Well, everyone, it's time. I hope you all like the conlusion for my story "The Right One". Once I actually started writing it, it all came so fluently. I am pretty satisfied with the outcome, even though it is a little short. Anyways, please read my note at the bottom of the story for a special look at my new upcoming sequel for this story! Thanks for reading everyone, and please review!
During the following few days, Stewie was quite distant with Brian. Being constantly in his lab, Brian barely saw the child. When he did, it was during times when the rest of the family, who were now back from seeing a badly bruised Carter, were around and rendering them unable to truly be together. It was frustrating the dog to no end. He knew Stewie was working on something to help extend Brian's lifespan. He had no idea what it was, or what it could do to him, but he trusted Stewie. During the nights when they were actually able to sleep in the same bed together, Brian would attempt to ask Stewie what progress he has made, or to go into further detail on what exactly he was working on. The child's lips would remain sealed, sadly, which further frustrated Brian.
Even though whatever Stewie was working on down there was for both of their benefits, Brian couldn't help but feel a bit left out. Especially after all the attention they were giving each other just a few days ago. Brian sighed as he poured himself a cup of coffee. He sat down at the kitchen table and took a sip. Take out the fact that there was a secret forbidden relationship going on within the family, it was a normal Saturday morning in the Griffin household. Lois and the rest of the family all sat in the living room enjoying some television after a fulfilling breakfast. Stewie was upstairs working on his contraptions, much to the rest of the family's ignorance. Then Brian sitting at the kitchen table enjoying his coffee. Normally this day would bid no ill feelings in the pit of the dog's stomach, but the thoughts brewing in his mind left him constantly pondering what exactly it was that Stewie was donating all of his time on upstairs. Brian strongly considered just entering Stewie's lab unannounced, but he knew it would only result in the child giving him quite an earful and undoubtedly kicking him out before he could even discover anything about the child's current intentions.
The dog went to take another drink of his coffee, then realizing after none of the warm liquid entered his mouth that the cup had been depleted. He sighed and got out of his chair to gently set the mug into the kitchen sink. He was about to exit the kitchen when the door pushed open to reveal Stewie. The child gleamed upon the sight of Brian. "I need you upstairs."
Brian, who was glad to see the boy in general smiled in return and raised an eyebrow. "Why?"
"Because I have a surprise for you."
Right then, Brian knew that Stewie had finished whatever it was he was working on to prolong the dog's life. He immediately became both nervous and exited. He had no idea what this was or what it would do it him. He suspected that was the reason why Stewie decided to make use of the term 'Surprise". He said no words though as he nodded in consent to allow the boy to lead him upstairs and into Stewie's bedroom.
Once inside the room, Stewie wandered over to the baseball bat in his toy chest and pulled it, thus sliding open the wall that lead to his secret room. As they walked inside, Brian marveled at the many inventions Stewie had created. The dog had only been in this room a small number of times, and he never got a chance to fully take in the scenery. Weapons were hung from almost every space along the walls. Stewie continued to lead Brian through the room until they reached a small elevator. Stewie pressed a button and the doors slid open allowing both of them to enter it. When Stewie pressed another button allowing the elevator to begin lowering itself Brian asked, "What are we doing in here?"
Stewie did not look at the dog as he replied, "You'll see." Brian could see a grin spread across the child's face as the elevator continued to descend into the depths of Stewie's lab.
When they finally came to a stop and the doors parted, Brian's mouth fell agape. The room was huge. Easily twice the size of the Griffin house above. He had never been down to this section of the lab, nor knew it had existed. Various machines were placed in random spots around the large room. Each had a use Brian did not even know. A large control panel surrounded by numerous large computer monitors sat adjacent from the elevator. Each one had something different displaying on it,
Brian was overwhelmed by this. All this time, Stewie had an entire underground warehouse that even Brian himself did not know about. Mouth still gaping, he looked down at the child in shock. "H-how...S-Stewie, how did you..." he trailed off as the child wordlessly took his hand and continued to lead him down the isles of machines until they came to a halt to a certain one. One Brian had never seen before.
