A tribute...

[Ushujaa]

In
Loving
Memory
Of
My
Beloved
Chessie
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I'm going to be editing this page a lot with the help i get from all my friends here... i really appreciate those of you who actually take the time to read this and thank you to anyone who was willing to take the extra step and give me constructive criticism... i really want to make this story the best, it's for my dog...
Further more I do not claim to own krypto or superman nor any other DC universe characters found throughout my stories… Enjoy
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This story is about a young boy, almost ten years old; he has dark black hair and illuminating green eyes, His name was Dean. He lived in the sleepless city of Metropolis, Home of the legendary Superman. He kept himself alone in a log cabin along the top of the mountain that over looked the city.

His parents had passed long ago. Luckily his father was a well respected scientist so he was still able to maintain his education. As for his mother, he didn't know much about her. He always wondered why she left when he was an infant. He often asked himself would he ever see her again?

It mattered not to him, yet still he felt empty without his father beside him, He had no guidance in life and was on the path to self destruction. Little did he know his whole world was going to change, That night.

Chapter one: Darkness turns to Light
It was the first day of high school in Metropolis. Dean had been moved up through the grades fairly quickly, he was a freshman but he had only been in the sixth grade last year. The kid was smart and He let everyone know it. However no one seemed to like it when he showed off. He was bullied by mostly everyone in the school. Some were jealous of the talent he had, others were just following the crowd in fear of being disliked themselves.

As he walked through the door to his homeroom class he took a few moments to look around to his peers, trying to see if anyone would give him a sign that he was accepted by them... All he could see was dirty looks, all he heard was cruel statements in the form of whispers and laughter. He decided if he was going to make friends that he had to stand up for himself, so he tried to speak calmly “Listen I don’t know why you all have a problem with me, but I never did anything to any of you!” he prayed that they would listen to his reasoning

An older student got out of his desk almost as if he were offended by Dean's statement. “Hey! We don’t need any reason to hate you we just do!" The kid laughed to himself, then he continued to speak "Even if we had a reason what are you going to do about it!” as he got out of his seat he took a few steps closer to the boy Everyone started snickering and laughing this jerk was known as John, he often led kids in their attempts to push Dean over the edge, to get a rise out of him.

On most occasions Dean ignored them, but this was not one of those times “Oh don’t try fool me. It’s obvious you are all just mad because I made it here at an exceptional age and I’ll be getting out of here before most of you will be.” Dean tried to stand his ground but John pushed him into the chalk board...

“John! Leave Dean alone and take your seat!” the teacher came rushing in to interfere, he over heard most of the argument but hadn't seen a reason to intervene until now...

John started to laugh to himself as he spoke... “Maybe if Mr. Smarts here could learn to keep his mouth shut we wouldn't hate on him so much!” The rest of the class joined him in the laughter as the teacher turned a vivid red in the face...

“Well now you can take yourself to the principals office” He had enough of the constant bickering and was determined to move on with his lesson… “Dean please take your seat!”

Dean headed over to his seat only to get tripped, luckily he caught himself before he hit the floor... The day went on as it did in middle school. It continued with constant bullying, arguing and taunting.

When the day was over dean rode his bike to the outskirts of town. He had heard on the radio that a comet was due to crash near Mt. metropolis. Dean wanted to see it away from the city. The bright lights and not so bright people would just ruin the moment for him…

As he made his way up to the peak of the mountain he saw someone he never thought he'd meet, especially not up in the mountains.

Yet there he was, Clark Kent was sitting on a ledge right near his cabin, He was one of the more famous journalist of metropolis. Dean parked his bike next to his home and made his way towards the ledge trying not to startle the journalist.

Dean was a polite kid. He thought it would only be right to ask if he could stay... “umm excuse me, would you mind if I were to watch the comet from up here?" The reality of the situation was Dean was not going to leave this was his spot, he came here all the time to vent.

“I don’t know if it’s safe for someone your age to be up here.” Clark said as he motioned Dean away

“I’m sure I’ll be fine I come up here all the time." Dean reassured the journalist as he sat down next to him "My name’s Dean by the way” Dean had already decided, he was not going to leave just because some journalist wanted the big scoop even if he was famous…

“Do your parents even know you’re up here?” Clark questioned.

