soldier."

She winked back to me as I grinned widely, leading Kim in the direction of the train.

As soon as I was out of the woman's view, I let go of Kim.

She then stopped in her tracks and after turning on her heel, she asked "What was that about?"

"Hey! We needed a ride ok? I'm in this ugly uniform so I might as well pull it off."

After a few agonizing hours, the train finally arrived and in a few hours we actually made it back.

In other words, we were home.

Fortunately the train station wasn't too far from home so the walk there wasn't too bad.

Kim and I both stood before our houses, nervous to knock at the door.

Kim easily recognized my unease and asked "Are you ok?"

"What if they send me back?"

"What?"

"What if they send me back? I escaped a prison and I'm coming back home, dressed as a German Nazi to parents who barely helped to defend that I wasn't a Jew when I was accused of one because of my personal opinion."

"Jack, they're you're parents. I swear, if you feel they are gonna kick you out or throw you out, come over. If they were meant to be parents they would respect their own child no matter what."

Her words did help me relax, but I knew it was time to face my parents once again.

Accepting whatever would happen in the next few minutes was reality, I turned to Kim.

"Thanks Kim, I'm glad I met you all those years ago. I wouldn't be the same if you weren't here."

After hearing my words, she smiled as she said "Same here."

Just then, I felt this unusual force push me forwards.

Though I didn't expect or mean to, I did anyways…

I kissed my best friend.

I immediately expected her to disperse from me, but instead returned the favor.

She wrapped her arms around my neck as mine went to her waist, pulling her deeper into the kiss.

So, let's take a moment to re-capture the moment shall we?

Here I was, an escaped convict of a work camp who after a long, painful experience, found myself back home.

The rain continued to pour more and more as the clouds above us darkened.

The sun slowly slipped below the horizon and as the light faded from the sky, I stood here in the freezing rain, kissing my best friend.

Soon, we both knew we had to part and after going our separate ways, I walked up to the doorstep of my house.

With slight hesitation I knocked firmly on the door, making the knock echo slightly around me as the rain continued to soak me by the minute.

As a rain drop fell from my hat, my head followed it down as I watched it fall into a sea of rain droplets.

As I did so, I heard the door in front of me open.

As I looked up, I saw before me my father who stood there, stunned.

I took the Nazi hat off from my head and held it firmly in my hand as I held it across my chest, out of my way.

Without having to say a word, I could barely hear him mutter "Son?"

It took a few moments for him to register that I did indeed stand before him, but once he did, he embraced me in a huge hug and called out "Honey, Jackson's returned!"

In seconds I saw my mom from over my father's shoulder appear around the corner.

Once our eyes locked, I could see hers begin to water as she ran over to me, this time engulfing me with a hug as my father stood there, a warm grin plastered on his face.

I never thought I would again see Kim, my family, or even the sight of normal civilization ever again, and now… I have it all back.

I'm back to my family, friends to where my adventure began, and most of all…

I'm back home.