Chapter Eight:

Alone in The Graveyard

EggDog sat alone in his master's lair, whimpering as a little tear rolled down his round face. It had been who knew how long since SMG3 left for the living world, and the Internet Graveyard's number one celebrity wasn't back yet. The little dog-faced egg meme was worried, did something bad happen to him?

He should've been there for SMG3, and he should've been helping him in whatever situation the former villain was in. And yet, the meme guardian had left EggDog here, promising he wouldn't be gone for long.

But he hadn't returned, leaving EggDog alone along with many other memes who resided within the realm. The lonely egg-shaped canine left the sitting room, and walked down the steps of SMG3's lair as a few Ugandan Knuckles' walked by. He remembered when SMG3 promised to look after him, and when he told EggDog that he was very important in his life.

Did the live-streaming meme guardian lie to him, did he plan on abandoning him with the first chance that he got?

No. That was hardly possible, not after all of the growth he had. During his days as a villain, maybe he would. SMG3 did not look like the guy who would abandon his own pet, compared to other pet owners who would abandon cats and dogs, leaving them on their own.

EggDog looked around at the memes as they minded their own business. The Annoying Orange was teasing an Ugandan Knuckles about his spitting, which caused the red echidna to start biting Orange. Luckily, the Ugandan Knuckles' bites weren't as lethal as one feared they would, but the talking fruit would take a while to recover.

The bipedal egg-shaped dog saw his puppy playing with a rubber bone next to one of the temples, and when the little round canine looked up to see his parent, the 4-month old puppy yapped, and EggDog waddled up to his baby before nuzzling his head against the side of his offspring's adorable little face.

And just getting to be with his growing egg-shaped puppy, after feeling lonely without SMG3's presence for a time, EggDog felt a little better. His sadness had subsided, and perhaps if there were days when he was lonely without his master, he would spend some time with his puppy.

"Raff, raff!" Baby EggDog barked, "Rafrafrafraf! Raf! Raf!"

"Roof roof!" EggDog replied in kind, "Owowowowowowowowo!

The two EggDogs shared a sort of hug, then they walked around the grounds of SMG3's lair, and EggDog looked over at the Starbucks. He glanced at his puppy, let out a little bark, and waddled over to the establishment. Right before the two egg-dogs could go inside, they heard the sound of music playing, and memes laughing up a storm.

Well, this was rare. Before SMG3 came along, during the days when the Internet Graveyard was a backwater mess, the memes would hunt one another and do scary things. But after SMG3 became the realm's leader, and while he was battling Zero, the memes threw a rave at the Starbucks in his extended absence. And now, they were doing it again.

EggDog glanced at his puppy, let out a little yip, and nuzzled the baby EggDog, who barked in kind. The two egg-dog hybrids wandered up to the door, and pushed it open, walking inside to the scene of disco lights flashing as loud party music played over speakers, and a horde of Ugandan Knuckles' danced like crazy.

"Hey, EggDog!" An Inkling meme waved, "Nice of you to join us, so why do you think SMG3 isn't back yet?"

"Ruff?"

"Ah, it doesn't matter." Shrek Wazowski said, holding a party cup, "C'mon, join the party. We memes gotta keep up our spirits without our number one celebrity around, even though it can be concerning. There's room for you, and the puppy."

'Party, eh?' EggDog thought, 'What the bark? How bad can it be?'

"Raff raff!" Baby EggDog seemed to get a little excited.

"YEAH, BABY! WE KNOW DA WAE!" An Ugandan Knuckles hollered.

The lively vibes were getting to EggDog, and he wasn't too worried about when SMG3 would return now. Soon, he was bobbing and stretching his little body, and EggDog took to the dance floor as the meme DJ spun the disks. Baby EggDog started spinning on the floor, and EggDog got with the groove, and became part of the party with good vibes all around.