A human adult man who must've been Adam's father came into the shed to turn the light out. B-Dawg slightly whimpered to that. The man thought he heard something, then came inside the shed with the light on to explore.
"Time to use the secret weapon, sorry about this, Oddball." Patch whispered before crawling over to Budderball before gently pulling Budderball's front paw.
The human male grunted and groaned in disgust and ran out from the unpleasant smell. Luckily Budderball had covered Oddball's nose.
"Nasty!" the man grunted as he turned out the light and shut the shed door behind him.
"I see why they hate it when your paw gets pulled." Oddball commented to Budderball as she still wore his jersey.
"Don't worry, you won't have to smell it, I've got your nose covered." Budderball said.
Colette smirked slightly to Rosebud, her eyes seemed to light up whenever Shasta was involved.
"Looks like you'll be our leader." Patch said to Shasta.
"Me?" Shasta felt flattered and honored.
"Yes, besides, wasn't your father the leader of his own sled dog team too?" Patch asked.
"That's a good point..." Shasta smiled softly. "Plus, I know all the commands to coach the Buddies in the race."
"Not just them, but me as well." Oddball said.
"You wanna be in the race too, huh?" Shasta asked her.
"Yes, please," Oddball replied, looking rather motivated. "I wanna be one of a kind just like my Uncle Patch!"
"Well, okay," Shasta smiled. "I'd ask your uncle and his mate to join, but..."
"But what?" Oddball tilted her head.
"The only way for them to be on our sled team is if they were the same size as us, so then they wouldn't be too fast for us or to heavy in case we went up any slopes." Shasta said.
"Too old?" Oddball asked.
"I'm sorry, Oddball, but puppies only, no offense." Shasta replied gently, hoping she wouldn't get mad about him excluding the girl pup's uncle and his girlfriend.
"Aww!" Oddball pouted.
"I'm sorry, Oddball, but it's for the best..." Shasta replied. "You understand, right?"
"I guess..." Oddball felt bad for her favorite uncle and his girlfriend to be excluded.
"Well, maybe with some magic they can." Rosebud said.
"Magic?" Shasta looked back to the golden puppy as though he never heard of such a thing.
Patch then remembered his familiar magic and then used his own magic to turn himself and Colette into puppies.
"Uncle Patch!" Oddball's eyes widened in surprise.
Patch and Colette smiled to each other, and luckily, their collars shrunk down in size with them.
"That'll work." Shasta smiled.
"You guys look different as puppies..." Oddball came up to the former teenage dogs.
"Wait until you're our age," Colette giggled. "I'm sure by then you'll be covered in spots."
"Yeah and you'll be sounding different soon enough." Patch said.
"How do I sound different?" Oddball sounded confused.
"Oh, you'll find out." Patch replied.
Oddball looked very curious and confused.
After a while of outdoor training, Shasta took the others to the shed to go over his plan for them in the race.
"Alright, so who goes where, Shasta?" Patch asked.
Shasta started to organize them all. "Biggest and strongest dogs go next to the sled, in the back," he instructed/informed. "That's Budderball and Patch."
"What exactly do you mean by biggest?" Budderball took offense to that.
"Just get into position." Patch said.
"Yeah, chillax, dude." MudBud added in.
Patch and Budderball then took their places in front of the dog sled as they were positioning in the shed.
"The fastest will go in the middle," Shasta then instructed. "That's B-Dawg and Buddha."
"You heard him, guys." Oddball said.
"You got that right, S," B-Dawg said before going with his spiritual brother. "I am the handsomest and the fastest and the bravest."
"Just get into position." Oddball groaned out of annoyance.
"Sheesh, someone's impatient." B-Dawg muttered as he got into position.
"Rosebud will be the navigator up front with me, and if anything happens, Colette and Oddball will take her place." Shasta instructed.
"'Cuz girls aren't afraid to ask for directions~" Rosebud replied rather dreamily.
"So then, we'll be on the sled." Colette said.
"In case of emergency, you'll be our back-up." Shasta nodded.
"And remember, be as one dog, in harmony." Talon's voice advised the young dogs.
"In harmony." Oddball mimicked.
"Be nice." Patch smirked as he overheard that.
"Okay, okay." Oddball pouted playfully.
Patch ruffled up the top of his niece's head which made her laugh. Shasta then practiced running with the puppies through the snow as Talon watched to see what they all had learned. And where it was looking great. Budderball was slow at first, but soon, he had improved a lot since he had run before. And where soon enough it started to turn to night.
Cherry, Atticus, and Mo yelped as they were sliding down a snowy hill and it opened up and they all ended up on top of each other.
"You three, okay?" Buddy and Molly asked.
"Sure... Why not...?" Cherry crawled out from underneath Atticus and Mo.
Atticus and Mo then got up, dusting each other off.
Cherry stood up and cracked her back. "Ugh..."
Atticus soon used his magic to make Cherry's back feel better.
Cherry looked back at Atticus and Mo. "Are you guys all right?"
"Just fine." Atticus and Mo huffed at each other, still fighting.
"Guys..." Cherry sighed to the couple which were her best friend and new close friend.
"How long are they going to be like this?" Molly asked.
"I don't know, I haven't seen them like this before." Cherry replied.
"Well, let's hope it doesn't stay that way for long." Buddy said.
"We can only hope." Cherry agreed.
"We better get going to find Patch, Colette, Oddball, and the Buddies." Atticus said.
"Who put YOU in charge?" Mo glared.
"It's a good idea!" Atticus glared back.
"STOP TELLING ME WHAT TO DO, HOUSEBOY!" Mo yelled.
"You better keep your mouth shut before I use magic to shut it yourself!" Atticus glared back.
