Arthur's Honor

Arthur steps inside of the saloon in Valentine. He sees both Javier and Charles at the bar with two young women, possibly prostitutes. Javier waves Arthur over after taking a shot of whiskey.
"Arthur, come here, come here. Come over here, I want you to meet our friends." Said Javier placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Pleased to meet you." Arthur said enthusiastically to the two women.
"Well ain't you just the tough as teak mountain man?" Said one of the women.
"Oh, You be quiet Antastasia, anyone can tell this one is a pussy cat." Said the second woman.
"Exactly, he is a pussy... cat." Said Javier with a smile. "Ain't that so Arthur?"
"Whatever you say." Said Arthur. "How much you cost anyway?"
"Well ain't that a nice way to talk to a lady?" Said the first woman.
"Oh, I didn't know I was talking to a lady." Said Arthur with a smug smile.

The two women immediately excuse themselves in disgust at Arthur's comment. Javier looked a little disappointed as they left.
"Well, I must say, you have a fine way with the women amigo." Said Javier turning back towards the bar.
"Yeah, a regular dandy and a charmer." Said Arthur approaching the bar. He picks up a shot of whiskey before downing it. "Where's Bill?"
"Oh man, I dread to think about it." Said Javier. As they were talking, Bill entered the Saloon, bumping into a guy who yelled at him. "Hey, hey, hey, there he is."
"He about to kiss that guy or punch him?" Asked Charles as Bill grabbed ahold of him and was screaming back at him. Bill then viciously headbutts him causing the whole saloon to look at the pair. One of the men in the saloon stands up and then punches Bill while others begin a bar fight.
"Looks like we have our answer!" Said Javier as he grabbed a beer bottle, smashing it over an unsuspecting fellow's head. Charles picks up a chair and violently throws it across the bar as now Arthur joins in the fight by grabbing a man and proceeding to beat the shit out of him.

Arthur goes over to help Bill who had three men on him, Arthur quickly beats up one of them while Bill powers his way through the other two. Just then a big burly man comes marching down the stairs. He was much bigger than Arthur, and probably twice as drunk.
"What's going on down here!?" The man yelled.
"No Tommy, stay out of this!" The bartender yelled.
"Come here you little greaser!" Tommy yelled as he went after Javier. Arthur tries to go after him but he was distracted as another one of the patrons jumps on his back. After delivering a hard right hook, knocking the man out, Arthur goes after Tommy who was attacking Javier.
"Hey! Tough guy!" Arthur yelled, punching Tommy in the back of the head. It hardly did anything to the man but it did cause him to lose his grip on Javier. He turns and grabs Arthur, and tosses him over a table. Arthur loses his hat as he quickly tries to stand up.

It was too late however as Tommy was already on top of him. He grabs Arthur once more and tosses him out through the window. By now it was raining and the ground was very muddy. Tommy walks out of the Saloon still in a drunken rage.
"Come on, pretty boy!" Tommy taunted.
"Pretty boy? You kidding me? Pretty boy!?" Arthur yelled as he got to his feet. Him and Tommy clashed, exchanging blow after blow, trying to wear each other down. Tommy's blows hit like a freight train across Arthur's cheek, but the mud made him slow. Arthur continues striking him in the face and in the gut till Tommy got tired. However, Tommy was able to pounce on Arthur and pinned him to the ground, shoving his face in the mud. Arthur delivers a hard hit to the gut that knocks the wind out of Tommy, allowing Arthur to pull Tommy off of him and climb on top of him.

Arthur then punches Tommy hard on the side of the head, then another punch, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another. Blood covered Arthur's knuckles as he began to bust Tommys head open, who by now had almost stopped fighting back. Arthur was about to deliver another punch till a man stepped in to break them up.
"Stop! Stop, please! Please, I beg you! Stop, come sir. You won the fight already, surely that's enough." Said the man. Arthur had blood and mud all over his face. He then quickly drops Tommy who laid unconscious in the mud.
"What business is it of yours!?" Said Arthur with rage in his voice.
"No business. No business sir, but please, I beg you." Said the man as Arthur forces his way past him.

