Best of Times, Worst of Times
By:SnowPuppy
One day, one sunny day, Kay-Si was reading a book, as usual, in the 
living 
room, when she heard a familiar bark.
"Okay, Sweetheart, I'll get your dinner." She said to the starving 
poodle.
"Bark!" Exclaimed Sweetheart, looking up at Kay-Si happily.
Kay-Si layed down the dog dish, and Sweetheart began happily eating. 
Kay-Si 
also layed out a water dish for the excited poodle, for she knew 
Sweetheart 
would be thirsty too.
Then Kay-Si heard the phone ring. She went to go answer it.
She picked it up, and said, "Hello?"
"Hola!" Said a familiar voice.
"Susan?" Kay-Si asked.
"The one and only!" Exclaimed Susan happily.
"Why are you calling for?" Asked Kay-Si.
"I wanted to let you know I'm going on vacation, so I wont be over 
there for 
awhile." Susan told her cousin.
"Oh, okay!" Kay-Si said.
"Before I go, anything new?" Susan asked.
"As a matter of fact, yes. We got a dog, a poodle. Her name is 
Sweetheart." 
Kay-Si said to Susan.
"Oh, how lovely," Said Susan. "Too bad I dont get to see her."
"Yeah, well, see you when your vacation's over." Said Kay-Si.
"Okay! Oops, gotta run! Bye!" Said Susan, and Kay-Si heard the phone 
click.
Kay-Si put down the phone, and then ran back into the kitchen where she 
saw 
an empty dog food dish and water bowl. She was surprised that 
Sweetheart 
could eat that fast. Then she heard a sound. It sounded very much like 
thunder.
Oh no! It was a perfectly sunny day, and now it's going to rain! I sure 
do 
hope Steppenwolf and Moonwatcher make it back safely. Thought Kay-Si.
But as hours passed, no sign of them.
That's odd, thought Kay-Si, they're usually back by now.
Kay-Si decided to go out and see if they were okay. She got her sister 
Nick-Ol to babysit while she was looking for her husband and son. She 
ran out 
of the house to find out the rain had gotten much worse. It was pouring 
down 
fiercly upon her. And it was, indeed, strange, because just a few 
minutes ago 
it had been perfectly sunny. 
She walked and walked, and heard the sound of the damp grass below her 
feet 
everytime she walked on it. The rain seemed to be pouring more heavily 
now. 
She just hoped that Steppenwolf and Moonwatcher were both okay and not 
hurt.
As she walked on, the chances of ever finding them became hopeless. But 
then 
she heard someone following her. At first she thought it could be 
Steppenwolf, Moonwatcher, or both of them, but what if it wasn't? 
"Who's th-there?" She stammered.
"It's Loren, ma'am. Officier Loren." Said Loren, coming out of the 
darkness.
"Oh, Loren! It's been awhile since I've seen you." Said Kay-Si.
"Yeah, I know. Ever since Molly-Ca admitted she really didn't love your 
son, 
things haven't been going too well between our families." Explained 
Loren.
"Yeah, I know," Said Kay-Si. "Hey, have you seen any sign of 
Steppenwolf or 
Moonwatcher? I've been looking for them everywhere!" 
"Actually, that's what I've came to tell you about," Said Loren. "It's 
not a 
very pretty story, though. You see, a bolt of lightening struck the 
island's 
forest, way over there. And I think I saw your husband and son in there 
earlier."
Then Kay-Si noticed her mistake. The one place she didn't look was the 
island's forest!
"Oh no! What's going to happen to them?!" Kay-Si asked.
"We're trying our best to put out the fire, and then we'll check for 
anybody 
in need of help." Explained Loren.
"I'm going to go look!" Kay-Si said, running towards the island's 
forest.
"No, you can't! It's too dangerous---!" Began Loren, but it was too 
late.
Kay-Si had ran off, not bothering to listen to what Loren had to say. 
All she 
wanted was to save her husband and son!
She ran to the forest, and seen it up in orange flames. She gathered 
her 
courage, and raced into the forest.
It was very hot and smoky inside of the forest. Kay-Si crawled under 
the 
smoke and tryed not to get hit by firey branches.
She tryed her best to keep going on. And she hoped that both her 
husband and 
son were still alive. She couldn't bare it if either one of them were 
dead, 
or, what would hurt her even more, was if both of them were dead. She 
hoped 
they were both alive and alright.
