Howl at the Moon (Re-up)
The Funeral
Previous ChapterNext ChapterThe next morning, we all woke up tired. Having drove for most of the night, me and Flutters were the most tired. Packing our stuff, I called Devin to condirm want time the service would be held. He told me noon, and seeing it was only nine, we got some food.
Then, we waited till noon. It really was nothing more than the funeral for us today. I wore black, as did the girls, and when it came close to time, we headed out for the funeral home.
It wasn't a long drive, and Twilight followed me in the truck. Arriving, we saw the lot was almost full, and parked.
Heading In, I saw my granddad, my brother Scott and his little girl, Cody and his girlfriend, Devin with his, and Rob, a friend of the family, an unofficialy adopted son my mom met in CODA meetings. I remember that he is in charge of the will, and what happens with what.
Heading over, I say hello. When I do, everybody gives me a hug, and says that they heard I had gone missing. I tell them the backstory we were given, and they all nod. Then, we proceed to the funeral.
My mom had been adamant about the fact that she wanted to be cremated. And so, we there was an urn there, and we all did a eulogy for her.
When it came my time, I went up.
"Hello everyone. I am here to say what I thought about our mom. She was a good person. In my honest words, she really was. And I loved her. She raised me, to be an actual human. She raised me, to be equal with everyone. To not care about gender, sexuality, color, or species. She taught me manners, and she taught me respect. However, I also still need to be honest. I also hated her. I know we all have our hates of her, but mine need to be shared, for it was suicide. She nearly drove me to suicide. I love her for what she did for me, but I hate her for what she did to me. I'm sorry, thank your for listening." And I went to sit down. I was stared at by all my family, some with understanding, some with horror. I sat by my girls, and they all gave me a pat, but Applejack gave me a hug. I hugged her back, but no tears came.
I was sad. Don't get me wrong, I was. But as I said, I was getting close to suicide. If I hadn't gotten away, It would have been two funerals in short succession. Or, the worse alternative, there would be a funeral and a trial. You can guess from there.
The rest of the funeral passed in a blur, and it was over quickly. Me and my family all went by the urn, placing a hand on it, before I picked it up. Heading out, we got in our cars, and I saw a familiar vehicle, a Ford Focus, in the parking lot. I smiled, waved, then got in my car. We had a small parade, our lights on, and we headed out to the mesa near the house, and climbed to the top. Then, we spread her ashes.
We all had a moment of silence, then we got off the chunk of rock, and walked to our cars, went the block to the house, and parked.
Heading into the house, I saw it had been slightly changed from the last time I had been here. Some of the China cabinets and hutches had been sold. Heading downstairs, we saw that the basement had been all but emptied. The only things still remaining was my bedroom. Though, the only things missing, we're my Xbox and PlayStation. Everything else was there. I chuckled, and then we went to the table for the reading of the will.
It was simple. Rob was to get the house to sell, and me and my brothers were to call dibs on whatever we wanted. After he was done, I immediately called dibs on the big ladder, to which my brothers groaned. I understood, because it was a good ladder.
It was a Little Giant, full metal extension ladder. That was the only thing I wanted, and told my brothers so. They tried to argue with me, but I told them the one thing that made my need greater.
I had a farm that I worked on.
After that, they couldnt say much. I had the highest need, and so it was agreed. Cody and Devin got everything else, and I got the ladder. Grandad didnt want anything, and he said so, leaving early so as to go back to work sooner. I nod, gave him a hug, and said my last goodbye to him.
After that, it was to be a sleepover in the house. I got my bed, and everyone else got a sleeping bag or the couch upstairs. We watched movies till late in the night, and went to bed.
That night though, something came in to the house. It was a fog like cloud, that swirled through the house. It looked at each human present, but it knew before hand which one it would choose.
It went up to one of the humans, and started to be breathed in by it. Eventually, it was inside the human, and the night went on.
We all got up pretty early the next day. Devin was a little grouchy in the morning, and we all went on out. We had decided to go to the Royal Gorge, just a few miles out of town, and so we all piled into our vehicles and went off.
