Midnight's Gift (TUS)

Midnight's Gift is the second novel in the Adventures of the Labradors: The Ultimate Sacrifice series. It stars Sparks, Mookey, and Choco.

Plot
Mookey is dreaming once again about Midnight's death. At the end, Midnight comes to him and says: "Mookey, I love you. You are the one who decides the fate of the colour, the one who chooses the path of the ones who need it, you are the one who must use this knowledge to your advantage. And this, Mookey, is my gift to you."

After this, Mookey wakes up and says it again, not knowing what it meant. He tells Sparks about it, who doesn't know what it means either. Choco says that it means that Mookey had gone mental ever since they lost Midnight.

Meanwhile, Zaka doesn't forgive herself that she killed her daughter. She goes to sleep, but the Doberman King comes to her in her dream saying that Midnight wasn't her daughter. Zaka then kills her bodyguard, Quotenioss, and leaves Hell's Cave in search of the three remaining puppies, intending to kill them.

Sparks, Mookey, and Choco leave to their old camp. Sparks and Choco are slower as they are talking. Mookey says he'll meet them there, that he wants to say hello to Midnight's grave. As Mookey goes there, he runs into Zaka's trap, encasing him in a net. Zaka knocks Mookey out and takes him to the Forest of Whispers.

When Sparks and Choco finally notice that Mookey wasn't where they told them he'd be. They decide he'd been kidnapped and taken back to Hell's Cave. There, they do battle against many Dobermans, but Mookey isn't there. A new soldier, Hamelyon, captures them and keeps them prisoner.

At the Forest of Whispers, Zaka makes Mookey tell the river what Midnight told him in his dream. Midnight doesn't know how Zaka knew this, but he repeats it and the river dries out, leaving a great wooden circle in the ground far below. In the circle is a keyhole. Zaka forces Mookey to say it again and the keyhole shatters and the wooden circle splits in two, making a corridor. Zaka and Mookey go down it and Zaka retrieves a black-coloure heart jewel from a fountain. Zaka says it is the Heart of Life. Mookey then realises what Midnight meant. So Mookey snatches the Heart of Life and swallows it. Zaka tries to kill him, but the walls begin to collapse. Mookey escapes but Zaka is crushed by the rock walls and killed.
 * She loves him: the shape of the jewel.
 * The fate of the colour: Mookey and Midnight were both black Labradors, and the jewel was black.
 * The path of the ones who need it: Zaka says that by looking at the heart it will show you how to get to what you really want.

Mookey uses the Heart of Life to find Sparks and Choco. Mookey does battle against Hamelyon, but is nearly killed. Hamelyon gives up and lets the three puppies run away, but he says he will hunt them down one by one.

Mookey then secretly uses the powers of Heart to make a staircase down the river, which was now full of water, to another underground passage. At the bottom was Midnight, and Mookey rubs noses with her and they are both sent back to the camp, and Midnight is revived.

Characters

 * Mookey.
 * Midnight (dream-version).
 * Sparks.
 * Choco.
 * Zaka.
 * The Doberman King (second re-appearance).
 * Quotenioss.
 * Hamelyon (first appearance).

Novel Trivia

 * Midnight's Gift is the second book of the second series, and can be referred to Book Labrador 2-2.
 * This book is Sparks's third stand-alone cover.
 * This is the second book that stars only the three first characters in the series, as Midnight is dead.

Story Trivia

 * Mookey has a dream about Midnight, and she tells him some complicated things.
 * Choco believes Mookey has gone mental ever since Midnight's death.
 * Zaka is told by the Doberman King, in a dream, that Midnight isn't her real daughter. Knowing this Zaka sets off to kill Mookey, Sparks, and Choco.
 * Mookey falls into Zaka's trap and Zaka kidnaps him.
 * Sparks and Choco find that Mookey is missing and believe that he was taken to Hell's Cave. When they arrive, they fight Hamelyon and lose, and Hamelyon captures them.
 * Zaka takes Mookey to the Forest of Whispers and tell the river what Midnight told him in his dream. By saying this, the river dries out, revealing a door. Zaka unlocks it and the two dogs find the Heart of Life, and Mookey finally finds out what Midnight meant in his dream.
 * Mookey eats the Heart of Life and the rock walls collapse on Zaka, killing her (this is when Hamelyon is now the real enemy).
 * Mookey battles Hamelyon and wins. Hamelyon lets the three puppies go, but he will be hunting them down one by one. His attempts begin in the next book, One By One.
 * Mookey uses the Heart of Life to find and revive Midnight.