replied "you?"

"only a few minutes"

"oh, i suppose you were tired from yesterday" sasha said

"and you weren't?" Kodi asked

"a little i guess" Sasha said

"your joking right?" Kodi asked

"No"

"How do you run for so long yet you never seem to tire or even start breathing hard?" Kodi asked hoping he didn't sound rude.

"It's a breathing thing. If yoou can get your breathing right you can run all day and never get tired" Sasha said.

Just then kodi heard the musher calling for them and they had to go.

"Hay sometime this weekend you wanna race? See who's faster?" Sasha asked catching up with.

"ummm, sure i guess" Kodi said doubting that they had to race to see who was a better running. Even as they slowed their pace down sasha passed kodi and kodi stopped. For some reason he had never noticed this about Sasha.

 

On Sasha's back neck kodi saw a large Z just like his brother Kalgorn's mark. . .

 

 

 

4

"Sasha" Kodi said Catching up with her

"yea?" Sasha asked

"that mark on you neck. . ."

"what about it?"

"well my brother has the same mark except it's on his back" Kodi explained.

"Really?" She asked sounding interested

"yea his name is Kalgorn"

"Really? id like to meet him" Sasha said

"well he lives here with another dog named Misty." Kodi replied getting in his postition on the team.

"so this isn't a joke? i always thought my mark was something only i had" Sasha said

"kalgorn ill probably say the same thing once he finds out about you" Kodi grinned.

Sasha chuckled slightly

They were quite while the musher put the straps on them then not long after they started.

This mail run wasn't as long as the rest of the week was. It was only 3 towns the last being a load back to Nome.

Once the musher took the straps off the team Kodi went over to his brother, Kalgorn's, and barked once.

Kalgorn, looking slightly older than the last time Kodi had seen him and his once dark brown fur now seemed a bit faded and slightly tannish, appeared from behind the house.

"Kodi" Kalgorn said

"Hay Kalgorn, long time no see" Kodi said grinning

"Hay, look im sorta busy right now" Kalgorn replied

"oh is this a bad time?" Kodi asked

Kalgorn looked behind him then turned back.

"Just hold on a minute" Kalgorn said then ran back out of sight.

After a few minutes Kodi heard the voice of Misty say "come on Tolgan." then Kalgorn came back around.

"ok what's up?" Kalgorn asked sitting down.

"Ok, a few days ago a new dog joined the sled team. Her name is Sasha and. . ." Kodi started but Kalgorn interrupted.

"Kodi if you need girl advise then you should ask Misty. Im not such an expert on them either"

"what? Oh, no im not talking about that. You didn't let me finish. Earlier today i saw that on her neck, she has the same mark as you have on you back." Kodi explained

Kalgorn opened his mouth to saw something but Misty called for him just then.

"Come back tomorrow kodi and bring her with you" Kalgorn said then ran back around the house.

 

 

 

5

Kodi, walking home slowly, heard several barks then something hit kodi from behind and he fell to the ground.

Something held kodi down when he tried to get up.

"Hay Kodi"

It was Dusty

"Hay dusty! I haven't seen you in awhile" Kodi said

Dusty let kodi back up and nuzzled him.

"Ive missed you too" Kodi said

"I didn't exect to see you yet. I was just walking down that alley over there when i heard someone else so i looked and saw you. Anyway what are yall doing here so early? yall are usually gon almost all day"

"There wasan't alot of mail today"
"Well what are you up too?" Dusty then asked

"I just went and talked with Kalgorn" Kodi replied

"any perticular reason?" Dusty asked

"yea, there's a new dog on the team and she has the same mark on her neck that kalgorn has on his back" Kodi replied

"Really? What's her name?"

"Sasha"

"Looks like you've got competition for lead dog" Dusty chuckled.

Kodi grunted..

He hadn't thought about sasha taking lead dog. He had been curious about how she managed to never get tired and completely forgot.

 

Dusty and Kodi were on top of the mountain that Kalgorn had spent so many hours on. It was just Him and Dusty.

"i can see why your brother liked it up here so much" Dusty said laying down

"I know. Its peaceful" Kodi said laying down next to dusty.

Somehow kodi had never came up here. He'd come up here a few times to fetch his brother when it was getting dark but that was about it.

 

 

6

Yawning and half asleep kodi walked into the boiler room. He had stayed on the mountain with Dusty well into the night and when dusty said she had to get back to her house he decided to go home and sleep as well.

