Hello everyone. This will be the first chapter of my first Pound Puppies story. Well, here goes nothing.


It was a dark night in a grassy field outside the city. With only the moon as a source of light, we see a shadowy figure. You could hardly tell, but the figure was a dog. Female too.

This dog though, was carrying something in its mouth and it was wrapped in a blanket.

Eventually, the dog had made it to a wooden fence as she stopped in front of it. She then lowered her head to place the thing she was carrying gently on to the grass.

The blanket that the dog was carrying then opened, revealing a small sleeping puppy. This meant that the grown dog must've been its mother.

Speaking of which, the mother dog soon had a sad look upon her face.

"I know that when you're older you'll wonder why I did this" she began. "Just know now that I did it because I love you" she lovingly nuzzled her pup's head with her own. "And I always will…" she whispered as tears rolled down her cheeks. She then licked the top of her pup's head one last time before running off.

- Months later-

Months had passed. The pup that was left on the grassy field had grown. It was still a pup, but it learned to survive on the streets.

You could now also tell what the young pup looked like. It was a black and white pup with white on all four of its paws, a curly tail that curled on to its back, and icy blue colored eyes. This pup was also of the spitz breed, though it was uncertain which type of spitz it was. To top it all of, this pup was male and he had a small tan colored backpack upon his back and a sapphire blue colored collar around his neck.

He was now walking along the sidewalk, minding his own business, when he stumbled upon a butcher shop. He got a peek inside and saw a ton of delicious meats. This made him lick his lips, signaling his hunger. His stomach growling only helped prove that point even further.

He had to get something to eat. Knowing he couldn't go through the front entrance, he had to find another way in. The young pup decided to go around the shop to see if there was a back entrance. As luck would have it, there actually was a back entrance. Now all the pup had to do was get passed the butcher with some meat.

"Yes, I'd like some smoked sausage and some lamb chops" the lady in front said to the butcher.

"Coming right up. That smoked sausage is a popular one here" the butcher said in response. The lady then saw a little pup jumping for some meat.

"Heh heh. And it looks like your puppy seems to agree with you" she replied amusingly.

"Puppy?" the butcher raised an eyebrow. He looked behind himself to see the young pup with a chain of smoked sausage links in its mouth. "Hey!" the butcher yelled with a meat cleaver in his hand. The pup's eyes widened in fear. He turned around and ran out the back with the sausages in his mouth. "Get back here!" the butcher yelled, chasing down the pup.

The pup ran as fast as he could. He turned a corner and went down a nearby alleyway. Up ahead, he saw a box, and beyond that was a giant board of wood. Increasing his speed, the pup leapt into the air and landed on the box, which he soon leapt from and jumped over the wood. However, despite how fat he was, the butcher managed to hop over the wood.

The pup sighed in annoyance and continued running. The pup and the butcher following him were now running on the sidewalk. The pup soon turned to the left and ran across the street.

Looking to his right, he saw an abandoned building and it was at that moment that he got an idea. He soon turned to his right and ran inside the building and up the stairs. Knowing the butcher would still chase him down, the pup went up all the staircases, not stopping once.

Running up all those stairs was worth it because he had eventually made it up to the roof.

"There you are" the pup turned to look at the butcher. "There's nowhere to run now" said the butcher with a grin. Looking over his shoulder, the pup saw an open dumpster. With no other choice at this point, the pup decided to go with the only option he had left.

He turned around and jumped off the five story building.

"Oh, my god!" the butcher shouted in disbelief. He would then see the pup fall to its doom as it landed in the dumpster, seeing no trace of him whatsoever. "Rest in peace, little guy" the butcher said as he took his hat off. He then walked towards the staircase to get down from the building.

What he didn't know, however, was the fact that the pup had survived his deadly jump. Turns out, the dumpster was full of garbage and it had broken his fall. Once the coast was clear, the pup had soon jumped out of the dumpster.

"Stupid human" the pup said with a chuckle. Now that that chasing ordeal was over, he could finally get to eat his breakfast. The wait was worth it because the sausage was really good. It had really lived up to its name, it being smoked sausage. "Oh, my god, this is so good!" he said, wolfing down his food.

However, while he was eating, a shadow crept up in front of him. He looked up and the next thing he knew was he was caught in a net.

-Shelter 17-

The famous shelter 17. It was one of the best shelters in the nation when it came to puppy adoptions. But it wasn't the humans who got the puppies adopted. No, it was done by a secret organization of dogs known as the pound puppies.

Speaking of which, three little pups were lying around in the grass in a cage, when they saw the dog catcher truck pull up in front.

"Aww, it's a new puppy, Mr. McLeash. Isn't he cute?" the lovable oaf Olaf asked as he held the pup in his hands.

"He's the same as all the other mutts except with a backpack. Put him with the others" The head of the dog pound, Mr. Mcleash told his assistant.

"Sorry, puppy, I gotta do what Mr. Mcleash says" Olaf said to the pup as he put him in the pound. The pup growled in anger.

"Hello" he heard a feminine voice. He turned to see a young, female Border collie pup and behind her were a female Boxer/Labrador pup, and male Dalmatian pup. "I'm Rebound, and these are my friends Cupcake and Patches" The Border collie pup introduced both herself and her friends.

