Let's see how far the Wisp Saga can go! ;)

The first Wisp story kept pretty close to the canon "peril points," but future stories will have a bit more peril. Someone might even bleed. -gasp- Anyway, this story is divided into chapters, posted sporadically as they are typed.

Also, Wisp's colors have changed. I looked up spelunking colors. The only thing I could find was the sign, which is a sort of muted orange-brown. So her main color is orange-brown, with blue highlights.

It had been a month since Wisp had met the Paw Patrol. She had decided that it had been the happiest time of her life.

Chase and Marshall had taken her on a tour of the town, introducing her to everyone. Skye had taken her on flight in her helicopter to some of the mountains around Adventure Bay. Zuma and Rubble had invited her every day to play on the beach with them since Marshall had decided that her sprained paw had healed enough for her to be on it. She had helped Rocky recycled seeming junk into useful objects used around the Lookout and Adventure Bay.

Ryder had even given her a Pup Pack! It was an old prototype of Chase's, with a spotlight, small winch, and a launcher with no ammo.

Wisp had never felt so at home, or so loved. But how long would it last, she worried. Pretty soon, they would lose interest and Wisp would be back on her own.

It was illogical, of course, but Wisp had been rejected and ignored too many times to think otherwise.

She decided to leave before any of that could happen.

It was early morning when Wisp awoke with a sharp yip. Her head shot up, and she looked quickly around the Lookout main room where she slept.

"Just a dream," she whispered to herself. She shuddered. "More like a nightmare."

Wisp had dreamt of running alongside the Paw Patrol. Suddenly, she found herself alone in a dark place. No matter how much she had called, no one had answered, until an enormous crash in the dream had startled her awake.

It was a dream she had fairly often, whenever she had found a new home. This time, the dream was accompanied by a sense of foreboding and sadness.

"It's time to go," Wisp thought. "The sooner I go, the less painful it will be."

Wisp stood up from the bed Ryder had bought her. She gathered and put on her lucky bandana and Pup Pack, and stepped out of the cave-like den Rocky had built for her in the corner.

She crept out of the Lookout, determined not to look back. She couldn't help herself, though and turned back at the edge of the hill to gaze sadly at the Paw Patrol snoozing happily in their puphouses, oblivious to their newest friend's leaving.

"Bye," she whispered. She started walking away, but was stopped by a sleepy voice.

"Wisp? What are you doing up so early?"

Wisp turned to see Chase standing outside his puphouse. He blinked a couple times and shook his head, waking himself up. He cocked his head at Wisp's expression.

"What's wrong?" Chase asked, trotting up to Wisp.

"I'm leaving."

"You're going back to your home in the tunnels? Okay, but why so early? Everyone will want to see you off," Chase said, keeping his voice low to not wake up the other pups. Then his face lit up and he started excitedly, "Or, you could just-"

"I'm not going to the tunnels. Not here at least," Wisp interrupted.

Chase cocked his head. "Where are you going, then?"

Wisp shrugged.

"Oh-kaaay." Chase frowned. "I don't get it."

"I'm leaving Adventure Bay."

Chase stared. "What? Are you going to visit Tracker or Everest? For how long?"

Wisp groaned and shook her head. "No, I am not going to visit anyone. I'm leaving Adventure Bay forever."

"What?!"

Wisp grimaced and tried to shush Chase, but the damage was done. Skye, Zuma, Rubble and Rocky lifted their heads. Marshall -not quite awake yet- walked out of his puphouse, in a full circle, then straight into the puphouse wall.

"I'm awake!" Marshall exclaimed, fully waking up the other pups.

When all the pups saw Wisp and Chase standing away from the Lookout, and Wisp wearing her Pack, they sensed something was wrong and ran over to them.

"What's up, pups?" Marshall asked.

"Wisp says she's leaving!" Chase exclaimed.

The other pups yelped in surprise.

"Leaving?!" Zuma cried.

"Did something happen?" asked Rocky.

"Where are you going?" from Skye.

"You can't leave now. You promised to help Zuma and I finish our sand castle," Rubble protested.

Chase turned to Wisp and summed up all of the pups thoughts in one word, "Why?"

Wisp dropped her head. "It's better this way, trust me."

"What's wrong, Wisp? We're your friends, you can trust us," Marshall put in.

"For how long? I'm useless," Wisp muttered.

"What? No!" Chase emphatically shook his head. "You saved me from the sewers."

"You were the one with the idea to put 'chicken baskets' under the drain holes," Rocky said.

"You build the best sand castles!" Apparently, Rubble had only one thing on his mind so early in the morning.

Wisp shook her head. "You don't understand-"

"No," Chase interrupted. "You are a valuable friend to the Paw Patrol, and you will always have a home here."

Wisp sighed, but made no more argument. She let herself be herded back to a bean bag by the Paw Patrol and reluctantly laid down. Chase plopped down at her side. The other pups gathered bean bags and curled up around Wisp, both to keep her company and to prevent her from trying to sneak off again.

Without speaking, the Paw Patrol knew right then they were going to have to find a way to convince Wisp to stay, before she really did disappear forever.

Ryder was startled the next morning when he found all the pups had formed a big pup pile in the middle of the floor.

"Pups?" Ryder asked. He gently shook Chase until the German Shepard lifted his head. "Why is everyone in here?"

Chase glanced at the other pups, who were starting to wake up at the sound of Ryder talking. "I'll explain, but not right now."

"Okay?" Ryder stepped back, wondering what Chase was trying to keep a secret.

It wasn't until later that morning, when Zuma and Rubble had dragged Wisp to the beach to work on the promised sand castle, that he got an explanation.

"Wisp thinks she isn't wanted? But that's ridiculous!" Ryder said.

"I know that, and you know that, but Wisp doesn't," Marshall said.

"She really seemed to think we were just going to kick her out if she isn't useful," Chase said.

Ryder thought for a moment. "I have a plan. It will only fix the problem for a little bit, but let's give her a reason to feel useful."

The pups cocked their heads. After Rider had explained, they all howled their agreement. Skye and Rocky dashed outside, while Chase, Marshall, and Ryder waited for them to get into position.