Now just for the record, while Lana and Lincoln can still understand humans in addition to other animals, as dogs, humans cannot understand what they say. I don't know if that was clear but I thought I'd make sure it was.

That night, Luan and Luna decided to bring Lana and Lincoln into their bedroom, with plans to let the puppy siblings bunk with them. Right as they were getting ready to climb into their beds, Lana in Luna's bunk and Lincoln in Luan's there was a knock at the door. Luan went over to see who it was and everybody was quite surprised to see Charles and Lily there as the two of them walked into the bedroom.

"Guess they wanted to join in on the fun!" laughed Luna. So, Lily joined Lana and Luna on the top bunk and Charles joined Luan and Lincoln on the lower bunk. The older sisters gently wrapped their arms around the baby and the dogs and with Luna singing "Return to Pooh Corner," everyone was able to fall fast asleep.

At some point in the night Lincoln woke up howling horribly. Luan woke up with a start and quickly hugged her younger brother, gently stroking his fur. Charles came up trying to help comfort his friend, simply by nuzzling him. Luna asked if everything was alright, she couldn't really bend down because in addition to holding Lana, she was also holding Lily. Luan replied she had it under control. Once Lincoln had calmed back down, the three bunkmates nestled back down.

"Hey there Lincoln, what happened, have yourself a bad dream?" asked Charles.

"Yes. I get them now and again. When I was little my older sisters always had a way of calming me down, you got yourself a glimpse of that just now," replied Lincoln.

"Y'wanna talk about it?" asked Charles.

"Well, I had this dream about chasing a squirrel and suddenly, I was on a softball field and I got stepped on, nobody came to see if I was hurt or needed any kind of help. All of a sudden, the Doberman's that we saw earlier came up and they were starting to pull me like I was some kind of tug of war rope and I guess I got scared that I was going to be ripped apart," Lincoln explained.

"Were you a dog while all of this was going on?" asked Charles.

"I was," replied Lincoln.

"Well, don't worry, those Doberman's won't be bothering us again, we had two great bodyguards," answered Charles.

"Yeah, Sam's dogs really got us out of a jam there," agreed Lincoln. Something else occurred to him just then.

"Look Charles, I'm sorry we all got excited about the new puppy Lana brought home about a month ago, I guess you guys probably felt left out, especially when none of us would let you, Cliff, Walt and Geno bunk with us. I guess Waddles was new and we got overexcited."

"Well, it did hurt at first, and we were legitimately concerned that you were going to sell us, but we came to love the little guy too. I'll admit, please don't hate me for saying this, but we tried to get rid of him but when we saw the error of our ways, we did come to his rescue," answered Charles.

"Well that explains why all of you were missing, and I'm glad that we now bare no hard feelings. Believe me, I know what it's like to feel as though your family doesn't love you anymore," said Lincoln.

"That's another thing, I'm sorry I kicked you out of my doghouse. We pets don't see our owners as good or bad luck, I was just upset with you over something else. Specifically, that time your tutor ruined my previous doghouse. If I had known what was going on, I would have gladly shared my doghouse with you. But I was selfish, and I am sorry," said Charles, it was clear that he meant it. Lincoln just smiled and gave his fellow canine companion a lick on the cheek.

"What was that for?" asked Charles, flabbergasted.

"That's what you always do for us when we're feeling down," answered Lincoln. They felt Luan stir and the two of them lay completely still before falling back asleep.

The next morning, the whole family was up having breakfast when Rita came in from the living room, dressed in her blue scrubs.

"Alright, I called the elementary school and told them that Lana and Lincoln would not be there on account that they're sick. One might argue that I didn't lie," she told everyone.

"Well, they wouldn't believe the truth, so you did good honey. So, who's ready for school?" Lynn Sr. asked his offspring, everyone was quick to get out and hit the road, leaving Lincoln, Lana and the pets to themselves.

"So, what d'you guys do while we're away?" asked Lana. Lincoln was curious too.

"Well, we could watch television together, that's how we like to start our day," said Geno. Everyone agreed on this as they all hopped onto the couch, Cliff taking the remote.

"Y'know something, you guys are our guests, why don't you decide what we're going to watch," he suggested handing the watch over to Lana who tuned the television on to Amphibia, which had become one of her new favorite shows.

"This looks like a fun show," observed Walt a few minutes in.

"Yeah, you don't do this all day, do you?" asked a curious Lincoln.

"No, we have a few other activities planned, but don't go telling the rest of the family," said Charles. Lana and Lincoln were a little perturbed but the pets just laughed and said: "Don't worry, we don't make a point to mess up the house, course you kids do a good enough job of that!"

So, Lana and Lincoln spent their day playing with the family pets, Lana's various pets joining in as well, Lana felt an appreciation for her animal friends that she never had before. They all played board games together, chased each other around the backyard for a while. Lana actually went so far as to go into Mr. Grouse's yard and peed in it. He would never likely notice.

When the whole family came home, they greeted the animals warmly. Lisa stated that she might have the solution to her siblings' predicament underway and asked for a little further patience. The family nodded in understanding but to some degree they felt little sad too. It was actually fun having two extra dogs in the family.