[This is the (2nd) rewrite of Prologue with the writing brought up to current standard-ish and the chapter expanded a little bit]

Flashia has been through a lot. The country underwent a civil war to its South-Western regions, resulting in some states declaring independence and the collapse of the First Federal Republic, and a regional war with Hatemea*.

It has fought countless of battles in what can be seen as two of the deadliest wars unleashed on the continent of Crafare, only surpassed by the mass destruction of the Capital-Commune War where the Cold War had gone hot. It seen its Federal Republic collapse once on both economical and political grounds. It had lost many of its sons and daughters.

It has gone through many strife's in its recent memories, but nonetheless, it has recovered. With the end of the Reunification War, the states that once seceded from Flashia would eventually reunite with the federation, mainly due to economic, security and defense issues.

Together, they would rebuild from the ravages of what was left of the wars whilst also reorganizing and modernizing its forces so that the recent tramautic memories shall not repeat, at least that is the idea.

In retrospective, the future is looking brighter for them, but Flashia will soon have a shock of their life not seen after the Capital-Commune War that caused the fall of the First Federal Republic, in a certain event that should have been impossible.

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Barminde, Tilenogtyve, 22/3/2017 The President of Flashia, Simon Thomasen woke up to yet another day in the de-facto capital city of Flashia. It's a cold but still beautiful day, and yet that beauty would be shelved in his mind for later, as he has his responsibilities as the head of state of Flashia.

No time would be wasted in preparing himself for the coming works, getting properly dressed up, a good breakfast, and spending a little bit of time with his loved ones before inevitably departing from the palace.

"Good morning Gade" he said to his guard standing near the front door where Simon had exited from.

"Morning Mr. President" replied the aforementioned guard "I see that you're ready for the day?"

"Yep, it's another day as the President of this Federal Republic, and I still got a year to go"

"Right..."

The Flash president would then start walking to the front gate where his commute awaits him. Just as he's on his way to his car however, he overheard a pair of guards' conversation

"...I couldn't hear anything on the radio but static! Even turning the knob wouldn't work for whatever reason"

"Same here, when I turned on the TV this morning, the next thing I knew is that none of the channel seems to be up and running..."

While the president just continued his way, he can't help but get concerned about this. Whether it's just a coincidence that both malfunction or the satellites' down, he does not know for sure. Maybe he will get the answer once gets to his office.

Upon reaching his transport, the guard standing at the car would open door for him, the president then settling himself down on the backseat before the door would be closed.

"The usual place Mr. President?" said the driver who had been waiting.

"Aye, let's get a move on already"

"Roger that" the driver then reached to his radio "Sector-1, we are good to go"

The accelerator pedal would be pressed on by the foot of the driver, the car's wheels starts to roll along the road. The vehicle would not be alone as more would join it as a small convoy would form.

...

45 minutes later...

As Simon walks down the hallway to his office, a figure would approach him, and it was none other than Internal Affairs Minister Lars Ibsen.

"Mr. President, you might want to see this"

"Ibsen? I thought you were supposed to be in Freserrik?"

"I would have been... had it not for an emergency, a federal-level emergency at that"

The President started to look really concerned.

"...Okay, go on..."

"Mobile services had suddenly been cut off, satellites ceased to work, and we could not communicate with any other country in any way, let alone Hatemean Kingdom as of today"

Thomasen was stopped in his track and was frozen for a few seconds by that statement.

"Not even Hatemea?" the president inquired just to make sure it was right.

"Not even Hatemea" confirmed what Ibsen had said wasn't a mistake.

Again, the president were speechless for a few seconds.

"Is this a cyberattack or something?"

"Doesn't look like it sir, Cyberwarfare Department couldn't find any indication of one"

Thomasen let out sigh, before continuing: "Alright, I want you to investigate further into this matter, find out the cause of this whole thing"

"Yes, sir" Ibsen acknowledged before he left his presence.

After a sigh, the President of Flashia would then continue his way to his office. When he arrived at the office, the next thing he knew when he opened the door was that a woman was waiting for him.

"Commerce Minister Natalie Lind"

"Mr. President" acknowledged the minister as she turned to face the head of state.

As he sat down on his chair, Thomasen asked "You got something to report to me?"

"Yes sir" Natalie replied "Got something really dramatic here..."

"Oh really? What is it then?"

"...To begin, the stock market had suddenly collapsed, Flash companies had started to lose money, furthermore, foreign companies inexplicably disappeared overnight, the effect of which are more devastating than what had unfolded in 1993"

And again, the head-of-state was in shock of what he was hearing, it sounds almost unbelievable had it not from the Commerce Minister herself.

"...Foreign companies are somehow gone?"

"And that's left is the building minus the signs and whatever indicates their identity"

"Oh dear... let's just hope it won't start another war in the South..."

Natalie nodded in agreement.

"...And let me guess, this whole situation created a job crisis?"

"Precisely, more than hundred of thousands people lost their job overnight, oh and investors started to sell out their stocks, causing many of remaining companies to file for bankruptcy"

The Flash president would slightly tilt his hand down a little bit and mumbled: "This can't get worse than this..."

"I'm sorry?"

