day. Slightly relieved kodi curled up and doozed back off to sleep.

 

Panting, running, The light. It was the same dream again. The malamut was so close. Kodi was almost there. He was running faster than he'd even thought was possible for him to run. Everything was a blut. But the malamut stayed in focus. As fast as he was running he didn't seem to be getting any closer to her. Then. . . He reached her. He slowed to a walk and tried to say hi but suddenly the malamut changed to a giant bear. The bear raised its razor sharp claws into the air and brought them down toward kodi. just before the claws cut kodi in half kodi awoke shivering.

"Kodi"

"im alright" Kodi said without opening his eyes. "just a bad dream"

But there was no response. Kodi opened his eyes. The room was completely empty. He was the only one in there. Getting to his paws kodi walked out side then he heard a voice to his right say "This way"

Curious kodi started down the path to his right. Picking up his pace kodi sped up to a jog.

 

 

12

"here" came the voice again and kodi turned in the direction it had come.

Then he saw her.

The stunning green and white malamute from his dreams. She was sitting on the porch of a new house that had just been built about a week ago.

Kodi stared in awe. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. As he watched her she looked around then noticed him. Kodi didn't know wheather he should pretend like he wasn't looking or go introduce himslef. It was her who came to him. Kodi watched her jump down off the porch and walk over to him. She had the cuttest smile on her face.

"Hi" she said. Her voice was even perfect.

"H-hi" kodi coughed. His throat had just gone very dry.

"Arn't you going to introduce yourself?" she asked smiling

Kodi coughed then said "ah yea, my name is Kodi. And you are. . .?"

"Asher. My name is asher. I just moved here today. Care to show me around?" Asher asked

"Sure!" Kodi said surprised.

"great" Asher said and started down the the street.

Kodi couldn't help but watch her for a minute before he got the feeling in his legs again and ran to catch up with her.

"so how long have you lived here?" Asher asked

"my whole life." Kodi replied

"you mean you've never seen anywhere else than this town?"

"of course not. Im the swing dog on the mail dog team" Kodi said chuckling

"swing dog?"

"er Second place. Meaning im right behind the lead dog" Kodi explained to her.

"sounds like fun" Asher said looking at the buildings as they walked.

Kodi then felt their sides brush against each other and he shivered. Enjoying the touch but then he took a step away from her.

"YOUR WITH DUSTY" Kodi shouted at himself in his head

Asher seemed not to notice anything. She was looking at the buildings.

"So where did you move here from?"

"Anchorage. Im sure you've run the mail to their before" Asher said cheerfully.

"Ive been to every town in alaska at least once" Kodi said

Just then as they passed dusty's home kodi remembered he had ment to find dusty.

"Hay Asher i forgot i had something i ment to do today"

"oh, that's ok. Mind showing me back home? I don't know this place like you do"

"yea sure" Kodi said turning around.

 

 

"Kodi, where have you been?" Dusty asked as kodi walked into her house

"oh i just been er sleeping"

"sleeping? not surprising. Rough week huh?"

"not really, just exhausting" Kodi replied walking over to dusty who was laying on the couch infront of the fireplace.

"Kodi, this is gunna be a shock to you but my owners and me are going away for about a week" Dusty said climbing down off the couch.

"what? Where are you going?" Kodi askes surprised

"Its a place called Teller" Dusty replied smiling

"Oh. that sounds fun" Kodi said mimicking her smile

"We leave in the morning. Sorry this is kinda last-minute"

"No, its ok. I was just hoping to see you today" Kodi said

"well im totally free today" Dusty replied

"great" Kodi said walking back towards the door "Lets go"

Dusty smiled and walked out

 

 

13

"Kodi, this is the most time we've spent together in months"

"Really. Ever since you got taken off the sled team we've hardly seen each other"

Kodi and Dusty were out on his dad's boat.

Kodi was sitting on the spot he'd seen his dad the day before. Dusty was standing behind him.

As they sat on the boat talking kodi thought to himself my dad may not have had much when he lived here but at least he had a quite place to be.

"I wish i could get back on the team. Ever since i. . . anyway" dusty said stopping her sentence short

"refresh me" Kodi said chuckling.

"your laughing" Dusty said giving kodi a nudge which caused kodi to lose his balance on the rail and fall off. Landing on his back in a pile of partially melted snow.

Kodi lay there watching dusty look down on him laughing.

"Look who's laughing now" Kodi said getting to his paws.

