With the sun starting to set, Diamond could see her owner and her two kittens coming towards the lookout, along with a woman and a man who had a Husky - must be Everest - with them.

"Hey Diamond, did you have fun the pups?" Katie asked, and the Rottweiler pup nodded her head.

"I did. They showed how to play Pup Pup Boogie, and it's lots of fun!" She said, smiling up at the blonde as her tail wagged. Katie gave her a smile back, happy to know that her pup was being welcomed into the group.

"That's good. Diamond, this is Jake and Carla. Carla is his girlfriend, and Jake is the owner and lives on top of the mountains here in Adventure Bay." Katie said, pointing to the two adults. Jake and Carla smiled down at the pup, who shifted on her paws albeit nervously.

"Hello Diamond. It's so nice to meet you." Carla said and Jake nodded in agreement. Diamond nodded her head too before glancing over at the Husky that was with them. "This is Everest. She was a stray just like you as she had lived in a snowy tundra."

"A snowy tundra? All by yourself?" Diamond asked, staring at the pup with wide eyes. Everest just grinned sheepishly, although, there was a distant look in her dark blue eyes.

"I had been with someone...but she died long before I'd met Jake and the pups." She said, looking down at the ground. Silence followed after that, but then Everest looked at her owner and the others. "Is it okay if I talked to Diamond alone?"

"Sure." Jake said, and the rest began to move inside the lookout, talking about the movie they were going to see. Diamond watched them before turning to Everest, confused on why she wanted to talk to her.

"Her name was Kimberly. I had met her when I was about 8 weeks old, when her parents finally decided to let her have a pet," Thinking of that day, Everest smiled as sad smile, and it caught Diamond's attention as she paid close attention to Everest's story. "We were the best of friends. We shared everything together, got into trouble with each other, and spent most of our days together too. She was the best owner I could have asked for..." Everest closed her eyes, pushing away the tears. "Kimberly loved penguins. They were her favorite animals, and every time we went to the zoo, it was always the first thing she wanted to see. If that wasn't enough, she had more penguin plushies than I ever had own bouncy balls. She just adored those flightless birds." Everest grinned as a tear slipped down on her face. "Then, one day, she had said she wanted to see them in their natural habitat. I told her that she can, if she was willing to put effort to it."

"Did she ever see them?" Diamond couldn't help but asked. Everest grinned.

"She did, at a price. She studied and trained to be a pilot, so that way, when she wants to see them she could. She'll have her very own plane." Suddenly, Everest's face was crestfallen, a look of pain entering her eyes, and Diamond bit her lip as she watched the Husky's eyes water. "At the end, she did. She was so very excited that she got her pilot license. We got into the plane and took off not soon after, too excited to care about the usual engine check. It was a really long flight, and I had to hold bladder for a really long time - but when we reached the snowy lands, it was worth it. The snow looked beautiful, never touched, and water looked crisp and clean - freezing too, but when you live in a tundra with no communication to the outside world, you'll get use to it." Everest laughed, but to Diamond, it sounded hollow. "Then, we saw them. The penguins. They were so adorable, and I saw the awe in Kimberly's eyes. She was amazed. But then, our engine had blown a fuse and..."

She started to sob, and Diamond scooted close to her, wrapping an arm around her shoulder.

"There was a storm and it hit the engine, and before we knew it, we were falling out of the sky. I heard Kimberly scream into the radio, but I wasn't sure if they heard us or not. It felt like a minute before we crashed landed, and I had been knocked out for what it seems like a few hours. When I came to, our plane was worse for wear, and the engine had been smoking. I thought I was fine, bleeding and having a headache, compared to what Kimberly looked like..." Everest whimpered. "She kept drifting in and out of conscious, I don't think she was aware of us crashing. We were still in a storm, so I had to make cover for us, and I decided to make an igloo," She sniffled. "It took a while, but I had manage to complete it and dragged Kimberly in before things could get worse. Only, it had, but for me - because while I was busy doing that, Kimberly had been suffering with hypothermia. Her body temperature was dropping at dangerously low levels and I couldn't...I couldn't..." Everest wailed, burying her face in Diamond's chest. "I couldn't save her! I had very little warmth of my own, and I couldn't fix her wounds, or make the blood stop flowing! I had begged, pleaded, for someone to hear me in the radio, but the radio was dead! And, when I woke up a couple of days of being stranded, she was...was..." Everest hiccupped. "Gone. She was dead long before anyone could have helped me."

"I'm sorry." Diamond whispered, feeling her eyes sting a little. Suddenly there was movement, and the Rottweiler turned around to see a small, golden poodle mix standing there, pink eyes filled with sorrow.

