After it All

22

Now satisfied you walk on.

You don't even know what to do anymore. After a while you get bored of walking and sit down on the road side drawing pictures in the dirt with a stick. You sigh and rake your fingers through your hair and close your eyes and just as you slip into total darkness.. you hear what seems to be heavy breathing. Afraid you snap your (e/c) eyes open and turn around only to be met face to face with a dog. A mutt of some sort, he had bright orange eyes and Shaggy grey, brown and black fur, his ears were shaped like those of a husky  and he's huge, towering over you as you sat down looking at the beast. As it panted you catch a glimpse of its fangs... long and stained red. Its tail wagged and he licked his lips as he pounces on top of you, licking your face. 

You can't help but smile, you've always loved dogs ((sorry cat people XCC)). You ruffle his mane and he paws at your chest, and my god his paws are like the size of a dire wolfs.  Getting up you dust yourself off and smile down at the dog and pat his head. Turning around you start to walk away, though the sounds of the dogs panting doesn't seem to fade, in stead they seem to get louder. You stop and look behind yo to see your new friend following you. You just smile and role your eyes, kneeling down and pulling out a red bandanna from your satchel, tying it around the dogs neck and smiling once again. You decide to call your new companion Skoll after the Norse Mythology story that your dad used to read to you when you were little. "Skoll" you call out to your new friend. He turns to you and looks up as if saying "What?" 

Your smile widens and you call out to Skoll, saying "Come on". He trots up to you and waits for you to lead the way. 

You walk on with your new friend at your side, smiling brightly, knowing that you're not alone.

**skip to chapter 23 to late at night**