A Gift of Love
An adaptation of "Christmas Guy"
based on Villains' Bad Girl's universe
by LDEJRuff
Author's note: Since Villains' Bad Girl is taking a break from writing Family Guy fanfics for a while, I asked her if she can leave it to me to write an adaptation of FG1208 - "Christmas Guy" based on her universe. She answered that she'd love to read it.
for Brian4Life
Chapter 1 - A Broken Promise
It was on the day of Barbara's funeral. The now-orphaned puppies were crying when their mother's casket was lowered next to Brian's grave. She was laid to rest with him.
"What's going to happen to us now?" Jenny asked.
Olie answered, "We're orphans. Peter and Lois will most likely kick us out."
Vinny, dressed in black, looked sadly at the puppies. He couldn't bear to see them go on without a parent or guardian to watch over them.
"Not if I have anything to say about it," he thought. "I'll be the one to take care of you puppies. I know it may not be much, but you kids need protection."
He then walked to the human family members.
"Lois," he began, aloud, "Do you and Peter think it will be okay if I became like a foster father to the puppies, now that Barbara is gone?"
"I don't know, Vinny," Lois answered. "They don't seem to like you very much. If, in a few days, they don't adjust to you being their foster father, Peter and I will have no choice but to sell the puppies."
This brought fear on Vinny's face.
"Oh, no," he thought. "If they sell the puppies away, then the promise I made to Barbara will be broken, and I may never get the chance to become a father back."
A few days have passed since then, and within that time, Vinny has tried many attempts to father the four puppies. But still, they didn't care for him, nor did they adjust to them. Finally, after he tried again, they beat him up. Saddened and bruised over the pain the puppies laid on him, he finally decided to give up and go ahead with Lois' plan. He got up, went inside, and admitted defeat over his failed attempts to raise the puppies.
"I'm sorry, Lois," he whispered regrettably. "I've tried everything to raise the puppies, and they still won't accept me as a foster father."
Lois sighed sadly and looked at Peter.
"Peter, I'm afraid we have no choice," she said. "Since the puppies won't accept Vinny as their foster father, I'm afraid we're going to sell them. It's the least we could do."
Peter gasped. "Sell the puppies? This is even worse than when Vinny verbally fought that giant pigeon."
"Peter," Lois halted, "I don't think now would be a good time to set up a cutaway gag."
"Oh," Peter replied. "Okay."
The next afternoon, Peter and Lois have set up a box in the front yard and had prepared to sell Briana, Olie, Jenny and Marcus away to some loving families who would take good care of them. Joe and Bonnie Swanson took notice.
"What's going on, Peter?" Joe asked.
Peter answered with a sigh, "We're selling the puppies, Joe. They wouldn't adjust to Vinny's parenting skills, and Lois thought it would be a lot better to sell them."
"At least they'll eventually be happy and forget about both Brian and Barbara," Lois added.
Stewie looked at the box the puppies were in sadly. He couldn't help but feel sorry for them now that their parents were dead.
"The house wouldn't feel the same way without you guys," he said.
"Take good care of yourself, Stewie," Briana replied. "We're gonna miss you."
"Yeah," Olie added. "At least we'll be away from bad old Vinny."
"But the worst part is," Jenny began, "we may never get to see each other anymore."
"Well," Marcus began, "we will never forget you."
"Nor I you, guys," Stewie replied. "Nor I you."
The puppies all smiled sadly and each gave Stewie a farewell hug before he started on his way inside.
"You, Mom and Dad have given us all wonderful lives," Briana said to Stewie, reflecting her father's final words. "We love you, Stewie."
Stewie shed a tear of joy upon hearing this, then walked inside, where he found Vinny, curled up, crying under the window. He then walked to Vinny, feeling sad for him.
"Hey, Vinny," he said. "Still saddened that the puppies you tried to take care of are being sold off?"
"Yeah," he replied, still teary-eyed. "And the worst part is that my promise to Barbara is now broken. I may never get the chance to become a father again."
Stewie laid a hand on Vinny's shoulder, comforting him.
"It's okay, Vinny," he whispered. "It's okay."
While the puppies were being sold off one by one, Stewie stayed inside to cheer Vinny up. Eventually, his broken heart mended, but still, he never forgot the puppies, even though they always hated him.