Dean thought to himself boy Clark you just played the wrong card he started to have tears come to his eyes, “well if they were still with me then yes they would know! I used to come up here all the time with them.” Dean's eyes started to water...

Clark, being the nice person that he was fell for dean’s dirty trick. Yes dean’s parents were gone but that happened long ago. He had already done his mourning. “I’m sorry I didn't know! Yes you can stay up here as long as you like.” Clark apologized...“if you don’t mind me asking. Where do you live?” he asked; trying to change the subject as quickly as possible.

Dean started to wipe the tears from his eyes. He began to set up his telescope... “Thanks. I live right up here actually. In the mountains, I have a cabin, it's right over there actually... During the day I go to school…”

“Oh, so that's your cabin, you said you go to School, what grade?”

“As of today I’m a freshman in high school.” Dean explained

Clark looked at Dean very surprised, at first he didn't believe him “high school? You look like you're only eight years old!”

“I’m ten and I take school very seriously, it's all i really have! Still, I really don’t know why I do though; everyone hates me there…”dean started to tear up again...

Clark patted dean on the shoulder, trying to be comforting he gave dean some words of advice... “don’t give up, things will get better.”

The comet that they both were waiting for started to come within their sights “Whoa it’s huge!” Dean gazed through his telescope in awe, he glanced over at Clark who was just watching as well, “Shouldn’t you be getting a camera out or something?” dean casually asked.

“I’m not always working you know I do have hobbies too.” Clark laughed

“oh I’m sorry I just thought that, wait a second." Dean paused as he examined the comet coming closer, "It doesn't look like it’s gaining momentum it actually looks like it’s slowing down…” Dean thought himself to be crazy at first, but he was right the comet was slowing down and the massive flame that surrounded the comet was dimming “now don’t call me crazy but that looks like a ship…” dean continued to look curiously

“It can’t be.” Clark said as he started to look through Dean's telescope

“I see where it’s going to land!!” dean yelled. Without warning he jumped on his mountain bike, he sped straight past Clark and rather then going down the trail, he decided to take the faster route... Straight down the mountain.

“ ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?!?” Clark yelled as he saw dean going down the peak with rapid speed

“Just maybe…” dean responded softly to himself, he peddled his bike as fast as he could without looking back. He went so fast that he hit a rock and tumbled to the bottom! He looked over to his bike which was in pieces "Aw man My bike is wrecked!"

He then looked up and saw Clark, standing there waiting for him. Dean was so surprised he got to his feet, though still in serious pain. "How did you?" At that moment dean looked past Clark to realize that he wasn't seeing things "Oh my god! I was right, it is a ship!” Dean stared in awe for moments. He took a few steps closer and the door to the space ship opened a dense fog covered the area from the ship. Clark put himself between dean and the ship and took a few steps back pushing dean with him

There was something at the door; something moving. It glanced at Clark, then stared to Dean through the fog. all that could be seen was it's glowing red eyes. Dean moved past Clark and took a few steps closer and the creature started to growl. Dean was still intrigued by it so he took a few more steps closer... Then it started to howl, a howl so earsplitting it echoed throughout the mountain! “Get out of here!” Clark yelled. Though dean acted as if he couldn't hear, Clark commanded once more "I said leave now!"

“yeah right I’m not scared!” Dean yelled back covering his ears from the howl. Then Dean stupidly ran towards the ship. The howl was cut short, it was replaced with an even louder growl... The creature attacked with very little warning. It jumped out of the ship with amazing speed! The creature was so fast that Dean didn't see where it went. Before he could figure out what had happened Dean was on the ground and his neck was in the creature’s mouth! Dean examined the alien that held him down, it seemed to be a dog of some sort.

