Aniu's name.

Aniu was surprised, and stared at Quincy with fright in her eyes. "I-I gotta go!" she studdered, and ran away before Quincy could say anything else to her.

"W-w-wait!" Quincy yelled after her to stop. But she was already gone. Quincy sighed, and turned around, and started back for Fairbanks, where his 'abandoned' friends would be waiting.

"Aniu! Where were you! Don't you dare run away on me like that again! I was starting to get worried about you, that one of the other packs caught you and were keeping you hostage!" Yestin, Aniu's father, was nuzzling her in a fatherly worried way.

"I'm alright, dad," Aniu smiled, wagging her tail softly at him.

Yestin sighed and stared at her. "Let's get back to Shadow Pack, shall we?" he asked, and began to walk away.

Aniu followed. She was thinking about Quincy instead of the pack though. She wanted to see him again for some reason. Was it a friendship? A special bond? Or maybe even something more?

I just have to see him again tonight, I have to! I'll leave when everyone
is asleep...

Quincy finally made it to Nome, and the first to greet him was Vaughn, Vivianna, & Maxwell.

"Quincy, why did you run off like that!" Vaughn growled.

"We were going to look for you!" Vivianna added.

"Until we thought you were in the forest, so we were going to look there!" remarked Maxwell.

Quincy smiled a tad. "Well, I was hoping for a race. But to see that you were confused and worried about me and looking for me, I guess we weren't racing, huh?" he lied with no guilt.

"Well, you should of told us," Vaughn mumbled.

 Maxwell looked up at the sky and realized that the sun was now setting. "It's getting late. My owner will be worrying. I think I should go."

"Yeah, us too," Vaughn & Quincy agreed.

Vivianna smiled warmly. "Well, I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow, unless your going on a sled trip."

"We probably won't," Quincy answered. "Or else I would have heard something about what."

Vivianna nodded. "Well, I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow then, unelss you here something." Vivianna blushed a little.

Vivianna seperated from the trio and they all left for home.

When Quincy & Vaughn had dropped Maxwell off back at his farm, both of the friends decided to go back to there farm. It was awkwardly quiet along the way, then Vaughn decided to break the silence.

"So why did you really run away?" Vaughn asked out of no where.

Quincy's ears pricked, and he stared over at Vaughn as they walked along the side of the country road to their home. "What do you mean, Vaughn?" Quincy asked, ears flickering.

Vaughn laughed softly, then turned serious again. "I know your lying, Quincy. You would've told us if we were racing or not. Why did you really run away?"

Quincy lowered his head. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you, so let's just forget about this."

Vaughn looked at him suspiciously, raising a brow, but nodded, slowly, and they finally made it to the farm.

They both walked into the barn and laid down.

"Good night, Quincy. Sweet dreams," Vaughn yelled and fell asleep as quick as a flick.

Quincy stared at him, and then sighed. "Yeah, good night, Vaughn. Sweet dreams... sweet, sweet dreams..."

Quincy woke up to the sound of light pawsteps outside the barn. He sniffed the air. The scent smelt familiar, he just couldn't remember who the scent belonged to, and he also knew he saw him, or her, today. Quincy quietly got up, not to wake anyone up, and padded outside the barn door. His ears flickered for anymore noise as he looked around for what was making the noise.

"Hm..." Quincy thought to himself out loud, as he sniffed around for whatever was making the noise. He peeked over the barn's corner, and met a pair of golden eyes to the liquid brown eyes of his own.

Quincy gasped and jumped back. "Aniu...?" Quincy asked, studying her. "What are you doing here!"

Aniu stepped forward. "Surprised?" she smugged. "I wanted to see you again for some reason

Quincy smiled a tad. "But why?" Quincy asked, wagging his tail a little.

Aniu blushed light pink. "Well, to tell you the truth, I kind of like you..."

Quincy also blushed, but harder and darker than Aniu was.

Aniu stepped a little closer. "So what do you do for a living?" Aniu asked, making conversation so they wouldn't feel so nervous from awkward silence.

Quincy smiled bigger. "I'm a sled dog. I pull sleds. I usually deliver mail to White Mountain, Nome, Nennana, Juneau..." Quincy trailed off. "So what do you do for a living?"

"Oh, I don't have a job," Aniu said quickly. "I live with a group of wolves called a pack. We're called Snow Pack, since most of us have white fur like snow."

Quincy sat down. "That's cool, what's it like being a wolf? All free and wild..." Quincy asked.

