Chapter 3- The Northern Lights

Chapter 3- The Northern Lights

 

The next morning, Star woke up, to find his master had already left, so he walked out into the living room, and sat by the dieing fire, to warm his fur. He

 

shivered slightly in the chill morning air, Suddenly remembering that beautiful husky he had met yesterday, he sat bolt upright, and a thousand images flashed

 

thorugh his brain, he whimpered as his head started to hurt. 'oh man.... i have to talk to her today... i HAVE to ask her something.....' he thought to himself, and

 

jogged to the front door. He jumped through teh dog door, and immediately slipped on the icy porch. He slid off the porch whimpering, and landed face first in a

 

snow drift. Sneezing, he sat up, and shook the snow out of his fur. He looked around, and was amazed to see tons of people milling around, most standing in front

 

of the one, single realty building in nome. 'these must be all teh people from the plane!' he thought to himself.

 

He walked toward jenna's house, to see jenna, and maybe kodi, and suddenly he spotted a black blur racing toward him- and he barked in panic, and dove

 

into the snow- and tanya tripped over him, and did a somersault, and landed on her back in the snow. Star stood up, and ran over to her, and said, "Are you ok

 

tanya?!"

She just looked at him for a second, then burst out laughing! Star just cocked his head at her, then blushed light pink. He stood for a second, then he too

 

burst out laughing, they laughed until they thought their sides would split open. Finally, she stopped laughing, and with the occasional giggle, told him, "I'm so sorry!

 

I didn't mean to trip over you like that! I just thought you might show me around Nome, since I'm new." *leans closer, and her, and Star noticed that her eyes

 

sparkled like fresh ice on a sunny morning.. Star smiled warmly. "Of course I'll show you around! How could I refuse a pretty lady like yourself?" 'wow! This is

 

working better than I had hoped! I didn't even have to find her and ask her myself!' Star thought happily to himself, and with that, he bounded off down the street,

 

Tanya laughing, then running after him.

And so, throughout the whole day, Star showed her all of Nome. From the Dark Alleyways of the back part of town, to the newer, nicer buildings. She

 

frequently commented on how nice the town was, and Star even managed to capture little tid-bits about her own life. She said she was from Seattle Washington,

 

where her owners owned a small shop that sold just about anything. At one point she even said- "You know something, it's nice to get away from the busy streets,

 

and hustle and bustle of the city." At that point, she had scooted a bit closer to star, and brushed him with her tail, "I think i am going to like living here a LOT! hee hee!"

Later that day, when the sun had gone down, they sat just on top of the tall cliff near Nome, and watched the sunset the whole western sky beautiful shades of

 

pink, and red, and orange. The fat and bloated orange sun, slowly sank below the horizon, making the snow shimmer and the whole world seemed to light up.

 

Star turned to look at her, and saw a radiant smile on her face, the setting sun, reflected in her eyes. The sun set, and a blanket of darkness seemed to wash over

 

the land. At that point, an idea occoured to Star. He stood up and said to her, "come on! I want to show you something!" 'I hope she likes it....' Tanya

 

shrugged, and followed him to the other side of the hill. Where the multi-colored broken bottles sat. He told her, "stay here! You'll like this!" 'I hope...'

 

He found the lantern, and carried it over to the bottle caps, where he opened the shutter and said to her, "Balto taught me this trick. Watch...."He pointed to

 

the Lantern. "The sun.......' Then to the bottles. "The polar ice caps....... And to the north....." Beams of multi-colored light shot out of the bottles, bathing the hillside

 

in Bright, red, yellow, purple, green, blue, and all sorts of colors. Tanya gasped, and her mouth hung open. As star looked at her that moment, he felt feelings that

 

he had never felt before in his life. He looked at her, and as her black fur gleamed in the light of the northern lights, he realized how beautiful she was.... And that

 

he felt feelings about her, that had never before entered his brain.

It's Beautiful!!!" She said, and then turned to him, smiling. Star smiled back, and sat down by her. She hesitated for a moment, then said, "um.. Star?" Star

 

turned to look at her.

 

"Yes?" She moved closer to him. "um.... I.... I.........I....." Then she kissed him. Her mouth wrapped around his, and star just stood there, for a second, in

 

total brainlock. After a moment, he closed his eyes, and kissed her back. He didnt know how long they stayed like that, lips locked together, it could have been

 

weeks, or years. But there was one thing he was sure of. He never wanted it to end.... After what seemed like an eternity, they broke apart, each grinning

 

sheepishly. Then, she whispered in his ear, "I love you.. Star..." Star's eyes opened wider, if that was possible, and then said to her, "I love you too tanya.." They

 

kissed again, and at that exact moment, Balto and Jenna walked into view, and they just stared when they saw them, their muzzles locked together.

 

Until at last, Balto swallowed, and said, "er-hem..." The two broke apart, and when they saw balto and jenna, they each swore, and turned brick red. Balto

 

just smiled. "Um... Maybe we should come back another night Jenna...." She smiled and licked his nose. Yes, i think so too. Bye guys! And with that, they walked

 

over the hill, their tails intertwined. After a long silence, Star looked at her, and she looked at him.

 

Finally, she said, "I should be getting home now.. my master will be wondering where i am...." And star nodded. And then, they started walking back to

 

Nome, and A million thoughts whirled through Star's brain like a hurricane. 'I never thought i would feel this way about someone ever..... I like this feeling...'

 

Together, they walked through the darkness, toward the bright lights of town.

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