Jewel's eyes sparkled almost like the diamonds on the collor dancing about infront of her.

"Two-tone...tell me how you got that..NOW!" Jewel shrieked. Two-tone glanced over at her, eyes wide. They were in the barn, where Two-tone was happily showing off her newest material poession, A diamond studded collar that seemed to shimmer and glow in every angle of the Light. Two-tone really shouldn't have been surprised. Of course Jewel HAD to have every single new accessory that was around, at the collar was going to be an instant target...

"Errr, Swamp Rat got a whole shipment of them the other day...you can get some there is you..." She say, then blinked and looked around.

"Jewel?" Two-toned asked looking around again. There seemed to be absoultly no sign of hewr sibling, only maybe a few dust coulds on the floor

"ThanksfortheinfoTwo-tonebye!" Came a voice that suddeny appeared and then disappeared as fast as it came.

"...whoa...faster then the speed of sound when there's a new sale.."Two-tone muttered.

"Well HOWDY HOWDY HOWDY! Well young'un, What can Ah do ya fer today? The beady eyed rodent asked the second Jewel had stepped within five feet of him. Ugh. She had to deal with him, that's right, the "swamp rat". She had never met him before, but she had heard the other pups talking about him. Ugh. What a horrid looking creature. She sighed quietly and shook her head. No...she had to do this. She braved the horrors of the muck in the swamp. Sure her pure, snow white fur got dirty, but for a diamon collar? She'd go a lot farther...

"I'd like a diamond collar....er..please."Jewel said, as if she had rehursed the words over and over again in her head, which she had. The little navy colored rat stared at her for a few seconds, then burst into laughter, falling onto his back and kicking his legs up into the air. Jewel blinked, then scowled. She knew her fur was messed up, but she really didn't think that was a cause for laughter. She pushed down the boiling rage that had begun to bubble inside of her and tried again.

"Mr. Swamp Rat. Please give me a collar. " She tried again. This time, the rat sat up, looking at her curiously.

"Oh....you weren't joking last time...Ok, hun. lemme give you some advice. This is a busniess establishment, mmmkay? You know how busniess works? Ah sell things, you buy 'em. Emm kay? I don't GIVE out anything. So unless you've got sdome money, your plum outta luck, and in that case, GIT OFF MY PROPERTY!" The little rat screamed. Jewel's eyes narrowed and she took a step forward, unable to hold her anger off any longer. Who on earth did this little dirt bag think he was? Ordering her around like that?! Damn it! She was Jewel! Prettiest dog on the farm!!

"Look you little muppet reject, I did NOT walk through your horrible little swamp for nothing. I did NOT get up to my waist in muddy water, and I did NOT battle tons of annoying little bugs, for NOTHING. So you are going to GIVE me that collar, and I won't bite your head off!" She growled. Once again, the rat collapsed into a squeal of giggles and heavy laughter. That was it, the final straw! Jewel charged forward, a kettle of fury bursting inside of her. She would have slammed into him but he dodged to the side at the last second, causing her to run by into a dirty puddle of...something. She growled and stood up, turning around to face him, who was standing there with his arms crossed.

"This is all very interestin' but I've got work ta do, so if you don't mind.." He began, and clapped his paws twice. At first, Jewel didn't know what was going on, but in a few seconds, she was lifted up into the air, her feet dangling below her. Something was around her belly. Something green and very, very tight.

"A troublemaker Bossssss?" A hissing voiced asked from above her. She tried to look up, but couldn't see excatly what had grabbed her.

"That's right. Git rid of her." The rat squeaked, and turned to walk back inside of his little washing machine. Jewel could feel herself being pulled away, being lifted away and carried as if she weighted nothing at all. And sadly, her diamond collar was getting farther and farther away...

"Wait! Wait! Like, I can totally pay you! I'll do anything! Like, totally gimmie a chance!" She begged in a last resort. Swamp rat slowly turned around, looking at the puppy who was dangling in Sydney's grasp.

".........Put her down Sydney. " He finally said. The was a quiet mumbling above her, before suddenly, the pup landed on the earthy ground with a painful thud. She growled upwards, and then turned her glance to Swamp Rat and took a deep breath.

