Author's note: After research, I've found one human year is not equal to seven dog years. However, due to a disappointing lack of finding the correct information, that is not so for the All Dogs Go To Heaven universe as well as all the stories I have and will cross it over with. Also, Belladonna: The Angel Of Darkness has happened before this story, but, in contrast, it's told as if Belladonna didn't take over Hell. Many other events were based off things mostly explained in All Dogs Go To Heaven 2, All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series and An All Dogs Christmas Carol, with some parts having edited to be portrayed correctly.

ALL D0GS GO TO HEAVEN

Chapter 1

They call me Charlie B. Barkin. I'm widely known for being tricky, breaking promises, all that... I didn't just grow up learning things like this from people. But life itself was not kind to me before I died in 1939. Some of my ex-enemies, which amazingly were ex-friends before ex-enemies, didn't have an easy life before their time either.

The late 1930's.

Charlie's parents, Burt and Loni, were in their house fighting while their human masters were away.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD DO SUCH A THING!" screamed Loni.

"REALLY!?" shouted Burt. "IT'S NOT LIKE I'M EXPECTING TOO MUCH OUT OF YOU! AND YOU CAN'T JUST GO SLEEP WITH ANOTHER MAN, BUT EXPECT ME NOT TO SLEEP WITH ANOTHER WOMAN!"

"OH, SO YOU DIDN'T EVEN NEED TO SEE IT FOR YOURSELF NOT TO TRUST ME!" shouted Loni.

"WOMAN, I'VE HAD IT UP TO HERE WITH YOUR UNFAITHFULNESS!" shouted Burt.

"THEN GET OUT OF THIS HOUSE!" screamed Loni.

Burt, a greenish-grey colored german shepherd, flew out the door and landed on his side on the dry, hard ground. Before he got time to get up, a pan flew out and hit him in the rib cage.

"Aahh!" he shouted in pain, then got up.

"AND STAY OUT!" Loni shouted.

"IF YOU EVER TOUCH ME LIKE THAT AGAIN, I'LL KILL YOU!" Burt shouted. "YOU HEAR ME, LONI!"

"DO IT!" Loni shouted. "MAYBE YOU'LL MAKE CHARLIE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU!"

Burt growled and ran off.

Belladonna stood on the roof of the shed and smiled sinisterly.

"They have potential." she said and disappeared in flames.

Inside Loni's house, she walked in to see little Charlie trembling in fear. He was wearing a blue collar and a red baseball cap.

"Is daddy gonna be okay?" asked Charlie.

"Yes, baby." said Loni. "Daddy's gonna be just fine. He and mommy were just upset. That's all." she said and got a whiff of something.

She then ran outside to witness the shed burning.

"Oh no!" Loni cried.

Some time later on a TV, a news reporter was covering a story.

"There have been increasing reports of what witnesses have been calling 'ghost fires' appearing." said the reporter. "Local farm owner James Bowzer came home to find his tool shed burned to the ground. As before, there is seemingly no logical cause of the fire. One victim of another ghost fire, Carrie Malone believes she saw a purple dog with bat wings right before the fire ignited, but it is uncertain just what is going on. We'll have more breaking news on this story soon."

Inside Loni's house.

Her friend, Judy was there with her.

"I think there's a demon after my family." said Loni.

"Loni, you can't think just because of a ghost fire, there's something after you." said Judy.

"If it were just the fire and the report, I wouldn't be so concerned right now." said Loni.

"Do you wanna talk about it?" asked Judy.

Loni sighed.

"Burt and I have been fighting lately." she said. "It's gotten so bad that we cheated on each other. I think we even hate each other. I kicked Burt out today. Something tells me he'll be back though." starts crying. "I get so scared sometimes. He's so violent. I don't know what I'd do if he hurt Charlie."

"So." said Judy. "That's why you think there's something after you."

Loni cried.

"I don't know what to do, Judith." she cried.

"You'll figure something out." said Judy. "You're smart."