He wipes the mud caked around his eyes as he goes and sits down on a bench near the general store. Arthur was about to lick his wounds until Dutch approached him with a familiar individual next to him, Josiah Trelawny. There, the three of them, plus Bill, Javier, and Charles discuss for a moment on how to free their fellow gang member being held captive by the Pinkertons, Sean. They went their separate ways and by now the sun had set and night was approaching. Dutch told Arthur to clean up and had brought a spare Horse for Arthur to ride home on. After washing up at a nearby rain barrel, Arthur rode his horse back to Horseshoe Overlook. He gets to his cot and quickly gets comfortable inside it. Sleep soon envelopes Arthur's mind as everything turns black.

The next thing Arthur knew, he was grabbed forcefully out of his cot and thrown to the ground. His eyes widened as he looked up at the man who dared attack him in his sleep. It was Tommy.
"The hell!?" Arthur yelled while on the ground.
"I ain't done with you pretty boy!" Tommy yelled, kicking Arthur hard across the face. Arthur quickly tried to crawl but Tommy grabbed a hold of his foot and dragged him back. He picks Arthur up and punches Arthur hard across the face. Arthur stumbled a bit before getting his footing. He grits his teeth and punches Tommy back as he approaches him.
"Attack a man while in his bed? You cowardly bastard, I'll kill you!" Arthur yelled as he pulled out his gun. Before Tommy could react, Arthur fires his gun.

The bullet enter's Tommy's neck and immediately started gushing blood. Tommy gasps and clenches his neck where the bullet enter and he stumbled back. He tried to say some words, but blood also started to pour out of his mouth, prohibiting him from speaking. Arthur glares at him with hatred in his eyes Tommy soon fell to his knees, then onto his back. Arthur approached him and stood over him. Tommy grabs Arthur's leg as he pleads to put him out of his misery. Arthur only watched as the life in Tommy's eyes faded and he bled to death. Arthur slowly puts his gun back into his holster. He looks around as if to look for his fellow gang members but, he was alone. He was still at Horseshoe Overlook, but the gang, the campsite, everything was gone, just baren nature, and Tommy's body. Soon however, Arthur could hear clapping behind him. He turns around and nearly choked on his own spit when he saw who it was.

It was the Serpent he saw earlier that day. It glared at Arthur, slowly clapping with the same devilish smile plastered across his face. It seemed pleased with Arthur's actions. Arthur tried to speak, but found himself too shocked to move, or even speak.
"You have it in you. Your rage, your anger, your brutality. You could be a man who is feared by all." Said the Serpent.
"...The hell are you?" Asked Arthur.
"Me, I am the chaos that resides in your mind. You can call me, Discord." Said the Serpent.
"What do you want from me? Is this even real?" Asked Arthur.
"All of this, no, of course not. You are sleeping, Arthur Morgan. But within your sleep reveals to me what you really want, reveals you true self to me." Said Discord. "You wanted to kill that poor drunk, if not for that stranger you would have."
"It was self defense. Are you even real?" asked Arthur.
"I am as real to you as anything else." Said Discord.
"You bastard!" Arthur yelled sternly to the monster. "Now what the hell you want from me!?"
"I want nothing, but your mind." Said Discord.

