A/N When I was writing Angela's Pet Monster, I had no idea how popular it would get! 42 reviews, and 18 chapters! You guys were great! I had an idea for a sequel, but the plot was kinda messy. Now, I think I got it down. Like last time, Monsters Inc. characters belong to Disney Pixar. Angela, Sylvia, and other original characters belong to me.
A young girl ran down a racetrack at the sound of the starter pistol. She nimbly jumped over the obstacles and grabbed and swung on the rings. Finally, she leapt over a long obstacle and stopped after she crossed the finish line.
"Excellent, Angelina." The coach nodded. "Three minutes. Not bad."
"Actually, it's Angela." The girl said. "I'm called Angela."
Angela was a 14-year-old spunky girl. She had long blonde hair tied in a high ponytail, a round face, large grass green eyes, and slightly tanned skin. She wore white shorts, a white T-Shirt with a blue "A" on the front, and white and blue sneakers.
"And thanks." She said, taking a sip of water from a water bottle. "You'll also have to thank my Lizog. He helped me train."
"Your what?" The coach asked confused.
Angela walked to a window facing the front of the school and pointed. "That's my Lizog." She said.
The coach came up and looked; what he saw made him gasp. Outside, under a shady oak tree, was a creature he had never seen. It looked like a 12-foot long purple lizard with eight limbs. It looked like it was asleep.
"That's my Lizog." Angela said proudly. "I've had him for about a year now. His name's Randall; his species name is a cross of 'lizard' and 'dog'." She picked up her bag and made her way to the shower area. The coach looked back at the Lizog named Randall, and chuckled. "Leave it to Angela to have a lizard mixed dog for a pet."
After showering, Angela changed out of her Gym clothes, and into her regular clothes. She wore a blue T-Shirt, purple shorts, and purple sandals. She loved dressing up like her Lizog.
She grabbed her backpack, walked out of the school just as the bell rang, and made her way to the oak tree where Randall was asleep. "Wakey-wakey Randy." She teased, stroking Randall's head.
The Lizog stirred; he stood up and stretched. He was 12-feet long, including his long lizard tail. He was purple, with blue along his back and covering his tail. He had eight limbs, each with three fingers/toes. He had three red-tipped fronds between his round emerald-green eyes, a dark blue scar running across his face, and a wide mouth full of sharp teeth.
Randall yawned and opened his eyes. "Hey, sleepy head." Angela smiled. "You want to head home, or go to the park?"
Randall thumped his tail twice; he was Angela's "dog", so he had to act like one.
"Ok, just let me text Mom." Angela pulled her cell phone out of her bag and typed a message for her mother.
Randall glanced at the kids coming out of the schoolhouse. He saw the school's popular girl, and Angela's rival, Mandy Shay. Mandy had waist length red hair, blue eyes, blue eye shadow, fair skin, and a boy-chasing figure. Although she was popular, she was a bully towards Angela, or as Mandy called her, Lizard Girl for her love of reptiles. Randall never forgot the time when he first saw Mandy, when she and a couple of other boys were pummeling Angela with dodgeballs. Since then, Randall had been protective of Angela.
Mandy noticed Randall looking at her; she glared at the Lizog. Randall flared his fronds, narrowed his eyes, and growled. Mandy hurried past him and Angela.
"Who're you growling at Randall?" Angela asked, still texting to her mother.
"Little Miss Perfect, that's who." Randall muttered; he was able to talk, but only talked to Angela and her four-year-old cousin, Mary, or Boo as she was nicknamed.
Angela rolled her eyes as she sent the text message. "I think you showed her who's boss, buddy." She said as she and Randall started for the park.
"Just wanted to let her know what happens when she messes with us."
Angela smiled as she patted Randall's head. "You've shown her that at least twice, Randall. I think she gets the message.
Later, at the park, Angela tossed the Frisbee for about the 20th time. Randall tore after the flat flying yellow disc; when he caught it in his mouth, he came running back.
