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The 11 Anjing go to the driving school.

Humphrey, Star, and Kaltag got up and woke all the dogs.
“Kaltag anda drive the Charger I’ll drive the Armada.” bintang said.
“Ok.”
“Hey, we have to find Tony, Garth, and Winston. And they don’t have Phones.”
“We’re going to have to do it the old way.”
Kaltag got out and howled. They heard a shitty howl.
“Garth.”
They heard a howl, then a yelp.
“Tony that means the seterusnya one is Winton.”
Winston howled.
“Wait, didn’t Garth sound like he was near Dutch’s house?”
They came to Dutch’s house and rang the doorbell. Garth answered.
“I see you’re rubbing it in sejak living here.”
“What?”
“Never mind.”
Lilly came.
“Hey honey, what’s going on?”
“Star and Kaltag are at the door.”
“Cool.”
“Get in and we’ll take anda to driving school.”
“Ok.”
They all gathered together.
“Ok, so I drive the Armada and in the front row, Garth sits seterusnya to me, then behind us is Kate, Humphrey, and Winston, and behind them is Mooch, Shakey, and Salty. Then in the Charger is Kaltag driving, Tony passenger in the front then the poor loner behind him is Lilly,” bintang said.
“Ok.”
The drive was about an hour, but it was worth it. There was a lot of talking in both cars. The area of the two cars where there was the least amount of talking was in the front of the Armada. Garth and bintang hardly knew each other. In fact, they didn’t talk until 15 minit into the drive.
“So, anda work out?”
“Yeah, do you?”
“Well, I’m a former sled dog.”
“Former?”
“Alaska was burnt to the ground.”
“Oh, well besides that?”
“No, look how scrawny I am.”
“Ok, still, anda got to work out and gain weight.”
“Ok then.”
“Do squat thrusts.”
“I T-bag Humphrey.”
“Ok and crunches.”
“Well, I… I…”
“Yeah?”
“Never mind, besides T-bagging, I don’t exercise.”
“Ok.”
A row back, Humphrey was Ciuman Kate.
“Stop Ciuman my daughter,” Winston said.
“We’re married.”
“I know, but I’m still over protective.”
“Dad, I… well Humphrey and I…”
Kate finished the rest into Winston’s ear.
“You what!?”
“About 5 months.”
Behind that row, Mooch was going on and on.
“Remember that one time I boarded the bus and sat in the front seat?”
“That was yesterday,” Shakey said.
“I know but it was awesome!”
“It can’t be that awesome,” Salty said.
“It was! There was a wheel with floor pedals!”
“Blah!”
Garth let out his shitty howl. That killed the engine of the Armada.
“Stop that!”
“Sorry, I forgot.”
In the Charger, Kaltag and Tony were having a good conversation along with Lilly.
“I can’t believe my son married an Omega,” Tony said.
“I’m right here!” Lilly yelled.
“Yeah, I still don’t know why it’s such a big deal,” Kaltag said.
“A first born marrying a saat atau last born! It’s a huge deal.”
“Screw that.”
“Screw you.”
“I’m an Alpha, and I married an Omega.”
“Who’s your wife’s Alpha brother?”
“Actually she has a sister for an Alpha, and she’s Star’s wife, and Star’s an Omega.”
“How do anda know?”
“He’s my brother.”
“Oh.”
They got to the driving school. Devon and Bob were standing there.
“Hi, I’m Devon and this is Bob. Say hi Bob.”
“Yay!!!”
“We’re going to tunjuk anda what to do and what not to do while driving.”
They were in a snowy place.
“I’m cold,” Bob said.
“This will warm anda up.”
“Yay!!!”
A firebomb grenade was thrown at him.
“That feels better!” Bob berkata just before he died.
“When entering a tunnel, make sure to proceed with caution, I’m going to have Bob do this one.”
“Yay!!!”
“Ok Bob, Go.”
“What? Ok.”
Bob went right into the tunnel but at the entrance were fusion coils. When Bob entered, he got blown up.
“Weeee!”
“If anda see a patch of ice one the road, proceed with caution.”
Devon successfully made it over the ice.
“Bye boss,” Bob berkata as Devon passed.
Bob bent down, and about after 3 saat the fusion coils blew up.
“Now let’s see what happens when I don’t do that.”
Bob slid right into the fusion coils Bob was standing on and the fusion coils sent both Bob and the dead Warthog flying.
