Well, it's been a while since I posted a new chapter/episode. But now it's time I do so. Prepare yourselfs, people, this episode is quite an emotional one, and definitely won't be the last one like such. Alright, I've kept you waiting long enough, let's get this over with.

It was 8AM, Monday morning. Elliott was still sleeping because he forgot to set his alarm clock, but thankfully, the family dog, Harvey was one step ahead of him. He pounced on Elliott and began to lick his face. Elliott woke up and started laughing.

[Elliott] "Okay, okay boy! I'm awake, stop!"

Harvey got off and Elliott got up, and began getting ready for the day. Once he was dressed, he walked downstairs to see that ET was holding Elliott's lunchbox for him.

[Elliott] "Thanks ET, I've been looking for that for almost a week."

[ET] "It's bright blue with a baseball on it, how could you miss it?"

Elliott just made a shrug in response. After Elliott finished his breakfast, he went to go find his backpack, but Harvey already had it, holding on to it with his mouth.

[Elliott] "Thanks, Harvey!"

He grabbed it and pet Harvey on the head. When he walked to his bike, he saw that it was cleaner than the last time he saw it. There was a note taped on it that said "I washed this during the night, good thing I did since no one saw me. -ET." Elliott smiled and rode it to school. Michael walked to the bus stop and Mary drove Gertie to her school. Once they were gone, ET had walked to the living room and sat down on the couch to relax. Harvey walked into the room as well, with a thing or two to say to ET.

[Harvey] "Listen pal, I don't know how it works where ever you come from, but Elliott is my buddy, and no one is taking him away from me."

Harvey was expecting ET to just say "good boy" and pet him or something like that, as no one could understand anything he said. To them, he just barked, nothing else. But thank goodness they could tell whether he needed to go to the backyard (the bathroom for animals) or was hungry. But ET actually responded to his comment.

[ET] "Well I'm not trying to take anybody from you. You see, Elliott's my friend too, and I care about him just as much as he cares about me."

[Harvey] "Wow, for a minute, I thought you actually understood me."

Harvey began to walk away only to stop and turned around.

[Harvey] "Wait a second, you understood me? You actually UNDERSTOOD me?!"

[ET] "Yeah, I understood you. What's wrong, doesn't Elliott and his family understand you?"

[Harvey] "No, they don't. No one here does. Well, except for other dogs and animals. But no humans had."

[ET] "Wow, I always knew I had powers that no humans had, but I had no idea my kind could understand you and other animals."

[Harvey] "Wow, I can't believe this, you really ARE an alien. I just thought that Gertie was making that up and everyone else was in on the joke."

[ET] "Nope, it's true. I'm not from this planet."

[Harvey] "Wow."

Harvey then shook his head.

[Harvey] "Well getting back on track, you may say that you're not trying to steal Elliott from me, but I've still got my eye on you."

The dog had ended the conversation with that. Later in the day at dinner time, Harvey was keeping an eye on ET to make sure he wasn't trying to do anything suspicious. Elliott and the family were talking about their day.

[Elliott] "Well today, we were given a new assignment on powering things with a potato."

[Michael] "Really, I thought that was just a myth."

[Mary] "Michael, we live with an alien, anything can be possible."

[Gertie] "I had a good day too, my teacher got a miniature habitat for caterpillars, and in the next few weeks, we're going to watch as they become butterflies."

[Elliott] "I remember when my kindergarten class did that."

[ET] "What are butterflies, are they flying sticks of butter?"

[Elliott] "No, butterflies are insects with colorful wings."

[ET] "Oh, thanks for making that clear, Elliott."

[Elliott] "Don't worry about it. That's what friends are for."

Harvey started growling at this, at that moment, he saw ET as nothing but a no good, best friend stealer. He walked away, not wanting to watch this anymore. After everyone had finished the meal, ET saw Harvey lying on the couch and walked to him.

[ET] "Hello Harvey, are you feeling any better?"

Harvey didn't say anything, instead, he just growled at ET.

