ORIGIN

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Kerberos' pink eyes, almost red, glared as they watched the weird lizard finally run off. His ears rang, his mouth ached, his bones felt tingly. He wasn't about to be frugal in defending his friends and family-- if this was the sacrifice he had to make, then so be it. His lips remained pulled back in snarls as he watched, ready, in case the awful creature came back with more teeth. He was lost in his hunt, despite being pinned in place, at least until a voice hit his ears.

Blinking, the overgrown puppy-- who was more and more an adult by the day-- looked at Giggle. There was a pause, and then his tail began to wag at a hundred miles an hour. "Yessss!" He barked and, "Woooooo!" howled, baring his teeth in an excited grin.

"I did it! I did it!" He was so proud of himself. He tried to lunge forward to tackle Giggle and give her a bunch of kisses, but his paws were still frozen. With a grunt, he began chomping at his forepaws, wriggling in frustration. Eventually he struggled free, plopping down at the hyena's paws. He beamed up at her, eyes bright.

"Stupid lizard! He better not come back, huh Giggle? I did good, didn't I?"

@Giggle !

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Kerberos was proud. What brave guard dog wouldn't be? But as his mother-figure confirmed his feelings, told him that he had done good and perhaps even was good, he couldn't help but lick her back with his three slobbery tongues-- though he only have her three licks (one for each moist appendage) as she did still taste quite bad... Perhaps even worse than she once had before, as though she had farmed and groomed herself a nice plumage of the nastiest fungi around. To be fair, she likely had.

Now that the hellhound had managed to gnaw his way free of the sharp, biting ice, he plopped his butt down and grew quite grave. He had a lot to tell Giggle, about the world he had seen-- and boy, had he seen a lot of it. There was so much to tell, and he was prepared to waste the day away with it. "First, I went out to the place of stars again. It's just on the other side of the tunnel-- I do not like the tunnel. It is empty, a passage of nothingness-- and it is bright and shiny and wonderful. I practiced my magic a bunch, and now I can do this:"

All three heads snapped to attention, smirks on his muzzle impossible to hide. "Three, two, NOW!" He barked, his paw taking on that glowing shade of crimson it always did when he went to use magic. He sat there, for a moment, as his magic slowly fizzled out, and blinked. Perhaps, perhaps he had used all of his energy up already? His ears twitched and he looked around, a bit bewildered.

"It usually works," he complained, looking rather defeated. How come it hadn't this time? Maybe he just needed to concentrate more. With a huff, he swished his tail and stood up. "Hold on," he insisted, giving a pointed look to Giggle before continuing.

@Giggle !

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He would do it this time, he would! The hellhound snorted and turned away from Giggle, sharing glances of sharp determination with one another. He lifted his paw and licked at the vibrant red and yellow gemstone, making sure it wasn't hurt-- and of course, it was fine. With another snort, he began to mutter to himself.

"Okay, okay, let's try this again. A bit quieter. Remember-- focus." As the middle head spoke, the others nodded-- he was solidified in his goal. All six eyes closed at the same time, and stayed shut. "Ready, more teeth." "I can do this." "Focus. Focus. Focus. He took a deep breath through his central mouth, exhaling out the side mouths. All at once, his voices rang out in three separate tones, harmonizing with one another.

"One, Two, now!"

As the white beast spoke, he began to visualize himself. The air around him flickered, flicks of crimson fluttering off of his paw and into the air, forming shapes. At first, they were faint, but they grew stronger, more focused. As he snapped the word now, his body seemed to blur and split, as he took on two forms-- now, where one huge cerberos stood, there were two. He didn't open his eyes just yet, turning himself and his copy around to face Giggle.

And hesitantly, the clone opened his eyes and trot wide circles around Giggle.

The real Kerberos' tail began to wag. He finally gave his triple pink stare-- currently sextuplet-- to observe Giggle's reaction. "SEE!" Barked all sixes mouths-- though the source was hard to differentiate. More tail wagging. He sat back down, mouths full of grins-- and his clone kept and kept circling.

"I'm not the only one! There was a strange beast, who's name might... also...? Be Kerberos? Who was black and wings and junk and he made a clone but it was real it almost died but I brought it to life and it yelled and ran off. That's only the first part though!"

"I've learned and listened and saw so much, said so much, Giggle, I'm gonna tell you everything! You'll love it."

@Giggle !

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The clone slid to a stop as Giggle asked about his new found power, six pairs of sparkling fangs grinning in front of her. He pawed at the pure energy, careful not to disturb it too much. It wasn't so much solid, but nor was it an illusion. To be fair, he didn't understand his power much himself.

"I just... I just decided to make more teeth for myself, and I made this appear. Like the painful popping blast! Strong.. Strength. Strength to protect you, and Bones, and my home and family." There was no hiding the pride that swelled in the puppy's heart. "So I was practicing, and this weird thing flew over. It was black, with wings, and it had no eyes, four legs... Um. Anyway, I was like "I'm Kerberos!" and he was all "KER BER OS!" And I showed him my trick, and he... Split, in two, making this weird REAL clone. It was barely alive, but I warmed it up and it screeched at me and flew off." He repeated the first part of his story, clarifying it slightly.

Kerberos' tail kept wagging, scattering bones away from him in a large radius. There was so much more! "I went off exploring more and I found a tiny thing. It was so small. But her ears were huge! Bigger than Bones! She was called Quix and we hunted cave deer together-- and I actually caught one!"

"Still can't catch one on my own though," he snorted, shaking his head. "But then! Later, I went to this tunnel, and it was so cold. But the ice broke under me, and I fell!" He stood up at this point, falling dramatically on to his side, tossing his paws up into the air. "It was real scary! But it wasn't as cold in the water. Not as cold as the river. And this weird gembound saved me. He was all silver and didn't have legs but he could swim real good. He could even talk under water with whistles! He taught me to swim. And how to eat fish. I'm real good at catching fish, Giggle, you should see!"

As if he thought he could show her right away, he pranced back to his paws and bolted off towards one of Canis' pools-- never mind that they hardly ever had fish in them.

@Giggle !