Chapter 8: "Some serious talks"

A/N: I'm back. Last we saw the Paw Patrol, Sweetie was injured and Marshall got really angry about it. And now he has a plan. But what about? You won't find out in this chapter. But Chase is about to get his punishment mostly for not telling the truth.

Chase' POV:

'That was a close one. Luckily I captured that dog before she could hurt Skye. Sweetie might not be grounded anymore but being hurt serves her right for trying to sneak into the Paw Patrol. Am I the only one remembering what happened in Barkingburg?' I wondered. Marshall finished the check-up on Sweetie and turned to that she-dog. "How dare you hurt someone, let alone a pup that can't fight a dog your size? How dare you hurt one of my friends? If it wouldn't be against my pledge to help people I would show you how that feels like." 'Was that the Marshall we all know?' "Marshall, are you alright?" Ryder asked. I walked off to my police car to wait to get back, knowing that I fulfilled my duty on this mission.

Back at the lookout Ryder came to me. "Chase, I want you to go to Sweetie and get your punishment. Since you got her into trouble with your action and lying to me this morning she is the one to choose it." "But Ryder, she hates me and I…" "Chase, I know you are worried but don't you think she deserves a bit of respect after all she's gone through in her life so far? Wouldn't you want some love or some friendly words if you suffered like her? Wouldn't you want at least a fair chance to become as good as possible?" "(Sigh) Yes, Ryder. I better go and get my punishment then." "I'm glad to hear that, Chase. You really are a good pup." 'That's one thing you can't say about Sweetie.' When I walked over to her puphouse I came across a strange sight. She wasn't alone. There was a pup sitting next to her brushing her fur with his. "Rocky?"

Rocky's POV:

"Rocky?" I instantly stood up surprised by the voice of our very own 'special' police dog. 'Why does he have to show up now? I nearly calmed her down.' The thing was that she was afraid to be kicked out of here for getting Skye into trouble. Just because that dog was after Sweetie. Now we had to add a Chase interfering with nearly everything, too. "What do you want?" I asked. 'Better not let him get to get an idea of how anxious she is. He is one pup to use it for his case.' "I've been told by Ryder to come here and get my punishment for, you know, this morning. But what are you doing here?" 'Dang it. What to say? What to…' "He's with me because I asked for somepup to be with me. I don't want to stay here all by myself. That's a good enough reason for you or is there anything suspicious going on here? I… I just needed a friend, okay?" I looked over to Sweetie realizing that she somehow managed to say the truth and keeping most of it a secret. 'I wonder if she told us the whole truth up until now. But whatever, everypup has his or her secrets and by the look of it it might be better for her safety not to let everyone know.' "And I have to say that I didn't have decided what your punishment will be although I kept thinking since Ryder told me some minutes ago. I'll let you know once I've decided on a punishment for you." Sweetie smirked. 'That is harsh. I know that she has a punishment in mind but saying that she doesn't is kind of… Well, she might have her reasons.' With that Chase left. "Why did you tell him that you didn't have decided yet? You told me otherwise not a minute ago." I asked. She smiled (or smirked? No, that was a real smile. At least I think it was) at me. "That's part of the punishment. Back in Barkingburg I happened to watch some TV and in this one episode of one of the series I watched it happened to. That's why I was thinking I should let him get the real 'feeling guilty' part, too." "Really, Sweetie. You can be naughty sometimes. But give talking to my sister like we discussed a thought. I would like to help you because during the last few hours you became a good friend of mine and I don't like to see you down." "(Sigh) Really, when it comes down to that you are just as annoying as Chase. You won't stop until I talk to her, will you?" "Nope." "Okay then. Do as you wish." I grimaced. "Say it." I smiled. "Ugh, fine. Would you please make an appointment for a call with your sister for me?" "See? Wasn't that easy to ask for help?" "You're a devil, you know that?" Her last statement throws us into fits of laughter.

When we finally could think straight again there was somepup standing right next to us. Somepup I've barely seen interact with Sweetie before. A certain husky pup. "Can I talk to you in private, please?" "Okay, I'll go to call someone like we discussed. Feel free to call me anytime you want to spend some time with me." With those words I went over to my own puphouse to call my sister. 'I just wish I would know what Everest has to tell Sweetie.' In retrospect it would have done some good if I would have followed my curiosity.

Sweetie's POV:

"Okay, I'll go to call someone like we discussed. Feel free to call me anytime you want to spend some time with me." I hoped he would stay for I still felt unsure of how to react to Everest. Sure, she's Marshall's crush which means she has to be nice but otherwise she's way bigger than me and if she really thinks I would be on the 'Naughty List' she could hurt me without realizing it. And there was another reason I hoped he would have stayed but I can't show that reason. It would break my heart if it happened and Ryder kicked me out then. But back to that husky who wanted to talk to me.

"Well, I'm all ears. What do you want?" My start to this conversation might be a bit rough but I won't let her take advantage of me just because she's bigger. She winced a bit with my words and tone and suddenly I felt terrible. 'Could it be that she's afraid of me? No, that's impossible. The reason she wants to talk to me must be it.' "You might not have noticed that I wasn't with the rest of you when you had your breakfast. Truth to be told I wasn't even near the lookout. I… No, I can't tell. You gonna hate me and then you'll tell Ryder or Marshall and they gonna hate me, too. Ryder will even kick me out of the Paw Patrol." A few moments passed and we both just sat there. 'I don't like the sound of that' I thought. "Italkedtothatshe-dogsothatsheknowshowtogettoyouwhenyou'reonamission." It took a minute or two for me to realize what that pup had just said.

"WHAT?"

A/N: So Everest revealed her secret to Sweetie but how will Sweetie react and what will happen between those two? Will they ever be friends or is this announcement the end of hope for Marshall's wish that those two come along? And what happened with that stray after being captured with Chase' net? As usual, stay tuned to find out.