The Man Who Found Six Orphans
Chapter 1: Chapter 1 - The deadly battle up ahead
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THE DEADLY BATTLE UP AHEAD
EdgarDoesEverything
2045
I find myself driving towards the graveyard where my family is buried. I drive inside the compound, passing the gates. It was 4:47 in the morning. Stopping in the deserted lot I get out and make the slow trek to the destination I had on my mind. I eventually approach three graves, two were close together and the other was a large one. I knee down on the grass, looking at the graves, kneeling down in front of the one in the middle.
"Here lies Genna Dernen. 1998-2023 -R.I.P-"
I look at my wife's grave and place my hand on the cold smooth stone, trying to fight back the tears. I sniff and looked to the right to read the other grave.
"Here lies Koda Dernen 2023-2028 -R.I.P-"
The sight of my daughter's grave pierced my heart, remembering the moment when she passed away in my arms. The feeling lingered in my heart and I could feel one of the tears fall down my face. It fell slowly, taunting me me that I couldn't hold on to it like I could with my daughter anymore. I blink back into reality when I heard the pit pat of more water. It was so quiet that I could even hear my heart beat increase slightly. I wiped my eyes and took out a small daisy out of my shirt pocket and settled it down between the graves. Eventually, I stood up and walked to the other tombstone and sat down this time and read the words slowly out loud, despite how there were no people around to hear them.
"Here lies Duncan and Hannah Dernen. 1976-2028. 1980-2028 -R.I.P-"
"it's my fault you're both dead, If only I stayed in the car that day..." I chocked on my words, making it hard to breath.
"Its all my fault that your all dead!" I yelled, cursing myself how the ones I once held dear were now dead...
"Its all my fucking fault" I dropped to the ground sobbing. I began to lose my mind, pounding the grass and ripping it out of its now muddy soil.
Eventually, I feel a hoof rest gently on my back. I continue to cry as the sun just begins to crest the horizon behind me. I eventually find myself huddled on the ground, when six equine like shadows surround surround me and I can feel myself taken into a warm, loving embrace.
"It's not your fault, Dad..." I hear one whisper in my ear.
I cry as I hug them back in turn.
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2023
Snow started to come down heavily.
Cars and trains stopped, as if the spirit of the city was paralyzed from an illness. Genna, my beautiful wife, Developed a fever. To make it worse, she was in labor around four weeks earlier than we had expected. I sat down next her, holding her hand as she breathed hard and moaned with pain.
"Genna... Hang in there, Genna!" She grips my hand in a vice as if she was hanging off a cliff. Her nails cut into my skin and I wince but still hold on.
"Genna..." My parents should be here soon, they must be as I called them twenty minutes ago...
"I-I'm fine..." Genna said weakly as she gasped but cried out when she felt another contraction.
"I'll m-make sure K-Koda will be born sa-ah... safely..." Genna said in pain. "The three of us, you, me and koda, will live together, happily..." Just as she finished I heard the door slam open and saw my parents rush in. Since Genna was an orphan, she never knew who her parents were...
"Don't worry we're here!" My Mother said and rushed to my wife's side.
"Don't think the cars will move, they're all buried beneath snow... And during a time like this!" My Father said in anger. My Mother turned to my father.
"Duncan, please bring some hot water, as much as you can!"
"You got it Hannah!" My Dad ran to the kitchen and began doing his task as Mom then sat next to me, inspecting Genna.
"Son, be sure to support you wife." She said sternly.
"Holding her hand is fine, right?" I said weakly. She then stood up and then walked to where Genna's legs were spread.
"Of course, please keep doing that.." I smiled and turned to Genna. "Genna, I'm right here for you, okay?"
She breathed hard.
"Don't give up, Genna. I believe in you!" I coaxed again.
"Okay lets get started... Try breathing slowly Genna." My Mother said and Genna tried her best and began to push.
"Yes, that's good. Please keep that up!" Mom encouraged.
"Don't let up Genna." I added.
This went on for hours, I kept on supporting Genna with words while Mom did her best with preparing for the baby. She's no doctor but right now, anyone is good. The ambulance can't get through the storm and the only helicopter they have is in repair... Go figure... Dad would frequently take out a smoke, then put it back. He did this several times before he gave up and went outside and waited in the cold. Genna kept losing consciousness over and over and would only waken up to the pain seconds later... It was such a cruel scene, I almost covered my eyes.
It took forever, eventually I thought this would last an eternity and we will never see the end of it. Even I felt like I would loose consciousness. Maybe my mind couldn't take it anymore... Maybe it'll all be for naught.
"Push! Push! The baby is almost here!" My Mother said excitedly.
Genna held her breath and with a shrill scream pushed with all her might. At the end she gasped and breathed heavily.
"Good job!" Mother said.
"Come here son!" I rushed to my Mother.
"Cut the umbilical cord, the Father must do this." She said smiling. I quickly finish the job and my mother passed me Koda
and I held our new daughter in my hands.
"I'll get the hot water" Mother said running to the kitchen. I looked at my new daughter, tearing up with joy.
