A.N. Hope you like! Not my best story ever, but I'm trying to make these season 2 safe for now, though next week's may not be. Enjoy!

Hide a Puppy

After a wearily long school day for the Anubis, students, they were all looking forward to going back to their house and doing absolutely nothing, but instead, Amber trampled upon a tiny, shivering, little black and white puppy, maybe eight or nine months old. When Nina and Alfie saw him, they knew that they had to take him back to Anubis. His white patches were a dingy gray, he looked weary and exhausted, and above all else, he definitely looked starved, so they picked him up and wrapped him in Nina's jacket, which it was to warm for anyways. The tiptoed the puppy into Nina and Amber's room, and set him in the closet with some water and a few pieces of food until dinner when they could grab some table scraps. Everyone tried to go to their rooms and act as normal as possible, doing homework, which, realistically, wasn't normal at all, but it still made sense, which was close enough.

Since they were having some grilled chicken for supper, Amber left some on her plate, but instead of throwing it away, slipped it into her pocket. When she gave it to the puppy, he gobbled it right up, ready for more that Amber didn't have. She heard the door open, and quickly closed the closet, trying to come up with an excuse the way the being in Sibuna had taught her to do, only to find Mara, Nina, Patricia, Alfie, and Fabian, wanting to see the puppy. Amber relaxed as soon as she saw them, and opened the door to reveal the puppy. As soon as Mara saw him, her eyes widened, and she quickly left the room muttering,

"No, no, no!"

Fabian, Alfie, Fabian, and Nina all looked at her like she was crazy.

"She's a goodie two shoes, she doesn't want as to have a dog." Alfie figured.

Everyone rolled their eyes, and Fabian went to take a closer look at the pooch.

When he got close enough to pet her, he noted,

"No collar, she must of gotten out without it."

"How are we going to find her owners then?" Patricia wondered.

Nina said, "I'll just take her down to the animal shelter before school tomorrow."

Everyone agreed to that idea, and went on with their night, the puppy happily sleeping next to a pair of Amber's heels.

The next morning, Everyone was at breakfast. Everyone except Mara, who for some reason was avoiding everyone.

"I knew she didn't want us to have a dog, but come on!" Said Alfie.

"I don't know." Said Patricia. "She was a little bit more than miserable last night."

"Weird." Said Nina. She got up a few minutes early so she could sneak the puppy to the animal shelter on her way to school. When she got up to the closet though, Nina found three pairs of Amber's shoes chewed through, plus a mess on the floor. Great.

After a quick run in by a suspicious Victor, Nina made it out the door undetected, puppy under her jacket. When she got to the shelter, she let the puppy down to walk on the floor. The lady, who introduced herself as Marleen, asked Nina a few questions about the little guy.

"Where did you find him?"

"In some bushes on the way home from school. He looked like he'd been lost for days. Could you take him?"

"Probably. Did he have any tags?"

"No. Just him."

Marleen lit up, and said, "I'll be right back." When she came back, she held a small, gray object about the size of a large phone. Nina was intrigued.

"What's that?" She asked.

"It's a microchip scanner. If he has an owner, his vet may have put a tiny chip in his back. If they did, we can find his owners!"

"That's pretty cool."

"It is. Now lets take a look." Marleen pushed a button and ran the scanner along the puppy's back, after a minute, it started beeping, and a long number appeared on the screen. "Hey! He's got a chip!"

"Cool! What do we do now?" Nina was intrigued for sure now.

"Well, I'll call the microchip company, and they'll give us the number for his owners!" Marleen picked up the phone, and dialed the number, a minute later, she was reading off the number to the company. Marleen started writing something down on some paper. A minute later, she said, "Thank you! Bye."

"Well? Asked Nina impatiently.

"The owners live just a few cities away, the, Jaffrays, I believe it's pronounced."

"What?" Nina jumped.

"Jaffary, why do you know them?"

"I go to the boarding school down the street, Mara Jaffray lives in my house!"

"Has she seen this guy?"

"Yeah, but she acted like she didn't want to see him!"

"Odd. Well, I'll call the owners and get this figured. Would you like to stop by after school to check on him?"

"Sure! Thanks so much!"

"No problem. Talk to that Mara girl, will you?"

"Sure, bye!"

Nina left and hurried to school, she was almost going to be late as is.

It was the beginning of the third period, A.K.A. The first class that Nina had with Mara. As soon as Nina walked in the door, she saw Mara and ran to her desk.

"Mara! I've been looking for you!"

"Why?"

"I took that dog to the animal shelter, he had a microchip. He belongs to your parents!"

"I know."

"You know? How? You didn't act like you knew him!"

"My parents got it last summer, I did NOT want a dog, and we got in a big fight."

"Oh, well he's going home now."

"Great. Can't wait for winter break."

"Mara, he-" Nina got cut off by the bell, and hurried back to her seat before Mrs. Andrews walked in. At least Nina understood now. She would go check on the puppy after school.

A long four hours later, Nina finally heard the bell ring, the school day was over. She went to the animal shelter, and asked about the puppy.

"We sent him home! Thank you for bringing him in, his family was very happy to see him!"

"Great, thanks so much!"

Nina left the shelter, happy she had done something good today, even if Mara didn't appreciate it.