Chap. 2
Firsts and Friends
	Most of us are all in our late teens now. Silver is barely twenty, in dog years of course. We are going to start our first sled run tomorrow. All the the dogs are pretty much bouncing off the walls, especialy Savoy. Eya has a secret desire for lead dog, I can tell. Savoy has a hard time hiding his feelings for Eya, even if she does act like a brat to him. I can say that because i'm her sister. I'm really good at seeing through people, but not near as good as Silver. She's very wise and she can always tell if someone is lying. Savoy has grown big because he eats a lot but at the same time he's skinny. It's night time and no one can sleep. Finally I fell asleep after what seemed like forever. The next morning we ate quickly and gathered around the fence. It was winter, the snow season, and also the sled season. Eya kept on changing positions in her corner. Then she began to walk in circles. When master Todd came out, she stopped and perked her ears, ready for directions. He took us out and told us to get in the position we wanted. Then he would switch us to what he thought would be best. 
	Eya ran to lead position. I'm so good. Moon came up to me and said the weirdest thing. It was something like "reunition is at hand". weird. She has these sort of visions or tells the future at random becuase she gets magic from these spirit things. Anyway, I took middle becuase I was slow thinking about what she had said. Todd moved us around a bit. Savoy switched places with Kite from the front to the back with Dokami. The strongest go in the back because they have to pull the most weight being right in front of the sled. Todd switched me with Moon, so now I was behind the lead dog, next to Kite. Moon and Silver in the middle. These are our positions.

	Todd went inside to get the equipment and told us he would be a while so we could run around. I went trotting off next to the forest to play in some snow. When I got there I began to roll in the freezing white blanket of snow. "Mada?" said an voice. I turned to see a wolf that looked strangely familiar."Is that really you?" "ummm, do I know you?" I asked akwardly. "It's me, Griffen." He answered."Griffen, as in Griffen Griffen?" "yup." I threw myself at on top of him. I had missed him so much. He was large, buff, and quite good looking. He had a white underside and the rest was black, just how I remembered him. "Where's Eya?" he asked. "I'll take you to her but she won't be how you remembered her." I replighed. I brought him over and as soon as Eya saw him, she couldn't help but stare. Obviously she recognized him. I saw pain in her eyes. I could tell it brought back sad memories. "Griffen?" was all she managed to say. Then she turned and layed down in her corner. "That just proved you right." He said as he watched Savoy try to comfort her for whatever was bothering her but she just growled. "She really has changed." "She's been this way ever since mom died. We thought you were dead!" "I bet you did." He said sarcasticly. I introduced him to all of the team who were curious about who he was and what he was doing here. Suddenly, the door handle began to twist. "uh oh, I need to go. I'll come tomorrow. Bye!" He said as he ran towards the forest. I almost started crying I was so happy. My best friend I thought was dead shows up one day. How happy is that!
	I felt sorry for Eya. She is constantly haunted by that memory. She can't even enjoy a long lost friend found. Sometimes I wonder what's going on in that head of hers. How does she really feel? Todd came out and we all retained our positions. He put on our harnesses and hooked us to the sled. Even as excited about sledding as I was, I could'nt stop thinking about Griffen. "Hike!" I was jolted forward my Eya trumendous leap. I looked around and saw I wasn't the only one surprised by this. Eya was pretty much pulling the dogs and the sled. She was almost running at normal speed with great strength. We ran about ten miles, all the way to town. "Woh." Todd called. We came to a stop in front of the food shop. Master Todd walked in side as we all relaxed a little bit. My shoulders hurt a little bit but I was ready to go. "Well, well, well. What do we have here?" said a deep raspy voice. "looks like some pups got lost on the wrong side of town eh?" "Tagg." Kite replied in a harsh voice. "long time no see. Tell me, what brings you into my part of town?" "Tagg?" I whispered to Kite. "The hunter's dog." She clarified. "Only the best animal chaser in town. That's why they call me Tagg." He said proudly. "Saaaay, your a cute one, what's your name?" he asked Eya. She growled fiercely. "Oh what you gunna do, spit at me?" he laughed. Eya sprung at him so fast and hard her harness snapped. She knocked him over and they began to fight. If she wasn't a wolf she probably would not have had a chance against him. He was very large for a dog. Right then Master Todd and Tagg's master came out at the same time.
	"Get that stupid thing away from my dog!" The hunter yelled. Tagg acted as though he wasn't doing anything but she was attacking him. Todd dropped his groceries and pulled Eya off him. He reattatched the harness and gave Eya a disappionted look. She crouched down to show she was sorry. Tagg's masive black figure marched into their cabin. I could see the smirk on his face. Eya didn't run quite as fast on the way back. We did pretty good except Savoy kept tripping over the line so we had to stop once or twice to untangle him. When we got home we all went strait to bed, tired from the trip. Eya stayed up a little bit longer to tend to her wounds. She wouldn't let Todd touch them. I woke up early the next morning before anyone was awake to the sound of of a soft "pssssst." I looked up and on the other side of the gate was Griffen. "Griffen it's a little early." I said even though I was ecstadic to see him. "Come out before the others wake." he pleaded. "can't, the gate is locked." I answered. "But the lock is on the outside isn't it? And guess who is also on the outside." He stated. I giggled and walked towards the gate. He skillfully un locked the gate and swung it open. "Okay but I have to go back before the others wake, agreed?" "Agreed."
	We scampered off into the snow and joked around. I couldn't help but notice how much I liked his smile and everything about him. He was funny, smart, and extremely handsome. "I forgot to ask you, what happened to Eya? She looks like she got attacked by a grizzly." Griffen asked. "Close, she got in a fight with the hunter's dog back at town."I answered. "Tagg." He mumbled. "You know him?" "how could I not know the dog who's been trying to hunt me down for years." he said "really, sounds tough." "yeah." It was beggining to get lighter outside. "I'd better get going" I said, all though it pained me to say it. "Same time tomorrow?" He called as I began to walk back. "Yeah, same time."