Planning (2)

"Fuck it."  I eventually said from my position on my bed.

It's been over an hour and I still hadn't come to a decision regarding whether or not I should use summon monster. 

'If I can't decide on this, how am I going to react to the actual big decisions?' I thought with an angry snarl directed at myself.

Steeling myself, I mentally aimed where I want the creature I'm going to create to appear. Then with a deep breath of air, I waved my left hand and cast { Summon Monster I}. I chose the first level of Summon monster as a test, if the thing I created was hostile a few Cantrips would be enough to take it down.

 Additionally, unlike with a normal {Summon Monster}, I could choose what was created from the spell regardless of alignment.

Thus as a magic circle flared into existence, mentally I choose a Celestial Dog to be summoned.

The circle glowed a soft yellow color for a moment before exploding in a blinding gradience causing me to over my eyes.

Feeling something off I quickly check my Energy pool and curse when I realize I used far too much mana in that spell.

' That was enough to cast a fourth-level spell! I could have sworn I didn't put that magic into it, what the hell?!'  I thought annoyed.

Pushing an overcharged { Ray of frost} cantrip into my left hand I was ready to deal with whatever I summoned in case it was hostile.

However such thoughts were washed away as I gazed upon the creature I had summoned.

Standing at 30inches in height ( or 2"6') was a German Shepard with star-like symbols across its body and a small Halo atop its head. However, its most notable feature was the rings of gold-colored runic writing moving across its body.

The Dog looked around the apartment momentarily before setting its star-shaped pupils on me. Its eyes held an intelligence much higher than the average pet.

After Quickly casting {Speak with Animals} and {Comprehend Languages} I opened my mouth to speak.

" Hi there big fella, I'm Ale-Whoa!"

Suddenly as I was speaking the Dog surged forward faster than my eyes could track and tackled me into the bed. A spike of fear rushed through me momentarily until I felt the slimy and wet tongue of the Celestial German Shepard. 

" Hi! I'm uh, I don't have a name yet master, but I'm willing and ready for service! " The Dog said cheerily in between its attempts to lick my face off.

Dazed, and honestly quite confused at the Dog's actions It took me a moment to get my thoughts in order.

When I did I quickly pushed the Dog off of me and wiped any slobber off in disgust. 

" Nice to meet you," I said sarcastically to the dog.

Unfortunately, the dog didn't pick up on that.

" Nice to meet you too Master!" It said with a big dopy dog smile as its tail wagged happily.

While shaking my head at its response I said" So you don't have a name?  Do you remember anything before being summoned?"

The Dog nodded at my first question and shook its head at the second.

" I see. What Gender are you? Actually, do you have one being considering you're a celestial being?"

The Celestial Dog stopped its tail wagging and tilted its head in confusion for a moment at the question.

I thought maybe it didn't understand the question and was going to rephrase when it did something unexpected. 

It checked itself. 

" It seems I'm a female master!" The now Female dog said excitedly.

I laughed.

 For the first time in a long time I let out a laugh, not a fake one to appease my company, but a real raw laugh.

The situation was just ridiculous. I expected some stern, majestic dog literally made from the heavens. Instead, I got a friendly Germanshepard that didn't know its own gender until a few seconds ago.

So I laughed.  All of today's events faded into the background as my chest felt lighter.

'I needed that.' I realize suddenly, my laughter coming to a halt as I regained control of myself.

Between having stressed over what to do with my magic, nearly having a panic attack, thinking about my time as a "stress medium", and dealing with my darker thoughts a lot of stress had built up. 

' I've had worse days, but it builds up. This, I needed this.' I thought as I looked towards the animal I had summoned.

Kneeling by it I gave the Dog a soft rub of the head as thanks.

"What was that for master? Did I do something Good?" The German Shepard asked questioningly.

" Yeah, you did. You did well…Lexi." I said with a soft smile.

The Dog suddenly vibrated with excitement as it heard her new name.

"Lexi? Is that my new name?"  The female dog said with hope.

Rubbing her head more I said,"  Yup, do you like it?"

Lexi's response was to jump me and pelt me with dog kisses.