Post by Ice on Dec 19, 2005 10:35:55 GMT -5
It all began so long ago. The city was newly born, and people had started to move into the houses that line the streets. Everything was going well, and humans lived contentedly...
But with them came the house-pets. Dogs held captive with mans families, yearning for a better life all the time. Some lived contentedly, brainwashed that this was the best life for them. But the others saw what they really wanted. Freedom. One dog in particular stood above the rest. His name was Hatari, a pure-bred Beauceron, and he knew he would change everything for dog-kind, forever.
One night, when all the humans had gone to bed, Hatari crept out from his prison in a house, through a door so carelessly unlocked, and escaped into the inky darkness midnight brought. Sneaking up to many houses, he helped many more dogs escape, and together, they freed themselves from captivity. They took to the streets, and lived there for the rest of their days, naming themselves the Midnight Strays.
But things were to get worse. As they started drawing attention to themselves from the humans, a new organisation was brought to the surface. The Pound. Humans had thought they didn't need it, but soon, when dogs started causing trouble, they changed their minds. Stalking the Midnight Strays, they picked some members off one by one, to euthanise them in their metal cells. The dogs fought back, but they couldn't escape them.
One dreadful night, Hatari himself was stolen by the Dog Catcher. He put up such a fight, but he could not stop the humans, and there and then, he was put to sleep. The pack were now lost, without a leader. Hatari never had any children, and so the heir to the Alpha position had never come. Fights broke out amongst the dogs on who was to take charge, and resulted in the pack parting altogether.
Now, stray dogs are everywhere. Some loose packs are forming, that will grow stronger with time. Most choose to follow the laws that Hatari himself set for the city, but some are taking an altogether darker route... Whatever happens, the city will never be the same again...
