Post by Cuddly Dearly on Apr 7, 2010 14:05:18 GMT -5
This is my newest and longest fanfic. It's the history of Lilly Dearly (mother of Cuddly, Smiley and Emerald, and some other pups), with plenty of details about her life, from puppyhood to some moments of her life at Dearly Farm where she still lives
A few years ago, there was a cute female Dalmatian puppy abandoned in a rubbish-heap. Her physical appearance was very distinctive. Her right ear was black with one white spot in the middle, while two black spots were decorating her white left ear. As her mother's cruel pets left her in that rubbish-heap and drove away, she was whimpering around, so frightened and sad until she saw a male human coming around. The puppy barked until the man turned his head in her way. As he saw her, he smiled and walked closely to the puppy.
„Hy, puppy!“ he whispered, not to frighten her more. She was looking at him with her sad frightened eyes and he finally took her in his arms and cuddled her.
„Who could do this to such a cute puppy?!“ he said terrified, cuddling the puppy and carrying her away to his car. After those few minutes that he spent carrying her in his arms, he was so enchanted that he couldn't let her go again. He drove to his house. It was a big mansion in London city. As he walked out with the puppy in his arms, she saw a golden title hanging on the door. It was saying „Howard and Jessica Jane Wilson“, but the puppy was too young to read it. The man opened the door and entered, with the puppy in his arms.
„Jessica, darling!“ he shouted. „Come down, look what I brought!“
Loud and unpleasant noise of high-heel shoes stepping downstairs were heard. There came a tall female human. She was wearing black high-heel shoes and a long shiny purple dress. A short black cape was covering her shoulders and her back down to the waist. She had long wavy blond hair, big dark-green eyes and wide red lips.
„Howard, dear!“ she shouted as she was coming downstairs. She gulped when she saw a dog in her husband's arms, but then she put a fake smile on her face.
„Wow, what a cute puppy!“ she said. The puppy could feel that she was just pretending to be glad to see her.
„Yes, Jessica!“ Howard said. „I found her in a rubbish-heap, someone left her there. How mean can people be!“
„If I was there, I would throw her into the river!“ Jessica thought, but didn't say that in front of her husband.
„I just love her so much, I want her to stay with us!“ Howard said. „Don't you agree, darling?“
„Of course I do, cute puppy!“ she said and brought her arm close to the puppy's head. The puppy growled.
„Calm down, you cutie!“ he said, cuddling the puppy. „Don't take her seriously, Jessie, she is just frightened!“
„It's female?“ she asked and gulped imperceptibly as the thought of a litter of puppies flashed in her mind.
„Yes, it is! I want to call her Lilly!“
„Yeah, what a nice name!“
„Can you stay with her, dear? I have to do some job, and buy a collar for her.“
„Of course I can, honey!“
Howard put Lilly on the sofa and went out.
„How nice!“ Jessica growled sarcastically. „Now I'll have to live with this mongrel whimpering around in my house! What else will I have to go through, just to keep my place in Wilson's mansion!“
A few hours later, Howard was back home. He brought a dog collar and a ruby necklace. He put the collar on Lilly.
„Here!“ he said smiling. „Now you are officially my dog, Lilly!“
„And this red necklace is for me?!“ Jessica said excitedly.
„No, darling!“ Howard giggled. „You got your diamond necklace yesterday. This necklace I'm going to put on Lilly when she grows up!“
„Oh yes, how nice!“ Jessica said hiding her rage, secretly scratching her own thumb with her nails.
As the hours went on, the night was coming. Howard put a soft blanket into a basket and put Lilly there to sleep.
Next morning Lilly woke up and Howard wasn't there. He went to work. Very soon, she heard Jessica outraged, shouting around.
„Where did he hide that d*mned necklace?!“ she screamed. „When I find it, I will destroy it and pretend that I don't know where is it! If it won't be mine, it also won't be worn by that dirty spotted mongrel from a rubbish-heap!!“
Very soon, she came downstairs and stared at Lilly with her mad eyes.
„Your life in my house won't be nice, mongrel!“ she growled. „Prepare to live in hell with me!“
Lilly whimpered in fear.
„Stop producing that disgusting noise!“ Jessica screamed. She grabbed a lash and hit Lilly's back with it. Lilly cried of pain.
„Arrrrgh, I can't do this again!“ Jessica growled. „The idiot of Howard could notice!“
And so, the Dalmatian puppy called Lilly grew up in Wilson's mansion, surrounded by two humans – the one who loved her and one who hated her. One year after finding her, Howard replaced Lilly's collar by the red ruby necklace that he had bought.
Howard was a business man who often had to go on business trips. Those days were a real hell for Lilly. Jessica never missed to feed her, because she knew Howard would notice if Lilly was starving, but she often shouted at her and sometimes hit her with the lash just to get her rage out on the dog. Whenever Howard came home, Lilly would ran to him and bark joyfully. In those moments, Jessica pretended to be nice, but whenever she came close to the dog, Lilly would growl.
„Why does she growl at you, Jessica?“ Howard asked.
„It's a big mystery for me, honey!“ Jessica answered. „That dog is weird. I think she never liked me, but I really don't know why. You know I would never harm her.“
„Of course I know, darling! Well, I'm going out now and I'm taking my princess with me. Shall we, Lilly?“
Lilly jumped and barked of joy. Howard put a leash on her necklace and they walked out.
„Half an hour without that stinky mongrel!“ Jessica said as Howard and Lilly left.
Howard walked Lilly around. After some minutes of walk, Howard stopped in front of a man who just came around.
„Johnny, old friend!“ Howard said and hugged the man who was a stranger for Lilly.
„Howard, how many years without seeing you!“ Johnny answered. „Since we graduated, I haven't seen you!“
„Yeah, how are you? What's going on in your life?“
„Really nothing special, I just came out to buy food for my dog. Oh, I see that you also have one!“
„Oh yes, Johnny! I'm presenting you my princess Lilly!“
„What a coincidence, man! My dog is also a Dalmatian. He is male. Your Lilly could like him a lot!“
Lilly's eyes started to shine as Johnny mentioned a male Dalmatian.
„That is very nice!“ Howard said. „I found Lilly in a rubbish-heap as an abandoned puppy. And look at her now! She is a full lady!“
„I have no doubt that Matt would fall in love with her.“
„Matt?“
„Yes, that's my dog's name.“
„What a coincidence. Both our dogs have human names!“
„Well, Howard, I'm inviting you for a cup of tea in my house!“
„Thank you very much, Johnny, but I have no time for that now. My wife...“
„Oh, forget about that hag for half an hour and relax!“
„Hey, hey! You're talking about my wife!“
„Howard, Howard! You were Jessica's boyfriend while we were studying together. Everyone knew what a bossy manipulative 'human' she was! Only you have always been so naive and innocent, and you still are. Jessica is hot, and that's her only good side. But OK, I won't persuade you against your wife now. I want you to come to my house for a cup of tea, to refresh the old good memories! Come on, do it for Lilly and Matt!“
„Alright, Johnny! I'm coming!“
Howard and Lilly followed Johnny to a tree where a beautiful Dalmatian dog was waiting for his pet. As Johnny set him free, they walked together to Johnny's house.
„Hy, lady!“ the dog talked to Lilly in the canine language.
„Eeeeh, hy!“ Lilly said, a bit timidly.
„Your precious name is...?“
„Lilly!“
„Lilly, nice name! I am Matt!“
„Nice to meet you, Matt!“
„No, the pleassure is mine!“
As they walked side-by-side and talked, Lilly and Matt felt something magical, something they never felt before, because they had never found themselves in the presence of another beautiful Dalmatian of opposite gender. As they came to the house, Johnny and Howard closed them together into the kitchen, while the two men sat down in the living room and had tea. In the kitchen, Lilly was blushing and looking down.
„What's wrong, Lilly?“ Matt asked. „Am I so ugly that you can't look at my face?“
„No, just the opposite!“ Lilly asked. „You are beautiful! And I don't know what is happening with me. It's probably the fact that I've never been alone with another Dalmatian since I was separated from my mother.“
„This is a magic that we are both feeling in this moment!“ Matt said.
As they were talking, they could barely notice the movements of their bodies that were getting closer to each other in every second. And finally, the magnificent moment came when they did something what they never did before. It was the first time for those two Dalmatian dogs to feel passion with another dog.
After some hours, the door opened and Howard entered the kitchen.
„Lilly, my princess, time to go home!“ he said.
Lilly and Matt raised their heads, a little bit disappointed because their wonderful moments were finished. Lilly waved to Matt as Howard was taking her away. They were too young to understand the meaning of what they did. But one thing is for sure: that was an experience that they are never going to forget.
After that day, Lilly's behaviour was much different. She wasn't so joyful like a puppy anymore. She was spending time alone in her basket. She didn't seem to need Howard's attention like she did before, but she was eating much more. Jessica didn't care about that, she was relieved because Lilly wasn't producing almost any noises that she hated so much. At first Howard was confused by Lilly's new behaviour, but very soon he remembered the afternoon that she spent together with his friend's dog Matt. He took her to the vet to confirm what he thought. Lilly was pregnant.
„Jessica, Jessica, darling!“ Howard said very excited as he came back home. „I've got wonderful news! Lilly is pregnant, she is going to have puppies!“
„Oh what wonderful news!“ Jessica said, faking a happy smile.
