The sun rose in Adventure Bay. It's native residence beginning to emerge from the sleep. Everest opened her eyes and looked at Chase still sleeping next to her. She leaned her head against his body, smiling at how well rested she felt. "Haven't slept that good in forever." Everest thought.

Chase began to stir in his sleep. Everest moved her head off his body as his eyes slowly opened. He lifted his head and glanced over at Everest.

"Hey," Chase said.

"Morning," Everest said.

"Had a good sleep?" He asked her.

"Best sleep I've had in ages," She laughed and gave Chase a quick lick on his cheek.

"Thankyou," Everest whispered.

"Anytime," Chase said. Everest smiled a bit, moving closer to him and nuzzling up against his neck. Chase moved his paw and held Everest's closest paw. She quickly looked at him with a dark blush across her face.

They looked at each other before slowly bringing their heads together.

"Things will get better...I mean you sleeping well is a start," Chase spoke.

"I know…" Everest trailed off. She pulled her head away to meet his eyes. His eyes to her were filled with compassion, wonder, and worry. Chase looked away before glancing back over at Everest.

"Maybe we should go wake the others," Chase said while getting up and exiting his pup house. Everest rolled over on her back and stared at the ceiling of Chase's pup house. It was an awkward position for her to be in but it felt good to Everest.

Everest looked outside to see all the pups slowly getting out of their pup houses. Everest got up and started walking towards the lookout. Once inside she saw the bathroom and made her way to it.

She went up to the mirror and stared at herself. She looked out in the hall and made sure no one was nearby. She lifted both paws and took off her hat. She slowly lifted her head to see one long claw mark across the top of her head, stretching from her left ear to the middle of her head. "It's hard to forget when I bear the memories on me." Everest thought as she put her hat back on.

"Everest?" She heard someone call her. She back away from the mirror and started walking back outside. Chase walked up to her.

"Ryder gave us breakfast if you're hungry," Chase said. Everest nodded and made her way to her pup house where she found her bowl filled with kibble. She took a sniff of her food and grinned. "Liver." Everest thought excitedly.

After breakfast all the pups hung out around the lookout. Most were either playing or just talking with each other. Everest was sitting underneath a tree when she saw something in the distance. She looked closer and saw that it was a dark silhouette of a pup, similar to the ones from her dreams. "No...this can't be happening." She thought as she quickly rubbed her eyes and looked back. The figure was gone.

Everest gave a sigh of relief before feeling someone behind her. She felt her fur stiffen as she felt breathing on her neck.

"You can't get rid of me…" A voice said from behind her. She quickly spun around to see the same dark figure.

"I can," Everest said. She did her best to stand firm.

"You can't because I'm you…" The pup said as it stepped into the sunlight. Everest found herself on her backing away from the pup.

The pup was Everest but with blood across her fur and cuts everywhere. Her left ear was missing it's tip while her eyes were full black.

"You can't defeat me unless you defeat you…" Her darker clone said as it vanished. Everest was panting and sat back. She looked down before looking back towards the Lookout.

"Evewest?" Everest jumped and saw Zuma looking at her.

"Yeah...what is it," Everest said, not wanting to talk right now.

"Awe you okay?...getting upset," Zuma spoke again.

"Just talking to myself hehe," Everest lied. Zuma took her answer and went back down to play with Rocky. Everest sighed.

Everest got up and walked into the lookout and saw Marshall and Skye sitting together on one of the bean bags.

"Have you guys seen Chase?" Everest asked.

"He's upstairs," They both said.

"Thanks…" Everest said as she entered the elevator. The elevator went up to the top floor where she saw Chase outside by the rail. Everest walked up beside him and stared out at the town below them.

"It's beautiful," Everest started.

"It is…" Chase trailed off and continued looking out across the bay.

"We shou-" Everest stopped as she noticed Chase's eyes were black. She jumped back and noticed he had cuts all over him and blood covered his fur.

"What is it," Chase said. He took a step towards Everest but she whimpered and ran for the elevator. Once inside she felt the tears pour down her face.

"No no no no!" Everest shouted," This can't be happening."

The lift went down to the first floor where Everest stopped midway and saw Skye and Marshall looking at her with black eyes and same blood and cuts. She took off running out of the Lookout.

"Everest wait!" They both shouted as Chase came out of the elevator.

"Where did she go?" Chase asked. Marshall and Skye pointed towards the doors.

"What happened up there?" Skye asked.

"She was fine for a second then she started acting crazy," Chase said

"We have to find her," Marshall said. The three made their way to the entrance.

"I promised...I promised that I would protect you." Chase thought as they began their search for Everest.

Hey thanks for reading and hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please do leave some feedback so I can make future writings more enjoyable for the readers.

See you guys in the next one!

~Skyfire119