You chose: A

Let's hope you can fight with only three bullets and a knife.

You bit your bottom lip and let out a deep breath.

You take hold of your .45 and begin to creep back up the sand dune. Once at the top, you peer over to see the big one preparing to mount her.

This makes you angry and you lose your cool. You jump up and fire twice.

The first round misses all of them completely, but the second one hit the smallest of the group.

"AHHHH!" He screamed out as he fell to the ground, holding his throat.

The big one jumped off the mare and pulled a large metal weapon off his back.

Before he could point it at you, you fire your last bullet, hitting him in the chest.

He stumbles back and falls.

The other three charge you, none of them have a firearm on them, only knives.

The tallest one reaches you first and surprises you with a swift kick to the jaw.

Your head snaps up and you collapse.

They all give you a few hard kicks before backing up.

"What should we do with him?" One of them asked.

"I say we kill him now."

"No." Said the tall one, "I say we make him suffer."

Buck, you helped the mare and this is what you get. Death.

You lay your head back and look at the three stallions, waiting for the end.

But suddenly, you feel the ground begin to lightly shake.

Then behind the three stallions, the sand explodes upward.

What you see surprises the buck outta you.

A Sand Dover jumped out of the sand and grabbed the nearest stallion, the medium sized one, and dived back into the sand.

There was a muffled scream, then silence.

The other two stallions looked at each other and pulled out their knives, ready to fight.

The sand shifted slightly under one of them and a clawed hoof shot upward and embedded its self deep in the stallion's gut.

The stallion yelped in pain and collapsed.

You slowly stand, trying to clear your head.

The last stallion makes a mad dash for the fallen stallions gun.

But, before he could reach it, his front hooves suddenly shot under the sand. He began to scream as he was slowly drug downward.

Seconds later, it was silent.

You stagger forward, but stop when you see the sand in front of you shift. Your prepare for the worst, but instead of attacking. The Sand Dover jumped out of the sand and landed in front of you.

"You are very stupid, you know that?" He said as he looked at you.

You rub the back of your head and chuckle, "Yeah, I guess that was pretty stupid."

You hold out your hoof, "Thanks for saving me, I think my names Everdark, whats yours?"

He looks at your outstretched hoof and hesitates before shaking it, "Mine is Mortem."

Why do Sand Dover's have such strange names? Wait, why was he following you?!

"Uhhh, why was you following me?" You ask.

He pulls down his face mask to reveal the same kind of broken dry skin as Draco's and smiles, "Two reasons. One: Draco told me to. And two: I knew you would need some help."

You smile, "Thank you. I would have died if you hadn't been here."

He nods, "Yes, you would have."

You hear a light cough behind you and you turn to see the mare, still bound and gagged.

You pull out your combat knife and advance on her.

She looks at you with fear in her eyes, scared of what you have planned for her.

You reach down and pull the gag out of her mouth, allowing her to breath better. You then cut the ropes holding her.

She shakily stands and looks at you, and says with a shaky voice, "T-Thank you."

You smile and put the knife away, "It was nothing."

She then looked at the bodies of her friends, "My family... dead."

You feel a ping in your heart. This mare just lost her whole family, "I'm sorry for your lose."

She gulps back tears and looks at you, "Where is the nearest town? I want to have them buried."

You look at Mortem.

He sighs and points to the left, "That way is the settlement of Broken Ridge. Its only a half hour walk, but its the closest."

She nods at both of you, "Thank you, both of you."

She then trots past you two, heading in the direction of Broken Ridge.

You sigh and sit on your haunches.

Mortem walks over to the fallen stallion, the tough looking one, and picks up his weapon.

He looks it over and shakes his head, "This thing is a disgrace! Our weapons back at the Sand Dome are much better then this!

You look at it and furrow your brow, "Can I have it?"

He looks at you and hoofs it to you, "Yeah, I wouldn't want to make a foal of myself by using it."

You receive: Hunting rifle

You look the rifle over, examining the components. You pull out the clip and check the ammo. Six rounds, not bad.

Mortem leans over one of the bodies and began to search its pockets. He pulls out a few items and put them in a small pouch on his side. He pulls a bag like thing off one of them and tosses it to you, "Here, you're gonna need one of those."

You receive: Saddlebags. Your inventory is now increased to 13.

You look at it and smile, "Thanks, this will be of great use."

He gives a small wave and goes back to looting the bodies.

You want to loot the bodies also, but it feels wrong. Sure, they were bad, but that doesn't make it right to just take what was theirs.

Once Mortem had searched all the bodies, he turned to you, "You ready to continue?"

You nod, "Yes, it should easy from now on. Right?"

He slowly shakes his head, "You have no idea what lays ahead, do you?"

You try to think about it, but give up. You shake your head, "No..."

Mortem sighs and walks up the large sand dune. Once he was at the top, he motioned for you to follow.

You slowly trudge up the sand dune, almost slipping a few times.

When you arrive at the top, you can see a large forest not far from your position.

Mortem waved a hoof out in front of him, "That.... That my friend is the Everfree Forest. Its the only way to get from here to Canterlot."

You have leveled up! Choose a perk:

A. Physically Improved (This perk increases your stamina, endurance, and makes it where you don't tire out easily. Great for couriers or ponies on the move.)

B. Fast learner (With this perk, you will learn new skills at half the time. Mostly used by teachers and eggheads.)

C. Royal snob (This perk increases your chances at a bigger pay out after a completed job. It also gives you a huge boost in speech and bargaining. But, you are very picky on where you sleep and eat. Not recommended for survivalist.)

D. Hoof it! (You gain the ability to travel large distances with a heavy load. This perk increases your storage to 18. But, it also takes away your ability to be stealthy.)

E. Break it down (Your skills in the engineering department are unmatched. You can now build anything and everything under the sun. As long as you have a few tools and material.)

Choose wisely everyone. Next chapter will either be out tonight or tomorrow.

Edit: I forgot to put this in.

You've received a follower: Mortem