A/N: This is a collab with my friend. She's writing the odd numbers (including this one) and I write the even numbers. Please don't hate it :D
Chapter 1
Sniff, sniff, sniff. The morning breeze brushed past Roy's coat, untangling it from the loose knots that were buried under the fur. Ah, the fresh smell of morning breeze was always revitalizing. Roy heaved a contented sigh as he sat down to study the front yard. He must be one of the luckiest demon hounds in the world! Here he was, sitting on the front lawn of the Phantomhive household, and not as a stray, but as one of the family! But Roy only trusts and follows one person in that house, and it was Ciel Phantomhive. Thinking about Ciel made his ear itchy, right where Ciel would usually scratch it. The next thing Roy knew was that his leg was up and at his ear, scratching the itchiness away.
Ah, that felt great, he thought. He shook his whole body, starting from the nose and following all the way down to his body. He could feel his breakfast wiggling in his belly as he shook. It was because of Ciel he even had breakfast.
Then again, Ciel did at first think of him as a mongrel… Roy started out as a stray, but how he came to be one… He couldn't quite remember. He had smelled food from the kitchen window, his stomach empty and his spirit depressingly low. Ciel scowled at Roy, seeing him only as a pest, and ordered a hound dog that belonged to his butler, Pluto, to chase Roy off. There wasn't enough room for two demon hounds to be living on the same manor. The only thing that stopped Ciel from completely chasing Roy off the property was the sound of the hound's hungry belly, gurgling and moaning for food. It turned out that Ciel wasn't a selfish guy after all, because after he heard the desperate stomach he gave some scraps to the demon hound. Roy then started to return for more scraps, and Ciel never failed to toss some to him. After more and more meetings, the boy's heart softened to the hound, allowing Roy to be a part of the household. Thinking about the past made Roy smile, that toothy dog grin that always brought a smile upon Ciel's own lips.
What was that? Something caught the corner of the demon hound's eye, a brown blur that scurried past his sight. Roy quickly went down, his instincts pulling him to stalker mode. There it was! Right there, nibbling on a piece of nut was a squirrel, big and fat, and looking ever so stupid to Roy. He didn't quite understand where this hatred towards squirrels came from, it was just there, and it made adrenaline pulse through the hound's body.
One paw came forward, then another followed, and they continued to come until he exploded ahead, causing the squirrel to drop the nut and scream, and an ugly high pitch of a scream. It scampered this way, and that way, zig zagging its way out of the yard. Roy continued to follow the squirrel heaving his body forward every time his paws touched the ground. He was there; he was so close to it! Then a deep brown flashed in front of his eyes and he crashed into an unknown figure.
Chibi Ciels danced in circles around his sight, and his head throbbed painfully. The world threatened to tilt dramatically, so he closed his eyes. The wooziness slowly drifted away as he continued to just sit there, and breathe. In and out, in and out. The squirrel's chatter filled the air, forcing Roy's eyes to snap open. He looked up, the squirrel, it seemed to him, was laughing. Laughing very mockingly. A growl came rumbling, and it took a while for Roy to realize it was his own voice that was venting out.
Oh yeah? Well take this! He barked, the sound booming across the area. The squirrel stopped it's laughter for a second, looking down at the dog, but then resumed his chatter. Oh, he had enough. Bark! Bark!
Roy continued to bark at the squirrel up the tree, not noticing the girl walking past him. She had a large black camera glued to her eyes, peeking around through the viewfinder. She obviously didn't see the demon hound… Or notice his barking either, because she stumbled right over the dog, caused Roy to yelp and the squirrel to laugh even harder.