chapter one

Pat was a unique kid, unique as everyone is unique in the world. Thus Pat was like any other kid in the neighborhood. When Pat was little he asked his father if he could get a pet dog.

"Getting a Dog is a huge responsibility Son" said his father

"Whats responsibility? " asked Pat.

"Well" said Pat , "Responsibility means taking care of the dog, Who will feed it ? "

"Isn't God suppose to provide food to all his living creatures? " asked Pat.

Pat got a dog the very next day.

He named the dog "Canine Assault Terrier", 'CAT' for short.

CAT was a good dog. Starvation killed CAT after a few days. Pat cried the day CAT died.

Seeing how upset Pat was, his father brought him a hamster in a small golden cage. There was a small wheel around which the hamster used to go round and round. and used to run up and down on the two story cage.

Pat named the hamster "Diagonal Orthogonal Gamer", 'DOG' for short.

Alas DOG also died by the hands (or teeth) of starvation

This was too much for Pat to take, he went over to his neighbors house and demanded salvation from Starvation. Pat's father called up animal control to report the incident and soon Starvation was laid to rest once it was confirmed that Starvation had indeed gone rabid.

Pat saw Lassie the next day at the animal cemetery. She was standing in front of Starvation's grave.

The tomb stone read "Here lies Starvation, May he not be hungry in the afterlife"

And it was then Pat decided to walk up to Lassie and talk to her.

"Hi" , he mumbled

"Hello", replied Lassie without taking her eyes off the grave.

"I'm Pat"

"Lassie".

"so ..em, he was your dog? " he asked

" No", she replied turning around and looking at Pat for first time, "Starvation was my wolf". she smiled

And Pat had never seen a smile so beautiful with eyes sparking from mischief.

Little did he know that it was this meeting with Lassie that would lead him to the path to a certain dragon. But the path comes later for now Pat was just lost within that amazing smile.