"No, no, it's nothing" as his head would snap back to where it was before "Thanks for taking your time, you may go now"

"Alright, see you" and then the Commerce Minister walked out of the office, leaving president Thomasen alone for quite awhile... And then, someone else would knock on his door.

"Come in"

The door opens, revealing the one who knocked as National Security Minister Axel Korsgaard.

"I hope it's not a bad time to come here"

"Oh hey, my friend! No, it's not, come inside"

Axel would then step into the office of the president, his mouth would then open up.

"Alright let me just-"

"Report something bad to me?"

The National Security Minister, or we can just call him the NatSec Minister if that works, was truthfully completely caught off-guard by the prediction his friend made in a cold voice.

"God, you scare me sometimes"

"I have had 2 ministers come here and told not-so-great news to me, so make it quick, I think I will have a hell of a headache after this..."

"Right... so anyways, recently Flash citizens that is supposed to be abroad suddenly found themselves here, back in the country. Foreigners in country have also disappeared without a trace"

"Another strange phenomenon again?"

"Yep"

The president went silent for awhile, trying to find words in his head to say.

"Oh and by the way" Axel spoke again "In case you're wondering, Bjørn is quite busy today so he asked me to report this to you"

Anders Bjørn is the Immigration Minister who normally would report this kind of news to him. But since he was too busy apparently, he probably had Korsgaard fill him in.

"Anders is always busy isn't he?" said Simon.

"Well I can't blame him" Axel chuckled "Immigration Ministry is known for obscene number of paperwork on a daily basis. Anyways... can I take my leave? Like right now?

"Yes, you may leave now"

"Alright, I'll see you next time"

The National Security Minister leaves the office, and again Thomasen is alone with his thought, rubbing his head.

"This is going to be quite a long day isn't it...?"

...

Barminde, Tilenogtyve, 29/3/2017 "I had dug up everything I could, and it all pointed at nothing, there's no clear cause to this situation at all!"

Ibsen came back with a report of the investigations, the results... were disappointing to say the least. President Thomasen sighed, wondering when this whole thing would end.

"You had done well Ibsen, I'd say you should take a break now, and be glad that you won't be the center of attention now that the connections got restored in some capacity-"

Just as before he finishes the statement, another barged into the presidential office.

"Defense Minister Anton Dam" he retorted "What's the meaning of this?"

"I apologize for rudely interrupting whatever you got down here" answered the Defense Minister "But uh... I think you both should see this for yourselves"

Anton would then open up a file that he had on his hand, revealing a few pictures and put it on the table.

"These pictures were taken by the 183rd Squadron on a reconnaissance mission to our South yesterday, and I know this might seem crazy at first..."

The Internal Minister Ibsen and President Thomasen inspect the pictures, and they were later both shocked at what it showed on closer inspection.

"T-T-This isn't real right?" said the president.

"Trust me, I also didn't want to believe it myself, but it's all real, nothing is faked here"

"H-How could this be possible?" questioned a very much bewildered Internal Affairs Minister as he reviews the picture for himself "Humans with animal feature?"

"Oh and there's more" said Dam as he puts a tape into a player connected to a monitor in the office.

The video showed a footage taken from a reconnaissance pod, revealing wyverns firing fireballs that inevitably missed their mark. The office fell into an awkward silence, as both the Internal Minister and the President were left speechless.

Eventually, Thomasen broke the silence.

"Oh god, what have we got us into...?" he murmured.

...

"My dear fellow Flash citizens, I address to all of you today in what is perhaps our greatest crisis yet ever since the outbreak of the Capital-Commune War and the Crisis of 1993.

A week ago, on March 22nd, 2017, the Federal Republic of Flashia found itself being cut off from the rest of the world along with some mysterious phenomenon's said to be impossible and shouldn't have happened, a phenomenon that scientifically should have been impossible.

On that fateful day, everything and everyone pertaining to foreign countries had all but disappeared with no trace left behind whatsoever, citizens that were abroad were brought back to Flashia without even a single clue as to what sent them back here in this country. Even more perplexing, the landmass that were once bordering countries such as Hatemea is reportedly now just an ocean.

Further investigation into the matter had unfortunately yielded little results. However, the ones that did were all peculiar in one way or another. In the Western Coast, the Marine reported strange sonar signature before a giant monster of some kind was found on a beach somewhere in Kawagrzmotia, and the recent Luftforsvar mission to the South found more landmass and more strange sightings.

All of these combined may suggest that we have somehow found ourselves transferred to an another world. It sounds like it comes from a conspiracy, I know, but trust me, it is all real, nothing is made up here.

Because of that, as much as I did not want to do it... I have also signed the executive order to declare a state of emergency in accordance to the Federal Crisis Response Act. In fact, as I am delivering this speech, the Home Guard had already starting to mobilize its forces in readiness of what is potentially going to come.

May Flashia live through our time, may its people stand united. This is President of Flashia, Simon Thomasen, signing off"

...

"...What was that thing...?" muttered a young girl in her teenage, in clothing of royalty of a bygone era, looking at the skies where a roaring creature in flight was.

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*Hatemea: Officially Hatemean Kingdom, a country that borders Flashia before they got isekai'd, and is slightly smaller.