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Johnny Depp got out of his car and hurried across the side walk toward the entrance to the hotel. Warm golden light streamed out into the cold raw night where the wind howled and spat ice cold rain into Johnny´s lovely face.He shuddered and tried to yank his scarf higher up around his ears when he suddenly - despite the wind's carrying on - heard a small, but very happy sounding sigh to his left.
Johnny took a quick peek even though he had to narrow his gorgeous eyes against the whipping of the raindrops and he saw a relatively short, broad woman standing there all muffled up in coat and scarves and a pointed woollen hat.
So Johnny nodded warily.
She did look pretty harmless. But one never quite knew before it was too late what people - fans - might do. For not the first time that night Johnny wished he was at home with his beloved helping the kiddies making some seriously scary costumes for tomorrow when it was Halloween.
"Hi there, sweet Joh ... Mr. Depp. Fancy meeting you here. Oh - yes, there is of course a party in honour of Nicholas Cage´s new movie there at the big hotel. But are you not a bit late for that?"
"Yes, way too late unfortunately" Johnny admitted with a little smile. Then thought he better speed things up a bit so he could get inside and hopefully get warm. "Have you been waiting long - in this weather - you must be rather cold and wet ... Do you want an autograph or something?"
"Oh, no, swee .. I just saw you get out of the car and wanted to look at your gorgeous eyes ... look at you for a moment. You didn´t have to stop or anything" the woman answered.
She gesturing with her right hand as she talked. And Johnny noticed a dog leash. And since he had always loved dogs he couldn´t help asking "Where are your dog?"
A moment the woman looked confused. Then she looked at the leash and smiled "Oh, that ... It´s not for a dog as such. And I don´t even know if I have the heart to tie it around his neck ..."
Here Johnny´s fertile imagination raced away - down rather sordid path, it has to be admitted. But apparently the woman followed him step by step. Because she smiled even bigger and said "What a naughty boy you are"
Then she looked embarrassed and said "I am sorry. I shouldn´t have said that - like that" But Johnny just grinned happily and said "Of course you should. Since you are quite right. ... may I ask what the leash really is for, though?
He felt he had to ask - since the only thing bigger than Johnny Depp´s imagination and warm heart is his curiosity. And that not by much *o*
But the woman didn´t get angry as he had feared. She just looked a bit sad and said "Well ... It´s for Anubis actually ... He is - well, there is no finer word for it - the poor jackal is getting senile and has apparently almost forgot he once was the Egyptian´s god of the dead. Now he roams the Land of the Living and looks for adventures with the happy care-free bitches of this planet. And makes his mark everywhere ... And believe you me - even stout old trees wither and die when a god decides to pee on them! Tshee-hee ... So I have been asked to find him and bring him home - since I am a witch and some people thought I could handle that kind of assignment. ... but I feel sorry for the old .. dog - and don´t want to force him to do anything"
Jonny said thoughtfully "It is a shame with old people everywhere when they can´t take care of themselves any more" Here Johnny´s inner child started to jump up and down claiming they should go out and find the poor lost little doggie. ... the little cute brat had apparently not paid attention to the god part of said doggie. 
And when Johnny sternly told that sweet part of himself who always wants to help people in need of assistance that they had places to go and people to see the "child" just yelled louder. And when told flat out "No" he even stuck his tongue out and pouted - looking very cute while doing so.
So in order to appease his inner child a bit Johnny continued "But - since he - Anubis, you say? - is ... not quite like you and me - eh, at least not like me ... I mean, I am not a god ... He might be helped by drinking of this fountain I found once. It - eh ..."
For a moment the witch looked incomprehensive. Then she clapped her hand and jumped once or twice excitedly up in the air. "Yes, of course you know where the Fountain of Youth is! Yes, of course you do! I had forgotten that!!"
Here she hugged him ecstatically to Johnny´s great amazement. "Of course you do" she repeated "That is how you stay so young and beautiful and ..."
"Oh, do shut up, Meeps!" Johnny interrupted her rather brutally "I am not CUTE!" With that firm statement he a bit roughly removed her arms from around his neck - feeling quite a bit colder after having done so - and turned away from her and started towards the inviting warmth of the hotel lobby.
But looking back over his shoulder he saw her sad face and said with a little smile "Oh, do stop pouting, my wee lovely pet. Go to hgg wehw undgy ghwbbnyhbn breewv gyudcv kookjjfgd and get some water for the poor doggie - old Anubis"