A New Beginning (TUS)

A New Beginning is the first novel of the Adventures of the Labradors: The Ultimate Sacrifice series and the sixth in the whole collection. It stars Sparks, Mookey, Choco and Midnight.

Plot
The book begins with Mookey's nightmare of the future (which he later discovers). In his nightmare, Mookey and his two best friends Sparks and Choco, along with his girlfriend Midnight, are on another dangerous adventure where they find each other at Hell's Cave. In the fiery cave, Mookey is running alongside Midnight and Midnight is attacked by Zaka, the Doberman King's daughter who Mookey believed was killed (in the battle of Rise of the Spirits). Zaka shouts something that confuses Mookey: "I am disgusted knowing you are my daughter, Midnight!" - before killing Midnight, and Mookey wakes up, side by side with his girlfriend.

In the morning, Sparks calls a meeting and the four puppies discuss their next adventure. Midnight points out that Hell's Cave would be a good place to go exploring. Mookey disagrees thanks to his dream and says that it is too dangerous. Choco disagrees to Mookey and asks him, sarcastically, if the Doberman Caverns weren't dangerous. Sparks and Choco agree to go to Hell's Cave and Sparks announces that they will go there once they have finished packing.

Mookey tells Midnight about his nightmare and Midnight tells him not to worry, "It was only a nightmare". But Mookey isn't convinced.

Soon, the dogs finish packing which Mookey fails to delay. They set off and on their way the beautiful day turns into a storm and the puppies get shelter. Discovered by Zaka, her new bodyguard Amchohawk, and a few more Dobermans, the puppies leap into battle with their enemies with the daggers they stole from the Mixture Dungeons (in Massacre of the Mixtures). Mookey immediately attacks Zaka and tries to kill her, to prove to himself that Midnight is right about his nightmare, but Amchohawk injures his belly and Mookey is defeated, but not killed thanks to Choco rescuing him from a powerful blow from Amchohawk. Sparks kills Amchohawk and Zaka tells her Dobermans to retreat, although there we only six of the fourteen left, including herself.

Mookey is now more worried than ever about Midnight because he couldn't kill Zaka. He starts to believe that his nightmare was a vision of the future, and he is right when he dreams of Midnight telling him that he cannot do anything about her death.

The next day, the four puppies arrive at Hell's Cave and find out that Zaka and her armies are taking refuge there. There is a massive battle where Sparks's paw is injured by Zaka's new bodyguard Quotenioss, crippling him, and Midnight is killed by Zaka, like in Mookey's nightmare. Mookey blames himself for not convincing his puppy friends that going to Hell's Cave was a bad idea.

After returning back to the camp that Sparks, Mookey, Choco and Midnight had made in the previous books, Mookey buries Midnight and Mookey wishes to avenge his girlfriend, which he plans to do in the next book.

Characters

 * Mookey.
 * Midnight.
 * Zaka (second re-appearence).
 * Sparks.
 * Choco.
 * Amchohawk (first appearence).
 * Quotenioss (first appearence).

Novel Trivia

 * A New Beginning is the first novel of the second series, The Ultimate Sacrifice.
 * The plot of this novel is meant to confuse the reader whether the epilogue of Rise of the Spirits is true because of Midnight's death.

Story Trivia

 * Mookey has a nightmare about Midnight being killed by Zaka in Hell's Cave.
 * The puppies agree to travel to Hell's Cave as their next adventure, much to Mookey's horror and disappointment.
 * After being attacked by Zaka and a mini-army, Mookey tries to kill Zaka to prove to himself that Midnight won't die.
 * Choco rescues Mookey from Amchohawk's final blow.
 * Sparks kills Amchohawk.
 * Mookey discovers that his nightmare was a vision of the future thanks to a dream.
 * The puppies discover that Zaka's refuge is in Hell's Cave.
 * In the big battle, Sparks is crippled by Quotenioss, Zaka's new bodyguard after he killed Amchohawk, and Midnight is killed by Zaka.
 * Mookey buries Midnight back at their camp from the previous series.