[ET] "Look, I don't understand why you're so upset with me, what have I done to you?"

[Harvey] "You know what you're done, Elliott was my best friend first, and you've taken him away from me!"

[ET] "I've already told you, I'm not trying to steal him from you."

[Harvey] "LIAR!"

ET jumped at the sudden volume of Harvey's voice. The dog then pounced onto the alien, growling at him in the face, exposing his sharpen teeth.

[Elliott] "Harvey, ET? What's going on?"

Harvey jumped off of ET and ET got up on his feet.

[ET] "I was trying to talk to him and he got on top of me."

[Elliott] "Is that true, boy?"

Harvey just looked down as response.

[Elliott] "Harvey, ET's a part of the family, now. You don't attack family, it's not cool."

Harvey just huffed and walked away aggressively. He thought about how ever since ET came along, Elliott has noticed him less than he used to. So he came to the conclusion that if he got rid of ET, Elliott would be all his, again. Later that night, while everyone was sleeping, Harvey sneaked into Elliott's room and moved towards ET in his make-shift bed. Once he was right next to the sleeping alien, he rises up his front right paw and exposed his claws.

[Harvey (whispering)] "Alright, this is it, get rid of ET, get Elliott back."

He then pointed his paw at ET's neck. He went in for the kill, but before he could strike, he realized something. Even if Harvey didn't want to admit it, the alien was a part of the family now. So if he did the deed, they would be devastated. And worse of all, he'd know the guilt would eat away at him.

[Harvey (in his head)] "I can't do this, I'd be a bad dog if I did. And I'm not a bad dog, I know what I have to do."

He began to slowly walk out of the room and stopped once he's at the door. He shakes off his collar, places it down in front of him, and looks at Elliott for one last time. He looked down, closes his eyes, and said-

[Harvey (whispering)] "Goodbye, Elliott."

As he slowly walks through the house, he sees a framed picture of him when he was just a puppy, he remembered that day like it was the day before. It was Elliott's 6th birthday, his eyes lit up when he saw Harvey. Harvey even remembered what Elliott told him that day.

[6 year old Elliott (in Harvey's head)] "You're my best friend, I'll love you forever!"

The dog continued with his slow walk, hot tears running down his face. Once he was downstairs, he walked to the front door and went through the dog door. He looked at the house, before walking out of the night. The next day, ET was in the living room, watching TV, when Mary walked into the room with a saddened and worried look on her face.

[Mary] "ET, have you seen Harvey?"

[ET] "No, I haven't. Is he lost?"

[Mary] "Yes, I've been looking for him all day, but I can't find him anywhere, all I found was his collar."

She then pulls out the lone collar to the alien she at this point hardly knew. Once ET saw it, he thought about how this had happened, and then came to the conclusion.

[ET] "I think I know what happened, and it might be all, my fault."

[Mary] "Why do you say that?"

[ET] "Yesterday, Harvey told me that he thought I was trying to steal Elliott from him, and I guess that's why he left?"

[Mary] "That doesn't mean it's your fault, but now what's important is that we try to find him. And what do you mean he talked to you?"

[ET] "That's one of my powers, I can understand animals."

Just as they were continuing, they didn't notice that Elliott, Gertie, and Michael had came back from school.

[Mary] "I just can't believe this happened."

[ET] "Me neither, I never thought Harvey would run away. How are we gonna explain this to Elliott?"

[Elliott] "You don't have to explain, I already know."

The brown haired boy said in a worried voice. This made ET stand up.

[ET] "This is my fault, Harvey could be in trouble, and I'm going to find him."

[Elliott] "Well I'm coming with you."

ET nodded at his friend's request. Meanwhile in an alley nearby, Harvey was walking around with a tired look on his face, he had been walking almost all night.

[Harvey (in his head)] "Man, I'm so hungry. I haven't found anything to eat. And my feet are tired, I think I'm gonna sit down for a minute."