I had to plug it into the GPS on my phone, because it had been so long since I had been that I didn't remember the exact turnoff. It wasnt hard to find, and we made it to the bridge early in the day. We all talked and went on some of the rides there, but the best part was the bridge.
I noticed that when we pulled up, there was a Ford Focus that pulled up behind us, but noone got out. I smiled, waved, and went about my day.
It was around 2 in the afternoon that it happened. We were crossing the bridge, looking over the edge, having a good time. Then, all the sudden, Devin screamed. He was gripping his head, and yelling in pain. Before anyone could do anything for him, he stopped screaming and looked at me.
His eyes were no longer their original hazel color. They were red, and his pupils were gone. Only iris and whites. He rushed me, pushing aside anyone who tried to stop him, and slammed into me.
Pushing me up against the side of the bridge, he lifted me up.
"Enjoy the fall, Cameron." He says in a voice not his own, before lifting me higher and tossing me over the edge. Everybody screamed as I went over the edge but Rainbow. She just sighed, ran to the edge, and SWAN DIVE!
Everybody screamed louder at that, but then stopped when she came back up over the side of the bridge with me in tow, and wings on her back. Setting me down on the bridge, I turn to her.
"Thank you Rainbow. Now, I have to go punch a dick head." I then walk over to Devin. His red eyes are incredulous.
"How does she have wings? She is in the human world, they don't have wings." I nod as I continue closer.
"Thank Faust for THAT!" and then proceed to punch a dick in the head, and punch a dickhead. I give Five mustaches to any who get the reference.
"Sweet Celestia that felt good! Been wanting to do that for a while." Devin is on the ground groaning, but he then gets up.
"You will pay for that, Cameron." He says.
"Yeah, shut the fuck up Mologan. You want to fight me, you chose the wrong host. I'm pissed at Devin still. So your about to get a smackdown." Mologan just laughs.
"You dont understand. I'm not attacking you." I take a second, and then my eyes widen. I turn, and yell.
"GET YOUR GUNS OUT!" To the girls, right before a bunch of demons start to spawn. Pulling out the Blue Rose, I start shooting demons. They start to rush all over, and I see tourists running from the fighting. Some of the people are getting grabbed by imps, and torn apart. Some are tossed over the side.
I cant save them all. I start to yell out orders to the people, telling them to get off the bridge at the ends. Some of them listen, some don't listennwell, and get killed. I try to not hit them, but the demons sometimea dodge, and they get hit.
For the part of my family, they mostly hold their own. Some of them run, but my brother Cody and his girlfriend stay on, and pull out their pistols they carry. Shooting at the demons, they hit one or two each, killing them, but run out of ammo. After that, they start to help people off the bridge.
Devin has his eyes set on me. He rushes at me, and punches me in the face. As I stumble back from it, he gut punches me. I bend clutching my stomach, and he then slams his elbow into my back.
I fall to the ground, and he tries to stomp my head. I roll aside, and grab his ankle. Jerking it from under him, he falls down. I scribe up, and he does to.
Getting into a ready fighting stance, I make my knuckles on my crystal arm spiked, about a quarter of an inch long.
We started to go all out on one another.
Devin started with a left hook to the side of my head, which I deflected and countered with a quick punch towards his kidneys. He took it by stepping back, lessining the damage, and he came with a fist to my gut. I clenched before he hit, but it still hurt. I stayed standing though, and he jabbed at my face a few times.
I kept my arms up, makingnsure they didnt hit, and waited for a sec. As he started to go for an elbow to my ribs, I came out with a right cross, a left jab, and an uppercut, nocking him back away from me.
I rush forward, and hit him hard into his diaphragm. As he started to be unable to breath, I kicked his knee, breaking it. He went down, and I stepped on his chest.
"Call off the demons, Mologan, or I will kill you. And my brother isnt going to stop me." Mologan just giggles using my brothers body.
