A/N: Based on RP... Read & Review!

It was a hot summer's day and Cherry went to the local library, deciding which movie she should rent. She looked at the family movie to see if there was a classic childhood movie she grew up with that she might like to see for nostalgia purposes or see something she actually never saw as a child and would like to maybe give a try.

She then saw there was a sequel to the Disney's Pocahontas film. She remembered doing a history report on Pocahontas and that she somehow was able to travel back in time and able to meet the Native American girl and help her meet John Smith and abolish hatred towards people who were different from each other. She decided she would take this DVD out and went to go to the front desk and check it out, and was told to bring it back in three days, she then took her new DVD and walked out to go home and give it a watch.

"Hey, Cherry." Atticus and Patch said.

"Hey, guys." Cherry said as she wiped her forehead.

"You don't look so good, Cherry..." Patch said, looking up to her.

"Summer..." Cherry mumbled as the sun beaded down from the sky. "Is it wrong if I just want a little bit of snow in August?"

"No, it's not wrong, I also wish if there was snow in August." Atticus said, before both him and patch noticed the video of Pocahontas 2 that she was holding.

"Are you doing that for your next report?" Patch asked the human girl then.

"Nah, this is just for fun," Cherry said as she held the DVD. "My parents are meeting with friends tonight, so I thought I'd give myself a little movie night."

"Can we come over?" Atticus asked.

"That should be fine with my parents." Cherry said as she stood in the shade, avoiding the sunshine of summer.

"Yay!" Atticus and Patch cheered.

A pick-up truck drove up and a horn honked.

"That's my Daddy," Cherry stood up with her new DVD. "I'll see ya guys later tonight. Come over around... Say... 7:30?"

"Sounds good." the boy and Dalmatian puppy said.

"Okay, see ya then." Cherry said as she went to her father's truck.

"Come on, Patch, race ya home." Atticus said.

"You're on." Patch said, accepting the challenge.

They both began to race back home.

Darla was swinging in the yard with Amber pushing her.

"Can I have a turn now, Darla?" Amber asked, feeling a little hot, it was a rather heat-filled summer day today.

"Just a little longer, Amy?" Darla smirked to her best friend, seeming to be hogging the cool air that came with swinging back and forth.

Atticus and Patch then entered inside.

Jessica was on the couch with a friend of hers, putting on nail polish for her. "Hey, little bro."

The other girl looked to Atticus, gave a friendly smile, then looked back down as Jessica continued to put polish on her nails.

"Where are Mom and Dad?" Atticus asked.

"Mom's working on her garden and Dad's mowing the lawn." Jessica answered as she blew on her friend's nails.

"Great, thanks." Atticus said before he and Patch went to the garden.

Emily had her garden hat on as she patched up some new flowers, it was almost Fall, so she had to put away her plants as school started next month. Atticus and Patch then entered her garden.

"Hey, Mom, me and Patch are gonna go over to Cherry's place tonight at 7:30 to watch Pocahontas 2." Atticus told his mother.

Emily looked up. "Did Cherry invite you?" she asked with a friendly smile.

"Yes." Atticus answered.

"Well, you wanna have dinner here then?" Emily asked, unsure if Cherry would have food for him or not.

"Well sure, since we will have dinner at 6:00." Atticus said.

Emily slid her gardening gloves off with a smile as she stood up. "What would you like to have, honey?"

"Mac-n-Cheese." Atticus said.

Emily chuckled. "All right, let's go get you some..." she smiled, as she bent down and pet Patch on her way inside.

Patch smiled at her as she went off. "This is going to be the best night ever, I just know it." he said.

Jessica and her friend bunched their fingers up together back and forth as the nail polish dried.

"Why do you guys do that when you get paint on your nails?" Darla asked as she now played dolls with Amber.

"Because when the polish dries, it kinda freezes your fingers," Jessica explained, whilst doing it. "You can't really move them that well a while after it dries..."

"Why?" Patch asked. "So then you can have a new shade of color for each day?"

"It's just a thing about nail polish," Jessica said as she continued to blow on her nails. "You'd understand if you were a girl."

Jessica's friend glanced at her. Was she talking to the dog like it could understand every word she was saying? Patch looked up to Jessica's friend, nodding his head as a sign of saying yes.

"Were you just talking to Atticus's puppy?" Jessica's friend asked her.

Jessica looked to her friend and chuckled sheepishly. "I love talking with animals... It makes them feel important and they're best friends after all..."

Jessica's friend glanced, then shrugged it off. Amber and Darla hid giggles as they continued to play their little game.

"How come Jessica didn't tell her friend?" Patch asked Atticus.

"Maybe so then her friend doesn't think she's crazy." Atticus answered.

Darla looked at Jessica and her friend's nails. "So pretty~"

"Someday you could get your nails done too, Darla," Jessica smiled. "When you're a little older."

Darla huffed, pouting and crossing her arms.

Amber chuckled, trying to cheer up her friend. "It won't be long now... It'll go by before you know it."

"They always say that..." Darla smirked back to her.

"But it's true, it'll go by before you know it." Atticus and Patch said.

"What do you wanna be when you grow up, Amber?" Darla asked.

Amber shrugged. "Either a veterinarian or a ballet instructor... I love animals, but plus, I'm very physically fit... You've seen my gymnastics at the talent show."

"Yeah, you were great," Darla remembered with a smile. "That also won you that beauty pageant against that cruel Ivy de Vil."

"I could've sworn that Lucky, Rolly, Cadpig, and Spot were trying to help me win in that competition when Uncle Roger and Aunt Anita let them come with me," Amber thought back a little, then shrugged. "Oh, well... What about you, Darla?"

"I just want everybody to love me once they remember who I am..." Darla sighed.

"And I'm sure that they will." Patch said.

Darla smiled, she hugged Patch and pet him. "The best doggy in the world!" she said in a baby voice.

Amber chuckled, she also pet Patch. "You look so much like your father... Only you got a black patch over that eye..."

Patch chuckled, he then jumped with Darla and Amber, licking them both, making the girls giggle in delight. Atticus also liked Amber's visits because it always made Darla happy.

Later that night, Emily made macaroni and cheese for dinner, serving her family. Patrick was called to work, so he took a quick plate of dinner before leaving and went on his way. Patch got very full from his dinner as he laid with his fat gut with his paw on it. Atticus ate his bowl of macaroni and cheese and finished it.

It was now almost 7:30 which meant that atticus and patch had to leave right away.

"Me and Patch are gonna leave now." Atticus said.

Jessica and Emily were washing the dishes.

"Okay, honey, have a good time, tell Cherry we say hi!" Emily called from the kitchen as she put another now clean dish over to Jessica for her to dry and put away in the cupboards.

Patch was able to work off his dinner weight so he could go to Cherry's place with Atticus. Atticus and Patch then ran out and began to make their way to Cherry's place so they could be there on time.

Cherry's parents had already left and now she was lying on the couch with a Nick magazine to occupy her time until the boys would get here to watch the movie and she had popcorn in the microwave, popping and turning. She was lying in the living room so she could hear if when Atticus and Patch came here, if she were in her bedroom, she'd probably never hear them coming. She then heard the front door open and Atticus and Patch entered, really excited to watch the movie.

"Ready?" Cherry asked as she quickly shut her magazine.

"Ready." the boys told her.

"There's some popcorn in the microwave and my mom got some Mountain Dew for us." Cherry said as she grabbed the DVD and changed the TV settings so they could watch the movie.

"Wahoo! This is going to be the best night ever!" Atticus exclaimed from excitement.

What they didn't know was that this was going to be the start of another adventure.