As night begins to set, Nightmare and I made oue way home. But something familiar caught Nightmare's eyes. He started tugging at my coat sleeve in urgency.
"What's wrong, boy?"
"Look!" he said as he pointed.
I caught a glimpse that it was our old mysterious, back-alley friend walking down the street, still looking strange as ever.
"Yeah," I said out of confusion, "So what?"
"Look at the bottom of her jacket."
So I looked and found that her there was a tail sliding across the ground. I stared at it and now I knew what she was trying to hide.
"Come on," I said walking in her direction.
"Where are we going?"
"To meet a mysterious friend."
"What about Doc?"
"What he won't know, won't hurt him. Besides it won't be long."
"Alright then."
Then we started to follow her unnoticed and out of sight. She must have noticed we were following because even from, a few yards away, I heard her say 'Uh-oh' and ran away at great speed. Nightmare and I followed. But not on the ground, but the rooftops since it was the fastest way to get there and avoid crowds while continuing the chase. Then she ducked into an alley and sighed in relief. Then that sigh turned into a gasp of surprise.
"Sorry about that," I said, in a friendly tone, "But what's with the running away?"
"Uh...nothing.," she said quickly.
"Ah. Then why are you hiding your face?"
She then said nothing. I then reached for the hood as she made no movement. As I removed the hood, there was the face of a wolf smiling nevously. Alos her arms and legs were covered in fur and tail starts to wag.
"Is that what you've been afraid of?" I asked smiling.
She nodded looking down.
"I don't get it. You look lovely."
She looked up with her eyes widening.
"Really?" she asked.
"Absolutely," I said giving her a large skeletal grin.
She smiled and looked down at Nightmare who smiled at the mysterious woman.
"My name is Demonia. Demonia Strange. And this is my wolf Nightmare."
Nightmare then gave her a wink that made her smile.
"Please to meet you. My name is Laramie. But you may call me Lara."
"Please to meet you...Lara."
"Indeed," said Nightmare, still smiling.
"Impressive," said Lara, "A talking wolf."
"Yep," I said, giving her a smile.
We talked for hours and I got to know her more. She was indeed a very amazing person.
"Uh-oh," I said, checking the time, "We have to go. It was nice meeting you, Lara."
"Nice to meet you too, Demonia."
And like two cats, Nightmare and I ran like lightning back to Doc's place. Tonight we met a new friend. A very cool one.
