Maria's Pet Werehogs
As Maria was coming home from a funeral, her dad asked her if she wanted a pet to make her feel better. Maria nodded and they drove over to the pet shop.
"Hello, I'm the pet owner. Are you here to buy a pet?" The pet owner asked.
"Yes, my daughter needs a friend because her mother died and she was my love too."Chadly replied.
"Okay, you may look at the finest ones we have, chose carefully." The pet owner explained.
Maria was walking through the pet shop looking at dogs and cats and some fish until she noticed a black animal. She looked at it for a while until she noticed it was a werehog.
"Oh daddy can I have him?" Maria jumped.
"Are you sure that you want him?" Chadly asked looking scared of the small werehog.
"Yes, he might need a home." Maria smiled.
"Okay, we can get him, but you have to take care of him, okay? And don't let him scratch the chairs at home." warned her.
"I won't." Maria answered as she took the black werehog out of the cage and hugged it tightly.
The baby werehog growled.
"Aw... I'm going to name you... Shadow." Maria decided as he kissed the werehog's head, but he still growled.
At Home...
Maria gave Shadow food and water and a bed. was in his office working on a report for his job, he wanted to get his check after the bought the expensive werehog.
"Okay Shadow, your all set." Maria said while petting him.
Shadow still didn't like anyone yet, he growled and walked over to his bed to sleep.
Maria watched him and petted him again, Shadow opened his eyes and growled.
"It's okay Shadow, don't be upset at me. I just want a friend." Maria told him.
Shadow stopped growling and fell asleep. He wanted to trust her, but after what happened, he lost trust in all humans.
In the streets...
A shadow was running on its forelegs, it started to run into the street and into the ally and then towards Maria's house, it looked into the window and saw Shadow and Maria together.
The animal turned around and hid behind the house until each day passed.
The next day...
Shadow was still sleeping as Maria walked down stairs to get breakfast, she was going to have cream of wheat. After that, she got up and took a shower.
noticed Shadow and petted him, Shadow looked at him and growled.
"Okay okay, I'm going to work now." Chadly panicked as he took some pancakes and left the house quickly.
When Maria was done,she went up to her room and got dressed quickly and came down stairs to spend time with Shadow, she also got a tennis ball from her room and threw in towards him.
Shadow lifted his head quickly and ran after the ball, then he grabbed it in is mouth and gave it back to Maria. As she was about to threw the ball again, she noticed a shadow looking in her house from the window.
"Hey, who's that?" Maria wondered.
The animal clawed at the window and Maria got up and ran outside towards the window that was being clawed at while Shadow sat down wating for her to come back in.
When Maria was in the house again, she was holding a Silver colored werehog. He looked up at her and whined, Shadow saw the werehog and growled at him.
"No Shadow, be nice. His name is Silver because he has a collar on." Maria said as she put Silver down and let him go over to Shadow so that they were friends.
Shadow growled at Silver, he didn't like other werehogs at all. Silver backed away and whined, then he curled up.
"Shadow, be nice." Maria told him again.
Shadow looked at Silver and walked away. Silver followed him because he wanted to play, Shadow pushed him away. Silver whined and howled at him. Finally Shadow let him pounce and jump on him.
Maria went over to the kitchen to find Silver a food bowl and milk since he was younger than Shadow.
"Okay Silver, this is your bowl for food and your bowl for milk." Maria said as Silver ran over to her and rubbed his head against her face and rolled over.
Shadow looked at Silver with an annoyed look. (Wow, now I have to deal with sharing a bed with this dumb werehog!) Shadow thought.
Silver wagged his fluffy tail and went after the tennis ball that Maria threw, Shadow was also after it to show that he was the best pet werehog better than Silver. As came home after work he noticed Silver.
"Hey, how did he get in here?" asked.
"He was lost so he came over to our house, can I also keep this one, please?" Maria begged.
"Fine, but if he becomes a problem he will be sent to the pound, is that clear?" Chadly asked.
"Yes." Maria answered.
Silver and Shadow looked at and whined.
"Hello Shadow, hello little one." greeted them.
"The other one is named Silver." Maria corrected him.
"Oh, hello Silver." Chadly petted him and went up stair to finish his work before we took a shower that night.
Shadow yawned and went over to his bed to sleep.
"Shadow, you must share your bed with Silver because we are all out of beds." Maria sighed.
Silver wagged his tail and ran towards the bed and got in it with Shadow, then he curled up and put his head on Shadow's arms. Shadow was about to claw him but Silver yawned.
