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It had been a sense of fate the day Serenity met Stripes or at least that was the way that she thought of it. She never really thought about how their owners could have placed them in the same area of the park on the same day.

Then again she found that area of the park from flying about. Neither really expected to find someone that they got along with the way they seemed to click. Spending the remainder of the day in the park playing a game of chase and swimming in the cove.

Days passed by and they would find each other in the fields where they would frolic and play until the day would fade again. This was the way things went on for a few weeks, and then crushes developed into something more as things tend to do at times...

Some time later Serenity and Stripes found themselves parents of two lovely pups.

Stripes lead the way towards the tree, smiling at the pup that was hopping around his paw. He didn't expect to be a father, but he was immensely happy, glad his dad was helping him as well as Reign being a doting grandmother.

Sadie ran circles around her daddy, quite happy to be out and about. She tried convincing her much, much larger grandma to come out with her, but she had said she was going to go visit with her granddad and would see her again when she came back home.

Stripes finally pushed his way through the brush and held a few branchs out of the way for Sadie so she wouldn't get hit by them. Letting her pass by him, he followed after the pup and shook some leaves from his fur, looking about to see if he could spot Serenity and his son.

Sadie bounded through the tall grass, calling out 'Mama!' and 'Sander!' over and over, hoping one of them would answer her.

Stripes flicked his ears when he heard Sander call out to his sister and he chuckled, going towards the place he heard him at the same pace he was going, letting Sadie go greet them first.

Sadie turned and almost toppled over, but she got her balance back and bounded toward where she heard her brother calling for her.

Sadie giggled as she ran faster and picked up more speed, a little something she gained from her grandma, but ended up tripping and rolling a little bit. She rolled to a stop, but felt herself being picked up gently by the scruff and then set back down on her feet. She smiled up at her daddy, wagging her tail.

Stripes watched his daughter, seeing her start to move faster, something he knew that had been passed down from her speedy grandmother, but he ran to her when she tripped and rolled. He picked her up and set her right, licking the top of her head and nudging her to go to her mother and brother.

"Sander, Mama!!" Sadie cried out happily and she giggled when she was pounced upon, rolling with her brother in the grass.

Stripes stopped walking for a moment when the two pups finally pounced on each other and he smiled at them and at Serenity.

Stripes yelped a bit when he was suddenly pounced on, but he chuckled, "Hello to you too Serenity!" he said, rolling out from under her.

Sadie nibbled on her brothers ears and then made her way from out under him, shaking her fur out and then running around.

Stripes nuzzled the top of her, but smiled down at his son when he came over. He licked the top of his head, chuckling, "Hey squirt! Have you been taking care of your mother?" he asked.

Sadie ran over and stopped by her other, nuzzling one of her legs in greeting, tail wagging about happily.