Heeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrreee 's the prequel I promised. Takes place a few weeks before Depression.

The sun rose slowly over the horizon. It shone into Penny's bedroom and onto Bolt's face. He squinted at first and then he slowly blinked his eyes open. He let out a yawn and stretched. He turned to see Mittens waking up. He said,"Good morning Mittens."

Mittens stretched and said,"Morning wags."

Bolt then asked,"After breakfast, do you wanna go out walking?"

Mittens replied,"Na. I'd rather just sit out on the porch."

Bolt then said in a sarcastic tone,"Is that so?"

Mittens replied,"Bolt, don't you even think about using that on me! I taught it to you, so you shouldn't use it on me." But, it was too late. Bolt made his begging face. Mittens caved saying, "Fine! Just stop the face!"

Bolt immediatly stopped and started wagging his tail and said,"Thanks Mittens!" He then jumped off the bed and headed towards the kitchen.

Mittens said to herself,"I wish I never had to teach him that." She then followed Bolt to the kitchen, but not without noticing Rhino was still asleep. She said,"Guess he isn't going to be the first to get to breakfast for once."

In the kitchen

Bolt and Mittens arrived in the kitchen at the same time. When they entered, Rhino was already eating. Mittens asked,"How did you get down here so fast? when I left the bedroom, you were still sleeping."

Rhino replied,"I was. But, I woke up and went through the vents to get here before you."

Penny soon walked in and said,"Hey Bolt, Mittens, and Rhino." She walked up to the table to start eating her own breakfast. She soon left for school and her mom left for work.

Mittens and Bolt walked out the door and Bolt said as they were leaving,"We'll be back before Penny returns from school."

Rhino was absorbed into what was on TV and said,"Ya, uh huh, whatever."

Bolt chuckled as he left. Mittens asked him,"Where are we going wags?"

Bolt replied,"We're just going to walk." They then headed off to the woods.

an hour later, in the woods

The two were walking when they heard a branch snap. They turned towards it and they seen a pair of blue eyes staring at them. Bolt stood in front of Mittens and asked,"Who's there?"

The voice replied,"I'm not an enemy."

Bolt then said,"Then show yourself."

The eyes turned down, before they went up over a bush. As the creature jumped over the bush, a Spanish guitar played and stopped when he landed. Bolt and Mittens looked around. The creature said in a mid-western accent,"Ya, i have no idea where that is playing from, but it is annoying!"

They both looked at the creature, which was a light-brown haired chihuahua. Bolt said,"you definently are not a threat."

The chihuahua replied,"Don't let my small size fool you. I've had to take down a pack of wolves by myself before. now, to why I'm here."

Mittens asked,"Why are you here, and what's your name?"

The chihuahua said,"Oh, my apologies. My name is DB. I already know your names, Mittens and Bolt. I'm he-"

He was cut off by Bolt asking,"How do you know our names?"

DB simply stated,"You'd be surprised what I know. Anyways, I'm here because I can tell that either you two don't know it or won't admit it. You two are in love with each other."

Bolt and Mittens said in unison,"WHAT!?"

Bolt then said,"She's a cat."

Mittens continued,"And he's a dog."

DB then said,"And I'm a chihuahua that has a Spanish guitar following him." The Spanish guitar played again. DB sighed and then continued,"Now, we have the obvious out of the way."

Bolt said,"There is no way we are in love. We are just good friends."

Mittens agreed saying,"Ya. there is no way we are in love. Besides, do you have any evidence to support your theory?"

DB smirked and replied,"Yes. First off. You guys remember when you traveled across the country. Well, you also remember when Bolt continued to search for Penny, but Mittens didn't?" they both nodded, wondering how he knew. He continued,"Well, I seen the look on your faces when you went your seperate ways. You didn't look like two that were either leaving or being left behind by someone that was your best friend. You looked more like someone being seperated from their true love."

Mittens said,"That's crazy. How could we have fallen in love in that period of time?"

