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They arrived a couple of weeks before Christmas from seemingly nowhere. They were red and green and raced across my living room window. Despite my barking, they would not leave.
They may have been invisible to the human eye because my parents rarely mentioned them.
They should have because I deduced the lights were the first wave of a Christmas invasion.
I prayed to River for answers. She floated down next to me a few nights before Christmas, after I had gotten out of bed, and was closely watching the lights from my kitchen window. “I think you are onto something,” River said. “You must remain vigilant. Do not leave this window.”
I sleep in between my parents, against one of them, so if the other awakens, and doesn’t feel me next to them, they think that I am against the other one. That allowed me to stay up at night watching the aliens.
And, caused me to sleep most of the day.
Then I discovered something stunning.
One day, after the sunset, the lights did not appear. I figured I had chased the aliens away, and was ready to take a triumphant nap, when I saw my Dad discreetly put his hand in a closed wooden box on the kitchen counter, slip a minuscule remote out the window, and press the button.
The lights started again.
My Dad was in on it!
I was stunned.
Then I thought about it some more and my Dad always seemed a step off, like someone who was trying to act human. And now I had discovered his secret.
But should I say anything? Yes, my Dad was involved in a plot for aliens to take over the Earth. But he made the majority of the household income, he walked me, and he was 80% of my entertainment. And if the alien invasion was do to happy wouldn’t it be better to be on their side?
I quickly dismissed the thought. I needed to be loyal to my planet, at least until there was an offer for my loyalty on the table.
But there wasn't an offer on the table. But there was a remote that controlled the aliens. I had snuck out of bed that night, a few days before Christmas. I jumped on a chair, and then onto the table. I lifted my mighty paw, and smashed the remote, then put it in my mouth and chomped on it until the aliens disappeared.
And that is how I Ruby Rose, saved the human race.
(A note from River Song: It may have been meant to not be truthful with Ruby, that it was just a Christmas light projector lighting the side of the house, and shining through the windows, but when your little sister thinks she is saving the world you let her believe the illusion. Little dogs need to save the world, it's good for their self-esteem, especially at Christmas.)
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