Jedediah POV

Chapter 1: The third time

I felt it again. I felt how my limbs started to move. I felt how my heart started to beat and how my lungs started to work. I felt like I came back to live again. It was the third time that this strange feeling came over me, but I see more weird things.

When you're just looking around you see the environment looks a lot like the Wild West I'm used to. But the sun is different, the mountains feel different and in three days I didn't feel a little breeze wind. The most strangest thing is the deep ravine, too straight to be made by nature. At the ground under the ravine is a brown plain with a mountain in the middle of it. But the straight mountain and the brown colour are both unnatural. I don't know where I am and I don't know what the brown plain is, but I want to know. So I decided to go down the ravine with five of my boys today, so we can discover the brown plain and the weird mountain.

~Jedie and Ockie~

It wasn't easy, but finally all the horses and men came down safely. Like always I rode ahead on Girl, my brown white spotted mare. The five others rode close behind me. Full of distrust, but also with curiosity, I rode to the mountain.

"Jedediah, someone is coming," Jacob, one of my boys, said suddenly. Immediately I looked in the direction Jacob pointed to. The six of use looked with amazement at the stranger who rode towards us.

It was no Indian, but it was definitely no Pioneer. Two horses were harnessed for his carriage, but the carriage was only big enough for two people. His clothes were even weirder then his carriage. He wore a red skirt with a silver armour over it. But what, for God' sake, wore he on his head?

"Greetings," the stranger said when he reached us. "I am Gaius Octavius Caesar, the general of Rome. Tell me now, who are the ones who stand before me."

First we just looked confused and amazed at each other. Who was this guy who spoke so formal? After a moment my five boys started to laugh like they didn't do often. Only I could contain my laughter and kept my face serious. I waited till my boys were finished laughing before I answered the other man:

"The name's Jedediah Smith. I'm the leader of this group of pioneers. Could you tell me what this plain is exactly?"

Octavius, I think glad that there was someone who didn't laugh at him, answered me too: "This is a unknown part of Rome, I'm afraid. No one could tell me what it is."

"What do you mean with Rome?" I asked the stranger.

"Rome is the city of the empire," Octavius replied confused. Like I needed to know what Rome is. But I didn't know the city and I didn't believe it. A city and a empire? In the middle of the Wild West?

"So you claim that this a part of Rome?" I asked surprised. Without hesitating he nodded determined.

"Just forget it," William, another pioneer and a good friend of mine, said. " This land belongs to the pioneers."

"This land belongs to no one yet," I improved William strict. Then I looked back to Octavius again. "But the pioneers are going to build a train road across this land." The man on the opposite of me looked confused, like he didn't know what a train rails is.

"I don't know exactly what you mean," he said with a calm voice. "But I tell you, surrender yourself and become a part of the Roman empire." On that very moment I couldn't control myself anymore.

"I don't know who you are," I said laughing. " And I don't know how big your self-respect is, but you need a lot of confidence to ask me to surrender myself to farming village."

"And I think you know nothing about the things you are talking about," the red one said offended. "But if you surrender now I will forgive your mockery." For a second I didn't know how to respond. How could you ever replied to such nonsense?

"Just forget it," I said after a while. "This land doesn't belong to someone, but we have a camp and a little village not far from here and that land belongs to us."

"This is your last chance," he said so calm and full of confidence. "If you refuse now I'll make sure the armies of Roman will come. Will you and your land surrender to the Roman Empire?"

"No!" I immediately replied. "Like I'm afraid of your army. I bet you don't even have guns." After I saw the confused look on the other's face I took my two pistols and continued with triumph. "My pistols. One shot and they can drag your corpse back to Rome."

He didn't look very impressed, like he thought I exaggerated about it. It made me angry and I decided it was time for a warning shot. I aimed not far from Octavius head and shoot. The six pioneers expected a hard shot, but we got a small click. It was the sound you get when your gun is empty, but I was sure my pistol was loaded.

I tried it again, but I got the same results. After that I tried my other pistol. Same result again. I could hear how my men tried their own pistols behind me, but not one gun worked.

"What is the special use of those things?" the other asked who looked at us confused.

"That they shoot a bullet straight through your head so you fall death on the ground," I yelled angry to the calm guy. Angry I turned Girl's head away from the stranger and the strange mountain and rode away. My boys followed me.

~Jedie and Ockie~

It was just a hour ago since we came back. All that time I looked at my pistols to find out what was wrong with them, but I couldn't find a thing.

"Jedediah?" Jacob suddenly said above me. I looked up and Jacob continued. "Someone could tell me that Octavius Caesar was a Roman. The Romans were a folk who ruled over Europe in history. But if that's true we just spoke to a man who has to be death for 1500 years." Just when I wanted to say that would be impossible William came.

"Jedediah, that weird stranger is back! With his army!"

This was the first part of my new fanfiction.

I'm sorry when I make some spelling mistakes. English is not my first language, but I try my hardest to write correct English.

I hope you're going to enjoy my story. Please, leave a message if you want. You make someone very happy if you do! ^^