"alright get back up here" Dusty said and her face dissapeared back over the rail.

Once kodi was back on the boat dusty said "i don't see what's funny about me getting taken off the team"

"Its not you getting taken off the team that's funny, i just can't believe you did that though" Kodi said grinning

"if ralph and kirby hadn't been in my way it wouldn't have happened" Dusty said grinning slightly now

"Still. At least now they don't mess with you. At least not as much" Kodi chuckled

"well that's the one good thing about it" Dusty said with a chuckle

Kodi laughed as he thought back to the incident that had resulted in dusty's removal from the team.

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The sled team had finished a mail run and the musher had just taken the straps off them.

"way to go back there dusty" Ralph laughed

"what did i do this time?" Dusty said annoyed.

"nothing. that was a compliment" Ralph said grinning and chuckling with Kirby

"fine. Whatever" Dusty said and started to walk away

Kodi watched her walk away. It was when Ralph and Kirby started to follow her that kodi finally spoke. "come on guys, leave her alone"

They had ignored him so he followed them and when he got the he saw them in front of dusty who was running full speed not looking where she was going. she had ran straight into them knocking them backwards and down the hill behind them. She gasped and stopped, watching the two roll and collide with logs, trees, and several large rocks. When the two had finally reached the bottom they were unconsious and had about four broken bones each.

 

Unfortunatly or fortunatly, depending on which way you looked at it, the musher had been walking down the street at the time and saw the whole thing. Dusty ran and collided with kodi.

"Kodi!" dusty exclaimed

"HAY" came the voice of the musher

Dusty untangled herself from kodi and ran. Kodi right behind her.

 

 

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14

The Sun was going down now.

Wishing the day would last longer kodi and dusty left the boat and started for dusty's home.

"Im glad we got to spend so much time together today" Dusty said

"yea. I might be able to get up early enough to come see you off tomorrow" Kodi said hopefully

"i hope you can manage it" Dusty laughed then nuzzled kodi then dissappeared inside the house.

Smiling kodi headed for the boiler room to turn in for the night.

 

 

"Kodi?"

Kodi opened his eyes.

"Dusty?" Kodi said surpriesed and sitting up. "i thought you were leaving"

"i am but i wasn't sure if you were gunna wake up in time so i came to see you myself" Dusty said

"zero confidence" Kodi said after yawning.

"well i just wanted to see you before i left"

"how much longer before you leave?" Kodi asked standing up

"only a few minutes. Im more than pushing it when i came here" Dusty said

"Come on ill walk you back" Kodi said and started out.

Kodi shivered slightly once he stepped out of the warm room and headed in the direction of dusty's home with dusty at his side.

They walked close together the whole way. Not talking.

All too soon they arrived at dusty's.

"well i guess this is good bye" Dusty said sounding depressed

"you make it sound like we wont ever see each other again. It's only for what a week?" Kodi said

"i know" Dusty said

"Dusty. Come on girl. Time to go" came the sound of the girl that was dusty's owner.

"bye dusty" Kodi said and watched her walk off.

 

 

15

As kodi walked back to the boiler he saw Kriby watching them.

"Kirby" Kodi said and he speed up to catch up with kirby

"Kodi" Kirby turning around and walking away

"what are you up this early for? If it was to see dusty off im afraid your too late" Kodi said walking beside him

"I can see that kodi" Kirby said

"what's wrong? You get cranky in the morning too?" Kodi asked

"sometimes. Look im just gunna get some more sleep ok. I'll se you later" Kirby said and turned down the street that led to the boiler room.

Kodi who was wide awake now decided to go down to the beach and practice his running. Hopefully he could get to lead dog before sasha took swing dog position.

 

When kodi arrived at the beach he saw sasha doing excatly what he had been planning to do.

"Sasha" Kodi said walking down toward her.

"Oh, kodi. Hi. Your up early again" Sasha said slowing to a stop and turning in his direction

"yea. Anyway we still have a race to do" Kodi grinned.

"Ok kodi. But don't start crying when i beat you" Sasha chuckled.

Kodi and sasha decided to run from one end of the beach to the other.

Getting ready kodi said "ok on the count of three. 1. . . 2 . . . 3"

They both took off. Kodi in the lead. He kicked his legs as fast as they would take him. Sasha was falling behind though she still kept a detemined look on her face.

It was about halfway through the race that kodi's breathing started to pick up. Still going as fast as kodi could he tried to slow his breathing.

Nearly there. The end of the beach was so close. Kodi

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