Author's Note

Hi hello it's me. Want to say thank you for reading my shit ass story.

Ever-free

I was leaving Dodge City for good it was time I find my happiness, adventure, love, violence. I definitely got some strange looks skating through the city in full kit but I really didn't care. I was making my way towards the exit of the city ready to begin my new.

"Hey you stop right there what are you doing."

A voice broke my train of thought I look over to see the speaker was was none other than a guard. Of Dodge City."fuck."I mumble that last part quietly to myself.

"Stallion what are you doing. I know you're not supposed to be leaving this city without a mayor escort."

I sighed to myself nothing can ever be easy now can it. So I did the only thing I could think of. I thrust my hand out in front of me showing her my palm all five fingers spread wide. And in my best impression of Arnold Schwarzenegger I said it. "Talk to the hand yeah."

The guard mare looked absolutely confused. And I use this confusion to press my advantage. Leaving Dodge City.

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I was on the road again, and it was great I was happy free I could go wherever do whatever and no one absolutely no one can stop me. By the end of the day I was halfway to the everfree forest I made a quick little camp beside the road. And dinner was busin I'm talking about one of the best MREs ever chicken burrito bowl 10 out of 10 amazing.

The next day was nothing I just traveled halfway through I made it to the edge of the forest before entering I had the ever essential little snack. The protein bars mmmm I say six out of 10 okay but could be better. With the snack out of the way adventure, monster, hunting and the abandon Castle waited me.

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The longboard would not be good riding through the forest, so with a bungee cord and some Molly webbing I looped the front wheels up with the bungee cord and strapped it to the back of my pack. Keeping the longboard out of my way.

The forest was genuinely nice and I didn't see why the ponies kept on saying it was all that dangerous. Other than like well the forest work like a force should and had its own functional ecosystem.
I pressed onwards continuing into the forest but eventually it happened I got jumped by a bunch of stupid fucking wooden wolves.

The only thing I heard snap of a branch. The wolf came straight at me for my side and the only thing I could think to do is drop and I mean drop all the way to the ground. The wolf sword right over me and as I got back up I realized I was completely surrounded

1..2..3...4..5..6. that was the amount that was around me. Not good.. for them, my rifle was on my back my pistol and it's holster on my thigh but my sword that was in reach and I know with my draw on My sword I can cut with it. So the sword it is

Slowly spread my legs my left hand moving up touching the sheath and with my thumb pushing the blade forward. I breathed in and out in and out, calm, relax.

There that sound was again Styx wood shifting turning to my left of that sound I drew this katana slashing upwards I cut the throat of the timberwolf. I was not going to stop my attack after that first move so to the one at the front, I was able to break the pax's train of thought. I got a vertical slash on the one and I kept running. As I was running I was able to sheath my katana, and then I drew the AK.

Dropping two in the low kneel I waited not long but the pack showed up. Once they showed up I was all game over I laid down the hatred 28 rounds of hatred.

"Oh yeah who's the Boss. That's right me baby your ass straight garbage."my shit talking of their corpses didn't last long as they all glowed and begin to merge together. "Fuck." That was the only thing I said as they all merged and made one massive ass fucking wolf. This isn't cool.

I did the only thing I could really think of and ran. Good thing my AK is on a sling because I just dropped it and ran. Fuck the hell's going to kill a big ass wooden wolf and as I thought of that the answer hit me. fire... I need fire as I continue to run for my life I swung my bag around and begin to dig through it eventually I found it a flare. Yes just a flare not a flare gun just a flare. Well I hope this works I reached up twisting the knob right off igniting the flare. The flare burst of life in a red flame. take a single step I turned on my heels ready to fight. Turning around I made fat eye contact with that timber wolf. It's funny when we made eye contact because he was going over me and I was now under him as I did the same trick I did and I dropped to the ground as he jumped trying to take off my head. I was able to push up with my legs driving the burning flair straight into his chest, lodging it straight inside he was now burning from a flame that couldn't be put out and I got to watch it. He thrashed around like crazy but you couldn't dislodge it he tried everything rolling around trying to collide himself shit nothing he did would help, no I watch that timber Wolf burn with a smile on my face.

Okay Forest you got me you're pretty cool, I like this place. Wondering around I found a really nice clearing. The grass nice and green it's stirty trees around and by my great luck a pretty sturdy stream ran right through the side of the clearing. So like any logical techno bandit I claimed this territory as mine. This whole clearing no fuck it this whole woods is mine I'm the mother fucking techno bandit King of the everfree and ain't no one going to tell me otherwise.

That's right time to build the base of operations. And I need a place you can call home and well I thought that would be a good place, and the everfree is dangerous so no one's is willingly going to walk in here so I decided it will be a good place for my place.

So first thing's first on building a infinitial fortress of Doom. It's a fire so going over to the stream I was able to find some nice River rocks pulled them out brought them to the center of the clearing made of circle with them this was like my fireplace, looks good.

