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// Prologue 
// Story: As You Bite It: A Caninody of Errors 
// by Zaid ValRoa 
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“What!?” the three Diamond Dogs yelled in unison.

“You heard me, now go. Shoo,” a larger Diamond Dog said.

“But it was the pony’s fault!” Rover said, flailing his arms in the air.

“Yesss! Her whining was driving us insane!” Spot said, pulling down his ears.

The large Diamond Dog grumbled before turning around and opening the door to a large room, “She took out all the gems too?”

“Uh, no... We gave her those,” Fido said, looking down.

“We wanted her to go away! We gave her the gems so she would leave!” Rover said, stepping forward.

“I don’t care. We don’t have gems anymore, you gave them away, you leave,” the large Diamond Dog said, and with that, he pushed them out of the cave.

Rover, Fido, and Spot found themselves being thrown out of their lair, landing on the hard ground. They kicked and tossed, trying to untangle themselves from the bodies of the others.

“Bah, who needs them,” Rover said, waving his fist towards the cave entrance.

“We do?” Fido said as he shook away the dust from his vest, dirtying Spot in the process. 

“No, no we don’t, we’re better now,” Rover said, turning around to face the other Diamond Dogs.

“How?” Fido asked.

“We don’t have to worry about the rest of the pack, just us,” Rover said back, nodding in affirmation.

“Oh, alright,” Fido said.

“What do we do now?” Spot asked once he had cleaned himself.

“...”

“Rover?” Spot asked again.

“I am thinking!” Rover yelled.

“I’m hungry,” Fido said, rubbing his stomach, and a rumble coming from his friends told him that they felt the same way, “Where can we get food?”

“Hmmm…” Rover mumbled as he scanned their surroundings, “There’s a forest there. Where there’s forest, there’s food.”

Spot and Fido looked with incredulity at the direction Rover was pointing.

“Are you sure that’s safe?” Spot asked.

“Do you have a better idea?” Rover barked as he started to walk towards the trees.

Fido sighed and went after his friend. Spot looked back to the cave before grunting and running along.

And so, the three Diamond Dogs started their journey.