aren’t like Aleu!’ Fly then calmed down. ‘ I should get back home’

 ‘ Hey Fly! I need to talk to you pronto.’

‘ What is it, Rose?’ Fly asked.

 

‘ Mom is having a concert with Saba and Dingo. She wants us to come.’ Rose answered.

 

‘ It’s a good thing that I’m a brown red. Other wise everyone would know the truth.’ Fly said.

 

‘ Plus, you changed your name. That’s a bonus!’ Rose joked.

 

‘ Yeah, Dakoda just doesn’t help when you’re keeping a secret.’ Fly said.

 

‘ I need to go back to my owner now. I’ll see you tonight.’ Rose said as she turned eastwards.

 

‘ See ya!’ Fly shouted. ‘ I better get home before Rex gets out of the house.’

 

At the house, Rex was being shouted at.

 

‘ Why did you disappear again? You know, your mom will go bonkers if she found out! And I would be blamed and kicked out into the streets. It isn’t nice you know.’ Siaira said.

 

‘ Hey, I only disappeared because I was bored. You’re not like the streets: nice.’ Rex said as Fly walked in.

 

‘You disappeared again?’ Fly said.

 

‘ I’m in trouble, aren’t I?’ Rex asked.

 

‘ You are gonna be in so much trouble, you’ll wish that you lived on the streets.’ Fly said.

 

‘ Tell him and then he might not leave like he does all the time.’ Siaira said.

 

‘ Rex, I told you. I have been out there in the streets. It’s not a very nice world; it’s cold and evil. My dad was born in the streets and died in the streets with my mom. I had to live without them for years and I don’t want you have kids and let them live the way your planning to.’ Fly said. She had anger in her voice as well as sadness.

 

‘ Fly…?’ Siaira began.

 

‘ Siaira. Please, just take Rex and let me have a few moments.’ Fly said.

 

‘ Come on Rex.’ Siaira said as she pushed him out the room.

 

In the other room Rex lay there bored. Thinking of what he could do, he fell asleep.

 

‘ Hey there, little lady. You shouldn’t be out here.’

‘ I know. I’ve been out here for a few months though. My owner moved and she couldn’t take me, but I’ll be fine. I have a secret that keeps me alive. Everyone thinks I’m dead, but I’ve been hiding from them except for my family of course.’

‘ You should come with me then. I’m sure my owner wouldn’t mind you coming for a while. Well until you get a new home that is. So, what’s your name?’

‘ I’m Dakota, but I don’t want anyone to know, so just call me Fly.’

‘ OK, Fly. My home is just round the corner.’

Rex then opened his eyes and looked around.

‘ Weird. Defiantly a dream.’ Rex thought as he stretched outwards.

 ‘ Hey, Rex! I just came over to see how ya doing.’

‘ Hi Brendan. You kinda caught me in a bad time.’ Rex said as a Alaskan husky walked over to him.

 

‘ Yeah, I heard. Your mom is taking really hard. Imagine living on the streets with no parents!’ Brendan said as he sat down and did his brown and grey fur. He and Rex had only been friends for a short time, but it seemed they had been friends since birth. They both had the same hero: Balto.

‘ Do ya want go round town? I heard that Balto and Jenna are going to the hospital to see some kids with the flu. If we get there before they do we came just ‘bump’ into them and then score settled.’ Rex said as drew a diagram in the air.

 ‘ Right. That’s perfect. But what if something happens like lets say, um… you bump into Soul. Everyone knows that you’ve been crushing on her for like, ever.’ Brendan said as he nudged Rex.

‘ I have not! She’s nice, attractive and beautiful, did I mention she was nice.’ Rex said as he daydreamed.

 

Brendan just laughed as hard as a diamond. Soul came into town one day, unknown origin. All the males were after her, but she just ignored them and kept on walking around. She had ocean blue eyes, and a snow-white coat of soft fur. The only thing that anyone knew about her was that she was a beautiful, purebred Siberian husky. Rex saw her one day and thought that his life would be set if he was her mate.

‘ Oh. Come on. We’re gonna be late if we don’t hurry.’ Rex said as he grabbed Brendan’s collar between his teeth and pulled him out.

 At the hospital, Balto and Jenna were already inside. Rex came round the corner and crashed into Soul. Brendan saw what happened and backed away.

‘ Sorry, I didn’t see you- Oh! Hi, Soul. Really sorry about that.’ Rex said as he got onto his feet.

