Once upon a time, in a land not so very far away, lived a prince, who lived
in a rather luscious castle with his family. His name was Ran.
Now this prince Ran was quite remonicient of the Ranners we all know and love. Red hair, violet eyes, and a death glare that, well, lets just say it had wilted a few flowers. And I don't just mean of the fauna type.
(Ran: hey! I'm not that bad!
Me: Shut up and let me tell the story….)
Anyway, Prince Ran's only real friend was his sister, the princess Aya- chan. However, he knew that she was growing up and would soon have to leave him. This made poor Ran very sad and moopish. His parents tried everything they knew of to get him to cheer up. Even the normal art and music seemed to have no effect. Now, from a far distant kingdom came a merchant who had heard of Ran's distress (and the substantial reward posted by the king and queen for cheering their beloved son up) So he present the prince with a gift.
The large and elaborate box that was presented dazzled the court. They peered through the 3 holes on each side, but the darkness within thwarted their attempts to discover what was inside. Ran, in contrast, was very bored. He had received many presents and this appeared to be no different. His parents made him open it anyway. The people waited with baited breath as out into the light stepped a brown, furry paw, followed gracefully by the rest of the body of a beautiful brown and cream dog. Well, it tried to be graceful, but as soon as it's pads hit the marble tile floor; it slipped and fell in a vague rug shape with a small whimper. Its fur providing no traction as it slid a little over the floor carried by its previous momentum. All the tension drained out of the room as the crowd laughed and awwed, and the princess immediately glomped the soft animal, squealing happily. Ran wasn't sure of what to make of his new present, but the thing did make his sister happy, and anything that did that had a very slight rise in regard in his point of view.
"Ranny! Ranny! Come pet it! He's sooooo soft!!" Princess Aya-chan squeaked happily, looking over at her stoic older brother. He looked over at the cute and cuddly mutt. At that moment, the dog looked up and matched Ran's ice violet gaze with its own warm and nervous brown one. He hmft and walked off, Prince Ran was in no mood to be charmed.
Time passed, revealing that the dog was extremely happy, cuddly, and most of all friendly, but also disastrously clumsy. He soon learned what rooms to stay out of to keep in everyone's good graces. The princess named him Teddy. After her Teddy bear. The dog as well proved to be very determined and strubbren. Trying at every chance he got to get Ran to show him the least bit of affectionate regard.
Teddy wasn't having much luck, until one day…
Ran was hid—I mean, reading in the palace garden, his favorite place of retreat when he wanted to be alone. Which was a lot. The sun was shinning pleasantly bright, and there was only the slightest amount of a most refreshing breeze. He was just getting to the good part when he was disturbed by a very familiar yelp. Tan sighed with irritation, "Damn mutt, probably crashed into something again…" he muttered as he searched for his lost book place. However, this was not to be, because he was again interrupted by a quiet whimper from beside him. The red head looked over; about to snap irritably when he paused. There, beside him sat Teddy, head down and one paw in the air in front of him. The dog whimpered again, waggling the paw a bit, sending a drop of blood to the pavement. Ran sighed, he may have not been the most happy with the animal, but he honestly did not wish it pain.
"Alright, lets have a look." Ran said resignedly as he took Teddy's paw. That's when the dog looked up. Ran was surprised at how human Teddy's eyes looked especially the expression. The dog seemed to be almost crying. The prince looked back to the paw, unnerved, but rapidly convincing him that he didn't see that.
Ran had very sharp eyes, so he quickly found the cause of poor Teddy's pain. A large thorn from the roses in the next garden was spearing his paw. The tall man took a firm grip on the dog's paw.
"Stay still. This is going to hurt a bit." He said, and then yanked out the thorn. Teddy bit back a yelp as Ran did that, then, watched him carefully as the prince bound his paw. Ran was surpassed by the dog's reaction to his kindness. Instead, as he expected, of jumping him and yapping and slobbering all over his book, the dog simply nudged him with his muzzle and curled up quietly beside him. The prince smiled a little and went back to his reading.
"Maybe this wont be so bad after all…" he thought to himself.
The princess found them like this when she came searching an hour later. She smiled and watched her reclusive brother absently stroke the quiet dog while he read. Aya-chan silently tiptoed away. She had no wish to disturb this precious moment for the world.