Stewie paused before turning around to address the white Labrador. "This is quite possibly the greatest invention I have ever made." He gestured toward the large contraption as he continued. "But not because of reasons I have built all of these other ones. This one does not cause destruction. It doesn't allow people to go back in time or do anything of that nature. This amazing invention serves only one purpose, Brian." The child smiled warmly at Brian. The dog could see the amount of love that flooded Stewie's beautiful large eyes. "To insure that we will always be together, and nothing will ever change that."
Brian could barely breathe. Not because of the fact that his life could be changed forever because of this moment, but because of the passion behind those words. Struggling to find the strength to speak, he uttered, "What does it do?"
"It does three things." The boy answered simply. "First, this machine will make you human."
Brian suddenly felt lightheaded at this news. This thing could actually make him a human? He didn't know what to think, nor what to say. All he could do is sit there silently as Stewie continued. "Second, it will age you back 5 years. You're 8 years old now, so you will be 21 in human years when you're done. Third, it will halt your age at 21 for 17 years. Until I am 18. After that, you will begin to age like a normal human being."
"Stewie..." Brian began, in complete shock at hearing these words. "I-I don't know what to say. This...it-it's amazing. Why-?"
"Because I love you, Brian." Stewie answered before the dog could finish. "You're the only one in this world I ever want to be with; and if I can help it, I want it to be forever. This is the solution to our problems. Or at least most of them. I am currently beginning work on another machine that can accelerate my age to eighteen overnight. I am waiting on that, however because there are some things I need to clear up in here beforehand."
Brian felt tears brimming in his eyes. The first time he had ever cried in happiness since so long ago. Stewie truly did love the dog. To make something so amazing and groundbreaking for one person he cared about. Not to mention giving up his entire childhood just so he could be with that person was beyond what anybody else would do. Stewie was purely amazing; and, though Brian was a bit wary about Stewie accelerating his age, he did not have a second thought about wanting to do this. All his life, he had spent wondering what his meaning could ever possibly be as a talking dog. Now, he had a chance to make something of himself and to do it all with the most important person in the world to him. "Stewie, you are simply the most wonderful and ingenious kid I will ever meet." he said breathlessly.
Stewie batted a hand at the dog, "Don't tell me something I don't know." he replied with a small chuckle. "So, do you want to do it?"
"Are you kidding me?" Brian replied, "Of course I do! When are we doing this?"
"We can do it right now if you want to." Stewie calmly stated with a huge smile on his face.
Brian took a minute to fully wrap his head around this. He was about to be permanently changed into a human. Never again to be a dog. No more tail, no more fur, no more canine instincts...no more limits. His life was about to be changed forever and it was all because of Stewie. He quickly picked up the boy and brought him in to a long and tight embrace. "I love you so much, kid. I hope you know that."
Stewie hugged the canine back, "I love you too, Bry."
Brian lowered the boy back onto the ground. He stood and stared at the machine that was about to solve all of their problems. He couldn't help but smile. "Human." he muttered to himself. "Alright, let's do it."
Stewie practically jumped for joy as he trotted over to the small control panel beside the machine and hurriedly punched in commands. The machine began making a loud whirring sound and lights began to flash from both outside and inside of it as it started to power up. Brian noticed a small mirror hanging on a wall near him. He walked over to it and stared at himself, silently saying goodbye to his former self. As much as he was exited about becoming human, he knew he would miss certain aspects of being a dog. He noticed Stewie had stepped behind him and was also staring at Brian's reflection as if he was thinking the same thing. He hugged the dog from behind, burying his face in Brian's soft white fur for the last time before slowly letting go and whispering, "It's ready, Bry."