He walks to a corner on a dumpster, and sits down. He looks at his surroundings, on the brick wall he was across to, there was some graffiti and a sign that said "Be Quiet". And the dumpster that he was sitting next to was green with a black lid. Harvey finally had a moment to think out loud.

[Harvey] "I'm starting to think maybe running away wasn't the best idea ever. Who am I kidding, of course it wasn't a good idea."

He stood up and was about to walk back to the house, but he stopped, hearing some laughter. Harvey may have not been the smartest dog ever, but he knew that kind of laughter wasn't one of joy and friendship, it was one of malice. Just then, two stray dogs walked into view. One had gray fur and had a skinny body and the other one had dark brown fur, white spots and one of his ears had a bite on it.

[gray dog] "Well, well, well. It looks like we've got a new mutt here."

[dark brown dog] "And jugging by that mark on his neck, I'd say this one once had some owners."

Not wanting anything to do with strays, having heard of how dangerous they can be, Harvey looked the two in the eyes.

[Harvey] "You're right, I did, and I'm going back to my owners. Even if I have to put up with ET, they're still my family."

As he walked near the exit, another stray dog that had little to no fur but you could tell it had orange fur.

[orange dog] "You're not going anywhere, you're one of us, now."

[Harvey] "Really, well, I have a question, do you have any experiences fighting?"

[orange dog] "No, why do you ask?"

[Harvey] "Because I do."

He jumped onto the furless canine and scratched and bit it. But the dark brown dog threw him off.

[dark brown dog]"You made a big mistake, buddy."

Harvey looked around, he knew that he was surrounded. The stray dogs began to inch closer to him, so he did the only thing he could think of.

[Harvey] "ELLIOTT, MARY, EVEN ET, ANYONE, HELP ME!"

About a minute earlier, a block away, Elliott was riding his back as ET was sitting behind him. They were both calling out for Harvey. Once the dog cried for help, while Elliott of coarse only heard barking, ET could tell who they were from.

[Elliott] "That sounds like Harvey, it's coming from over there."

He said pointing at the direction the alley was at. Harvey was still surrounded when ET and Elliott made it. Harvey had one of the scaredest faces Elliott ever saw on an animal. Seeing his dog this afraid made him feel rage for the strays that were putting him in this situation.

[Elliott] "HEY, you nasty mutts, get away from my buddy."

That got all of the dogs attention, including Harvey.

[Harvey (in his head)] "He called me his buddy, he does still love me."

He tried to run to Elliott but the gray dog ran in front of him and made him back up while the dark brown dog and orange dog stepped closer to Elliott while growling. Before the strays could jump on Elliott, ET got in their way.

[dark brown dog] Whoa, how many ugly bushes did you fall into?

[ET] Oh, so you don't find me that appealing?

[orange dog] "Yeah, you like a hybrid of a human and a turtle."

[ET] "Well then do I have something for you to look at."

He looked over to Elliott to see what he thought about his idea, and Elliott nodded in response, knowing what he was going to do. So ET removed the wig, glasses, and fake ears at the same time. The two strays screamed in terror.

[orange dog] "OH MY GOD, YOU LOOK LIKE A DEMON, GET AWAY!"

They began to run away, along with the gray dog who had just noticed the exposed alien, leaving ET, Elliott, and Harvey behind. ET smirked as he put the facial part of his disguise back on, and with that, the three embraced each other.

[Elliott] "Harvey, I'm so glad you're okay. Don't ever do that again, I love you."

Harvey licked his master in the face.

[ET] "I'm happy you're okay too."

[Harvey] "I was wrong about you ET, you risked blowing your cover just to save me and Elliott, I'm sorry I was so judgmental of you."

[ET] "I'm sorry too, I-

[Elliott] "I'm gonna have to stop you there, ET. If anyone needs to apologize, it's me."

He kneels down to Harvey.

[Elliott] "I'm sorry Harvey, I haven't shown that much attention to you lately, but now that's going to change, you're my best friend, you both are."

Harvey licked Elliott's face again. And with that, they left the alley and headed back home.

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