Silver and Golden, Lupes to Remember: Part One

by Kate19

A New Face
Well, I suppose this story all starts with a pack called The Night Pack and a little Lupe called Silver....

There was a Lupe pack whose mother had just had a new litter of cubs. They were all the same except for the runt. He was unlike any other Lupe of his kind, for he was a silver Lupe

The father and pack leader did not approve of having what they called a "Strange Lupe" in their pack, but the mother pleaded with him to let the runt stay. He agreed and so the runt was a member of the pack. His name was Silver for the most obvious reasons, but the name made him no more special. Trouble kept finding him somehow, even though he didn't look for it, and other Lupes kept getting mad at him.

One day a young boy by the name of Adam came near the pack. Adam had trespassed on their territory and they did not like that. A few Lupes circled him, including the leader, and eyed the boy carefully. Adam, being very scared said, "Please don't hurt me! I'll do anything!"

At those words the leader stopped circling. "Anything?" he asked.

"Anything you want!" the boy replied.

"Hmmmm.......would you be willing to take a cub of ours and raise it?" the leader asked.

"Yes! Of course!" said Adam desperately.

"Then take this one."

The leader picked up Silver and dropped him at the boy's feet. "No! Please don't!" Silver's mother cried.

The leader ignored her and said, "Take care of him and don't come near here again or next time you won't be so lucky." The boy picked up the baby Lupe and ran away.

7 years Later.... Silver's terrible fate

Silver walk out of the Battledome arena with his master, Adam. "You were horrible! How could you do this to me after all the training we've done!" he shouted at Silver.

"It was only the first time I did it though," said Silver.

"It makes no difference! I thought Lupes were suppose to be loyal and never failing!" Adam yelled back. They walked home the rest of the way home in silence.

***

The next morning Adam shook Silver awake and told him to listen. I bet he's still mad at me for losing the dumb match, Silver thought. Sure enough, he was right. "I can't have failing pets. If I want to win the Battledome, I'll have to make some sacrifices," he began.

"What!! You're gonna disown me for that!! It was a dumb match!" Silver shouted in rage.

"You don't know what it would feel like to me to win the Battledome with winning pets at my side," yelled Adam. "C'mon, we're going to the pound!" He grabbed Silver by the scruff and dragged him all the way to the pound. Dr_Death grinned evilly as Adam extracted 80 NPs from his bag. Again he took Silver by the scruff and dragged him to an empty compartment. "So long, loser!" he said as he left, laughing cruelly.

Silver's brain felt as though it was about to explode. He couldn't take in all of what just happened. Suddenly, a voice from the bars next to him spoke.

"Newcomer, huh?"

"W-w-what?" stammered Silver.

"Are you a newcomer?" repeated the voice.

Silver turned around to see a pretty golden Lupe through the bars. "Uhhh.....yeah I guess so. Who are you?"

"Who are you?" asked the Lupe.

"No, I asked you who are you first," said Silver. “Oh never mind. I'm Silver."

"I'm Golden," said the other Lupe.

"So.....how'd you end up here?"

Silver told her all about how cruel his owner had been and about how he made a big deal when Silver lost the match,about how big a selfish, brat Adam had been.

"So how'd you end up here?" he asked.

"My master got sick of me and put me in this dump," she said. "She was rude and mean anyway though."

"That stinks. Big time. But then again, so does being dumped because you lost a dumb match," replied Silver.

***

The two stayed there for weeks and weeks. Nobody seemed to want them. At least I have company, thought Silver miserably one after noon. "You know," said Golden, "I'm sick of being here!"

"Join the club," replied Silver sadly. "I wish I knew how we could break out of this joint."

He and Golden were suddenly deep in thought. "Hmmmm.....if only someone would free us......." said Silver after the long pause.

"Someone like, her!" He pointed to a young girl looking at all the pets.

"Are you sure about this?" asked Golden. "Positive," said Silver although he seriously doubted it would really work. He crawled up to the bars and said to the girl, "Hey you there!"

The girl turned to Silver. "Uhhh......yes?"

"Could you break us out of here?" asked Silver trying to sound pitiful.

"Ummm....sure," she said to Silver’s amazement. The girl turned to Dr_Death. "I'll take these two."

Dr_Death took 2 keys from his pocket and unlocked the two Lupes' compartments.

"C'mon guys," said the girl. "I'm Samantha, but call me Sam for short."

They walked out with Sam into the glorious light of Neopia Central. The two jumped up a down, running and skipping in circles happily. "I suppose you want to go off and be wild Lupes and have grand adventures right?" asked Sam, once they were on their way to her cabin for a quick snack.

"Well.......sorta," said Golden.

"Maybe," added Silver.

"All right all right, yes!" blurted out Golden. "You can come with us if you want."

"R-r-really?!?!" asked Sam. "I've never been asked that. "Not even from my other pets when I set them free."

"Yeah, sure. Just as long as you don't dump us at the pound again for losing a Battledome match. That's what my old owner did," shuddered Silver.

"I wouldn't do that...so you really mean it?" Sam said. "Let's go get some supplies at my house!"

They all started jogging to Sam's house.

To be continued...