Later…

The pets were watching Clockwork still sitting on the log looking depressed.

"Clockwork's acting so weird. Why's he acting so weird?," Minka asked.

"I don't know. Maybe we should ask her," Pepper said walking up to the cat.

"Hey Clockwork. What's up?," Pepper asked casually.

Clockwork sat up and opened his mouth to answer but before he could the pets heard a voice from behind a bush.

"Well well well. What do we have here?," one dog said coming out from behind the bushes, followed by four other dogs. Clockwork rolled his eyes.

"Oh are you fine dogs here to give us a nice warm welcome?," Zoe said friendly.

"Zip it pooch! We're not here for you," the led dog said.

The bush moved again and two small cats came out.

"Clockwork! The dog gang is after you," the white and light orange cat said, followed by a yellow and tan cat. She had a soft voice.

"And you know that already," the other dog said. He had a raspy voice.

"You two! Get out of here right now or I'm gonna bit your weak little cat tail!," the led dog said, pushing the cat to the ground.

"Ow! Knock it off, Ground!," the white and light orange cat cried.

"Aw what's wrong are you gonna cry?," the dog mocked.

"Hey! You heard her. Knock it off," Clockwork said stepping in front of his friend.

"Nice try loser. What kind of crazy world are you living in where you think a dog would listen to a cat?,"

"Shut it Ground," Clockwork said sternly.

Ground threw her several feet away and hard onto the ground.

"Scared now?," Ground said.

"Look at his hair stand up. He is scared," another dog in his pack said.

"Cry little baby kitten. Cry home to mommy," Ground said, invading Clockwork's personal space.

"Hey dog!," Blythe called out.

The group looked at her.

"Hm… Are you talking to me? You can do that?,"

"Ya. I can do that. Now get off our friend!,"

Ground complied and let Clockwork stand up.

"What is it with you. Just like picking on harmless pets?,"

"Uh.. Yes,"

"Why?,"

"Because it's fun," Ground replied.

"Just ignore him Blythe. There's no point in reasoning with him," Clockwork replied.

Ground rolled his eyes and he and the group walked off.

Clockwork looked at the group.

"Thanks," he said.

"No problem," Blythe replied.

"Is that why you didn't want to come back here?," Pepper asked.

"Ya…. He's kinda been bullying me and my friends for years. And no one can get him to stop,"

"Well I wouldn't worry too much about him when you're with us. After all there's strength in numbers," Rustell added.

Clockwork smiled and the pets and Blythe continued to have fun the rest of the day.