“Dean… stay calm and DON’T move!” the dog like creature just glared back at Clark it seemed to be waiting, for an order of some sort

“Oh crud, please don’t kill me!” Dean pleaded as he tried not to struggle. The creature ignored his pleads and just started growling again…

“Dean Stay quiet and you might make it out of this!" I’m going to let you in on a little secret… but you can’t tell anyone!” Dean wanted to nod his head but he was too afraid to. “KRYPTO… HEEL!” the dog came running to Clark’s side; though still keeping a close eye on dean

Dean lay there on the ground, trying to catch his breath was amazed, he started to slowly put the pieces together and once he caught enough air to speak he managed to stutter out a few words... “Are you trying... Are you trying to tell me that you’re superman... and that’s… super dog?!?”

Clark laughed to himself “ I didn't say that... but you might be right… his name’s krypto.”

the dog started barking at Clark “oh I see of course…” Clark responded... Dean started to get up extremely slowly but the moment he moved Krypto snapped his head at dean and growled, not as loud as before but enough to scare Dean back down to the ground…
“So wait, you can understand it?” Dean couldn't believe what was happening he still lie there on the ground...
Krypto started towards dean menacingly...

Clark put his hand on krypto's shoulder “Krypto… its okay boy he’s with me.”

“Is it okay for me to get up now?” Clark and Krypto looked at dean then at each other and started laughing. Clark reached into the ship and pulled out what seemed to be a headphone of some sort… Clark headed over to dean and helped him up…

“Here this might help you understand what just happened a little bit better…” dean put the headphone in his ear and it attached itself in very tightly…it started to mold to dean’s ear, so tight that he couldn’t detach it, it was like a part of him… Krypto started barking again… but this time it actually was an understandable language to Dean…

“I saw you running past my friend and I thought you were going to hurt him… so instinctively I attacked, I’m really sorry about this whole mess…” Krypto said very sincerely

Dean was still astonished he could understand the canine “It’s fine… actually I think that has got to be one of the coolest things that has ever happened to me…I mean besides the almost being dog chow. I got to meet superman AND his dog to!”

Krypto started wagging his tail as he licked Dean on the cheek affectionately

“Alright well just remember you can’t tell anyone who I really am… I know you don’t have a family but…” Superman reminded dean

“No one at school is worth telling, they wouldn't believe me anyway... so don’t worry your secret is safe with me…” dean interrupted…

Krypto and Clark looked at each other… Then looked back to Dean“We want to trust you but we think to be on the safe side you should come with us for a little while…”

Dean was afraid, they were both coming towards him and he went to argue "but... but..."

“or you could become Krypto’s new chew toy…” Clark explained as Krypto looked at dean deviously

“Ok, alright I’ll go!” dean obviously was still terrified, who would want to try to argue with the man of steel especially not when he has his dog of steel with him...

Krypto started to laugh… Clark ripped off a piece of his shirt and wrapped it around dean’s eyes… “Krypto he’s flying with you…”

“You sure he can hold on tight enough?!” krypto smirked

“Don’t go too fast Krypto I think this will be his first time flying…”

Krypto laughed, he leaned over to help dean get on “Now hold on tight…!”
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That's the end of chapter one i really do need help with it i know, it's mostly dialog but i couldn't think of how to better describe the situation that was happening...

[Ushujaa]

---------------------------------Chapter 2: Home----------------------------
The thought of actually being up in the sky was scary to Dean, yet at the same time exhilarating... He kept trying to look through the blind fold to see where they were taking him, he was able to catch a glimpse but all he could see was ocean beneath him... he was frightened as to what these superhero's planned to do with him, especially because he was unaware of where he was... "where are you taking me?"

Krypto looked back to see if Dean was still gripping on... "if we were going to tell you that why would we blindfold you...?" The canine laughed to himself...

Dean was still afraid he was going to fall off... “Are we almost there yet it’s getting really cold…” Dean gripped onto Krypto tighter to try to keep himself warm and even more so to make sure he wouldn't fall

Krypto flew closer to Superman and motioned him to go a bit faster, he laughed at dean and started to clarify their whereabouts to him “Well we are in the arctic!”

