got home, she found Star on the porch.  "Star! I have great news!" She cheered. "Your gonna be a dad!!"

     Star's face went blank.  He thought he felt his heart stop, he was thrilled. 

Two months later...

     Star ran through town as fast as he could.  His owner had just gotten the call that the pups were coming.  He turned the corner, an crashed into something, Kaltag.  "Hey! What gives!" Kaltag growled. Star shook the snow off him and began running again. "What in the..." Kaltag mumbled. "What's with him?" Nikki asked, Kaltag shrugged.

    Star felt his heart race, he was so happy.  He couldn't see too well, because of how fast he was running.  He crashed into something red, but this time it was Jenna.  "Star? Whats going on? IS something wrong?!!" She asked.  Star shook his head.  "Well calm down, whats going on?" She asked again. "Dixie." He panted, and bean to run.  Jenna new just what was going on.  She slowly began to walk behind him.

     Star finally made to Dixie's house.  He just looked at the door, not knowing if he should go in. He walked onto the porch, and looked in the doggie-door.  Nothing.  He walked in, he looked in a bigger room, and there was Dixie.  She was whining in pain.  Star then saw her owner.  "Star!" The girl smiled.  She picked him up and put him in a different room. Star was scared.  He'd  never been in this room before. He just lied down and waited a little, and she then opened the door for him to come in.

      He looked at Dixie, who was in a little basket.  He peeked over her, and saw five tiny little bodies, all squeaking and nudging up against Dixie.  He almost fainted. Star's owner walked in.  "Come take a look." Dixie's owner smiled.  He walked over, and smiled.  "Their so, tiny" He chuckled. 

    Two weeks later...

     The pups had just begun walking, and their personality's were showing, too.   Dixie's owner(Tracey) invited Star's owner(Tom) over to help her name the pups.  She picked up the oldest pup.  He was a purple color like his mother, with darker purple stripes on his back, a tiny tail, grey-ish spots on the eye's, which were a grey-blue color, and fluffy scruff of hair that went down to his shoulders.  He was built  like Star, but a little muscular than Star was at that age.  "He makes me think of Star's father.  He was a  muscular pup." Tom said.  "His name was Mic." He added. "Hmm, why don't we call him, Mickey?" Tracey asked, he nodded.

      Then the next pup, who had been born just after Mickey, she was blue-purple, the tips of her ears were a dark blue, she had a  grey line on her nose.  Her paws, under-belly, and tail tip were a peach color, and she had light purple eye's. And she, too, was built similar to star, maybe a bit more of a 'girl' figure. "She yips and yelps a lot." Tracey said.  "Star and his sis did that, but she got real sick one say, and died a few days later.  What was that girls name? Gosh, my memory is terrible." Tom chuckled. "Couty, Courty, or somthin' like that." He added.  "Why not just call her, Courtney?" Tom finally said. Tracey smiled and agreed.

     Then, there was a pinkish looking pup.  Her fur was a mix of her parents, her eye's were a bright blue, she had tufts of fur on her head and chest like Dixie, one spot on her back from Star, and was built like Dixie.  "Lets name her after Star.  Something that means 'star', like Astra, or Estelle, or Elanor, or.." Tom tried thinking of more names, but Tracey jumped in, "Lets name her Elanor! I love that name!" She smiled.

     Two more pups were left.  They named the runt first.  She was very pretty, she had a tuft of fur on her head, spots on her eyes, back, and tail tip, the rest of her markings were a mix of her parents.  "Lets name her Bella, it means beautiful in Italian." Tom said, Tracey nodded.

     "Aww, well that fits you, doesn't it?" Tracey giggled, patting Bella on the head.

      One pup left, he looked a lot like Mickey, but was taller.  "Lets name him....Mike?"  Both agreed that Mike was a nice name for the pup, and Tom got up to leave. 

     "Let Star out whenever you want, Trace." He said and walked out the front door.

     Dixie and Star smiled at their puppies as they bumped around on the blanket.  Star got down on his stomach and rested his head in front of Mickey, Mickey poked his nose against Star's, and Star smiled wide.  the couple couldn't be happier.

     Another three weeks past, making the pups five week old. They were all growing up healthy, strong, and fast.  Almost too fast for Star,  who was dreading the day his puppies would be sold.  He hoped that they would still live in Nome, so that he could visit, and so did Dixie. 

     Sadly, the time for them to leave came very quickly.  It was early in the morning, Dixie gathered up the puppies and placed them in the box. 

     Elanore looked up at Dixie.  "Mommy, whats gonna happen to us?" She asked.  "Nothing bad, sweetie.  It's fun being adopted!  I was your age when I was adopted."  Dixie patted her daughter on the head.  "Trust me, everything is going to be just fine."

      Elanor smiled and looked out of the box.  One by one, the puppies were adopted, leaving the two parents by themselves.  Dixie's face was soaked with tears, Star did his best to comfort her.

     "Don't worry, Dixie, I know all those humans! They all live around here.  We can visit them every day.." Star smiled

     "I know...I'm just going to miss them."  Dixie cried, leaning on her mate. 

     Star nudged her with his nose.  She sniffled and shook off the tears. Star walked Dixie home before it got to dark.  He walked home, sat on the blanket by the fireplace, and cried softly.

Authers Note:  This took way longer than I hoped.  it's not that good, but I;m pleased with it.  I hope you all enjoyed it!