One furious, deep brown eye. The cream coloured Labrador retriever yelped, jumping back and the other pedigree, a White American Shepard, got to its feet, turned and pounced on her in the blink of an eye. She folded her ears all the way back at its growling. Then, as it stopped, she slowly opened her eyes. The White American Shepard got off her and backed away.

"My apologies, sister. Are you hurt?" he asked anxiously. The pedigree Labrador pulled herself into a sitting position.

"I think so… however, I'm not your sister." She said. The other pedigree dog shrugged.

"Well, we're all the same species, right?" he said with a small grin.

"I guess so… I never thought about it that way but I guess, in a sense, you're right." She said with a grin of her own. "What's your name?"

"I'm Bolt… and you?" the American Shepard replied.

"I'm Amelia… what were you doing in the sea?" she asked him.

"You are never going to believe this but, I have no idea." Bolt said smiling. "That wolfdog must have thrown me in." Amelia tilted her head.

"Wolfdog?"

"A guy I was fighting earlier." Bolt said idly

"I'll hand it to you, you have about five times the strength of any dog I've ever seen." She said.

"Ahem… well I have been known for my strength at different points down the track." Bolt paused and sniffed. "Where am I?"

"In a city under Bison Peek. The cliff's that way." Amelia pointed. "Had some pretty good views before they declared it unsafe."

"Well that's just great." Bolt muttered sarcastically. Just his luck. In a strange city under a cliff and no way of knowing how far he'd travelled from Calico's base.

"Bit of a bummer for the tourists… but I keep wondering, why did that business man and his dog and cat and all those guys dressed in black come through here up there." Amelia said. Bolt's ears pricked up.

"Business man and his dog and cat?" he asked interested.

"Big tall guy. Bit of a jerk if you ask me. He had one brown eye and one green eye… like, completely green like he was some kind of cat." Amelia said, trying to remember what he looked like.

"This green eye… was it his left?" Bolt asked eagerly.

"Yeah it was…"

"And the dog… what did he look like?" Bolt asked becoming hopeful.

"Top half dark red… bottom half white… brown eyes and collar with what looked like a cat's eye on it." Amelia closed her eyes remembering him.

"And the cat?" Bolt asked her, life springing to his voice.

"Egyptian Manu, black and white, didn't move from his shoulder at all." Amelia said.

"Thank you that's all I need to know." Bolt said

"Why do you want to know about him?" Amelia asked curiously.

"Remember that dog I said I was fighting?"

"Was it him?" Amelia asked.

"Yep."

"Ah, I see, you you're going for revenge?" Amelia said, her eyes shining.

"You got it."

"Good. That jerk of a dog treats us badly." Amelia said as if she had something disgusting in her mouth.

"How long have I been out?" Bolt wondered.

"Well, I'm off to kick some tail." He said somewhat heroically, marching off.

"Good luck!" Amelia called after him.

Penny was knocked aside quite suddenly and, on a reflex, brought up her Wheel Bar to attack… only to have it knocked out of her hand by a lava blast.

"Give it up, Penny." Calico said, walking up beside Gus. "You're just a little girl and your doggy can't save you anymore." Calico spat out the word 'doggy'. Gus shot another lava blast on the floor near her, making her inch back. He shot again and Penny wriggled backwards further. Gus leapt and gave her a gentle head butt… which was the equivalent of a heavy shove for a super dog. It sent Penny rolling along the floor. Gus pounced on her and held her down. Penny reached one hand out and managed to grab her Wheel Bar. But as she swung it around to hit Gus, the wolfdog used another lava blast and knocked it out of her hand again.

"Hey Bolt." The White American Shepard looked around.

"I'm sorry, have we met?" he asked the black Labrador retriever mutt.

"Name's Alex. I'm Amelia's brother." He said. "Amelia told me about you. If you're staying for any length of time, you'll see me around; I get everywhere."

"Ah, well good to see you." Bolt said. Alex nodded.

"If I am correct, you have somewhere pressing to be. I won't keep you." Bolt nodded and walked briskly off.

Gus threw Penny against the wall. Penny crawled over and grabbed her Wheel Bar. She swung the weapon on Gus but he knocked it out of her hand with a lava blast. It clanged against the wall and fell on the floor. Penny pounced on it again. She pointed it threateningly at the wolfdog then swung it. Gus knocked it out of her hand with a lava blast.

Bolt stopped. A ladder cut into the cliff face. Great.

"I'm a bit too short to climb the ladder… looks like you are too." Came a voice. Bolt jumped.