“Weeee!”
Meanwhile, there was an English Spartan temporarily taking Bob and
Devon’s place.
“Hello, I’m Winforplopia, I going to contribute to the Halo driving school, class, school, and what to not do, do, and don’t do while driving. When crossing a lake atau river bank be sure there is a bridge.”
Winforplopia tried driving across, but he fell down a ditch and died.
“As anda can see, I fell down the ditch and did not make it to the other side. If attempting to drive through the river bank, be sure it is not too deep, as it may cause slight damage to your…”
The Warthog exploded before he could finish.
“Ehh,”
He respawned and T-bagged himself.
“When driving, be aware of severe weather, for example, oh, lightning.”
Lightning hit the Warthog, making it blow up.
“Perhaps, it’s possible… it’s possible.”
“This concludes the wind segment of the Halo driving class of school. Thanks for watching and drive safely.”
“You’re done!”
“Time for teh and crockets.”
Devon and Bob were back.
“When passing a stopped truck, proceed with caution.”
“Too slow, move, move! Watch me!” Bob yelled.
Devon passed the Wraith only to get hit and killed sejak another one.
“Yay!!!” Bob berkata with his hand on Devon’s butt.
Bob and Devon approached a tank. They had a guy in the turet firing continuously into the air and Bob yelling at the same time.
“Hey what is up!?” Bob yelled to the tank.
“Be considerate to other drivers.”
“Yay, whoo! Whoo! Yay, what am I? Yay!!! I like Victoria! Yay, I have my pants off!”
The tank shot the Warthog with his meriam at least 3 times. There was another temporary replacement.
“Hey, how ya doin, I’m antonecupofchili, thanks to Devon, I get to do this, and I want to, thanks a lot.”
There was an old lady Jackal walking across the road.
“How ya doin? If there’s an old lady taking to long to menyeberang, cross the road, run her over.”
Antonecupofchili ran over the old Jackal, then threw a firebomb grenade at her.
“How ya doin? Ok, that’s what anda do in that situation. Oh wait, same with Bayi in strollers and girl scouts.”
“You’re done.”
“I’m done? How ya doin?”
“Do not enter an area that is blocked off, watch out for barriers and detours on the road. This is what can happen,” Devon said.
Bob was blocking the road, but Devon ignored him. Devon went up a bukit then got sky blasted sejak a grav lift. He got bounced off an explosive, and came back and hit Bob.
“Weeee!”
They got together.
“We did good, did we, did we?”
“Thanks for coming to Halo driving school.”
They did their T-bag dance.
“Time for the drive-thru,” bintang said.
They got to the Cluckin’ Bell.
“Welcome yoo yuckin yell, may I kill you?”
“No, can I have a Cluck Burger with Chicken fries?”
“Ok, yep problem.”
“Garth, what do anda want.”
“Give me bacon chicken.”
“Yo k.”
“What about you, Winston.”
“Give me a Mcchicken.”
“Would anda like a friend fry?”
“No my Friends are fine. Anyway, Kate what do anda want?”
“Grilled Clucky.”
“Ok.”
“Humphrey?”
“Bacon chicken.”
“Ok, give us a bacon chicken.”
“Ok.”
“What about you, Mooch?”
“Give me a Western Chicken.”
“Alright, a western chicken.”
“Ok, I got, a…”
“No, there’s more.”
“Ok,”
“What do anda want Salty?”
“Oh, give me a junior Chicken.”
“Jesus, anda eat less than me! Alright, a junior chicken.”
“Ok,”
“And, Shakey, what do anda want?”
“Give me a triple Mcchicken, with extra cheese and onions.”
“Oh. Jeez, a triple Mcchicken with extra cheese and onions.”
“Ok, so I have a triple cheese with extra…”
“No, a triple chicken.
“You know what, I probably don’t need to check.”
“Ok.”
“Pull up to the first window.”
“Ok.”
bintang paid then came to the saat window and received his food. Kaltag pulled up to the menu board.
“Yelcome!”
“Ok.”
“What would youse like?”
“I would like a 10 piece chicken Mcnuggets.”
“Ok.”
“Tony, what do anda want?”
“Probably a Mcchicken double.”
“A Mcchicken double.”
“Ok.”
“Lilly, what do anda want.”
“Probably a Western Chicken.”
“Ok a…”
“No a bacon chicken.”
“Ok…”
“No sorry grilled clucky.”
