Chapter 7

"Well come on little miss" Cara said motioning Skye to the room. She nervously gulped and followed, "It's not so bad Skye, I mean I left after 5 min but I'm sure you won't do that, I mean umm" Marshall stammered trying to help. The pups quietly giggled and Skye said "Thanks Marshall, I think" smiling at his attempt of comfort. "This will take a half hour to an hour so you pups can chat for a bit alright" Cara said while the pups nodded.

(Caras Office) Skye walked in and started to look around the room, she accidentally bumped into one of her tables "Oops oh no" one of the pictures she had fell and part of the frame broke. "I'm so sorry Cara I-" she said getting a little teary eyed. "Oh Hush yourself sweetie, it's an old frame, the picture is what I really care about" she said bending down to pick it up. She looked at the pic, it was a younger version of Cara, another boy next to her and what looks like her father hugging them both in his arms "Is that your family, they look nice" Skye commented. "Yup my brother Brian and my father, they can sometimes be idiots but they loved me and I love them" Cara answered putting the broken portrait on a shelf.

"How about your family" Cara asked, getting into shrink mode, and clicking her pen. "The PAW patrol are my family" Skye said bluntly, she then muttered under breathe "They actually care about me". Cara did her though "Your biological family didn't" she said hoping she didn't just step on an emotional landmine. She did a sarcastic laugh "They only saw me as competition" Cara tried to get a real answer "May you elaborate please" jotting something down in her binder. Skye sighed and looked down.

"Well, who ever my dad was he didn't stick around with me, my only memory of him was my mother fighting with him and just leaving" she said easily "After that I never saw him again". "Do you ever wonder about him" she asked "No, if he didn't care about me enough to stick around, why should I" she proclaimed. Skye never talked about her father before, and she would never admit she'd always wanted to know him. "But let me tell you, the rest of them weren't any better, my mother and 2 sisters that is" Skye said trying to change subject to one she could talk about. "Did they leave as well" Cara asked "I wish". "You see my mom blamed us for dad leaving and barely supported us, it got worse when a modeling agent adopted us". "Oh I knew I recognized you somewhere, I've seen you in magazines but that was a long time ago" Cara said thinking back "Why did you quit, honey". "That modeling agent was awful, he used me like some doll and expected me to be perfect all the time, and when I wasn't-" she paused "-he'd punish me by taking away food and sometimes he'd hit me". "That's terrible, did your mom or sisters do anything to help" Cara said kinda already knowing the answer "All three of them hated me, they loved modeling, and since I got the most attention they just saw me as a burden, especially mom". Cara looked at Skye for a while, her look had a mixture of empathy and sadness. "But now I have a real family" Skye said trying to smile. "I know, but it's just surprising" she stated "What is?" Skye asked. "I know you're still a young pup but you spent a lot of your life without anyone really loving you and that's sad" Skye thought for a moment "It would have stayed that way until..."

(Flashback)

Skye was about 5 1/2 months old, her ears were wrapped in pink ribbons and her tag was sparkling silver. She and her so called family were riding around in limo with their agent. She was so uncomfortable in her getup, she started to take off her ribbons until she felt a sharp whack on her paw. "We'll be at the photo shoot in no time and I don't want you ruining that outfit brat" he started giving her a nasty glare, Skye whimpered "Yes sir". Natalie and Mia (her sisters) snickered, while her mother said "Ugh do you always have to embarrass yourself" in a sly tone.

She groaned in frustration, but shrugged it off and looked at the window. The sign they passed said "Welcome to Adventure Bay". The town seemed so nice, nothing like the city she lived. The limo halted at a red light, Skye saw a boy walking on the sidewalk with 2 pups a German Shepherd and Dalmatian. They noticed the unique sight of a limousine and saw the pup in the window. The shepherd smiled and the dalmatian waved, she just looked away from them. The light turned green and the limo moved again. True she could have at least acknowledge them but she hadn't really had contact with other pups, she wished did, at least one friend.

When the word friend crossed her mind, a lot started popup. "I have no friends, basically no family and I'm just not happy" she thought. Her ribbons were bothering her more and more, she just ripped them out. Her sisters gasped, her mother growled and her agent dropped his cell and turned red. "You ungrateful little-" he raised his hand to hit her then she did something she hasn't before. "No, not this time you- all of you are horrible and I just hate you, I want to leave even if I die out there by myself anything is better than this" she screamed. Everyone held their breath, the agent smiled "Fine go on, there's plenty of better pups for me anyway, once you leave this limo you're on your own" he said in indifference. She didn't look at the other females, before hopping out, the limo left as predicted.

Clouds began to form overhead "Great, first day by myself and it's gonna rain" she started walking nonetheless. 3 hours later, her paws were sore and she was starving. The rain was pounding hard and she was alone on a walkway with a street light above, she was crying. She leaned against the light, then she didn't feel the rain anymore and heard a voice "You shouldn't be out here, you could catch a cold". Quickly turning she saw the same dalmatian from before he had placed his hat on her, it didn't fit at all but it shielded her anyway. "Hey I saw you before, why are you here alone now" she didn't answer him but stared "Well..." He started "I've always been alone, but now I'm in the rain. He pouted "You're coming home with me" he declared, "I well-" he didn't let her finish before carrying her off "By the way, I'm Marshall". (End Flashback)

"Wow Skye that's an amazing story, it took a lot of courage to leave like that" Cara said. "Trust me it wasn't hard, but it was difficult trusting Chase, Marshall and Ryder at first". "And you said it was Marshall who found you" Cara asked "Yup in a way he was the first to care about me and thankfully not the last" she then smiled. "I think it's the next pups turn".

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