Me: Hiya guys!

Thunder: Hello!

Shade: Hi.

Me: Welcome to the next chapter of our story!

Thunder: Yeah!

Me: Do we have any reviews?

Shade: Can't believe I'm saying this, but yes. Yes you do.

Me: Awesome! ..Wait, hey!

Shade: -laughs-

Me: Anyway, time to answer the review.

crystal mitchum- I'm glad that you like the story so far. And I'm glad that Courage is your favorite show. It's one of mine too. ^^. I hope you and many others will continue to enjoy! Thanks so much for the review!

Thunder: Now, shall we begin?

Me: Yes. I own: Coward, Maple, Eric, Mina, Coward's sibs, and many others. I DON'T own: Muriel, the Old Man as I call him, Courage, La Qauck, Katz, or anyone else from Courage the Cowardly Dog. Now, let's begin.

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Chapter 2: A New Home

The next day, the son of Courage was playing around with the other puppies. There wasn't much else to do besides that, and be yelled at by the old man, as the purple puppy liked to call him. He was looked up from where he was playing a game of catch with his older brother, Scoot. A shadow fell over the pups, and they all looked to see what made the creepy shadow thing.

The shadow was that of a duck. It had white feathers, and was grinning evilly.

"Mama!" the older of the two brothers called out.

Mina poked out her head out of the barn to see what her puppy wanted. "Yes dearie?"

"There's some weird duck thing here!"

"A duck?"

"Yeah!"

The female dog walked out of the barn and over to where her two puppies were. She looked to where they were pointing to and saw the duck.

"It's La Quack!" Mina gasped, once she saw who it was. Coward and his older brother gave her an odd look, not knowing who she was talking about.

"Who's La Quack, Mama?" Coward asked.

"He was one of your father's enemies," Mina told him.

The puppy gasped, and looked at the white dock. The duck in question raised an eyebrow at the little purple puppy.

"This little mutt is the son of that dog?" he asked in his Frinsh actsent.

"So what if I am?" the two month old puppy asked right back at the duck. "Whatcha gonna do about it?"

"I'm glad you asked, little puppy.." La Quack chuckled. He pulled out a rather large hammer out from behind his back, and Coward wanted how that was even possible. "I'm gonna to hit you with this hammer!"

The son of Courage screamed a scream like his father, and turned and ran, the evil duck after him. His brother and mother quickly followed after the two, trying to help their younger brother and son out. However, they were both caught in a net, along with the other puppies that La Quack had laid out for them.

Coward skidded to a stop as he ran to the back of the barn. He quickly turned around to see that the duck was already there, standing a few feet from where he was. La Quack chuckled and made a hand movement, telling the puppy to come to him. The purple puppy shook his head, and looked around to figure out how to escape.

"It's no use little doggie. You can't escape me. Now, why don't you be a good little puppy, and come here?"

"No way! I know what you plan on doing!" he barked. "What do you want with my mother, brothers, sister, and me?"

"Since you asked, I was going to go and take you to the button of the sea where you'd drown, but now that I know that you're the son of that stupid dog I have much bigger plans for you."

"And the rest of my family?"

"They go to the button of the closest lake."

"You monster! I won't let you get away with doing that to them!"

La Quack laughed. "And how do you plan to stop me, little puppy dog?"

"I-I'll think of something! Just you wait and see!"

"By then, it will already be too late for both you and them!" the duck said, and began walking towards the shivering puppy. "Now, this is will only hurt for a moment…"

"Yeah, no thanks. Liked I'd believe anything you'd say anyway!"

"But I promise you, it won't hurt. Only for a second maybe. Now, be a good puppy, and take your medicine. It's time to take a little nap…"

Coward gasped, and looked around once again. As the duck finally reached him, and raised his hammer, ready to hit him on the head with, the puppy dashed under his legs, and ran as fast as his paws would allow him to go. La Quack was already hot on his tail.

He slid to a stop where his mother, brothers, and sister were being held, and quickly set them free, running off again when the duck caught up with him.

"That little puppy is starting to be quite annoying…."