Shadow stopped himself and smiled at Silver, then he fell asleep. (Well, it's not that bad.) Shadow thought in his sleep.
Silver started whinning in his sleep at 12:00 A.M, Shadow woke up and started at Silver, he knew that he was having a nightmare and he woke him up.
(Your only dreaming.) Shadow hissed in his thoughts.
(Oh, sorry about that Shadow.) Silver replied to his thoughts.
They both went back to sleep, Silver was now on top of Shadow the next day before Maria came down for breakfast as usual.
Shadow woke up with fur in his mouth and he threw Silver off of him. The little werehog woke up and yawned, then he looked at Shadow.
(Why were you on me?) Shadow hissed again.
(I don't know, I was asleep, I move in my sleep and I can't control it Shadow. Sorry.) Silver whimpered.
Shadow nodded and shook himself off, then he went over to his bowl and started eating, Silver did the same.
Maria came down stairs and noticed that Shadow and Silver were getting along finally, she petted them both and let them lick her hands.
"So do you guys like each other now?" Maria asked them.
Silver and Shadow were still eating, they ignored her question. There was a knock on the door and a man with a dog came in and looked for Chadly. His dog was a boxer and it didn't like werehogs, but Maria didn't know.
"My dad is still getting ready for work today, so if you can just come back later." Maria explained.
The boxer looked at the two werehogs eating and he growled.
"Down Dark! Down boy!" The man shouted.
Dark continued to Bark at Silver and Shadow.
Silver noticed the dog and howled, he hid behind Shadow and shivered.
(It's only a dog, shoe brain!) Shadow snapped but Silver cover his head in his paws. The boxer wanted to attack them.
Shadow growled at the dog but it didn't work, the dog got free from the man's grasp and went after Shadow and Silver.
"Bark! Bark!" Dark barked as Silver was close behind Shadow, the two werehogs ran upstairs into Maria's room and hid behind a big box.
Maria looked at the dog and grabbed him by the collar.
"You can't attack me pets, so please go home with this nice young man." Maria said as she threw the dog to the man.
"Uh, thanks." The man said and went home.
Silver and Shadow were doomed because they were unsure if the dog was gone or not, Maria walked upstairs to look for Silver and Shadow.
(Is the big puppy gone?) Silver whined.
(Yes, they might be.) Shadow replied in a hiss.
Maria found her pets and took them down stairs.
"Maybe I shold let you guys sleep in my room so I'm going to take your bed upstairs." Maria decided while taking their bed and putting it upstairs next to her bed.
Silver and Shadow exchanced glances and walked upstairs with their owner.
Maria was in her room looking at her emails, Shadow and Silver decided to watch her typer emails to her friends.
"Hi guys, I'm just replying to emails that my old friends sent me since I moved here." Maria explained.
Silver and Shadow howled a reply to her.
"Aw... You guys are cool." Maria petted them and continued to type on her computer.
Silver liked the noise that each key made when she typed, Shadow liked the background on her computer screen, he wagged his tail and howled at her.
"You like my computer background. Thanks Shadow." Maria smiled as she picked up Shadow and rubbed his belly.
Silver wagged his tail and ran around her room and jumped on top of her bed.
"Silver, why are you so happy now?" Maria asked as Silver howled and chewed on her blankets.
Shadow watched.
"No Silver, you can't do that." Maria said as she picked him up and ran her fingers through his fur.
Silver closed his eyes and purred.
"Aw... Do you like it?" Maria asked as Silver purred.
Chadly was on his way out to work and Maria hugged him goodbye and Shadow and Silver howled goodbye to him.
"Bye Shadow, Bye Silver, Bye my sweet Maria." Her dad said as he walked out the door and went off to work.
Shadow and Silver ran upstairs and played in their bed.
Maria continued her emailing and then she shut down her computer and read a book for an hour. Silver and Shadow yawned and looked at each other, then they fell asleep.
"Silver? Shadow?" Maria wondered as she noticed them taking a nap together.
Maria went downstairs to eat lunch. She was sure that Silver and Shadow will be okay.
Her dad was almost in a panic at work, he couldn't find anything new to write about because Maria was too busy with her emails to hang out with him on work nights and tell him about a new idea.
Was this the end for him?
Shadow has a new home with Maria, but he also made friend named Silver, will they be friendly to each other to keep Maria happy? Find out in chapter 2!