Chapter 23: Motives
"Sorry Marshall. Let me try something else," Shawn replied. Shawn then walked over to where the boulder was pinning Marshall's legs. Shawn tried pushing the boulder away, slowly pulling Marshall's legs away or out of the boulder, and even tried to move Marshall again. Nothing worked. The only thing that Shawn did do was make Marshall cry out in pain.
"OOOOOOOWWWWWW! Shawn, please stop! Your plan isn't working!" Marshall commented with more tears in his eyes.
"I'm sorry. I thought I could gently push you out, but I can't. You're stuck," Shawn replied as he returned to being in front of Marshall.
"Why did you hit the ball so hard? I thought we were going to be careful near the rocks!" Marshall commented.
"We were. I just got overexcited! Playing ball was just so much fun!" Shawn answered.
"Yes, but now I got broken legs thanks to you not being careful," Marshall snapped. Shawn sighed. He couldn't deny that this situation was partly his fault.
"Well, I'll try calling for help," Shawn said before howling. Marshall covered his ears until Shawn stopped howling.
"Well now that we called for help, what do we do until then?" Marshall asked, trying to ignore the pain.
"I know one thing we can do," Shawn replied. He then grabbed a stick and started to poke Marshall's hip near his legs.
"Ow! Ow! Stop that! Ow! Ow! Quit it!" Ow! Ow! Ow!" Marshall said as Shawn continued poking him.
"See? This is fun!" Shawn answered with the stick in his mouth.
"SHAWN! Stop!" Marshall snapped angrily at the pup. Shawn sighed before dropping the stick and then going back in front of Marshall.
"You're such a wet bone Marshall. How come you don't want to have fun?" Shawn asked in an upset voice.
"Hurting me is NOT fun! I'm sure you wouldn't like it!" Marshall replied angrily, trying to get his point across. There was silence for several minutes until Marshall spoke up.
"Shawn, why are you always so mean to me? I haven't done anything mean to you, so I don't see a reason why you would want to hurt me or get me upset. I don't understand what I did to deserve this. Why Shawn? Why are you so mean to me?" Marshall stated. Shawn smiled.
"Oh, so you want to know why I bully you, Snowflake, and Rocks? You want to know what my motives and reasons are for my bullying? Well, if you're so curious, I'll tell you," Shawn replied back.
"I bully you, Snowflake, and Rocks because it's fun for me. Telling me to stop, ruins my fun. Plus, if other pups see how weird you are or the fact that you have 'faults/flaws', no pup will want to hang out with you because they will see you as 'weird' and see me as 'normal'". Shawn smiled after his first explanation.
"Well bullying is no fun for my friends or I. Besides, pups like me for who I am, whether or not I am weird or not. They like me because I am a good friend Shawn. Speaking of which, why haven't you gotten into trouble yet?" Marshall retorted.
"Well you see, I don't get into trouble because I think that bullying is okay to do. I don't understand or know what is so bad about bullying. Plus, I don't like getting into trouble, so I always pretend to be innocent or act like you or the other pups caused the problem. Either that, or that the problem was an accident. Besides, I use this strategy with my owners all the time, so I figured why wouldn't it work here at camp, or anywhere else? The way I see things, I'm just trying to have fun and am not doing anything wrong!" Shawn explained casually.
"It doesn't matter if you think bullying is right or wrong, Shawn. The truth is bullying is wrong. Besides, you will get caught sooner or later. You can't bully me forever! Anyways, why do you bully my friends and I when we haven't done anything wrong to you? You know, we could be buddies. You don't have to be mean Shawn," Marshall commented.
"Well Marshall, I also bully the other pups because I know you don't like seeing your friends getting hurt. See, by making your friends hurt or upset, I know you will get upset as well Marshall. Think of it as a way for me to hurt you without us being face to face. It's like an indirect way of hurting you," Shawn replied. It was then that Shawn smirked.
"Yes, I could not bully you, but I choose not to do that. You see, it doesn't matter if there are rules or if you tell me to stop. As long as I have the opportunity and option to bully you and your buddies, I will. Because unless I physically get put in the pound, get sent home, or get taken away, you or anybody else can't stop me!" Shawn explained.

*Authors Note: I want to let you all know that I did do research in regards to Shawn's motives before I wrote Chapter 1 of this story, and Shawn's motives are in fact accurate bullying methods and tactics according to the research that I found. I just wanted to let you readers know that. Please review and have a good day.*