Mother's can be scary sometimes

"Hey Lucy." We all say and turn back to the pup. Terence keeps spurting out names to see what the pup response to with no luck.

"That's it!? I come all the way from hell and just get a hey? No hug? No hey I'm sorry for dragging a poor girl from her family." I turn to see him gesture at the pup. His eyes are a little red with anger.

I could feel everyone's guilt in the room not just mine. I turn some more and mom is in the corner of the room by the base of the stairwell arms folded leaning against the wall. She smiles gently at me. I stand up to face Lucy.

"I'm sorry I said the wrong thing and the pup was summoned." I bow deeply.

"Good now. Let's get her home." He says clapping his hands and we all get teleported to a spot in hell. There stands a large black hell hound with 2 other black pups. The terrain was jagged hills and pretty much everything was on fire with lava lakes and cracks with fire coming from them. The large shadowy figures looming in the background would also be terrifying for anyone new.

The pup I had summoned runs off to play with her litter mates. And her mom sniffs her to see how well she was cared for and licks her face to clean it.

The mother looks at the devil and my mother and gives them a nod. She turns her head to me and my brothers and bows her head deeper. We bow our heads back.

Turning the mother goes to leave but only the 2 pups follow. The one little girl stays between us whimpering and looking like she doesn't know which way she wants to go. Her mother trots back and nudges her toward us.

"What's going on?" I ask Lucy.

"Well your mom apparently took too well of care of her beast's she tamed from here and it looks like that word has spread." He rubs his forehead as if to get rid of a headache.

"Sooooorry." My mother stood there with a half ass grin.

"Doubt it." He turns to me. "Can I entrust you with the job of caring for this pup Evalet?"

I squat and the pup runs into my arms and I pick her up.

"Yes." I say.

"Good! Now a birthday present from me." He conjured up a book and gave it to me.

"Thank you!" I say receiving the book. Till I looked at the cover.

How to care for a Hell hound since you are uneducated by Lucy

"Wooow real creative." I smirk.

"I can take it back." He jests.

"Nah I will just rip the cover off later." I say. My mother glares at me. 

"Fine I won't deface the book."

We say our goodbyes to the hound family. Terence and Harley want to come back to see if they can bond with the other pups.

"You want to join us for cake and ice cream Lucy?" My mom asks.

"Only if it's store bought icing." He replies.

"It is." She says.

"Then I would love too!" He claps and we are back at my moms house. 

It's mid afternoon. We all enjoy cake, ice cream and lively banter. I offer the pup some ice cream.

Vanilla ice cream! Do you think I'm some monster that would give her dog chocolate?! No!

She sneezes from the cold dessert and a burst of flame scorches the floor. Mom looks at it.

"I'm sorry!" I say "I will repair it!"

She calmly moves a rug over by 6 inches.

"Future me problem." She smiles. "Now presents!"

My family is very big on practical gifts so my brothers (I'm assuming my mom told them what to get) got me bathing items like soaps, fluffy bath towels and product that goes in my hair. And hair ties. 

Best. Invention. Ever.

My mother's gift was surprising though. I unwrapped a pink leather studded collar. Next were scrolls to summon fire. A heavy tug rope. Then were matching silver bowls. Everyone looks to her in disbelief.

"How?" I managed to say. I have been with her since I got the pup.

"I had some help from Aba." She shrugs. That's right Aba sends my mom through time and space often. So they knew this would happen. Was that why she was in a hurry to get to the garden this morning?

"You mean that curse word knew this whole time and never let me in on it?!" The devil explodes and storms off.

"Bye Lucy!" We all say. Looking in the direction he storms off in while he mutters foul words towards Aba.

"Always a diva. You should have heard him howling while I was kicking his butt from one end of hell to the other." My mom snickers. She starts to wash the dishes.

"I would say I doubt you did that but we all can attest to how scary you can be." Niclaus commented.

"How long have you two been friends?" Asked Terence.

"Friends? Not sure I would go that far but we do respect each other. It took us years to get there though and its been awhile since then too." Mom replied thinking and counting on her soapy fingers. "Has it been 20 years already?"

"So when we were little or not born." Says Harley. 

"Pretty much." Says mom. Rinsing and stacking the dishes.

"Do you need help?" Asks Niclaus.

"A little late to the draw there." She smiles. "No you four need to spend time together."

Some time passes. I say my goodbyes and give out hugs to my mom and brothers. My mom fights back tears the whole time not really saying anything outside of to be careful. She always says she loves us though. Even on the days when I was younger and would scream how much I hated her. Her response was always "That's fine. Just know that I love you."

I waypoint home.