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♥ Valentine Tag ♥

I'm starting a tag game called Valentine tag! Here's what you do:
→ Write 10 pups you consider great friends.
→If you have a Valentine, she'll/he'll be your first one on the list
→ Then Tag 5 other pups!!

10 pups close to me!
1. Rosie ♥
2. Diego
3. Skye
4. Jessie
5. Connie
6. Natcho
7. P.Nutty
8. Pizazz
9. Mini
10. Kinzie

5 pups I tag!
1. Rosie
2. Connie
3. Diego
4. Kinzie
5. Natcho

Let's Keep This Game Going Guys and Gals!

Oh NOOOOOOOOOOO! The tag monster!

I've been tagged... By... Kinzie! Eeeeeek! She tagged me! :O *dies* BOL just kidding xD


7 things about Huntington

1. I love my momma... Duh :P

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2. I love my crate... Unusual... BOLz

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3. I Love My Toys!

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4. I'm... not comfertable around small dogs

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5. I Love Making Furiends

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6. I HATE it when my momma uses me as a pillow... Grrr...

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7. I Love My wife, ROSIE!!! ♥♥♥


♫♫♫♫Tag! Hahahahahaha! Hmm... Who to tag now?

Now I Tag......

1. Connie
2. Ginger
3. Diego
4. Lilah
5. Buddy
6. Bessie Best
7. Sandy
8. Pizazz
9. Maxxie
10. ROSIE!!! ♥♥♥♥

Nanowrimo almost done...