“Ok, and a grilled clucky.”
“Alright, pull up to the first window.”
“Ok.”
Kaltag paid and got his food. They soon got home. Humphrey wanted write a song.
“Alright, are anda a metal head?” bintang asked.
“Yeah.”
“We’ll support you.”
“Thanks.”
“Let me see the Muzik sheet.”
Humphrey handed bintang the sheet. bintang looked at it for a minute.
“This is the exact same tune as The Unforgiven but different lyrics. Why is Shakey and Salty mentioned?”
“This is a song about suicide.”
“What’s it called?”
“The Dog Who Committed Suicide.”
“Oh, hei have anda even met Metallica yet?”
“How do I meat them!? I’m able to meat them!?”
“Yeah, anda want to?”
“Of course!”
“I do too!” Kate said.
“Alright I’ll see who else wants to.”
bintang howled for Tony, Winston, and Garth. Once again, they heard a shitty howl. The heard a howl then a yelp then one last one. Tony, Winston, Garth, and Lilly came to bintang and Kaltag’s house.
“Ready to meat Metallica, anda 9?”
“Yeah.”
bintang and Kaltag drove the 9 to Metallica’s house. They knocked on the door with only them in sight.
“Well, if it isn’t my two kegemaran dogs,” Lars said.
“Lars, tell James, Kirk, and Rob that we have 9 peminat-peminat that want to meet you.”
“Damn!”
“Alright here’s one fan.”
Humphrey came. He was speechless too see Lars, his kegemaran person at the door.
“This is Humphrey.”
“Hi.”
Humphrey remained there speechless with his mouth open.
“Humphrey, are anda ok.”
“Are anda really Lars Ulrich?”
“Yes I am.”
Humphrey jumped up and licked Lars.
“Oh, usually only bintang does this.”
“Here’s another one.”
“Alright Humphrey, go right to meet James.”
“This is Kate.”
“Hi, Lars.”
“You’re not the nervous type.”
“Nope.”
“Alright, go left to meet Kirk.”
“Here’s Garth.”
“Hey, do anda work out?”
“I’m a drummer.”
“Cool.”
“Go upstairs to meet Rob.”
“Alright, here’s Mooch.”
“You’re small for a wolf.”
“I am small, so anda like being a drummer?”
“Yeah it’s cool.”
“Nice.”
“Go right to meet James.”
“Ok.”
“This is Shakey.”
“Hey Lars.”
“How much do anda eat?”
“I know, I am fat.”
“So what’s it like drumming?”
“Why did anda ask me that? You’re the drummer.”
“Oh, well go left to meet Kirk,”
Humphrey came out.
“Man Metallica is awesome.”
“Here’s Salty.”
“Hey dude!”
“Hey, anda have a cool voice.”
“So do you.”
“Thanks.”
“Go upstairs to meet Rob.”
“Ok.”
Kate came out.
“I Cinta Metallica!”
“This is Winston.”
“Hey Lars.”
“It’s amazing all of anda know my name.”
“We all know you.”
“Well, I Cinta anda all!”
“We Cinta anda too,” Lilly said.
“Alright go right to meet James.”
Garth came out.
“James is buff like me! They’re all awesome though.”
“Anyway, this is Tony.”
Tony yelped before he could say anything.
“That’s similar to how I met Star.”
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
“That’s cool. So are anda an Alpha?”
“Uhh…”
“Born first,” bintang translated.
“Oh, yeah, I am.”
“Cool.”
“Go left to meet Kirk.”
“Ok.”
Mooch came out.
“Damn, best experience of my life!”
“This is the last one, Lilly.”
“You’re the one that berkata ‘we Cinta anda too’”
“Yup.”
“You know, you’re a cooler, better looking version of Dixie.”
“Who’s Dixie?”
“I’m not sure if anda want to know.”
“Ok.”
“You’re too good for her. Anyway, go up to meet Rob.”
“Ok.”
Shakey came out.
“Kirk’s lucky he’s skinny!”
“I know.”
They waited about a minute. After that, Salty came out.
“You have two gitar players!?”
“Yup.
Another minit passed. Winston came out.
“Thanks for letting me meet Metallica.”
“No problem.”
Tony came immediately back out.
“Kirk’s good.”
“Did anda meet James and Rob?”
“No, should I go?”
“Yeah.”
Lilly came out.
“They’re all awesome.”
Tony came out.
“Sweet!”
There was a taxi driver that came.
“Ok, where to?”
“We’re not all able to fit in there.
“Hey, ok, yep problem!”
“Get out of here old guy!” Mooch yelled.
“Lololololololololololololololololololololololololol!” the taxi driver said.
“Let’s go home,” Garth said.
The Alpha and Omega characters got to meet Metallica.
posted by Alexis_Wolf
Name: Alexis