When kodi walked in he heard two dogs jump. Looking up kodi saw two town dogs. One female and one male. Kodi had seen the female several times flirting with dogs. Every time kodi saw her she was with another dog. Once when kodi had returned from running the mail the dog had started trying to flirt with him. Kodi had ignored her and ran off. The male he'd never seen before.

"Whats going on?" Kodi asked in dozzy voice

"Nothing, we better get home" the female said

"another one night stand?" Kodi asked.

The female looked back at and growled at him.

"come on Jenny, he's not worth it" the male said

The female, jenny gave kodi a final evil look and walked away.

Kodi chuckled a little then curled up in front of the heater and fell asleep almost instently.

 

Kodi was again running. The light was clear ahead of him. He was kicking his legs as fast as he could. Again kodi could see the green and white malamute. He expected to start falling againg but it didn't come. He kept going. Eager to get to the malamute kodi pushed himself harder. He was almost there. Suddenly the malamute disappeared and everything went black. Kodi never felt like he was falling but looking down he saw the ground fall out from under him. He was so sure he was going to fall he jumped.

kodi's paws didn't touch the ground because just as he jumped he heard a voice yelling his name.

"KODI WAKE UP!"

Suddenly kodi was soaked from nose to paws.

"What!" kodi asked jumping up. Breathing hard as if he had been running at a full sprint. He could feel his heart pounding in his chest.

"what? we have to go that's wut" Ralph said in a slightly annoyed tone.

Kodi groaned. His legs were still tired.

"Ok" Kodi said after a few seconds. Ill be out in a minute"

The rest of the dogs walked out but kodi stayed in. Shivering from the cold water. Despite how warm it was in the room. Kodi stood up and shook the water from his fur then walked over to he heater and let his fur dry off.

Less than fife minutes later kodi jogged over to the sled team.

"I was wondering if you'd gone back to sleep" Sasha said with a slight chuckle.

"ease up a lil. Im not such a morning person" Kodi said slightly annoyed.

The musher put the straps on kodi in the swing position and then scratched him behind the ears and walked back to the sled and gave the signal to start.

 

 

Kodi stood in the snow as the wind blew harder and harder threatning to push him off his paws. He was having trouble staying on his paws.

He also was very cold. He couldn't even feel his paws or nose anymore. Someone could have cut his tail off and wouldn't have even noticed it. His tail had gone numb long ago.

Kodi was wondering just how far it was from teller to nome when the musher came and said "were staying here tonight boys. This weather is too dangerous to be out in" and led them to a small wooden house. The first thing the musher did was light a flame in the fireplace and then cooked the meat he had on the sled and gave it to the dogs.

Kodi didn't have much of an apatite. He wasn't scared either. This kinda thing happened alot. The first time it had happened kodi had been unable to stand still. His legs had been shivering (though that could have also been from the cold)

This time kodi just wanted to get some sleep so he wouldn't have to be woken up by a bucket of ice-cold water. So kodi curled up next to the musher who was sitting in front of the fireplace warming his hands and rested. The musher scratched kodi behind the ears again and kodi soon fell asleep.

 

7

When kodi woke up he was the only one awake apart from Sasha. Sasha was sitting up in a far corner. She seemed to be uncomfortable. As he watched she stood up and walked in a circle a few times then sat back down. Slightly amused kodi grinned then stood up and walked over to her. Streatching and yawning as he walked.

"Kodi" Sasha said surprised

"i know, im up. Its a miracle" Kodi chuckled

"weren't you just saying yesterday you weren't a morning person?" Sasha asked smiling

"well im not really. . . . . I get . . . . cranky when i don't get enough sleep" Kodi finally said.

"well that would explain why you are so rude in the mornings" Sasha said with a grin.

"Sorry" Kodi said

"no problem. I get really hyper if i eat to much"

Kodi laughed at this.

There was the sound of movement from behind kodi and he stopped laughing and looked around. Ralph had rolled over in his sleep. There was a grin on his face.

When kodi looked back around Sasha was Streatching her legs.

"Sasha remember what i told you about my brother, Kalgorn?"

"yea, i'd still like to meet him" Sasha nodded

"well i talked to him the other day and he seemed interested in meeting you too. He even told me next time i see him to bring you with me" Kodi went on

"great. Lets go as soon as we get back to Nome" Sasha said excitedly

"If he's not busy, sure" Kodi replied

"what would he be busy with?" Sasha asked

"well he's got a son. His name is Tolgan" Kodi explained.

Sasha grinned a little. "How old is he?"

"Im not sure. I think he's about 8 or 9 months" Kodi said guessing Tolgan's age

"Their so cute at that age" Sasha said chuckling

"Tolgan's a handfull from how much ive seen

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