"Your bluffing. You would have stabbed me, wouldnt you have? Its an empty threat." I huff. Then, I form my hand into a long spike, and stab his shoulder. He yells in pain.
"Try me bitch." I say, looking at him. He just keeps smiling. So, I stab him three more times. One in the other shoulder, and then in both legs. He yells each time, and he is starting to sweat.
"You wouldnt kill your brother? He's your family." I nod.
"Yes, he is. But he disowned us. The only reason he came back is to find out if he would get anything. And it's sad you havent left. The imps are gone, so all that's left is you. Goodbye." I say, before raising the spike to jab it into his eye.
"Wait! Fine, I will leave this body. Just know, Cameron, that I will kill you." I just nod.
"Yeah yeah, keep telling yourself that. And I will greet you in hell when I get there." He glares at me, before his eyes gloss over, changing back to my brothers hazel eyes. He then collapsed.
Stepping off his body, I looked around. I could see that there was a lot of bodies around. Man, women and child. I hung my head for a sec, closing my eyes.
Then, I looked up, and started to issue orders.
"Cody, come get Devins stupid ass and drag him to the end of the bridge. Girls, get the bodies. Anyone who is still alivd, start giving medical care to those who need it. Someone, call the police. Girls, one more thing. Once your done helping, we have to go." After I said that, everyone got to work. Then, I saw Jared. He runs over to me.
"What the hell is going on? What the fuck was that? Also, I want some more answers." I just raise my hand, and say.
"You want answers, I can give them, but right now I need your help. I need to go stall the cops, so I want you to take the girls back to the house when their done. I'm going to go, and I'm taking the car you gave me still. Tell them what I said, and follow my brother to the house. I can answer everything there." I then take off for the Corolla.
Getting in, and starting it up, I get myself psyched up. Peeling out the parking spot, I turn around and make my way to the highway leading to the bridge.
Turning on, I start to drive back towards town, being reckless, and driving over the speed limit, weaving through traffic. When I see the police, fire, and ambulence, I drive towards them.
Going between the first two police cars, I make a quick drift turn in between all of them. After that, I rammed one of the cars, then slammed into another, sending both out of control. Then, I hightailed it out of there. All the police started to chase me.
Weaving around traffic, swerving to avoid everything, was difficult, but I kept it up, just staying in reach of the police.
Eventually reaching a point to turn around, I executed a 180, and started back the way I came from. Going as fast as possible, I quickly reached 185 mph, and lost the cops on a side road turnoff. Waiting for a minute as the police passed, I called Twilight.
"Hey, Twi, you and the others safe?" I ask.
"Yes. We saw you driving, and Jacob helped us. Cody said he wanted answers as well, so were waiting onyou and him. Were at the house, all of us." she says.
"Okay, tell them I'm okay, I just need to lay low for a bit till the police die down, then I can come and answer their questions. I'll be there in about twenty minutes." Twilight says okay, and I hang up.
Thirty minutes later, I pull into the driveway to the house, and see the girls waiting for me. Getting out the car, I am swarmed and hugged by all of them, and Applejack kisses me. Pulling away, she says.
"All of them are inside waiting for you. They don't seem happy." I nod.
"Yeah, and I dont give a fuck. They all gave me so much shit, all but Jared that they deserve for me to give it. Lets go answer their questions." And we head inside.
As I enter the door, I see a fist come from my left. As I see who it is, I decide to let it hit. I deserve it.
"So, are you going to tell me what the fuck you actually did?" Jared says, knuckles red from punching me. I nod.
"Sit, and I will tell you.
"So, for the last two weeks, I have been back on earth. In that time, I have had three demon attacks on me, and my girls. Wait, sorry, four. Four demon attacks on me and the girls. The first one you might have heard, it happened about the time I got back, in South Carolina. The hotel massacre. I was there, and a demon, in possession of a police official, attacked me and the hotel. The things on the bridge, those were imps. Much like the ones from the game Doom 2016. They also attacked the hotel, and we werent able to save everyone. They slaughtered the police, and civilians.
