Stranger-Choice

Just to let you know, this is part 3-4 of "Dakota". I made it that way so the story would make more sence. And I needed a way to get JT into the story. "Stranger" is very short, too, so thats another reason why I added these two together.

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Stranger

      Dakota's neck had healed, and Anna had recoverd from shock. Angie was thanked by Anna numbers of times for saving Dakota's life. Anna loved Angie a lot, so did Dakota. But many more dogs would soon be added to Dakota's life.

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     Anna was out, not for anything, just, going for a walk in town, wich she began doing more. She was bored a lot, ever sence her brother died. She would normaly hang out with Angie, but she was out with Dakota, anyway.

      I'll go on over to Angie's, to see if their home yet She thought. Se walked around the corner to Angie's. Nothing. "Oh well." She said and kept walking. As she walked, she thought she saw somthing out of the corner of her eye. BUt when she'd look, nothing.

     Then, she heard thud, thud, thud, thud, thud, from behind. She looked, and saw not one, but three dogs running twards her. A gang! She thought and turned to run, but another dog was infront of her. She looked back, there was no exit.

     She saw some of the dogs licking their lips. She was disgusted. Revolted. Angerd. But mostly scared. They were all male, and she had heard stories of what some gangs of males had done to just a single female. She finnaly spoke "Let me go!". "I don't think so." One said, he was bigger than the rest. He moved closer.

     "BACK OFF!" A angery voice said. Anna, and the gang of dogs looked up, to see a red dog landing infront of Anna. "Stay away from my, neice!" The red dog shouted, but, said 'neice' a bit late.

     This dog was big, slightly bigger than the one who had spoken only moments before. Some of the dogs ran off, to remained. "Or what?" The other dog said. The red dog looked him strait in the eye. Then, the last few dogs ran away.

     He turned around to face Anna, who was staring at him like, she had seen a gohst. There was a pause. "Thank you, stranger." Anna said." "My name is JT, wich is short for Jason Thomas. Whats your name?" He said. "Anna, Wich is short for Annabell." She answered. JT nodded. "So, where are your mom and dad?" He asked.

     "I don't have a dad!" Anna retorted. "Oh, sorry, well where is you mom. You have a mom, right?" Anna nodded. "I'll help you find her." Jt said, turning. "Wait!" Anna said. He stoped for her to catch up.

     As they walked, neither of them talked, at first. "How long have you been here?" Anna asked. "Wow, most of my life, I wasn't born here, tho. I used to live realy far away from here, in a town called Nenana. But when I was very young, I fell into a crate, and was taken here." JT explained.

     Woah... Anna thought. "What happend after that?" She asked. "Hmhm, I thought you'd ask that." JT started. "I wonderd around, I was scared to death. I was alone for about a week. Then I was taken in, by a nice, single man. Named Jason, wich is half the reason I got my name." He chuckled.

     "Now, its my turn to ask the questions." He laughed. "But I have another question!" Anna shouted. "Why did you call me your, neice." She asked. "Oh, just to make them think we were related, and that I was protecting you. Do you have an uncle?". Anna shook her head. "What about an aunt?". "Yes! Her name is Angie! But she is the only other relative I have, other than my mom." Anna said.

     "Well then, just call me your uncle JT from now on!" JT cheered. "Realy! Thats so cool! I never had an uncle before! I-I.. wow." She cheered aswell. JT just giggled. "Anna!" A voice shouted. "Momma!" Anna replyd.

     "Momma! He saved me! He did! He said he could be my uncle! Can he?" Anna asked. Dakota was speechless. She looked at the red husky mix. "Thank you, for saving her, I don't know what we would have done without her." Angie said.

     JT stared at the girl, she was beautiful, he was frozen. "Y-Your welcome, miss. You must be Angie." JT started. "Anna said you were her, 'aunt'." He laughed. "Yeah, I guess you coud say that." Angie winked. "Thanks for saving my daughter." Dakota spoke up.

     "Yeah, thanks for saving me! Can he play with us a lot momma? Aunt Angie?" Anna asked. "Sure hun, he can hang out with us long as he wants." Angie smiled.

     JT smiled at Angie, Dakota and Anna. He had not had very many friends, but now he made three, in less that two hours! "Well, there's no need to call me a stranger anymore." JT chuckled.

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Choice

     A few months after JT joined the gang, Dakota had seen how happy he made Anna. She also saw Angie's change. "Ang, I kind of feel bad." Dakota sighed. "Why?" Angie asked, raising a brow at her. "Anna realy loves Jason T, and she doesn't have a dad. Do you think I should try looking again? For both out sakes?" She asked. Angie smiled and nodded. 

