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Cleo then saw another wolf outside the fence. She tilted her head a bit at him wondering what he was doing here. She knew there were wolves around this area, but she had never seen one up close before. She then went over to the fence and said "Who are you? I don't believe I've ever seen you around the neighbourhood. She then tilted her head a bit with her tail wagging a bit and her ears back hoping this wolf was nicer than most of the others.

Cleo, not having many true friends, was very lonely. Even wolves wanted nothing to do with her. She sighed and turned as she went over to her dog house. Her blackish blue and white fur shining in the sunlight. That night, she ran into the woods, hoping, praying that one day, she'd find at least one friend. She got tired after a while and it was cold. She hid inside of a log, not knowing she was in wolf territory. She sighed as she laid down, having walked far from her home. Her collar was still around her neck. As she laid there, she fell asleep almost instantly. Though she used to have a wolf friend, she didn't know if he was even alive anymore or if he remembered her at all. She would always sneak him food and they would play together. She was dreaming about that friend of hers. They were running, but she couldn't catch up. It was like he was vanishing from her life. One day he just vanished without a trace. She woke up with a start after he vanished and whimpered curling up in a tight ball burying her face in her tail trying to fall asleep, even though she had a lot of sadness in her heart.

Cleo was cold from it being winter and about to snow. She didn't want to go home. All she wanted, was to be with a friend. She woke up smelling a male wolf around. She jumped as she saw Dust and said "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to enter your territory!" as her wars went back and her tail tucked as she got up knowing he could attack her and hurt her badly or worse. She wasn't used to the wild, but didn't want to be with humans anymore. She was still shivering from the cold and the snow that was falling.

Cleo shook her head. "I'm not going back there......I'm....looking for an old friend......he's a wild wolf, though I don't know his name as he didn't have one when we met.....but he was......my only true friend." She said keeping her stance. It was cold, but she didn't want to go back home until she found her friend. She didn't know if the wolf she knew was still around, but she wanted to see him, if only for one last time. "He made a promise to me, but that day we met, was also the last day I saw him. You kind of look like him, only he didn't have white streaks in his fur....." She said with a sad wolfish smile on her face at the memories of her only true friend.

Cleo shook her head. "I can't.....Nor do I want to.....I've been alone long enough....You may not understand what it's like not to have friends you can't see without a human around....but it's not a good life. I want to be free of that life...I know it might sound strange to a wild wolf....or to a stray dog at that, but it's not a life I want." She explained putting her ears back looking rather sad. She really didn't want to go back to that lonely life. Her owner didn't want her around any other dogs without someone around, and when she did, he would put her in 'time out', meaning that she would be put on a chain outside and it was only long enough to let her go about a few feet from the plush dog house that she had. She hated when he would punish her for something she wanted to do.

"Sorry but I'm not going back!" She said getting up and going passed Dust to continue on her way wanting to get an early start. She really didn't want to go back and wouldn't let anyone stop her from being with her friend.

Cleo ignored Dust and kept walking towards her friend's old home, hoping to find a clue or to find his scent.