"Everest..." She said, and Everest turned around to see her mate right there. Almost immediately, Everest detached herself from Diamond and latched onto Skye, sobbing and crying. "There, there. Let it all out."

Everest continued to cry, while Diamond looked on, a thought coming to her. What if her owner was dead too? What if that was the reason he never came back? She frowned and looked at the ground.

"I don't know where my owner is," She started, getting the attention of Skye and Everest. "He told me he'll be back. Said he'll come get me when he finds help, but...that was a over a year ago." Diamond looked at the crying Husky. "I am sorry for your loss. Compared to mine, yours is the most tragic."

"It's a tragedy when our owners don't come back period. Whether we are abandoned or they passed away, it doesn't matter. We cared about them so much, it hurts, and it hurts more to know that, to some humans, we don't mean a thing," Skye said, growling a little. "I had been living on the streets too. My fur was matted, and one of my legs got crushed by a car. I could have been dead if not for Ryder picking me up and taking me over to Katie's." Skye sighed. "I would forever be grateful to Ryder. Had he not come along, I wouldn't be here, living with the others, having a mate of my own. Ryder has shown kindness to me that I don't think I'll ever repay back."

"And it's the same with Jake and I," Everest said, once her crying came to a stop. "Had Jake not show up when he did, or had I not rescue him when he needed help, I would have still been stuck in that snowy tundra, living on my own. Since then, our friendship is pretty remarkable."

"And I think, yours and Katie's could be the same, Diamond," Skye said, smiling at the surprised pup. "You shouldn't let one bad apple spoil a whole bunch. Katie is just as loving, caring, and sweet as Ryder and Jake. She would love you just as much as she loves Cali and Scar."

"I know," Diamond said, looking at the ground. "I know she cares. I know you care too. I don't want to live in the past anymore."

"Then don't, you have friends now." A new voice said, and the three pups turned around to see everyone standing there with a smile on their face. Well, everyone except Cali and Scar, both of which had found a corner to be in and was laying peacefully, waiting for the movie to start. Rubble came up to Diamond and smiled at her. "You see? You're not alone. Just about everyone here is the same, or almost the same. I'm sorry that your owner had abandon you, but you could also thank him for that - because then, you wouldn't have found us, now, would you?"

Diamond blinked, before realizing Rubble was saying the truth, and nodded, smiling.

"Yeah."

"Great! Now with that being said, we still need Alex , Emily, and Precious here so we can see the movie!"

"Here we are!" A voice shouted just as the doors open up and revealed two six year olds and a small kitten. The orange tabby had immediately spotted Cali, mewed, and began making her way over to Cali, much to the older cat's annoyance. Marshall grinned.

"Alright, movie time! What should we watch?" He asked.

"Let's watch a comedy. I'm in the mood for a laugh." Carla said, and just about everyone agreed. Soon the group started to move towards the hang out, where Ryder dimmed the lights as everyone sat with their partners; Jake and Carla, Zuma and Rocky, Marshall and Chase, Skye and Everest, Ryder and Katie, Cali, Scar, and Precious, Alex and Emily, and finally, Rubble and Diamond. As soon as the Bulldog was comfortable, he whispered over to her.

"Welcome to the family, Diamond."

Diamond smiled.


A/n: If you don't know, Everest's backstory is a reference to my other story, Cold (a EverestxSkye fanfic). Essentially, this is my own story about how and why Everest lived so far away from the other pups (and don't you dare say it's part of Jake's mountain. Not only is that wrong, but on Jake's mountain, there are no penguins - just forest animals. This concludes to me that Everest was probably either born/raised in an unknown frozen tundra - or she was brought there). Since Cold isn't complete yet, you could say this is spoilers as to why Everest is acting the way she does in Cold. Oh well. I mean, I had this idea when I had created PAW Patrol: United too, but since United is cancelled and to never return (since it was a EverestxMarshall, ChasexSkye fanfic :D), anything I've written thus far for my OCs or background story for certain characters is up for grasp now. I'll stick with my storyline - Mr. Porter not being Alex's actual grandfather, Ryder's parents had problems when his father brought a dog for him, thus, causing them to split whilst having relationship problems to being with, Katie's parents are the same, Mayor Humdinger grew up around a stick father figure, therefore, he's acting like an asshole BECAUSE of said father figure, Mayor Goodway having insecurities and doubts about being a mayor, her brother not really helping by constantly checking on her almost in a stalkerish way, waiting for her to fail - but yeah. All this will come in due time.