"After that, the second attack was when me, Applejack, Fluttershy, and Twilight went to an old asylum museum. Goddamn, we did Black Ops 3 zombies, and it wasnt fun. We were so tired by the end, we collapsed in our tents at the campsite.
"After that, the next attack happened on the road. And this is what happened Jared. We were driving along, on our way into Atlanta, when a car pulled onto the road behind us. Nothing happened for a long while, till the car swerved, and thsn sped up to reach us. It started to go after Rainbow and I, and when I looked in the car, I saw that the three people in the car were possessed. So, after me and Rainbow got almost ran over, I had landed on the hood of the van. After turning around, I was able to get a three shots off. One for each. They swerved off the road, and I went flying off when it hit a tree. After I woke up from blacking out, I looked in the car for ID, and found the letter you sent them In the glove box. Then, after a little thought, we went to tell you the news. I am sorry for your loss, truly.
"The final attack, was today, and you all saw how that went. For the past month, I have not been on earth. I have been in another land, protecting it from demons. That is were I am going when this is over, and that is where I am staying from now on. I have no real plans on coming back to earth. So, with that aside, I want to go home now. I have had enough of our family drama. Jared, you can have your car back, you'll probably need to repaint it though. If any of you have problems with me, it would be best to forget them. I'm done here on earth." They are all stupefied, until Cody jumps up after me.
"Wait, Cameron, your leaving Earth? Are you fucking high? God, I hope this might be a head trip, that wpuld make everything back on the bridge better." I sigh.
"Yeah, sorry Cody, but your not tripping. Everything I said is true. And yes, I am leaving Earth. I hate it here, and I have nothing here for me. And dont tell me I have my family, you chocked me, Devin chocked me, mom made me almost kill myself, and I have no future here. The world is going to shit, what with the president pissing every country off. Its a matter of time before the world goes to hell. In Equestria. In Equestria, I am finally happy. I have four daughters, I have a family. I have an amazing job. I have met four princesses, one who is my girlfriend, and an amazing five other girls. They are my life now. I'm sorry Cody. But I cant live here anymore." I turn away, and walk outside, seeing the girls already there.
"Well girls, it's time to go home." I say. The girls nod. We walk over to the truck, and I grab the ladder from the will and put it in. Then I grab everything out of the Corolla, and put it in the bed. After everything's in, I turn to Applejack, and say.
"Hey Applejack, here's your gift. The truck is yours." Tossing her the keys, I pull out my phone. I see Cody and company exit the house, just as I hit call on Fausts number. She picks up, and I say.
"Hey it's me. We're all done, and ready for extraction. We have an extra large piece of luggage coming with us though, so bring a heavy lift VTOL." She says alright, and I turn back to the others.
"What do you want, Cody? I'm about to go home." Cody just nods.
"Yeah, I understand. I'm not stopping you. I'm just saying, don't forget your family. Please." I stare at him, and then say.
"You see her over there?" Pointing to Applejack.
"Her name is Applejack. Her family, is the most connected family in Equestria, and the biggest family too. What you just said, is the heart of their beliefs. If I were to ever forget about you, she would beat my ass from now till next Christmas. Cody, for all the shit that is our family, I wouldnt be here withput it. So Cody, I won't forget. But dont blame me for not holding it in the highest regards." Cody sighs and nods. He then gives me a hug.
"I'm going to miss you." He says.
A portal opens behind us. The girls all get ready to go through as Cody lets me go. Applejack gets in the truck, and drives it through with a wave bye. The others wave bye, with Dash giving a grinning salute, before walking through as well. I turn back to Cody.
"I will too Cody. Goodbye." I say.
Then turn, and walk through the portal.
Author's Note
And it is finally done. I don't know why, but after I started this project, it just went down on the ump train for me. It was hard for me to finish this, and not because it was emotional. It just felt like it dragged on. I'm sorry for the long time it took to finish this, and I hope you enjoyed it.
Also, good news. This is now back open for crossovers, but let me make a chapter to celebrate coming home first. I think it will be fun for you guys.
Have a Jivin day!
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