Awakening [Rewrite 7/11/20]
Author's Note
Took me a while but finally got around to rewriting this. A bit smaller than last time but much better in my opinion. Please do let me know what you thing and if I missed anything. Hopefully the next chapter will be much longer and even of better quality. Hope to see you there and have a good day.
Awakening [Rewrite 7/11/20]
Welcome to the Family
Chapter One
Awakening
I have a question for you. Say Death decided that you were more trouble that you were worth and dumped your sorry ass for someone else to deal with. I mean I may not be a looker but come on. Anyhow, I think I took the break up fairly well. Even moved out, all of the nothingness was starting to get on my nerves anyway.
I won’t pretend that my reaction was the best, but considering the circumstances. I’d like to see you do better. Thankfully I was able to grab some of my things before I left, bitch still took what liquor I had though. Could really use a stiff drink now that I think about it. Oh wait, I still have a cigarette so at least there’s that.
Setting the cigarette in my mouth, I patted myself down. Oh Death you petty bitch, you took my lucky lighter. I put my Model 19 back in my waistband and turned to the three cowering dog men.
“Any chance you guys have a match?” More cowering was the only response I got. I pulled the cigarette from my mouth and sighed. “Yeah, it was a long shot I guess.” I looked down at the shit for brains running this sad excuse for a crew. Emphasis on was, since you know. His brain being splattered all over his friends there.
A wheezing whine came from the second dog laying on the ground. Big fucker had the balls to charge me. Sadly it seems I only punctured a lung and he was still clinging to life. Sighing I reached around to me back and unsheath my knife. I never did like hurting dogs, they always have been a soft spot for me.
I crouched down and stuck the knife in his throat. Quick and clean, no sense in making an animal suffer. I was able to use the vest he wore to clean off my knife, rather not let it get dull. Looking through the deads’ vests I was able to find a flint and steel. Eh, I worked with less.
Using a scrap I cut from one of the vests I was able to catch a spark. Ah finally something normal in this forest of hell I found myself in. I took another drag from my cigarette and turned to the last three dogs.
“Now, what to do with you three?”
Well now, looks like I found myself in a gold mine. From what I’ve gathered from these three “Diamond dogs” as they call themselves I’m in some forest called the Everfree. Which is inside the nation of Equestria. The entire country is run by talking ponies, fucking ponies of all things. They even have some horse god named Celest, or some shit, moving the fucking SUN.
Not only that but magic is a fucking thing and there’s a bunch of other talking animals running around. The only thing not around are people, which can be seen as a plus limits my options quite a bit. If this is God’s way of giving me another shot at being a good guy, I got to say I’m not buying into it. There’s more but those are minor details. The real meat is the actual nation.
The whole place is just ripe for the picking, these ponies had it so good for so long they’ve gotten fat a lazy. The only kind of crime going on is the Diamond Dogs clans in the Everfree, the fuckers law enforcement is almost non-existent. It’s like the stories the older guys use to tell about how things got started in the old country. That’s not even talking about the land itself, the forest is practically untouched and from the dogs told me the whole place is ripe, virgin land. My mind is spinning with the possibilities of this place.
I could never be made back home but here I could be the boss. Fuck, if these dogs are right the power I can get a hold of would make Uncle Sam look like a joke. However, I’m going to need a crew. Thankfully the three dogs I found seem to think I'm their “alpha” now since I scattered their old boss’ brain. From what I've learned it’s common for some other dog to kill their boss to replace them.
Useful for growth, but terrible for the long term. I’m going to have to change this in the future. For now we’re going to set up camp in a cave. One of the smarter ones told me that there’s going to be some kind of big meeting between some minor clans in the area. I couldn’t have shown up at a better time, I take back everything I said about you Lady Death.
Tomorrow, we’re going to scout out the camps of the smaller camps. Then, when dusk hits we’ll pick off the smaller clans and soon I’ll have all the manpower I need. After that I’m going to need a hideout somewhere in this forest. I’m sure one of my soon to be loyal muts will know a place to set up. Once I have all of that, we can finally start making some money.