As Dipper walked towards the back door, he heard Mabel gasp. "Mabel?!" He ran out the door to find his sister with a huge grin on her face.

"Dipper, look!" She pointed towards an upturned garbage can. Dipper was able to see a paw and a wagging tail sticking out, as well as hear sniffing noises echoing around the metal can.

"It's a puppy!" Mabel squealed, and headed towards the can.

"Mabel, no! It could be dangerous! It's probably rabid!" or worse, he thought, as he reached out his hand. Mabel turned and rolled her eyes.

"Dipper, calm down! It's just a normal old puppy dog! You're just paranoid," and she turned back to the animal in question.

"Mabel," her brother called, in a warning tone, "Since when is anything here 'normal'?" Mabel ignored him. She called to the dog and made kissy noises.

The puppy froze, and then backed out of the garbage can. As they saw the puppy in full, both siblings took a few steps back. Upon seeing the twins, the canine broke into a doggy grin, with his too-long tongue lolling out the side of his mouth.

"I told you," said Dipper. Mabel didn't reply.

As Dipper had suspected, this was no normal dog. Its fur was very short, and was a tan, almost green looking color. That wasn't the weird part, though. Half of the dog's right ear was missing, and there was a large wound in its right front leg. Its left side had a huge gash, displaying a couple ribs, and part of its back left leg was missing entirely, leaving only bone.

Though the wounds on the dog should have certainly been fatal, the puppy made no show of pain, or any notice that it was injured at all. Dipper noted that the dog either had no pupils, or very light ones, as it's eyes were almost white.

Dipper sighed, "Of course it's a zombie dog."

Okay, okay. I know I said it would only be a couple days, but I got a bit caught up in life, sorry. Anywho, here's the next chapter, so sorry it's short, but I'm trying to be better about updating, I promise. I won't, however, give out estimate due dates, as I obviously am not good at those. So here, enjoy this for now, and I'll get the next chapter up as soon as I can!

See you on the flip side,

Jem