To live, to survive, to thrive,

by general well


chapter 3

Guess what happened, I own this place, the territory and the Diamond dogs. I apparently became the Alpha when I killed the old one. Mostly all of the diamond dogs didn't like him because he was a terrible leader, he sold his own people for his own greed and fortune, so here I am sitting on a stone chair being praised by all my subjects so the first thing my first order of business.

‘‘Call me King Tom.’’ I blurted out.

‘‘King Tom, King Tom!’’ all the diamond dogs in the room said.

‘‘Tom stop playing around, what are we going to do with the slave ponies?’’ Maria asked me.

Maria was sitting next to me and she declared herself First lady. It made sense in two ways, she was the first lady here and she was married to me and I'm the leader now of this diamond dog clan. Also I discover the other clan in the area who doesn't like this clan.

‘‘My second order business, free all the slaves!’’ I declare.

‘‘booo!’’ Someone in the crowd yelled out.

‘‘You'll be quiet I'll make you mine too.’’ I stated.

‘‘Who is here that knows how to farm?’’ Maria said.

Ten ponies raised their hooves and none of the Diamond Dogs.

‘‘And who is a builder and also know carpentry?’’ I asked.

Five ponies and ten diamond dogs raised their hooves and paws.

‘‘Then I need you to build a farm!’’ I ordered them.

And they rushed out of the room.

‘‘Okay everyone time to feast’’ I told everyone.

The cooks burst into the room bringing food and drink, which was mostly water.

While everyone else was having fun and talking to each other, I noticed Mystic Falls leaving the room.

What's he up to? I thought to myself.

‘‘Maria, I'm going to follow him. Keep the citizens happy.’’ I told Maria.

‘‘Ok Tom go’’ Maria said.

I got off my chair and started following Mystic Falls, he went to the left and then turn right
And I tail behind him, I noticed he was going to the exit of the cave. I followed him out and hid behind a tree. Oh I saw him sitting on a log staring at the night sky, and I decide to review myself and walk over to him.

‘‘Mystic, what are you doing out here? Why are you not at the feast?’’ I asked.

‘‘Let me be alone, Tom.’’ Mystic reply with an angry tone.

‘‘Come on, Mystic. What you angry about?’’ I asked him.

‘‘You doing this.’’ Mystic told me.

‘‘What! I free this place from slavery and a bad leader. Why are you angry about that?’’ I said.

‘‘Well I was quite happy, I never thought about being free and you changed everything.’’ Mystic said.

‘‘Yeah if you like being tortured and worked to death.’’ I told him

‘‘Maybe, I do like it. I don't need your bucking help!’’ Mystic yells at me.

‘‘Hey calm down, I'm just trying to help you.’’ I said and I thought it's a terrible pun for a bad word.

‘‘I'm sorry, Tom. It just... Is this what being free is like? Feeling the wind brush through you and seeing the Sun bright up the world and also the moon rise up in the dark sky. Hearing the bird chirping and also tasting new food.’’ Mystic explained to me.

‘‘It’s alright, Mystic. I know it’s difficult for you to change, but you have to adapt, life throws you everything and you must learn how to survive it.’’ I told him as I patted his back.

‘‘But is it worth it in the end, because I don't know’’ Mystic said.

‘‘Nobody knows but I could tell you it is.’’ I say to him.

Mystic looked at the ground and kicked a rock.

‘‘It’s easy for you because you started with almost everything, you have a father, a mother, a wife and family. I only had my mother and she died when I was 5.’’ Mystic said with a sadface.

I realized, I had it all. Mystic Falls had nobody to care about him, he was all alone.

‘‘So how your mother die?’’ I asked him.

Mystic looked at the night sky and he sighs.

‘‘I caused her death, all because I decided to go into a unstable tunnel to explore and started playing around. I decided to pry off one of the wooden pillows and ended up collapsing the section of the tunnel. I cried out for my mother to save me. She grabbed me but the Tunnel started to collapse. We were about to make it out but a big rock fell on her and I fell off of her back before the entire tunnel collapsed in on itself.

She told me that she loved me and it didn't matter if she was dead she would always be watching me, I didn't understand what she meant then she pushed me out and the tunnel collapsed on her. That was the last time I saw her.’’ Mystic told me with a tear in his eye.

‘‘I'm sorry for what happened, Mystic. I know everyone made mistakes, just don't blame it on yourself.’’ I tell him.

‘‘But it was my fault  if I didn't go in the tunnel it wouldn't have happened.’’ Mystic cried out.

I hugged him and said, ‘‘It's alright Mystic just move on, it just in the past now just let it go.’’ No frozen reference I thought to myself.

‘‘Ok Tom.’’ Mystic said as he wiped his tears away with his hooves and gets up.

‘‘Now enjoy the feast.’’ I said to him.

We started to walk back to the entrance what I heard the song.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lcOxhH8N3Bo

‘‘Oh No.’’ I say with a grown.

‘‘What’s this song? It sounds nice.’’ Mystic asked me.

‘‘Yeah if you hear it a lot.’’ I said.

We were getting near the feast hall when I saw Maria dancing on the table.

‘‘Maria, what are you doing up there?’’ I asked her.

“Because I offered to build a school for these citizens.’’ She said as she danced.

‘‘You know how expensive that would be.’’ I told her.

‘‘You don't know how much money we have in this clan and I know it's a lot.’’ Maria said.

‘‘Forget it. I don't have time for this, I have a kingdom to run.’’ I said to her.

‘‘It’s not a kingdom yet!’’ Maria yelled back.

‘‘It will be soon!’’ I declared as I sat down on my chair.