CHAPTER 3:
The beginnings of a new era

I run to where I had parked my car, but all I find is another hill of snow .

"If this is you're secret that makes you travel so fast then I am really beginning to doubt your sanity."

"No its under all the snow which shouldn't be possible unless its been snowing this whole time?"

"Well of course it has been snowing this entire time that's just the kind of weather that happens past the Wall." I turn to say something in response to that but I shrug it off as begin to push off the snow. Soon I find the classic green paint and tan roof. I eventually get enough snow off to open the door and try to start the engine. It makes a loud guttural sound before finally turning over, and humming like a new born kitten. The face Gilda is wearing is one of suspicion but is shortly replaced by a look of disbelieve as I push on the gas pedal and shake off the snow. I get out of the truck and go to open the trunk so that my companions can climb on in.

"Well come on in" I say as I gesture towards the still running vehicle. As Tou gets in his weight makes the vehicle lower significantly but the car handles his weight beautifully. Gilda soon follows after him and we soon set off towards my house.

"So Gilda since we have this down time I was wondering. What's the story with you?"

"Well its not a long one I'm afraid, but since you did almost singleclawly save the revolution from failing I will tell you my sorry tale. It all began about 21 ish years ago with my parents. They were what folks around here call Equstrian born which you can figure out what that means by yourself. In my youth I was bullied a lot by those pony pricks, that was until I meet a certain pony by the name of Rainbow Dash." She said that name with a grimace on her face. "We were best friends in the young flyers school and we would always defend ourselves from those who sought us harm. But this wouldn't last as I was expelled shortly after my 16ith birthday as I wasn't a "valuable member of society" whatever the Tartarus that means. So I spent the next two years wandering from town to town trying to get a job anywhere I can find but all the places I went either never let me in, or if they did I got the stink eye and would be eventually kicked out once I had gained enough courage to ask for a job. But that was until I finally made my way to Ponyvile in which I finally met the one pony in all of Equestria that didn't shun me, she went by the name of Lyra Heartstrings and she gave me my first and last job as a handymare basically doing chores around the house and picking up packages for her. Well one day I was going to the market to buy some stocked up produce because of course they would when I saw Rainbow Dash again. But it wasn't all good as apparently I had gotten the ire of one of her other friends, and she wouldn't leave us alone for two minutes. But seeing as all good things can't last I went to a bakery for a party, But it turned out that "party" was just a setup for a "prank." well long story short I stormed out of the bakery embarrassed and humiliated, when I got stopped by the Equestrian Secret Service. It had turned out that the friend of Rainbow Dashes had gone and told that Lyra was a enemy sympathizer and that I was a "traitor" to Equestria, so I got hit with a knockout spell and when I had woken up I had a small pile of snow on me and Lyra was still asleep next to me. That's when a patrolling slaver group saw us. The kidnapped us and sold us to different slaves holds. That was when me and Lyra where separated and I have never seen her again to this day. But it was not all bad as on that very same day I met Tou over here, and little did I know that he would single pawly save my life." As she finished that sentence we rolled over a hill only to find that my house was now surrounded by wooden barricades and there were a handful of smokestacks billowing up into the atmosphere. As we approached my home I saw a group of mythical creatures group around where my car was heading. I parked the vehicle a few feet from the crowd and stepped out the now parked truck. As I walked toward the gathering I saw it part in half as I saw a Astrof that I quickly recognized to be Crystia run straight towards me.

"Oh thank thee heaven above I thought you had di-- huh?"

"What is it"

"It's just that I could have sworn that I had just seen my mothers aura."

"Wait back up a second what do you mean you can "see" auras?"

"Well see all Astrofs have the agility to see auras of any sentient creature and judge what emotion they are feeling based off of the shape of their aura like right now you are suspicious of what I am saying. But the strange thing about you're aura is that it has red tint around it, which shouldn't be possible because every creature should only have one color to their aura." she said as she scratched her head. "But all those questions can wait for later as I need to ask you two important questions. One what is your name and two why where you gone for so long?"

"Well my names David and uh -"

"Its because this dude got his head torn off and lived!" Gilda butted in

"DAVID people don't just get their heads torn off and live to tell the tale!"

"Well guess I am just that special of a guy." I said as I shrugged my shoulder. After a minute of trying to find something to say Crystia just shakes her head and looks back up to me.

"Okay then well I need you to follow me we have something to discuss." She said as she made the motion of follow me and guided us to another section of the wall. She knocked on the door and motioned for us to step back as the grand door slowly opened outward. Our trek was stopped soon as grey pony with even blacker hair walked up to Crystia. After few whispers between them that I couldn't quite make out the grey pony took a step back.

"ATTENTION EVERYBODY THERE IS A TOWN MEETING IN 5 MINUTES" The grey pony announced as we continued to walk into my house. We soon made way to my garage and waited for everything to surround . With in 5 minutes a varying sort of wild characters made a U shape around us.

"Ahem now that everyone is here I would like to introduce everyone to the person I have been talking about that went and liberated the Shire."

"Uh hello everyone its nice to met you all and my name is David so that all of you know."

"Okay thank you David now I know that up to now you have all been calling me your leader but I would like to bestow that honor to David over here." with that announcement said there was a rousing but soon Gilda interrupted them.

"HEY now I know you don't know him like I do but for all of your guys information David risked his life to make sure that my revolution would succeed and I think he more then deserves the title of leader!" The crowd stay silent after that so Crystia took her chance and started to speak to the crowd

"Yes now that we have gotten that out of way, David what should our first actions be?"

