Joe as a young pup, was given an dragon doll by his father before he left and disappeared.
The pup felt lonely since his dad was gone, and his brother died.

Joey held to the doll everyday, as it felt to be the good friend to keep him safe, but into the night, fainted voice calls out to the boy as he heard that this person needs help and is trapped.

So the little one got up from bed and heads to his mom's room to see if he can find something to help the entity.
He remembered that his mother had a strange gem that seems glow, that it was something to remind mom of dad when he vanished.

As to the thought, Joey took the gem and head back to his room.

When approached to the doll, he held the gem close to the dragon toy's stomach and somehow the gem lit up as sun shines through the window, and the jewel was being absorbed into the doll,

Causing a shockwave that pushed the pup back a bit as the doll hovered up, showing reactions from the doll as it's being given life, it started to grunt and groans as it seen like it moving for the first time in many years.

Joe stares at the werid sitution till the light fades and the doll hovers back down to the floor. The curious pup goes close to the doll, to see what happened till the doll groans as it's getting up, looking around it's surrounding as it looks up to the boy with just a curious expression.

"Hel..hello?"

The pup asks the now living doll, wondering what it might do next.

"Hey there. I guess i'm alive again."

Joey ponders to what the doll means on what he said, so he had to ask.

"Again?... you were a living being?"

The dragon nods and begin to explain a bit to the boy.

"Well, I can say i was alive till i was curse by a evil witch, as i been motionless and stuck like this for... 200 years.. I just can't remember much of my life before i became this acursed doll."

Joey feel sadden by this new detail about this poor doll, as he hug him, with comfort and felt of relief, as the dragon doll felt a sooth feeling for the first time in many years.

As the hug ends, the pup placed the doll back down with the pup smiles happy knowing he glad he helped his friend in need, while the doll smiles as well.

"Thank you for giving me life again."

"Your welcome, it just i felt like you were calling to me in my dreams, as it was like you were watching me for a long while, so i had a idea and took my mother's gem since it's very different than the normal jewels mama has."

The doll nods in good jester as he rubs his head, feeling strange as it's the first thing in being alive as a doll.

"I'm glad you found me, felt so long being a motionless stump."'

"No probs! My name is Joe, by the way."

"Nice to meet you, mine is Jin, and as a promise to you saving me, I'll keep a eye on you and keep you safe from harm, i promise."

"Thank you, Jin, I think we're going to be great friends! And I promise as well, that I'm going to help you get back to normal somehow, thats a promise from me!"

Jin smiles with heart, knowing that it may been fate that brought him to Joe, in hopes to get him back to himself, and help the pup on his path.

The future of these begins, and hopefully shape their fates and destiny.

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Jin, Joe, and Art