Oliver's POV

Mr. Coltin walked into the living area,

"Dinner's ready... Are you sure you're okay Ben."

Ben nodded smiling,

"Yes, now let's eat I'm starving."

I stayed in the living area, they weren't going to feed me human food, I'd just have to wait, I told myself. I saw Mr. Coltin motion for me to follow him. I padded along following him into the kitchen where Mr. Coltin set a plate of something on the ground. When he moved, I saw there was a plate of meatballs sitting there,

"Sorry buddy, we don't have any dog food. So, I hope meatballs are alright."

I walked over and pushed my plate of meatballs over so I could sit next to Ben as I ate. Mr. Coltin laughed, and Ben pat my head. Ben started to eat so I tried to learn how to eat with a dog tongue. It was surprisingly easy. In no time I had eaten all my meatballs and lay curled up under Ben's chair. I get it, I was taking my job as "protector" a little too seriously, but I hadn't had this much attention in a while, so I savored it. After Ben finished, he said goodnight to his Dad, and I followed him down the hall into a bedroom. I looked away as Ben changed into his pajamas and curled up right next to his bed as he brushed his teeth. Ben turned off the lights and pulled up the covers, after a couple of minutes I heard sniffling. My ear perked up and I realized he was crying. I sat up to see Ben trembling under his covers. I quickly jumped up on the bed and snuggled up to Ben's side licking his ear to get his attention. Ben turned to face me, and I saw tear streaming down his face. I licked away his tears and shuffled under the blanket. I used my nose to throw his arm up so I could curl up close to him. I heard him whimper as he started to mumble to me,

"I don't get it, why do they have to do that to me, my mom already beats me enough. I never did anything to them. I wished I had someone to protect me, and today I did, thank you."

Suddenly I felt my body start to tingle weirdly. Ben made a choking sound as I started glowing. It was so bright I couldn't see, when the light cleared, I saw I was in human form and was in my terrible beat up condition. Ben shoved me off the bed. I landed with a thud and winced,

"Hi there. Ow, ow, ow."

Ben gasped again and jumped off the bed,

"Are you okay?"

He flipped on the lights as I realized I probably still had blood all over my face and so I covered it with my hands. I felt an arm propping me up,

"Yeah I'm good, I just don't look good right now."

I felt Ben's hands cover mine and try to take them off my face.