Chapter Three: Information
Valkyrie sat on the floor, cross legged, in Skulduggery's living room staring at her puppy that wouldn't stop setting things on fire.
She had a fire extinguisher that she had bought on the way back in her hands pointed at the puppy.
Suddenly it burst into flames. She turned the fire extinguisher on, putting out the fire.
The puppy continued to pant.
Skulduggery came into the room flicking through the Hellhound Manual. "Well," he said sitting down next to her. "It says here you can't leave your puppy alone for the first twenty-four hours or he'll go rouge."
"Okay, that shouldn't be too bad. I can spend the night here and-" she stopped. "How am I going to explain a dog that sets everything on fire to my parents?" She groaned, "How did I get into this mess?"
"Don't worry I'm getting to that." Skulduggery flicked through a few more pages. "It also says you have to name him in the next twenty four hours also so that he'll learn his name and not kill us."
"Okay, that helps on the 'not killing us' bit but what about the 'my new pet sets everything he touches on fire bit?'"
As if to prove the point the puppy went up in flames again. Valkyrie blew the fire extinguisher on him and the flames went out.
"Let me continue," Skulduggery looked back at the book. "Well after he learns his name you can teach him different commands."
"So like sit, stay, and roll over?"
" yep. Also things that can disguise the fact that he is a demon dog."
"Cool."
"Also there is some stuff we can put over the furniture that is hellhound proof. Don't worry it's clear and magic-based so it will feel like as if there isn't anything there."
"Great lets go get it."