CHAPTER 2

A / N: I'm back. I'm sorry for the wait but I had a problem with the computer. Sometimes I hate technology. I hope you enjoy the chapter.

Meredith opened her eyes, her sight was confused "Ughhh ... My head ..." Meredith looked up, but she saw only the sky. The palace of Winston was unrecognizable. The ceiling with the elegant chandeliers was gone, the large windows were all destroyed, the walls of the hall were burning.

Meredith stood up slowly, trying to understand what had happened, but when she looked at the scene in front of her was upset.

"OH MY GOD !" Meredith screamed as tears began to fall from her eyes.

In front of her were the bodies of dozens of people, the guests of the party were lying motionless on the floor, some of them had their faces were disfigured and unrecognizable. Meredith started walking slowly, but when she turned around he began to scream in despair.

"MUM! DAD! "Meredith ran to her parents, next to them there were still bodies of 6 adult dogs.

"NO NO NO !" she began to cry as she watched the eyes of her father, the love and the joy that used to be seen in the eyes of the king was gone.

The girl looked at the bodies of their beloved dogs and was surprised to see that Chase, Everest and Zuma were alive. They moved quickly, trying to wake their parents. Meredith came over and hugged them. The three pups, who could not even speak, wept, too scared, too confused to understand what had happened.

"There's me here. Do not worry"

"M-Meredith ..." She heard a faint voice

"MUM !" she said as she approached her mother

"Mum ... don't worry ... you'll be fine ..." Meredith said, weeping.

The queen slowly took the crown a few centimeters from her

"Mum ... what are you doing?" The girl asked.

The queen gave the crown to Meredith "Y-you are destined to b-become queen ..." Alexandra said, her voice getting weaker.

"T-take the withe gems, save the pups. Take them in a safe place ... they are the only ones who can restore peace in the empire ... they are the only ones who can defeat Adalar" the queen began to spit blood.

"They don't have to do this ... Adalar is died ... the gems ..." Meredith said but was interrupted

"The gems have weakened him... but no ... he isn't dead ... ... one day he will return, to finish... what he started ..." said the queen who was struggling to breathe.

"Now I prune you out of her" the girl said

"No ... you can't help me ..." Alexandra said

"But I ..." Meredith was interrupted

"If you want to help me, your father and our country do what I told you ... safe the pups and keeps the gems ... when Adalar will back ... you'll be ready" Meredith was crying uncontrollably

"I love you ... my daughter ... " said the queen with his last breath.

Meredith saw the light gone from the eyes of the mother. "Nooo! NO NO! MUM!" The girl slumped on the mother's chest and wept.

It had been several minutes and Meredith had not stopped crying "Why? Why us?"

Meanwhile, the three pups approached the queen and licked her face, but she did not move. Meredith looked at the puppies, were too young to understand what had happened.

"Don't worry, I will take you to a safe place" Meredith picked gems white collars and put them in a bag that he found on the floor, then he picked up the pups and with them disappeared into the dark of the night.

"When the time comes we will defeat Adalar. Together"

Meredith stepped away from the city of London, he organized the preparations to bring the cubs to a place where they would be safe, the United States. Thanks to the money kept in the palace Meredith managed to buy tickets to board a cruise ship that would take her to New York. Before leaving she cut her hair and dyed it blonde for them not to be recognized. During the journey he was always locked in the cabin along with the pups. She was to prevent anyone knew that they had survived, fortunately the few people he met didn't made questions, everyone was convinced that the royal family had been destroyed.

When they arrived in New York Meredith immediately he left the city and headed for the countryside.

"I'll find someone to take care of you ... at least until you will ready" Meredith said to the three pups.

Three years later

"Then pups, are you ready for a great day on the snow?" Asked Ryder to the team.

All howled with joy "How beautiful! We will spend all day on Jake's mountain" said Skye doing a backflip

"I look forward to snowboarding, I love snowboarding" said Rubble

"We know" replied the other pups

"C'mon pups, the snow is waiting for us!" Chase said running to the Paw Patroller.