Age (Human): 21

Sex: Female

Mate: Chris (Xero_Pyramid)

Personality: Kind, always willing to help, charming, sexy

Likes: Seducing Chris and his girls, Gaming, TV, Sex.

Dislikes: Trolling, Annoying dipshits

Breed: White Wolf

Bio: Don't remember much where I came from. I was abandoned as a child and was forced to live on the streets. I ended up doing things I was not proud of for money until I met my best friend Ashley, I call her Ash though. She took me in and we became friends. Her parents paid my tuition to go to college and I got a degree in Biological sciences. We both met Chris one night as we both sat on the lake behind his house. Chris offered us to live with him. I berkata yes, but it also meant me and my friend had to part seperate ways. Hopefully we will find her though.
posted by Blackwolf250
It was a dark,gloomy, and rainy day...
"Days of me walking and haven't found crap..." I berkata to myself, I quickly turned to my right to see a serigala, wolf running at me..."Hulusination?"I questioned then was on the ground getting up"Hi there, What's the rush?" I questioned the wolf.

" Are they still following me?"the serigala, wolf berkata as five other Serigala ran up and backed away when they saw me,

" Hey,sir, we'd like to,uh,deal with the girl please..." I glanced in his eyes seeing he wanted nothing but the usual... Forced intercourse, atau better known as Rape...

"Leave her alone"I berkata stareing straight in his eyes,...
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posted by slydog11
name:john

age:17

rank:alpha

sex:male

fir color:brown

eye color:blueish green

mate:the one true kate

likes:friends, kate, working out, training, sex, playing games, howling and hunting.

dislikes:the devil, who annoys him, break ups, poop on foot, haters of alpha and omega.

Friends: kate alpha wolf,hank666, the one true kate(mate), omega humphrey, garth 217, humphrey98, Metallica 1147 and others that's on the senarai of fans. here's the bio for anda kate if anda get this.and this is for you.enjoy!^.^lol
I stared Calico in the eyes, letting him know that I was deadly serious, pun intended. He must have figured out that he should do what I say, because he cleared his throat.
I heard a faint click and he suddenly yelled, "Intruders! Intruders in the inner sanctum!"
I slammed my fist into his windpipe hard enough to effectively silence him and called the rest of Alpha, Bravo, and Delta teams into the room.
"What's going on?" asked Tony.
"The bad guy called for backup," berkata Bolt. Penny looked over at him, eyebrow raised.
"Shit," berkata Eve, which basically summed up the situation. We had no time.
Gunfire...
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(3:44 A.M.)
(July 5, 2011)

By this point, Bolt and I had laid out the plan, me to the humans and Bolt the animals. We'd figured out contingencies, plan B's, C's, D's, and E's, and laid out which team was doing what.
Teams Alpha, Bravo, and Delta were the main assault force, Team Echo was backup, Foxtrot was the sniper support, and Gamma was meant as a distraction. Trudy, being the only pilot that wasn't part of the assault force, was the taxi. She'd drop Alpha, Bravo, Foxtrot, and Gamma off at the compound, then return to my house and keep the chopper on 5 minit standby with Delta and Echo....
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So yeah, I ran out of Ideas for the left for dead crossover. Instead, I am doing a dead rising crossover.