"Well first things first is that I think there should be a title for my position and I doubt any of you want be led by a king or a alpha." there was a general agreement on that." So I think there should be a new title and that title is Prime Minister, And with that out of the way I think we should assign ministers so that this isn't a absolute monarchy or a despot and for the first minister we will need a person who know industry so that way we can industrialize so that we have a chance at even beginning to hope for a mass liberation." As soon as I finished that last word the same pony from earlier made his way to the area I was in. He was then shortly pushed out and stumbled in front of me but then looked backwards in a look that said he didn't want to be up here. "And you're name is?"

"Uh hello sir my name is Industrial Hooved and well the main reason I was exiled from Equestria was because I gave my idea to two brothers by the name of Flim and Flam but then they betrayed me for profit and told the ESS That I was a traitor and since I had almost no bits to my name I couldn't buy them off like the brothers did. So I was exiled and well I have kinda given up hope on the the world being bettered by my machines, But if you would be ever so kind top give me the chance to bring my ideas to fruition I would be ever so humbled sir"

"Wait you said that these Flim Flam brothers stole your idea but do they know how to build any machines?"

"No sir I had only time to build an apple cider maker and once it broke down due to overuse they then told the ESS"

"Ah well that's good and on the topic of that Minister ship I believe that you are perfect candidate for the new Minister of Industry."

"Oh thank you sir you will not regret this one bit."

"I wouldn't it doubt but I will now onto the next topic of who is going to be the Minister of War and I believe whole Heartedly that person should be Gilda."

"Huh wait it's not that I'm not humbled to be in that position but why me?"

"Well from what I saw in the liberation of the Shire you can handle yourself in a war zone and you have no problem commanding troops around so I have no doubt in you're ability to lead an army."

"I I I don't know what to say but thank you and I will do my best at this new job."

"And I believe that you will succeed in every regard but anyways it is now time to pick a person who can listen to the people and be able to pick the best path for justice, so the person I choose for the title of Minister of Civilian Matters is Crystia."

"Thank you and I am humbled to be in this position of power."

"Okay now we need someone who can bring stability to our new lands and lead of team of people who can bring them to justice. So who volunteers to be the Minister of Security?" I looked around the mass of people but I don't see anything for a couple of moments. That is until a dragons hand shoots up and he makes his way through the crowd. "And what might your name be?"

"I am Muinter and I believe that I will fill that role the best seeing as I used to lead a town before a pack of raiding dogs destroyed it."

"Ah well my condolences and while I do believe that you would make a great fit for that role I don't you to let the fact that some dogs destroyed you're village tinge your judgment, as soon as I hear that you let prejudice against anyone and have them get a worse sentence then they deserve or gets anybody killed, I will have you immediately fired and replaced. Do you understand?"

"Yes sir and thank you sir."

"Your welcome, and now for the Minister of Architecture I need someone who knows how to plan and place buildings, Infrastructure, and defenses. So does anyone know how to do that?" I looked once again but I didn't have to look long as almost I saw a paw waving excitedly in the air and once I called him out he started walking to me. I waited until I could see him and then I asked him what his name was and how he could best help our new republic.

"Well me's name is Nond ands mes got tolds by manys thata me no talk good, but me has been given praise on me placings of stuff. Mes also had placed the walls with helps of courses but that no change that me be the one to puts it up."

"Well if that is what happened then I cannot deny that the wall you built was pretty well built, so I will give you this chance but if I find that peoples houses are collapsing in on top of them I will have you replaced faster then you can bark do you understand this?"

"Oh yes's sir me understu- understad- me gets this and mes thanks you sir mes will not build any bad things."

"Okay so now time for the matter of economics I need someone who is good with numbers and able to make our trade lines run as smooth as butter. So do we have any volunteers?" I waited but did not have to wait for long as a pony with a copper coat and a golden mane walk up. I then did what I had done with the previous Canadettes and asked for their name and backstory.

"Well mah name is Stinking Nicol and I got exiled to these here land after mah business associate Fifthly Rich had gone in his head that I was bringing down businuss all because I had said that he was gone and going to get someone hurt with his goshdarned predatory practices. So he had went and gone and told the ESS that I was going and blabbing about overthrowing tah government. But I was not I may have mentioned why do we have to go and build that there darn wall when there was an killing to be made here but I guess that was one mighty treasonous idea as they put me in one of them heretic wagons. Next I found mahself I was being forced intah chains and told that mah new job was to count jems, but once I had gone and heard that a few of them slave folk were planning on I escaping I had decided that was mah ticket on out of that there house of stone."

"Well given you're past experiences I cannot help but agree that you are the best fit for the title of Minister of the Economy, but if I find that you have been "cutting some off the top" to make yourself richer, I will first take all of that wealth and I will make sure you live in poverty, am I clear?"

"Yes sir and don't worry about mah trying to steal some of yer wealth I'm not mah old business partner."

"Good good now for the final matter before I dismiss all of you is the subject of what we are going to name our selves, and I believe that I have the perfect name. That name is the Union of Socialist Sovereign Republics and we shall have a vote on whether or not that shall be our new name, and we will determine this vote by way of raising yours hands." And as soon as I said that almost every person in that garage raised their hands. " And with that being said everyone except for the new ministers may leave." I waited a few seconds for everybody to leave before I turned to my cabinet. I then looked down towards the map pinned onto the table. "So now lets build a republic that will last forever"

Author's Note

Well that's another chapter did and done with. I feel like I am pretty bad at writing dialogue but heh too bad for me because the upcoming chapters are filled with dialogue so yay for me. anyways any criticisms are welcomed as it helps my writing evolve and become better. oh and the chapterly link that's become not so chapterly here