The sun was going down, and time found Marshall and Joey on top of a hill, the view of the docks clear. The two of them had a trouble looked on their faces, with Marshall looking down at the ground and Joey below the hill.
"I feel bad." Joey whined, making Marshall sigh.
"I do too." The cat turned to him.
"Do you think he will forgive us if we apologize? Maybe we should invite him to the PAW Patrol. He seemed really excited about joining a guild." Joey said. Marshall sighed once more and folded his arms, in a form of a pout. Hearing nothing from his companion, Joey slowly turned and looked at the ocean. "There's a cruise going on..."
Almost immediately, Marshall blanched, turning blue as he quickly covered his mouth when his cheeks began to swell. Not even missing a beat, Joey waved his arm. "Calm down. Sheesh, we're not even on the boat and you're getting sick."
Marshall made to reply, when he heard a couple of voices coming from a group of girls just a meter away from him and Joey.
"Isn't that Draco's ship?" A woman asked.
"Yeah, I heard he's throwing a party tonight, and those who were lucky enough to get on the ship is going to join the PAW Patrol." At that, Marshall tensed, narrowing his eyes at the group. PAW Patrol? Draco? Another girl stomped her feet.
"Man, I wish I could've gone."
"Me too."
At this point, Marshall tuned out the rest of the conversation and turned towards the boat. PAW Patrol...
"Draco said they wouldn't just accept anyone, however. It's really tough to enter that guild." At that, both Joey and Marshall stiffened, slowly turning to each other with unreadable expressions. Slowly, they turned their head towards the boat drifting out to sea, both of them frowning deep. That is, until Marshall's expression changed into one of being sick, cheeks puffed out once again, sweat dribbling down his face, as said face turned blue. Joey sighed.
"You really need to get over your motion sickness..." He said, sweatdropping.
Meanwhile, on the boat in a private room, Chase stared at the mage before him, who had a simple file in his hands.
"So, you want me to erase your past, do you? You must really want to join the PAW Patrol then." He said, looking over Chase's profile. Chase just nodded, not saying anything. And if you trick me, you and I will be battling out overseas, where I possibly have the advantage. I doubt you were ever taught how to manipulate nature to your will, so no matter what type of magic you're up against, you would still win. He thought. "Hmm...yes, a simple erado spell combined with obliviscatur spell should do the trick..." He closed the file and smirked at Chase, who was immediately on guard. "But...why would I want to?" He snapped his fingers. Suddenly, there was more dark mages appearing behind him, all with an evil grin on their faces. Chase glared.
"I knew it. Never take a dark mage by their word," He growled. "An ambush?"
The dark mage, Draco, laughed.
"My aren't you the clever one! And yet," He shook his head and smiled nastily at Chase. "We'll do this the easy way, or the hard way; all I want, is you, Chase." He said. Chase had the nerve to look surprise, and seeing this, Draco smirked. "Is it really that surprising? I told you before, you had the potential of becoming a great, powerful dark wizard. You take to forbidden spells like fish to water, and it says here that Humdinger considers you his prized pupil. For you to turn your back on everything we, dark mages, believe in and worked hard on is an insult to dark mages everywhere. Even more so when you join a light guild. That simply won't do."
"So what, my life choices affects you now?" Chase snarled, getting ready to summon his magic.
"In a way, but, we can't have such great potential go to waste. You're either coming with us willingly, or we're taking you by force." Draco said. Just before Chase could reply, however, a sudden crash from the ceiling of the boat interrupted them, catching their attention. Chase's eyes went wide when he realized it was that boy from before. What's he doing here? Could it be, he sensed I was in danger and in need of help? A part of him dared hoped.
"Eh? Chase, what are you doing here?" A voice called out, and Chase looked up to see Joey...flying.
"YOU CAN FLY?!" Chase squeaked. Draco decided to ignore this and looked over at the boy who was glaring at him.
"Who the hell are you?" He asked. Marshall stood up and pointed a finger at him, blue eyes sharp.
"You said something about PAW Patrol?" He asked, and Chase could feel himself deflate, a bit agitated. Never mind - still the same old, selfish brat who lacks manners. He thought, before blinking when he saw Marshall nearly crumble underneath his own weight, face pale to the point of turning blue, sweat dripping down his face.
"W-What's wrong with you?" Chase asked, worried.
"B-b-b-b-b-boat...r-r-r-r-r-r-rocking..." Marshall wheezed out, looking as though he was about to puke. Chase blinked. Boat? Rocking? Wait, don't tell me... Chase bristled.
"You're MOTION SICK?! SOME HELP YOU ARE!" He yelled, glaring at the fallen boy, who groaned. Draco laughed, turning towards Chase.
