This story is exactly what it says on the tin. Each chapter is basically an excerpt of Jack's theoretical journal from 1911 to 1914. I should say this now: I probably won't be able to maintain the accent and improper language they use, but I will TRY.

Seeing how each chapter is a journal entry from Jack, the chapters will probably be pretty short. Without further ado, let's get this started…

Dug around in some of Pa's old things and found this journal, and Pa always said he was only "semi-literate." He must've had this journal for a while. The last few pages are about his and Ma's wedding say and Aunt Sadie and Uncle Charles leaving.

Though, I guess it shouldn't really call this his journal. Looking back at the earliest pages, it belonged to an "Arthur Morgan." That name... Wait, is this Uncle Arthur's? Damn, this thing is pretty old. I'm surprised there still a whole lotta pages left.

It's been about a month now since we buried Pa. Ma barely leaves the house anymore. Sometimes, I catch her standing by the window, looking outside with a slight little smirk on her face just like some years back whenever Pa went out. Then, I watch as her face crumbles when she remembers that Pa isn't just gone—he ain't ever coming back.

Without Pa, that leaves me to do all the work around the ranch. I can't even count the amount of shit I've shoveled by now. Pa always told me that one day the ranch would be mine and I'd have to take care of it, but…

I'm keeping some of Pa's old guns in my room. After last month, I won't be taken off-guard by those bastards again. Thy already took him, but they better think twice before trying to take her too. I might not be a great shot, but if any come, I'll be sure to bring more than a few of them down with me.

Stupid, they'd probably gun me down in seconds like they did him. And then, Ma won't have just outlived her husband—she'd be burying her son too.

So what am I supposed to do?

Like I said, the chapters are short. Each one will prolly just be a few hundred words (I'll be amazed if any even reach 700). Anyhow, how's the first one? There potential? Do I talk too much in the AN/s? Are the short chapters that annoying?

And yes, it's Arthur's journal. How? This is assuming the John stopped updating it soon after RDR2's epilogue (seeing how we never see it in RDR1). Maybe I'm pushing it there, but whatever.

Update: Fixed an oversight. Jack DOES remember Arthur in RDR2 epilogue, I just didn't see that scene until later. That's what I get for being an absent father.