1043 53: Reunited.

Outside the village, Tommy and Dice were lying on the grassy ground, sound asleep beside each other...unaware of what was watching them from high above in the night sky.

Seeing Tommy and Dice from above, the unseen figure sored down from the sky and landed on the ground a few feet away from the boy and the pup. The unseen creature then started slowly walking towards The human and the Dalmatian. As it did, it stepped on a leaf, making the pup's ears twitch. The figure made it's way over to Dice and the pup slowly opened his eyes, only to be greeted by the image of a familiar green Parrokeet.

"Pauly!" Said Dice as he got to his feet.

"At last, i found you. Now come on, Bageena is waiting. Let's go." Said Pauly.

"Bageena is here?" Dice asked.

"Yes, in the bamboo grove at the edge of the meadow. Race you there." Said Pauly.

"You're on." Said Dice.

Later, Dice was running through the bamboo grove, trying to keep up with Pauly, who was flying high above him.

Meanwhile, Bageena was pacing the ground, waiting for Pauly to return with Dice. As if on cue, the black Panther looked and saw the pup and the green Parrot coming her way. She ran towards the trio of two and Dice jumped on her and knocked her down on her back.

"Be careful, Dice, i'm not a cub anymore, you know." Said Bageena.

"Oh. Sorry." Said Dice before getting off of the Panther's chest and onto the ground.

Bageena got to her feet. "Nice to see you too, but perhaps now you'd care to explain just what happened to you and Tommy after that human abducted you."

"Yeah, that's right. Bageena and i have both been worried sick about you, Dice. And Tommy too." Said Pauly.

"We know that you two have been staying in a man-village and gradually tracked you both here. But why are you and Tommy staying so long in this human village, Dice?" Said Bageena.

"Are you going to leave the jungle to live with the villagers? Have you had enough of your family? Aren't you looking forward to seeing them again?" Pauly asked.

"No...it's not that?" Said Dice as he sat down on the ground.

"Then what is it then?" Bageena asked.

"It's Athaliah. She's attacking humans now. Why, just the other day she attacked Tommy's human friend, Ashanti, in order to lure me to her. Then she attacked me and Tommy and sent us flying over a clift. And if that wasn't enough, she attacked and injured Ashanti's grandfather, Wahar. Ashanti's grandfather was badly wounded so Tommy and i helped bring him home and stayed with Ashanti ever since." Dice explained.

"I see. So that's how all of this came about. I should have known. So Athaliah started it all and now she's out for revenge. Just yesterday she demanded to know where Dice was. Remember?" Said Bageena.

"Yes, and we saw the wound over her eye as well, but what will you do now, Dice?" Pauly asked.

"I don't know. I miss the jungle very much, but i also miss my family and wanna get back to them." Said Dice.

"Of course and you should. We understand that. In fact, i spoke with Akira the night you were welcomed into the wolf pack, and we agreed that one day you'd want to choose between us and your outside world family. Choose wisely. Perhaps it's for the best." Said Bageena.

"Yes, perhaps it is, but we miss you so much, Dice." Said Pauly.

"But you still have the rest of your flock for company. And besides, i hear you've been seeing a lot of a certain female Parrokeet lately." Said Bageena.

"What? You know about that, Bageena?" Pauly asked.

"The whole jungle knows by now." Said Bageena.

"That's wonderful, a girlfriend. I'm happy for you, Pauly." Said Dice.

"Well, she is nice." Pauly stated. "What about your and Tommy's human friend, Ashanti? Is she nice, Dice?"

"Oh, yeah. She's just a girl, but full of fun and mischief." Said Dice.

"Well, Akira and i were right then. You stay here until you decide that you're ready to go back to you're outside world family. But one of us will visit this bamboo grove regularly just to be sure you are alright and have all you need. But we'll miss you, Dice." Said Bageena.

"If you want us, you know where we are, that's right. Wether you're a wild dog or an outside dog, we're friends for life, no matter what you choose." Said Pauly.

"Yes, friends for life. Thanks for understanding. Give my love to Roxeena, would you? And Akira and Alexander. And Bageena, give my best to the rest of the pack as well." Said Dice.

"We will, Dice." Said Bageena and Pauly. The black Panther then ran off, with the green Parrokeet flying after her.

Dice watched as his two friends left and headed back to the jungle, leaving the pup to live in the man-village.

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