Brian took one last look at himself before stepping up to the tall machine. As he moved closer to it the glass, tube like door slid open to reveal the small chamber inside. He looked over at Stewie who nodded in signal for him to step in. He did so, and Stewie stepped back over to the control panel. "You probably will feel a tingling sensation thoughout the transformation. This will be perfectly normal." The child began, "However, if you start to feel any extreme pain, call out and I will halt the process."
Brian nodded in understanding. He was nervous, very nervous. Stewie's inventions haven't failed much, but there is always that slim chance. He trusted Stewie, though. Overall, he was also very exited as well. Stewie paused to take one last look at Brian. "See you in a minute." he smiled.
Brian smiled in return and waved goodbye as Stewie punched another key which closed the door. Brian could barely see through it. Suddenly, the machine started up and very bright lights began to flash and circle around him. He squeezed his eyes shut to prevent them from blinding him. He began to immediately feel the tingling sensation Stewie had warned him about. After about thirty seconds, he started to feel his body becoming increasingly hot. He felt some slight pain, as his limbs and back felt like they were being stretched to their limit. He wanted to look and see what was going on, but he knew that by opening his eyes, the bright lights would only make him close them again. He stood there and gritted his teeth as the contraption did things to his body that he didn't know were possible. Suddenly, he felt a wave of black crash into his consciousness, causing him to collapse and fall into what seemed like an instant sleep.
When Brian finally regained consciousness, the first thing he felt was that the metal floor of which he was lying on was cold, very cold. He almost jumped up and immediately lost his balance and fell to the floor once again. What the hell?He wondered. Suddenly, he remembered the machine and the transformation. He looked at his hands and realized in shock, that was exactly what they were. Hands! I have hands! He thought with glee. He slowly got up on unsteady feet. He was not used to standing on actual feet. Not mentioning he was much taller than he used to be. He realized just how cold it really was inside Stewie's lab. That's when he looked down and noticed in horror he was stark naked. Of course, he didn't realize before the transformation that he wasn't wearing any clothes, so logically, he would emerge the same way. He folded his arms across his bare chest to attempt to warm himself up and looked around. He had to shut his eyes for a few seconds to fully grasp what he noticed next. Colors!
He studied almost every color in the room. He couldn't name any of them other than black, Grey, and white. He was so fascinated by this new world around him. It was like a dream, but better.
"So, how do you like it?" Stewie's voice sounded from behind him and made him jump. He whirled around to face the child.
"Oh, my god, Stewie. It's even better than I imagined. I can see colors!" he exclaimed.
Stewie erupted in laughter. "Yeah, you'll get used to them pretty quick." The child then began walking around the room pointing out what colors were what. Brian listened intently as the child did so.
As Stewie finished, he took a moment to gaze upon Brian's new body. From the look on the boy's face, he was not disappointed. When he looked below Brian's waist, however, a particular smile spread across his face. "So you're hot, and you've got the package." he said.
Brian involuntarily looked down to see what Stewie was talking about and instantly covered himself, hot with embarrassment.
Stewie laughed hysterically, "Oh for god's sake, Brian. It's not like I'm never going to see that again!"
Stewie picked up a pile of clothes off the floor and tossed them to Brian. "Here, try these on." Brian studied the garments as Stewie continued. "I tried to guess what size you'd be. I think I was mostly correct. I snuck them out of a clothing store down the street."
Brian slipped himself into the underwear, then into the blue jeans. He had some trouble fastening the button, and Stewie came over to help him. "Another thing you're going to have to get used to." he said.
Brian grunted in agreement as the boy finished buttoning his jeans. Brian threw on the blue t-shirt and straightened it out. Surprisingly, it all fit rather well. Stewie was clearly content with the result. The child then proceeded to do a walk around, examining Brian's new body. "Everything looks good on the outside," the boy commented. "How do you feel?"
"Tall."
That made the boy giggle. "Well I guess everything checks out then. Let's get you upstairs."
