A/N: Where all the characters belong to Masked Mouse, Bazil is however MINE! =^^=

"My baby is pregnant!" Erika's mom, Ankia, shrieked surprised.

Erika gave her mom a nervous look as she nodded, Dan right behind her for support.

"Oh My Gosh!!" she cried then suddenly glomped her daughter with joy. "I can't believe I'm going to be a grandmother."

Erika, a bit shocked at her moms retraction, hugged her back and heard Dan give out a sigh of relief. but it was short lived when her dad, Julius, walked in.

"And how do you exactly plan on taking care of this 'new' baby?" he asked, disappointment in his voice.

Ankia let go of Erika and faced her husband. Erika faced her dad now with anew worry.

Erika didn't know what to say but was happy Dan now the was the one to speak out. "Don't worry, we'll manage somehow...we just need some time to..."

"Time!" her dad snapped. "Your out of time, that baby isn't going to wait to give you two time!"

"We don't know, ok daddy..." Erika cried over her father. Tears beginning to soak into her fur. Ankia took her baby girl into her arms to sooth her. almost at once her father left the room, Erika felt it was because he couldn't stand to be near her anymore.

"Don't worry baby...your father doesn't mean to yell...he just cares for you and the baby-he and I both don't want to see anything bad happen to our little girl or her own baby." her mother explained, but Erika didn't care...her dad was right, and now he was disappointed in her.

Latter that day Erika and Dan were sitting on her bad in her room thinking about what was said before.

"Dan..." Erika began wiping a tear from her eye, "I'm so confused...maybe this isn't a good idea to go though with this..."

"No. don't think such a thing love...we are going to have this baby." Dan cupped Erika's chin and made her look him in the eyes; they were so full of care and sorrow all mixed with confusion and fear, Dan hated seeing his love this way. "and before we do, I'm going to take your hand in marriage, so when our baby is born he or she will have the best loving mother and father a mouse could ever ask for."

"What about your parents?"

"We will worry about them later...just don't worry about that for right now, we will get though this. I know we will." Dan kissed her on the head.

Erika looked into the strong, loving eyes for her love and felt in her heart, all was alright. She laid her head onto Dan's chest as he rubbed her back in a soothing way, whispering soft, sweet words into her ear.

Erika walked into the living room and saw her dad sitting in his lazy chair reading a news paper.

"Where's Dan?" he asked with out moving the paper away from his face.

"He went home earlier." Erika answered not sure why her dad suddenly cared.

"You better hope that boy don't walk out on you...his luckily enough I haven't ripped his head off for what his done to you."

Erika felt her eyes burn as new tears threatened to fall.

"His not like that Papa....he cares about me, and this baby."

"As he told his parents yet?" he asked as if making a point.

Erika was at a loss of words.

"He hasn't huh?" her dad pressed.

"Were going to tell them-when the time is right." she finally remarked feeling hurt allover again.

For once her father moved the paper and looked at his daughter. "Listen Erika-I love you...but I need you to understand what is best for this baby...and for you."

Erika wiped her eyes of tears she didn't realize were falling and nodded trying to understand where her papa was coming from.

"I think you and him need to have a long heart to heart talk...I think it may be in the best interest to not have the baby...at least not until you two are ready."

Erika's eyes got a bit wide...

"Face it Erika-once that baby comes Dan's out of the picture..."

Erika hid her face in her paws and ran back to her room, she couldn't stand that thought! And worse of all she feared her father being right....

crying into her pillow she waited for the cost to be clear before she snuck out that night.

the air was cold and the streets dark, but she had a lot on her mind and staying at home wasn't going to help her get her head together.

Erika wore a red hooded coat as she roamed the streets. she didn't know where she was going but right now she didn't off right care.

As the night air grew thicker, and the night darker, Erika stated to worry just how far she went.

"I don't know where I am..." she whispered to her self looking around growing scared.

Suddenly she hared a sound come from the near by ally she was close to. Looking up at a human trash been she saw something move.

She gave out a small squeak at the sight. A big rat climbed out of the dumpster and looked down at her. The rat wasn't big, it was huge! Erika couldn't remember the last time she saw a rat that big besides Ratigan.

Erika didn't know what to do, she thought about running but it wouldn't be good for the baby, but staying there wasn't much of a good plan either.

The rat began to climb down startling Erika, she slowly began to back away to afraid to run.

the rat was now on the ground, walking on all fours, closer and closer to her.

Feeling her body shack Erika was about to dart for her life when the rat stood up and grabbed her by the arm.

"Ahhh!" Erika screamed in both fear and shock.

"AH! Waoh! waoh! waoh wait..." the rat let go of Erika's arm and held his paws up in front of his face.

Erika, breathing hard, looked at the rat in surprise.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you..." he smiled.

Erika was under a street lamp where the rat was still in pure darkness.

the rat noticing this quickly added. "Here maybe this will help." and stepped under the light himself.

Erika stared at the huge rodent and found he wasn't anything she had expected. He was smooth faced with small strong ears, and a golden brown fur coat that made the very light he stood in joules. His eyes where a lovely shade of brown and his tail long and strong. on his head he wore a top hat one that Ratigan use to were and a black tux but no shoes.

"Who are you?" Erika asked still a little nervous.

"My name is Bazil." he said with a bow and a tip of his hat.

"Basil.." Erika repeated.

"Yes, but with a 'Z' so it sounds wired but cool." he added grinning.

Erika couldn't help the chuckle that came out of her mouth with Bazil's reply.

"Ah, there's a smile." he joked grinning bigger. "Now tell me, what's a pretty girl like you doing out here in the dangers of the night?"

Erika looked around rubbing her arms to keep warm, "I...I don't know...I just-just needed to think..." she said half in truth.

"Umm...don't look like your doing much thinking now." Bazil replied looking her over playfully.

"I'm not...I..." Bazil seemed nice, but she was still to afraid to say she was lost.

"The dark is the worse place for a girl so young to be out alone...how 'bout you show me to your house, and I help you home?"

Erika looked up at Bazil and smiled a little. part for her wanted his help the other half feared he would lie and take her into the back ally.

"Well 'little red riding hood'?" he smiled friendly holding out a huge paw.

Erika shakily took it and nodded hoping this wouldn't be her last time to see the light.

"Good, now let's get you home..."

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^_^ ya, new chapter sorry it took a while longer then I hoped. I had a bad week. ^^;