I am Kiara. My name is pronounced like kee-ar-a. Confusing, right? Well, here I am, a little German shepherd, stuck with my (ex) boyfriend, my brother, and this boy (Buddy) who’s crazy for me! My (ex) boyfriend’s name is Rocko and he’s a German shepherd, to! I loved him more than anything! My brother is Ryder, and he’s a little crazy. Oh wait. That’s Puppy. He is crazy! He drives ME crazy, and really, I’m hard to drive crazy! Anyway, I need to tell you about what happened a year ago, what made me who I am today; brave, strong, and happy. It started when I was a pup, and Puppy took my parents away…
Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd wait in the hospital. Mrs. Shepherd is going to have a pup! “Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd? The birth room is ready for you.”
The couple fallows the doctor to the room and Mrs. Shepherd has her pup!
I look up at my mum lovingly, and I knew she was special. Something about her was different than the dreams of her I had in her belly. Maybe it was the sparkle in her eyes. Maybe in was that tuff of fur above her eye, but whatever it was, my mum was special. Then, she spoke to me. “Oh sweetheart, what should we name her?”
I didn’t know she wasn’t talking to me, but at the time, I didn’t know I had a daddy. “Well, Hun, I don’t really know. She looks a lot like you! Maybe Kyra?”
My mum stared at my daddy. “Well, you hear the name Kyra all the time. How about something original, like Kiara? I’ve always loved that name!”
My daddy sighed. “Kiara. Why Kiara?”
My mum shushed him and hugged me tight. I yawned and fell asleep in her arms.
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I woke up and got dressed. Today was the big day. My first day of middle school! I slowly walked down the stairs to my brother Ryder, who was making waffles. “Hurry up Kiara, you’ll miss the bus! You need to eat, now hurry.”
I rolled my eyes, grabbed my cell phone, and called my best friend. “Anna, any luck finding the bus stop?
I heard Anna sneeze. “ Kiara, I’m sorry, but I won’t make it to school today! I have a cold, and my mum said…”
I couldn’t help it. I burst out into tears. “Anna stop!”
I heard a cough on the other end. “Sorry Kiara, I can’t help it… I can’t go my whole life without saying mum or daddy around you! Yeesh!”
I just sighed and hung up. This Pit Bull named Puppy took my parents away… For some strange reason, after I met him, he’s wanted to make my life terrible! Icky Sicky Terrible Horrible doplganger Puppy! I really don’t know why, but he just took my mum and daddy away! That’s when I was in grade school, about 5 years ago… Anyway, Ryder is taking care of me. He’s my only sibling… Okokok, sorry, back to the story…
Ryder ran up to me. “Kiara, Kiara! Why are you crying?”
I talked to him slowly, trying to stop the crying. “Anna… Well… She talked about… Well, she said… Mum and daddy!!”
I stared at Ryder as his lip quivered. “Now Kiara… Go… To… School…”
I quickly nodded and left for the bus. As I got on it, I noticed a mutt sitting by himself in the back. He looked really nervous, and I think I knew how he felt… I walked over to him and asked him if I could sit with him. “Ey… Why would you sit with me? I’m not cute, funny, or smart…”
I laughed. “Well, you’re orange and I like orange! What’s your name?”
He blushed. “I’m Buddy Boy, but please call me Buddy. I’m a little new here and…”
I smiled. “You know, you’re cute. Sorta. Well, allow me to introduce myself. I’m Kiara, proud sister of Ryder, president of something!”
Buddy laughed. “President of something? I don’t think he’s really president of anything!”
I just sat there. Then, at the next stop, a hot German Shepherd got in. I leaned over and whispered to Buddy. “Who’s he?”
Buddy rolled his eyes. “That’s Rocko. He’s, uh, a snot.”
I stared at Buddy. “How could someone that HOT be a snot?”
Buddy started crying after I said that. “Ok! I’m lying! So what?!? I guess I just wanted to have a chance with a girl and you said I was cute! And… And… And…” Buddy sighed. “ I’m sorry Kiara… I just thought you liked me…”
I leaned over and hugged Buddy. “Well, you’re orange, and I like orange!”
Then I did some something I’m not very proud of. I walked over and plopped down next to Rocko. He turned around and smiled at me. “Sup? I’m Rocko! Who are you?”
I blushed. “I’m Kiara… By the way… You’re really cute…”
Rocko smiled. “Thank ya. By the way… You’re cute to!”
I turned around and smiled at Buddy, to show him all was well, but what I saw stopped my heart. Buddy was crying… I felt terrible, like it was all my fault, until I saw him reading a text on his phone. I walked back over to him. “What’s wrong Buddy?”
Buddy looked at me and tried to smile. “I-it’s nothing, r-really. I just…” He handed me his phone. “Read the text, and you’ll see…”
I read the text slowly. It said, “Bddy it’s me. We r brakn up 2day. Srry cant hld relshonship. Ttyl. Me.”
I turned to Buddy. “Awww, girls don’t matter unless it’s me! So just ignore it, be a new man! Be Buddy!”
He just looked up at me sadly and nodded. I sighed. Is there anyway to cheer Buddy up AND get Rocko to like me? Ugh, this is hard. I feel like I need to cheer my new friend up, but uhhhhh! Then, I decided it was final! I was going to help Buddy! He needed me now, and I always had time to flirt with Rocko. I talked Rocko into saving my spot and I walked over to Buddy. “Buddy Boy, listen to me. You’ll find her soon. Well, maybe not soon, but you’ll find her eventually!”
I got him to smile! My new friend’s heart was broken, and I got him to smile! “Thanks Kiara! I’ll find her soon, I hope!”
