A/N: I have been playing Frostpunk since it's released. Took a huge break and came back after updates. Its world was so interesting to me. Don't know if I will be consistent in updating more chapters or not. I'll see what happens when I get there.

I do not own Frostpunk, it belongs to 11 Bit Studios.

Reviews and feedback are always welcome.

-Raven

Day 1: A New Home

It's the start of a new day. Everyone outside had gathered around the captain's tent, waiting for him to come out. Two guards were standing at the front of the tent, preventing anyone from entering.

Inside, was the captain, a young man. Freshly promoted before departing from London, now standing at the exit of his tent, hesitating. He takes a deep breath and steps outside. As soon as he appeared from the tent, everyone went silent, looking at him. The captain looks around seeing lots of worried faces, waiting for something to come out of his mouth.

The captain starts walking forward to the generator, his guards following him. He walked to a lone wooden crate by the generator and stood on top of it and gives out his briefing. "Hear me, people of New London. We have come this far and now is the time to build a city where we will fight this cold. And hope that we will live long enough to feel the warmth again." The captain said. Hearing lots of agreement with some doubts.

He continues, "First things first. We must gather these items that are the key to our survival. First, coal for the generator to keep us, wood and steel for our homes, schools and many more. Lastly, food. We'll need hunters to go out and bring us back some food every day." Then, everyone started to agree with his words. But sadly, some people were not okay with this as some of them had realized, that everyone is working except the captain. So they started protesting against him.

The young captain knew this would happen eventually. He didn't expect it so soon. Some were marching up to him but was stopped by the guards. "Get back!" Shouted the guards. The captain was contemplating. He struggles to think of something, trying to avoid looking at them fighting, should he forced them with power and fear? Maybe... "AGH!" Shouts a woman who was now on the ground after being hit by the guard's rifle.

Upon seeing the woman's head bleeding and lying on the ground a child ran up to her, "Mommy! " The child was a little girl. She looked no older than six kneeled next to her, shaking her mother's limp body furiously. Unfortunately, her mother did not move. She started crying. The protesters got even angrier. More guards came to the scene and formed a wall of the captain. A few more seconds of chaos the captain immediately took out his En-field MK 2 Revolver and points it to the sky. He fires.

That shot did the job. Everyone was silenced once more from the bullet's loud echo. He returns the gun in his holster and said, "Now I know this is a lot to ask. It seems unfair at the moment. But, to make it fair," He pauses for a moment, "I will be joining you all in building our city, together. And, our guards will take turns and help us out from time to time and ensuring our safety. "

The captain paused, hoping that his proposition would be good enough. To his relief, the citizens began to settle down and move back from the guards. However, a certain mother and child situation hasn't been resolved yet. The captain quickly addresses them, "That woman needs medical attention immediately. We need to start gathering our resources to build a medical post ASAP! "

Immediately, everyone started to form teams and began trudging against the snow to gather resources. The captain smiled. There were no conflicts among them, for now. He ordered the guards to attend to the injured mother for a while. But, the child begs him not to. "No! Sir, please don't! " She fears that the guards would hurt her again. The captain kneels down to her and said, "No they won't. I promise. " The girl looks at him for a moment before nodding.

The captain smiled but still notices the girl still shaking, without thinking. He kisses the little girl's forehead and gives her a smile, reassuring her that she has nothing to be worried about. The little girl watches him walking to the guards, "I want this woman safe. Anyone hurts her again. I will shoot you on sight. " The captain said with a death glare, making the guards feel uneasy but understood him and went to the mother.

As the captain walks back to the others a few groups of people came up to him and asked, " Captain, there's so much to do but not a lot of hands around to do it. A quick way of addressing this problem is to put our children to work. " Shocked by their request the Captain was speechless.

Forcing our children to work? That's not exactly a good thing at the moment considering the earlier situation was solved not to long ago and bring back bad blood again isn't his cup of tea. The captain answered, "I'll think about it. Right now just continue working. " They nodded and went back to their own respective work.

The captain looks around and sees if there's anything that he can help with. So far, there has been a few teams gathering coal and wood. There are little people by the steel wreckage. He ordered some guards with him and joined them. The people were thankful for seeing their captain working hard along with everyone.

Their hope rises. For the next few hours, it seemed that everything was going alright. The people and guards are working together. The children are a bit relaxed and had started playing with one another. The woman from earlier is now resting inside a newly constructed medical post.

As the gathering became more lively a roaring sound could be hard from the generator. It's warmth brought happiness the children, hope rises. At 8.00 pm, a loud horn was sounded. A guard announced, "Night is coming, put down your tools. Rest everyone. " Everyone stopped work and headed back to the generator, grabbing some supplies of their stockpile and started working on their tents.

They were simple and easy to build. Everyone feels relieve knowing that they have a roof, even a flapping one over their heads. But, everyone knew that the temperature would start dropping in the days to come. And these tents would be useless. They would need better homes. While, everyone was building, the captain made a quick stop at the medical post.

Inside was a nurse, attending to the woman was awake with her child sleeping soundly beside her. He decides not to disturb them right now. He fears that she would not be happy to see him at the moment. But his stealth wasn't exactly the best. The mother's eyes turned straight at him. He froze. The woman signals him over to her. He obeyed.

The captain walks up and said, "Good evening Ma'am. I am terribly sorry about your injury. It was my fault for not controlling the situation. I hope you would forgive me for that mistake. " The mother remained silent. She continues to stroke her child's head. "I forgive you. My daughter told me everything. However, I hope this won't happen again. "

"Yes, Ma'am. I promise. I will do my best to prevent it from happening again. " The captain replied. She holds out her other hand and said, "Olivia. "The Captain shakes her hands, "This little one here is Rose. When I woke up she was already talking about you and the kiss on her forehead. " She said with a smirk.

The captain blushes, "Well it was the only way I could think of to calm her down. She was really scared. " He explained."Uh, well. I think it's time for me to go. I have to deal with the city planning now. I'll see you two again sometime. " Olivia nodded and allowed the captain to leave the tent. He steps back outside and was suddenly greeted by one of his guards. He seems serious about something. "Yes, Sergeant?" The captain asks.

"Good evening captain. I know the issue this morning was resolved. But when facing demands, remember this. People usually look for the quickest solutions, not the best ones. You don't have to agree with everything they ask for. You fix the problem your way, it's fine. Just a piece of small advice. " Said the guard." I see. Alright, I'll keep it in mind. Thank you, continue your patrol Sergeant. " The guard salutes and leaves the captain.

He stood there thinking about what the guard said earlier. He thought about it before walking back to his tent. Inside, he removes his coat and hangs it by his desk and sat down. He placed his hands on his face and let out a sigh. He pulls out rolls of paper and started writing and drawing. "I need to get our key building planned out as fast as possible." He thought.

He thought about the main essentials, food, homes, medicals. He scanned through his plan. Making sure everything is going along accordingly. But, he feels like he's missing something, something important. Long hours of planning and deciding, the young captain had made up his mind for tomorrow's plan. Smiling at his progress, he keeps his paperback in his desk and laid down on his bedroll, hoping to catch some sleep for tomorrow.

The captain was having trouble trying to fall asleep.

End of Chapter 1