"Wait," Brian said. "Are the others home yet?"
Stewie shook his head. "Not due to be home for a couple of hours."
"Well, how are we going to explain this to them?"
The boy shrugged. "We'll come up with something, Brian. Don't worry."
They got into the elevator and arrived upstairs back into Stewie's bedroom. Brian looked around, thinking the room looked a bit different given his new height. He looked down at Stewie, who was now quite minuscule compared to him now. He picked up the boy. "Hey!" Stewie exclaimed as Brian lifted him into his arms. They sat there for a minute staring at each other before Stewie noted, "I really need to start on my machine soon. I don't like this."
They both started laughing at the current situation. Brian's laugh died down as his face got a more serious as he gazed into Stewie's eyes, "How could I ever repay you for this? You've given me a whole new meaning to my life, kid."
"Well I sure as hell didn't do it just for you." the child remarked, a devilish grin on his face.
They leaned in for a deep kiss. As their lips brushed one another, they became lost in each others presence. So lost, that they didn't hear the car pull into the driveway. So lost, that they didn't hear the front door open, or the voices coming from downstairs. So lost, that they didn't hear Stewie's bedroom door open until it was too late. What caused them to be alerted of the family's early return was Lois's scream coming from Stewie's doorway. They both broke apart, Brian nearly jumping out of his skin. Stewie jumped from Brian's arms onto the floor. They both stared, petrified at the horrified woman standing before them. Lois didn't dare move from her spot. "Who-who are you!?" she shrieked. "What are you doing in my house?! Get the fuck away from my baby, you sick bastard!"
"Lois! Lois! It's me! It's Brian!" the ex-canine explained quickly.
"Bullshit!" She screamed. "If you knew anything, you would know that Brian is a fucking dog! Which to be honest isn't to fucking far from you, you fuck!"
Lois quickly grabbed her cell phone out of her pocket. "I'm calling the police."
"Lois, I swear to god, it's me. I can explain this." Brian sputtered.
Lois paused for a minute to study the man in front of her. "B-Brian?"
"Yes, Lois. It's me. It's alright. It's fine." Brian said, emphasizing his words with his hands.
Lois looked completely confused. "I...ho-how did you...why in the fuck were you making out with my baby?!"
Brian gave a quick look at Stewie who sighed in defeat and nodded, giving Brian permission to tell her everything. They both knew there was no getting around this. "I know you're not going to believe a word I say, Lois, and I don't blame you. Either way, I am going to tell you the truth." He gestured toward Stewie. "You have not realized this, but your son is one of the smartest people on this earth. He built a machine that could turn me into a human so I wouldn't have to die so early."
He pointed to the bat in Stewie's toy chest. "I can prove he built it right now. Another reason why he did this,..." Brian gulped as he struggled to say what was coming next. "We are in love, Lois. This sounds so bad right now, but I swear he has the mind of an adult. You just can't tell because you don't listen. I swear by my life, that this is all true. He is in love with me, and I am in love with him. I know this sounds bad, Lois, but I am begging you to believe me."
Lois had the biggest look of disbelief on her face. She pinched the bridge of her nose as she opened her mouth to speak. "Let me get this straight," she began. "You're telling me that my baby is a genius and I can't tell because I don't pay enough attention to him, and that the both of you are in love. Then you try and convince me that this is okay?"
Brian lowered his head and nodded. He knew it was hopeless getting through to her. He had one last desperate attempt to show her, though. He turned to the teary-eyed boy beside him. "Show her, Stewie."
The child nodded and walked over and pulled the bat in his toy chest. The walls parted to reveal Stewie's secret room. Lois' face turned from disgust to astonishment. Her mouth fell open as she gazed in amazement upon the room in her own house that she never knew had existed until now. Brian stared at her, trying to read her expression to see if she was beginning to see any truth in this.
"This is only a small section of what he has." Brian explained. "The machine that turned me into this is downstairs. Stewie did all of this, Lois. He's smarter than you think he is."
