To Be Together Again
Locations, scenery, Horse breed ideas and most characters belong to Rockstar, I do not own Red Dead Redemption, thank Rockstar for the wonderful game. Horse names used by a great book called 'The Sight' written by David Clement Davies.
Depending on reviews I may continue this, thanks for taking the time to read it. Please don't be too mean, it's my first fan fiction but do give advice, thanks.
Chapter 1: Welcome to New Austin
The sounds of hooves were clopping in a repetitive rhythm as a stallion continued to trot proudly through a western town, Armadillo. Sat atop the black and white piebald American Standard-bred was a young teenage girl, with dark blonde hair swaying gently in its bun. One of her gloved hands reached out to her brown cowboy hat and pulled it further down, shadowing her face and hiding her ocean coloured eyes as they now darkened in the shade.
She passed the saloon and grimaced at all the men swaying at the bar, drunk. The Stallion whinnied gently and half reared into the air as a dog scuttled in front of the horse, ruining the peaceful pattern of the sounds the horse was making with its whitened hooves.
"Whoa boy! What's up?" The girl strained her voice to emphasise her concern, but not raising her voice which was strong and stern but a little higher than expected. She then noticed the dog crawling away whimpering at the large horse that had shocked it with its reaction, she narrowed her eyes disapprovingly, "Oh, a dog..." She said flatly, as if not too impressed by the creature.
She dismounted her animal and smiled uncontrollably at it, "Stay here Fell, I won't be a minute." She stated casually as she hitched her horse to a post, she wasn't good at tying and had to give her full attention to the rope in her hands. After finally spending around thirty seconds at the post, she pivoted on her heels and made her way to the general store.
She was wearing slim denim trousers, and a deep blue and white chequered shirt tucked into her trousers in places. Dark brown boots overlapped her trousers, though her boots were without spurs, she hated the idea of tapping the horse's sides with the spurred boots, fearing she would tap a little too hard. She shook her head at the thought and continued to the store only to be wiped off of her feet, a rope hugged her legs and the sound of footsteps gained on her, she growled quietly and whispered to herself, "You gotta be kiddin' me!"
Dirt and dust was the only thing she could see at the moment, and then she was rolled over to be confronted with a knife, and clutched to it, a man's hand. She looked the man dead in the eye and cursed, "What the hell do you think your doin'?" The man put on a blank expression and replied calmly.
"I dunno, I guess it get's borin' sometimes..." The teenager flinched as the knife drew closer, if she wasn't hogtied she would've kicked the crap out of the man before her, and worse, she couldn't reach into her holster either.
"You're gonna regret this." She lied, and then thought, Wait, why would he regret this? I don't know anyone here, he could cut me up right now and no-one would even care... The girl was cut out of her thoughts by a gun shot. The man that had previously threatened her now fell over her, she gasped a little louder than she wanted to, and a shadow appeared over both her and the dead man, she panicked slightly as the man that was stood leant down, he had a white hat, white shirt and brown, leather jacket, a gold star shined on his chest. The man pushed the limp body off of her, and rolled her over cutting ropes loose.
As soon as she was free, she jumped to her feet almost as fast as lightning, the man now stood, a little taller than her.
"Them criminals won't stop will they?" He murmured to himself catching the girl's attention immediately.
"What do you mean, I'm gonna get tied up and almost cut to bits every five minutes?" The girl raised her slightly raspy voice a touch, concerned about the danger she was in, was it a mistake to come down to New Austin?
He waved the comment away and looked at the floor before looking back at her, "No, no, I didn't mean that at all, these people usually go after prostitutes but seemed rather interested in you instead." At this, the young woman frowned and turned to the man with the chocolate brown hair and hazel eyes, only a few freckles patterned his cheeks, he looked around twenty-three years of age. "I'm sorry I couldn't get here sooner, I just had to settle something in Twin Rocks." He shook his head at his comment.
"At least you did get here, otherwise I would've been sliced and diced all over the place."
"Anyway." he continued, "What brings you here? This area of America is the last place a woman such as yourself would want to be, and you look young too, how old are you?" He asked, seeming a little confused.
"Oh, I uh... Well I'm here lookin' for my brother, a few months ago, we were encountered by a group, or gang whatever you wanna call em', and he told me to run off, and after I did so, I lost him. I even went back to the place I had run from, but all that was there were the dead gang... Soo, now I'm trying to find him again. Oh, I'm fifteen..." The sheriff listened intently to what she had to say then nodded,
"Right... Well welcome to New Austin, but be warned, you might not fit in here, just be careful and on the look out, and if you can use a gun..." He motioned quickly to the Schofield sleeping in the girl's holster. "Then you shouldn't have as much trouble, Miss..."
"Miss Marston, Jade Marston."