Then he leaned over and whispered in my ear. “Can you help me?”
I shrugged. “Sorry B-Boy, but I have to find my parents! Do you want to help me? I mean, you, me, Rocko, and Ryder all looking for my parents! How fun will that be?!?”
He smiled his sweet buck tooth smile. “Sure, when?”
I hit him playfully. “Eh, a month?”
(One month later)
I slowly kissed Rocko. “C’mon, let’s get Buddy and Ryder! We have to find my parents soon!”
Rocko hugged me. “Fine. Let’s go!”
In the bushes, Puppy the Pit Bull and his partner, Sheeba, spy on Kiara. “She’s going to find her parents” whispered Sheeba. “Not where WE hid them!” laughed Puppy.
I banged at Buddy’s door. It was 2:00 AM in the morning, right when I told Buddy to get up. “BUDDY! HURRY UP!”
Buddy walked out slowly and yawned. He wiped his eyes and looked at me and Rocko. “Sorry guys… I forgot! Let me go get dressed!”
Rocko rolled his eyes as Buddy walked away. “Can we PLEASE go without him?!? I mean, this is driving me CRAZY! I’m your boyfriend, and here we are, waiting for a BOY!”
I slapped him. “Buddy’s my best friend! I won’t do anything without him, and when I met him, I promised he’d come!”
Rocko just sighed and waited. 10 minutes later, Buddy came out, dressed and ready. “So… What are we doing?”
I explained that we were going. It was a cave called MonaWona. The reason we were going there was because it was my parent’s favorite place to visit. If they were anywhere, they’d be there! Ryder, Rocko, Buddy, and I started our mission. Little did we know our terrible fate…
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Buddy and I were talking about school. I didn’t know talking would destroy my relationship with Rocko! Ha-ha, just kidding! I gottcha there! Well, anyway, Buddy and I were talking about school when Ryder yelled something at me that I didn’t quite understand… I wish I did, because all of the sudden the ground disappeared from under our feet! We fell down a large pit, full of leaves. Ryder and Rocko came running over. “Kiara? Buddy? Are you two ok?”
It was Ryder! I shifted around to ell something back, but it was then I noticed Buddy had fallen on top of me. “Mmmmmf! Buddy, get off of me! Mmmmmf!”
Buddy shifted and moved his buttocks. I then had some breathing space. “Ryder! We’re fine, but I think I broke my leg! I mean, it’s hurting!”
Buddy looked at me, his eyes filled with tears. “I broke your leg?! Kiara, I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean to!”
I played around with my leg a little. “Naw, it’s not broken! I was just messing with you! Don’t cry Buddy, DO NOT CRY.”
Buddy laughed. “And I was just messing with you. Now get up. And we can get out of this crazy hole!”
I grabbed Buddy’s paw as he helped me up. We climbed out of the hole and Rocko ran up to me. We hugged and continued our search. I ran around, looking for clues, something to show me which way to go! It was then I found a piece of my mum’s jacket. It made my eyes well up with tears, seeing the jacket piece. I brought it to Ryder and showed him. “Ryder… Look…”
He looked down at the jacket piece and grabbed it from me. “Where’d you find this? Show me, show me now!”
I ran with him to the bush where I found the jacket. “Look Ryder! What’s that?” I pointed to a tree with a purse in it. “That looks like mum’s purse!”
Rocko coughed and sneezed. “Oh jeez. That tree’s an olive tree! I’m allergic to olive trees! What can I do? What CAN I do?”
I winced. “Oh Rocko! We need to get you away from that tree! You’ll… You’ll die! It’ll be too bad!”
Rocko sneezed. “GET ME AWAY FROM THIS TREE! –cough- GET ME AWAY! –cough- I can’t… Can’t breath!”
Ryder looked at me nervously. “Uhhh… This… It isn’t as bad as it looks…”
I looked up. “Wadda ya mean? Rocko might die!”
“Rocko isn’t going to die”
“He might!”
“Uh, no.”
“How do you know?”
“I just do!”
“Tell me why!”
Ryder nodded at me and pointed to Rocko. Rocko snorted and started laughing. I looked at Rocko furiously. “Was it a joke?!? All of it? A joke on me! Gee, Rocko. Wow. Just, wow…”
Rocko’s tail drooped and he ran over to me. “Kiara, I’m sorry. Ryder talked me into it! I swear! Even ask him!”
I didn’t. I didn’t feel like talking to Rocko or Ryder right now, so I went over and sat right down next to Buddy. “Sometimes I wonder why I love Rocko. I mean, sometimes he’s the best guy on Earth, but other times, he’s just a big jerk.” I sighed. “I love him with almost all of my heart, but sometimes I want to strangle the boy…”
Buddy smiled. “When I met you, I told you he was a snot. I was just kidding at the time, but… Now, sometimes, it’s true.” He turned and looked me in the eyes. “Do you know what I mean?
I nodded. “Yeah, I know what you mean… I love Rocko to bitsies, but… Ick… I want him to be like a normal guy. One who won’t play tricks on me!” I turned to Buddy and sighed. “You’re like that, but I love you as a friend… Nothing more than a friend…”
Buddy sighed. “I know, but I’ve known you for about a month and… Well, I really like you… You probably know that, because I always fallow you around, but…” His eyes were wet from tears. “I’ve always wanted you to like me!”
I smiled. Deep down, I knew I liked Buddy, but it wasn’t at that time I knew he was the one for me…
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Rocko, Buddy, Ryder, and I woke up. After a terrible sleep, I was ready for some more searching. I packed up camp and off we went! Looking for my parents made me hungry, and I remembered we hadn’t had breakfast or dinner! I slowly and hungrily walked over to Ryder. I looked at him weakly, so he knew I was hungry. Ryder shook his head. “We didn’t bring food. I’m sorry, I forgot.” I slowly started walking away when he grabbed me. “I guess we could hunt. I mean, we are dogs, and Buddy looks like he has some wolf in him!”
