The next day after school, Tracy took Emerald and brought her to the television station. Everyone was surprised by the presence of Tracy's new canine friend. They were even more surprised over the fact that she was going to give birth to a couple more "new friends". Amber began to act all funny.

"Atchoo!"

She had begun to sneeze and tear up uncontrollably.

"Amber…" Velma came over to her daughter, "don't do this again. Remember the last time you feigned being sick to garner attention…wait a second."

She sniffed around.

"There's a dog in the studio, isn't there? If so, get it out! My daughter is deathly allergic to dogs."

"You mean kick out an expectant mother?" Motormouth came to the dog's defense. "You, Von Tussle, are the bigger bother!"

"Yeah" Seaweed agreed, "the dog ain't gonna stay for too long. Just until we find its owner."

"Alright" Velma grumbled. "But once it leaves, I want this studio floor cleaned extra thoroughly! I'm not going to let my baby Amber sneeze to death."

"Dis is why bob add I are gad peeble…" cried a congested Amber.

Link just arrived and pecked Tracy on the cheek when Emerald, thinking he was a threat to Tracy, barked defensively and tried to tackle him.

"Whoa!" he remarked, "who's your new friend?"

"This is Emerald" Tracy explained. "I found her at the door late last night and I figured we could bring her on the show to help her find her owner."

"That's awesome!" Link smiled. "Although, not EVERYONE watches this show, you know. How are we going to reach out to those who don't watch TV?"

"Don't worry, I have a Plan B!"

"Tracy!"

It was Penny and Little Inez. They came running into the studio, carrying a large stack of hand-made flyers. They had a crayon drawing of Emerald in the middle, as well as the words "Found, lost dog named Emerald. Please contact Tracy Turnblad" with the Turnblad address and phone number at the bottom.

"How do they look?"

Tracy looked over the posters.

"Very good! Thanks, you two."

"My art teacher told me I've been really improving with drawing animals" Inez beamed, "he says my bunnies finally look like bunnies rather than cats with long ears!"

"Nice" said Tracy. "Now Penny, you go around town and do whatever you can to spread those flyers around and find the owner. Meanwhile, we'll bring Emerald on the show to help out. I'm just sure we'll find her family in no time!"

An hour later, The Corny Collins Show was officially in progress. The kids all sat to the side as Corny motioned for a spotlight to shine on him for a minute.

"Hey guys and gidgets" he addressed his viewing audience with his swoon-worthy smile, "today's show would like to do something a little different as we take a break from the dancing and point your attention to a waltz of urgent need…bring her out, Trace!"

Tracy brought Emerald out in a wagon.

"This is Emerald, this gem of a dog was discovered by our very own Tracy Turnblad last night and we're all pitching in to help her get a ticket back home. If any of you watching at home watching are the owner, come down here to WYZT and pick her up!"

Tracy looked at Emerald lying down in the wagon; it was obvious that she was nearing her due date at a break-neck pace by the distressing look on her face.

"I sure hope Penny is doing much better" Tracy thought to herself, "I don't know if Emerald will hold on much longer…"

While everyone was busy doing the show, Penny went to the streets.

"Lost dog!" she cried as she spread out the flyers. "Lost dog! Anybody lose a dog?"

She tried knocking on doors.

"Hi there" she said as on old lady opened the door, "have you lost a…"

She looked inside and saw that the old lady's couch was fully occupied by cats.

"…never mind."

Next, Penny approached people.

"Hello, little girl" she greeted a little red-haired girl with freckles, "you or anybody you know lose a dog recently?"

The little girl looked at the poster.

"No" the little girl replied, "but I would sure like a dog like that. I'd probably name her something like…Sandy, or something. Yeah!"

Penny watched as the girl ran off to greet her father, a rather well-to-do fellow with a shiny, bald head.

"For some reason" Penny thought to herself, "I can actually see her having a dog like Emerald, and I don't know why…"

Penny had gone through nearly half the town when she encountered a man with a German Shepard.

"Hello there, sir. Have you…" she began.

Suddenly, the dog went up to her. It looked at the flyer, sniffed both it and her, then began to growl for some reason.

"Easy there, big fella…" Penny nervously whimpered.

The dog barked loudly at her. Whatever the reason, Penny knew it had to do with her. Shrieking, Penny darted off and the dog started chasing her. The man, who had been mute the whole time, called out to his pet.

"Garnet, get back here!"

As Penny was screaming in fear running down the streets of Baltimore, Shelly and a few of the other girls were screaming in the studio of WYZT in response to the entire hullabaloo going on. Emerald had just gone into labor and Motormouth, Corny, and a stagehand helped deliver the puppies. In the end, she gave birth to six healthy puppies.

"Whew…" the stagehand sighed, "I knew there was a reason I went to veterinary college."

Tracy knelt down to the new mother dog and gently hugged her.

"Good job, Emerald. You're doing great. I just wish we could've found your owner before this happened…"

Suddenly, the studio doors swung open as Penny ran in, still screaming as Garnet the German Sheppard remained close on her tail. Upon Garnet's entrance, Emerald raised her head and let out a happy woof when her she took sight of the other dog. Garnet threw away the vicious look, walked up to Emerald, and the two dogs nuzzled lovingly. Nobody in the studio knew how to respond to that, not even Garnet's owner who had just entered.

"Garnet" he began, "don't tell me you've been going out with our neighbor's dog behind our backs! And Emerald…oh my goodness, what will Lucy say about this?"

"I take it 'Lucy' is Emerald's owner?" Tracy asked.

"Oh yes" the man replied. "She called me this morning all frantic, saying she couldn't find her. She told me how her dog was acting funny for some time now and didn't know what was wrong. Guess now we all know why."

Everyone watched in awe as the two dogs in love began nursing and taking care of their new family.

"Well, whaddya know!" Corny said to the camera, "Looks like we found not just the dog's owner, but her special someone and a whole new family for her to take care of. I think we can all agree that we hadn't seen anything like this since the Miss Teenage Hairspray pageant last year!"

"Don't remind us…" Velma said offstage, with Amber still afflicted by her allergies.

Garnet's owner went up to Tracy.

"I assume you're the one who found my neighbor's Emerald?"

"I didn't find her, she found me" Tracy answered with a smile.

"Either way, you really are a hero. Lucy will be so happy to have her dog back. I suppose I too should give you a reward of sorts…how about $200?"

"Hmm…" Tracy thought, "maybe not that, but I'm sure I'll think of a way you could reward me."

Meanwhile…

"Say, teenage Baltimore" Corny announced, "how would you like to bring home your very own Corny Collins Show puppy?"

"What?" the cast gasped.

"Why not?" Corny replied. "They can't stay here for too long."

"They can make their homes anywhere BUT our house!" Velma declared.

Smiling insidiously, Corny whispered something in Garnet's ear. Immediately, he began barking and chasing the two sour blondes around as the cast laughed at their misfortune.

"Don't bother asking" Tracy assured Garnet's owner, "it's hard to explain…"

Agreeing, the man simply shook his head in disbelief as he watched the scene.