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What if: Goetic Childhood AU Pt.4

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Stolas had a feeling his daughter and Alan had something of an unusual luck factor which involved their bouts of mischief.

At first, this question was more of a silly assumption, but recently this had gotten to the point where the Goetic Prince was wondering if there was something external which was influencing most of these events. Assassins that ended up slipping on their weapons, traps failing to spring on the children but working perfectly on the ambushers, and even the most recent circumstance where Octavia's request for a pet resolved in quite the unusual fashion.

Stolas was not against his baby girl having a cute little pet to foster her sense of responsibility. Even with all the restrictions he had as a child, the wish of having a pet was never seen as something outlandish and he had plenty of animals around the house. Sadly, that came to an end when Stella moved in and with her also her hate for all sorts of pet. The picture in which she was introduced to him was the first ever interaction she had with a dog and... that was enough of a telling sign to not press on the issue.

So, it pained his heart to deny his daughter this opportunity, something that deeply saddened Alan too. The two didn't make much of a fuss about it, and Stolas thought that should have been the end of the topic for the time being. The odd luck that had been helping them both, however, made that assumption quite mistaken.

It was around the time he finished dabbling on the paperwork tied to his position that the prince stumbled on quite scene while trying to surprise the children with a cake as they were playing by the garden. It wasn't unusual for people of certain low levels to end up trespassing into his manor's perimeter, but those were hardly able to make it to the inner garden.

So, it came as a surprise when a furred new friend ended up playing with the two children. A hellhound, her fur quite light-gray with black and white bits as secondary colors. Her scleras was red, her pupils white and irises black. She was older than Via and Alan, yet she was happily enjoying playing with them as he could deduce by the wagging of her tail.

"Dad!" Via caught on him, and the older girl caught up on what could be an issue. Despite that, the trio approached, with the hellhound cowing behind the human. "We made a new friend! She's Loona and she is super-awesome!"

"H-Hi?" The terrified girl tried to greet, with Stolas doing his best to not appear frustrated. It wasn't like the child was to blame, but he perfectly knew that Stella was going to throw a fit the moment the news a 'filthy mutt' invaded their house and interacted with their child reached her.

"Greetings, and I believe you were not invited to enter this private property."

"S-She was hungry," Alan blurted out, Via nodding.

"Yeah, she's all bones, daddy. She was starving."

And that was... true. Stolas was not unfamiliar with unfed people, and Loona seemed to be going through a degree of malnourishment. It was saddening, but not enough compelling to justify a headache against his wife or... risk what manner of infections the child could be carrying at the moment.

"Well, it's nice you helped her but... she can't stay for long."

"Why not? Daddy, please-"

"We already talked about this before, and I thought you would know that someone as clever as little Loona is not to be thought as a pet."

"But she isn't!" Via rebuked fiercely. "She is our friend and... uh…"

"Our most loyal guard!"

Stolas frowned. "Guard? Little Loona is-"

"I-I can protect them! I know a lot and..." The hellhound paused, quite nervous about the whole situation. "And I managed to avoid all guards you have around."

"Did you?"

She nodded proudly. "They are all looking, but some are just being lazy about their jobs so it was easy to know where to enter the manor and... look for food."

...

"I suppose you have been fed by now, right?" He inquired and the girl nodded.

The way Alan and Via held close to the pup drew a few memories of the past. This was indeed how he ended up making his only friend in life and how this was all coming down to keep a little rascal around it felt... distressing. Logically-speaking, he should have backed down from this, but he felt his own childhood self staring at him in shame for being...

Just like father.

The shadow he once was under Paimon once more calling at him and mocking him. Yet, Stolas' control was nothing before the fact that the children really needed someone to guard them. And this opened a few ideas about it. He just needed to check around and... for now, Loona may be a good 'protector' to them. Not a perfect one, but something that would unnerve any assassin as hellhounds were known to be able to see from afar and hear small noises with incredible precision.

"I suppose this could be arranged," He conceded, with the trio hugging tightly and causing more ache to ruin Stolas' heart. "Yet, I will have to check on your mother first, Via."

That was the deal-breaker, but the kids looked hopeful and... Stolas wasn't. Recent events had mellowed Stella about concessions, but such 'thaw' came at a price. She wanted to have something in return, for a price to be paid for these changes.

"I want Alan to escort me for the next meeting with my... acquaintaces. I believe he will be good at sniffing out any lies," Stella demanded, her voice offering no negotiation from this single point. "After all, children can sniff lies with ease."

Oh dear...

AN

Teen Loona is here!

Also, setting down a poll since... fuck it, I want to know how many want this AU to be made an independent story/thread. Link is available on the Discord Server, so go there to check it if you want to vote it.

REVIEW Q&A!

Coldblue2015:
1) No. Stella isn't even alive at this point;
2) No. Alan's own became as strong by staying in Hell for a long amount of time and slowly turning in a demon. Nestor will remain a human through the remainder of that AU;
3) Very low;
4) Classified;