...it was at this point where Sparky noticed the water. He'd always been curious, but today would be different. He could feel it with every bone in his little canine body.

Earlier that day, Susan, his owner, had decided that today would be a great day for a walk, but knew that she had many errands to run before such a walk could be had. Knowing Sparky's love of "go-for-ride-in-the-car", she invited the dog into her recently purchased Subaru and headed to her small town's Farmer's Market to buy sweet corn, radishes, and hopefully pick up some fresh garlic.

Susan arrived at the Farmer's Market only to discover that her favorite stand had to pack up and leave early, leaving her to roam around other food stands in order to fulfill her grocery list. It being a hot day, and due to the fact that she'd forgotten the leash, she decided to leave the windows down for Sparky.

As soon as Susan was out of sight, Sparky began to get worried. "Go-for-ride-in-the-car" had suddenly become quite the lonely venture for this sad little pup. Nervously, Sparky leaped out of the open window, only to spot a small mouse being harassed by a much larger, gluttonous cat.

Sparky, having no hard feelings against mice, but instinctively hating the fat cat, dashed over to rescue the mouse, whom he later learned was named Aethyr (while the fat cat was name Fellonious). Sparky barked and yelled at Fellonious to get him to stop torturing poor Aethyr. Eventually Fellonious gave up, and ran down into the nearest hiding spot, which happened to be under one of the Farmer's Market vendor's stands.

It was at this point that Aethyr and Sparky began to strike up a conversation about the current state of affairs and the status quo between each of different species of animals. It was decided that Sparky, if not dogs all over the world, should be allied with the poor mice in an attempt to confuse and strike fear into the hearts of cats everywhere.

"It will be a great victory for all" said Aethyr.

"I'll agree with you there, Aethyr. You should call your other mice friends and we'll launch a full frontal attack against all of feline-kind."

"Then it shall be so, Sparky. Your name is so simplistic, and not suitable at all for an animal of your nobility. From here on out you shall be called--"

WHAM!!

From out of nowhere Fellonious, along with several other mean, greedy, and ugly cats, attacked from all sides. Suddenly Aethyr and Sparky were surrounded by cats of all sizes and colors. There was a thick, astringent feeling in the air. This feeling was somewhere between nervousness, hatred, and fear.

"Gotcha." hissed Fellonious, with the taste of victory heavy on his breath. "I understand that the two of you have been plotting against our kind for quite some time now, and I think that that should come to end.... right.... now..."

Instantly all of the cats pounced upon their newfound prey, when suddenly a large battle cry was heard: CHAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

MICE. EVERYWHERE.

It was complete and utter chaos as the mice and cats fought. The mice trying as hard as they could to nibble and bite and claw. Fellonious and the Cats, of course, had the advantage, but their incessant need to toy with the mice before they killed them proved to be quite the tool for young Sparky.

It was then Sparky realized that while these cats toyed with their prey, he could make his move. One after another he shook the cats off of the mice and threw them to the side. Those that survived were so taken back by the event that they fled immediately.

Eventually Sparky looked over to see a mortally wounded Aethyr, struggling to breathe.

"NO! This can't be! You can't die Aethyr, we're on the brink of victory!" said Sparky.

"...please... finish the battle without me... there's no hope for my survival, only for the survival of mice and dogs everywhere. Cherish our alliance, for it is stronger than you and I ever can be..."

With that, Aethyr took his last dying breath, and passed quietly and peacefully.

That was it. Sparky was heartbroken. But more importantly, he was pissed.

It was down to just him and Fellonious. Before he could think Fellonious was on top of him, clawing and biting. But it wasn't Sparky's time, and he knew that. He fought back with every ounce of courage he had, until they were both brutally injured on the end of a pier.

With one last ounce of evil, Fellonious attacked Sparky and knocked him into the water. But alas, Sparky got one incisor into the evil cat and drug him with him underwater....

After the brutal underwater fight was over with, only one animal returned. It was then that Sparky felt the hand of a pantless man in a light blue shirt pick him up.

It was over. It was finally over.

Susan was there, keeping him warm, and Fellonious was dead.

But Sparky wouldn't forget. He wouldn't forget about Fellonious and the cats, he wouldn't forget about the brutal battle that had taken place there, and most importantly he wouldn't forget about Aethyr and the priceless bond that they had formed...

...he would have his revenge.