„As soon as Howard goes to work, I'll tear the crap out of your mongrel stomach!“ Jessica thought. „You won't bring a bunch of noisy creatures into my house!“
Next morning when Lilly woke up, Howard was off to his work. Jessica came from the kitchen with a big knife in her hand. She walked slowly to Lilly, staring at her with an infernal flame in her eyes. Lilly growled as she saw Jessica walking to her with a knife.
„This time I'll win, you mongrel!“ Jessica shouted. „You won't bring those creatures into my house!“
Jessica ran to her, going to stab the knife into Lilly's stomach and kill her puppies. As she attacked, Lilly moved aside. Instead of stabbing Lilly's stomach, Jessica accidentally cut her leg. Lilly whimpered of pain. Jessica screamed and raised the knife again, but then she noticed Lilly's bleeding leg.
„D*mn you, I failed!“ Jessica screamed. „Arrrrrgh, if I wounded her one more time, I couldn't present it as an accident! What will I do now?!“
In that moment, Jessica noticed a bottle of wine right behind Lilly's back. She took an axe and smashed the bottle. The wine flooded the room. After some seconds of her twisted laughter, Jessica took her mobile phone and called her husband.
„Howard! Howard, honey!“ Jessica cried.
„Jess?! What happened, are you alright?!“ Howard asked.
„It's Lilly, darling! Lilly accidentally broke a bottle of wine and cut her leg! She is bleeding, Howard!“
„Oh my God, how could that happen?!“ Howard said. „Calm down, dear, I'm coming!“
„Maybe I didn't succeed to kill your unborn mutts, but one day you give birth, I will get rid of them!“ Jessica said after hanging up the phone. Lilly was outraged and hurt, she growled madly at Jessica.
Very soon, Howard came home followed by the vet. They saw the room in mess, and Lilly's bleeding leg. The vet came closer to sew her leg and cure her.
„She is going to be alright, but she will have a scar on her leg for the rest of her life!“ the vet said. „Fortunately, it's the inner part of the leg, it can't be seen so easily.“
„How on Earth did this happen, Jessica?!“ Howard said. „Even if she broke that bottle, how could it cut that part of her leg?“
„I don't know, honey!“ Jessica cried. „It was a rapid moment, I got so frightened when I heard the glass breaking. I don't know anything!“
„OK, OK, dear, don't cry!“ Howard said hugging his wife.
Lilly growled at Jessica again.
„Calm down, girl!“ the vet said. „It's over!“
„Why is she growling at you, Jessica?“ Howard asked.
„Oh how can I know? It must be a coincidence, she is frightened after what happened. Howard, do you think I could harm her?“
„No, darling! Of course not!“
As the time was going on, Lilly's stomach was getting bigger. A few weeks later, she hid in a cupboard where she gave birth to eight wonderful Dalmatian puppies.In a few days, their tiny spots could be seen. They were not black yet, they were pale grey. One pup had three spots on every ear. Another one didn't have many spots yet, but some of them seemed to form smiley face shapes. It was obvious that one female pup was going to have a black ear with one white spot, just like Lilly. Another female had more hair on her nape, and four spots on her right ear. There was a male pup with spots which looked like ink blots, and one of them was all over his right eye. One female pup had barely any spots on her body, but she had two grey lines around her right-front leg, and the top of her tail was grey. There was also a male pup who was a bit chubby. He didn't have any spots, but his tail and ears were completely grey. The last pup, male one, was distinctive by his ears, of which one was completely white, and the other one completely grey.
Lilly smiled looking at her puppies, imagining them growing and their grey patterns turning into black. Every night Howard would feed Lilly and her puppies, and set them to sleep. Unfortunately, that happiness didn't last very long. Five days after Lilly gave birth, she heard the phone ringing. Jessica was in the house, while Howard was off to work. Jessica answered the phone.
„Yes?!“ Jessica said morosely, annoyed by the noises of Lilly's puppies.
„Jessica, darling!“ a woman on the other side said.
„Oh hy, Cruella! What's going on?“
„I am the one who asks what's going on!“ Cruella said. „Has your dog finally given birth? Are the mutts with you?“
„Yes, here they are! You can come and get me rid of those little whimperers!“
Lilly growled madly as she heard Jessica's words.She was breast-feeding her tiny children, frightened by what was going to happen to them. A few hours later, Jessica opened the door and a tall woman came into the room. She was as tall as Jessica. Her hair was half-black and half-white. She was skinny, waring a tight black dress, long red gloves, red high-heel shoes and a light-yellow mink coat. The smoke of her cigarette smelled so disgusting to Lilly and her puppies.
„Jessica, here you are!“ she said.
„Welcome, Cruella!“ Jessica said. „There is what you are looking for!“
Jessica pointed the basket where Lilly was lying with her puppies. Cruella walked to the basket.
„How marvellous, how marvellous! How perfect!“ Cruella said. „Put them in a bag, Jessica! I'll take them with me now!“
„All of them? Oh, thank you, Cruella! What will you do with eight puppies?“
„It's my new project, darling! I'm collecting those mutts, I need 99 of them. House of DeVil is going to launch a line of Dalmatian puppy coats. They're going to be so soft, so luxurious, so practical in any weather, so bad that they will rip the veil from the eyes of fashion, and write my name in the pantheon of stars!“
„Cruella de Vil, crazy as ever!“ Jessica laughed.
„I'm offering 2500 pounds for them. Is that enough?“
„I would give them for free just not to hear them ever again! But when you're offering money, I accept! Take them all!“
Jessica opened a big bag and held it by Cruella's side. Cruella was taking the puppies one by one and putting them into the bag. She tore some of them violently apart from Lilly, who was still breast-feeding them. The puppies cried of fear and pain, and Lilly growled outragedly at the two women in front of her. She tried to bite Cruella's hand, but Jessica took her lash and hit Lilly's muzzle more brutally than ever. It was very painful, but Lilly was still trying to bite them. Jessica grabbed the harmed mother and dragged her away from Cruella. She locked her into the bathroom.
„Arrgh, disgusting creature!“ Cruella said.
„I'm keeping her just because my stupid husband loves her. Otherwise you would get her too, for free! I would love to see you skinning her off!“ Jessica said.
„No, no, darling! I need puppies, their fur is soft and fine, while the adult's is too coarse.“
„OK now, go and take those little monsters away!“
„Cheerio, darling!“ Cruella said, walking away and carrying the bag with eight little puppies who were still crying of fear and hunger.
Jessica opened the door of the bathroom. Lilly walked back into the room. As she heard the total silence and saw her basket completely empty, she laid down and cried quietly after her lost children. In that moment, she hated Jessica more than ever. She felt so desperate, knowing that she wasn't strong enough to rip both Jessica and Cruella apart. She trembled by thinking of the agony of living under the same roof with the woman who gave her puppies to a woman who was going to kill them.
Jessica sighed of relief and sat down. Very soon the door opened and Howard came in.
„Hello, Jessica! Hello, Lil...Woah, where are the puppies?!“ Howard said.
„Oh Howard, hy!“ Jessica said and gulped, because she didn't have a prepared answer.
„Where are Lilly's children, Jessica?!“
„Howard, dear... You won't be happy to hear this, but... I sold them!“
„You sold Lilly's five days old puppies?! How could you, Jessica?!“
„Howard, honey! I had to do it! Now they are tiny little puppies, but they are growing every day. Our house is big, but not big enough for nine dogs! If I didn't sell them now, we could never do it!“
„I can't believe it!!“ Howard shouted, very angry and disappointed. „Who bought them?!“
„Eeeh, a friend of mine who lives in Suffolk. She came to London for two days. Before she left, she visited me. She wanted to buy the puppies, because she is making a... a dog farm in Suffolk! I know that it's difficult for Lilly, but I can assure you that the lady who bought them will love them.“
Lilly got up and jumped on Jessica, trying to bite her neck and kill her.
„Lilly, no!!“ Howard shouted and took Lilly away from Jessica.
„I'm sorry, Howard!“ Jessica cried. „I know I did wrong, and I am so sorry!“
„Ah...“ Howard sighed. „You did do wrong, and I am so disappointed. Poor Lilly! But what can I do now?“
„Will you ever forgive me, honey?!“
„Oh, you are forgiven! This was terrible for Lilly, but I know that you meant to do a good thing!“
Jessica hugged her husband and smirked evilly behind his face.
Since that day, Lilly was never as joyful as she used to be. She was spending time in the house, sad and alone. She wasn't eating much. Whenever Howard took her out, she was walking so slowly and lifelessly. Every night, she would look at the Moon imagining the innocent smile of her puppies. She was so desperate and distraught that she even lost the desire to fight Jessica. And so the time went on. A few months passed.
One day, the door bell rang. Howard was off to work. Jessica opened the door. No one happened to be there.
„One day I'll find you and rip your fingers apart, you disgusting brats!“ Jessica screamed, believing that some kids were playing pranks on her. In that moment, two Dalmatian puppies sneaked into the house. Jessica didn't notice them. Lilly was still lying in the room. She didn't pay much attention to Jessica screaming and swearing. But very soon, she heard a weak knock on the door of the room she was in.
„Who is it?“ Lilly asked.