A/N: I know Rebound is Niblet's sister from another litter, but I personally think she might be a Border collie considering how short her fur is.

"Uh, hi…" he replied in less friendly, but still somehow friendly tone while making eye contact with them out of the corner of his eye.

"Hey, why don't we introduce him to the others?" Cupcake suggested.

"Yeah" said Patches.

"What do you say? How about we show you to the rest of the pound?" Rebound asked he new guy.

"Eh, what the hell, I guess it couldn't hurt" he replied with shrug and a roll of his eyes.

-Underground-

In the underground base of shelter 17, each member of the Pound Puppies team were doing their own thing. That is, until the pups showed up.

"Hey guys, guess what" Patches said as he and his friends walked in.

"What is it Patches?" Lucky asked the Dalmatian pup as the rest of the team gathered.

"We just met a new pup" Rebound answered with joy and a wag of her tail.

"Makes sense. So where is this new pup?" Lucky asked, seeing only the three of them. The three pups stepped to the side for the fourth pup to walk up and reveal himself.

"His name is…" Patches tried to think but then realized something.

"Actually, I don't think he told us his name" Cupcake said.

"What's your name, sweetie?" Cookie kindly asked the black and white pup.

"The name's Jesse" he replied.

"Well Jesse, we're the Pound Puppies. I'm Lucky, and these are my friends and teammates Cookie, Niblet, Squirt and Strudel" Lucky introduced himself and his team to Jesse.

"The Pound Puppies? Wow, never thought I'd get to meet you guys" he said at a loss for words.

"Yep, we're famous alright" Lucky said. "And we're here to help you find your perfect person" he added.

"My perfect what?" Jesse asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Since you're here little Jesse, we are obligated to help find the human who is perfect for you" Strudel explained to him. "Using one of my most prominent inventions, the FKD" she added. "Just say what you're looking for in a human and the FKD will match you with your perfect person"

"Tsk. I could care less about finding a human" Jesse said in snarky tone.

"What?!" Everyone said with shock, surprised at what he just said.

"If you need me, I'll be outside" Jesse said, walking past the three other pups.

"Well that's a first" Cupcake commented.

"Hey, maybe the pup just needs a little talking to" Squirt suggested.

"I'll talk to him" Lucky said.

"Actually, Lucky, you better let us handle this. He might listen if he hears it from pups his own age" Patches suggested, making a valid point.

"Alright then, pups, you handle this" Lucky agreed, letting them go talk to the newest pup in the pound.

"You really think they can convince that little guy?" Cookie asked, having her doubts.

"Let's hope they do. If they don't… well, I have a back up plan" Lucky told her.

-Above ground-

Jesse let out a deep sigh. It was at that moment he heard a creaking sound. He turned to see the three other pups.

"Hey Jesse" Cupcake greeted as they walked up to him.

"Oh, it's you. What do you guys want?" he asked with a straight, yet serious look.

"Just came to talk to our fellow pup" Patches told him. Jesse narrowed his eyes at him. "Look, we understand not wanting to be with a human" he began.

"Really? Is that so?" Jesse suspiciously asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Uh… yeah?" Patches nervously said.

"Hmph. You don't sound very sure of yourself" he said with a smirk. "From what I can tell, you have no idea where I'm coming from" he added.

"Ok, maybe I don't" Patches rolled his eyes.

"Me neither" Rebound mentioned.

"But I do" Cupcake said, making Jesse turn his towards her. "When I first arrived here, I didn't want anything to do with having a perfect person. But then Cookie told me what having a human was like and I finally let them find me a family" she told him. "Oddly enough, the family who adopted me was Cookie's family. Now she's my mommy" she concluded.

"Ok, that's really sweet and all, but I still don't want a human" Jesse said.

"Why not?" Rebound asked.

"I have my reasons, don't question me" he told her. It was at that moment that he heard his stomach growl again. "Damn, that's right, I didn't get a chance to finish breakfast" he said.

"We can fix that. Do you prefer wet dog food, or dry dog food?" Rebound asked with a smile.

"Uh, I guess wet dog food will do" Jesse told her. Rebound walked into one of the nearby doghouse and pulled out a bowl of wet dog food, bringing it to Jesse. "Thanks, Rebound" he thanked her.

"No problem" she replied.

"How'd you know that was there?" Patches asked her with a raised eyebrow.

"I was eating out of it earlier and I hid it under a box so that my brother wouldn't get it" she told him.

"Wow, Rebound actually did something clever…" Patches thought in his head. "By the way, Jesse…" Patches began, which got his attention. "Besides the Pound Puppies, the three of us have our own puppy placing organization" he said.

"What's it called? The Super Secret Pup Club?" Jesse mockingly asked. The other three pups looked at each other in silence.

"How'd you know?" Cupcake asked.

"Wait, you mean I was right? Oh my god! I was only joking" he replied with a chuckle. The three other pups then heard the entrance behind them opening.

"Any luck convincing him, pups?" Cookie asked as she and the other Pound Puppies came up.

"No" the three of them replied simultaneously, looking down.

"Well that plan went down the drain. What now, chief?" Cookie asked, referring to Lucky.

"Now? Now it's time for my back up plan" He said with a confident grin, for it was now time for plan B.


That's the end of this Chapter. Just what exactly is Lucky's plan B? Find out in the next chapter of this story.