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Rating: K
Chapter 3: The Dalmation
*April 23, 2013 6:30 PM.*
Location: Abandoned Fire Station
Chase's POV
I was just staring at the dalmatian, and he was staring at me. I tried to walk closer, but doing so made the pup try to run away, but tripped over an old pipe. I ran up to him to see if he was okay, but he went into a corner with his paws up.
"Please don't hurt me! Just leave me alone Butch! Please!" the dalmatian said
"Woah, calm down, I'm not gonna hurt you" I said, trying to calm him down. I moved my paw over to him, but he clenched up
"H-how do I-I know you're n-not lying?" He asked me
"If I wanted to hurt you, I would've done it already" I said to him, he just stayed quiet "I'm Chase, I'm new here, what's your name?"
"M-Marshall. I'm Marshall" Marshall said to me "So, you're not gonna hurt me?"
"No, I'm not. I'm a police pup, hurting anyone isn't what I do" I said to him "Why are you living by yourself? Shouldn't you be with an owner?"
"I… don't have an owner, I live with my brother, but he isn't here" Marshall said to me
"Where is he?" I asked
"He's a medic, he hardly ever gets to be home because he's trying to make some money for us, so… I'm by myself most days" Marshall said, looking down
"If you don't mind me asking, what happened to your parents?" I asked, Marshall showed tears in his eyes
"I… don't want to talk about it. It hurts" Marshall said, the tears falling down his muzzle
"Okay, I won't push it." I said back to him. It was silent for a while until Marshall spoke up
"Why are you even here?" He asked a bit coldly
"I'm just exploring the town, and I wanted to see if I could make a friend" I said to Marshall
"Well, I don't know what you expected to find in an abandoned fire station" Marshall said to me
"I got curious, I would've left earlier if I didn't hear a sound coming from further in here." I said
"Finding food isn't exactly easy to do" Marshall said to me, before making his way back to his scraps, eating whatever there was
"Do you wanna come back with me to my owner?" I offered, Marshall just looked at me
"Why… Why are you being so kind to me?" Marshall asked
"I'm just a kind pup in general, and I wanna give you some actual food than…" I turned my eyes to his scraps "whatever your eating"
"N-no thanks, I'm fine. I want to wait for my brother" Marshall said to me
"Okay then, well do you wanna play a game while you wait?" I asked. I saw his muzzle begin to form a small smile
"What game?" He asked
I walked up to him before tapping his nose "You're it!" and I ran away. I look back to see Marshall standing still, before beginning to chase after me.
"Oooo, I'm gonna get you Chase!" Marshall yelled out to me
"I like to see you try!" I yell back. I look back to see Marshall right behind me! "Dang, he's fast!" I think to myself
"I'm gonna get ya-WOAH" Marshall said before falling over and landing into me "S-sorry! Are you okay Chase?"
"Yeah, I'm fine" I said back to him
"Sorry, I'm really clumsy, and it just came out" He said to me
"It's okay Marshall, it didn't really hurt" I said reassuring him.
"That's good, oh, aaaaand" Marshall said before tapping me "You're it!"
And off he ran
"Dang it! I'm coming Marshall!" We both played for the next 2 hours, and we were resting under a tree just talking, and I learned a bit about Marshall, like despite him being pretty poor, he has a phone that he uses to contact his brother. He also has some training of being a fire pup.
"I never had so much fun!" Marshall said
"Well, I'm glad you had fun Marshall" I said back to him
"Now… what do we do?" He asked. Before I could answer, I heard my pup-tag go off
"Hey Chase, you alright? You've been gone for the past 2 hours" I hear Ryder call to me
"Ryder sir! Yes, I'm fine, I made a new friend and have been playing with him" I said to Ryder, looking at Marshall
"That's good to hear, but it's becoming night, it's time to come back home" Ryder said to me
"Oh, okay Ryder sir. I'll see you back at the Lookout" I said before ending the call. "I have to go back sadly, but it was fun playing with you Marshall" I said, but Marshall had a look of surprise on his face "Marshall, you okay?"
"You… you called me a… friend?" He said
"Do, do you not wanna be?" I said, a bit sad
"N-no! I want to be your friend!" Marshall said loudly "I never had one before"
I smiled "Well, I'm glad I was your first Marshall. Are you sure you don't wanna come back with me?" I said
"I want to, but I want to wait for my brother to come home" Marshall said to me
"Okay then, I'll try and visit tomorrow, bye Marshall!" I said
"Bye Chase, thanks for playing with me!" He said back to me. I nodded and started to make my way back home.
When I got home, I saw Ryder waiting for me "Hey Chase, how much fun did you have exploring Adventure Bay?" Ryder asked me
"I had so much fun! Marshall was really fun to play with." I said to Ryder
"Marshall? Is he your new friend?" Ryder asked me
"Yeah, he's a dalmatian, he's clumsy, but he does have some training as a fire pup, and lives in a abandoned fire station" I replied
"An abandoned fire station? Why didn't you offer to bring him here?" Ryder asked me
"He wanted to wait for his brother to come home" I said back to Ryder
"Well, okay then, did you offer him to try competing to be a part of Paw Patrol?" Ryder asked me
"I… forgot. I had so much fun I forgot to ask him" I admitted "I plan to see him tomorrow, I'll ask him then"
"Yeah, that's fine. I found some pups that I sent letters to to see if they want to be a part of Paw Patrol" Ryder said. My stomach then growled, and Ryder heard it "I'll get you some food Chase, come on"
"Thanks Ryder sir" after he poured me some food, I was thinking how Marshall was doing
End of Chapter, see you later!