The two puppies pushed the door that was slightly opened. They entered the room. Lilly blinked, surprised to see two Dalmatian puppies entering the room. They were staring at her. Lilly looked at them and her eyes suddenly froze staring stunnedly at the two puppies. That was the first shine in Lilly's eyes after long time. One of the puppies had three black spots on every ear, while the other one's spots were arranged in smiley faces.
„Is this... possible?!“ Lilly whispered in a moment of shock. „I... know you! Three spots on every ear! And those happy face spots on your body. You two... you are my... my...“
A tear fell out of her eye. The two puppies cried joyfully and ran towards her.
„My babies!“ Lilly cried, as she hugged warmly those two puppies. „My children! You are my children! Are you really...“
„Yes, we are!“ the pup with three spots on every ear said. „We are your children!“
„How is it possible?! You're alive!“
Lilly was hugging them tight, while her tears were falling on their back.
„Yes, we are alive, fortunately!“ the one with smiley spots said. „Our brothers and sisters too. The first thing we remember was in a scary mansion in Suffolk. The animals popularly call it Hell Hall. We formed a part of the bunch of 99 Dalmatian puppies. We were looked after by two ugly violent men – Jasper and Horace Baddun. No one knew why were we there. But one day there came a devil woman Cruella de Vil. She demanded the Badduns to skin us all that same night. I can still remember her creepy voice saying „I want the job done tonight!“. But as soon as she left, there came a brown tabby cat called Sergeant Tibs. He showed us a hole in the wall, and all the 99 of us escaped through that hole. Unfortunately, the Badduns noticed that and chased us around the Hell Hall. At the end we got trapped in the same room we escaped from. The Badduns wanted to pop us and Sergeant Tibs off, but in that moment the window got broken and there came a couple of Dalmatian dogs – Pongo and Perdita Dearly. They were growling madly at the Badduns. They were the parents of one litter held in Hell Hall, 15 puppies. I remember their names – Lucky, Rolly, Cadpig, Patch... Well, those two fought the Badduns and we ran away from the Hell Hall. Cruella and the Badduns tried to catch us. They were looking for us everywhere. In a village called Dinsford, all of us, including the two adults, covered ourselves with soot and got into a van. Cruella was watching us, but she didn't notice that we were Dalmatians. Unfortunately, some snow fell on Lucky and washed his soot off. Cruella and the Badduns drove after the van. All of us were in it. In that mad race, the truck of the Badduns drove into Cruella's car, and both vehicles drove off the cliff. All of us went to London. Pongo and Perdita brought us to the couple of their lovely human pets – Roger and Anita Dearly. Yes, dear Dearlys! They kept all of us together and we moved to a farm in Suffolk. The good thing is that now we're living next to some good friends that helped us to run away – Sergeant Tibs and his friends, two cows...“
„Oh my darlings!“ Lilly said after hearing the exciting story. „How did you find me? How did you get here?“
„Ah, well, guess what! The devil woman is our neighbour now! But she is not so dangerous anymore. She gave up fur, but all of us think that she still secretly loves it. My brother and I sneaked into her mansion where we found a list of all the families who sold Dalmatian puppies to Cruella. Only one family sold her eight puppies. It was obvious that these eight puppies were me and my siblings. We read the surname Wilson and read the address. So we found you here.“
„Oh my dears, my darlings! You remembered your mother and came to find me!“
„Not actually!“ the pup with three spots on every ear said. „Unfortunately, we were too young when we got separated from you, so we can't remember that. But we started wondering about our mother, and we decided to find you!“
„Oh my... what are your names?“
„Cuddly!“ the puppy with three spots on every ear said. „I am Cuddly. This is my brother Smiley!“
„Where are your brothers and sisters?“
„As we told you, we are living in a lovely place called Dearly Farm. All of them are there, they are safe and happy. But the idea of looking for you was just between Smiley and me. We haven't told anyone yet.“
„What are their names? Tell me more!“
„We are Cuddly and Smiley. There we have Emerald, Flowerpetal, Mandy, Foody, Spencer and Lusious!“
„Nice names!“ Lilly smiled. „Hmmm, Dearly Farm, Dearly... Oh yes, Dearly Farm! I heard about that place in Twilight Bark. But I didn't know that you were there.“
„Tell us, mother!“ Smiley said. „Tell us how did it happen! Tell us about the moment when we got separated from you!“
Cuddly and Smiley listened to Lilly's story, getting more and more terrified by hearing about the wicked Jessica who tortured their mother and sold them to Cruella, knowing what she wanted to do. Lilly cried hardly after finishing the story.
„What a demon!“ Cuddly said. „That Jessica Jane Wilson is nothing better than Cruella de Vil! They are just the same!“
„As soon as I saw her, I knew she was a pretentious b*tch!“ Smiley said.
„Don't call her b*tch, Smiley!“ Cuddly said. „To call Jessica that is an offense for all female dogs on Earth!“
„You're right, Cuddly!“
„I thought you were going to be killed!“ Lilly cried. „I heard Cruella's terrible plans, and Jessica laughing at that!“
„I wonder why did that 'human' even keep you here, mother?“ Smiley asked. „It seems that she hates you!“
„She does“ Lilly said. „But Howard, her husband, he is so nice and he loves me. But he can't fix the damage that she did.“
„Why didn't you run away?“
„Whenever I would try, Jessica would hit me with her lash and push me back into the room. But after she sold you, I lost the will to run or to live. Everything in my life lost it's sense!“
She cried again.
„Calm down, mommy!“ Cuddly said, wiping her tears off.
„Why does she force you to stay if she dislikes you?“ Smiley asked.
„Because she wants to avoid the problems with her husband“ Lilly answered. „Howard is rich and this house belongs to him. He would be mad at her if she let me go. But he doesn't know how she treats me when he is away.“
„Our dear mother!“ Cuddly and Smiley hugged her. „We will help you! We will help you get out of here! You will live with us. On Dearly farm!“
„You? You would do that for me?!“
„Of course! We won't say good bye now when we found you!“
„Well, I feel sorry for Howard!“
„We will give Jessica a good lesson and reveal her real face to her husband! Come, mother!“
Cuddly and Smiley sneaked out of the room. Lilly got up and followed them. As they reached the main door of the mansion, they heard the noise of high-heels walking closer to them.
„She is coming!“ Cuddly said. „Smiley and I know what to do! Mommy, we will hide away and you just growl madly at her!“
Cuddly and Smiley hid under the table. Jessica came and saw Lilly next to the door.
„Oh, you stubborn bloody mongrel!!“ Jessica shouted and grabbed her lash. „Again you're trying to escape?!“
She waved her lash, preparing to hit Lilly with it. Lilly was growling madly at her. In that moment, Cuddly and Smiley jumped on Jessica's arm and bit it very hard.
„OUCH!!“ Jessica screamed. „Who are these two little monsters?!“
As her arm was bitten, the lash fell out of it. Cuddly and Smiley jumped off Jessica's arm and started to pull the lash, trying to rip it apart.
„Oh no, you won't do that!“ Jessica growled, trying to attack the puppies, but in that moment Lilly ran and bit her leg, as hard as she could. The pain of Lilly's teeth made Jessica scream very loudly. Cuddly and Smiley finally ripped the lash apart. The three Dalmatians stared at Jessica madly, growling with flames burning in their eyes. They were preparing to rip her apart. As she lost her defense, Jessica screamed and ran upstairs. The Dalmatians kept running after her. She entered one room, but the dogs found her immediately. She screamed and threw a chair towards Lilly, but fortunately she evaded it. Three Dalmatians were approaching and growling madly at the evil human female. She ran fastly and succeeded to get out of the room. She ran downstairs, but Cuddly, Smiley and Lilly continued to chase her. Suddenly Lilly bit Jessica's leg. Jessica screamed painfully and lost the control over her body as it fell and rolled down the stairs.
„D*mn you, Jessica Jane Wilson!“ Lilly growled.
The three dogs approached Jessica and noticed she was unconscious. They stepped over her body and ran away from the house. As they ran, Lilly thought about poor Howard who she had just left. But she felt proud of what she did to Jessica, the woman who turned her life into a hell and sold her children away.
„We have no transport, mother!“ Cuddly said. „We have to go by paw. The way to London is long.“
„It's okay, dear!“ Lilly said. „As long as I'm with you, knowing that I will be with my children, I am happy!“
The sun was falling down. The three Dalmatians found a shelter in a small abandoned house where they spent the night. Lilly couldn't remember the last time when she had such a good night. It wasn't very comfortable, but she was so happy to be with her puppies after such a long time. Meanwhile, Howard came home and Jessica wasn't there. The neighbours who called the Emergency told him that Jessica fell down the stairs.
„Oh my God, Jessica!“ Howard said and ran into the house. There he found Jessica's broken lash.
„Oh, what the hell is this?!“ he said. „Where is Lilly?“
„Your dog ran out with two Dalmatian puppies that I've never seen before!“ the neighbour said. „It happened right after your wife fell down the stairs.“
„Oh my God, oh my God!“ Howard cried. „Now it all makes sense! Jessica had a fight with Lilly. Yes, Lilly never liked her, now I know why! She was hitting my dog with this!“
Howard sat down, disappointed and desperate.
„Are you... going to visit your wife in the hospital?“ the neighbour asked.
