I roll over and snuggle up to my mates warm chocolate-coloured fur, just as I was about to fall asleep again...

"Dad! Wake up!" A young dalmation and chocolate lab jump on me and my mate, making me and him jump from the scare.

I snuggle up to my mate more,"five more minutes mom..."

"But it's christmas!" the choc-lab says happily while gently shaking me.

I slowly sit up, I grab my IPhone and press the home button to have a look at the date. I notice it is christmas, "Holy hell it is too! What are you two still doing here? Go on out and see what santa brought!" I say with a smile.

They look at each other before running out of our room, not long after I get up and get dressed. I grab zuma's favourite orange and white shirt with anchors on it and chuck it over to him, landing on his head while putting on the shirt thats red and has flames on it that zuma bought me yesterday. "Wake up, hun. It's christmas and neither of us like to keep the kids by themselves."

Zuma sits up and yawns while lightly rubbing his eyes with his paws, "I suppose.

You know sometimes I hate going to bed."

"Why?"

"Because I have to get out of the warmth evewy morning again."

I chuckle abit.

-1 Hour Later-

Me and enferno roll out of the way of zuma and myst's onslaught of bullets, I chuck enferno another clip of bullets for his nerf retaliator elite blaster and reload my own.

"Dad!" enferno gestures to the reinforced roof, "Find a way to snipe them from up there, while I provide cover fire!"

I nod and place my blaster on my back and run to a wall as enferno covers me, I quickly scale the wall that me and zuma had built to keep fit, (a part of a parkour course built into our home) as soon as I get up I run to an ample spot to shoot zuma and myst. I grab my blaster off my back and aim, I hope I haven't lost my touch with aiming. I get myst's chest lined up in my cross-hairs and pull the trigger.

~Zuma's POV~

I hear myst fake die next to me as he carefully falls down, I follow suite as I feel a nerf bullet hit my chest and fall down next to myst. I use that time to have a look at where the bullet came from. I see marshall stand up, place his blaster on his back and jump down from his 2 meter high vantage point without hurting himself after he jogs over and holds out his paw to help me up while enferno does the same for myst.

"You did well babe, I'm surpwised you wegained your dead-shot accuwacy from when we wewe pups." I say after marshall helps me up.

"Thanks hun, I've been practicing alot so that could be why." He replies before giving me a kiss on the lips.

We soon break the kiss as enferno runs over to me and hugs me, "that was fun dad! Can we do it again one weekend but with uncle humphrery, auntie kate, roxy and moonlight too?"

"Don't forget uncle bumblebee, auntie elita, sparky and sparkflame as well ferno!" Myst yells to us from over the other side of our backyard while picking up the bullets.

Marshall rubs his paws together," I just had a think of what the battle would look like with that many people in it and I think it would be really fun."

I wipe away some swet and get an idea, I whisper into marshalls ear my idea and get a nod of approval from him. "Hey kids what do you say aftew we all pack up, we go and get an ice-cweam from hungwy jacks?"

"Yes please!" Both pups say in unison while they wag their tails excitedly.

Marshall grabs his iphone out of his pocket and calls humphrery, "Hey bro me, zuma and the kids are gonna head to hungry jacks in about 15 minutes to get an ice-cream you wanna bring kate, roxy and moonlight and join us?"

"You bet, I'll round up the troops and see you there marshall!"

"Alright see ya!" He hangs up with a slight chuckle.