     Meanwhile, Anna was pulling on JT's ear. "Ow! Ow! Ow, ya crazy pup let go!" JT laughed. Anna released her grip. "You gotta pair of jaws there Anna." He added. "Thanks uncle JT!" Anna barked. Dakota glanced at the two playing. "Im oing for a walk Anna, stay here!" She called and ran off.

     She walked on the beach for a bit, and heard a sound behind her. "Terrel! Come back!" A strong voice yelled from behind her. She looked back before being trampled by a small white figure. She opend her eye's and saw a very larg grey dog standing over her. "I am so sorry miss, my son was running and didn't see you! You OK?" He asked. "Yeah, Im fine." She said, shaking herself.

     She looked behind her and saw the pup he was talking about. He looked that he was about Anna's age. "Aw, whats his name?" Dakota asked, looking at Richer. "Terrel." He said. "Oh, so where's his mom?" She asked again. "Oh, uh. She's, dead." Richer sighed. "Oh, sorry, I didn't know!" Dakota exlaimed.

     Richer chuckled "Its fine, well, I'll see you later. Come on Terrel!" Richer said, but just as he left he licked Dakota's ear, and dashed off with his son. What in the.. She thought. She was a bit shaken and began to make her way back into town. She broke into a run, wanting to get back to Angie's as soon as she could. Poor dog, I wonder what happend to the pups mother She thought. What if it was a bear? Another dog? A hunter? After thinking about the word "hunter" the terrible thought of her wolf family came back.

     She was so deep into thought, she didn't see the brown dog infront of her. "Hey!" A voice shouted. She looked up just intime to see her muzzle hit this stranger on his. She pulled back. "Eh, hehe, sorry." She studderd. The dog didn't reply, he just looked in her eye's. He shook his head "Oh, yeah. Its fine, realy." He smiled. "Let me walk you home?" He asked.

     "Sure.." Dakota said. They began walking, and telling eachother things. "My name is Donner, but you can call me Don." He winked. "My name's Dakota." She replyd, but did not wink back. "Well, Dakota, what were you running from?" He asked. "Nothing.". The finaly made it to Angie's house. Angie, JT, and Anna were playing by the pourch. "By, Don." Dakota smiled and ran to hug her daughter. Don smiled, then turned to leave.

     A week later, Don and Richer were a big part in Dakota's life, she'd been with them a lot more. And liked them both, a lot. She was on her way to Angie's one morning with Anna, when she heard a scream. What the?.. She thought. She ran around the corner. Angie was there, but with somone else. She had to know him, because, she was nuzzling him. "I can't beleve its you!" Angie cried.

     Seeing somthing red, she looked over. It was JT, standing as if in shock. "JT, what's wrong?" Dakota asked. He looked at her. He looked at his paws. "Hey JT! This is--" Angie stoped after he looked at her with tears falling down his face. At first, she didn't know why he was crying, then, after thinking about it, she realized he loved her, and seeing her with this dog, he was heartbroken. "Ja--"She started, but he already running away.

     Dakota saw JT running with tears in his eye's, but walke up to Angie. "Who's this Angie? An old boyfriend or somthing?" Dakota chuckled. "Oh, no, no. This is my puppyhood friend." Angie smiled. "Hi. I'm Yale." He said.

     "Hello Yale. Im Dakota!" She smiled. He nodded. "Im gonna go see whats-- Hay where'd he go?" Angie asked. They all began looking around. "I'll go." Angie said. "Get to 'know' him, Dakota." She winked.

     "Lets go to the beach." Yale said. "Okeyyy." Dakota slowly said. They walked slowly. "I heard you ave a daughter." Yale said. "Yeah, she means everything to me. I don't no what I would do if anything happend to her!" She explained.

     "I also heard about, him." Yale added. Dakota stoped walkin. "Do you wanna talk about it?" He asked. "I don't know, I havn't in, I don't know how long." She sighed.

     "I understand." Yale replyd. Dakota smiled and they continued their walk. "Dakota! Dakota!" Angie screamed. "What what wrong?" Yale and Dakota asked. "Did you know JT had a MATE?" She asked.

     "Whah? No, I had no idea!" Dakota exlaimed. Angie didn't seem to happy. She walked off. Whats her problem? She thought. " I need to go." Yale said. "OK."