The Forgotten Arctic

○◎The Forgotten Arctic◎○
○◎Chapter 1◎○
0ce6bed1fe6de8b79896482f1799ab6d.jpg|Sadie
arctic.jpg|Arctic
piper.jpg|Piper
Zigdds.jpg|Zig
Zagggy.jpg|Zag
Zack.jpg|Zack
Ginger.jpg|Ginger
Lola.jpg|Lola
Grace.jpg|Grace
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Shade.jpg|Grim
Vanilla.jpg|Vanilla
Tiny.jpg|Tiny
Alpha the boss.jpg|Alpha
Ivory.jpg|Ivory
Tulip.jpg|Tulip
Arctic's eyes opened softly. His eyes were blurry as they adjusted to the dim light. He looked at his surroundings. Arctic poked the small black and white pup beside him. He tilted his head in confusion.
"Watch it, Arctic!" She squealed and rolled over. Her eyes were a dark golden yellow.
"Hush Piper." A large, frail dog whispered and curled her tail softly around them. Her ribs were showing through her ragged black and white fur. She coughed and her body rattled painfully.
There was a low, muffled voice. It was inaudible and was thick with a gibberish type of style. Arctic stared in wonder as the gate to the tiny cage they were laying in and a a large hand reached in and grabbed Piper.
"Piper!" The dog howled and tried to drag herself upwards.
"Mama!" Piper squealed. Arctic shoved himself into his mothers ragged fur.
"Face it, Harper. Your pups gone. That strong one you have there is next." A male voice sighed.
"What's happening mom?" Arctic asked quietly.
"Nothing honey." Harper meowed softly. She took a sharp breath in as something curled around Arctic. He bark and flipped around seeing the hand as he was scooped into another cage with Piper.
Arctic scrambled to the corner of the cage with his sister. He sighed as the cage door was closed to the cage and locked. The cage shook as it was placed onto a strange black belt. It roared to life and began to move.
Piper scratched her head silently and slowly stood up. Her legs shook as she padded to the cage door. There was a long heavy sigh as she sat down.
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The black belt came to a quiet stop overlooking huge white birds. The cage that the two dogs were in was quickly placed on a new black belt with several other cages of dogs and puppies. The black belt moved once again.
The dogs were barking and howling as they were rolled up a ramp and into the belly of one of the huge white birds. Arctic whimpered as the cage was lifted and sat down beside another cage.
Piper and arctic stared into the next cage as it was placed down. A small Akita lay curled up in the cage. She looked up at Arctic, wagging her small, curled up tail. She had small, fluffy ears and squinty eyes.
"Hello." She barked softly.
"Hi." Arctic barked back.
"I'm Sadie."The Akita meowed sweetly. She smiled and her tail began to wave again.
"Nice to meet you Sadie. I'm Piper." Piper barked softly.
"I'm Arctic. It's nice to meet you Sadie." Arctic barked. The three puppies lay quietly in their cages talking about what could be happening to them.
○◎Chapter 2◎○
Arctic rolled over on the hard, cold black floor of the cage. Piper lay on top of him. His black and white fur twinkled as Piper nuzzled into his soft, puppy fur. He yawned, looking through the cage at Sadie.
Sadie looked at him, her soft eyes twinkling gently. Her tail waggled as light strained into the darkness. There was movements as the cages were stacked again and placed onto moving black belts again.
He stared into Sadie's eyes as there cages were shoved beside each other. Piper pressed herself against Arctic's side lovingly.
"I'm glad that you're my brother." She barked and gave him a lick on the cheek. Arctic smiled and gave her a lick.
"I'm glad that you're my sister." Arctic responded as the cages were loaded onto a different black, belt that roared to life.
Immediately, they were whisked away. Looking out of the cage bars, Arctic stared at the white flurries of fluffy stuff falling from the sky. He reached a paw out as the white stuff fluttered onto it.
It melted immediately. It soaked into his fur straight to his skin. He pulled his paw back in and gave it a lick.
"That's snow." Sadie barked.
"How do you know?" Arctic asked poking his head from the cage so that he could see the Akita.
"My mother explained it to me before she died." Sadie responded with a sigh.
"Wow. So this is snow?" Piper exclaimed in awe.
