Chapter 3: Friends Unite

"Come here buddy" Jake said as he tagged a penguin.

"I love the arctic. So calm and peaceful"

After a few more penguins were tagged Jake began packing up his belongings.

"I think thats good for today. I'll see all of you tomorrow" Jake said as the penguins greeted him goodbye.

Once Jake began walking back to his camp he noticed the penguins running away from him fast.

"I wonder what happened to them?" wondered Jake.

He got his answer when he turned to meet a Polar Bear with giant fangs looking at him dead in the eyes. It was standing between him and his camp. Out of fear, he bolted the opposite way. He didn't care at this point that he was running away from his camp. He only cared about getting out with his life. As he was running he accidentally slipped and fell down a hill which resulted in him twisting his ankle. Seeing as he could no longer run he decided to wait out the bear. After about twenty minutes of hiding Jake poked his head over the hill to see that the bear was gone.

After about an hour of precautionary hiding, Jake emerged only to be met with a face full of snow. A Blizzard. He didn't know what to do. He was lost in the middle of Antarctica with no service and no help. All he could do was try to wait out the blizzard. That was until the silhouette of a what seemed to be a wolf slowly walked up to him. Before he could run, a female voice spoke to him.

"You look hurt. Come with me I can help"

Jake immediately got up and followed the animal.

She led him to a semi-big cave with a lit fire. She laid down next to the fire as Jake walked in and joined her. He realized that she was a husky.

"Thank you" said Jake.

"Your welcome"

"My name's Jake by the way"

"Everest" said the husky, "nice to meet you"

"The pleasures mine"

"So how did you get out here. Most humans who come here are well prepared and not just aimlessly walking around" asked Everest.

"Well, I was tagging penguins when a large polar bear chased me from my camp. I ran so far that I ended up losing my sense of direction and lost my camp" explained Jake "Can you help me get back?"

"Yes I can but we should wait out the blizzard first" said Everest as she looked out side inspecting the blizzard.

"Okay, I also want to let you know that I sent an SOS before you found me so my friends should be at my camp soon" said Jake.

"Get some rest, it's going to be a long hike tomorrow" said Everest as she went to sleep.

While her eyes were closed, Jake looked at her closely. She was wearing a collar. She has an owner.

He then began to wonder,

"How long has she been out here by herself"

He then fell asleep in preparation for the walk back to his camp.

Jake awoke to the click of claws on the rocky floor. Everest had been walking towards the door to inspect outside.

"Good morning" greeted Everest.

"Morning" responded Jake.

"If we start walking now we might be able to get you back before sundown" said Everest.

With that they began to walk back. The splint Everest had made for Jake made it a lot easier to walk with his twisted ankle.

They had been walking for a solid two hours when Jake broke the silence.

"Where's your owner?" asked Jake.

"What?" asked Everest caught off guard by the sudden question.

"I noticed the collar around your neck. That must mean you have an owner right?" asked Jake once more.

"I had an owner, but that was years ago. They left me out here because they didn't want me anymore and I don't blame them"

"Why?" asked Jake.

"Long story" responded Everest bluntly.

"We have time" said Jake.

Everest realized they wouldn't be there for another few hours so she began,

"When I was two, I lived with my owner, his parents, and another pup. He was my best friend. One day, my owner Tyler got hit by a car and died while saving me. I was too stupid to move out of the way. When he died his parents said it was my fault. It was. I got to stay with them a little longer because the other pup took the full blame for it. He was kicked out and I got to stay with them. I never even got to say goodbye. I just wish I could see him one more time and tell him how sorry I am for not stepping up and taking the blame" said Everest as tears formed in her eyes, "a year later while we were on a trip to Antarctica, I had told them it was my fault. I couldn't handle the guilt anymore. It had been building up inside me for so long that it just came out. I wish I told them before we went on this trip. They left me to die in this frozen wasteland. I managed to survive by learning things from the penguins around here"

Jake then stopped.

"How come you stopped? We can't be wasting any time." asked Everest.

He then bent down to her level and pulled her into a hug. She greatly accepted the hug letting the tears fall onto his chest. It had been so long since she had an interaction with someone who wasn't a penguin.

After hours more of walking, they finally reached Jake's camp.

"So I guess this is your stop" said Everest.

"Yeah it is. Thank you" said Jake.

"Your welcome. I'm going to head back to my cave before it gets dark. It was nice meeting you." said Everest as she began to leave.

Before she got far Jake ran up to her.

"Hey, when my friends come, do you want to come home with me?" said Jake.

"REALLY!" yelled an excited Everest.

"Really" responded Jake.

"THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU" yelled Everest as she jumped onto Jake and began licking his face.

A loud engine could be heard as the Paw Patroller landed near Jakes camp. Out of it emerged Ryder and the Paw Patrol.

Jake and Everest then got up and went to meet them.

"Ryder thank you so much for getting here. I'd like you to meet Everest. She helped me get back to my camp. She's also coming home with me, I could use so morehelp up at the mountain" said Jake.

"Well Im glad you're alright Jake and it's nice to meet you Everest. I'll introduce you to the pups after we pack up Jakes camp" said Ryder.

The pup's then came out of the Paw Patroller and began helping Jake pack up his camp.

Once the camp was packed, everyone went on to the Paw Patroller.

Everest then stepped forward as Ryder motioned for her to come up.

"Pups this is Everest. She helped Jake get back to his camp. Everest these are the pups. Marshall, Rubble, Skye, Rocky, Zuma, and Chase" said Ryder.

Everest felt something off. This Chase, he seemed very familiar but she couldn't put her paw on it.

After a few hours they landed back in Adventure Bay. The pup's then walked out and went inside the Lookout. Before Chase could walk in Ryder came up to him.

"Chase can you show our guest around the lookout and where she will be staying for the night" said Ryder.

"Yes sir, Ryder sir" said Chase as him and Everest walked into the lookout.

Hello Everybody. This was a long one and I decided to make it all one because my train of thought was moving fast. Anyway, hope you all enjoyed and I'll see you in the next chapter. Peace.