Disclaimer: Not mine. Supernatural belongs to its various creators.
(A/N: Ugh, yes the title sucks. I'm sorry I really suck at titles, hah. If you want you can suggest a better title.)
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Pets never seemed to last very long around the Winchester family.
Powder, a spunky little kitten, had been the first pet to enter the house as a birthday present for a three-year-old Sam. Three weeks later it had been eaten by a monster lurking around the Winchester property.
Next they had tried something smaller, something they could keep in a cage. A hamster was introduced to the family next. In a matter of days the hamster had died of a heart attack, courtesy of a very hyper Dean.
A few years later came the parrot, a grey and white cockatiel Dean named Punky. Punky seemed as if he was going to last when he conquered Powder's record of three weeks and even got as far as mimicking a few phrases heard around the house - Dean's favorite being 'Sam did it!'.
But Punky's fate came a few months later when he provoked a hungry cat prowling through the yard. "You wanna piece of me?" became Punky's last words as the stray left with a full stomach.
Which is why, when Dean first spotted the lanky frame of a dog lying beside his Impala, he instantly told Sam no. The two brothers had just exorcised a possessed priest, leaving Sam with little energy to argue. Instead, they shooed the dog off and climbed in the car. All they wanted right now was to find a motel and get some sleep.
The last thing either of them had expected was to meet the dog again. But there it was, waiting patiently for them to emerge from their motel room.
At first, they thought it might have been a different dog that just looked similar. But it had the same lanky frame with legs that looked just a little too long and paws that were just a little too big. It had the same pointed ears, same long yet strong looking snout, same half curled tail, same multi-colored eyes, same white fur with the same splash of brown specks on its right shoulder.
There were too many similarities to say it was anything except for the dog they had run into yesterday.
"Are you sure we can't keep her?"
"Yes, just get in the car. We've got to check out that old hospital today, remember?"
Sam climbed into the car, pushing the dog back gently as it tried to jump in with him, and closed the door. Dean had started the car and was beginning to pull away but the dog refused to be left behind again. It galloped after them, long legs providing it with swift, graceful movements.
Then she was just gone; there one minute and gone the next.
"What the hell? Are you telling me that the freakin' dog was a ghost?" Dean searched for the missing dog in the rear view mirror.
A cheery bark from the back seat caused him to slam on the brakes. The brothers turned to look at the dog that had reappeared in the backseat. She wore a lopsided dog grin, allowing a long pink tongue to hang from the side of her mouth in a comical expression. Sam grinned and turned to Dean.
"Can we keep her now?"
tbc?
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A/N: I don't know if I'm going to write another chapter, 'cause it was supposed to be a oneshot but I'm kinda interested in seeing how the dog would behave while Sam and Dean were hunting. So I just might… Though if I do I'll need a name for the dog, so feel free to give me some ideas!