Chapter One
"A New Friend"
"Third Person Point of View"
Kathleen 'Katie' Shmidt entered the local pound; she wanted a dog, a friend. Her mother, Mei Shmidt, followed her thirteen year old daughter, talking on her phone to her boss. Katie walked around and her mom smiled,
"Okay, Katie, go and pick a puppy, young one." Mei called to her daughter in her thick Chinese accent.
Katie nodded and was super excited to pick out a puppy, a new puppy pal. She saw a cage full of puppies, it looked quiet and sweet, the only sounds coming from it were little, cute puppy whimpers. Katie kneeled and smiled as the puppies bounded toward the cage, in pure excitement and happiness, "Aw, you are all so cute! I wish I could just take you all home!" she exclaimed, smiling and her green eyes filling with a sense of childish delight.
Katie then heard a sad whimpering and some rough voices, "Alright, up on the table, end of the line for you!" she heard male voices exclaiming from a nearby hallway. Katie was curious, who was treating an animal like that? She went into the hallway, filled with empty glass cages; she looked up from the ground and saw at the end, two grown men in white medical suits, strapping a beautiful, fluffy, black and white Shiba Inu to a rusty, metal table. Katie jumped and knew what was going to happen, this poor, poor dog was going to be put down. Katie ran over, jolting at full speed, flip-flops making a loud clapping noise as they hit the concrete floor, "No! Don't take him away!" she exclaimed, trying to make them stop mistreating this pup.
The two men looked at her, "Hello dear, sorry, the only way this dog is getting out is if some person waltzes in here and adopts him in a heartbeat." One of the men said, kneeling down to meet Katie's eyes.
Katie looked at the sad, guilty dog, their blue eyes filling with fear and defeat. Katie had a look of determination shading her grassy green orbs, "I will! I'll get them out of here so you don't have to do away with them!" she shouted, her voice bouncing off the stone walls, echoing through the corridor. The other male unlatched the dog from the table and the dog bounded over to Katie, their tongue lolling out their mouth as they leaped into Katie's arms and began licking her pudgy cheek. Katie smiled and giggled, "Now, I'll go and show my mom and get him out of here!" she exclaimed, carrying the large, jovial dog in her arms. Katie waddled, dog in arms, out the hallway to see her mother, playing with the young puppies.
Katie smiled and looked at her mom, "Mom! I wanna get this one!" she exclaimed, showing her mom the adult Shiba, whom was happily smiling and wagging its tail.
Mei held a small beagle puppy in her hands and looked at her daughter, reminding her of their promise, "Honey, you said we were getting a puppy." Mei mumbled quietly as the beagle wormed in her hands.
Katie smiled and bounced the dog in her arms, "He is a puppy! He's just a big puppy!" she giggled feeling the dog, lick her face, coating her cheek with drool.
Mei shook her head, knowing that her daughter grew attached to this dog and that it would be mean to take the dog away from her, "O-Okay Katie, b-but remember! You are responsible for him; he is your dog, nobody else's dog. Do you understand?" Mei warmed, very sternly, looking at her daughter in a way that was calm, yet very serious.
Katie nodded, "Yes mom. Oh boy! I'm excited to take you home, puppy! You'll love it!" Katie exclaimed, talking to her new furry friend.
Mei walked her daughter and the dog to the front desk, getting out her checkbook.
The receptionist giggled lightly, "You must have caught him in the nick of time, he was going to get put down today. That good, old Shiba was always a nuisance on the streets but now, he's going home with a nice girl like yourself. What are you going to name the little fella?" the receptionist asked, kindly.
Katie smiled and looked into the dog's eyes, "So you're a boy dog? I think I'll name you… Devin." Katie said to the dog then looked at the receptionist, "His name is Devin.".
The receptionist filled out papers, taking and cashing in Mei's check, "Okay, young lady, Devin is all yours now, be good to him.".
Katie smiled and carried Devin, her new Shiba Inu, to the car, excited to show Devin where his forever home is.