„Yes! To request divorce! How is she?“
„I don't know. I think she is not in a vital danger, but that fall downstairs will surely have it's consequences.“
Howard immediately got into his car and drove to the hospital. He found a doctor.
„Hey, doctor!“ he said. „I am Howard Wilson. My wife Jessica Jane is in this hospital. How is she?“
„Not very fine, mr Wilson!“ the doctor said. „The fall downstairs was hard and we had to amputate her leg in order to save her life. Besides that, she cut her cheek and she is going to have a scar on it.“
Howard sighed deeply.
„That is a punishment to you, Jessica, for all the monstrous things you did to Lilly, and for lying to me all the time!“ he thought.
„Can I talk to her?“ he asked.
„Probably tomorrow!“ doctor said.
„Thank you!“ Howard said and walked away.
Next morning, the three Dalmatians continued their way from the abandoned house and soon they came to the Dearly farm.
„Dearly farm, mommy!“ Cuddly said. „Our home!“
Cuddly and Smiley entered the farm and Lilly followed them. The two puppies barked and called their brothers and sisters. Six puppies came. Lilly recognized her children immediately. They were something bigger than the last time she saw them, but she couldn't miss to recognize their unique spots that were black instead of grey now.
„My darlings....“ Lilly cried when she saw them.
„Who are you...?“ asked Emerald, the pup who had a black ear with one white spot, just like her mother.
„Emerald, this is our mother, Lilly!“ Smiley said.
After a few minutes of conversation, eight puppies ran joyfully to Lilly. They were crying of joy. Suddenly, a couple of humans came out of the house.
„Look at these puppies, Anita!“ the man said. „This dog must be their mother. They found her somehow!“
„Oh, Roger...“ Anita said. „Yes, they look so nice! But what will we do?“
„We have 101 of them, darling!“ Roger answered. „One more won't ruin us down. Look at those happy puppy faces. I couldn't take her away from them now!“
„You're right, darling! She can stay... Hey, look! She has a necklace with identification tag! It seems like she belongs to someone!“
Roger and Anita came closer.
„These humans are Roger and Anita Dearly!“ Cuddly said. „We talked to you about them, mother!“
Roger squatted down and looked at Lilly's necklace.
„Howard Wilson!“ he said. „I'm afraid that we have to call that man. Poor puppies, they will lose their mother again!“
Roger and Anita frowned. Lilly and the puppies barked sadly and frightenedly. Roger came into the house and called the phone number that he read on the tag.
„Hello!“ Roger said. „Am I talking to Howard Wilson?“
„Yes, that's me!“ Howard said. „How can I help you?“
„Mr Wilson, my name is Roger Dearly. Your Dalmatian dog Lilly somehow appeared in my farm. I have just found her there.“
„Oh, Lilly...“ Howard sighed. „Tell me your address, I will come!“
Roger told him the address.
„Suffolk?!“ Howard said. „Oh so, now I remember... Well, I live in London. But I'm going immediately!“
Some hours later, Howard came on Dearly farm.
„Mr Wilson?“ Roger asked.
„Yes, that's me!“ Howard said. „Nice to meet you, Mr Dearly!“ Howard said.
Lilly looked down after seeing her old pet.
„Hello, Lilly!“ Howard said with a soft voice.
„Mr Wilson, your dog somehow came here, and...“ Roger said, but Howard interrupted him.
„I can imagine!“ Howard said. „You don't know the whole story. Lilly had a problem with my wife. My wife was abusing Lilly, beating her... And she sold her puppies. At least she sold them to good people like yourselves“
„No, she didn't sell them to us!“ Anita said.
„But she told me that she sold them to a friend who runs a canine farm in Suffolk.“
„Oh, she must have sold them to Cruella de Vil.“
„To Cruella?!“
„You know that woman?“
„Oh yes, she is Jessica's friend. She is weird, I never liked her! How on Earth could she love animals?“
„No, she doesn't love them“ Roger said. „She wanted to skin all these puppies and turn their skins into fur coats!“
„Fur coats?!“ Howard screamed. „Jessica sold them to Cruella, knowing what was she going to do...“
„Yes, probably...“ Roger said.
„But Mr Wilson, how did Lilly run away?“
„She had a fight with my wife. Jessica fell downstairs very hard. In the hospital they had to amputate her leg and she has a scar on her face.“
Lilly and the puppies smiled proudly after hearing what happened to Jessica.
„What are you going to do about Lilly?“ Roger asked, sad to imagine her getting separated from her puppies again.
„I see her so happy with her children again“ Howard said. „She could never be happy if I tore them apart again. I will miss my dog, but... I'm leaving her up to you. Dearly Farm is a great place, and Lilly will love her new life, with her children and other puppies. Besides that, you have two nice adult Dalmatians.“
„Thank you, Mr Wilson!“ Anita said. „My heart would really be broken if these eight puppies lost their mother again.
„I just hope that I can visit her sometimes“ Howard said.
„Of course you can!“ Roger said. „You are welcome here! But without your wife, please!“
„As soon as my wife gets out of the hospital, I will divorce her“ Howard said.
„That's not enough! She has to pay legally for what she did. If not for anything else, for protecting a criminal! Cruella de Vil wanted to kill 99 puppies. That is a hard crime. Jessica knew what she wanted to do, and she didn't mind it!“
„You're right!“ Howard said. „I will report her to the police! But now I have to go. To the hospital! See you, Mr and Mrs Dearly. Take care of Lilly!“
„Don't worry about her!“ Anita said. „She is safe with us“
Howard left Dearly farm and drove back to London, to the hospital. He entered Jessica's room. Jessica was in the bed, screaming desperately. She had just heard about the scar on her face, and her amputated leg.
„Hello, Jessica!“ Howard said, trying not to show his rage immediately.
„Howard, honey!!“ Jessica cried. „My face, my leg!! I'm ruined!!!“
„That's what you deserved, Jessica Jane!“ he shouted. „Now you'll be outside what you are inside. A monster!!“
„What?! Why are you shouting at me?!“
„What have you been doing to Lilly?! Tell me!“
„Nothing! What are you talking about, darling?!“
„This, you monstrous woman!!“ he said, and threw the pieces of her lash into her face.
„Ouuuch!! What is that?!“
„You know very well! I know everything, Jessica! Everything! Now tell me to who you sold her puppies?!“
„I told you, to a woman who runs a canine farm in Suffolk!“
„You liar!!! You sold them to Cruella de Vil who runs a line of Dalmatian fur coats in London!!“
„What are you going to do, Howard?!“
„Two things! First, divorce you! Second, report you to the police! You are over, Jessica Jane!“
„NOO!!! Don't do that, Howard!!“
„Forget it, Jessica!“
Howard ran out, slamming the door. He went straight to the police.
Meanwhile, on Dearly farm life couldn't be better. Besides being reunited with her children, Lilly became very good friends with Pongo and Perdita Dearly. All the puppies on the farm liked the new sweet adult dog that joined the farm.
One day, Howard came back on Dearly farm. He was holding a Dalmatian puppy.
„Hello, Mr Wilson!“ Roger said. „Nice to see you! You came to... Wow, you brought a new puppy?“
„I was in a dog shelter and adopted this puppy girl“
„How nice! You wanted to visit Lilly, I suppose!“
Lilly suddenly ran to Howard and barked joyfully.
„Hello, Lilly!“ Howard said and cuddled her.
„Tell us, Mr Wilson, what happened with your wife?“
„She is in prison!“ he said. „As you suggested, I reported her to the police for all she did, and now she's imprisoned. I tore her name off the door of my house. The progress of divorce is started, and soon I won't have anything to do with that monster!“
„That's good to know!“
They spent some more time talking. As Howard left, Lilly looked at her children. She saw them playing with an unusual puppy who had star-shaped spots, and wore a black cape.
„Hello, children!“ Lilly said, smiling at them. „Can you present me to your friend?“
„Shadow, this is our mother Lilly!“ Smiley said.
„Nice to meet you, Lilly!“ Shadow said. „I heard a lot of nice things about you!“
„Thank you, dear! Where do you come from?“
„I am from here...“ he said. „I have... no family!“
Shadow looked down.
„How can you say that, Shadow?!“ Cuddly said. „Aren't we like brothers and sisters to you?!“
„Yes you are, but... I don't have parents!“
„None of the pups here have their own parents!“ Cuddly said. „Only the 15 puppies born by Perdita. And well, the eight of us have mother now. Don't be sad about it, Shadow!“
„I know, but still...“ Shadow said.
„Do you want to be an 'official' member of my family, Shadow?“ Lilly asked.
„What?!“ Shadow said. „How do you mean it?“
„I can 'adopt' you! You can sleep on the same haystack with my children, have meals among them, be with them all the time, and... call me mother if you want. And with the time I will surely love you as if you were my own!“
„Oh, that is so nice!“ Shadow blushed. „Your children talked to me about you many times, and I always thought how nice would it be to have a mother like you.“
„Then, it's done!“ Lilly said and hugged Shadow. „From now on, you can call me mother!“
„But I'll never be like a son to you!“ Shadow said and looked down. „You have your own children...“
„Noooo, don't think so!“ Lilly said. „I love all the puppies in the world! And with the time, you will become a full part of our family!“
Nine puppies ran to Lilly and barked joyfully. She hugged them all. And so Shadow came as a new member of Lilly's family. That was the happy end of all the bad moments in the life of Lilly Wilson, now Lilly Dearly.
