~Chapter 1~

(Hayate POV)

It was another day at home. I woke up at the foot of my Master's bed, who was still fast asleep. I started to feel hungry and the sudden feeling to go really bad. I padded up to my Master's face and started to lick and nuzzle her, her long, blonde fur (hair) getting in my eyes and nose. She giggled softly as she opened her eyes. "Good Moring, boy."

I barked happily then whined, letting her I wanted to go out. She sat up, petting my head. "Okay, okay, I'm getting up," she said. "Just let me get ready." When she got out of bed, I hopped off and raced for my dish. She filled it up as I sat waiting with my tail wagging like a flag. She got dressed as I gobbled up my food. Man, that stuff never gets old. When I finished, she put the long, red rope (leash) on my collar. We then exited our den and walked outside with many humans walked around on their hind legs (feet). Many human dens towered like mountains as we passed them, and humans looked at me with friendly faces. I barked a hello to them, and they would keep going on their way. They never seem to understand me. I am speaking plain dog after all!

After I was done, uh…doing my "business", we started walking to the really big human den (Eastern Command) where my Master's master resided. I still can't get what they do there, but I do now that's the place where I first met my Master and her packmates. As the den came closer into view, I heard someone come behind. I flicked my ears and turned around, seeing a shadow sneak into a narrow passage (alleyway). I growled, my Master then asking, "What's the matter, boy?". I tugged on the rope, trying to pursue the shadow. "Black Hayate! Stop!" my Master commanded. I felt bad disobeying her, but I had to check it out. The red rope slipped from her paws (hands) and I shot off like one of my Master's little metal pellets (bullets). I turned into the passage and saw no one, not even a stray cat. I looked around, feeling uneasiness. I then saw a shadow creep above me, and when I turned around, I saw a male human with and eerie grin on his muzzle (face). Before I could react, everything blacked out.

(Third Person)

Riza panicked when the leash slipped from her grasp. She ran after Black Hayate, searching for the black and white puppy. No life prospered there, only a few empty dumpsters. She then looked at the ground seeing nearly dispersed paw prints in the ground, but ending when it reached the middle of the alleyway. She then saw foot prints leading from and away from the paw prints. Riza made a quick decision: she immediately ran to Eastern Command. She would need help to find him, due to how big East City was. 'He's usually so well behaved…what's gotten into him?' she wondered.

(Hayate POV)

I slowly opened my eyes, feeling something cold and hard underneath me. I fully opened my eyes, remembering I was in pursuit of an odd shadow. I slowly got up, feeling some pain in my hindquarters. This caused me to whine a little. Surveying the area, I knew three things. 1. I was in a cage. 2. I was in a place where it strongly reeked of blood and no light anywhere. 3. I smelled humans and other animals, so I was not alone. But with all the blood scent in the air and pitch black darkness, I couldn't tell if anything would be alive or not. I called out, seeing if anyone would respond. Nothing but dead silence. I barked a couple of times. Nothing. I laid back down, seeing that I wouldn't be getting out anytime soon. I soon thought about my Master, and how mad she would be right now.

Suddenly, a sliver of light, then followed by a bright light and a stinging sensation of intense blood filled my senses. I could clearly see where I was. I was in one of the many cages, stacked on top of each other, filled with creatures that were half dead. I nearly shuddered at the sight. A male human with a white covering came over to my cage with a mocking laugh. "Hello, little fella," the human spoke sickeningly, "We have plans for you." He then took my cage and grabbed it roughly, making me lose my balance when I tried getting up. He took me through many passages and barriers (doors), finally reaching a large den (room). This den, however, was massively covered in blood of many creatures. A large shape with other shapes inside was on the ground as well, almost as if it was soaking up the blood.

Coming through a different barrier, two humans also in a white covering came in dragging something behind them. I peeked around the hard lines of the cage, seeing what they carried in. It was a male human, dead one, no doubt. They placed it in the middle of the shape. The human with my cage then opened up the cage, grabbed me with his white covered, rough paws, and threw me into the shape with the human. The humans then scampered off, another human then walking in, an evil grin growing on his muzzle. He clapped his paws together and pressed it to the shape that the dead human and I didn't occupy. Red sparks flew and an overwhelming pain and light consumed me and the dead human. Everything whited out, and I felt numb.