"What was your mother like?" Arctic pondered. "We were taken from our mom as soon as I opened my eyes. But she looked so ill..."
"The hairless things seem to take us when our mothers die." A new voice informed. Arctic strained his head along with Piper and Sadie to see an Australian Shepherd puppies head.
"Who are you?" Piper asked once again.
"I'm Zig. And this," he paused and another head popped up. "Is my sister Zag. Now who are you?" Zig craned his neck and pushed his nose through the cage door, trying to make it easier for the five to see eachother.
"Im Sadie." Sadie announced and raised her head proudly.
"I'm Arctic and this my sister Piper." Arctic huffed.
"Nice to meet you Piper, Arctic, and Sadie." Zag twittered. Her voice was high and gentle.
"What were you saying about the hairless creatures again?" Sadie cut the two Australian Shepherd's off from any other comments.
"The hairless creatures only take orphan pups." Zag barked.
"Our mom said that they bring us to a farm where we will grow up and learn to pull dog-sleds." Zig put in.
"Wait, so what in the world is a dog-sled?" Sadie inquired. She seemed to be getting annoyed.
"It's a piece of wood that a team of dogs has to pull. Normally there are about seven dogs. They compete in these competitions and go on these missions through snowy terrain." Zag explained.
"How do you know all of this?" Piper snapped in anger.
"Because our mom was part of a dog sled team. Basically, we were raised on a dog sled farm until our mom died and we ended up here." Zig explained gloomily. Suddenly, there was a jerk.
Piper and Arctic slid along with Sadie and Zig and Zag. In a matter of moments, the hairless creatures were unloading the cages and carried them through the snowy landscape to a wooden building.
As Arctic was carried into the wooden structure, the warm light twinkled in his heart. The cage of Piper and Arctic was sat gently down in a wooden area. Soft straw aligned the area and a warm, yellow light leaked in.
Sadie, Zig, and Zag were all placed in the same wooden area. Another strange dog was placed into the area as well. The wooden door was closed as the puppies cuddled up. They were so tired, the didn't even bother talking.
The new puppy curled up in the corner away from them. Piper looked up at it as it shivered lightly. She stood up and padded over to it, curling around it's tiny body. It looked up and Arctic realized it was a she.
Piper and the puppy shared a few words before Piper walked up to Arctic and whispered in his ear.
"This is Tiny." She barked quietly. Arctic nodded and she went to lay back with Tiny. Arctic sneezed softly and drifted to sleep.
○◎Chapter 3◎○
It had been several moons since the dogs had arrived and met each other. They were all becoming great friends and were very fond of this new place. It wasn't prison like any of them thought. It was far from prison.
Twice a day, the hairless creatures came to feed them this delicious food. It wasn't like milk, but it was better. After the dogs would finish eating, they would get the hairless creatures to rub them.
The dogs were let from the enclosed area and into a huge yard where they could play and socialize. Piper had immediately made friends with a dog by the name of Silver. Within' a moon, everyone could tell that they were more than friends.
But because the pups were so young, they brushed the thought of having mates off. But everyone could tell that Piper had a crush on Silver. Arctic had met a dog too. Her name was Vanilla.
It was a funny story how they met. Arctic was going for a morning run when he had gotten stuck in a snow drift and was unable to get out. He stayed in the snow drift until dusk, when Vanilla found him as she was taking and evening walk.
By the time she had uncovered him, it was dark. Knowing that he would die if she brought him back now, she dug the hole deeper and wider before climbing around him to keep him warm.
Her plan had worked, for Arctic made it 'till morning and Vanilla got help. Arctic had gotten a cold and was not aloud to leave the enclosed area until it was gone. He longed to see his savior and actually meet her.
When he was finally free again, the first thing he did was go up to Vanilla. He thanked her for what he did and the two quickly found out that they had a lot in common. Vanilla was an orphan, and had no family.
Piper would often tease him about Vanilla and in a reaction, Arctic would tease her about Silver. She would get so flustered and angry, that she would stalk off to talk to Tiny. Tiny on the other paw, had opened up a lot.
She was a social butterfly. She talked to everyone in sight and considered everyone as a friend. Piper and her had grown tight like sisters, but that didnt stop Tiny from making friends constantly.