A few years ago, there was a cute female Dalmatian puppy abandoned in a rubbish-heap. Her physical appearance was very distinctive. Her right ear was black with one white spot in the middle, while two black spots were decorating her white left ear. As her mother's cruel pets left her in that rubbish-heap and drove away, she was whimpering around, so frightened and sad until she saw a male human coming around. The puppy barked until the man turned his head in her way. As he saw her, he smiled and walked closely to the puppy.
„Hy, puppy!“ he whispered, not to frighten her more. She was looking at him with her sad frightened eyes and he finally took her in his arms and cuddled her.
„Who could do this to such a cute puppy?!“ he said terrified, cuddling the puppy and carrying her away to his car. After those few minutes that he spent carrying her in his arms, he was so enchanted that he couldn't let her go again. He drove to his house. It was a big mansion in London city. As he walked out with the puppy in his arms, she saw a golden title hanging on the door. It was saying „Howard and Jessica Jane Wilson“, but the puppy was too young to read it. The man opened the door and entered, with the puppy in his arms.
„Jessica, darling!“ he shouted. „Come down, look what I brought!“
Loud and unpleasant noise of high-heel shoes stepping downstairs were heard. There came a tall female human. She was wearing black high-heel shoes and a long shiny purple dress. A short black cape was covering her shoulders and her back down to the waist. She had long wavy blond hair, big dark-green eyes and wide red lips.
„Howard, dear!“ she shouted as she was coming downstairs. She gulped when she saw a dog in her husband's arms, but then she put a fake smile on her face.
„Wow, what a cute puppy!“ she said. The puppy could feel that she was just pretending to be glad to see her.
„Yes, Jessica!“ Howard said. „I found her in a rubbish-heap, someone left her there. How mean can people be!“
„If I was there, I would throw her into the river!“ Jessica thought, but didn't say that in front of her husband.
„I just love her so much, I want her to stay with us!“ Howard said. „Don't you agree, darling?“
„Of course I do, cute puppy!“ she said and brought her arm close to the puppy's head. The puppy growled.
„Calm down, you cutie!“ he said, cuddling the puppy. „Don't take her seriously, Jessie, she is just frightened!“
„It's female?“ she asked and gulped imperceptibly as the thought of a litter of puppies flashed in her mind.
„Yes, it is! I want to call her Lilly!“
„Yeah, what a nice name!“
„Can you stay with her, dear? I have to do some job, and buy a collar for her.“
„Of course I can, honey!“
Howard put Lilly on the sofa and went out.
„How nice!“ Jessica growled sarcastically. „Now I'll have to live with this mongrel whimpering around in my house! What else will I have to go through, just to keep my place in Wilson's mansion!“
A few hours later, Howard was back home. He brought a dog collar and a ruby necklace. He put the collar on Lilly.
„Here!“ he said smiling. „Now you are officially my dog, Lilly!“
„And this red necklace is for me?!“ Jessica said excitedly.
„No, darling!“ Howard giggled. „You got your diamond necklace yesterday. This necklace I'm going to put on Lilly when she grows up!“
„Oh yes, how nice!“ Jessica said hiding her rage, secretly scratching her own thumb with her nails.
As the hours went on, the night was coming. Howard put a soft blanket into a basket and put Lilly there to sleep.
Next morning Lilly woke up and Howard wasn't there. He went to work. Very soon, she heard Jessica outraged, shouting around.
„Where did he hide that d*mned necklace?!“ she screamed. „When I find it, I will destroy it and pretend that I don't know where is it! If it won't be mine, it also won't be worn by that dirty spotted mongrel from a rubbish-heap!!“
Very soon, she came downstairs and stared at Lilly with her mad eyes.
„Your life in my house won't be nice, mongrel!“ she growled. „Prepare to live in hell with me!“
Lilly whimpered in fear.
„Stop producing that disgusting noise!“ Jessica screamed. She grabbed a lash and hit Lilly's back with it. Lilly cried of pain.
„Arrrrgh, I can't do this again!“ Jessica growled. „The idiot of Howard could notice!“
And so, the Dalmatian puppy called Lilly grew up in Wilson's mansion, surrounded by two humans – the one who loved her and one who hated her. One year after finding her, Howard replaced Lilly's collar by the red ruby necklace that he had bought.
Howard was a business man who often had to go on business trips. Those days were a real hell for Lilly. Jessica never missed to feed her, because she knew Howard would notice if Lilly was starving, but she often shouted at her and sometimes hit her with the lash just to get her rage out on the dog. Whenever Howard came home, Lilly would ran to him and bark joyfully. In those moments, Jessica pretended to be nice, but whenever she came close to the dog, Lilly would growl.
„Why does she growl at you, Jessica?“ Howard asked.
„It's a big mystery for me, honey!“ Jessica answered. „That dog is weird. I think she never liked me, but I really don't know why. You know I would never harm her.“
„Of course I know, darling! Well, I'm going out now and I'm taking my princess with me. Shall we, Lilly?“
Lilly jumped and barked of joy. Howard put a leash on her necklace and they walked out.
„Half an hour without that stinky mongrel!“ Jessica said as Howard and Lilly left.
Howard walked Lilly around. After some minutes of walk, Howard stopped in front of a man who just came around.
„Johnny, old friend!“ Howard said and hugged the man who was a stranger for Lilly.
„Howard, how many years without seeing you!“ Johnny answered. „Since we graduated, I haven't seen you!“
„Yeah, how are you? What's going on in your life?“
„Really nothing special, I just came out to buy food for my dog. Oh, I see that you also have one!“
„Oh yes, Johnny! I'm presenting you my princess Lilly!“
„What a coincidence, man! My dog is also a Dalmatian. He is male. Your Lilly could like him a lot!“
Lilly's eyes started to shine as Johnny mentioned a male Dalmatian.
„That is very nice!“ Howard said. „I found Lilly in a rubbish-heap as an abandoned puppy. And look at her now! She is a full lady!“
„I have no doubt that Matt would fall in love with her.“
„Matt?“
„Yes, that's my dog's name.“
„What a coincidence. Both our dogs have human names!“
„Well, Howard, I'm inviting you for a cup of tea in my house!“
„Thank you very much, Johnny, but I have no time for that now. My wife...“
„Oh, forget about that hag for half an hour and relax!“
„Hey, hey! You're talking about my wife!“
„Howard, Howard! You were Jessica's boyfriend while we were studying together. Everyone knew what a bossy manipulative 'human' she was! Only you have always been so naive and innocent, and you still are. Jessica is hot, and that's her only good side. But OK, I won't persuade you against your wife now. I want you to come to my house for a cup of tea, to refresh the old good memories! Come on, do it for Lilly and Matt!“
„Alright, Johnny! I'm coming!“
Howard and Lilly followed Johnny to a tree where a beautiful Dalmatian dog was waiting for his pet. As Johnny set him free, they walked together to Johnny's house.
„Hy, lady!“ the dog talked to Lilly in the canine language.
„Eeeeh, hy!“ Lilly said, a bit timidly.
„Your precious name is...?“
„Lilly!“
„Lilly, nice name! I am Matt!“
„Nice to meet you, Matt!“
„No, the pleassure is mine!“
As they walked side-by-side and talked, Lilly and Matt felt something magical, something they never felt before, because they had never found themselves in the presence of another beautiful Dalmatian of opposite gender. As they came to the house, Johnny and Howard closed them together into the kitchen, while the two men sat down in the living room and had tea. In the kitchen, Lilly was blushing and looking down.
„What's wrong, Lilly?“ Matt asked. „Am I so ugly that you can't look at my face?“
„No, just the opposite!“ Lilly asked. „You are beautiful! And I don't know what is happening with me. It's probably the fact that I've never been alone with another Dalmatian since I was separated from my mother.“
„This is a magic that we are both feeling in this moment!“ Matt said.
As they were talking, they could barely notice the movements of their bodies that were getting closer to each other in every second. And finally, the magnificent moment came when they did something what they never did before. It was the first time for those two Dalmatian dogs to feel passion with another dog.
After some hours, the door opened and Howard entered the kitchen.
„Lilly, my princess, time to go home!“ he said.
Lilly and Matt raised their heads, a little bit disappointed because their wonderful moments were finished. Lilly waved to Matt as Howard was taking her away. They were too young to understand the meaning of what they did. But one thing is for sure: that was an experience that they are never going to forget.
After that day, Lilly's behaviour was much different. She wasn't so joyful like a puppy anymore. She was spending time alone in her basket. She didn't seem to need Howard's attention like she did before, but she was eating much more. Jessica didn't care about that, she was relieved because Lilly wasn't producing almost any noises that she hated so much. At first Howard was confused by Lilly's new behaviour, but very soon he remembered the afternoon that she spent together with his friend's dog Matt. He took her to the vet to confirm what he thought. Lilly was pregnant.
„Jessica, Jessica, darling!“ Howard said very excited as he came back home. „I've got wonderful news! Lilly is pregnant, she is going to have puppies!“
„Oh what wonderful news!“ Jessica said, faking a happy smile.
