Dear Dr. Paws
AN: Mew, grrr, aarglefargle.
The zombie is pleased by reader response. :D Zombie shall attempt to write some more, but no promises. I do promise, however, that even if I take forever to update, I'm not abandoning anything. My muse is just finicky. Enough of my excuses... More of the cute!
Dear Dr. Paws;
Seras snapped out of it, whatever it was – if it was a heat cycle it was the shortest I've ever heard of – but she seems to have adopted a brown bunny from the yard.
We took him to the vet to get his shots, and it all checks out, but he's still very skittish. I've named him Pip. Alucard doesn't seem to like Pip very much, but he lets him follow us during our walks – it's very funny to watch him hop along – and hide under him when people or animals get too close.
I'm half wondering if I'll have a bird, next. This is getting a bit much.
Is this adoption behavior normal? It's not just me that finds this odd, right?
Yours Sincerely, Integra Hellsing.
Seras woke abruptly from her nap as she was shoved off the bed, she yowled and landed on all fours, puffing up to the size of a small couch cushion and hissing.
'I thought I told you to kill your prey.' Her Master's voice growled into her head, echoing the verbal one ringing in her ears.
She yowled and dodged the swipe of his paw, bolting for the door and phasing through the wood. "What are you so mad about?!"
Large jaws snapped above her head before they snared the scruff of her neck and yanked her up into the air, her squirming halted the instant her feet left the floor. She mewled piteously and curled into a ball, tail tucked between her legs.
'This.' He snarled as he melted through the walls to stand on the porch above the quivering form of a familiar looking rabbit.
She licked her chops absently, remembering that after her … uhm … enthusiasm to cuddle her Master yesterday, and the new blood had fully entered her system, the strange feelings had stopped.
She was dropped with a thud, and barely managed to land on her feet next to the bunny that was actually twice her size. Curious, she sniffed it and nosed the soft brown fur.
It twitched and she jerked back, fur standing on end.
Large green eyes observed her warily as the stiff form of the rabbit wobbled to his feet. 'Qui êtes-vous?' (Who are you?)
Seras' ear twitched, half cocking as she stared at the creature. He smelled… strange. Familiar.
'I warned you.' The almost forgotten form of her Master butted her forwards with his muzzle, nearly dropping her on top of the wary hare. 'To always kill your food. Or this could happen. At least he's not a ghoul…' He grumble growled, glaring at the newest addition to his vampiric family.
A rabbit! Of all things a herbivore! Grazers were not meant to be vampires. He hated the 'bunnicula' already.
'Qu'est-ce qui se passe ici?' (What's going on here?)
Seras' ears flattened to her skull at the shrill tones the rabbit used, nearly shouting at her. She didn't understand him! "Master, can you tell him to be quiet?" She mewled, whiskers lowered.
'You'll have to establish your mental bond with your new fledgling, Kitten.' He rebuffed her, standing to his full – truly intimidating – height to tower over the unlikely pair.
Apparently as frustrated as they were over the situation, the foreign speaking rabbit lashed out at Seras and sent her sprawling. With a snarl, she rounded on the insolent creature, mind roaring to punish him for daring to assault her, the one who gave him his second life!
That last thought almost gave her pause, but she knew he'd do it again if given half a chance, and both eyes burned with fury. The tiny little catpire, still so small she could fit in Integra's palm, launched herself forwards, only to briefly vanish in a swirl of darkness only to reappear on the rabbit's head, sharp little teeth sunk into his ear, a growl to match any lioness rumbling in her petite throat.
'Arrêtez-le! Arrêtez-le!' (Stop! Stop!) Her former prey screamed, thrashing. She hung on doggedly and bit harder, tasting blood once more.
And then it was like a curtain had been drawn back, she could see into the rabbit's panicked mind, understand him, and more importantly, command him.
"Stop squirming." She commanded him in a commanding tone, and was half surprised when he did.
Alucard rumbled approvingly, and she preened.
"You are mine now." Seras cooed into the mangled ear, running her tongue along the deep gouge to help it heal.
Integra woke to an empty room, she blinked, frowned a bit, then shrugged it off and got ready for school.
Minutes later, bowl rinsing in the sink, Integra peered out at the back porch to see Alucard sleeping on the bench, Seras tucked between his paws. That wasn't so unusual, the brown hare nestled into the leg of the bench, however, was.
Edging closer, she grinned when the bunny continued to sleep. She wanted to pet it.
Reaching out, she giggled as her fingertips grazed the soft fur, but she jerked back in shock as the bunny turned on her, mouth gaping as if to bite her. Alucard snarled, and batted the rabbit off the porch with one swipe of his paw. Integra hadn't realized he was awake.
To her surprise, Seras hopped off of the bench to scamper over to the bunny, sitting on it and looking up at her with wide pleading eyes.
"…What?"
She was going to be late for school.
"I'll deal with this later." She muttered, patting her dog on the head as she turned back into the house to make her way out the front.
When she got home, the rabbit was still there, and Seras was grooming his ears. "I guess we're keeping him, then?" She asked herself, glancing at her dog who snorted disapprovingly and turned his head away.
She wondered if he was jealous.
Walter insisted they take the rabbit to the vet to make sure he didn't have rabies, and they ended up getting him all his shots and picking up a cage. He would sleep on the floor at the foot of her bed.
She decided to name the bunny Pip, because of the way he squeaked at her.
Later that night, Integra scruffed her kitten and held the odd eyed little feline up to her face to give her a stern look, "Listen you, no more bringing home stray animals from the yard. A dog, a cat, and a rabbit are plenty." She threatened.
Seras blinked and mewed solemnly.
Integra grinned, and cuddled the kitten close to her chest before allowing the blonde wanna-be parrot to perch on her shoulder.
Glancing over at the cage with her newly obtained rabbit curiously, she watched him sink his teeth into the carrot and suck. How odd. "Maybe I should have named you Bunnicula." She muttered to herself before returning to her schoolwork to finish the last page of her math worksheet.