Chapter 4 - Peace at Last

Later that night, back at the Griffin house, Barbara revealed some shocking information to the puppies about her past, and, along with Vinny, who was bandaged up due to his fight with her, explained to the entire family about his relationship with Brian.

"I can't believe it," Marcus shuddered. "Mom, you were a fighter?"

"I'm afraid so, Marcus," Barbara admitted. "That jerk, who shall remain unnamed, brought me into that organization, and not only made me into the greatest fighter in the ring, but also abused me and about twenty other dogs. Living in that kennel was a nightmare."

"That's cruel," Briana gasped, horrified.

"And inhumane," Ollie added.

"Was that before Dad saved you?" Jenny asked.

Barbara looked down and answered, "Yes. He was there for me when nobody else was."

"Well why didn't you tell us?!" Marcus shouted. "If we had known about your past as a fighter before, we would have killed the person who drove the car that killed Dad!"

"Marcus, please," Vinny begged. "Your dad would not have wanted you to do that."

"And if we had known that you're Dad's brother," Marcus continued, "we would never have fought you." This time, he looked like he was about to apologize. "And Mom wouldn't have, either. Oh, Uncle Vinny, I'm very, very sorry."

"Me, too, Uncle Vinny," Jenny agreed.

"And me," Briana added.

"Yeah," Ollie added. "I think you deserve better nieces and nephews, after how we all treated you."

"No," Vinny happily disagreed, "I don't think so. After what happened today, I realized that not all fighters are bad, especially not in-laws." He looked at Barbara on this, and he held her paw.

"So, does this mean you forgive us?" Marcus asked him.

Vinny had a little time to think about the question, and, after looking at Barbara, he turned to Marcus and replied, "Well, I did forgive your mother, so, I think I'll forgive you, too."

Marcus shed tears of joy on this, and along with the rest of the litter, hugged their uncle.

"Welcome to the family, Uncle Vinny," Marcus said.

Vinny couldn't help but also shed tears of joy; the puppies had finally made peace with him.

The rest of the Griffins awed at the sight of a canine embrace.

"That was beautiful," Peter said.

"If only Brian were alive to see this," Meg added.

"Shut up, Meg."

Later still, after happily watching another home movie of their parents for the first time with their uncle, the puppies were all tucked in, in the attic. And because Barbara had made peace with Vinny, she agreed for him to sleep with her in the attic as well, for the sake of the strong love that she shared with Brian, since Vinny was his younger brother.

"Thank you for letting me sleep with you tonight, Barbs," Vinny addressed, removing his collar before getting into the bed.

"Well, because you're Brian's brother, you deserve it," Barbara replied.

With that, both dogs smiled at each other before tucking themselves in.

"Good night, Barbara," Vinny whispered.

"Sleep well, Vinny," Barbara whispered back before looking at the sky through the window. "Good night, honey."

With those words, she closed her eyes and went to sleep.

From Heaven above, Brian looked over a cloud and smiled contently.

"Good night, Barbara," he whispered. "And good night to you, little brother. Take good care of her and the puppies, like I did."

The End

Author's Note: Well, that does it for this happy ending, even though it will still be non-canon. As for "Revival 'BBBOJM'", I'll still be writing chapters for it, despite the brief discontinuity, and I'm sorry for that. I'm sure that both Brian4life and Villains' Bad Girl, if they had read it, had liked this. Like VBG, I'd like to leave my fanfics the way they are, too, though there might be some changes at times.