„As soon as Howard goes to work, I'll tear the crap out of your mongrel stomach!“ Jessica thought. „You won't bring a bunch of noisy creatures into my house!“
Next morning when Lilly woke up, Howard was off to his work. Jessica came from the kitchen with a big knife in her hand. She walked slowly to Lilly, staring at her with an infernal flame in her eyes. Lilly growled as she saw Jessica walking to her with a knife.
„This time I'll win, you mongrel!“ Jessica shouted. „You won't bring those creatures into my house!“
Jessica ran to her, going to stab the knife into Lilly's stomach and kill her puppies. As she attacked, Lilly moved aside. Instead of stabbing Lilly's stomach, Jessica accidentally cut her leg. Lilly whimpered of pain. Jessica screamed and raised the knife again, but then she noticed Lilly's bleeding leg.
„D*mn you, I failed!“ Jessica screamed. „Arrrrrgh, if I wounded her one more time, I couldn't present it as an accident! What will I do now?!“
In that moment, Jessica noticed a bottle of wine right behind Lilly's back. She took an axe and smashed the bottle. The wine flooded the room. After some seconds of her twisted laughter, Jessica took her mobile phone and called her husband.
„Howard! Howard, honey!“ Jessica cried.
„Jess?! What happened, are you alright?!“ Howard asked.
„It's Lilly, darling! Lilly accidentally broke a bottle of wine and cut her leg! She is bleeding, Howard!“
„Oh my God, how could that happen?!“ Howard said. „Calm down, dear, I'm coming!“
„Maybe I didn't succeed to kill your unborn mutts, but one day you give birth, I will get rid of them!“ Jessica said after hanging up the phone. Lilly was outraged and hurt, she growled madly at Jessica.
Very soon, Howard came home followed by the vet. They saw the room in mess, and Lilly's bleeding leg. The vet came closer to sew her leg and cure her.
„She is going to be alright, but she will have a scar on her leg for the rest of her life!“ the vet said. „Fortunately, it's the inner part of the leg, it can't be seen so easily.“
„How on Earth did this happen, Jessica?!“ Howard said. „Even if she broke that bottle, how could it cut that part of her leg?“
„I don't know, honey!“ Jessica cried. „It was a rapid moment, I got so frightened when I heard the glass breaking. I don't know anything!“
„OK, OK, dear, don't cry!“ Howard said hugging his wife.
Lilly growled at Jessica again.
„Calm down, girl!“ the vet said. „It's over!“
„Why is she growling at you, Jessica?“ Howard asked.
„Oh how can I know? It must be a coincidence, she is frightened after what happened. Howard, do you think I could harm her?“
„No, darling! Of course not!“
As the time was going on, Lilly's stomach was getting bigger. A few weeks later, she hid in a cupboard where she gave birth to eight wonderful Dalmatian puppies.In a few days, their tiny spots could be seen. They were not black yet, they were pale grey. One pup had three spots on every ear. Another one didn't have many spots yet, but some of them seemed to form smiley face shapes. It was obvious that one female pup was going to have a black ear with one white spot, just like Lilly. Another female had more hair on her nape, and four spots on her right ear. There was a male pup with spots which looked like ink blots, and one of them was all over his right eye. One female pup had barely any spots on her body, but she had two grey lines around her right-front leg, and the top of her tail was grey. There was also a male pup who was a bit chubby. He didn't have any spots, but his tail and ears were completely grey. The last pup, male one, was distinctive by his ears, of which one was completely white, and the other one completely grey.
Lilly smiled looking at her puppies, imagining them growing and their grey patterns turning into black. Every night Howard would feed Lilly and her puppies, and set them to sleep. Unfortunately, that happiness didn't last very long. Five days after Lilly gave birth, she heard the phone ringing. Jessica was in the house, while Howard was off to work. Jessica answered the phone.
„Yes?!“ Jessica said morosely, annoyed by the noises of Lilly's puppies.
„Jessica, darling!“ a woman on the other side said.
„Oh hy, Cruella! What's going on?“
„I am the one who asks what's going on!“ Cruella said. „Has your dog finally given birth? Are the mutts with you?“
„Yes, here they are! You can come and get me rid of those little whimperers!“
Lilly growled madly as she heard Jessica's words.She was breast-feeding her tiny children, frightened by what was going to happen to them. A few hours later, Jessica opened the door and a tall woman came into the room. She was as tall as Jessica. Her hair was half-black and half-white. She was skinny, waring a tight black dress, long red gloves, red high-heel shoes and a light-yellow mink coat. The smoke of her cigarette smelled so disgusting to Lilly and her puppies.
„Jessica, here you are!“ she said.
„Welcome, Cruella!“ Jessica said. „There is what you are looking for!“
Jessica pointed the basket where Lilly was lying with her puppies. Cruella walked to the basket.
„How marvellous, how marvellous! How perfect!“ Cruella said. „Put them in a bag, Jessica! I'll take them with me now!“
„All of them? Oh, thank you, Cruella! What will you do with eight puppies?“
„It's my new project, darling! I'm collecting those mutts, I need 99 of them. House of DeVil is going to launch a line of Dalmatian puppy coats. They're going to be so soft, so luxurious, so practical in any weather, so bad that they will rip the veil from the eyes of fashion, and write my name in the pantheon of stars!“
„Cruella de Vil, crazy as ever!“ Jessica laughed.
„I'm offering 2500 pounds for them. Is that enough?“
„I would give them for free just not to hear them ever again! But when you're offering money, I accept! Take them all!“
Jessica opened a big bag and held it by Cruella's side. Cruella was taking the puppies one by one and putting them into the bag. She tore some of them violently apart from Lilly, who was still breast-feeding them. The puppies cried of fear and pain, and Lilly growled outragedly at the two women in front of her. She tried to bite Cruella's hand, but Jessica took her lash and hit Lilly's muzzle more brutally than ever. It was very painful, but Lilly was still trying to bite them. Jessica grabbed the harmed mother and dragged her away from Cruella. She locked her into the bathroom.
„Arrgh, disgusting creature!“ Cruella said.
„I'm keeping her just because my stupid husband loves her. Otherwise you would get her too, for free! I would love to see you skinning her off!“ Jessica said.
„No, no, darling! I need puppies, their fur is soft and fine, while the adult's is too coarse.“
„OK now, go and take those little monsters away!“
„Cheerio, darling!“ Cruella said, walking away and carrying the bag with eight little puppies who were still crying of fear and hunger.
Jessica opened the door of the bathroom. Lilly walked back into the room. As she heard the total silence and saw her basket completely empty, she laid down and cried quietly after her lost children. In that moment, she hated Jessica more than ever. She felt so desperate, knowing that she wasn't strong enough to rip both Jessica and Cruella apart. She trembled by thinking of the agony of living under the same roof with the woman who gave her puppies to a woman who was going to kill them.
Jessica sighed of relief and sat down. Very soon the door opened and Howard came in.
„Hello, Jessica! Hello, Lil...Woah, where are the puppies?!“ Howard said.
„Oh Howard, hy!“ Jessica said and gulped, because she didn't have a prepared answer.
„Where are Lilly's children, Jessica?!“
„Howard, dear... You won't be happy to hear this, but... I sold them!“
„You sold Lilly's five days old puppies?! How could you, Jessica?!“
„Howard, honey! I had to do it! Now they are tiny little puppies, but they are growing every day. Our house is big, but not big enough for nine dogs! If I didn't sell them now, we could never do it!“
„I can't believe it!!“ Howard shouted, very angry and disappointed. „Who bought them?!“
„Eeeh, a friend of mine who lives in Suffolk. She came to London for two days. Before she left, she visited me. She wanted to buy the puppies, because she is making a... a dog farm in Suffolk! I know that it's difficult for Lilly, but I can assure you that the lady who bought them will love them.“
Lilly got up and jumped on Jessica, trying to bite her neck and kill her.
„Lilly, no!!“ Howard shouted and took Lilly away from Jessica.
„I'm sorry, Howard!“ Jessica cried. „I know I did wrong, and I am so sorry!“
„Ah...“ Howard sighed. „You did do wrong, and I am so disappointed. Poor Lilly! But what can I do now?“
„Will you ever forgive me, honey?!“
„Oh, you are forgiven! This was terrible for Lilly, but I know that you meant to do a good thing!“
Jessica hugged her husband and smirked evilly behind his face.
Since that day, Lilly was never as joyful as she used to be. She was spending time in the house, sad and alone. She wasn't eating much. Whenever Howard took her out, she was walking so slowly and lifelessly. Every night, she would look at the Moon imagining the innocent smile of her puppies. She was so desperate and distraught that she even lost the desire to fight Jessica. And so the time went on. A few months passed.
One day, the door bell rang. Howard was off to work. Jessica opened the door. No one happened to be there.
„One day I'll find you and rip your fingers apart, you disgusting brats!“ Jessica screamed, believing that some kids were playing pranks on her. In that moment, two Dalmatian puppies sneaked into the house. Jessica didn't notice them. Lilly was still lying in the room. She didn't pay much attention to Jessica screaming and swearing. But very soon, she heard a weak knock on the door of the room she was in.
„Who is it?“ Lilly asked.