"Can we stop? My arm's getting tired." Angela said, sitting down under a tree.
Randall dropped the Frisbee by her and laid down with his head on her lap.
Angela smiled and stroked Randall's smooth scales. A year; it had been almost a whole year that she had Randall. When she entered the Animal Shelter last year in April, she thought she would be leaving with a furry four-legged dog. When she exited, she had a scaly eight-legged lizard-dog instead. She wouldn't trade Randall for the smartest dog in the world though. Over the next six months, she and the Lizog had become the best of friends. She couldn't imagine what her life would be like without him.
Then, last November, something happened that changed Angela's life forever. One night, she woke up to see a large gray crab/spider monster in her room. He was Henry J. Waternoose, a criminal in Monstropolis, a city populated by only monsters, and Randall's hometown. She found this, and the fact that Randall could talk, out. Waternoose had kidnapped her and Randall, and threatened to kill Angela with a machine called a Scream Extractor, a machine that sucks air in through a vacuum tube. Luckily, Randall, and a couple of other monsters, Mike and Sulley, saved Angela, and Waternoose was arrested. But there was a catch: Randall couldn't go home with Angela.
Angela would never forget the heartbreaking moment when she went home without Randall. She told her family he ran away; they posted Missing posters, but naturally, couldn't find him. Angela had been heartbroken and depressed for a week. Then, one day, Mandy had had enough. She told Angela to accept the fact that Randall was gone, but the blonde refused. Mandy challenged her to a fight, and chased her through town. Finally, Angela was cornered in an alleyway with Mandy right behind her. Before the redhead could attack, something stopped her: Randall!
Randall had seen what happened, due to a device in Angela's ponytail holder connected with a tracking device he had, and was furious. He went back to the human world, with assurance that his secret wouldn't be revealed, and protected Angela again. He fought with Mandy and scared her off. When Angela found out her Lizog was here to stay for good, she couldn't be any happier. She didn't want any normal dog or lizard; the only pet for her was Randall.
Now, in March, Angela was reliving those memories. If she could, she would do them all over again. She sighed happily and continued to stroke Randall. "Something wrong?" He asked, opening one eye.
Angela shook her head. "I was just reliving the past year with and without you; you probably remember the 'without you' part."
Randall sighed sadly. "Yep. That week was the worst of my life. I mean, sure I saw my old friends again, and I did my new job good. But, without you, it was hard to survive."
Angela chuckled.
"How's that funny?"
"It's just, 'without you it's hard to survive' are lyrics to a song." Angela explained.
"Huh. I didn't know that." Randall said. "What's the song?"
"Every Time We Touch by Cascada." Angela pulled out her iPod and turned it on; the greeting picture was one of her, Randall, and Boo. She went to the music area and chose "Every Time We Touch." She put one earphone on and put the other to Randall's ear:
(Every Time We Touch fast version by Cascada)X
"Huh." Randall said. "Nice song."
"I know; it's one of my favorites." Angela said. "There's a slow version, but I like the fast."
"This one? It's not that fast."
"Well when you hear the slow version, this one's fast in comparison. The slow one's, well…too slow for me. It's ok, but between the two, I like the fast one."
"Y'know, this song kind of represents us." Randall said.
"How so?"
"Well, there's the parts, 'need you by my side' and 'want you in my life', those are us. Then 'your arms are my castle; your heart is my sky'. It's just…it's like two people can't live without each other."
Angela thought about it, then nodded. "You're right."
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A/N Like I said, I never thought APM would be so popular! Also, I had an idea for a sequel. Thank your lucky stars, 'cause here it is! Expect not many uploads, 'cause I'm working on other stories; I'll try as much as I can though.
The song is the fast version of "Every Time We Touch" by Cascada. Like Angela, it's one of my favorite songs, and I like the fast version.
So, R&R, and thanks for making Angela's Pet Monster popular :D