"Ahhh...Mr. Swamp Rat, ummmm, I'm prepared to offer you ...my prized jewels..." The pup said sadly, reaching down to remove two of the golden bracelets from her wrist and tossed them to the ground infront of Swamp Rat. The rat flicked his wrist once, and suddenly, he was holding a small extendable magnifying glass. He peered at the two bracelets, then tilted his head.

"Alright, what else?" He asked. Jewel gasped quietly. He had to be kidding! What ELSE?! Her prized bracelets, and he was asking what else....fine...she could give him "what else." The pup took a deep breath and stood up, her hips arching a bit from side to side as she walked up to the rat. She pressed the cold nose against the rim of his ear, her voice was a deep, throaty purr.

"I'll also give you a tongue bath. " She whispered quietly. She caught the quick flash of the naked pink tail swish behind him, and then the rat moved away. He glanced at the two bracelets, then the puppy who was grinning at him, then the bracelets, then the puppy.

"..No deal. " He said, crossing his arms. Jewel's mouth dropped open. No one had EVER refused one of her come ones...oh....she suddenly figured it out then grinned.

"Well, if you like, I could talk my brother into giving you a tongue bath, Mr. Swamprat. He's quite cute, and I'm sure if I asked nicely, he would bend ov-" She said, but was cut off by the rat.

"Noooot, interested. If you want to make a deal like that, you'll need to sign mah contract." He rat hissed, flicking his wrist. Suddenly, a very long looking scroll of paper rolled down from the rats little pink paw.

"Sign on the dotted line, and you can have the diamond collar, and yer bracelets. " Swamp Rat said with a cheeky grin.

"The collar AND my bracelets?!" Jewel asked, her tail giving a sweep behind her. She pushed her paw against the dotted line like he pointed out and beamed.

"Now gimmie!" She yelled. The rat chuckled quietly, and disappeared into the washing mashine, and then returned with a small while box in his paws. He tossed it to Jewel, who eagerly, opened it up. The thing was so bright she had to shield her eyes, but guh, it looked terrific!! Diamonds! A diamond studded collar! An D.S. original design! Those were worth a lot of money! She briefly wondered how the rat had come across such things, but decided it was best not to ask. She didn't care anyway. The collar was hers!!

"Well, like, I'll totally be going now. Thanks alot." Jewel said with a chuckle, and began to walk over, and only stopped when she realized she wasn't going anywhere. The rat was standing on..HER TAIL!

"MY TAIL!! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" Jewel screamed. The rat chuckled quietly, shaking his head.

"Ah'm afraid you didn't look at yer contract. See, here in paragraph one, Section B, Sez, I can do anything I so please with slave, who in Paragraph one, second A, is party A. And party A, is you. " He explained, before Jewel snatched the document from him.

"In terms of agreement...blah blah blah....D.S. original diamond studded collar...blah blah blah....PARTY A IS TO DO WHATEVER PARTY B DEMANDS?! FOR HOW LONG?!" Jewel screamed. Swamp rat chuckled softly, taking the document from her.

"For the length of one moon. Give or take if I get tired of you or not. " He said. Jewel sighed a breath of relief. One moon. That would be easy to do, one simply night...

"Anyway, we have got to get you conditioned!" Swamp Rat said, walking into his washing machine, and beckoning for Jewel to follow. The preppy puppy stayed put though, an cheeky smirk on her muzzle.

"I've already got the collar. What if I just go home?" She asked. Swamp Rat's grin widened and he simply shook his head.

"Well, if you think you can git around mah boys..." He said, clapping his paws three times. Suddenly, the ground was shaking underneath her. At first, she thought there it was an earth quake, and in a way, it was. She turned around, and gasped, her mouth wide open as a HUGE crocodile towered above her, a purple scarf around his neck, and a straw hat around his neck were the only things he wore. Next to him, dropped a very long, green snake, grinning at her toothfuly.

"You've already met Sydney, this big guy here, is Steven. " Swamp Rat chuckled quietly. then added: "And if you didn manage to some how get past the two of them, I'll simply take this contract her, and show yer parents, and all the other dogs on the farm. Won't be too hard to convince them yer a slut...well, your not yet..." He chuckled, as did the others. Jewel only whimpered quietly, feeling a shiver shoot down her spine. What had she gotten herself into...

To Be Continued...

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