The Secret Life of Brain

by LDEJRuff

The Last Chapter - Vinny's Letter and Dylan's Present

Sometime later, Brian had managed to return Justin's Benz, like he did before, and with his second chance, he had to spend all those several months once again, this time, with the Griffins. Because the accident that claimed Leo's life, and caused Tracy to go into a coma, had been undone, time had rewritten itself. Vinny had never lost Leo, and had to go through those several months once again with his second chance, this time, with Leo in the tiny apartment. As for Tracy, who was never comatose, she had to spend time with her son, even if it meant having to take him to school and to work.

Within several months' time, Brian had spent his second chance with the Griffins when they went on a trip to Italy, even though Peter tried to legalize himself and the rest of the family as an Italian family. He was also caught in a friendship triangle between Stewie and Rupert when Stewie regained a friend in his first teddy bear, Oscar. He also participated in a city-wide treasure hunt for an expired coupon. He even met Peter's vestigial twin, Chip, and, along with the family, tried to like him better than they did Peter. And, when Meg had to deal with school bully Michael Pulaski, he taught Peter a lesson he would never forget.

Finally, Christmas had come, and while the Griffins were opening their presents, Brian had handed one to Stewie. It was a thin gift box.

"Here you go, Stewie. Merry Christmas."

Stewie opened the gift and saw that it was a picture frame, with a photo of Brian in a Santa hat and Stewie in an elf costume, posing. Below the photo was a gold plate with the words "Friends forever" engraved.

"Brian, it's," Stewie began to say in awe, "it's wonderful. Thank you."

"Well, you gave me the greatest gift of all," Brian replied, thinking about what Stewie did for his now-non-existent clone. "I'll tell you about it sometime."

"Brian," Stewie began, rather puzzled. "Are we pregnant?"

"What? No, Stewie, it's nothing like that."

"Okay. Well, I have to tell you, I'm a little bit relieved."

"Look, just...just...Thanks for everything, Stewie. You're my best friend, and I love you."

"All I can say, Brian, is," Stewie began, rather serious, "you've been making really creepy eye contact with me all morning, and I want it to stop right now."

"Oh, Brian," Peter began, "you have a letter from someone named Vinny."

Brian's tail started wagging.

"Vinny?" Stewie repeated. "Who's this Vinny character?"

"Hmmm?" Brian began before realizing he hadn't told Stewie about him. "Oh. He's, uh, he's a brother of mine. I'll let you meet him one day."

Brian opened the letter and started reading.

Dear Brian,

Thanks to this second chance that I've been given, I had to spend all those several months again, this time, with my owner, Leo. Anyway, thanks again for giving me a home to live in. As you said before, I hope we can meet again someday.

Your brother,

Vinny

P.S.: Merry Christmas.

Throughout the progression of reading Vinny's letter, Brian smiled contently. He then looked at the window.

"Merry Christmas to you, Vinny," he thought.

Later that day, Brian quickly remembered the small gift box Dylan gave him before he left the Flannigan house. New Brian thought it best if Brian would keep this gift. Brian opened the gift box and saw that it was a 16GB flash drive. Taped to the drive was a note that said "Play me". Brian did what the note said after inserting the drive into his laptop. In the folder was a video file. Brian played it and saw that it was of Dylan and Tracy.

"Hey, Dad," Dylan greeted. "I hope you enjoy this video gift that Mom and I made for you. Anyway, thanks for watching over her when she was comatose, and for taking care of me when I needed help the most. No matter what anyone says, we will always love you. Merry Christmas, Dad." With that Dylan gave a thumb up before the video stopped.

Brian chuckled. "Thank you, Dylan," Brian replied. "Merry Christmas to you."

In Loving Memory

Trouble Campbell

2000-2016

The End

Author's Note: Yeah, all those sentences near the beginning of the last chapter were callbacks to the first five episodes of Season 12. I just thought that the timelines of those episodes would be placed after Stewie had saved Brian, and before that Christmas scene at the end of "Christmas Guy". Thanks for reading this fanfic. Hope you all liked it.