It was supposed to be a simple group project. Shoot a and make a movie, then tunjuk it. Its was a simple documentary on urban environment. Well we decided to take it to Fortune City. The only problem is..... is swarming with zombies. Now trapped in the city, and with only 72 hours to escape. Humphrey, Lilly, Garth and I will have to do what it takes to
survive. And in this film, this aint no special effects
(A.N.: I've edited the actual events to make it a little smoother and easier to understand, and lebih interesting. I got the important bits though)

It was during Scar's stay in Jasper Park that I started trying to find temporary homes for Scar's and our pups. Having their best interests at heart, I couldn't have them stay with us, because I had just Lost my job, and the only reason I was still in the house at that point was because I'd had a fairly large savings.
I'd put up foto-foto of them on Fanpop, and started asking around to see if anyone would adopt them. Little did I know that I was opening...
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posted by TheChriZ1995
A/N: Wow two chapters a hari so far, anda may of have found the last chapter to be sad so here's one lebih on the happy side.
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April 7th 2009

Humphrey's Age: 11 months

Humphrey's POV

I woke up and found myself under a dead tree, at first I was confused as of how I got there but then it came back to me along with the sadness. I started to tear up once again.

"Come on Humphrey, be strong" I berkata comforting myself

I got up and crawled out from under the tree, it was still dark out but I could see the light from the sun starting to appear over the distant mountains. I was...
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posted by TheChriZ1995
A/N: Hello fellow readers, I'm starting a new story due to the fact that I have ran out of ideas for my other ones. This is rated T due to the fact of romance and war, but may change to M when Lemons come in later chapters. I'm not sure how long this story will be but I'm sure that it will be longer then any of my other ones. This story will be set up with dates so for instance Humphrey was born in spring 2008 which means his death would be in the tahun of 2023 since Serigala live around 15 years. Let's get this story started! *cracks knuckles*

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posted by hank666
I was bored while looking at a pic and a idea popped into my head. I could zombie it!! So I did and that was the beginning of the zombies. I then added ribs showing, teeth missing, eyes missing, ears torn off, limbs torn off, etc.
As the zombies got lebih popular, I added some new things and took away somethings, the result only boosting their popularity. So from a idea to a legendary thing, A&O Zombies has come a LONG way from it's start.

(This artikel was gonna be a hell of a lot longer, but the first one I wrote get Lost sejak Fanpop so I berkata f**k it and I wrote this short one)
Here's another. It'll be Garth and Lilly.

(Garth)
I wanna drink that shot of whiskey
I wanna smoke that cigarette
I wanna smell that sweet addiction on my breath
I wanna ride 'cross West Virginia in the backseat of a Cadillac
You know some cowboys like me go out like that
So I need anda

(Chorus)
Like a needle needs a vein
Like my uncle Joe in Oklahoma needs the rain
I need anda like a lighthouse on the coast
Like the father and the son need the holy ghost
I need you

(Lilly)
I wanna get Lost in some corner booth
Cantina Mexico
I wanna dance to the static of an AM radio
I wanna bungkus, balut the moon around us and...
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a few days later

my pov

i was on my way to charlies den "hey charlie hows it going" i berkata "nothing much just board" charlie berkata "well how would anda like to go out with me" i berkata "sure i've been waiting for anda to ask me" charlie berkata "cool lets go cutie" i berkata "coming hansdom" charlie said

later during my date

we were eating a cariabu "thankyou shannan for the lovely tarikh oh i've got something for you" charlie berkata i leaned in close to charlie she closed her eyes and puckered up and i did the same it was my first Ciuman and was glourous we slid each others tounge in and out for what seamed like hours then it ended "wow that was amazing" charlie berkata "i know and its even better since your my first" i berkata "really same here" charlie "so were both each others first this is great it like destiny" i berkata "stop it your ruining the moment" charlie berkata and i walked her utama "see anda tommorow" i berkata "goodbye shannan" charlie berkata Ciuman me.
(this sing is dedicated to shakey_omega but is written only sejak metal wolf, created sejak metal wolf, credit to metal wolf, except for the song name which is shakey's idea)

VERSE 1:
flying up high as we shoot through the air ways
here, there and everywhere, straight to the sun
shooting and bombing and killing the fray
crazy and killing and joining the fun

VERSE 2:
gathering speed as we destroyed the whole town
Crazy and speedy and exploding, no fear
killing the emperor, dethroning the king crowns
you will not live long if anda want to stay here