Superman wasn't happy that Krypto was so open on telling him where they were... “Krypto, we can’t just tell him that!” he scolded

“I already told you I won’t tell anyone anything!” dean chuckled

“Yeah, and if he does I get a new chew toy and he knows it!” Krypto added in

Dean had already been looking through the bottom of his eye there was a hole in which he could see, still he didn't know weather he could trust krypto so he tried to find out more about them... “Can we stop with that joke?” He was beginning to feel nauseous... he was afraid of heights and he tried to keep his stomach settled...

“what joke?” Krypto laughed

“That’s enough krypto.” Superman intervened...

They were getting closer, dean could tell because it was getting much colder… “Ok I officially feel like I have hypothermia…”

“As long as you don’t throw up you should be fine.” Krypto laughed. Dean gulped “but really if you throw up your being dropped like a brick…”

Finally, They landed near a large ice burg, Clark removed Dean's blind fold which didn’t really help much because they were in the middle of a blizzard and he could barely see his own hand in front of his face… Dean still gripped onto krypto tightly, he hadn't realized they were on solid ground... “You can let go now…” krypto laughed

“oh! Sorry… that was my first time off the ground… where are we…?” Dean looked around, he was expecting that they were planning on taking him to their famous fortress of solitude, which no one but superman has ever lay eyes on...

“This is just where we planned on leaving you…” Krypto smirked

“WHAT?!?” dean said astonished... he thought for a few seconds... they weren't actually going to leave him there... were they?

“Come on let’s go” krypto laughed as dean tried to grab onto Krypto’s tail but he missed and slipped just to fall on the ice… by the time he got up they were gone…

“I can’t believe they just did that to me…” dean started to laugh “I’m sure they’ll be back any minute, this is just some cruel practical joke…” Dean waited for About fifteen minutes then he decided that they really did leave him and he started to break down… “I never thought this would be how I was going to die… left in the cold by superman and his mut…”

Little did dean know krypto and superman were actually just above him listening to see what he would say or try to do… they needed to see how resourceful he was when put into situations that he had no help in... krypto started to come down “ so I’m a mut am I?!?” Dean had obviously failed their little test...

Dean turned and looked with fear “oh Heh you heard that did you… I was just kidding!”

"Yeah UN huh…” krypto laughed

“Please don’t leave me here!” Dean pleaded to get a ride with krypto …

krypto didn’t really like dean or the idea of showing him their secret identities… and now to top it off, he was mad at him

“Well are you, sure you want to ride with a mut?!?” Krypto growled as he started to fly off

“Well if you hadn’t tricked me into believing you and your MASTER had left me here I wouldn’t have called you a mut…” Dean tried to reason with Krypto once more...

Superman over heard that and came down… “ok guys lets just calm down here… krypto we can’t just leave him here so we ARE going to take him with us…” krypto didn’t like it but he knew he was right.
Dean had a sudden change of heart… He wasn't one who wanted pity he thought he should find his own way home... no matter what it takes, “I don’t want to go with you guys! I mean I trusted you the first time and look where that got me!” Krypto looked astonished no one had ever really talked back to Superman or him before especially not a ten year old who was freezing down to his bones…

“And don’t worry your stupid secret’s are still safe with me I won’t tell anyone…” Dean reassured them...

Superman was aggravated with dean for talking back to him… He knew krypto would do what needed to be done so he decided to leave it to krypto...“Alright well then I’ll leave you two, alone… Krypto do what you think is right with him!” Krypto had never seen Clark so furious before… but seeing Dean stand up to someone who he was obviously no match for, gave Krypto a bit a respect for him...

“So you know what happens now right?” Krypto turned to Dean and started towards him as Dean started to back away from him…

“I go on my own and walk away from this safe and sound…” dean made clear he didn't want any trouble with the super dog ...

Krypto couldn’t help but laugh, he knew Dean wasn't thinking the situation through clearly... “Honestly how long do you think you will last out there because you already look like your coming down with something… please I know what I did before was bad but let me at least take you home…”

Dean was stubborn, but he knew Krypto was right… “No blindfolds this time?” he sad as he came to reason…

“Not a one…” now Krypto’s plan wasn’t to leave dean alone in the mountains again… as dean got on krypto, he lifted off with a burst of speed...