DB replied,"Well, people have fallen in love in shorter periods of time with more stressful environments. Like, me and my first two girlfriends. Couldn't have been more stressful or shorter period of time than that. The first one is dead now. Don't wanna talk about it. Now, some more evidence. I seen you two interact this morning. Mittens was not wanting to go on the walk, but you begged her into going. She also seemed, to me kind of like she was hoping you would use the begging face. Now, before you say anything, there is just now. I broke that branch on purpose to see your reactions, and ,Bolt, you reacted like a guy protected his true love. And, Mittens, you were looking more to Bolt through your perifre(A/N: Not sure if that's spelled right) than to me, which is what a girl does when the one she loves protects her."

Bolt and Mittens really didn't know how to respond. DB chuckled and said,"Just think about what I've said. I'm off to wherever." He jumped backwards over the bush, with the Spanish guitar playing. When it stopped, DB yelled,"I HAT THAT SPANISH GUITAR!"

Bolt said,"Let's. Let's go home."

Mittens replied,"Huh? Oh. Y-yes. Let's."

As they were walking home, they had the same thing going through their minds, "Am I in love? Or was that just a crazy chihuahua?"

They arrived home, and when they entered the house, they walked right past Rhino without saying hello. He noticed and said,"Hey, guys. Why didn't you say hello to me when you walked in?"

Bolt replied,"Sorry, we were just thinking about an encounter we had in the woods."

Rhino asked,"The encouter wouldn't have been with a chihuahua with blue eyes, light-brown fur, and a Spanish guitar playing at times, would it?"

Mittens asked,"How did you know?"

Rhino replied,"Well, he walked in about half an hour ago saying that he had met you two in the woods. He went up to Penny's room to take a nap."

Bolt and Mittens ran up to Penny's room.

In Penny's bedroom

Bolt and Mittens burst through the door just to met by small paws kicking their faces. DB said,"Sorry. I't was just a natural reaction. I'm a heavy sleeper unless a threatening sound comes. Then I involuntarily attack."

Bolt shook his head and said,"I understand. Why are you here?"

DB replied,"Well, I didn't really know where to go and well, I thought it would be nice to know if you two have been thinking about what I have said."

Mittens said,"We have been thinking about it. We just don't know."

DB then immediatly had a Spanish accent and said,"¿Por qué no te das cuenta que estás enamorado?"

Bolt asked,"what did you say? We don't speak Spanish."

DB shook his head and said,"Sorry. I have a Spanish side that is very romantic, but for some reason it's only here. Anyway's, I asked why can't you see that you are in love?"

Bolt replied,"Because, we aren't in love."

DB again went into the Spanish side and said,"¡Oh, la ignorancia que proviene de aquellos que no ven el amor que hay entre ellos. Si tan sólo pudiera ver, cuánto mejor sería su vida."

Mittens said,"We don't speak Spanish."

DB shook his head agian and said,"Again, sorry. Anyways. I basically said you were ignorant for not seeing the love between you and that your lives would be better if you did."

Bolt asked,"How do you know for sure we are in love?"

DB replied,"I just no. Now, I'm gonna go to let you think about it for a while. But, let me leave you with a couple more thoughts. If I go into my Spanish side while saying them, I'll tll you what they mean later."

Bolt said,"Okay."

DB did slip into his Spanish side and said,"¡Viva el amor y vivir en el amor!" He then jumped out of the window, with the Spanish guitar playing, to which he yelled in Spanish, "Odio esa guitarra española!"

Bolt said,"I'm guessing that last part means 'I hate the Spanish guitar.'"

Mittens replied,"Ya think?"

The rest of the day was uneventful.

That night, Penny's bedroom

Bolt and Mittens couldn't sleep because they were thinking too much about what DB had said. Bolt sat up and asked,"Mittens, you awake?"

She replied,"Ya wags. Probably for the same reason as you."

Bolt then said,"I'm not sure if he is right, but I know how we can find out."

Mittens now sat up, intrigued and asked,"How?"

Bolt replied,"Well, we...could...go on...a-a...date. Just to see if we really are in love. See what happens."

Mittens said,"Okay. If we see him tomorrow, we'll let him know."

They both then faded off to sleep with the same thought, "I wonder how tomorrow will go."

Hmmm. Well, how will tomorrow go? Will Bolt and Mittens realize their love for one another? Will DB ever get rid of that Spanish guitar? How will the rest of the story go? Well, read to find out.