Snowshade and Lucifer

Escape Artists

"Tell me what I need to do"

The Yorkie was on his paws I a second, nearly hitting his head on the top of the cage. He didn't seem to notice. His tail was wagging happily as he advised me on how to win the trust of the Furless. "First, you should try to act cute. They love cute things. My housefolk love me because I'm a tiny and adorable pup. They have a pig that's 5 years older than me and they still think he's cute."

I looked at him, weighing my options. I could make friends with them.....or just find my way out of this cage. If I make friends, it'll take a while but I will almost have guaranteed success. If I find a way out myself, it could take a shorter amount of time, but I might get caught.....

He waited patiently for me to respond. As I was about to open my jaws, a male Furless walked to the end of the cages. He had a bag of dry pellet things and was putting some in every dogs cage. I watched him intently. The Yorkie followed my gaze to the Furless and said something along the lines of that man feeding them the pellets daily. He approached the pups cage and took out a thinly cut piece of meat. The Yorkie wolfed it down gratefully. At my cage he opened the door, giving me an escape. I hesitated, wondering if I should rush out of the cage. He can surely block my exit off just by moving a tail length. Maybe I should go after the food....

I padded out to the edge of the cage, poking my nose out of the open door. I reached up to the piece if meat he was about to give me. It didn't smell like real meat, but my act was convincing enough. He laughed and put his giant paw in front of me as if to block me. I struggled still, trying to convince him that I was excited to eat the meat.

He moved his paw to grab the meat and put it in my cage. As soon as his paw reached into my cage, I bolted. I sprinted to the door (which thankfully  was easy for a dog to open), ignoring the surprised yelps from the Furless and the other dogs. On my way to the door, I passed a cage with a female German Shepherd inside. Time seemed to slow. She gazed at me with beautiful forest green eyes. Her gaze locked onto mine was I passed. Then time sped up and I was lunging for the door. I ran out and came to an area where more Furless were waiting with various different pets (the waiting room to the clinic).

I looked around for a door that would easily let me out. The other Furless were gawking at me and pointing. I had to get out of there, and fast! I saw two doors slide open when a Furless walked in with a cat in her arms. I bolted for that door, scaring her cat. I cleared it just before it closed. I swiftly hid behind a large bin that smelled disgusting. The Furless who was feeding me earlier came just mere heartbeats later. He was calling for me, I think. I stayed put. He eventually gave up and went inside.

I found a dirty rug to sleep on while the night was closing in.

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The next morning, I woke up to a small and fuzzy black and tan face two inches from mine. I yelped in surprise as the Yorkie just sat back and stared. It was the same Yorkie from the night before! He looked up at me and wagged his feather-like tail. "I finally found you! I was searching everywhere for you out here. I tried the same trick you did this morning, but my owner was the one that fed me. She usually let's me out in the morning, so I found it easier than you to get away."

"Why did you follow me?" I questioned, slightly annoyed.

He gazed up at me with an ecstatic face, "I wanted to join you! You spoke so fondly of your pack. I wanted to experience that for myself. To see what living in the wild was like."

"And what will you do about your owner?" I asked. This pup was going to have to give up any interaction with the Furless if he wanted to join me.

"Well, I'll miss her, that's for sure. But I want to adventure out in the forest and run like a dog was meant to. And I dont wanna go to the Cutter" he muttered the last sentence as if whatever he was talking about would appear if you spoke too loudly about it.

" What's the Cutter?"

He looked at me with all seriousness now. " The Cutter does something to dogs and cats. I dont know what it is, but it turns them lazier and they smell different. I'm almost of age and I really dont wanna go there......"

I felt immense sympathy for the pup. He was so frightened by this 'Cutter' that he was willing to give up everything to not go there. I studied him for a minute. He was very lively and alert. He seemed to know some sneaking skills and had some smarts.

"So, can I come with you?"

I thought for a moment. He might need to practice his hunting and combat skills in case we run into trouble. And he will definitely slow me down, in the beginning at least. But as he gets better, he'll be quicker. But I really didnt want to deal with an inexperienced pup, though when I get an apprentice pup in my pack I will have to deal with and inexperienced pup. I could think of this as practice.

I looked down at him,  realizing that I never got his name. " What's your name, little pup?"

"M-my name? Well, my owner called me........Lucifer? Yeah! My name is Lucifer!" He bounced on his paws.

I gazed down into his beautiful hazel eyes, like little orbs of autumn. "Alright then Lucifer. Tou can come along"

1045 words in this chapter. Wow. This chapter was decided by my friend's sister. There will be a chapter where that Germam Shepherd will come in. And before you start shipping Lucifer and Snowshade, she's almost old enough to be considered his big sister. Any an all suggestions for the next chapter are very welcome. That doesn't mean that they will be in the chapters, though. In this story, the Cutter is a certain vet at that place that wears a black uniform. They are feared by the animals because who really wants to be spayed or neutered anyway? Thank you for reading this chapter of Snowshade and Lucifer. Your help in making this chapter was greatly appreciated. Please comment what you would like to happen in the next chapter. I would love for you all to enjoy this story. Bye! ;)