Special thanks goes to Valerio, lightwolf21, and Teh Brawler for inspiring me with their awesome fanfics, to Private Elliot for helping keep me on track while I was writing this, and to lightwolf21 (again) for being an awesome wall to bounce my ideas off of.
DISCLAIMER: this is completely non-canon.
Housepets! and most of the characters mentioned in this fanfic are copyright to rickpgriffin.
This fanfic will probably, knowing me, turn PG-13 sometime soon, but until then, It's PG.
This fanfic will also tie into Valerio's fanfics, so please check them out (or at least check out the "Valerio's translated fanfics" thread), if you haven't already.
With that out of the way, we can begin:
Housepets: Message from the Guardian, Season 1, Episode 1, Chapter 1
In the beginning, there was nothing. Everything was pitch black, as far as the eye could see. Peanut looked around and wondered, Where am I?
As if on cue, the blackness transformed, gaining color and shape, until it took the form of Babylon Gardens. But something was amiss. Where were the animals? At any given time, night or day, the pets would be outside, chatting with friends, taking walks, and one every now and then would catch a glimpse of two animals cuddled together, enjoying the night sky.
"Where is everybody," Peanut asked, dumbfounded.
"Every person and animal in Babylon Gardens is asleep."
Peanut whirled around to see where the voice had come from, but there was nothing, just air. "Okay..." Peanut added, thinking that he was hearing things.
"You are not hearing things." There was that voice again.
"Who said that? Where are you?"
"That does not matter. What is important is that you listen, feeble dog."
"Can I at least know what to call you?" Peanut was frustrated and wondering, What does this guy want from me?
"There is no need for you to know. Just listen to me. Right now, there are much more pressing matters than my name."
"Like what?" Peanut was curious. What could be so important that this person would go to the trouble of talking to Peanut? And, more importantly, why Peanut?
"Why you? I'll tell you why..."
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Housepets: Message from the Guardian, Season 1, Episode 1, Chapter 2
"I suppose I'll start from the beginning," mused the silhouette. The shadow lifted its hands, and a bright flash of light shone, blinding Peanut.
"HRNGH! Man, that's bright! What did you-"
The flash quickly subsided, and in the place of the shadow was a gigantic grey wolf. (Drawn by lightwolf21, isn't it awesome?) Its head was scarred, and in each of its arms (four in total) was a dagger.
"Whoa..." Gasped Peanut.
"I am Fenrir, and I am a player of the Cosmic Game. I have been watching you for about five years now, and I believe that you are the best choice."
"The best choice? For what?" Asked Peanut.
"Let me finish. The world is slowly coming apart. The oceans are rising, the mountains are melting, and earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are becoming more prevalent. The so-called 'experts' call this phenomenon 'global warming,' though that is actually incorrect. This is actually a result of the wrath of the Spirits. They are angry at the other players of the Cosmic Game, and they are taking it out on the pawns - that is, your neighborhood, Babylon Gardens. The reason I have contacted you is that I need to ask that you become my avatar. You must become a force for good and reverse the decision of the Spirits. I can give you the power to do so, but you have to agree to become my avatar. By doing so, you are duty-bound to fix the planet."
"But why me? Why am I the best choice? Why not Fido, or-"
"Because his heart is not pure. Your heart is as pure as pure gets, and I know that you would never abuse the powers that I could give you. I have known ever since you proposed to Grape at the Villa Foster, that you would do anything to protect and keep happy the ones you love. But I need you to trust me and accept the deal. All of the other denizens of Babylon Gardens, and the world, are counting on you, Peanut. You have to be the one to appease the Spirits, for everyone's sakes."
"I don't know if I should, but I accept. What do I do now?"
Fenrir once again raised his arms and a green light shown, this time in little wisps. The little green wisps collected into a ball and, one by one, shot into Peanut's forehead. The symbol of the wolf appeared on his forehead and his eyes flashed green, then Peanut slowly descended to the ground, landing gently on his feet.
"All you have to do is wake up."
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Housepets: Message from the Guardian, Season 1, Episode 1, Chapter 3
*Gasp* Peanut and Grape sat up simultaneously.
"Oh my gosh!"
"My dream was really weird!"
"No, MY dream was weird!"
"Yeah, but did you have a mystical creature in your dream?!"
"Stop talking at the same time as me!"
"No way! You stop!"
"Nuh, uh! You stop!"
"Just stop!" Yelled Grape.
Peanut gave in, allowing Grape to continue. "It was so weird! I-In my dream, it was pitch black, and Bablyon Gardens was empty, completely empty!" Grape's ears were back, and her eyes were the size of pinholes.
"Yours, too?! That's weird..." Peanut was hunched over backwards, stretching while wiping his eyes. He yawned. Grape followed suit.
Grape and Peanut had been sharing a room since Mr. Sandwich had decided to build an office upstairs. The new couple didn't mind sharing a room together, as they really only used their rooms for sleeping, working on Spot (Superdog) comics, or updating a blog (What? Grape keeps a blog? Since when?). The Sandwiches also moved the Wii out to the living room so that everybody could play, and that freed up a little bit of room for Grape to put her bed and a few things, like the Pridelands poster, up. Much to Peanut's dismay, Grape had also painted her half of their room purple, which Peanut saw as conflicting with the brown of his side. But now that didn't matter- the lucid darkness of the recently-renovated room overshadowed everything else.
Grape's tone hushed. She spoke slower, trying to gather her emotions. "But that's not the freakiest part- not only were the Gardens empty, but somebody was talking to me in my dream. It was like she was reading my mind..."
"She..." Peanut now was split, one side hoping that Grape may not have had the same dream, and the other side knowing that she did. Peanut blinked his eyes twice. He had to ask though, "She? So the mythical creature in your dream was a she? And she acted like she could read your mind? My dream was like that, too..."
She was a Tigress, and boy was she HUGE!" Grape stretched her arms as high and as low as they could go, trying to show how gigantic her visitor was. "She called herself 'Bastet,' or something like that, and asked me to be her 'avatar.' At first I was pretty skeptical, and I still am, but she said that she needed me to help reverse the decisions of some all-powerful 'Spirits' or whatever."
"Well, did you accept?"
"Wow. It's like you can read my mind, too. But anyway, I accepted, and then some little, I don't know, I guess sheets of red things just shot at me. I had to try my hardest to keep from screaming. And ever since then, I've felt kind of... off. It's burning up in here. Is it hot in here to you?" She looked quizzically at Peanut, with her head slightly tilted to the left.
"No, I'm actually kind of cold, like there's a draft or something." Peanut shivered. "I'm going to go get a blanket. Can I get you anything while I'm downstairs?"
"An ice pack, please. My head is burning up." Grape held her left paw over her forehead.
"Alright, I'll get a thermometer, too. Sit tight, love."
Peanut hurried down the steps and into the kitchen, stopping first in the living room to secure a blanket. He then ran to the fridge, grabbed an ice pack, and left to get a thermometer from their medicine cabinet in the bathroom. Peanut climbed back upstairs and almost tripped on the last step. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Oh right, shh, got to be quiet."
He crept into their shared bedroom, and spotted Grape, lying on the floor.
"Grape!" No answer.
Peanut laid the stuff down on the floor and picked up Grape, laying her down in her bed. He placed the ice pack on her forehead and stuck the thermometer into her mouth, under her tongue. After about five seconds, the thermometer beeped. Peanut looked at the screen on it.
"108 DEGREES!?"
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Special Halloween update incoming.
I will tell you now that this is my first fanfic ever, and all criticism, constructive or otherwise, is appreciated.
So many possibilities...what could happen next? XD
