The Wounds We Heal

Chapter thirty-nine: Snowflake Gone Mad

Snowflake indeed heard Chester. Upon the pups getting out of the blue sheet, she ran and wrapped it around their bodies so they became entangled in the fabric, but in a sitting position.

"Hehehehehehehe ...AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Details?! Well you left some out! You never said anything about pup guarding being funny! It's a safety rule for the game! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Snowflake exclaimed as she laughed like crazy, staring at the pups. It was actually creepy.

"Pup-PY guarding." Chester corrected. "And I think it's only funny because of how ironic it sounds."

"And this is why you tell my sister everything when she asks for details.." Ned said nervously.

"We DID TELL HER!!!!!!" Chester shrieked. "Please, have mercy on us! Oh yee of ice cold wrath! Tell us what we did WROOONG! AHHHHHGGG!!" And as he wailed this, he staggered toward her in such a way as to cower at her feet beggingly like a servant pleading with its master or a subject before a king.. then essentially bowed face down and waited for the response.

"You all told me the game. But then.. hehehe,.. you laugh at the pup guard moment as if it's the funniest joke in the world! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! H-How.. Hehehehe... How is that FUNNY?! It's a rule in the game! AHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Snowflake cackled in reply.

"Ok,.. stop that.. And we can explain.." Chester said, motioning for her to tone it down just a little bit.

"Oh that? We just thought it was funny, because puppy-guarding is the name of something in a game; and we happen to all be puppies ourselves." Rubble explained.

"Ok, so you found it ironic.." Chester sighed dryly. "Exactly what I thought!"

"Can you calm the crazy down now?" He finished, when turning to Snowflake.

"Sorry. Hehehehe! You laugh and made me confused. So now you must suffer the consequences! Hehehehehehe!" Snowflake replied, before walking away. She then returned and put a raspberry on Chester's snout.

"Berry merry, quite contrary! Your laughter makes your punishment hairy..." Snowflake sang before walking away again.

Chester shook the berry off his nose and looked around at the other pups.

"Umm.. anyone else creeped out by this?" He asked. "Is there like a reset button we could push,.. or.."

"We should have just told her all the details. Explain the joke better," Ned replied. "Otherwise you just need to let her get the crazy out of her system."

Suddenly, the lights went out.

"Hehehehehehehe.. Ahhhhhahahahahahaha!" Snowflake laughed.

"Uhhh, what is going on?" Rocky wondered abruptly.

"Oh no, we've really done it now.." Rubble whined. "She'll have us for ghostly lunch,.. -I mean dinner! UGH!!"

"Relax, Rubble, I'm sure she's just trying to scare us. Not like she could just turn off some lights and become a-ahh!" This cry came as only a yelp with the presence that appeared right over their shoulders.

"Booooooo.. you were saying? Hehehehehe!" Snowflake said in the dark. She carefully walked away, then came back with some things. She went over to Rubble and ran her claws gently over his paws- like a spider.

"Ah!" Rubble cried, jumping toward Chester and lifting a paw towards him away from the sensation. Chester just rolled his eyes.

"*sigh* really Snowflake?" He sighed dryly.