Lois looked from Brian, to the room, then over to Stewie. "St-Stewie did this?"
"Do you really think I could do it?"
Lois remained frozen to where she stood for a few minutes, attempting to take all of this in. Eventually she closed her eyes and shook her head. "Get out, Brian."
Brian blinked, "Wh-what?"
"I SAID GET OUT! GET OUT!" She roared. "You're lucky I don't kill you right here. Get the FUCK out of my house before I call the cops. You are never to come back here. You stay away from me. You stay away from Stewie. You stay away from my family. Now pack your shit and get out! You have thirty minutes!"
With that, she stormed out of the room. Brian swore he could hear her begin to weep as she went downstairs. Funny. She just found out that a full grown man had been making out with her baby and she leaves the child in the same room as him.
Brian lowered his head as tears began to stream from his eyes. It was over. Everything they both fought so hard to keep a secret was now in the open and Brian was hated for it. He looked over at the small boy now lying on the floor completely motionless. His eyes staring at something Brian could not see.
All that he could do was stand there and look hopelessly at Stewie. This time, he had no comforting words for the boy, nothing he could do to make the child feel better. Their deepest and darkest secret was just brought to the light and there was nothing they could do about it. Stewie had since destroyed his time machine with no hope of ever building it again, so they couldn't just simply go back in time and erase this event. All that Brian could do was sigh and take a seat next to the boy.
"I'm sorry, Stewie."
Stewie continued to stare off into space. "It's over, Brian."
Brian could only continue to stare at the boy, "It's over."
Upon hearing that, Stewie snapped to reality and jumped up off of the floor. He made his way over to his dresser and began rummaging through it to begin gathering clothes. "I'm coming with you." the boy stated.
Brian got up and walked over to put a hand on Stewie's shoulder to stop him. The boy paused as Brian spoke, "You know that can't happen, Stewie. It'll just make everything worse."
Stewie began trembling as sobs broke free. The child turned to Brian, tears streaming from his eyes. "I have to, Brian!" the boy cried. "You're the only one I have! You can't just leave me here! We're supposed to be together!" Brian felt his own tears drop onto his chest. "It has to be this way, Stewie. You know this."
Stewie collapsed, sobbing. "Please, Brian! There must be something we can do!"
"There's nothing to be done, kid."
Stewie continued to sob for a good five minutes before falling silent. Brian was almost sure the child had fainted until he spoke up. "Fuck love. Fuck all of this. I'm losing the only thing I have in this world, and they don't even care. They never will. From now on, they are all dead to me. They will never be my family. As I grow up, and I become even more distant and hateful towards them than I am now, I hope they realize the mistake they made in taking you away from me." The child stood to face Brian. The dog noticed a certain coldness in the boy's eyes as he continued to face Brian. "You know I will always love you, right? You know that there is no getting over you, and I am going to spend all these days without you broken and alone."
Brian didn't know what to feel as he replied, "I know, kid. It'll be no different with myself. You are the only one I'll ever want; and now you're the one I can't have."
Brian went into his room to begin gathering his belongings, Stewie did what he could to help him. Neither of them said a word as they both stuffed the few items Brian had into a large duffel bag. After everything was packed and ready to go, Brian summed up the strength to go downstairs where Lois was waiting on the couch. As Brian reached the bottom of the steps, Stewie tugged on his arm. "Brian, just promise me two things."
"What's that?"
Tears, once again, filled the boy's eyes as he said, "Don't do anything stupid. You know what I mean when I say this. If you do, I swear, I will do the same. Second, I want you to contact me on my eighteenth birthday and tell me where you are. On that day, I will leave all of this to be with you. That, I do promise."