I nodded and looked at Buddy. True, he did have the wolf tail, but that was about it. I smiled at Buddy. “Hey Bud, can you hunt? Like, can you kill birds and mice and stuff?”
Buddy looked at me, startled. “Hunt? What? Well, I used to… I don’t know if I still have it though…”
I slapped him. “You so can! No, teach me! TEACH ME!”
Buddy once again looked at me funny. “Umm, why do you want to hunt?”
“We have no food.”
“Didn’t Ryder grab some?”
“No he forgot.”
“He forgot?”
“Yep, now we need to hunt.”
“Fine I’ll help, but it’ll take about 20 minutes to teach you.”
“I don’t care! Teach me!”
“Ok…”
We shook paws at the deal, but I wondered why it felt so good to me to have Buddy’s paw holding mine. It scared me a bit, so I quickly pulled it away. “Kiara, why’d you stop the handshake?”
I just ignored him and ran to Rocko and gave him a hug. For some reason, I didn’t feel the same hugging Rocko… It was different, not as special. I was confused, so I chose to ignore it and move on. Buddy showed us how to hunt. I learned how to jump, pounce, and attack. I was actually really fun, that is, until I caught something. “Ewww! I just stepped on a mouse! Ewww! I think I killed it!”
Rocko laughed. “You’re supposed to kill it. We need to eat it! Eat it up!”
I looked at the dead mouse between my paws. How could I eat this? Well, Buddy didn’t teach me how to hunt for nothing! I looked at the mouse in my paws and lifted it to my mouth. I slowly lowered it to my mouth and dropped it in. I chewed and swallowed the mouse. It tasted HORRIBLE. I’m not kidding. This thing I just swallowed, it was… My stomach lurched. The rest of the night, I just snacked on the bugs I caught. It was a lot better than eating more mice! “Ugh Buddy. I feel sick…”
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I was asleep when Rocko jumped on me and woke me up. “Kiara, wake up! Ryder found a clue!”
I looked up at Rocko. “Where?”
“The cave.”
“Oh. Ok.”
“Let’s go!”
“Ugh… Nuh-uh”
“Aw, c’mon!”
“Fine…”
I got up and got dressed. I looked at my watch and it was 2:30 A.M. “Rocko, can’t this wait? I mean, won’t the clue be there in the morning?”
Rocko shook his head. “No, it’s going to fly away soon!”
Fly away? What? That made no since… Well, my mum DID love butterflies… I fallowed Rocko out of the tent slowly. Buddy came running up and we were on our way! “Hey guys, I don’t feel that great…”
At first I thought it was from the mouse I ate last night… Ugh! My stomach was killing me! “Guys? Guys? Guys? I feel terrible! Ugh…”
Buddy ran up to me and so did Rocko. My stomach lurched. I felt terrible! I leaned over and vomited. “Ewww!”
I looked up and noticed I got sick all over Rocko! “Ohmygosh, Rocko! I’m so sorry!”
Rocko looked at the goop on his stomach then at me. “Kiara… Why’d you get sick on me?” He sighed. “I thought you loved me and here you are, puking on me!”
I looked at Rocko and sighed. “It was an accident! I-I didn’t mean to, really!”
Rocko slapped me. Hard. “Sorry Kiara. It’s over. I don’t date dogs who… Who barf on me!”
I sighed. I knew this was coming. I turned and looked at Buddy. As I thought, his eyes were bright, waiting for me to ask a certain question he’s been waiting for. I shook my head. “Not now Buddy Boy.”
His eyes kept glowing and he just smiled and nodded. “Hey Kiara… Want to go fishing? Fish taste 10 times better than mice.” He laughed. “Trust me!”
I smiled and nodded. I was hungry, and fish sounded really good right now. “Can we make a fire and cook them up? And have marshmallows?”
Buddy nodded. “Marshy mellows! Yumalitios!”
I laughed. “Buddy you sure are funny!” I kissed his cheek. “But don’t get excited! I don’t love you lots… YET!”
He blushed. “I uh… Well… Ummm… Like you a lot and…”
I playfully punched him in the arm. “I know Bud. You tell me that almost EVERYDAY!” I laughed. “I don’t need to be reminded, even though I sorta like you.”
Buddy’s eyes lit up more than usual. “You like me? REALLY?”
I sneezed and my nose stuffed up. “Whoa. I’b be stubbed ub.” I sneezed again and blew my nose. “Oh my! Wow! That was gross!”
Buddy smiled. “It IS gross, but hey, we all sneeze sometimes right?”
Ryder ran up to us. “Have you two forgotten about the clue? The butterfly is about to fly away! HURRY. IT. UP.”
I sighed. “We’re coming! Where are we going?”
Ryder smiled. “Rocko and I found MonaWona cave! There’s a butterfly in the cave and it has a clue! You guys need to hurry it up!”
I grinned. The cave was found, and there was a butterfly with a clue! Wow! What luck! I knew I’ve been looking for this cave forever, and I had a pet butterfly named Flutterby.
“Wow Ryder. This place is beautiful! The cave is more than I imagined!”
Ryder smiled. “I know! Everything is so beautiful! Look, there’s the clue!”
And there it was. A butterfly as bright as the sun. It was vibrant, with bright yellows, oranges, reds, and bright greens! But it had a little piece of paper on it’s left wing. I leaned over and carefully plucked it off. It was a tiny letter, folded up. I unfolded it and read it.
May 29, 1999
Dear Reader,
My husband, Mr. Shepherd, and I have recently been captured by Puppy and Sheeba. They have taken us away and our only hope is this butterfly. If found, please help us by going to the end of this cave and finding the wishing well. On the wishing well is a rock, and it will grant you one wish. Please wish us back to our family. Please note that the path to the end of the cave is a long, dangerous journey!
Kind regards,
Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd.