She finally saw something. The smoke was making her vision blurry, so 
it was 
hard to tell if it was one of the people she was looking for. She 
crawled 
nearer, and saw that it was.
It was Moonwatcher, badly burnt and unconscious. Kay-Si looked around 
but saw 
no sign of Steppenwolf.
Kay-Si then heard a noise from behind her. She turned around and saw 
that it 
was only Loren.
"Loren! Whats with all these sneaking-up-from-behind-me approaches?" 
Kay-Si 
said, her voice a little shaky.
"I'm so sorry, ma'am," Said Loren. "Oh, I see you have found your son?"
"Yes, can you please help him?!" Kay-Si asked.
"I'll do all that I can." Answered Loren, carefully picking up the 
badly 
burnt Moonwatcher.
But, before Loren could say anything else, Kay-Si was off again. It 
seemed 
that she wouldn't give up until she found her husband, too.
Then something caught her eye. She looked again, and was very shocked 
at what 
she saw.
It was Steppenwolf! But he was in much worse condition than 
Moonwatcher. 
Kay-Si looked, and soon noticed that one of the tree's firey branches 
had 
fallen right on Steppenwolf. And he was much more burnt than 
Moonwatcher. 
Kay-Si just didn't know what to do! The situation seemed hopeless. But 
she 
didn't want to give up. She tryed her best to drag Steppenwolf out of 
the 
forest fire. She then layed him down outside on the cool grass, as far 
away 
from the forest as she could get.
Both Moonwatcher and Steppenwolf were then taken to the nearest 
hospital. And 
what made Kay-Si relieved was, that both of them had a pulse, and they 
both 
were slowly and gradually breathing.
And, in time, they both awoke, and they both had strong breathing. Soon 
after, they got to go home. Kay-Si was relieved, very relieved, that 
both her 
husband, and their son, were alright.
When they walked into the living room, Kay-Si thanked her sister for 
babysitting,(Sweetheart then looked up at Kay-Si) and dogsitting, of 
course, 
too. 
Nick-Ol then left her sister's house, and headed home herself. Kay-Si 
then 
heard a bark from Sweetheart.
Sweetheart barked longingly and scratched her paw against the door. 
"Okay, Sweetheart. We'll go to the park." Kay-Si agreed.
Sweetheart jumped for joy at the word "park". She had learned what that 
word 
meant a long time ago.
So they all went to the park, at Sweetheart's doggy suggestion. They 
all had 
a great time. Then Kay-Si spoke up.
"I know what the moral of this story is." She said.
"What?" Asked Moonwatcher curiously.
"Best of Times, Worst of Times," Kay-Si explained, "because when you 
two got 
burnt in that forest fire, that was the worst of times. But here, at 
the 
park, is the best of times, because we're having a great time!"
"Yeah, I guess that is kind-of the moral of this story." Steppenwolf 
realized.
Before they went home, they noticed the newest member of their family 
was 
missing. Sweetheart was no were to be seen.
"Sweetheart! Sweetheart!" They called.
Finally, they saw Sweetheart running up to them. 
"Sweetheart, where've you been?!" Kay-Si said.
"Well, nevermind that. She's found now. Lets go home." Said 
Steppenwolf.
And then, they went home. It was getting late, and they didn't want to 
be 
outside in the dark. When they got home, they heard something strange.
"Ru---oof." Said Sweetheart weakly.
"Sweetheart? What's wrong?" Kay-Si asked, noticing the weakness in 
Sweetheart's faint bark.
Sweetheart rolled over like she was in pain, and did more of her weak, 
faint 
barks. Everyone looked at the poodle concerningly. 
"Oh, we've got to take her to the vet!" Kay-Si said.
"This is very strange," said Moonwatcher, "she was just fine a minute 
ago."
"Well she's not now," Steppenwolf said. "And your mother's right. We've 
got 
to take Sweetheart to the vet. It's obvious that she's in a lot of 
pain."
And so the poodle-in-pain was quickly rushed to the vet. They all hoped 
that 
their doggy friend would be alright. And they also hoped that the pain 
she 
was in was nothing fatal.
The vet checked out Sweetheart carefully. Finally, after much time, he 
spoke.
"Well, there's some good news," he said, "it's nothing fatal."
"Hooray!" Shouted Dylan happily.
"So, whats wrong with her?" Kay-Si asked.
"Be prepared for what your about to hear." Answered the vet.
"Just tell us! What is it?" Kay-Si asked once more.
THE END
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