The two puppies pushed the door that was slightly opened. They entered the room. Lilly blinked, surprised to see two Dalmatian puppies entering the room. They were staring at her. Lilly looked at them and her eyes suddenly froze staring stunnedly at the two puppies. That was the first shine in Lilly's eyes after long time. One of the puppies had three black spots on every ear, while the other one's spots were arranged in smiley faces.
„Is this... possible?!“ Lilly whispered in a moment of shock. „I... know you! Three spots on every ear! And those happy face spots on your body. You two... you are my... my...“
A tear fell out of her eye. The two puppies cried joyfully and ran towards her.
„My babies!“ Lilly cried, as she hugged warmly those two puppies. „My children! You are my children! Are you really...“
„Yes, we are!“ the pup with three spots on every ear said. „We are your children!“
„How is it possible?! You're alive!“
Lilly was hugging them tight, while her tears were falling on their back.
„Yes, we are alive, fortunately!“ the one with smiley spots said. „Our brothers and sisters too. The first thing we remember was in a scary mansion in Suffolk. The animals popularly call it Hell Hall. We formed a part of the bunch of 99 Dalmatian puppies. We were looked after by two ugly violent men – Jasper and Horace Baddun. No one knew why were we there. But one day there came a devil woman Cruella de Vil. She demanded the Badduns to skin us all that same night. I can still remember her creepy voice saying „I want the job done tonight!“. But as soon as she left, there came a brown tabby cat called Sergeant Tibs. He showed us a hole in the wall, and all the 99 of us escaped through that hole. Unfortunately, the Badduns noticed that and chased us around the Hell Hall. At the end we got trapped in the same room we escaped from. The Badduns wanted to pop us and Sergeant Tibs off, but in that moment the window got broken and there came a couple of Dalmatian dogs – Pongo and Perdita Dearly. They were growling madly at the Badduns. They were the parents of one litter held in Hell Hall, 15 puppies. I remember their names – Lucky, Rolly, Cadpig, Patch... Well, those two fought the Badduns and we ran away from the Hell Hall. Cruella and the Badduns tried to catch us. They were looking for us everywhere. In a village called Dinsford, all of us, including the two adults, covered ourselves with soot and got into a van. Cruella was watching us, but she didn't notice that we were Dalmatians. Unfortunately, some snow fell on Lucky and washed his soot off. Cruella and the Badduns drove after the van. All of us were in it. In that mad race, the truck of the Badduns drove into Cruella's car, and both vehicles drove off the cliff. All of us went to London. Pongo and Perdita brought us to the couple of their lovely human pets – Roger and Anita Dearly. Yes, dear Dearlys! They kept all of us together and we moved to a farm in Suffolk. The good thing is that now we're living next to some good friends that helped us to run away – Sergeant Tibs and his friends, two cows...“
„Oh my darlings!“ Lilly said after hearing the exciting story. „How did you find me? How did you get here?“
„Ah, well, guess what! The devil woman is our neighbour now! But she is not so dangerous anymore. She gave up fur, but all of us think that she still secretly loves it. My brother and I sneaked into her mansion where we found a list of all the families who sold Dalmatian puppies to Cruella. Only one family sold her eight puppies. It was obvious that these eight puppies were me and my siblings. We read the surname Wilson and read the address. So we found you here.“
„Oh my dears, my darlings! You remembered your mother and came to find me!“
„Not actually!“ the pup with three spots on every ear said. „Unfortunately, we were too young when we got separated from you, so we can't remember that. But we started wondering about our mother, and we decided to find you!“
„Oh my... what are your names?“
„Cuddly!“ the puppy with three spots on every ear said. „I am Cuddly. This is my brother Smiley!“
„Where are your brothers and sisters?“
„As we told you, we are living in a lovely place called Dearly Farm. All of them are there, they are safe and happy. But the idea of looking for you was just between Smiley and me. We haven't told anyone yet.“
„What are their names? Tell me more!“
„We are Cuddly and Smiley. There we have Emerald, Flowerpetal, Mandy, Foody, Spencer and Lusious!“
„Nice names!“ Lilly smiled. „Hmmm, Dearly Farm, Dearly... Oh yes, Dearly Farm! I heard about that place in Twilight Bark. But I didn't know that you were there.“
„Tell us, mother!“ Smiley said. „Tell us how did it happen! Tell us about the moment when we got separated from you!“
Cuddly and Smiley listened to Lilly's story, getting more and more terrified by hearing about the wicked Jessica who tortured their mother and sold them to Cruella, knowing what she wanted to do. Lilly cried hardly after finishing the story.
„What a demon!“ Cuddly said. „That Jessica Jane Wilson is nothing better than Cruella de Vil! They are just the same!“
„As soon as I saw her, I knew she was a pretentious b*tch!“ Smiley said.
„Don't call her b*tch, Smiley!“ Cuddly said. „To call Jessica that is an offense for all female dogs on Earth!“
„You're right, Cuddly!“
„I thought you were going to be killed!“ Lilly cried. „I heard Cruella's terrible plans, and Jessica laughing at that!“
„I wonder why did that 'human' even keep you here, mother?“ Smiley asked. „It seems that she hates you!“
„She does“ Lilly said. „But Howard, her husband, he is so nice and he loves me. But he can't fix the damage that she did.“
„Why didn't you run away?“
„Whenever I would try, Jessica would hit me with her lash and push me back into the room. But after she sold you, I lost the will to run or to live. Everything in my life lost it's sense!“
She cried again.
„Calm down, mommy!“ Cuddly said, wiping her tears off.
„Why does she force you to stay if she dislikes you?“ Smiley asked.
„Because she wants to avoid the problems with her husband“ Lilly answered. „Howard is rich and this house belongs to him. He would be mad at her if she let me go. But he doesn't know how she treats me when he is away.“
„Our dear mother!“ Cuddly and Smiley hugged her. „We will help you! We will help you get out of here! You will live with us. On Dearly farm!“
„You? You would do that for me?!“
„Of course! We won't say good bye now when we found you!“
„Well, I feel sorry for Howard!“
„We will give Jessica a good lesson and reveal her real face to her husband! Come, mother!“
Cuddly and Smiley sneaked out of the room. Lilly got up and followed them. As they reached the main door of the mansion, they heard the noise of high-heels walking closer to them.
„She is coming!“ Cuddly said. „Smiley and I know what to do! Mommy, we will hide away and you just growl madly at her!“
Cuddly and Smiley hid under the table. Jessica came and saw Lilly next to the door.
„Oh, you stubborn bloody mongrel!!“ Jessica shouted and grabbed her lash. „Again you're trying to escape?!“
She waved her lash, preparing to hit Lilly with it. Lilly was growling madly at her. In that moment, Cuddly and Smiley jumped on Jessica's arm and bit it very hard.
„OUCH!!“ Jessica screamed. „Who are these two little monsters?!“
As her arm was bitten, the lash fell out of it. Cuddly and Smiley jumped off Jessica's arm and started to pull the lash, trying to rip it apart.
„Oh no, you won't do that!“ Jessica growled, trying to attack the puppies, but in that moment Lilly ran and bit her leg, as hard as she could. The pain of Lilly's teeth made Jessica scream very loudly. Cuddly and Smiley finally ripped the lash apart. The three Dalmatians stared at Jessica madly, growling with flames burning in their eyes. They were preparing to rip her apart. As she lost her defense, Jessica screamed and ran upstairs. The Dalmatians kept running after her. She entered one room, but the dogs found her immediately. She screamed and threw a chair towards Lilly, but fortunately she evaded it. Three Dalmatians were approaching and growling madly at the evil human female. She ran fastly and succeeded to get out of the room. She ran downstairs, but Cuddly, Smiley and Lilly continued to chase her. Suddenly Lilly bit Jessica's leg. Jessica screamed painfully and lost the control over her body as it fell and rolled down the stairs.
„D*mn you, Jessica Jane Wilson!“ Lilly growled.
The three dogs approached Jessica and noticed she was unconscious. They stepped over her body and ran away from the house. As they ran, Lilly thought about poor Howard who she had just left. But she felt proud of what she did to Jessica, the woman who turned her life into a hell and sold her children away.
„We have no transport, mother!“ Cuddly said. „We have to go by paw. The way to London is long.“
„It's okay, dear!“ Lilly said. „As long as I'm with you, knowing that I will be with my children, I am happy!“
The sun was falling down. The three Dalmatians found a shelter in a small abandoned house where they spent the night. Lilly couldn't remember the last time when she had such a good night. It wasn't very comfortable, but she was so happy to be with her puppies after such a long time. Meanwhile, Howard came home and Jessica wasn't there. The neighbours who called the Emergency told him that Jessica fell down the stairs.
„Oh my God, Jessica!“ Howard said and ran into the house. There he found Jessica's broken lash.
„Oh, what the hell is this?!“ he said. „Where is Lilly?“
„Your dog ran out with two Dalmatian puppies that I've never seen before!“ the neighbour said. „It happened right after your wife fell down the stairs.“
„Oh my God, oh my God!“ Howard cried. „Now it all makes sense! Jessica had a fight with Lilly. Yes, Lilly never liked her, now I know why! She was hitting my dog with this!“
Howard sat down, disappointed and desperate.
„Are you... going to visit your wife in the hospital?“ the neighbour asked.
„Yes! To request divorce! How is she?“
„I don't know. I think she is not in a vital danger, but that fall downstairs will surely have it's consequences.“
Howard immediately got into his car and drove to the hospital. He found a doctor.