I smiled at the letter. “Ryder, Rocko, Buddy. We have to get to the end of the cave!”
Buddy nodded. “But you heard it! ‘The path to the end of the cave is a long, dangerous journey!’ It might be scary! We might DIE!”
Rocko laughed. “Don’t worry guys and girl! We’re dogs! We can make it!”
Buddy slapped him. “Are you kidding? I’m scared of a lot of things, a cave being one of them! Especially dark and scary caves… Creepy caves.” A little mouse ran across Buddy’s paws. “Meek! What was that?!?”
I laughed. “Buddy, it’s only a mouse! Like the one I ate, y’know?”
Buddy nodded, but I noticed the disgusted look on his face. I sighed, knowing that look meant something terrible. Buddy was about to, um… Pass out. I tried my hardest not to laugh and I went behind him to catch him as Rocko sneezed in front of Buddy to catch him if he fell forward. “Kiara? He passed out, but he’s still standing. Now what?”
I nodded at Ryder, who came over and pushed him to the side. As I knew, Buddy never fell to the side; he almost ALWAYS fell back, with the exception of the two times he fell forward. As I thought, he fell back, into my arms. Buddy was… Heavy! I turned to Rocko. “He’s to heavy! I’m going to fall! Catch me!”
So he did. Buddy had fallen into my arms and I fell into Rocko’s. I slapped Buddy Boy until he woke up, and he wasn’t happy to be slapped. “Ow… Kiara that hurt!”
I just smiled at him, glad he was awake. “C’mon Buddy. We still have to get too the end of the cave! Still have to find the rock!”
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Not long after we took of, we came to a forking path. “Well guys. Which one will we take?”
Right when I was about to speak, a Pit bull and a Siberian husky jumped out at us. The husky smiled at me, as if pleased to meet us. “Hi, I’m Sheeba, and the Pit bull’s Puppy! Glad to meet you!”
Puppy elbowed her. “Sheebz, why’d you tell her our names?” He snarled. “She’s obviously read the note! Now she knows it’s US!”
Sheeba frowned. “But I don’t like being evil…” She sighed. “All I do is listen to you! You never listen to me…”
I smiled. Sheeba seemed nicer than Puppy, and at least now se was distracting him! I walked over to Sheeba quickly and whispered in her ear. “Sheeba? Thanks. Please distract Puppy, so I can get away with my brother, my friend, and my um…. Boyfriend?”
I winked at Buddy. He smiled in reply. Sheeba nodded and we all RAN. I don’t mean we jogged, but we booked outa there! When we got to dead-end, I knew at once that we had taken the wrong way… Buddy whimpered. “Kiara, I’m scared… What’s in this cave?”
I winked at Rocko and Ryder. “I dunno Buddy! Maybe lions…”
Ryder snickered. “Or tigers!”
Rocko laughed. “Or bears!”
Buddy shuddered. “Oh… My…” And the boy passed out again!
“Buddy. Buddy? Wake up Budz!” I slapped him. “You’ve passed out once! We were just kidding about the lions and tigers and bears! You can wake up now…”
And he did. Just like that! He just popped up! “Ok, I guess I’ll believe you guys… Haha, why shouldn’t I? You guys are my best friends!”
I smiled. I was glad he trusted us. His three best friends. His three ONLY friends. That kind of made me sad, knowing that Buddy only had three friends. Rocko, the dog he had first called a snot because I liked him. Ryder, my brother and the president of something! And me, Kiara, the dog he had fallen in love with from the start! (Well, why wouldn’t he? Shouldn’t ALL dogs?) I smiled. I knew Buddy was cute, and I knew I liked him, but… What was holding me back from telling him? I didn’t know. Maybe it was because of Rocko. Ever since he broke up with me, that boy’s been watching me like a hawk. “Uh, hey Buddy. Sorry to tell you this, but Kiara ain’t interested!”
That’s what he said when Buddy asked me out a few days ago. Low, yes I know. Now I see why Rocko was called a snot! Haha! I smiled at Rocko. “Why Rocko. You need to um… Go back to where Puppy and Sheeba were. So go. NOW!”
Rocko panicked and smiled weakly. “Well, I uh… Um Kiara? I don’t think I can…”
I smiled my sly smile. “But Rocko! You’re the strongest of all of us! We can’t do it without you!”
Buddy snickered. Ryder coughed, holding back laughter. I danced around Rocko. “But…” I started crying alligator tears. “Please Rocko? Please?!”
Rocko looked at me, confused. “Um… Well, ok, but they might still be there! I mean, what if we run into Puppy again?”
I grinned. “Then Sheeba will hold them off. Not that hard. She’s nice!”
Buddy jumped in front of me.
“But, what if Sheeba was just kidding? What if it was some deversion just to make us think she was nice…”
I smiled. We walked back the other way, back to Sheeba and Puppy. When we got to the fork in the road, they weren’t there. Instead, we found a cute, tiny mouse. Buddy started breathing hard. I just smiled at the little mouse. “Hey cutie! What’s your name? Can you help us find our way to the wishing well with the rock?”
The little mouse smiled and nodded. “My name is Quillan, and I know this cave inside and out!” Quillan ran up one of the walls, lost his balance, and fell on poor Buddy’s head. “Oh. Sorry dog!”
Buddy growled and pulled little Quillan off his head. “Listen here mouse! I mean, listen to me Quillan. I’m trying to help the girl I love find her parents! And if you don’t help us, I’m going to make…” He paused and smiled. “I’m going to make mouse soup out of you! Yum! Doesn’t that sound good to you Kiara? Nice, warm Quillan soup!”
I slapped Buddy. “Do you want him to help us or not?”
Buddy nodded and sighed. Quillan ran ahead of us and grabbed onto Ryder’s tail. That was enough to scare him for a year. Ryder froze. He turned around and his once gray face was now white. He muttered something and then let out a howl as loud as an avalanche. “Yip yip howly YEEEEEEP!”
He flung his tail from side to side and poor little Quillan lost his grip. “Eeeek! Help me! Someone! Grab me! I’m falling! Falling!”
Rocko noticed my new little buddy in the air in the NICK of time! Rocko jumped to the ground and acted like a trampoline. Quillan landed on his tummy and was bounced back up from force. “Ouch. My back…”
Rocko grabbed his tummy. “Ow, your BACK?!? What about my stomach? Jeez, talk about caring. I thought you were a nice, cute, helping mouse. But NO! You used me for your landing! YOUR LANDING! How… How could you?”
I punched Rocko. “Listen Rockstar. He’s helping us. If you want to go home and not help me find my parents, by all means, GO! Rocko, at least he’s helping!”
Rocko teared up. “I… I’m so sorry… I… I didn’t mean for you to take it the wrong way, I just…”
I picked little Quillan up. “Stop taking my friends for granted. You’re just helping us find the stone.” I growled at him. “Or I’ll make mouse soup!”
Quillan gulped. “Soup? Really?” He smiled weakly. “Um, I wont let you down sir… I mean, Ma’am!”
I showed him my teeth. “See these sharp, pointy teeth? I’ve eaten a mouse before. Ask anyone in my family!”
Quillan turned to Buddy. Buddy nodded. “It’s true. She, um, got sick on Rocko the day after! I have to admit, it was a good day!”
I smiled, knowing Buddy thought of it as the day I became single. A not so great day for me, but a wonderful day for Buddy. Quillan just onto Buddy’s head and help up a stick like a sword. “Onward! C’mon! You dogs are super slow! If you were mice, we could get there a LOT quicker!” A sinister smile crossed his face. “Follow me.”
Quillan ran around to the back of a rock and pulled out four pills. I didn’t know what they were. They were glowing like a green glow-stick. “Um, Quillan? What are those?”
He smiled. “They’re pills. Y’know? The ones you take and they do something to you? Well, take one! Each of ya!”
Ryder slowly grabbed a pill and eyed Quillan. “What’s it gonna do to me?”
Quillan shook his head. “I can’t tell you! It’s a surprise!”
We each grabbed a pill and ate it. It tasted like vomit. I turned to Buddy, who had miraculously grown whiskers and a mouse tail. And he shrunk. “Haha! You are tiny!” I stopped. My voice was high pitched and squeaky. Like a mouse… “QUILLAN?!? Are we MICE?!?”
We all turned to Quillan who looked bigger than me! He started laughing HARD. “Haha! You guys are mice! Heehee! Hoho” He fell to the ground, almost out of breath.
I tried to walk over there, but tripped over my mouse tail. “Quillan. I know you mean us no harm, but… How do you get around with these tails, so I can… WHIP YOUR FACE IN HALF!”
Quillan backed into the wall. “I-I’m sorry! It was an accident! Well, it really wasn’t, but hey! It was funny! You guys are MICE!”
Rocko, who was small and had a pink nose, punched Quillan’s little gray nose. “I thought you were a cute little mouse! But no! You’re some stupid little RAT!”
Quillans lip quivered. His eyes turned a dark shade of red. He slowly walked over to Rocko. “Listen dog. Call me a rat, pay the consequences! I’m much different that a rat! They are fools. Us mice are… Not fools!”
I laughed through the whole thing. Buddy snorted with laughter. “Hey! I sooo, need to take a picture of this and text it to Misty!”
I knew about Misty. She was the other dog Buddy loved. A little more than me, but I didn’t care. I just smiled. “Buddy, you have to take a picture of Quillan with a bloody nose!”
Buddy roared with laughter as he took a picture of Quillan looking furious with a big bloody nose. “What should the text say?”
I grinned. “Here!” I grabbed his phone and started texting. “I’ll show it to you when I’m done!”
The text was hilarious!
To: Misty
From: Buddy Boy
Ges wut? I m in a cave with a craz mouse! xD
Luv alwayz
Budz
BTW, the mouse haz a craz name!
It’s quillan but sounds like
Kien!