“Where are we going?” Dean was really getting nervous, Krypto was going so fast he couldn’t jump or he’d hurt himself…

“ I already told you i'm bringing you home..."

dean noticed it was still getting colder, he thought krypto would be brining him home, wouldn't that mean that the weather would be getting better? “But my home is in the other…”

“Never said I was bringing you to your home, I’m bringing you to OUR home…” krypto explained.

Dean was afraid of what Superman would do to him after what had just happened he had never thought he could get the hero so upset with him... “Do you think Superman Is going to hurt me?”

Krypto didn’t realize he was being serious “yeah he’s probably going to pumble you…” dean grabbed onto krypto really tightly…Krypto looked back, this kid couldn't actually think superman would hurt him would he? he thought to himself... “I’m kidding relax superman won’t hurt anyone just because they didn’t want him to rescue them...” dean loosened his grip a little

“ok we’re almost here… now listen I know we both said some pretty bad things back there but can we please let bygones be bygones…?” krypto waited for an answer but he realized that dean wasn’t holding on to him he was trying to hug him…

“Thanks krypto and I’m sorry, you’re not a mut you’re a really cool dog…” they arrived at a huge ice fortress which seemed to have no entrance but as krypto flew closer a massive chunk of frost opened and Krypto flew right in....

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Yeah this chapter was how me and my dog felt for each other, in the beginning we didn't like each other... but once we got to know each other we were friends for life...

[RayCat]

WOW that's just...wow.

[Ushujaa]

good wow or bad wow?

[Ushujaa]

Chapter 3: Family
Krypto flew into what seemed to be his area of the fortress “alright I’m going to go talk to Clark let him know you’re here… and see if he’s still mad… krypto went over to a picture of what looked to be a planet near a red star, He then pulled a switch and without warning a passage opened in the ice. Krypto flew through it…

Knowing that Krypto could no longer see him Dean decided it would be a good idea to start walking around the room; looking for something cool to mess around with… Then, he found it. Krypto’s cage it was made out of a strange green crystal, as dean approached it the whole cage started to glow illuminating the whole room with a green tint. “Well that’s weird but I’m going to take some of this for a sample to, study…” He said mischievously

Dean turned his head towards the hallway he could hear arguing going on. krypto had forgotten to close the passage behind him, Dean started his way down the frozen path when he came to the end of the hallway he stopped and leaned up against the wall so he could hear what was going on... The two hero’s had been arguing for what seemed to be an eternity “Krypto I can’t believe you of all people would show him where we live! Maybe it wasn't such a good idea, having you come to earth!” Superman raised his voice at Krypto.

Krypto started to growl "Then maybe i'll just go home!"

Dean didn’t like that Superman could be so hurtful and to his own dog at that…“Hey!” he shouted back at superman. Both of the hero’s turned their heads to look at him… “Don’t yell at krypto! If anything you showed me your identity first! He did the right thing by bringing me here I would’ve died out there... alone!”

Superman made his way towards dean, he started to speak softly “You know in all my years as a hero I’ve never had someone quite like you, I mean no one ever told me I was wrong like that before… I can say you definitely are right that was one of my poorest decisions… ever, now how are we going to make sure he won’t tell anyone…” Clark looked at krypto

“Come on guys you don’t have to do anything I promise I won’t tell anyone!” Dean really didn’t want to find out what they had in store for him so he started to back up to the hallway…

“I’ll take full responsibility for this one. If he says anything it’s my fault and I’ll take the blame for it…” krypto ran over to dean “you hear that if you tell anyone we’re both in for it and after he gets done with me it’ll be my turn to get you!” Krypto’s grin was more teasing then it was serious…it still was enough to scare dean out of his mind

“Yeah so I’m dead if I tell anyone I get it.” Dean laughed to himself nervously

Krypto tilted his head “dead? No but you will have to be locked away for awhile…”

Dean looked at krypto, somewhat relieved “Well I have school soon; can I get a ride there?”

“Say no more” krypto lifted dean onto his back and started to take off…
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This is by far the shortest chapter of the story, it's a 22 page story in Microsoft word comic sans font 12 size, i just felt like it was enough for the chapter though so i moved on....