"Look" I said whispered quietly looked to my wife in excitement, only to see her laying motionless bed, breathing weakly.
"Genna?" She laid there, her breathing becoming more ragged and fainter breathing. I quickly take her hand in mine and squeeze a little bit too hand.
"Genna!" I shout in panic and she slowly opens her eyes.
"Ha-Harrison..." She mutters weakly.
"She's here Genna! Koda is here." Genna tried to smile but it faltered. Koda began to cry.
"You can hear her, right? Our baby is crying" I said smiling, tears coming down my face.
"Yes." Genna said quietly.
I brought the baby to her vision.
"Look." Koda kept crying as Genna got her first look on her. "She so beautiful Genna!"
"Ye-yes... She's very beautiful..."
"Koda, our baby, she's a girl! A healthy baby girl!" I repeated excitedly.
"Yes... I'm glad she was born at home..." Genna said weakly. "I thought it would have been dangerous for her."
"You really pulled through Genna." I said sighing in relief.
"But... I am bit tried..." Genna began closing her eyes. "Please let me rest... Just for a little bit..." My Mom and Dad came back into the room, only to stop wide eyed as they saw that Genna was loosing consciousness and looked unwell.
"Genna?" My mom said in a heartbreaking voice as she walked to her side.
"Damn It! Where the fuck are the doctors?!" Dad said in rage while stomping outside again. I'm pretty sure I saw a tear in his eye but I wasn't sure.
"Harrison! Get Genna ready to go to the hospital! We're going ourselves!" Dad said taking out his keys
"But the cars are stuck!"
"Genna please hold on... Le-lets just talk for a little more... You can just listen, okay?" I begged but Genna laid motionless.
"Look, it's our baby. She looks a bit like a cute monkey, doesn't she? She's so small! I'll try calling her, okay? Koda... Koda... I'm Daddy, Koda! Over here is Mommy..." Genna eyes slowly closed and I could feel the pressure leaving in my hand. I only squeezed harder as I began to sob.
"Look... She's ignoring me! She probably doesn't know, does she?" My voice began to crack and Genna opened her eyes.
"I'm sure she'll grow up very fast, enter elementary school, we'll take her there... Maybe during parents' day or something! It'll be our family! I'll be helping Koda with her homework. Even thought I'm absolutely stupid when it comes to that..." I chuckled weakly but noticed that Genna had her eyes closed and stopped breathing. My eyes widened and I could almost feel my world leave me.
"Genna?" I raised her arm up and let go, only for it fall limp and droop to the floor.
"Genna, look, here's Koda's cheek!" I said tugging on Genna arm "Hey, come on!" I can feel panic begin to set in and I let go of her arm only for it to fall limp again. I choke back a cry as I look at her with watering eyes.
"Genna... Y-you said you'd always be with me, didn't you? You said we'd always be together... You promised me many and many times, didn't you? That was our dream! There was nothing good about living.. Someone like me, who went through such a crappy lifestyle... We had finally found a dream! Hey, Genna!?"
"GENNA!!!"
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In the outskirts of Equestria. 2027 in the human year
"My army, Chrysalis has been defeated by the royal SCUM!" A wolf whose appearance was as big as Celestia hollowed at his 'WolfMorton' which was an equivalent to a military diversion. The army yelled in disbelief and anger.
"Tis is not a lie, but it was her unintelligent tactics that got her changelings and herself KILLED!" He took a moment to let the comment set in.
"Her subjects will now die as there is no queen now, unable to feed their city. The race of the Changelings will cease to exist in a couple of months, what are we going to do? NOTHING!" he laugh manically while his army joined in.
"QUIET! HER FOOLISH ACTIONS WILL BE THE END OF HER SPECIES-"
"My commander!? What did she do wrong? She had an unstoppable army with a brilliant plan-" The commander growled and the wolf who spoke up whimpered in fear.
"HOGWASH! Her plan was indeed brilliant, disguising as a pony but as an important princess was foolish of her, also sending that threat to Canterlot had no purpose at all but to feed her dark side for the love of battle and suspense. Not killing the princess and acting like a IDIOT around the prized pupil is insulting, IT'S LIKE SHE ASKED TO BE KILLED!" The commander calmed down and took in a slow breath.
"We must wait now, the city's defense is at it's highest and the shield of love is at its peek of strength. We have been pushed around for too long my comrades! Just because our appearance may look deceiving and that we look like mindless carnivores is OUTRAGEOUS!" The army roared, cheering and yelling.
The commanding raised his paw for them to quiet.
"No, we are much more... Because of their insulting ways, we will take over Equestria and move out of this humiliating place, we will take back our home and turn the royal scum to stone, just like 'poor' old Discord. Go now, my army! We prepare for the long struggling year we will have! I will implant myself inside Canterlot and gain the trust of the princesses, after I have them in my place, we attack... Remember, we are more than just a unit." The commander picks up his wooden old staff with an eye-shape emerald on the tip of the wood. He swings the staff in the air and begins to recite and enchantment.