„Hey, doctor!“ he said. „I am Howard Wilson. My wife Jessica Jane is in this hospital. How is she?“
„Not very fine, mr Wilson!“ the doctor said. „The fall downstairs was hard and we had to amputate her leg in order to save her life. Besides that, she cut her cheek and she is going to have a scar on it.“
Howard sighed deeply.
„That is a punishment to you, Jessica, for all the monstrous things you did to Lilly, and for lying to me all the time!“ he thought.
„Can I talk to her?“ he asked.
„Probably tomorrow!“ doctor said.
„Thank you!“ Howard said and walked away.
Next morning, the three Dalmatians continued their way from the abandoned house and soon they came to the Dearly farm.
„Dearly farm, mommy!“ Cuddly said. „Our home!“
Cuddly and Smiley entered the farm and Lilly followed them. The two puppies barked and called their brothers and sisters. Six puppies came. Lilly recognized her children immediately. They were something bigger than the last time she saw them, but she couldn't miss to recognize their unique spots that were black instead of grey now.
„My darlings....“ Lilly cried when she saw them.
„Who are you...?“ asked Emerald, the pup who had a black ear with one white spot, just like her mother.
„Emerald, this is our mother, Lilly!“ Smiley said.
After a few minutes of conversation, eight puppies ran joyfully to Lilly. They were crying of joy. Suddenly, a couple of humans came out of the house.
„Look at these puppies, Anita!“ the man said. „This dog must be their mother. They found her somehow!“
„Oh, Roger...“ Anita said. „Yes, they look so nice! But what will we do?“
„We have 101 of them, darling!“ Roger answered. „One more won't ruin us down. Look at those happy puppy faces. I couldn't take her away from them now!“
„You're right, darling! She can stay... Hey, look! She has a necklace with identification tag! It seems like she belongs to someone!“
Roger and Anita came closer.
„These humans are Roger and Anita Dearly!“ Cuddly said. „We talked to you about them, mother!“
Roger squatted down and looked at Lilly's necklace.
„Howard Wilson!“ he said. „I'm afraid that we have to call that man. Poor puppies, they will lose their mother again!“
Roger and Anita frowned. Lilly and the puppies barked sadly and frightenedly. Roger came into the house and called the phone number that he read on the tag.
„Hello!“ Roger said. „Am I talking to Howard Wilson?“
„Yes, that's me!“ Howard said. „How can I help you?“
„Mr Wilson, my name is Roger Dearly. Your Dalmatian dog Lilly somehow appeared in my farm. I have just found her there.“
„Oh, Lilly...“ Howard sighed. „Tell me your address, I will come!“
Roger told him the address.
„Suffolk?!“ Howard said. „Oh so, now I remember... Well, I live in London. But I'm going immediately!“
Some hours later, Howard came on Dearly farm.
„Mr Wilson?“ Roger asked.
„Yes, that's me!“ Howard said. „Nice to meet you, Mr Dearly!“ Howard said.
Lilly looked down after seeing her old pet.
„Hello, Lilly!“ Howard said with a soft voice.
„Mr Wilson, your dog somehow came here, and...“ Roger said, but Howard interrupted him.
„I can imagine!“ Howard said. „You don't know the whole story. Lilly had a problem with my wife. My wife was abusing Lilly, beating her... And she sold her puppies. At least she sold them to good people like yourselves“
„No, she didn't sell them to us!“ Anita said.
„But she told me that she sold them to a friend who runs a canine farm in Suffolk.“
„Oh, she must have sold them to Cruella de Vil.“
„To Cruella?!“
„You know that woman?“
„Oh yes, she is Jessica's friend. She is weird, I never liked her! How on Earth could she love animals?“
„No, she doesn't love them“ Roger said. „She wanted to skin all these puppies and turn their skins into fur coats!“
„Fur coats?!“ Howard screamed. „Jessica sold them to Cruella, knowing what was she going to do...“
„Yes, probably...“ Roger said.
„But Mr Wilson, how did Lilly run away?“
„She had a fight with my wife. Jessica fell downstairs very hard. In the hospital they had to amputate her leg and she has a scar on her face.“
Lilly and the puppies smiled proudly after hearing what happened to Jessica.
„What are you going to do about Lilly?“ Roger asked, sad to imagine her getting separated from her puppies again.
„I see her so happy with her children again“ Howard said. „She could never be happy if I tore them apart again. I will miss my dog, but... I'm leaving her up to you. Dearly Farm is a great place, and Lilly will love her new life, with her children and other puppies. Besides that, you have two nice adult Dalmatians.“
„Thank you, Mr Wilson!“ Anita said. „My heart would really be broken if these eight puppies lost their mother again.
„I just hope that I can visit her sometimes“ Howard said.
„Of course you can!“ Roger said. „You are welcome here! But without your wife, please!“
„As soon as my wife gets out of the hospital, I will divorce her“ Howard said.
„That's not enough! She has to pay legally for what she did. If not for anything else, for protecting a criminal! Cruella de Vil wanted to kill 99 puppies. That is a hard crime. Jessica knew what she wanted to do, and she didn't mind it!“
„You're right!“ Howard said. „I will report her to the police! But now I have to go. To the hospital! See you, Mr and Mrs Dearly. Take care of Lilly!“
„Don't worry about her!“ Anita said. „She is safe with us“
Howard left Dearly farm and drove back to London, to the hospital. He entered Jessica's room. Jessica was in the bed, screaming desperately. She had just heard about the scar on her face, and her amputated leg.
„Hello, Jessica!“ Howard said, trying not to show his rage immediately.
„Howard, honey!!“ Jessica cried. „My face, my leg!! I'm ruined!!!“
„That's what you deserved, Jessica Jane!“ he shouted. „Now you'll be outside what you are inside. A monster!!“
„What?! Why are you shouting at me?!“
„What have you been doing to Lilly?! Tell me!“
„Nothing! What are you talking about, darling?!“
„This, you monstrous woman!!“ he said, and threw the pieces of her lash into her face.
„Ouuuch!! What is that?!“
„You know very well! I know everything, Jessica! Everything! Now tell me to who you sold her puppies?!“
„I told you, to a woman who runs a canine farm in Suffolk!“
„You liar!!! You sold them to Cruella de Vil who runs a line of Dalmatian fur coats in London!!“
„What are you going to do, Howard?!“
„Two things! First, divorce you! Second, report you to the police! You are over, Jessica Jane!“
„NOO!!! Don't do that, Howard!!“
„Forget it, Jessica!“
Howard ran out, slamming the door. He went straight to the police.
Meanwhile, on Dearly farm life couldn't be better. Besides being reunited with her children, Lilly became very good friends with Pongo and Perdita Dearly. All the puppies on the farm liked the new sweet adult dog that joined the farm.
One day, Howard came back on Dearly farm. He was holding a Dalmatian puppy.
„Hello, Mr Wilson!“ Roger said. „Nice to see you! You came to... Wow, you brought a new puppy?“
„I was in a dog shelter and adopted this puppy girl“
„How nice! You wanted to visit Lilly, I suppose!“
Lilly suddenly ran to Howard and barked joyfully.
„Hello, Lilly!“ Howard said and cuddled her.
„Tell us, Mr Wilson, what happened with your wife?“
„She is in prison!“ he said. „As you suggested, I reported her to the police for all she did, and now she's imprisoned. I tore her name off the door of my house. The progress of divorce is started, and soon I won't have anything to do with that monster!“
„That's good to know!“
They spent some more time talking. As Howard left, Lilly looked at her children. She saw them playing with an unusual puppy who had star-shaped spots, and wore a black cape.
„Hello, children!“ Lilly said, smiling at them. „Can you present me to your friend?“
„Shadow, this is our mother Lilly!“ Smiley said.
„Nice to meet you, Lilly!“ Shadow said. „I heard a lot of nice things about you!“
„Thank you, dear! Where do you come from?“
„I am from here...“ he said. „I have... no family!“
Shadow looked down.
„How can you say that, Shadow?!“ Cuddly said. „Aren't we like brothers and sisters to you?!“
„Yes you are, but... I don't have parents!“
„None of the pups here have their own parents!“ Cuddly said. „Only the 15 puppies born by Perdita. And well, the eight of us have mother now. Don't be sad about it, Shadow!“
„I know, but still...“ Shadow said.
„Do you want to be an 'official' member of my family, Shadow?“ Lilly asked.
„What?!“ Shadow said. „How do you mean it?“
„I can 'adopt' you! You can sleep on the same haystack with my children, have meals among them, be with them all the time, and... call me mother if you want. And with the time I will surely love you as if you were my own!“
„Oh, that is so nice!“ Shadow blushed. „Your children talked to me about you many times, and I always thought how nice would it be to have a mother like you.“
„Then, it's done!“ Lilly said and hugged Shadow. „From now on, you can call me mother!“
„But I'll never be like a son to you!“ Shadow said and looked down. „You have your own children...“
„Noooo, don't think so!“ Lilly said. „I love all the puppies in the world! And with the time, you will become a full part of our family!“
Nine puppies ran to Lilly and barked joyfully. She hugged them all. And so Shadow came as a new member of Lilly's family. That was the happy end of all the bad moments in the life of Lilly Wilson, now Lilly Dearly.