Buddy and I snorted with laughter. We never got a text back, but we didn’t care, we just walked over and showed Quillan the text. “Unless you want us to send this to every contact on Buddy’s phone, you better change us back to dogs!”
Quillan nodded quickly and ran over to a rock. He came out with purple glow stick pills. I growled at Ryder, who was about to take the first one. “Ryder, lady’s first! And, I’m younger and I’m you little sister!”
I grabbed a pill and gobbled it down. This one tasted like bacon. I grew up really fast! “Guys, taste it! TASTE IT!”
Everyone ate one, but after Ryder, Buddy, and Rocko ate theirs, I noticed Quillan had one left in his hand. I knew what he was about to do. Before I could stop him, he ate the pill. In a puff of smoke, he grew. When the smoke cleared, I noticed he was still shorter than us. “Uh, Quillan? Why are you a Shetland Sheepdog?”
He blushed. “I know I’m smaller, but that’s because I was born a Sheltie… Not a mouse…”
I smiled. “So, you’re a dog? Why didn’t you tell me? I would’ve understood…”
Quillan panted. “I’ve lived almost my whole life as a mouse, I kinda forgot until I found the pills…”
Rocko laughed. “Tell the truth, you little rat man!”
Quillan was in tears now, fighting back laughter. “Ok, ok! I’m sorry! I lied! This is the first time I’ve ever been a dog!”
I growled at him. “Turn back into a mouse! NOW! Or you can’t come with us… So you’d better go and grab a mouse pill. Or else!”
Quillan’s sheltie fur poofed around as he walked back over to his rock. He pulled the green glow pill out and ate it. “Oh yay. It’s sooooo good.” He shrunk back down to a mouse. “Oh yay! I’m a mouse! I missed being a mouse!”
He ran up to Rocko and kissed his cheek. Rocko was grossed out. “Ew… Why did you kiss me?!? You’re a boy for one… And you’re a… a… a… MOUSE! Why would you kiss me?”
Quillan shrugged. “I didn’t. You guys are hungry. It happens to all dogs. When they get hungry, they see and feel things.”
Rocko shook his head. “I dunno… This seemed pretty real… But I guess I am pretty hungry…”
As he said that, all of our stomachs growled. I looked around for something to eat. Of course, all we saw nothing but a big and bare cave. My stomach made more noise. “Ugh… I’m so hungry…”
I thought for a second about eating Quillan. I guess we all did. We all eyed him like he was a big chicken. I guess he knew what we were thinking. He backed up into the wall. Well, not the wall, but a boiling pot next to a water spout on top of a water heater. I turned the water spout on along with the heater. Ryder pounced on Quillan and picked him up. Rocko grabbed him away from Ryder and Buddy dropped him into the boiling hot water. Quillan screamed, but… Sadly he died. We cut him into four different pieces and ate him. He tasted really bad, but it was nice to be eating something! I hiccupped. “Oh my… We just ate the only thing that knew how to get to the stone…”
I heard laughter. Tiny mouse laughter. Quillan’s laughter. I turned around to see what was behind me. And what did I see? Quillan laughing! And what did I do? I walked over to him and slapped to him. “How did you get eaten and still be here! I’m glad you’re here and all, but… We ate you… How are you back?”
Quillan giggled. “You just ate my enemy! Hehe! I knew you guys were hungry, so I treated you to dinner! I hope he was nummy! Hehe! I hope you like him!”
I groaned. Inside, I was happy because he was the only one who knew the way. But on the other hand… This mouse was annoying! It would be really quite if he was gone… I sighed. I’d rather have my mom than a little mouse! “C’mon guys. Let’s get going…”
Quillan was in the lead, Ryder was next, third was Rocko, next was me, and last was Buddy. Buddy was walking really slow. He muttered something and we heard a thump. We all turned around. Buddy was on the ground, just laying there. He looked like he was in some dazed sleep. I ran over to him and noticed a small dart in his butt. I turned around only to see Puppy and Sheeba. Puppy was wearing a smile of defeat, while Sheeba looked worried, almost sad. She tried to wave, but her paws were tied to her back. Puppy laughed. “I didn’t want her stopping me again. We need you to help us with some… Painful tests.”
Puppy laughed. Buddy started talking nonsense. “The giraffe and the silk run with the zebras. They all… All… All…” And Buddy fell asleep.
Puppy snorted. “To bad your friend fell asleep, because what he was telling you was valuable information! He fell asleep… MUAHAHAHA!”
I ran over to Buddy, and tried to try to wake him up. I knew giraffes, silk, and zebras had nothing to do with this, but I wanted the boy to wake up. “Buddy, wake up! C’mon Buddy! Wake up!”
Puppy smiled. “That dart in his bottom there? See it? It as snake poison, so I don’t know how long he’s gonna last!”
It was then I started crying. “Wake up Buddy! If you don’t wake up, you’ll die! You’ll die!” I picked up his paw. “Please Bud… Please…”
Quillan ran up on top of Buddy and pulled out a green glow stick pill! He shoved in Buddy’s mouth and pulled his chaw around o make him chew it up. Out of nature, Buddy swallowed. And he started shrinking. Into a mouse. When he was a full mouse, he woke up. “Ow, what happened? My butt hurts…” Buddy turned around to look at his bottom and screamed. “I’M A MOUSE! WHY AM I A MOUSE!?!” Buddy growled ad leaped at Quillan. “You turned me into a mouse!”
Quillan shook his head. “No, the girl did.”
Buddy turned around and looked up at me. “Why Kiara? Why?”
I smiled. “The stuff Puppy shot in your butt only works on dogs. So if I turned you into a mouse then back into a dog, you’d be better…”
Buddy looked up at me. “Well where’s Puppy and Sheeba now? And can you turn me back into a dog?” I nodded and handed him a yellow pill. He ate it and turned back into Buddy! “Ow… My butt is killing me!”
Quillan ran up to me. “We’re almost there. We’re so close! It’s right up here!”
My stomach was flipping in excitement! We were about to find my mum and daddy! We all turned a big corner and there is was. A well with a small purple rock on it’s edge. As I reached out to grab it, a paw met with mine. As I looked up, I saw none other than Puppy. I growled a low deep growl. “Let my parents go, and nobody gets hurt!”
Puppy looked at me and laughed. “HA! You’re just a puny little pup! I could squish you with my bare paws! I could just step on you and…”
I cut him off by biting him. I didn’t just nip him, my teeth sank into his flash. His blood tasted gross, but his face was worth it! He looked at me shocked. “Um. Ow? You bite just as sweet as you look! Haha!”
That ticked me off. “Ok Puppy. I was being nice to you. You know why? Because I thought you might just be nice for once and leave me alone! I’m stronger than you think, and I really don’t think ya’ll wanna mess with me!”
Puppy snorted. “Haha! Yeah right! You couldn’t hurt me if you tried!” He giggled. “I want to see you try.”
I smiled. “Oh really now? Ha! Ok then.” I jumped from my position and onto Puppy. I clawed at his snout until he had a big scratch down his nose. I bit at his tail until it was a stub like most Pit bull tails. I gnawed on his ears until they each had bit marks up and down them. I chewed on his stomach until he was loosing hair. I jumped up and smiled, pleased with myself. The last thing I heard was Buddy yell before I blacked out.