Aniu was about to reply, but gasped lightly when she felt large jaws snap over her throat.

Quincy gasped. "Aniu!"

Chapter Two

Aniu struggled to get whatever was biting away from her. She was losing air quickly, and she had to do something fast about it.

Quincy growled at the figure, which looked like a dog, and jumped at it, knocking it over. "Run, Aniu!" Quincy yelled.

Aniu obeyed and ran off quickly to the woods.

Quincy growled at the dog hovering underneath him. "Alright, who are you! What do you want! Why are you hurting my friend!" Quincy growled at the dog.

"Get off of me!" the dog growled, kicking him away from him, and getting up. "And what do you mean, 'friend'! That's a wolf, our enemy!" The dog revealed himself in the light.

Quincy growled, irritated at who it was. "Emilianno, can you please stop eavesdropping! You know how much that ticks me off," Quincy growled.

"Well, I don't seem to trust you," Emilianno replied with a snarl. "Your always getting yourself into things that sled dogs aren't suppose to be doing. I don't think your even fit for the job, because you don't even know what your doing all of the time!"

Quincy was insulted. "Shut up, and leave me alone! I hate you, just stay out of my life!" Quincy turned around, and went back to his barn, but was suddenly pushed to the ground by his side roughly. Quincy snorted and got to his feet, glaring at Emilianno, who was standing taller than Quincy.

"Oh, so you want a fight, Emil?" Quincy growled. "Alright then, I'll give you a fight!"

Quncy jumped at Emil, but Emil grabbed Quincy by the throat and pinned him quickly. Quincy snapped on Emilianno's ear, making him yelp and let go. Emiliano bit into Quincy's ear, but Quincy squeezed his neck even harder, making him cry out again. Emilianno grabbed Quincy's foot, trying to trip him, but Quincy got his rival to let go and bit his chest. Emilianno bit into the back of his neck hard, making him yelp for 10 seconds, and then let go.

Quincy collapsed in defeat. "You ever come here again, I'll kill you, now go!" Emilianno growled. Quincy nodded, whimpering, and got up, running away.

Quincy ran deep into the forest for twenty minutes, then stopped, and sat down, taking a rest. He whimpered sadly, his ears and tail drooping. His ears pricked and his nose twitched when he smelt and heard someone. He looked up and saw Aniu come out from behind a tree and look at him.

"Quincy!" Aniu barked happily, running over and nuzzling him, in a friendly manner. "Are you alright?" she asked, looking at him.

"Yeah, I'm alright..." Quincy sighed, whimpering sadly and lowering his ears.

Aniu stared at him in shock and surpise. "Are... are you sure...?" Aniu asked, hoping she didn't hurt him.

Quincy nodded. "I'm fine Aniu. It's just that I don't have a home anymore because my friend hates me."

Aniu also lowered her ears, feeling sorry for him. She sat down and thought in awkward silence. She broke into a grin, and looked up at Quincy. "Why don't you live with my pack and I then?" Aniu asked him, wagging her tail softly.

Quincy's ears perked up, and she stared at Aniu in surprise. "But... but I'm a dog! None of the wolves won't except me!"

Aniu stepped forward. "Well I'm the leader's daughter, the heir of the pack. He'll listen to me if I want something or not."

Quincy raised a brow at Aniu and smirked. "Wait, you want me to join your pack?" he chuckled.

Aniu frowned and pinned her ears pack. "Well-" Aniu paused, and was looking for the right words to say. "Well, you are a friend, and I wouldn't want a friend being lost and hurt, I would rather want him or her to have a place and be happy." Aniu paused again and stared suspiciously at Quincy. "You are a friend, aren't you?"

Quincy stared in Aniu at surprise for how much she had said, and also at the question she asked him. "Of course I'm a friend. Why would I hate you?" Quincy responded. He sighed and stood up. "Alright, take me to your pack. I'm not sure if this'll work though," he mumbled.

Aniu smiled a tad. "Follow me," she said, and turned around. Flicking her tail, she started to run somewhere.

Quincy followed. Aniu was pretty fast for her size, but since Quincy was the lead dog of a sled team that delivered mail, he could easily catch up.

Quincy & Aniu finally got back to her pack. Every wolf stopped what they were doing and stared as Aniu led Quincy to the leader's den. Once they went into the cave, all of the wolves went back to their duties.

"Dad! Mom!" Aniu shouted, her echoes bouncing off the