So sorry this took so long, my life has been a little crazy lately. Hope you like this chapter and I should have new chapters for both this story and Rebellion the beginning of next year. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Also to all the holidays of the past month I hope you had a fun safe holiday.

Thoughts or telepathic communication between characters

Animals/animal spirits speaking human tongue

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Point of view switch (Belles Point of View) like that

Louata's POV

I fallowed Cerberus into the village, happily jogging by his side. As we entered the town I saw many people walking around talking to each other, some carried baskets or boxes. Several where in shacks Mama called booths.

"Wow it sure is noisy here," I said to Cerberus.

"It normally is," he said, "Now stay close to me. The shop we are going to is across the fountain so stay very close to me. With all these people around wouldn't want you to get lost."

"Okay," I said nodding at him moving closer to his side. We walked through the crowds, Cerberus dodged and weaved through the crowd with great skill. Me on the other hand was not so skilled. People stepped on my tail, kicked me left and right. I got scarred and ran underneath a nearby booth. I hide under the booth watching the crowd till Cerberus noticed I wasn't with him anymore and came back to where I was hiding.

"Not as easy as it looks uh," he chuckled.

"Is there an easier way to get breakfast," I asked looking around the market.

"Come on I'll carry you," he chuckled grabbing the scruff of my neck. Then carried me through the crowd past the fountain and to a fish stand where a big man wearing a bloody apron was chopping the heads off of fish. The table that he was chopping the fish on was covered and stain with blood and fish scales. My stomach growled louder at the site of the stand. Cerberus carried me closer to the stand till the man chopping the fish noticed us.

"Morning Cerberus," the man smiled at him as he chopped another fishes head off. I yipped happily as he tossed the head off the table into a basket with other discarded heads.

"Well what do we have here," he said setting his knife down wiping his bloody hands on his apron then walked around the table. Cerberus set me down on the ground and the man squatted down in front of us. He held out his hand towards me, "Who is this little pup?"

I backed up a little against Cerberus a little nervous about the blood covered man. Cerberus nudged me forward giving me more confident to meet the man. I sniffed his hand smelling fresh blood and fish which I started licking of his hand wagging my tail as I did. He chuckled as I licked all of his hand then came up to his chest licking his apron.

"Hey Jack," he called back to the stand still chuckling as I continued to lick away blood from his apron, "Cerberus brought a friend to day."

Another man skinner than the first man and was younger than the other, "Well a little white pup. I think she might be hungry."

"It appears so," the round man chuckled as he started scratching my head, "Let's get you some food in you little one."

He then stood up, walked over to the basket with the discarded heads inside, and pulled out three fish heads. He tossed the three heads to us then reached into the basket again and pulled out three more, "There you go eat up."

Cerberus moved three of the heads closer to me then started eating his three. I sniffed the heads before I bite into the heads, the scales tasted funny but the eyes were squishy. The fish man through us more fish as we ate till we both had our fill of fish. After I ate my last head I yipped happily at the man making him chuckle at my little thank you. We then left the stand heading back to Philippe and the others. Cerberus picked me up by my scruff carrying me through the crowd again, but we stopped at the fountain in an open space around a circle of buildings. Cerberus set me down next to the fountain panting a little.

"Are you alright Cerberus?"

"I'm alright Lou just a little winded," he said before he started drinking from the fountain. I tried to drink as well but I was too short to reach and was barely able to reach the water with my tongue. I was about to give up on my first attempt to drink when something lifted me closer to the water.

"Need some help little fella," a young female voice said as I was lifted closer to the water. I drank my fill then I was set back on the ground. I looked back and saw a young girl with brown hair tied back with a blue ribbon, her eyes were a light brown, and she wore a sky blue dress. She had an aura of pure light that was almost blinding, "There ya go."

I yipped happily at her before I licked her hand rubbing my head against her leg causing her giggle. She started petting me till Cerberus barked at me telling him to fallow him. I rushed back to his side leaving the girl. We were barely five feet away from the fountain an outburst of shouts reached my ears. I looked back to see a group of three boys surrounding the girl who had helped me. They seemed to be teasing her about something but I couldn't make it out. I started growling, the fur on the back of my neck standing on end.

Leave her alone!

Cerberus said something to me but I wasn't listening. I charged at the boys, using a fighting move my mother had taught me I bared my fangs slashing at one of the boy's ankle. Rushing past him so I was standing in-between the girl and the group of boys. Baring my teeth and growling I was daring one of them to try anything.

Don't even think about coming any closer!

The boy who I slashed with my teeth was sitting on the ground holding his injured leg, "Ow that mutt bite me."

I didn't bite you I cut you with my fangs, you big baby.

"She didn't bite you Stanley," the girl said, "She just scratched you. And it's not nice to call people names."

"It still attacked him so it's a wild dog," a boy with raven black hair said picking up a rock from the ground, "Let's get it." He then throws the rock at me hitting my back. I yelped in pain growling at the boy who throw the stone.

Now I'm going to bite you.

"No leave her alone Gaston," the girl shouted stepping in front of me blocking any other assault from the boys, "She was just protecting me."

"When did you get a dog Belle," the third boy asked.

"This morning," the girl replied, "I found her in my horse's hay pile."

"What's its name then," the boy with raven black hair demanded.

My name is Louata.

"Her name is Lou Lou," the girl replied. All of a sudden I felt winded and light headed but I shook the feeling off. The boys were silent for a moment before they looked at each other. I continued to growl at them the hair on my back was close to standing straight up.

"Belle," a male voice shouted from the far side of the circle of buildings.

"Excuse us my papa is calling me," Belle said stepping around the boys then looking back at me she patted her said and called, "Come on Lou Lou."

I fallowed her waging my tail as I went past the boys but not before I let out a low growl back at them before walking to Belle's side. We walked across the clearing to a man holding a basket of bread and some vegetables.

"There you are Belle it's time we started heading home," the man said holding out his hand to Belle.

"Look Papa I found a puppy," Belle happily pointed to me, "I think she likes me. Can I keep her."

I barked happily at the two spinning around excitedly.

Let me keep her I like her. She is mine now. She is my Belle.

Belle's father looked skeptical at the two of us.

"Please."

Please

"Alright Belle you can keep her. You do a good job with the other animals you can keep her."

I happily barked at the old man jumping in him then on Belle before the two for us race out of the clearing back to where Philippe and the others were.