"Who's there?" he asked, his tail raising

"Just me." Said a brown Labrador retriever mutt coming out of the bushes. "I'm Amelia's sister." Bolt looked up at the cliff; he couldn't help but feel his hopes sinking. "There might be another way…" Bolt looked up again.

"What is it? Tell me!" the brown Labrador mutt pointed back the way he came. First you got to find the bridge. Find Isai, a pedigree Golden Retriever, he'll lead you on." She said.

"Ok, thank you!" said Bolt, dashing off. He eventually found the bridge and saw the pedigree Golden Retriever near it. Bolt ran over to him.

"Ah, you must be the dog that everyone is talking about." Said the Golden Retriever, standing up. "You wish to find a way up the cliff, yes?"

"Yeah, how'd you know?" Bolt asked. The Golden Retriever laughed.

"Labrador grapevine. Alex gets all over the place, you know."

"Alex? How'd he know?" Bolt asked confused.

"He heard it from Lesly."

"Who's Lesly?" Bolt asked warily, baring his teeth slightly.

"Amelia's sister."

"Oh." The pedigree Golden Retriever let off a howl and Alex appeared from nowhere.

"Hey Bolt, what do you know?" he said.

"Right then mister dog… uh, Bolt was it? Let's go." Said the Golden Retriever, walking over the bridge, Alex and Bolt in tow.

"I'm sure you already know this, but the pedigree Golden Retriever's name is Isai." Alex whispered.

"Yeah I did." Bolt replied as they walked across the bridge.

Penny hit the wall and fell near her Wheel Bar. She reached for the weapon but as soon as she gripped it, Gus shot it out of her hand with a lava blast.

Bolt, Isai and Alex reached a house. Isai knocked on the door and a Golden Retriever mutt came out of a dog flap. Isai and the dog nuzzled and then he turned to them.

"My mate Satori will lead you on." Isai announced. The Golden Retriever mutt smiled then went back inside the house to emerge later with a ring.

"Give me your paw." She said, pointing at Bolt. Bolt placed a paw forwards and she slipped the ring onto it. "I have a feeling you may need this." She said.

"Oh Satori, enough with your primitive witchcraft." Isai moaned.

"What is it?" asked Bolt.

"The ring of Power. I have a feeling you may need it."

Penny picked her Wheel Bar back up but Gus shot it right out of her hand. Penny picked it up again but Gus just shot it out of her hand.

"Hey Satori." Said a pedigree Yorkshire terrier.

"Hey Noble." Said Satori.

"Say is that the ring of Power?" he asked.

"It sure is!" Satori said.

"Awesome!"

"Coming up the cliff with us?"

"Sure." So Satori, Noble, Alex and Bolt headed off through a nearby tunnel. It was then Noble spotted another dog, a Yorkshire terrier mutt. "Peter! What's wrong?"

"…dad, I'm lost." He whimpered. Noble hushed him.

"It's ok, we're here." Noble reassured his son. The five of them made it through the cave and out into the forest. Satori looked down.

"This forest is not my domain; you will need to find Dr. Hill if you are to get any closer to the cliff."

"He lives in the house just across the stream." Said Noble.

"Ok, thanks!" said Bolt jumping across the stream. He knocked on the door of the house. A pedigree German Shepard appeared through the dog flap. "I'm looking for Dr. Hill." Bolt told him.

"Who are you?" the German Sheppard asked.

"I'm Bolt." Said the super dog.

"Well, I'm Dr. Hill. Why are you here?"

"Satori said you would be able to lead me through the forest?"

"Yes, I could do that. Come on." They set off and on the way, ran into Dr. Hill's brother, Boris who tagged along. They reached a lake and ran into Isai.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" Bolt asked him.

"I spend my life by water. This is one of my favourite places." He said.

"Ok, well you want to tag along?"

"Hmm… ok." They crossed the lake and were walking by some streams when they bumped into Alex.

"Alex, you truly get everywhere." Bolt commented.

"What can I say? I'm a roamer." The black Labrador mutt replied. "Say, are you still heading to the cliff?"

"Yeah, why do you ask?" Bolt asked him.

"Well in that case, you better turn around." Alex said.

"What? Why?"

"There's been a rockslide up ahead, and it looks like it was a forced one. By something pretty big. No way is anyone getting through. You'll have to go the long way."

"Great." Bolt, Dr. Hill, Boris, Isai and Alex crossed the lake again and headed around the long way to the cliff.