Chapter 6: Meeting Spindle

Blitzo cracked open a door to outside the house as his entryway to peek out to see if there were any humans around. He lived next door to Brandon, who was a human version of himself. Octavia cutely opened the door wider and Curly peeked out with her. Seeing this, Blitzo frowned at them. He couldn't believe he'd let his wife bring two eight-year-olds along.

"And not a word out of you," Blitzo said sternly, "Is that clear?"

Octavia, Curly, and Riva glared at him and shushed him because people were coming, catching the man off-guard. The four shrank and closed the door and left just a crack as two shadows went their way.

"I observe that there's a good deal of German music on the program. It is introspective, and I want to introspect," Brandon said, poking his partner in the chest with his smoke pipe.

"But Rogers, that music is so frightfully dull!" Richard, his partner objected. Richard was a humanized version of Moxxie.

"Come on," Brandon commanded as the two exited the house and closed the door.

Blitzo peeked out and opened the door to see if the coast was clear. Octavia smiled at the marvelous things Brandon had collected. Finding that they were alone, the five imps and the hellhound stepped out of their hiding place and went to find Spindle.

"Spindle?" Blitzo called, "Spindle!"

Octavia tugged onto Moxxie's coat. "Who is Spindle?" she whispered in his ear.

"Well, my dear, Spindle's uh, well she's uh…uh..." Moxxie realized he didn't know who Spindle was. Octavia looked up at Moxxie and Millie curiously with wide eyes. Moxxie leaned towards Blitzo to ask who Spindle was, "I say, Blitzo. Who is this Spindle chap?"

Blitzo smiled and to answer his friend's question, galloping echoed from the corral. When it stopped, Blitzo happily answered, "Ahh, here she is now!"

Above them, the large horse's mane was waving. She was a slender black horse with red lines and blue eyes.

"Miss, Spindle," Blitzo said.

"Nice horsie," she said as she raised her hand so that Spindle could set her nose on her tiny hand. "Good girl!"

"Curls, do you want to pet Spindle?" Blitzo asked his son.

"Yes, Daddy!" Curly replied and Blitzo hoisted him up, so he could pet the horse.

Spindle sniffed and licked Curly, making him giggle.

"Mox, Spindle!" Blitzo said, introducing Moxxie to Spindle.

Spindle sniffed Blitzo's partner, making him laugh nervously. Despite this, Moxxie tipped his hat and gently patted the horse's nose. "Charmed, I'm sure."

Spindle pushed him with her nose, snorting angrily.

Blitzo rushed to Moxxie's side. "Now Spindle! Spindle, stop that!" Blitzo pushed Spindle's nose to get her away from the weaponologist. "Spindle, cease! Desist! Ha!" He pointed a finger at her scoldingly and clapped.

Blitzo tsked and apologized, "Right, sorry old man." Spindle sniffed something more interesting. "Spindle has the most splendid sense of smell of any horse I've trained. But she can be...deucely frisky."

Octavia hid behind Riva.

"Octavia, it's okay," Riva whispered gently to the child, "She's a friendly horse."

Octavia carefully stepped from behind Riva and smiled up to the mare. "Hello, Spindle," Octavia greeted as she patted her nose. She sniffed her, making her laugh. "Silly horsie!" She reached into her coat pocket, revealing a cupcake. "Would you like a cupcake?" Spindle nodded and snorted excitedly in answer. Via gave it to her and with her tongue, it was gone.

"Yeah, now...Spindle! Spindle," Blitzo began to reach into his own coat pocket. "To the matter at hand. I want you to-" Blitzo paused to see in shock that Spindle wasn't paying any mind to him, as she was getting a belly rub from Curly and Octavia. Blitzo whistled to catch the horse's attention. Spindle looked upside down to him as Blitzo impatiently tapped his foot and cleared his throat.

Octavia was the first to slide down Spindle into Moxxie and Millie's arms and Curly slid into his mother's arms.

Spindle rolled back over to her hooves to listen to Blitzo.

"Good," Blitzo said, glad she obeyed. He put his hand in his pocket once more. "Spindle, I want you to find...this fiend!" He quickly removed Fizzarolli's cap in Spindle's face, making Spindle growl and narrow her eyes. That was the reaction Blitzo wanted. "Yes! You know his type," Blitzo provoked him, growling with her and raising the hat, making Spindle stand. Blitzo got on all fours. "Grrrrr, low brows, close-set eyes, retractable arms and legs!"

Spindle stopped in confusion, not understanding what Blitzo meant.

"Oh, he's a robot jester imp with retractable arms and legs," Blitzo said, dangling his arm just like Fizzarolli and Spindle continued to growl.

"Yes! Grrrr! Yes! That's the spirit! Got his scent?" Blitzo waved the hat in the air.

Spindle nodded in excitement and understanding.

"Good boy, good boy! A-ha!" Blitzo cried excitedly and grabbed onto her saddle and reins. He was about to put the reins around Spindle's face when his expression changed to a scowl as he saw Spindle facing Moxxie, Millie, Octavia, Curly, Loona, and Riva, instead of him.

The imp boss stepped into the four imp's and Loona's way. "Miss Gochester," Blitzo began.

"GOETIA!" Moxxie, Millie, Octavia, Curly, Loona, and Riva yelled in exasperation.

"Whatever," Blitzo said, brushing off the fact that he got Octavia's last name wrong again and wrapped Spindle's reins around her face. Then he put the riding saddle on her back "Your father is as good as found." He turned to Spindle. "Spindle…"

Hearing her name, Spindle made a serious pointer position.

"Sic'em!"

Spindle stomped on Blitzo, but thankfully Blitzo held onto the leash for dear life as Spindle took off, sprinting. "A-ha! Yoinks! Tally-ho! Ha-ha! Ha-ha!" Blitzo chuckled loudly.

Moxxie, Millie, Octavia, Curly, Loona, and Riva ran after them.

"Blitzo, I'm going to kill you for this!" Loona snapped.

"What the hell kind of husband leaves his wife and children to run after you, Blitzo?!" Riva shouted, just as annoyed as Loona.

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Finally, Curly, Riva, Octavia, Loona, Moxxie, and Millie got a chance to ride Spindle! Spindle sniffed the ground, tracking Fizzarolli down. Spindle whinnied when she got Fizzarolli's scent and she started running towards where Fizzarolli must've been. Curly, Loona, and Riva held onto Octavia and Blitzo for dear life.

"The thrill of the hunt, eh, M and M?" Blitzo shouted cheerfully.

Octavia, Riva, and Curly smiled along with him because of the fun they were having.

Moxxie, who was gripping onto Spindle's tail in one hand and his wife in the other, replied with a nervous chuckle, "Q-quite!"

"Moxxie's got me covered, Blitzo!" Millie assured the imp boss.

"Ooo-hoo-hoo!" Blitzo shouted, "Our robotic quarry can't be far now!"