 

‘ It’s OK. Can you hide me please? I’m trying to get away from Pablo.’ Soul said as she hid behind Rex.

 

Pablo was a young Border collie who had also fallen in love with Soul when she came into town, but he was obsessed with her. If you left him with Soul for 5 seconds let me tell you, she would be carrying puppies the next second. Soul hated the guy. Pablo thought he had a bond with Soul and said that no one else had a chance with her, but him.

 

‘ Sure. I know the perfect place. Just follow me.’ Rex said as he turned for his house. When he got to his house, he looked around and saw no one there. Rex then ran past and to the abandoned gold mine shack where he met Rose. When they got there, Soul shut the door and then relaxed.

 

‘ I am never running again.’ Soul said as she rested.

 

‘ I know that pain. My dad felt it after the serum run and believe me, it hurt!’

 

‘ Hey Rose. How ya doing?’ Rex asked while Rose climbed out of a box. Soul cowered in a corner, not knowing whom this stranger was.

 

‘ Hi. I’m Rose. Daughter of Balto and Jenna. Not may know that, but I am indeed their daughter.’ Rose said as walked closer to Soul.

 

‘ Wait a minute! You’re a wolf-dog?’ Soul asked.

 

‘ Uh, yeah. Do you have a problem with that, Soulia?’ Rose asked. She then saw Soul’s look. ‘Hey don’t sweat! My dad knows your real name and where your from, but I don’t want to embarrass you in front of Rex.’

 

‘ Is that true? You know where she came from? Who her parents were?’ Rex asked as Soul turned her head.

 

‘ No!! She doesn’t know anything about me! It’s not true, none of it!’ Soul shouted as she forced back the tears from her memories. She ran out the door and back to her house on the east side of town.

 

‘ Rose? What just happened?’ Rex asked as Rose climbed into a box.

 

‘ She just ran away from her past. Like… my dad tried to do, but then found out that he couldn’t do that because he was connected to his heritage. When the right time comes, she’ll have to tell someone.’ Rose said as she looked out to the horizon.

 

‘ I need to go home now. But I should get Brendan first.’ Rex said as he walked to the door. When he got outside he felt a warm breeze sweep across his feet and he embraced it. He saw a Raven and stared.

 

‘ Have I seen you before? Or are you just a dream, or a dream of a dream?’ Rex thought as the Raven swooped around him.

‘ I am closer to you than you think. And soon, everything will come to order with it all back in place.’

 ‘ What does that mean? Who are you?’ Rex thought.

‘ Fulfil destiny as it was meant to be.’

 

Rex opened his eyes and found himself on the ground.

 

‘ Hey, half-breed! Wake up will ya or are ya dead. Cause you smell like it or do ya smell like that all the time?’

 

‘ Pablo? What’re doing here? Aren’t you meant to be after Soul?’ Rex asked.

 

‘ Soul? I don’t chase depressed girls. She’s like a waterfall of tears. No one is allowed to go near her or it’s goodbye cosy home and hello dirty grave.’ Pablo said as he circled Rex.

 

‘ Why? What happened to her? Wait- don’t answer that. I know what happened to her, but now I can’t even set it right unless I know what she’s hiding, then I can feel her pain.’ Rex said as he thought about what happened before.

 

‘ See ya later weir-ex. I have got to see if any girls want a piece of Pab with a dash of lo.’ Pablo said. He ran into town snickering.

 

Rex looked around. It was sunset. He had to get home before his dad came over with Fly. Rex ran to his house, but when he got there, his parents weren’t there.

 

‘ Odd. Hey Siaira. Where’s my Mom?’ Rex asked as he went to Siaira.

 

‘ Gone to a family thing with Fang. Some kind of singing contest or something like that.’ Siaira said as she rested her head on a pillow.

‘ And didn’t take me? I have got a great singing voice she knows that. I got it off her in the first place and Dad knows that.’ Rex said as he walked to the door.

‘ The pup’s gone again. His mum will enjoy this, or me. Mainly me.’ Siaira said as she fell asleep.

 Outside, Rex ran all around town. He then heard music coming from the boiler room. He went over and listened to what seemed to be harmony.

‘ ...I miss you

I miss your smile

And I still shed a tear every once in a while

And even though it’s different now

Your still here somehow

My heart won’t let go

And I need you know

I miss you...’

' Thank you. That song was dedicated to Aleu, and Jenna here really does miss her daughter, but not as much as Balto. Any way next is Saba, singing an old lullaby from a long time ago.'

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