"Der Kind, PLUR ESH DEKIN TON!" The commander is engulfed by smoke which vibrated with power and energy began to thrum in the air, a bright flash and everyone rose a paw to blink back the black light. The wolves look up to their commander to see he has transformed into a stallion.
"Always remember that." He sneered and disappeared in a puff of smoke.
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2027
The sun raises from it's prison and awakens the creatures that inhabit a chunk of rock. In a city was an apartment complex named "The Cozy Caves". Inside apartment 1097, a man making breakfast for what seemed for two people. The man hummed quietly in the warm air, enjoying the peace and tranquility.
"AHHHHHHH!" He heard a scream and his demeanor instantly changed. Harrison instantly ran to where he heard the scream but he was stopped by a locked door.
"Koda! What happened, are you okay!?" He called, looking ready to breakdown the door.
"Oh! Sorry Dad! I turn on the shower to cold water by accident!" Came the voice of a young girl.
"Okay, good..." Harrison perked himself up and sighed in relief.
"Breakfast is almost ready!" he said happily as he returned to what could be called a kitchen.
"Okey!" she said with chattering teeth. Harrison took out two white plates and set them on a counter next to the stove. He picks up the handle of the frying pan and shoves some of the scrambled eggs onto the plates. He then moved the sizzling bacon next to the eggs, he did it slowly and with care so as to prevent from spilling any of it to the floor. He put the frying pan down and hears a *ping!* sound from the toaster. He reaches over and grabs the two pieces of toast and place them on the plate. He picks them up and carries them to over to a cardboard table. He goes back to a cabinet retrieves a couple of glasses and proceeds to pour some orange juice that he got from the fridge in them. He stares at the almost golden liquid in one of the glasses and takes an experimental sip, sighing as the cool liquid goes down his throat. Harrison then hears his daughter come out of the bathroom, and smiles as he sees her skipping into the kitchen and taking in a deep breath to smell the delicious breakfast.
"Wow! This looks amazing Daddy!" Koda says smiling.
"Thanks sweetheart, lets get munching shall we?" Koda sits down and the two enjoy their breakfast. They had small talk between taking bites, talking about dreams and how life is just one big confusing mess. As they finish Harrison picks up the plates while Koda walks to her room and grabs her backpack. Harrison places the dishes in the sink, making a mental note that he'll need to do them later.
"Hurry along Koda, don't want to be late for school!"
"Okay Dad!" Koda holds her Father's hand as they walked down an hallway to be stopped by a door. Harrison opens it to the passage to the world to see the sun slowly rise in the morning, warming their bodies. Two gay humans, living peacefully in a decaying world. They stepped outside to be blinded by the bright circle in the sky.
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One year later after Chrysalis's attack on Canterlot
"Sargent Fire Arrow, what is the word on the wolf that was caught on Canterlot grounds?" Asked Celestia to one of her most trusted guards.
"Good your highness, he's been locked up since I discovered him three months ago." Fire Arrow said stoically.
"Very good, If it weren't for you we might have had another attack on Canterlot. The shield has been up for three months now and I'm thinking of putting it down now that-" But Celestia was cut off by Fire Arrow.
"Your highness, no! Doing so would surely cause an opening for attack! We can never be to careful, It's best If we kept it up for good measure." Fire Arrow replied a little too quickly, but if Celestia noticed the slight increase in his voice she didn't show it.
"Alright, Shining armor has mastered it now it wouldn't be a problem to keep it up. Thank you Sargent, back to your post and report back any wolf activity as soon as you can." Celestia then left the room, leaving two stallions in the palace.
"What the hell is wrong with you Commander! We would've had the shield down! Why did you do tha-"
"Silence you fool! If we would not have the shield up then this mission would be failure. By leaving the shield up we can have a diversionary force attack one side of the castle. I'll tell the Princess that I got Intel that a full on attack from the wolves are attacking from the south and It'll be a good idea to put all of the energy to that location. While the battle rages on there, the main army shall attack from the North. I'll assassinate Shining Armour from there and when the shield is broken or when I kill the scum, our forces invade. If we would had token down the shield and attacked the pest would have put it up while we were in, killing us just like the idiot Chrysalis did." The other ' wolf ' nodded.
"Let us prepare, we attack at noon. By now the shield will be at full strength at the south, send half of the wolfs there and the rest at the north. Now follow me my comrade!" Fire Arrow laughed and began to make his way down the halls.
"Today, this day is going to be perfect..."
Next Chapter: Chapter 2 : Tragic past Estimated time remaining: 19 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
Stay tune for an dramatic and deadly war that will rage on and the tragic past the Harrison will have.
This is my first story about an villain and an mature topic, I'm only 15 so it's hard for me to write mature content as I haven't experience the real world yet, If any of you want to tell me about it or want to point out a grammar issues, please point it out, thank you for reading, and if you want more then I recommend reading my story about a teenage boy going to Equestria, God I'm a loser, I got lazy and just ended here but don't worry, I'm still explaining the beginning, anyways have a good day!Was the villain good and well built? I plan to write more about him but for now, how was he?