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And now I'll let Crescent do the disclaimer
Crescent: Sianii does not own any of the PAW Patrol members except for me, Sasha, Hutch, Misty, Spice, Maple, Ranger, and those mange bags called german shepherds.
And now the chapter
Chapter 6-
Pale dawn light flickered through the curtian of moss covering the enterance to Sasha's den, awaking Zuma. He slowly opened his eyes and sat up, stretching each of his legs in turn. He looked over at his two compainions who were still fast asleep. Zuma smiled at them. Even though they had just met only a couple days ago, he felt like he had known them all his life. Zuma almost wanted to stay with them instead of going home. But he knew he was needed at The Lookout, and that he would miss his friends too much. With a regretful sigh, he walked over to wake Crescent. He gently shook her shoulder. "Cwescent. Cwescent. Come on, you said you would take me home today, wemember?" He whispered. Crescent groaned and rolled over. Then she opened her eyes and yawned. "Morning already?" She said with a light chuckle and raised herself to her paws. She looked over at Sasha, who was still sleeping peacefully, and stretched. Crescent looked over at Zuma and saw that he was staring at Sasha with a loving look in his eyes. His tail was wagging so fast that the breeze coming from it distirbed a leaf a fox-length away. Crescent smiled at him. "You truly like her, don't you?" She said, walking over to sit next to him. He smiled warmly at Sasha. "I do." He replied. "She's just so pewfect. I love hew sawcasim, I love hew laugh, I love hew smile." Than he looked at Crescent. "Do you think she likes me?" Crescent just shrugged. "I don't know? Maybe." Zuma hung his head and let out a long sigh. "I hope so."
Crescent nudges his shoulder with her own. "Hey, it's okay. You'll find out eventually." Zuma just sighed. "Crescent smiled at him. "Why don't we wake her up so you can say goodbye? Then I can take you home." She said. Zuma reluctantly nodded and walked closer to Sasha. He nuged the side of her face gently with his nose. "Sasha. Sasha, wake up." He whispered. Sasha's pretty lavander eyes fluttered open. She smiled at Zuma. "Morning." She said and got up. "So. Today's the day." She looked at Zuma. "I'm gonna miss you Z." She said. Zuma blushed at the nickname. "I'll miss you too." Then Sasha scooped him up into a hug, which he gladly accepted. The pair broke away, blushing and smiling at each other. Crescent cleared her throat. "If you two are done, we gotta get going." She said impatiently. Sasha's blush deepened.
"Oh, right." She said and raced down the tunnel that led to her herb store. She came back a few minutes later with a bunch of plants all neatly wrapped up in a huge leaf. She sat the bundle down next to Crescent. "Zuma needs one of each of these plants twice daily for a week. One dose in the morning, and one before he goes to sleep. In here there's poppy seeds, lavander, feverfew, horsetail, goldenrod, and coconut shells filled with honey. You know which one's which right?" Sasha asked. Crescent nodded. "Good. Now why don't you go dig up some of those fish, and we'll have breakfast together before you leave. Zuma nodded and he and Crescent headed out of the den.
Scene Changer: Rocky's Badge
Rocky sat underneath a tree, his nose buried in a book he was reading. Warriors: SkyClan's Destiny. (A/N: Great book btw) But he could'nt manage to concintrate on it. He had been reading for an hour and a half and was only on page twelve! Rocky sighed and put down his book. I'm just so worried about Zuma. He thought. Things had been a bit quieter around The Lookout after Zuma was attacked. Rocky looked over to at his friends. They all looked pretty bored. Marsall and Chase were sliding a rock back and forth to each other, Rubble was sleeping, and Skye was pawing lazily at a beetle in the grass. There had been no emergancies in the last few days, which was odd. There was usually a mission every day. Rocky got up and stretched his paws. Then he began to pace around the tree, trying to think of somthing to do. Then he got the perfect idea. I'll go and see if Zuma's coming back yet! He thought. But I shouldn't go alone. Then he walked over to Skye. "Hey Skye." He whispered. "I'm gonna go to the forest and see if Zuma's coming back. Wanna come?" Skye looked up at him, her tail wagging. "Of course I do!" She yipped and jumped up. "So when are we going?" She asked. "Now, if that's okay?" Rocky said. Skye nodded and the two quietly raced off towrds the forest.
