/B-Dawg's P.O.V/

I stretched out, waking up earlier than usual. I went outside to see if it was too muddy or not, and I saw a car go by. Strange. It was too early for people to start going to work or school. Looking closer at the car, I recognized it as David's. I then saw moving trucks follow him…. I saw my immediate younger brother at the window, barking trying to get my attention. The street I'm on, it goes to the airport….. The airport.

Wait.. No!

"Buddha! Wait!" I called out, running after the car, but the car was faster than I was. "Buddha! Please! Wait!" I had lost my breath running after the car and had to stop. "Wait….."

I whined as the truck drove away. He's gone. I lowered my head ad for once, allowed the tears to flow. I know that I never lived up to Mudbud's standards, but I was really close with Buddha. I shook my head and howled. I had to tell my siblings. I ran to the assigned meeting spot and waited.

Mudbud showed up first.

Then Rosebud.

And finally, Budderball.

"Dude, what's the problamo?" Mudbud asked.

"Where Buddha?" Rosebud questioned.

"Since when is Buddha late for an emergency howl?" Budderball wondered, looking for any sight of him.

"Buddha's…. Not coming." I told them.

"Not today?" Budderball asked and I shook my head.

"Not… Not ever." I finally said.

"What?!" Mudbud exclaimed. "Did Zeus do something?!"

"I'll tear that good-for-nothing King Germen Sheppard limb from limb—" Budderball growled in anger.

"NO!... No. Zeus, for once, didn't do anything." I expressed and they all looked at me. "He's moving… Out of state."

"No!" Rosebud exclaimed, tears in her eyes.

"How could he not tell us?!" Budderball grumbled.

"I didn't even get to say goodbye….." Mudbud whimpered, lowering his head to the ground.

"I don't think he had a choice not to tell us, dawgs….. You know David and Zeus have a screw loose. They could've stopped him from telling us." I tried to defend our lost brother, and they fortunately saw my point of things.

"But, what if we never see him again?" Mudbud asked, ears pinned back.

"We will! We might not be able to do anything now, but we will see him again." Rosebud tried to be positive.

"He was the one who kept us from biting each other's heads off. He was the peacekeeper of our group." Budderball reminisced and I looked at my only older brother.

"Is," I told him. "he moved, he's not dead."

"He will be if nobody does anything about Zeus. And now he doesn't have our houses to hide out at!" Mudbud stated, slightly in anger.

"We don't even know where he's moving to! How can we help?" I asked and Rosebud sighed.

"We can't…. It's out of our paws." I mumbled and for once, nobody corrected me. They knew I was right.

I know that they think I'm a coward sometimes. Full of fear. but there's one fear that all of us share together; losing one of our own. That, it's our greatest fear alone. And we're facing it. Lightning struck close by, and we departed ways, running home to our kids. Billy's probably wondering where I got off to.

I slowly walked through the doggy door, to see Billy sitting on the edge of the couch, looking lost. I then realized it wasn't just me and my siblings who lost someone. My owner did too. He lost one of his best friends. I jumped on the couch and laid in his lap. Knowing he needs comforting just as much as I did. Billy scratched behind my ears and I leaned into him. we both lost something today.

A brother.

A best friend.

Sam and Buddha; we will find them again. Billy, Peter, Alice and Bartleby need Sam just as much as me, Mudbud, Rosebud and Budderball need Buddha. All of are so close, but there's nothing we can do to help. And that kills me that we can't do anything do help… If we can find out where he moved, maybe we can find our way there somehow.

"B-Dawg… He's gone. He was our glue that held us together. I'm pretty sure Buddha was for your pack too. He couldn't even tell us he was leaving….. His Dad said that goodbyes are too hard, and that you should just send a message or a letter. But it's still not fair. This is Sam's home. He wants to stay here. So did his Mom, but…. David didn't give him much of a choice, Dawg." Billy vented to me and I shook. So, it was David's planning after all! I knew it!

I umped off of Billy's lap and ran through the doggy door down two blocks to Mudbud's house.

"Mudbud!" I called out, looking for my mucky younger brother. "Mudbud?" I looked in the front yard, the mud puddles left untouched. "Hello? Mudbud? Where are you?!" My breath quickened as I started to grow nervous. I sniffed the ground, but the scent was old, from when he left this morning….. He couldn't have!

I grumbled and lowered myself to the ground. "Little brothers!" I exclaimed, running back to where we met earlier. I found Mudbud's scent and it led me to the moving company. He couldn't have… I sniffed around, and he scent did leave the ground where the trucks once were.

He did.

"Aw, Mudbud, you idiot!" I exclaimed, narrowing my eyes in anger. Buddha's already gone; I didn't need a second little brother gone!

"B-Dawg?!" Rosebud came up from behind me, out of breath. "What are you doing?"

"I think Mudbud went to find Buddha." I told her and she shook he head in shock.

"What? Are you sure? It's not like him to run away." Rosebud questioned and I sighed, sitting down.

"Sniff around." I told her. Reluctantly, she did so and gasped, proving my theory.

"He just….. Left?" She asked and I nodded.

"He doesn't even know where he's going!" She argued and I nodded.

"I know…." I whimpered, bending my ears back. I should've been a better big brother to them…. maybe then, they wouldn't have made such stupid decisions. Mudbud, specifically. He's not thinking straight. We need to fix this…. And for that, we need help. I'll make sure that our remaining family stick together…. Even through two of us are broken apart….