Now this prince Ran was quite remonicient of the Ranners we all know and love. Red hair, violet eyes, and a death glare that, well, lets just say it had wilted a few flowers. And I don't just mean of the fauna type.
(Ran: hey! I'm not that bad!
Me: Shut up and let me tell the story….)
Anyway, Prince Ran's only real friend was his sister, the princess Aya- chan. However, he knew that she was growing up and would soon have to leave him. This made poor Ran very sad and moopish. His parents tried everything they knew of to get him to cheer up. Even the normal art and music seemed to have no effect. Now, from a far distant kingdom came a merchant who had heard of Ran's distress (and the substantial reward posted by the king and queen for cheering their beloved son up) So he present the prince with a gift.
The large and elaborate box that was presented dazzled the court. They peered through the 3 holes on each side, but the darkness within thwarted their attempts to discover what was inside. Ran, in contrast, was very bored. He had received many presents and this appeared to be no different. His parents made him open it anyway. The people waited with baited breath as out into the light stepped a brown, furry paw, followed gracefully by the rest of the body of a beautiful brown and cream dog. Well, it tried to be graceful, but as soon as it's pads hit the marble tile floor; it slipped and fell in a vague rug shape with a small whimper. Its fur providing no traction as it slid a little over the floor carried by its previous momentum. All the tension drained out of the room as the crowd laughed and awwed, and the princess immediately glomped the soft animal, squealing happily. Ran wasn't sure of what to make of his new present, but the thing did make his sister happy, and anything that did that had a very slight rise in regard in his point of view.
"Ranny! Ranny! Come pet it! He's sooooo soft!!" Princess Aya-chan squeaked happily, looking over at her stoic older brother. He looked over at the cute and cuddly mutt. At that moment, the dog looked up and matched Ran's ice violet gaze with its own warm and nervous brown one. He hmft and walked off, Prince Ran was in no mood to be charmed.
Time passed, revealing that the dog was extremely happy, cuddly, and most of all friendly, but also disastrously clumsy. He soon learned what rooms to stay out of to keep in everyone's good graces. The princess named him Teddy. After her Teddy bear. The dog as well proved to be very determined and strubbren. Trying at every chance he got to get Ran to show him the least bit of affectionate regard.
Teddy wasn't having much luck, until one day…
Ran was hid—I mean, reading in the palace garden, his favorite place of retreat when he wanted to be alone. Which was a lot. The sun was shinning pleasantly bright, and there was only the slightest amount of a most refreshing breeze. He was just getting to the good part when he was disturbed by a very familiar yelp. Tan sighed with irritation, "Damn mutt, probably crashed into something again…" he muttered as he searched for his lost book place. However, this was not to be, because he was again interrupted by a quiet whimper from beside him. The red head looked over; about to snap irritably when he paused. There, beside him sat Teddy, head down and one paw in the air in front of him. The dog whimpered again, waggling the paw a bit, sending a drop of blood to the pavement. Ran sighed, he may have not been the most happy with the animal, but he honestly did not wish it pain.
"Alright, lets have a look." Ran said resignedly as he took Teddy's paw. That's when the dog looked up. Ran was surprised at how human Teddy's eyes looked especially the expression. The dog seemed to be almost crying. The prince looked back to the paw, unnerved, but rapidly convincing him that he didn't see that.
Ran had very sharp eyes, so he quickly found the cause of poor Teddy's pain. A large thorn from the roses in the next garden was spearing his paw. The tall man took a firm grip on the dog's paw.
"Stay still. This is going to hurt a bit." He said, and then yanked out the thorn. Teddy bit back a yelp as Ran did that, then, watched him carefully as the prince bound his paw. Ran was surpassed by the dog's reaction to his kindness. Instead, as he expected, of jumping him and yapping and slobbering all over his book, the dog simply nudged him with his muzzle and curled up quietly beside him. The prince smiled a little and went back to his reading.
"Maybe this wont be so bad after all…" he thought to himself.
The princess found them like this when she came searching an hour later. She smiled and watched her reclusive brother absently stroke the quiet dog while he read. Aya-chan silently tiptoed away. She had no wish to disturb this precious moment for the world.
