A Faith Feeling

Chapter 4

The last leave flown along the whistling wind, snow filled the green grass. People walked on the slippery concrete roads, wearing coats.

Three vehicles speed as they are on a mission, "Chase, block the road that is in our way!" A teenager Ryder riding along with his teen pups: Chase and Shasta.

Chase is now more muscular than his usual puppy age, longer snout with an amazing sense of smell. Along with Chase, there is Shasta. She is still smaller than Chase but not a small as Skye.

Her eyes is more lighter than any other pups, and lighter fur, with thin body, and that's what attracts other male dogs.

"Shasta, we can use your gravel to steady the tree!"

"Roger that..!"

Shasta pulled her gravel and aimed at the falling tree. The gravel wrapped around the bark, slightly pulling Shasta.

Shasta grunted, trying pull the ground, "Ryder, I'm trying to get the tree down before it falls down to the cliff."

"Help me!" Yelled a young boy.

"Hang on tight Alex, we'll get you down. Chase!"

The German Shepherd turned in respond. Ryder then turned at the helpless Malador.

"Chase, we can use your wench to hold the tree, that way Shasta will be able to save Alex."

"Copy that!"

Intensely, the tree began to wobble and close to collapse off the cliff with Shasta. Chase grabbed his wrench and wrapped the head line around the tree.

Shasta let go immediately, with no hesitation she began to climb the tree.

"NO SHASTA, THIS TREE WON'T HOLD ON ANYMORE WEIGHT!"

Shasta didn't bother to obey, she needed to save that child. The branch snapped, as witnesses gasped in horror.

"Chase, net, now!" Yelled Ryder.

The tree tumbled off with Shasta and the boy. "NO!" Chase yelled, he ran towards the falling tree.

The tree was now gone. All he could think is Shasta and the child running through his mind. Silence was all the noise the had. Chase can feel heartpounding, "is she really gone? I can't be true.."

A small yelp is heard beneath the cliff, next to his paw is a cord connected to his wrench. Another yelp heard from the distance, Chase didn't bother look from the cliff but he ran to his motor and rise the wrench to the land.

The end of the cord came to the land, but nothing. Chase didn't want to lose hope, but to have faith. A white paws reach the land, with a panted Malador climbing to the land with the boy on her.

The crowd cheered and an old man ran to his grandson with a hug. "Thank you.." a strain of joy tears ran through cheeks, Shasta stood there smiling.

Ryder and Chase ran up to Shasta, "SHASTA ARE YOU OK? ARE YOU HURT?!" Chase yelled

"Nope, just bruises here and there.."

"And you have a black eye!"

"Its okay Chase..I'm fine..at least if I don't touch it, but I'm fine.."

Ryder picked Shasta up with a disappointing but relief expression. Shasta knows this face and she knows it's going to be trouble. "C'mon young ones, let's go home."

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"Shasta I know, this is hard to make you go to Alex like that. You could of hurt him or even worst. Sometimes action like that can be dangerous, and we see you anymore. I chose you become rescuer not to put someone in danger. I don't wanna risk anybody getting hurt especially you, just know that bravery is not always the answer but to give the courage to the fear one. Understand." Ryder who is upset but calm, having a lesson with a now bandage Shasta.