The son of Courage stopped when he came across an old looking piece of wood. Grinning, he picked it up and waited for his father's enemy to get close to him. When La Quack was close enough, he swung the piece of wood, hitting the duck with it and sent him flying into the sky.

"Curse that stupid puppy!" he yelled, as he flew out of sight.

"You did it, Coward!" Mina said, as she and the other puppies ran over to him. She nuzzled her son, who chuckled. "You really are turning out to be just like your father."

"If only he could see how I took care of La Quack! I hope he'd be proud of me…"

"Of course he would be, sweetie. He'd be very proud of you. All of you."

"I sure hope so!" his sister, Ruby, said.

"Yeah!" Scoot added. "I hope Daddy is proud of all of us."

Mina chuckled. "He is."

Coward smiled, feeling good that he had done something that would make his dad proud of him for.

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It was later on in the day, and the puppies were all running around the place, laughing and have fun. Mina kept a watchful eye on all of her pups to make sure nothing bad happened to them. Muriel came out into the back yard and had a smile on her face.

"Dearies!" she called to the puppies, and even Mina. The dog and pups went over to the old woman, who grinned happily down at them. "I have some great news for you all! Some lovely people are here to adopt you, and give you nice new homes!"

That being said, the puppies ran to where the people were waiting for them. One by one all the puppies were taken. First Ruby, then Scoot and Bosco. Next was Dina and Hunter, till only Coward, the youngest out of the puppies, was left.

Muriel pat the small purple puppy on his head. "Don't worry, dearie. It'll be your turn soon enough."

"I sure hope so…" he sighed, watching as the old woman walked back inside the house.

Being the only puppy left, he didn't have anyone to play with, and he was getting very bored. Mina was resting in the barn, trying to stay out of the heat, and he didn't want to wake her. Coward sighed and sat down and watched as every once in a while, a car would go by the small little farm. He already missed his brothers and sister, and he wondered how he was gonna handle being away from his mother.

Soon enough, a black car pulled into the 'drive way', and out came some people. He watched as they walked to the front door, and Muriel opened it, and began talking with them. She then let them inside the house, and out into the back yard.

"Coward, come here boy!" she called.

Taking a deep breath, he ran to her and looked up, wagging his tail.

"Oh, he's so cute!" a female voice reached his ears.

He turned and saw a young girl, around the age of 10 years of age. She had black hair and brown eyes, and wore a light blue shirt, blue jeans, and black boots on. She picked up the puppy, and hugged him close to her.

"I'll take him Grandma!"

The owner of the voice was a bit older than the one called Maple. Coward guessed about a year or two. He had black hair as well, and brown eyes. He had on a black shirt with brown pants, and gray shoes. He wore a pair of red glasses on his face, and the puppy guessed they were brother and sister. If not that, then friends.

"Yes! Besides, you heard Grandma! He's the only puppy left!"

"Ya know why, Maple? Because he's a stupid dog and no one else wanted him!"

Well, he acts a lot like Muriel's husband… Great, just great. I gotta put up with one of them, like my father did? At least Maple is nice.

"Don't be so mean, Eric!"

"I only speak the truth! He is a stupid dog!"

"Don't you pay him any mind, Coward," Maple said, cuddling the little puppy. "To me, you're a great dog!"

Coward smiled and wagged his tail, hugging her back. He looked down at his mother, who smiled up at him.

"Well son, you got your wish. You got a new home and family to look after, make your father and I proud."

"I will Mama, don't worry! I promise!"

Mina nodded, and handed him a small book. The book was black as night, and had words in it when the puppy opened it to see what was inside.

"What's this, Mama?"

"It's a journal that your father made. Courage wanted me to give this to you, so that way if you face any of the enemies he did, you'll know how to defeat them."

"Okay! I'll keep it with me at all times!"

"Good boy." Mina licked her puppy, who let out a little giggle at that. "I'll miss you, sweetie."

"I'll miss you too…"

"Good-bye Coward. I'll see you again someday."

"Promise?"

"I promise."

"Yay!"

With that said, Maple carried Coward to the car and sat him inside of it. Eric and the grown ups got inside the car as well. The purple puppy stood on his back paws much like Courage did, and looked out the back window. He waved to Mina and Muriel, who waved back, till the farm house was out of sight.