The door suddenly swung open. "Okay, Mr. Leandro, here the DVD's I rented. I really wasn't able to watch them all." Penny, her mom and some blonde guy who they've never seen before, walked in.

"Oh, it is absolutely fine." The man shifted his glasses. "Just come by my place any time you want to watch more movies."

"We'll do that." Penny' mom smiled.

Penny looked at her pets and moved on in. "Guys, this is Mr. Leandro. We rent DVD's from him." She introduced the blonde man to her multitude of animals.

The man grinned at them in a sort of out-of-place expression. He took sight of Lightning and stared for awhile. "That dog…"

Penny looked at him. "What?"

"Um, never mind." He stopped.

Leandro looked back at the two people and started bringing up some conversation.

The pets just stared blankly.

"Bolt," Mittens nudged the dog beside him. "there's something about this guy that bothers me…" she said.

Bolt's eyes tensed. "You're right. Right Rhino?"

Rhino looked at them saying, "Huh?"

Obviously not paying attention.

Bolt and Mittens were eyeing Leandro carefully. Then they heard a low growl.

Turning their heads to the direction of the sound.

"Lightning?" Bolt said in a questioning tone.

An angry clinch was on Lightning's face. "That guy…" he growled. "he's done something…" he growled again, angrier.

"What?" Bolt and Mittens said in unison.

Just then, Lightning pounced for Leandro with both paws forward and his fangs showing menacingly.

Leandro was in the middle of saying something when he was tackled by the red dog.

"Woah! Hey!" he screamed, sprawled on the ground.

Lightning began barking angrily at him.

"Get off, Lightning!!" Penny commanded. She ducked in and grabbed him.

Lightning didn't seem to try and pry himself from Penny's arms but still kept on barking at Leandro.

"I'm so sorry, Mr. Leandro. I'm-" Penny apologized.

"Wait." Leandro began getting up. He walked closer to Lightning in Penny's arms.

Lightning seemed to have calmed down as their eyes met.

Leandro walked a few steps closer.

"Lightning?" Leandro spoke lowly. "Is that you?"

The dog looked a little confused. To Bolt and Mittens, the face read: "Wait, I'm not sure…"

Then Leandro pulled out a leash, it was a blue leather leash with a golden hook at the end. He leaned down to see Lightning eye-to-eye.

Right now, he was very reluctant to move any closer to the man but something seemed to draw him closer.

Tears formed in Leandro's eyes. "I thought I lost you…" he said, giving Lightning a hug.

Feeling the man wrap his arms around him made Lightning's ears perk up and then he started barking happily practically jumping in joy.

"It's my dog…" Leandro had his arms around Lightning again.

While everyone else was staring confused at the two, Mittens whispered.

"Wait a minute…I thought he wasn't a dog…"

But there he was hugging some blonde guy who they've never seen before.

Something was definitely wrong.