Brian sighed. He couldn't lie to himself, he was thinking of offing himself at some point after he left. He knew he couldn't do it, though. It was many years down the road, but some day, Stewie would be waiting for him; and he knew he was worth the wait. Brian bent down to kiss the child on the forehead, "I promise." he muttered as he picked up his duffel bag and continued to walk across the room.
Lois rose from her seat and faced Brian with the coldest look on her face. Brian paused to look at her, wincing at that look in her eyes as he said, "I'm sorry you had to find out about this Lois. Just know that I love you all, and I am going to miss each and every one of you."
Lois didn't say a word, but Brian swore he could see a tear run down her face as he turned back and opened the front door. He slowly walked out of the house and onto the sidewalk outside. Before getting into his car, he took one last look at the house he had called home for many years. "Goodbye." he whispered as he got into his car. He backed out of the driveway and proceeded to drive down the road, silently bidding farewell to the life he no longer had. Stewie was gone, the Griffins were gone. He was now, truly alone in this world. He turned on the radio, he had since repaired, and a song came on. "No Matter What"by Papa Roach. The same song that played after that night when he was on his date with Lara. He sighed and let it play as he took the quickest way out of Quahog he could find.
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Stewie sat in front of the front door, as if he was expecting Brian to come marching through again like he always did. He knew it was a false hope, but it was all he could do to cope with what had just happened. Lois had entered Stewie's lab and explored it in it's entirety. She had decided that it was better off never existing, rather than constantly reminding her of what occurred in there. So, she found a self destruct button on Stewie's control panel which opened up floodgates, allowing water to fill the area completely. Destroying everything he had ever created. Afterward, she carried on as if Brian had never told her of Stewie's secrets. Of course, she would block it out. Who wants an evil genius as a baby? All she wanted, was to have a normal child of his age, and she was going to treat him as such.
Stewie had lost everything. Everything that was him. His lab...and his Lab. He sat there in front of the front door recalling all the time he and Brian had spent together. No more adventures. No more laughing together. No more getting in to trouble, then working together to fix it. No more bickering and poking jokes at each other. No more nights spent in solstice with him by my side. All time times we spent together; all of the things we've been through. All of the times we accomplished things humanity have deemed impossible. It's all gone. All for nothing.
Brian was gone. Never again to walk through that front door; and every time Stewie thought of that fact, the tears would begin again. He knew deep down that he could never leave the Griffin house. Not at his age. They would find both of them and make it impossible for Brian and Stewie to ever see each other again. He had no motivation to do anything. His lab was destroyed. Everything he had gathered over his lifetime now ceased to exist. Sure he could start anew, but what good would it do in the end? No, he would have to wait until he was old enough. Once that happened he would travel the world to find Brian. Not because he was the perfect person. Not because he was a saint; and not because Stewie couldn't just find someone else. Only because he was the right one. The person Stewie was born to be with. And even if it would take the rest of his life, Stewie would find his right one. Wherever he may be, they would start a new beginning.
I would like to personally thank each and every one of you for reading my story and leaving me these positive reviews. It's amazing people like you that keep a writer going. I know this story was a lot shorter than I originally intended, but don't fret, I have a sequel in the works and I am very exited to be showing it to all of you. For those of you who have kept up with "The Right One", I have released a FIRST LOOK at my upcoming sequel for this story. I created my own custom cover for it, which I think sums the story up perfectly. I will also be releasing a detailed description of the story. Not to mention, I have an announcement of a change in schedule that will result in me releasing chapters for it in a much more organized and steady pattern. All of this is on my livejournal as of NOW! So please go over there and take a look at the post and be sure to let me know what you think. Also, please review this story. I know I left a cliffhanger on this, I hope you're all not too mad. :P Anyways, I love hearing what you guys think and constructive criticism always helps me write better. The link to that post is below. Once again, thank you all SOOO much for sticking with me to the conclusion of this story, and I hope you all will learn to love me new upcoming sequel "New Beginnings". Until then, keep writing, and keep reading! Until Next Time,
Austin
DawnAscendance
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