The others looked at him, "Don't you think that Chase is happier than usual to go to the mountains?" Rocky asked

"Now that I think you are right, lately Chase was acting strange" said Zuma.

Everyone turned to Marshall who was playing with a rock "Why do you fixed me?" Asked the dalmatian

"You know what's going on with Chase?" Asked Rocky.

"No, why should I know?"

"Dude, you're his best friend" said Zuma

"Oh .. right, maybe later I try to talk to him and see to find out" Marshall concluded.

Ryder and pups went on Paw Patroller and headed for the Jake's mountain. Twenty minutes later they arrived at the mountain where Jake and Everest were waiting for them.

"Hi Ryder, hi pups. Good to see you" Jake said, smiling.

"Hi Jake. Then pups, take your snowboard and have fun" said Ryder.

The pups took snowboarding gear. Rubble fell down the side of the mountain doing incredible stunts, followed by Skye and Marshall. The Dalmatian tried to repeat the moves of Rubble

"Yes, I am succeeding" but as soon as he concluded the sentence he realized it was directed on a snow ramp. Marshall could not stop in time and climbed up the ramp that sent him flying into the air. After a few seconds he fell to the ground by putting his head under the snow.

Rubble and Skye ran towards him, "Are you okay Marshall?" asked Skye.

Marshall pulled his head out of the snow trembling "Y-yes I'm fine, but my e-ears ... are frozen"

Rubble and Skye laughed. Meanwhile, Zuma, Rocky and Everest were making a snowman. Marshall looked around and realized that Chase was sitting next to Jake's house.

"Why Chase remained there?" Asked Marshall

"We don't know, before he was having fun, but then he said he wanted to take a break" explained Rubble

"Hmm, that's strange ..." Marshall said

"Maybe you should talk to him" Skye added

"Yes, I think you're right" and so the dalmatian walked toward his friend.

I can't help but think of her, Chase thought, without realizing that Marshall was coming to him

"Hey Chase" Marshall said

"Huh? Oh hi Marshall, are you okay?" Asked the German Shepherd

"Of course I'm fine and you?"

"Me too" said Chase.

For a few minutes the two were silent until Marshall spoke again "You know I'm your best friend right?" Asked the dalmatian.

Chase looked at him, "If you need someone to talk to, I'm here" he said, smiling.

Chase looked down at his feet, "Come on Chase, tell me what's wrong. You can trust me"

Seeing that Chase did not speak Marshall decided to leave, "I can't help you if you don't speak with me" he said before walking away. Chase looked at his friend and sighed.

The day was about to end, it was 5:00 pm and Ryder decided it was time to go to the lookout. "Come on pups, we have to get back to the lookout" said Ryder.

"Ohh, we have really to?" Skye asked

"Don't worry, we will return tomorrow" said Ryder.

The pups were jumping uploading their equipment on Paw Patroller.

"Um, Ryder sir?"

Ryder turned to see Chase "Hi Chase, What do you need?" asked the young leader.

"Here, I wanted to ask if we could ... invite Everest to spend the evening with us" said Chase, Ryder didn't notice but there was a little redness in the cheeks of the pup.

"Of course now I ask" and so Ryder approached Jake and Everest "Everest, would you like to spend the evening with us to the lookout?" Ryder asked

"Really? Of course I would like" said Everest smiling

"Jake, if you want you can come, too" Ryder said

"It will be a pleasure"

The group returned to the lookout. Ryder, Jake and the pups came in the lookout to watch a movie and spend the evening together. Ryder set of dog biscuits in the pups' bowls.

Chase sat next to Everest "I'm glad you agreed to come here" said the German Shepherd.

"Well, I love spending time with my best friends" said Everest as she ate her cookies.

Ryder had put the film. They decided to watch a movie about superheroes.

Chase had noted that Everest had already finished her cookies and he could feel her stomach rumbling. "If you want you can also eat these" Chase said, handing her his bowl.

"Really?" Everest churches and Chase nodded, blushing slightly

"Thanks Chase. You're very sweet" said Everest rubbing his cheek.

A / N: I hope you enjoyed. If you have questions, concerns, opinions please write a comment or PM me.