"Everest!" Everest groaned and opened her eyes. She looked up to see a worried Jake looking at her.

"Hey," Everest said. She felt something crisp on her face. She lifted one paw and felt dried fur around her cheeks.

"You okay Everest?" Jake asked.

"I'm fine...Jake," Everest slowly looked away from her owner.

"Are you sure?" Jake asked, his worried expression intensifying.

"Yeah...I just want to be alone for now," Everest said.

"Okay well I have your breakfast right here for ya," Jake said before heading into his Cabin. Everest just sighed and ate up her food. After eating her food she fell on her back and just looked up at the sky.

"I'll be there soon," Everest said.

[At the Lookout]

"Hey Ryder," Chase barked happily as he ran to his owner.

"Hey...what is it Chase?" Ryder asked as he scratched Chase's back.

"Can we go up to Jake's today?" Chase asked.

"Sure just let me call him to see if it's alright," Ryder said. Ryder entered the elevator and pulled out his pup pad. He swiped across the screen until he found Jake's icon. When he reached the top floor of the look out he called Jake.

While Ryder was trying to call Jake, Chase was sitting alone underneath a lone tree. He was watching the other pups play while he just sat there. Marshall saw Chase and walked up to him.

"Watcha doin Chase?" Marshall asked with a friendly smile.

"Just thinking," Chase replied. Marshall sat next to Chase.

"About what?" Marshall asked. Chase just shrugged and leaned on Marshall shoulder. Marshall was surprised by Chase's actions, Chase was never usually one to show his emotions so openly.

"And you never saw this," Chase said with a giggle.

"Just thinking about life?" Marshall asked again.

"Yeah...just thinking really," Chase said. Chase closed his eyes and thought about his life before the PAW Patrol.

"I'm here for you...you know that right?" Marshall said while looking at Chase with his blue innocent eyes.

"That's why no matter what...nothing can separate our friendship," Chase said. He gave Marshall a quick hug so the other pups wouldn't see it. Marshall looked at Chase and lightly giggled.

"What?" Chase asked standing up.

"Nothing," Marshall said as he walked off to play with the other pups. Chase sat back down and thought," I what Everest is doing right now?"

[At Jake's Mountain]

Everest was cleaning her snowmobile when Jake came out of the Cabin. He walked up to hear and sat next to her and helped her clean.

"Thanks," She quietly said.

"No problem...oh and Everest," Jake said. Everest looked at him with a raised brow.

"Yeah?" Everest asked.

"Ryder and the pups are coming by for a few hours...just letting you know okay?" Jake said.

"Cool," Everest said with a cheery smile," Can I go for a quick walk?"

"Sure but don't go too far," Jake said.

"I won't," Everest said while getting up and putting the cleaning supplies away. "I just need some alone time for now." Everest thought as she began walking down one of the trails.

Everest lost track of time and was sitting by a small river. She looked into the river to see her reflection. A small ripple crossed over her reflection. She looked up to see some fish in the river, she cracked a small smile. Everest looked back down into the water and yelped. She saw her reflection but with cuts all over her body and her eyes were replaced with black pits.

"You let us die…" Everest looked up and saw the same three black figures from her dream across the river.

"No no no...this can't be happening," Everest whimpered. She slowly back away as the figures suddenly teleported in front of her. She jumped back and began running away from them, tears beginning to make a path down her face.

"You let us die…" Everest kept running but the figures were multiplying and blocking all paths of escape. She kept running until she tripped over a tree root. "Damn that hurt" Everest thought as she turned herself over on her back. In front of her she met the same three huskies from her dream. Their black eyes wanting to swallow her soul.

Everest franticly looked around and saw the black figures surrounding her.

"You let us die…" The words echoed again. She covered her face with her paws and wept into them.

"I-I tried...I really did...I tried to save you," Everest choked out.

"You let us die…" The voice said yet again.

"I was doing the best I could!" Everest screamed, shifting her paws away from her damp face.

"That wasn't good enough…" The voice rang out again. She looked at her family one more time before they dissolved into the air. One of the pups that was fully black walked up to Everest and pulled on her arm.

"Take this…" The pup said as she pushed on Everest's paw to extend her claws.

"End this while you can, so that you may see your family again…" The pup said before dissolving like her family. The other ghostly figures began to fade away as well.

Everest looked down at her claws and thought "I don't want the pain to continue." Everest's tears made contact with her claws. She slowly raised her paw up to her neck.

"End your suffering…" A voice rang out. Everest connect her claws to the flesh on her neck. She could feel her claws almost about to pierce her neck.

Everest slowly sealed her eyes, tears pouring out of her eyes.

"I'm sorry...I wasn't strong enough," Was all Everest said before she felt her claws begin to pierce.

Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and please do leave some feedback, I'm open to any ideas or "Constructive Criticism" to improve future writings.

Thanks a lot and hope you enjoyed this chapter!

~Skyfire119