Tiny had also grown a bit. She was about the size of Arctic when he had first gotten to this place. Arctic, though, had grown a lot. He now a huge Siberian Husky whose pelt rippled with muscles underneath.
Others would often say that he was the next Alpha. But whenever Arctic looked at Alpha, the huge wolf-dog, he felt himself shrink. Alpha scared every dog. He would rip your throat out if you said something about him and he was not afraid to hurt a hairless creature.
Arctic never wanted to grow up like that heartless dog, forever alone in his own grief and anger. One day he would have a mate and pups. He would be the strongest on the dog sled team. He would be the most respected dog there was, not out of fear.
Arctic thought about this as he lay in his loft. Zig and Zag lay curled up at the other corner. There fur blended together with one-and-others. Straw was entwined into their fur and they looked as though they were just another bundle of straw.
Tiny lay exhausted. She had talked to about every dog in the camp. Piper lay beside Tiny. Her flank rose and fell rythmatically. Arctic sighed. He rolled over and curled up into the warm, soft straw.
○◎Chapter 4◎○
Arctic woke up as dim-light streaked into the barn. By the sound of it, it was pouring. That meant that the humans, as Alpha had called them, were not going to let the puppies out.
He sighed and padded up to the fence gate. She stood on his hind legs and placed his front paws on the fence gate to balance him. He had grown so large that he could jump the gate if he pleased.
He let out a bark and Vanilla's head popped up. She quickly lost her balance and disappeared again. Once again her head popped up, but this time she steadied herself so that she wouldn't slip down.
"Hello Arctic." She barked cheerfully.
"Morning Vanilla." Arctic responded. He beamed with happiness even though he knew he wouldn't be able to get closer than this until it stopped raining. He turned his head as a human walked into the barn, but without food.
He held tons of leashes. As the leashes clattered together the barn erupted in howls and barks of excitement. Piper stood up beside Arctic, balancing on her hind legs as well.
"Morning." She barked with a lick to his ear.
"Morning Piper." He barked back. The farmer began to clip leashes to all the dogs. More farmers came to help. Soon, all the dogs were clipped to leashes. They were led out into the freezing rain.
The farmers began to sort through the dogs. Arctic ended up beside Vanilla and they were whisked away into there own area. The gate closed as they were unclipped and Arctic found himself beside Vanilla.
They were all alone and confused. Vanilla began to pace. Something told Arctic that she knew why they were placed in an area all alone, and Vanilla didn't like it.
"I knew I should've listened to Alpha." She barked quietly to herself.
"Whats wrong Vanilla?" Arctic barked getting semi-close to her and trying to soothe her.
"I should have never gotten so close to you." Vanilla barked and moved away. Her ears flattened and she looked threatening.
"What did Alpha say?" Arctic asked.
"He threatened that if I didn't stay away from you then the farmers would see us getting closer and closer." Vanilla rambled on.
"What does that mean?" Arctic asked again, utterly confused.
"Are you kidding me, Arctic!?" Vanilla growled. "They want us to breed! They saw that we were a simple match and expect me to give birth to your pups!" Arctic was hit with an ice storm of emotion.
He was speechless. He was expected to father pups? Not just any pups, Vanilla's pups. The most perfect dog in the whole world's pups. He sat down and stared at her blankly.
"Every female dog must have at least one litter if they are capable. It's in the job description of growing up on a dog sled farm." She sighed.
"I... Im sorry Vanilla." Arctic meowed at last. He flattened his ears and felt like his heart was drooping inside of him.
"Why?" She asked as she padded up to him. Her eyes sparked. One brown and one blue. "Why would you be sorry?"
"Im sorry that I have forced you into the position of having my pups." Arctic's ears drooped apologetically.
"You didn't force me into this position. I got myself into it willingly." She responded. Her eyes were dull. "I like you Arctic. Thats kinda why I saved you back when you got stuck in the snow drift."
"You really like me?" Arctic asked. Vanilla nodded embarassedly.
"I dont mind if you dont like me." She barked softly.
"Oh Vanilla, I was so afraid you wouldn't like me." Arctic barked. "I like you with my entire heart. I would never let you go!" Vanilla pressed himself against Arctic softly.
"We're stuck here for a while Arctic." Vanilla said and lay down beside him. Arctic slid onto the golden straw beside her. Immediately, they began to talk.
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