Arthur, taken back by the Serpent's response, chilled. Discord slowly approached Arthur, his blood red and yellow eyes locked onto Arthur like a predator to its prey.
"Consider me your conscience. I'm the little voice in your head that tells you to hurt people, to kill people. Give in to your hatred, and you open the door for me to infect your mind."
"I don't want no demon from hell picking at my mind!" Said Arthur. This caused Discord to let out a hardy laugh.
"You have no choice Arthur Morgan. You are not a good man, you said that yourself to that Jimmy Brooks fella." Said Discord. Arthur's eyes widened. "The more of a 'Bad Man' you are, the more I sleep in, the more I have your mind in my clutches!" Discord reached out and grabbed Arthur by his head and began to squeeze. Arthur yelled out as the intense pressure around his skull as he felt it would crush any second from now."You're mine Arthur Morgan! Everytime you rob, I will be there. Anytime you kill, I will be there. You will seem me again Arthur Morgan, you can bet on that!" Said Discord. Arthur slowly begins to black out from the intense pain in his head.

Arthur jolts himself awake as he lays in his cot. He quickly looks around to see the campsite is still here. Everyone was asleep, but at that moment, Arthur could not. What he felt and saw was very real and he quickly got up from his cot and went to the horses. He grabbed one of the spare horses and quickly rode out. He needed to clear his mind and process what he dreamt. Was it real, or was it his imagination? Arthur thought hard about this. He saw that same Serpent earlier today, then it appeared in his dream. Coincidence, more than likely. Arthur thought he may just have a concussion as he began to ride his horse down along the river. Arthur was about to come to peace with what he dreamt until his entire logic was about to be thrown out the window.

In the path in front of his horse, way off in the distance, Arthur could see a horse on the path. It was standing sideways, blocking the path on each sides. It was far too dark to see what kind of horse it was, all Arthur could see was its outline. His makes his own horse come to a complete stop as Arthur examined it from a far. Arthur could see it had an unnatural shape, and no rider. His eyes widen when he sees a large mass extend from its sides.
"...Are those... Wings?" Arthur thought. He rubs his eyes thinking the lack of sleep and a possible concussion was making him hallucinate. When he opened his eyes open again, the horse was now only a few feet away, which startled Arthur into jumping.
"Gah! Goddammit!" he yelled as the Horse stared at him with a soft smile.
"Calm yourself Arthur, I am not here to harm you." Said the horse. Like what Arthur saw before, it had wings and a horn, with a bright white coat. Unlike the serpent Arthur saw in his dream, he felt calm around this one.

Arthur blinked a few times before he spoke up.
"A talking, winged unicorn. Lord, my mind has forsaken my sanity." Said Arthur.
"I apologize for how you feel Arthur, but I am here for your own good." Said the Horse.
"Well, what exactly are you?" Asked Arthur.
"I am the Harmony locked within your heart, My name is Celestia." Said the Horse. "You have recently spoken with the draconequus haven't you?"
"What the hell is a draco-con-qest?" Asked Arthur.
"it's the spirit of chaos in your head." Said Celestia.
"That monster?" Asked Arthur.
"Yes, I am an Alicorn, here to guide you to do right." Said Celestia.
"Listen, lady. I don't want you, or whatever the hell that other thing is around me! I've gone through too much to lose my mind now!" Said Arthur.
"I understand this is all hard for you to accept. But before your time is up, you need to decide what kind of man you want to be." Said Celestia, her smile now turned into a frown.
"Excuse me? The fuck is that supposed to mean?" Said Arthur. But as he blinked, Celestia was gone. "Hello? HELLO!? Goddammit!" Said Arthur as he coaxed his Horse to turn around and head back to Horseshoe Overlook.

Arthur hitches the horse before returning to his living space and sitting down on his cot. He pulls out his journal, he hesitates for a moment before sketching a picture of both Discord on one page, and Celestia on the other. He labeled both of them Chaos and Harmony accordingly. He closes the book before sighing and rubbing his face. He looks over to the side to see the sun just barely starting to peek over. Arthur decided to get in a few more hours of sleep before everyone else wakes up for the day.
"Keep yourself together Morgan." Arthur said to himself. "Hallucinations, is all they are. You can't lose your mind now, now that everybody needs ya to help get them back on their feet." Arthur lays his head back down and slowly drifts back into sleep.