The Puppy

Chapter Two

Author's Note: Well, I do appreciate all the comments, though I am confused by the second one, if anyone could explain that, it would be most appreciated… Anyway, hopefully this chapter will be good.

"So this is your puppy?" Duke Renning asked the two girls.

"Yeah, his name's Renny!" answered Lucia.

"Renny?" inquired the man.

"Uh-huh! We named him after you!" exclaimed his niece, Princess Elincia.

"Yeah, but his nickname is Mr. Barks-a-lot!"

"Why is that?"

"We don't know. That's just what Mommy calls him."

"Okay, girls, I think we should be going now," stated Lucia's mother, Amanda, almost nervously.

"Aww…but we wanted to play with Renny!"

"No, we have to get going. Your brother and father are probably worried."

"No they aren't…"

"Lucia! Let's just go."

"Fine, Mommy. See you later, Uncle Renning."

And then, Amanda dragged Lucia and Elincia out of the room, and back home, leaving Renning to wonder to himself.

"Mr. Barks-a-lot? What could that mean?"

A/N: Well, I didn't have much time to work on this, so it is a little short, but the next chapter should be longer…and much more exciting. Also, I had no idea who Lucia and Geoffrey's parents were, or what they're names were, so I just picked something random. Next we'll get to see a little more action from the puppy, and possibly even why he's called Mr. Barks-a-lot, but I won't make any promises.