User blog comment:Guildmaster Grovyle/JLE Role Play, Spring 2015/@comment-27103443-20150401034531

Silver sighs...

Strongheart thinks back to his childhood years...

''Back when Strongheart and Silverheart were kids, Silverheart got a dog for his fifth birthday. It was a small Black Lab puppy. It immediately began to lick Silver's face after meeting him. He wanted to call it Fluffly, but their father suggested the name Maximus. Well, it was a better name. Eight years later, after the beach incident, both Strongheart and Silverheart have tried to put the entire situation behind them. Strongheart is resisting the whispers he keeps hearing in his ear, and Silver is still innocent. ''

''On a bright day, Strongheart sits on the porch reading. Silverheart plays in the yard with Maximus, playing fetch. Silverheart throws the ball for the umpteenth time, but it seems Maximus lost interest in the ball. He sees a cat and chases after it. Silverheart whistles and calls Maximus back, but the dog keeps running. Strongheart is still engrossed in his book. Silverheart chases after the Lab...then Strongheart hears a horrific squealing noise followed by a small thump. Strongheart jumps out of his chair and runs off the porch. He almost slams into Silverheart, who is crying profusely.''

Silver: Strongheart! Strongheart, help Maximus! He got run over! Help him!

SH: Hit by a car? Oh man...

''Strongheart runs to the road and sees the broken form of Maximus laying on the road. A car is parked on the side of the road and the driver is out of the car. He's pacing and apoligizing, saying that he didn't even see him. Strongheart runs up to Maximus and presses his ear against the black dog's chest. The only sound he hears is the sound of silence.''

Silver: Well?

SH: H-he's dead, Silverheart...He's dead...

Silver: Dead? No...That's not possible! You're lying! Maximus!

''Silverheart falls on top of the cooling, mangled body of his best friend, sobbing uncontrollable. Strongheart tries to pull him off, but can't budge him. By this time, Ironheart has come out. It takes a few minutes, but he eventually pulls the sobbing Silverheart off the body of Maximus. ''

Silver: NO! LET ME GO! I WANT TO BE WITH HIM!

Strongheart sits next to the body of Maximus and sighs.

SH: Why'd you have to do it, Maximus....You were a good dog.

''Later the evening, a storm rolled in. Silverheart demanded that he bury the dog himself, despite the lightning and the rain. Ironheart couldn't stop him. So, in the wind, thunder, and the rain, Silverheart dug a Maximus sized hole in the ground, six feet deep. He covered Maximus in a blanket and slowly rolled him into the grave. After putting him in the grave, Silverheart picked up his shovel and covered the hole back up. After he finished this, he simply stood at the edge of the grave, staring at the dirt. He had even made a grave marker. It read: "Here lies Maximus, my best friend. He was a good dog." It was several hours before Silverheart came back in, soaking wet. And after that day, Silverheart was never the same again, not after losing his life long companion and friend, Maximus. ''