Now time for shelter. I don't have any tools I can't build anything with this realization out of the way I decided to well just say fuck it and cowboy camp it for now but on the list a shovel and ax a wood planer and a hammer and a saw. I think that's everything I need not sure but that's tomorrow's problem I ate another MRE drop my pack I want to sleep.
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THE NEXT MORNING..

I woke up to the birds chirping and the sun shining in my eyes. And my morning went well as expected. collected some firewood and started a fire I got some water in a canteen and poured some instant coffee in it.

With my breakfast of champions of black coffee I decided that today was the day I continue exploring the forest. So I just started walking around for the next 2 hours. But then something interesting happened my zone Master started going off the anomaly detector was detecting something. And as redundant as that statement is it was true, I was picking up on something about 100 yards in front of me. So I began to close in soon I was able to see it in another small clearing sharing heat wave light and reality itself kind of bent inwards on itself and the faint clicking of my geiger counter as well started to go off as well. Whatever this was this wasn't natural for Equestria no this reminded me of home. The wastelands, I did the one thing anyone can do when facing an unknown anomaly, I threw a bolt. For some reason I think it might be iron but bolts tend to disrupt anomalies usually triggering them, so you could use this to safely clear a path around dangerous anomalies or go right through them. So I threw one, and it activated the air in light from where the heat wave was begin to suck in on itself, it ate the ground the air the light everything began to collapse in on itself and then it exploded. Dropping from the anomaly was a truck.

It was a truck, a tractor trailer. It was pretty big trailer and all it was some glaring issues with it like well the massive hole in the engine, and the exploded crew cab. But what really got my attention is the trailer itself it was still intact and as I walked around to the back my trailer was still locked too. This was good now I need to do is break the lock and how did my genius decide to break the lock. Easy smash it with rock. And well after a couple minutes of senselessly beating and I broke the lock off. Master Lock garbage, anyways the trailer was filled with supplies obviously but it looked like settlement supplies, whose did it belong to now with that was interesting what's the markings the American flag but instead of the Stars there was a swastika there this identified this resupply was neo-nazis. That wasn't the weird part as the new Nazis were always fighting for territory. No the weird part was when I opened up some of the crates some of the tools had hammer and sickle signs. well that's the red fists or the neo-commies which was strange because last time I checked those factions hated the hell out of each other.

I gathered what I could carry for now. A bunch of power tools, batteries, hand tools and the best thing a portable solar farm this was going to be the beginning of my inpenetrable fortress of Doom. There was also sleeping bags tents and stuff like that that I took. On my fifth trip back to the truck I moved enough stuff to realiz that one of the floorboards in the truck was loose. So doing the logical thing I pried it open with my k bar it was a little secret compartment. And oh boy what I found, a vanilla folder and on the folder was a single image, that of a perfect circle. The circle was shaped like a moon and on the far left side both ends touched creating a perfect sphere.

A soft clicking came from my zone master that of the anomaly detector. My stomach began to turn this folder was dangerous, the cult is behind it. Whatever the cult of the perfect circle wanted with the commies and the Nazis was not good well for Earth that was. But still not good, so against my better judgment I decided to open it.

My vision began to tunnel into blackness white numbers began to creep into the edge of my vision numbers strange characters symbols again to invade in my mind.

RAP ..... TAPE ........SKREEWCH

Noises begin to feel my head as well. I'm going to finally I heard it from behind over my shoulder.

We're watching stalker

The air temperature dropped freezing. I slowly turned and I saw it. A shadow a humanoid shape pitch Black with white eyes a jagged line crept through where it mouth would be as a smiled.

Will be watching you.

Friend.

I was standing looking down at an empty hole. A hole where a vanilla folder used to be. But now there's no folder and no hole just floor. I bent down to a knee I pushed against the floor as a creaked there was a void a space in between this and the bottom of the trailer, I drew my cave bar as I pried it up there was a compartment and inside the compartment was vanilla folder, and on the folder was he crescent Moon that formed into a perfect circle.

My throat immediately dried out, who do they want with me why are they here that's all I can think of. Why are the shadows here why are the dark ones here. I open the folder again or maybe I'm opening it for the first time these things are strange. My vision tunnel again the numbers crawled back into my vision, the symbols too maddening whispers invaded my mind. I began to flip through the pages one by one strange symbols, numbers, and diagrams word I could not comprehend were printed within the folder and then finally I gained some.. UNDERSTANDMENT.

The voice. I heard it again was bringing my ear

"""SO... YOU ARE BRAVE. I WILL GIVE YOU THIS I WILL GIVE YOU UNDERSTANDMENT.""

"""""ONE LAST THING YOU WILL NEED THIS 9782""

And just like that it ended again but only this time I was back in camp my tent already set up my solar farm as well battery's already charging. My psyche was slipping I needed to sleep or drink. I didn't have any alcohol not even cigarettes, so some sleep will work.