Scene Changer: Zuma's Badge
After breakfast, Crescent and Zuma set off on their long walk back to The Lookout. They had been walking for about an hour when Zuma's stomache growled. Crescent perked her ears. "Hungry?" She asked him. "He he. Yeah." Zuma said and sniffed the air. He smiled at the new scent. "I smell wabbits." He whispered. "That way." He pointed with his tail towrds a flat area that was thick with rass. Crescent nodded and whispered to him. "You go left, I'll go right and we'll trap them in the middle." She said. Zuma nodded and began to circle the rabbits. Making sure he crouched low enough that the rabbits couldn't see his dark brown fur. He caught a glimpse of Crescent's night-black fur as she stalked around, but then lost sight of her completely. He could only trust she knew what to do. He continued to creep around them until he was only pawsteps away. He could see Crescent crouching in the grass a few fox-lengths away. She nodded to him, and they pounced on each of the rabbits, killing them before they could even squeal. Crescent picked up her rabbit, smiling at Zuma. She tossed her head in the direction of a shady patch of grass between two trees and headed towords it. Zuma grabbed his rabbit and followed her. They sat down and tore into their prey. Crescent looked up, her muzzle red. "Great catch coco." She said teasingly. He chuckled. "You wern't so bad yowrself, husky." He said.
Crescent smiled. After they finished eating, the pair set off again. They eventually came to the edge of the tree line. Crescent stepped back. "You lead now. I don't know where we're going. Zuma nodded.
"Just follow me." He said and took off. Crescent rolled her eyes and followed him.
Scene Changer: Skye's badge
Skye and Rocky were heading towrds the forest. They had been able to run about half way there, but had gotten tired and had slowed to a walk. Rocky attempted to start a conversation. "I can't beleive the others havn't noticed wer're gone yet." He said, turning to her.
"Yeah, I know. They're probably just to busy being bored."
Rocky nodded in agreement.
They continued to walk in silence for a while, until Skye caught sight of two figures running tword her and Rocky. She nuged him on the shoulder. "Uh, Rocky. Is that who I think it is?" She said excitedly as the shapes got closer. Rocky looked up and narrowed hie eyes to get a better view. He broke off into a huge smile. "Skye! It's Zuma! It's Zuma!" He howled. Skye smiled and howled in delight.
"Zuma! Zuma! Over here!" She yowled, doing a backflip.
Zuma seemed to notice them, becuse he howled and raced directly at them. Then Rocky noticed another pup behind him. "Hey, Skye. There's another pup behind him!" Skye either didn't hear im, or she wasn't interested, because she just continued to howl to Zuma. When he reached them, Zuma leaped onto Skye and Rocky, pulling them into a hug. "Skye! Wocky! I missed you guys!" He yowled. Skye and Rocky hugged him back. "We missed you too." Skye said. The three released each other. Zuma stepped back to stand beside Crescent.
Skye looked at her curiously. "Who's this?" She asked.
Zuma looked at her. "This is Cwescent. Cwescent, Skye and Wocky. Skye and Wocky, Cwescent." He said pointing to each one of them in turn. Crescent walked over to Skye. "Name's Crescent. Nice to meet ya." She said, extending a paw for her to shake. Skye returned the gesture. "I'm Skye, Zuma's team mate." She said. Crescent nodded and turned to Rocky.
Rocky's POV I sat and watched her as she introduced herself to Skye. I was so wrapped up in her beauty that I didn't even notice when she turned to me. I could feel my face turning red. She was so stunning. Her silky black fur, her well muscled shoulders, her sparkling dark blue eyes. I felt like I would melt. My tail was thumping aginst the ground so hard it sounded like a drum circle. My ears drooped and my tounge lolled out, saliva dripping down and landing on the grassy ground. I felt her nudge my shoulder, and was snapped out of my trance.
Regular POV Crescent nudged Rocky's shoulder for the fourth time, she was starting to get worried. "Hello? Earth to Rocky?" She said in his ear. She looked at Zuma and Skye. "What's wrong with him?" She asked. They just shrugged. Finally, after some time, Rocky seemed to be brought back down to Earth. "Oh, uh, I'm Rocky." He stuttered. Skye and Zuma chuckled and he glared at them. She looked at Rocky like he was nuts. "Crescent." She said. "I'm the one that rescued Zuma. Now I have to go home with him to make sure he's healed well enough."
"Well, we'd be happy to take you back with us." Skye said.
"Crescent nodded. "Thanks. Let's go. We can talk on the way." She dipped her head to Rocky. "You wanna lead?" She asked. He just nodded and the four pups headed back towrds the Lookout.