Chapter 6: Fun With The Dogs

Kayla had just left Grillby's and was about to head for home when she ran into Lesser Dog, who stopped her and seemed very curious. Swallowing hard, the twelve-year-old tried to calm down and offered her hand out. "Good boy," she said softly, hoping to appease him.

He sniffed her hand and nudged it with his nose, to which she began patting him. Suddenly, she noticed his neck was getting longer. This made her curious as she kept petting him and slowly but surely, his neck got longer and longer and his tail wagged like crazy. Taking this as a sign that he loved being petted, Kayla continued petting him until his neck shrank again and he licked her face happily before trotting off, leaving the confused girl behind. "Well, that's not something you see every day," she said to herself and continued walking.

The other Dog Guards also appeared and Kayla thought fast, seeing these ones wouldn't be so appeased with petting right away, so she picked up some sticks and whistled as if she was calling for her own dog. Hearing the whistle, the dogs looked at her and one began barking happily as he saw the sticks. "Come on! Ready to play fetch?" Kayla called sweetly.

Greater Dog was eager and ran forward as the girl threw the stick and he chased after it. She then pulled out some tennis balls and the dogs were all excited to play. Kayla giggled and used her telekinesis, a new power she had learned, to levitate the sticks and balls and throw them, giggling as she watched the guards act like very playful dogs.

As she was playing with them, Kayla noticed a tall skeleton coming down the path and he stopped, watching the scene of the dogs playing ball and fetch curiously. Smiling to herself, she went up to him. "Hi!" She said in a friendly voice.

The skeleton turned to her. "Hello!" He said in greeting, seeming happy to greet a new person. "May the Great Papyrus ask who you are?"

"The Great Papyrus?" She asked before realization hit her. "Oh! It's you!"

The skeleton was a bit surprised by her exclamation and she giggled. "You have a brother called Sans, right?" She asked.

"Yes, I do!" He said before he beamed. "Oh, you must be River Person's new daughter! Sans told me that the River Person had a daughter he had adopted!"

"That's me," Kayla said, though she got a bit worried. "What did Sans tell you about me?"

"That you are peaceful and a good person."

The twelve-year-old let out a sigh of relief. Sans had kept his promise and not told anyone that Kayla was a human, but had obviously told his brother about his new friend. Papyrus grinned. "Sans has told me a lot about you, how you laugh at his jokes, though I don't know how. They're bone dry."

It took a few seconds to click, but when it did, Kayla burst out laughing. "Because his jokes are funny," she said. "As was the one you just pulled. That was a good one."

"You really think so?" The tall skeleton asked, looking pleased with himself before he noticed the dogs come over and he looked worried. Kayla grabbed the sticks and the balls and tossed them again, watching the dogs run after them.

"The dogs are really fun," she said with a smile in her voice. "Look how they have so much fun playing fetch."

Papyrus looked uncomfortable. "Um…I haven't had good experiences with dogs," he admitted. "One always tries to steal my special attacks."

She giggled. "Probably just wants to play with you," she said before seeing some puppies ambling towards her in the snow. "Awww! Look! Puppies!"

She kneeled down as the puppies came up to her. "Oh, my word! They're so cute!" She exclaimed, petting them and looking up at Papyrus. "Aren't they adorable?"

The skeleton had to admit, despite being dogs, the puppies were very cute. He kneeled down beside Kayla, who was holding the pups and petting them, to which the puppies were happy for the attention. Dogaressa came up to them and gently barked, to which the puppies turned to her and yipped excitedly. "Sorry," she said. "I hope my puppies weren't a bother."

"Oh, no, not at all," Kayla responded reassuringly. "I love puppies and your puppies are absolutely adorable."

"I must agree with my new friend," Papyrus said. "I hope your pups will grow strong and well."

"Thank you, Papyrus," the mother said gratefully. "They certainly are little bundles of energy."

Kayla laughed as the puppies playfully pounced on her, eager for some more attention as puppies wanted and she happily gave it, thinking about how when she was a foster child she had wanted a dog for a pet. Sadly, she couldn't as she had been a foster kid, but now, perhaps when they were freed she could finally have a dog. She'd have to ask her father about that.

Doggo came up to them, his fur fluffed with pride at his puppies and he looked at Kayla. "Could you throw the ball again?" He asked, his tail wagging happily.

The girl complied, tossing the ball, which Doggo chased after and the pups followed after him, barking excitedly as they ran. Dogaressa laughed heartily. "They love following their father," she said.

Papyrus looked at Kayla. "You're Kayla, right?" He asked, remembering Sans mentioning the girl's name the other day.

"Yes," she said with a smile, holding out a hand. "Pleased to meet you, Papyrus."

"I'm pleased to meet you, Kayla," he said with a smile too. "Could you show me how you threw that ball?"

"Sure."

Sans was nearby and he smiled at the somewhat silly, but cute scene. Kayla was having a blast and so was Papyrus and the dog guards seemed to be enjoying themselves too. Suddenly, the puppies came at Kayla again and gently knocked her over, making her laugh.

But her laughter stopped and the merriment ended when her hood fell away, revealing that she was a human to not only the Royal Guard, but to the Royal Guard hopeful as well.

Uh-oh! Kayla's secret has been revealed! Can she survive a FIGHT with not only the guard dogs but with Papyrus as well? Stay tuned to find out! :)

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