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When I woke up, Puppy was on top of me, biting my tail. Now I knew how much it hurt him! I guess I thought that it wouldn’t hurt, but it did. It hurt like a son of a gun. I jumped up and yelped. My tail wasn’t bleeding, but it did hurt. My eyes welded with tears and I was about to give up. Then I remembered why I was fighting this dog. My parents. If I won this battle, I would get the only thing I wanted in life. My parents back. But I couldn’t fight Puppy alone. I needed help. Lots of help. I looked at my friends and brother. I mouthed out the word help to Buddy and Rocko. I turned to Ryder and nodded at Sheeba. He went to work with his knife to get Sheeba free. Meanwhile, Rocko, Buddy, and I set out to work on Puppy. I was to scared to tackle Puppy. I was a girl and Puppy was a big strong boy. He could kill me! So I just pushed Rocko into him, and he landed on Puppy. Puppy put up a fight with him. That’s when Buddy, Quillan, and I took action. Quillan ran up to him and chewed on his tail. He chirped with delight. “This is the most fun I’ve had in years!” He ran up to me happily and danced around. He was happy, you could tell! “I just love this!”
I nodded and ran up to Puppy. I picked up his tail and chomped down. He yelped. Loud. I fell down laughing. Buddy ran up to me. “Kiss me Kiara. Kiss me…”
I slapped him. “No, we’re in the middle of a fight! I don’t like you anyway…”
Buddy laughed and we both went to slap Puppy silly. In a few minutes, we were joined by Ryder and Sheeba. But they were stepping on Poor Puppy. Quillan was in the corner, laughing. I walked over to him and slapped him. I don’t think it hurt him much! “Owwwwwwww. Now you go back to Puppy. I’m no use anymore. I guess I should go now.”
Seeing that my new friend was leaving, I grabbed him. “No Quillan. You can’t leave. You have to stay. You can come live with me and my parents!”
He nodded. “Uh, sure, but…”
I felt a big smack on my back. I turned around fast and slapped Puppy. Puppy yelped. “Ow…” And he passed out.
That worried Sheeba, who ran over to him. She picked up his head and started crying. One of her tears fell onto Puppy’s chest, and he coughed. His head shook and he stood up. “Oh Puppy…” She held his head up and kissed him. “I’m so glad you’re alive… Are you ok?”
Puppy shook his head again. “Where am I?” He looked at me and my friends. “Who are you? Why am I in a cave? I… Why am I all scratched up?”
Sheeba kissed him. “You’re all scratched up because it was the only way to get rid of that spell.”
I ran up to Sheeba. “Wait, what spell?”
She smiled. “You see hun, Puppy and I are married, but a while ago, Dr. Doofenshmirtz’s evilanator 3000 hit Puppy in the butt. The only way to get him out of the spell was to have him hurt out of it. Or course, as his wife, I just couldn’t hurt him! So when he captured your parents, I knew this would be a perfect time for him to get beat up!”
I smiled. “So, Puppy’s a good dog, eh? That’s confusing, but…” I walked over to Puppy. “Thank you for taking our parents. If you hadn’t, I wouldn’t have met some of my wonderful friends!”
Puppy blushed. “Um, you’re welcome, even though I don’t remember any of this… Hehe...”
I walked back over to Buddy, Rocko, Ryder, and Quillan. “Well, you’re happy to join our family if you like. Our parents won’t mind!” My eyes got all wide. “That reminds me…”
I slowly walked over to the well and picked up the purple rock. I closed my eyes, but Buddy ran by me and took the rock. “I wish Kiara’s parents were where they belong, with us, their family!”
A bright light filled up the room and when it dimmed, I saw two adult German Shepherd dogs! They looked and me, their eyes filled with tears. They smiled and ran over to us. It was kind of awkward, because I haven’t seen them since I was a pup. “M-mom? D-dad?”
They nodded. My mom smiled. “Kiara? Are you really the Kiara I gave birth to? You’re so big, hun! We missed you, because of that Icky Sicky Terrible Horrible Puppy! I hope you’re ok…”
I smiled. “I’m fine Mom.” I pointed to Puppy. “I’d be quiet so he doesn’t hear…”
My dad laughed. “Ha! We knew the whole time Puppy was acting like a doppelganger… We knew about the doctor’s contraption. Sheeba told us. We just were afraid to move… Because evil Puppy can really pack a punch!”
I smiled. I knew, because of the fight we just had, but it was best not to tell my parents about that… “Hey Mom. We found this. I thought you’d want to see it…”
I showed my mom the letter. She read it out loud to my whole family.
“Dear Reader,
My husband, Mr. Shepherd, and I have recently been captured by Puppy and Sheeba. They have taken us away and our only hope is this butterfly. If found, please help us by going to the end of this cave and finding the wishing well. On the wishing well is a rock, and it will grant you one wish. Please wish us back to our family. Please note that the path to the end of the cave is a long, dangerous journey!
Kind regards,
Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd.”
My dad laughed. “Wow, that was a while ago, wasn’t it?”
Buddy, Rocko, and Quillan walked over to my mom and dad. I put my arms around Rocko and Buddy, and I let Quillan on my head. “Mom, Dad, meet the new addition to our family.” I held up little Quillan. “His name’s Quillan and he’s very smart… You have to let us keep him!”
My mom sighed. “I don’t know Kiara… I don’t like pets.”
I help him up to her. “But he’s not a pet! He’s Quillan! He’s a mouse… But… He can talk! Quillan say something to my mom.”
Quillan smiled at my mom. “Please to meet you. May I pleeeeeease stay with you? Please?”
My mom sighed. “I don’t know…”
Quillan and I hopped around chanting. “Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please!”
Finally my mom sighed. “Fine, but only if you do the dishes, scrub the floor, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla!”
Buddy groaned. “I’m so glad you didn’t have to live through this your whole life…”
I smiled. “I know. If I had to go through this as a baby, I would be scared for life.”
Rocko laughed. “My granny’s like this. Chores all day every day. Makes me laugh, but sadly, she’s getting up tin the years… For an 85 year old girl, she still has a lot to live for…”
I laughed. Rocko was lying. I knew he was. I giggled and gave Rocko a big kiss. “So how about it big boy? Give this lonely lion another chance?”
Rocko kissed me back. “Sure, but what about the lonely rabbit over there?” He pointed to Buddy. “You’re gonna break his heart again. Don’t you feel a little sorry for him?”
I sighed. “Nope. He’s in love with that Misty girl…”
Buddy picked up the purple rock. “I hope there’s one more wish left… Oh please…” He sighed and put his head down on the rock. “I wish Misty was here…”
We all saw a big puff of purple smoke, and after it cleared, we saw Misty. She looked at Buddy and smiled. “Um, hey Bud. Why am I here? One minute I’m home talking to my friend Champ on the phone, the next, I’m here! How did I get here?”
Buddy looked at the purple rock slowly. “I thought it would only grant one wish… But I guess not!” He put his head on the rock again. “I wish my family was here…”
Nothing happened. Five minutes later, a black cloud puffed up and two evil looking mutts walked out. I flinched. “Who are they?”
I turned to Buddy, who seemed more than happy. “Mom! Dad!” He ran over to his parents. “I missed you! I know I was only gone for a month, but…”
The dad slapped Buddy. The mom picked him up by his neck. “So you’re the young one who summoned us?”
Buddy looked at his mom. “What?”
The dad laughed. “Don’t you know? When you use the stone for calling people more than two times, the third person or people are doppelgangers!”
Buddy ducked just as his mom took out a knife and swung it around. I gasped. Buddy’s parents were going to kill him! I grabbed the rock. “I wish they were gone!”
In a second, they poofed away. They were just gone. Gone? Wait, gone? I heard a growl behind me. My ears drooped and I turned around. There they were. With there knife. About to kill me. Puppy jumped in front of me. “Listen you. This girl saved my life, and I’m not going to let her die. So you have to go through me first!”
Sheeba jumped behind Puppy. “And me!”
Then Ryder. “And me.”
Then Rocko. “And me!”
Lastly Buddy popped up. “Don’t forget me!”
I smiled. I had a lot of friends. Then, I fell asleep and started dreaming. “I ran over to Rocko and he slapped me. He was one of them now. I just smiled and kissed his cheek. He bit my cheek. “You don’t belong with us. You’re different. Not one of us.” At first, I thought he was doppelganger, but then he pointed at me. I looked down to see that I was glowing blue. I WAS different. I was something weird, but I didn’t know what…”