BRIDGE:
drop the
load as
we fire
our bullets
to the
ground as
you...
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the seterusnya morning

my pov

i woke up the seterusnya morning and walked outside seeing charlie walking up "hey charlie whats up" i asked "um what rank are you' charlie asked "well i guess i'm an omega but anda andswered my soalan wrong the sky is up" i said" oh i get ha ha ha" charlie berkata "wow anda have a beautiful laugh" i berkata awe your sweet any way did anda want to come" charlie asked "sure" i berkata

later

we finished swiming

"hey do anda think there is a cave behind that water fall" i berkata "yes there is i'm the only one who knows about it" charlie berkata "cool i want to see it" i berkata we went into the cave...
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posted by ScarAlpha
(July 4, 2011)
(11:31 P.M.)

The Sikorsky landed with a touch as sweet as a kiss, the landing gear settling on the turf and bearing the heavy chopper's weight.
Inside the two person cockpit, I sat there for a moment, unwilling to move. But I knew I had to some time, so after a minute, I started flipping switches. The only things I left alone were the climate controls and lights for the passenger cabin.
Crammed into the passenger bay of the Sikorsky S-76C light helicopter were as many of the Jasper Serigala as I could get; Candu, Hutch, Winston, Eve, Tony, Ela, Candy, Salty, Shakey, Mooch, Garth,...
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~Monday~ *Regular/my POV* as i lay with kate my kegemaran person in the world i think what could i do on this beautiful monday. Then Kate says as if she were Membaca my thoughts "We could go see the clone me atau Jon atau Katealphawolf" and i replie "Great idea do anda know where he lives?" And she says "Sadly No but anda could find out on fanpop" and i went on Fanpop finding that Katealphawolf was online and i IMed him "where do anda live?" and he replied "@ 252 eastwood drive Montana" and i say out loud "Thats close we could drive there and it would take like an hour".

We went out side and i got...
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How do we define right from wrong? What is it that makes us who we are? What drives a person to fight so hard for their beliefs? A dying serigala, wolf thought this as his killer stood over him.
The dark shadow of the serigala, wolf covered his face from the glare of the moon.
"You should not have taken up the challenge, young one, now anda will die for your arrogance."
The dying serigala, wolf coughed and a searing pain shot up from the wound in his chest, "I didn't fight anda because I thought I could win. I took up the challenge bec-" Another fit of coughing gripped him.
After a moment the dying serigala, wolf was able to catch his...
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warning sexual referency ahead anda have been warned!!!

mouchs pov

the moring after charlie joined the pack

ahhhhh i got up slowly and quitely trying not to wake charlie and walked outside to take a walk and gather my thoughts wow i can't belive it i met a wonderful girl yesterday and invited her to stay at my den until she got one and when she gets up i'll ask her to be my mate ok man up mouch i got back to my den and charlie was waiting for me "oh hi charlie your up' mouch berkata hei i was just wondering umm would anda like to be my mate" charlie asked " wow how ironic i was just going to ask you...
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the seterusnya morning:

mouchs pov

i woke up this morning thinking to myslef i'am so lonely if only i could find a mate like humphrey atau salty( salty is with janace)that wold make me so happy but i guess it would make any serigala, wolf happy so i decided to go for walk and see if i cold run into anyone but no luck i wasx about to give it up for the hari when a serigala, wolf came up ramed into me and hid behind me whimpering "look out" serigala, wolf berkata and i turned around to see four Serigala aprouch "hey step aside she's a traitor' berkata one of the Serigala "what for" i berkata "well if anda must know she mencuri some of the Makanan supplie...
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posted by metalwolf116
(this song is dedicated to lady foxes. this song is written sejak metalwolf and metalwolf only and any violation of the song will result in the loss of 3 limbs atau so)

I WANT YOU:

VERSE 1:
In your deep deep eyes.
I see my hati, tengah-tengah in you, no lies Just be still and I will be with anda in heaven tonight.

VERSE 2:
I can't stop thinking about anda right now.
A Cinta some just will not allow.
As I take anda in my arms.
I will protect, and befall anda no harm

CHORUS:
its the urge that i get
oh babe don't anda fret tonight

i want anda for me
just a while and you'll see
that anda are all i need
oh the care that i feel tonight...
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