"Come on! This way!"

"Where'd she go!?"

"Over here! I saw her!"

Sweetie growled as she continued to narrowly evade the members of the PAW Patrol. So she decided to steal some pearls from Puplantis and use their power to become the queen of Barkningburg, big whoop.

She just wasn't expecting the whole PAW Patrol to come after her as freaking MERPUPS! Chase and Skye weren't too far behind her.

"Go around! We can cut her off!" Chase whispered to his smaller companion, who nodded and took off toward the side. While Sweetie's paws didn't make her as fast a swimmer as a merpup, she was still pretty fast. Sweetie looked back and smirked as she saw Chase alone. She looked forward again, only for Skye to tackle her from the front, causing the white terrier to drop all of the pearls she was holding. Chase caught up as Skye struggled with the royal pup, quickly cuffing her front paws together.

"Alright, we got her." Chase panted.

"Let's get the pearls." Skye suggested. Chase nodded.

"Sweetie, don't even think about going anywhere."

"He says to the pup whose paws are cuffed." The terrier retorted. Chase ignored her as he and Skye went to picking up the pearls. Skye stopped, her eyes on one particular pearl. Even though it looked just like the rest, something about this particular one felt... Off... As if in a trance, she reached for the pearl, gently placing her paw on it. Pain unlike any other shot up her paw as black electricity crackled from the pearl. Skye's scream pierced the ocean as she fell to the ocean floor, twitching and spasming violently.

"Skye!" Chase was at her side, panic evident in his eyes as he tried to calm her. "Marshall!" He called into his pup tag. "I need you! Something's wrong with Skye!"

"What happened!?" Was the dally's response.

"I don't know, one of the pearls did something to her!"

"I'm on my way!" Chase's eyes locked onto the offending pearl. He reached a paw out to touch it, only for it to ubruptly collapse in a pile of dust. Skye's siezing stopped as she lay on the ocean floor panting. Sweetie curiously lifted a cuffed paw and touched her. In a flash, the cockapoo turned Merpup grabbed the sides of Sweetie's diving helmet, a feral glint in her eye as she slammed her into a rock, the glass of her helmet shattering. Sweetie had no time to even gasp as she was overwhelmed with water, bubbles erupting from her mouth as she flailed in the cockapoo's grip, trying desperately to find air. Before anyone could blink, Skye slammed the royal pup's face into the rock again, this time staining the water around them with blood. Skye vaguely heard shouting as she did it once more, leaving blood flowing from Sweetie's left eye. Before she could do it again, a sharp blow to her head caused her to black out...

The sound of a steady beeping was the first sound to reach Skye's ears. She blearily opened her eyes to see that she was in a hospital room. Lifting her paw, she could feel bandages wrapped around her head. The door opened, and Chase walked in.

"You're awake."

"My head..."

"Sorry about that, but you really didn't leave me a choice."

"What are you talking about?" Skye asked groggily.

"Skye, Ryder's not happy and the Princess is furious. I don't know what compelled you to attack Sweetie like that but-"

"I did what!?" Chase blinked.

"Don't you... Remember?"

"I remember we went to gather the pearls she stole, but everything after that moment is blank."

"You... You really don't remember?"

"No. Is she alright, I-I didn't-"

"She's alive, just... She's permanently blind in her left eye."

"Oh god."

"The Princess, she wants you punished, but if you really can't remember..."

"Chase..."

"Skye, you'll be okay, I promise."

"Stay here. Please." Chase nodded, taking the seat next to her bed.

"I'm scared Chase."

"Don't worry, I'll be here."

"Not for the next ten minutes you won't." Ryder interrupted, stepping through the doorway. Skye could tell from the look on his face that this wouldn't end well.

"Ryder, sir, I-"

"Chase, I need to talk to Skye alone."

"Don't you think she should have more time to recover, I mean-"

"Now Chase."

"I insist that-"

"Out!" Chase whimpered, walking out with his head low. "Skye, I want the truth right now."