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Chapter 5

Ally stormed out of the house, she was in a very bad mood and getting some fresh air and going for a walk always helped calm her down. Walking toward the village she shut her eyes slightly, enjoying the feeling of the cool air blowing her hair away from her face and the warmth of the sun shining down on her. As she was walking she thought about what that evil dog had done. Snarling slightly at the remember sight of all her beautiful shoes in a shredded lump of disfigured leather on the floor she vowed revenge. She would have to think of another name for him though. She really didn't think Fluffy was all that bad though, I mean what was wrong with it? It was so cute.

He's such a wicked dog, she thought, like the devil incarnate, like Lucifer himself in dog form. No other dog destroyed things out of pure malice, with particular intent; they just did it because it was in their nature. She knew he's done it on purpose though, she just knew it. Thinking back on what she'd just said she realised she'd come up with the perfect name for him, Lucifer. That was everyone would know he was an evil, vicious dog, completely spiteful and vindictive. She had no idea what had made her choose him in the first place. She had been looking for a friendly lovable dog, one that wouldn't hurt a fly, probably a Labrador or something, and yet she's ended choosing the biggest, toughest looking dog that was staying in their establishment.

Shaking her head in amazement she turned around the corner and found herself staring at the pet shop, more specifically, the product they had on sale in the front widow; a large, fluffy, pink collar and lead. A wicked smile forming on her face she purposefully strode up to the counter and asked for one and placed in an order for a dog tag with Lucifer and her home address engraved into it. In a much better mood and strode out of the shop and thought with glee the satisfaction she was going to get in making her stupid, fussy dog wear a bright pink collar. He hadn't like fluffy but he was going to HATE this. The best bit was, there was nothing he could do about it, and it would be wear this, or never leave the house, eventually he'd need to go to the toilet.

Laughing to herself in delight she paused as her phone started to ring. Digging around in her bag it took her a full minute to fine her mobile amid the debris but once located she whipped it out and pressed the accept button, not even pausing to look at the number.

'Hello?' she muttered distractedly as she narrowly avoided getting run over when crossing the road.

'Hi Ally, miss me?' drawled an arrogant male voice over the phone. Instantly a grin lit up Ally's face as she heard her boyfriends' voice for the first time all month.

'Hi Darien! When did you get back, when can we meet up? I've missed you so much! I've got soo much to tell you. I got this evil dog, Lucifer and he destroyed all of my shoes!' Pausing for breath she realised she had been babbling again, she knew he hated that so she calmed herself down and went quiet, waiting to hear what he would say.

'Yeah, that's nice. Anyway, I was calling to ask if you wanted to go to the mall today. See if we bump into some of the others, maybe have a look round some shops if there's time.' Knowing she would agree to anything he said he just continues. 'I'll pick you up hour alright? See you then.'

Ally stood staring at her tone sounding in her ear. It had sometimes upset her how brief and seemingly uncaring Darien was, but he had explained it was just because he was a very busy person; he didn't have time to spend talking to people. She knew he cared for her really.

Hurrying the rest of the way home she pushed open the door and flopped down on the sofa, staring dejectedly at her only remaining shoes, a battered pair of trainers that had only survived the vicious massacre as they had been in the bottom of her wardrobe. Darien was always so particular about looking good all the time, she knew he wouldn't like her going out with him wearing ancient shoes but she had no choice, she would buy some new ones when they went out.

Suddenly remembering the bag in her hand she ran up the stairs to find the evil dog. Pushing open the door she saw him lying sleep on her bed. Letting out an outraged gasp she strode around the side of the bed and tried to push him off the bed. The lazy wretch was still sleeping! Not only that but it was sleeping on her bed, HER bed! It had its own bed, in the corner of the room, and it had been nice enough of her to let him sleep there in the first place. Grunting under the strain, she just about managed to push hard enough to send Lucifer over the end of the bed. Not being a cruel person she had already positioned his dog mattress to break his fall. Nevertheless she smiled in satisfaction at the thud he made as he hit the floor.

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Lakh was rudely jerked awake from a very pleasant dream when he hit the ground. Not being the first time it had ever happened to him he knew what had happened before he opened his eyes. Mentally reprimanding himself for sleeping so long he dragged up his head and stared at the enraged female huffing and puffing in front of him. Blood shot eyes blinked a few times until they focused properly.

Crap, he thought. She looks like she's on a mission and it has got something to do with me. Noticing her brandishing an oddly shaped plastic bag he cocked his head and waiting for her to let it rip. Unable to control a huge yawn he slowly came more alert and propped his back against the wardrobe as he sat up.

'Well, I'm sure you'll find your new name far more suitable. It definitely suits your nature. Evil by nature, evil by name, your new name is Lucifer. The pet shop is getting a dog tag engraved but in the meantime I bought you a few basic essentials, a collar and lead.' Fishing the mentioned items out of the bag she screwed up the empty container in a fast, vicious movement and threw it into the bin on the far side of the room.

Lakh slowly watched the piece of plastic arch across the room in front of him and barked in approval of her good aim. It was hard to throw something so light, took practice, she obviously had a lot of it. Frowning slightly he realised it did not bode well for him that she had great aim and had spent a lot of time practicing throwing projectiles at small targets.

Looking to what she had in her hands his eyes narrowed in loathing of his least favourite colour. Looking in disbelief at the ridiculous pink ensemble he reared his head back and gave her a look of disgust. There was no way he was wearing a harness of any kind, let alone a PINK one!

Seeing the expression on his face Ally smiled in satisfaction. 'That's right, you'll be wearing a pink lead, with a pink collar, or else you wont leave this house, ever.' Hearing the door bell ring she started forward and moved to put the collar round his neck. 'Starting from now you're going to get to know this piece of leather very, very well. That's my boyfriend Darien and we're all going to go out for a nice trip to the mall and you WILL behave.'

Lakh shrank back against the wardrobe in revulsion of the evil object. That didn't stop him from snarling and growling at the mention of the bratty vampire he had seen last night. Oh, he'd go out with them alright, daybreak would have his job if he let her go out alone with a Night World person. That and he had one or two things to say to the leech and he was sure he'd manage to get his point across. One way, or another.