I woke up screaming. “Ahhhhhhhh!”
I was in the rock bed that we had made a while back in the cave, where we met Quillan. I looked at all of my new friends. They were covered in scratches and bruises. Rocko sat down next to me. “Buddy’s so called parents knocked you out. We hit them hard, but they hurt us back… Um… I guess we’re ok… But are you? You look pretty badly hurt…”
“I’m ok, but I had this weird dream… I was a ghost… And…”
Buddy walked over to me. “Kiara, you need to get some sleep. You hit your head really bad…”
I nodded and fell back to sleep. I had the same dream again... “I ran over to Rocko and he slapped me. He was one of them now. I just smiled and kissed his cheek. He bit my cheek. “You don’t belong with us. You’re different. Not one of us.” At first, I thought he was doppelganger, but then he pointed at me. I looked down to see that I was glowing blue. I WAS different. I was something weird, but I didn’t know what…”
I woke up with a start. “Ryder! Ryder! Mom! Dad! Waaaaaaa!”
My parents ran to me. My mom snuggled up to me. “What’s wrong honey?”
I sighed. “Do you really want to hear my dream?”
My parents nodded. “Of course Kiara. Tell us sweetheart.”
I sucked in a big breath of air. “Well, here goes… ‘I ran over to Rocko and he slapped me. He was one of them now. I just smiled and kissed his cheek. He bit my cheek. “You don’t belong with us. You’re different. Not one of us.” At first, I thought he was doppelganger, but then he pointed at me. I looked down to see that I was glowing blue. I WAS different. I was something weird, but I didn’t know what…’ It just stopped! I just woke up! And I’ve been waking up at that same part every time… It’s scaring me…”
Rocko ran over and hugged me. “It’s ok Kiara. It’s all ok. You’re ok, right? Well, if you’re ok, then it must’ve been a dream.”
Buddy ran over and rolled his eyes. “Rocko, she woke up because of a dream. DUH!”
Poor Rocko and Buddy. They weren’t really the best of friends, and they got into fights over little things about me! Can ya’ll believe it? They fought over me! It felt good, I felt special. Anyway, they got into this big scuffle over who was right. I went to sleep before it was over, so I never really saw the outcome until the next morning. They had scratches up and down themselves. They looked terrible, but it was funny! I laughed and rolled around the floor. Buddy growled at me. “Just to let you know, we didn’t do this to each other… It was my evil parents. They grabbed us in the middle of night, and totally attacked us. Then, in two seconds, they just puffed away. Just gone.”
I sucked in my cheeks. They weren’t gone… They wouldn’t just disappear… Evil people don’t just go away. But they did, so I guess it was time to go home. Home… Going home wasn’t a big thing, but going home with my PARENTS was! I was so excited, this was going to be great. “Mom! Dad! It’s time to go home! I can’t wait…”
My family and friends smiled and nodded. Home… Buddy started singing and Quillan joined in. “Home is where the heart isssssss! The heart is in the hommmmmme! Always go home to seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee all the wonders you just can’t wait to see! Just go home to see what you want to be…”
Rocko and I laughed. We started singing all together. “We’ll be home for Christmas… You can count on us… Please have snow and mistletoe and presents under the tree… Christmas Eve will find us… Where the love light gaze…”
Buddy stopped us from singing. “Um, you guys? It’s not Christmas yet, so lets sing a nice song! Y’know? A song that we all love!
We all started singing Vanilla Twilight, by Owl City. “The stars lean down to kiss you, and I lie awake and miss you. Pour me a heavy dose of atmosphere. I doze of safe and soundly, but I’ll miss your arms around me. I’ll send a postcard to you dear, ‘cause I wish you were here!”
We all laughed. Singing was fun, especially when Quillan had a suggestion! “We should sing Thriller! Perfect for all the creepy things that happened this past month…”
I started singing quietly. “It’s close to midnight… And something evil’s lurkin’ in the dark…”
Buddy jumped in front of me. “Under the moonlight…? Um… I lost the rest of the words…”
Rocko laughed. “Who cares? We should stop singing anyway. We don’t need anymore music… It’s just…”
I shrugged and kept walking. I then ran back and grabbed Rocko’s paw. He pulled me close and we kissed. A few minutes later, Buddy yelled at us. “Stop! Stop stop stop!”
Rocko and I didn’t know what we were doing. Then, once again the ground fell from under me. Rocko and I had fallen into the hole that Buddy and I had fallen in! But this time, Rocko landed hard on my leg. This time, my leg WAS broken, and there was no way to get out of the hole. My eyes welded up with tears and broke out crying. “Ow! This is the worst day ever! First, you and Buddy get all scratched up. Then, we fall in a hole! Now we can’t even get out of this hole!”
Rocko stopped me from crying. “Kiara, I can get up and out. I promise…”
I just nodded. Buddy threw down two sticks the shape of crutches. I grabbed them and used them to get around the hole. Rocko boosted me up and I crawled out of the hole. Buddy reached down and grabbed Rocko’s paw. He pulled him up. The crutches were really hard to get around in, but they’d have to do until we could get home and to a doctor. “Mom, can we rest now? It’s kinda hard walking with these things, and it’s a while back, so can we camp out the night?”
My mom nodded. “Yeah, get some sleep now. You’ve had a tough day.”
I yawned and fell asleep. That night, I had the same dream, but more of it. “I ran over to Rocko and he slapped me. He was one of them now. I just smiled and kissed his cheek. He bit my cheek. “You don’t belong with us. You’re different. Not one of us.” At first, I thought he was doppelganger, but then he pointed at me. I looked down to see that I was glowing blue. I WAS different. I was something weird, but I didn’t know what…Then Quillan walked right into me. Well, not into me, through me… THAT’S IT!!! I was a ghost! That’s why I was blue and people could walk through me…”
I woke up quickly. My dream seemed more real this time, and it was longer! It was creeping me out, let me tell you… I felt all round and looked down just to make sure I wasn’t a ghost. I wasn’t. I was just a young German shepherd, with a broken leg, and who needed to get home… I fell back asleep and this time, the dream still ended without telling me what it was about! “I ran over to Rocko and he slapped me. He was one of them now. I just smiled and kissed his cheek. He bit my cheek. “You don’t belong with us. You’re different. Not one of us.” At first, I thought he was doppelganger, but then he pointed at me. I looked down to see that I was glowing blue. I WAS different. I was something weird, but I didn’t know what…Then Quillan walked right into me. Well, not into me, through me… THAT’S IT!!! I was a ghost! That’s why I was blue and people could walk through me… I walked over to my Buddy Boy, who was glowing red. I poked him and he stood up and snarled. He had bright red eyes. He was the devil… The devil? How could my number one best friend be a devil…? I poked him, and he bit my finger off.”
I woke up. The dream ended there… It was morning now, and everyone was already awake! Buddy laughed. “You were wiggling around in your sleep… It was crazy! Kiara, you are one crazy pup!”
Quillan grunted. “Hello? Um… Where’d Misty go? We’ve been looking for her since five AM. We need to find her, or… Buddy might brake down…”
Buddy bopped him on the head. “Buddy doesn’t have emotional brake downs. Buddy just acts sad. Then Buddy cries. Then Buddy… Buddy…” Buddy started crying.
I walked over to him and sat down next to him.