Grime

After watching his parents train depart town, Calloway let everything that just happened sink in. His adoptive parents just left him....forever. He would never see them again. Calloway noticed that it started to get dark after a few hours. He promptly got up from the bench and headed home. On his way home he noticed the now usual dispair that everywhere in Ponyville. Parentless children scavenging abandoned buildings to only be doomed by the  plague rats that surely infested the structures, infected ponies being rounded up for "disposal" as the guards called it, and everything was much more run-down now. Calloway had a long and lonely walk ahead of him. His house was on the other side of town from the train station. After around 20 minutes Calloway arived home. He opened his door, undressed and plopped down into his bed.

Meanwhile in the Everfree.......

"I can do this! I can do this!" a tribal boy kept telling himself. This tribal boy's name is Judas. He is an outcast from his tribe and just turned 15. Judas is currently on his way to kill his tribe's leader, who he recently found out was responsible for selling his parents into slavery for the Griffon King. "I can and I WILL DO THIS!" Judas told himself as he grabbed his gun and knife from his dresser.

Judas slid the gun under his pants and put the knife in he pocket. The blade folded so he wasn't at risk of cutting himself or anything. Judas started to make his way towards Lord Estebin's bunker. On the way there, Judas thought about his life. First came the good memories, the ones of his cat/best friend Esben. Then the memories of his parents and finally the ones of his adventures in the woods as a child.

However that was it for the good memories. The bad memories started soon after. He remembered how he was bullied as a kid, "Jud-ASS, Jud-ASS!" the kids would always call him that and he hated it just as any other kid would hate having their name altered to sound funny. Then he thought about the day his parents left, "They died on a hunting trip" the nobles told him. Judas knew better. He then thought about how he had found out about them being sold into slavery by Estebin.

By the time he thought about that though, he was already at the bunker. Now one would think that a bunker would be hard to break into but the opposite was true. The guards felt sorry for Judas so they always let him go in and read books from the Lord's archives and visit the Lord's dog, Hiram.

"Go on in Judas." Johnathan said.

"Thanks John." Judas replied as he descended into the bunker.

Now came the hard part. Judas slipped through the library and faced the challenge of the hallway past the library. He was never allowed back there. Judas immediately crouched down as he heard someone walking down the hall towards the library. He hid behind the corner until they passed and then went down the hall the other way. Soon enough he was near the door to the Lord's room. Two guards stood there. Vigilant to any threat that may enter the bunker. Judas thought for a moment.

He couldnt think of anything. "Wait!" Judas thought. He remembered that he had some coins in his pocket. Judas through the coin down the hallways which took the guards attention. They walked down the hallway a little bit giving Judas just enought room to slip into the Lord's chambers. Once inside he took a look around. Lots of papers, books and decor. "Pretty lavish." Judas thought. Judas' mind strayed a bit before remembering the goal at hand. The death of Estebin. Getting back down to buisness he sneaked up to the side of Estebin's bed. Thinking for a second he contemplated possibly not doing it. "NO! I have to do this..." Judas thought to himself.

Gathering up all his courage he took the dagger out from his pocket unfolded the blade and plunged it deep into the Lords throat. Realizing that he had just killed the Lord he said "I.....I did it." before quickly becoming aware of the punishment he may face. Judas realized that he would have to run very...very fast out of his village to somewhere far, far away. Turning around Judas bolted out of the room.

"HEY YOU! STOP!" was all Judas heard as he ran through the bunker at great speed. Once out Judas saw Johanathan and stopped for a second.

"John, you....were always nice to me. I just thought you should know i'm leaving and not coming back to the village." Judas didn't wait for a reply he simply bolted into the Everfree forest.

"JUDAS! STOP! YOU DON'T KNOW WHATS OUT THERE!" Judas heard Johnathan yelling but he didn't stop. He just had one word on his mind. Run. Judas ran and ran until he couldn't run anymore. He collapsed right outside a cottage close to Everfree.