The New Beginning

'We are the survivors of the evils of Animal Farm, but also the carriers of freedom. Our greatest friend gave his life for the freedom that we were given. Everyone thought that he was going to end that freedom for us...but in the end, he gave us that freedom, and we will always remember him for it. I am old as are most of us, we have been hiding for too long, then finally, hope came, a storm of judgement had raged on for months and it washed away the walls that Napoleon had spent so much of his life to build. Napoleon's rule had come to it's final bloody end. Not only was it Napoleon's end but it was our dear friend's end as well. I am almost blind now, but yet I can still remember him, and the day he came. His sacrifice had won us our freedom...my name is Jessie, and I shall tell you the story of my friend...Ryan.

5 years ago...

It was right after Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, had fallen asleep drunk once again, the prize boar, Old Major, had a dream, and the pigs assembled a meeting in the barn, and when everyone was settled in, Old Major went about speaking of his dream.

'My friends, I fear I will not be with you, for many days longer. And as such, I beleive it is my sworn duty to pass onto you, the beleifs that were bestowed upon me. An animal's life is a harsh, laborous, and short existence. Who do you beleive is responsible for our suffering? Hmm? Man! MAN IS OUR ENEMY!!'

And while Old Major spoke of the coming revolution, a shadow approached the barn, it was the shadow of a Red Fox. It approached the barn quickly and quietly, and soon it was at the entrance to the barn. When it heard Old Major's speech, it seemed so odd how the creature couldn't help but listen to the words of the old boar. Every word seemed to have meaning, but then the fox strayed his attention from the boar to a young female Tricolor English Shepherd named Jessie. He couldn't help but stare at her and just admire her from afar. Then Old Major started singing a song called 'Beasts of the World', and soon all the animals joined in. The fox was also humming it into his head once he got the lyrics. Then he heard a door open and looked behind to see the door to the farm house open and Mr. Jones came out with a shotgun muttering something to himself, the fox, ignoring it's natural instincts, rushed inside the barn to the shock of all the animals inside, and started shouting a warning to everybody.

'Everyone! That farmer is coming! You should all go now!' After the fox spoke, one of the pigs rose up.

'You Fox! How dare you intrude on Old Major! Go away!' After the pig was done the fox gritted his teath and growled at the pig.

'Do you want to be turned into bacon, or do you want to live?!' Growled the fox.

Then they heard something trip, and a gunshot was fired, it broke through the walls of the barn. Everyone including the fox ran, but Old Major was hit, then Jessie and the fox ran next to him, Jessie was crying, the fox was calm.

'Old Major...Old Major no!!' Screamed Jessie, but Old Major fell through the back of the barn, after all was calme, the animals returned and saw Old Major on the ground...dead, the next day instead of a proper burial, the humans chopped him into peices, turning him into nothing but food for themselves. It disgusted the fox greatly, and he went to see Jessie and started to talk to her.

'How can you put up with those humans?' Questioned the fox, Jessie looked at the ground and then decided to speak.

'I can't, but what choice do I have?' Asked Jessie, the fox just looked away for a minute, then looked at Jessie again.

'Why don't you start that revolution that the boar talked about? I could help you.' Said the fox, Jessie smiled and looked at the fox for a minute.

'I might, but first, why don't you tell me your name, fox boy.' Jessie couldn't help but laugh at the expression that the fox on his face since he was blushing. He regained his composure and then he began to tell her.

'My name is...Ryan, nice to meet you. What's your name?' Asked Ryan, Jessie stopped laughing and got serious.

'My name is Jessie, it's a pleasure. Now how do you suppose we start this revolution?' Asked Jessie, Ryan looked surprised for a moment, then slumped down on his back.

'Uhh...I might have forgotten what I was planning. Are there any smart animals here besides you?' Asked Ryan, Jessie nodded.

'Yes the pigs are the smartest of all of us all, and they can take care of it. Let's go talk to them.' Said Jessie, Ryan nodded and the two walked off to find the pigs.

When they reached the barn where the pigs were, they heard them arguing, the two went inside. The pigs saw them and acknowledged their presence, asking them to speak and Jessie spoke to them.

'We wish to start the revolution that Old Major spoke of.' Said Jessie, Ryan nodded, and the pigs thought for a minute, then the pig named Squealer spoke up.

'No! The fox has been trying to trick you into a better life Jessie! He is a thief and a monster! He will kill us all by forcing us to fight! We must continue to have peacefull existence with the humans!' Said Squealer, then another one of the pigs named Napoleon spoke up.

'Wait! This is what Old Major would want, we must start this revolution in his honor!' Shouted Napoleon, then the leader pig named Snowball also spoke up.

'I agree, Jessie, take the fox, and one of the horses to let the other animals out of their pens, we will surprise the humans with an attack soon! I actually wish for you to take the horse we call Clover with you fox. Now hurry!' After Snowball said that Jessie and Ryan went to go get Clover and they set to work.

Meanwhile the other horses, Samantha and Boxer waiting to be fed with the donkeys Courtney and Benjamin.

'I'm so hungry.' Said Samantha, Boxer tried to calm her down.

'You'll just have to wait I guess.' Said Boxer, but hours past, but Jones and the stable boys still didn't come, that was when Samantha couldn't take it anymore, and she and Boxer smashed the gate down that held themselves and the other animals in. They went to the grain house and began started eating. Jones heard what was going on outside and he and the two stable boys went to check it out. But before they got to the grain house, Ryan, Jessie, Clover, and the rest of the animals started to attack. Ryan jumped up and bit Jones in the face, while Jessie bit him in the leg. Clover was smacking the two stable boys around like pinballs, the ducks, chickens, and most of the other flying animals attacked from the air, pecking and scratching Jones and the stable boys, Jones and the stable boys were beyond shocked and they all got into their truck and waited for Mrs. Jones to get in, Boxer galloped towards hem and used his great strength to smash a couple of holes in the truck. The humans drove off, leaving Manor Farm to the animals. Then they heard a gunshot and a yelp. They turned around thinking Jessie was hit since she was on the ground, but it was Ryan who was hit. The bullet was aimed for one of the horses, but Jones aimed poorly and the bullet went for Jessie. So Ryan slammed her out of the way and took the shot himself. All the animals huddled around him to see if he was alright, they found out the bullet hit his hind leg, so he'd be fine. He just needed to stay of of it for a while. The animals then left to work, all except Jessie who stayed and looked at Ryan thankfully.

'You...why did you save me?' She asked, Ryan only chuckled for a minute.

'I don't know myself, I guess I'm falling for you.' Said Ryan, Jessie smiled at him and licked his muzzle. She then helped him back to the barn where she gently layed him down in the hay, and she helped him by the cleaning the wound in his leg, he yelped a bit because it hurt a lot, but he was very gratefull. Then she fell down in pain, Ryan was horrified and tried to help her, but he couldn't.

'Jessie, what's wrong, are you alright?!' Shouted Ryan, Jessie suddenly smiled and looked at her stomach.

'It's my time.' She said happily, Ryan knowing what that meant smiled, and then licked her muzzle.

'You mean puppies right?' Asked Ryan already knowing the answer, Jessie nodded and Ryan stayed with her the whole time.

A couple of days later, Snowball who had become the leader of the farm, made a sign after he and the other pigs learned to read and write. The words became the new name for the farm, and started this new beginning. These words were...

Animal Farm