"Make me!" Mo grabbed him by his collar. "Book Nerd with a side of pocket!" she then punched him in the face which didn't do that much damage, but it showed that she was as dangerous as she said she was.
Atticus threw her back.
"Cherry, please make them stop." Molly begged.
"I don't know how to..." Cherry felt disturbed by Atticus and Mo arguing and fighting with each other, both physically and verbally.
"Have you tried yell at them to stop?" Buddy asked.
"Guys, quit it!" Cherry walked over to the bickering couple. "You guys have been through so much together!"
Suddenly, Cherry was grabbed into the fight and was thrown out and crashed into a tree and slid down.
"Look at what you made me do!" Atticus glared to Mo. "You made me hurt my best friend."
"Aw, shut up, you know-it-all!" Mo glared back.
"STOP!"Cherry yelled.
And where this caused Atticus and Mo to stop their fighting.
"What is wrong with you guys?!" Cherry came back, limping slightly from the painful impact she had just met with.
"I just don't understand why Atticus doesn't just keep Drell from torturing you entirely and make sure that you don't get hurt or tortured by him." Mo said.
"Because Drell is an idiot!" Cherry outraged. "He's a big fat bully who doesn't know what he's doing and is a pain that needs to die! I don't even know how he even became Head of the Witches Council, he's nothing but an egocentric, sadistic, slimy, horrible, ballistic monster who needs to be put out of MY misery, because I'm sick of being HIS SCAPEGOAT! Everything is my fault with him AND I NEVER CATCH A BREAK FROM HIM BECAUSE HE GETS LAUGHS OUT OF MY PAIN AND HUMILIATION!"
Atticus frowned as he now knew that Drell was causing more pain to his best friend, then he thought so he decided that he would make sure that Drell would pay for what the strong warlock's done to Cherry.
"Now, you make up!" Cherry told them.
"Uh, Cherry...?" Mo spoke up.
"MAKE UP OR I WILL MAKE YOU!" Cherry sounded very angry right now.
"Okay, okay." Atticus and Mo said.
"Good." Cherry nodded firmly.
"Wow, Cherry, I've never seen you this angry..." Atticus was scared of her for once.
"He's going to LOVE ME!" Cherry roared which made her eyes turn fiery red and her fangs from Forte seemed to pop out to highlight her rage.
"You two better start making up." Buddy said.
Atticus and Mo both sighed, knowing that they would have to get this out of the way. Cherry breathed heavily and angrily as she looked like she had literally exploded all over the bickering couple. Atticus and Mo muttered apologies to each other.
"Now hug." Cherry demanded.
"The two then hugged each other.
"Now say you're 'Buttzillas'." Cherry narrowed her eyes.
"Cherry..." Atticus replied.
"SAY IT!" Cherry roared.
"Okay... I'm a Buttzilla..." Atticus said.
Cherry smirked and then snickered which then made Mo, Molly, and Buddy laugh.
"Wait, no, hey!" Atticus glared. "Mo, say you're a Buttzilla!"
"Okay, fine... I'm a Buttzilla." Mo sighed.
Cherry kept laughing.
"You think this is funny?" Mo glared at her.
"I'm sorry, I just had to get some entertainment out of this." Cherry calmed down.
"Hmm..." Atticus and Mo hummed.
"The point is, you guys shouldn't be fighting over me, you're a couple, you're supposed to fight over stupid stuff like forgetting a birthday, anniversary, or Valentine's Day." Cherry said.
Atticus and Mo sighed as they knew that Cherry was right.
"Now please no fighting, it's annoying and painful for everybody." Cherry folded her arms.
"We promise." Atticus and Mo promised.
"Good," Cherry firmly nodded, then grunted in pain. "Gah, stupid fangs!"
"That's why you need to always stay calm, so then you don't bring out your fangs." Atticus said.
"I hate being a vampire..." Cherry groaned.
"It must have some advantages." Atticus said.
"Whatever, let's just move on..." Cherry scoffed.
"Agreed." Molly said.
"Now to find the others before it's too late." Buddy said.
"Gosh, Dad, why did you fight with Mom like that?" Vincent asked Atticus.
"Like what?" Atticus asked as he came by to throw away some of the trash he had.
"You know what I mean." Vincent said.
"What?" Atticus asked.
"Remember that argument you and Mo had when you guys, Cherry, Buddy, and Molly were coming to get us?" Patch prompted.
"Oh, right..." Atticus frowned.
"What were you guys fighting about anyway, Mr. Fudo?" Eliza asked.
"Yeah, what were you two fighting about, Dad?" Akito asked.
Atticus scratched his head. "I don't remember..."
"Why don't we continue on with the story?" Estelle asked.
"How far along are you?" Atticus asked curiously.
"We're getting to the part where Shasta taught us how to race." Patch replied.
"Ohh, right." Atticus said.
"So, after that, we decided to get some rest after well-done practice." Patch smiled.
"Did everyone sleep alright?" Scruffy asked.
"It was a big day, so yeah, we did, especially your cousin." Patch smiled.
"Not everyone, there was one pup that was scared." Colette said.
"Was it one of the Buddies?" Dot guessed.
"Yep." Patch nodded.
"Let me guess, Budderball regretted not eating?" Estelle asked.
"Incorrect." Colette said.
"Uhh... B-Dawg?" Dot tried.
"Yep." Patch nodded.
"Wow, really?" Dot laughed. "Um, what was wrong?"
"Yeah." Scruffy said.
"Well..." Patch and Colette started.
The puppies were asleep in the shed for another night unbeknowst to Shasta's human family. Patch and Colette and Rosebud soon noticed B-Dawg still up.