"Is he your friend? My, not very smart is he?" He taunted. Meanwhile, Marshall lifted his head up just enough to mutter out-
"J-J-Joey...h-h-help..."
"Aye sir!" The cat said before flying down and began lifting Chase up from the ground with his tail. Surprised, Chase began to struggled.
"W-wait, what are you-?!"
"Marshall said to help him, so I am!" Joey said, and began flying away from the boat. Draco growled as he followed him out to the dock.
"No you don't! That's MY dark mage you're taking!" He said before summoning his magic and began shooting fireballs at the cat, who dodged them easily. "Damn nimble cat..."
"H-hey!" Draco turned around to see Marshall had at least gotten on his feet again, near the doorway, and was glaring at him, despite looking as though he was about to keel over. He scoffed. "Too easy." He snapped his fingers and the dark mages crowded around him, stomping the fallen boy, beating him up. Draco looked up and scowled.
Meanwhile, Chase was struggling to get out of Joey's grasp.
"Let me go! I'm a dark mage, I can fight! We have to help Marshall!"
"Chase..."
"What is it?" Chase paused in his struggle and looked at Joey, just in time to hear a small 'pop' and see Joey's wings disappear.
"My magic ran out..."
And then they were falling.
"YOU DUMB CAT!"
"AYE!"
Landing in the water, Chase began swimming upwards, breaking the surface and stared at the boat so far away. "I have to help him. Despite everything, I have to help that ungrateful bastard..." With that, Chase summoned his magic. "Dark Magic: Black Vortex!" He shouted. A light gleam had appeared from nowhere, and before anyone knew it, a strong gust of wind came rushing towards town, pulling back not only the water, but the boat as well. Joey cheered.
"You did it!" He said. Chase sweatdropped.
"Maybe a little too much." Because just as suddenly, another gust of wind came forth, and then the boat plus Chase and Joey began flying towards the black hole. Please disappear. Chase thought, hoping the vortex would go away soon as he really didn't want to be sent into space. Luckily, it did, and now they were flying towards the beach of the town instead...which, was still pretty bad now that Chase thought about it. The boat, however, ended up crashing through most of the docks and buildings before it finally stopped near city hall. Chase coughed.
"Wow, Chase, I didn't know you were such a destructive person!" Joey said, and Chase bristled at the cat.
"I am not!" Then he looked over at the boat. "Where's Marshall?"
Meanwhile, those who were on the boat, groaned, knocked out by the crash. All except Draco, who was getting on his feet. "Damn it, when I get my hands on that kid-"
"You're not getting anyone." A voice said, and Draco turned to see Marshall standing on top of the nose of the boat, glaring down at him. Chase, despite everything, beamed, realizing that the boy was completely unharmed.
"Marshall!"
"So...you are the one that's supposingly allows other mages to join in the PAW Patrol, correct? But that's impossible because the PAW Patrol doesn't accept everyone, correct?" Marshall asked, narrowing his eyes at Draco. Chase, who had been mildly irritated by the brush-off, blinked at the accusation and how Marshall seemed so angry by it. Draco scoffed.
"Is that what this is about? For you to destroy my boat all for some rumors..."
"It's not a rumor, it's a lie." Marshall interrupted, and his eyes were pretty much slits that this points. Chase gasped while Draco smirked.
"And you know this how?"
Marshall returned the smirk with one of his own; full of sharp teeth and a vicious bite before he pulled off his sweatshirt, revealing a black, short-sleeved vest underneath, and when he turned his right arm, those who weren't knocked unconscious gasped.
"It-It's..."
Draco started to sweat.
"B-Boss? I-I think he might be the real deal..." One of them whimpered.
One Marshall's right arm was a bright, red, emblem of a paw print. The vicious smirk on his face fell, and instead, twisted itself into a look of disgust. "I'm from PAW Patrol, and I never heard such lies!"
Chase's eyes went wide. He's from...PAW Patrol?
"I guess it's a little too late to tell you that Marshall's a wizard, huh?" Joey asked, and Chase glared at him.
"You decided to tell me NOW?!" Chase shook his head. "I had a feeling, but...I couldn't confirm it. All I knew is that he had some sort of magical abilities."
Draco stared at him, nervous, but then smirked. "Well, it doesn't matter that you're the real person or not, I will kill you and have Chase all to myself!" With that, Draco summoned a giant ball of fire, and threw it at Marshall. Marshall didn't move, he just stared at it as it came closer.
"Marshall look out!" Chase shouted, but by then, it was too late. The place where Marshall had been standing at was covered in fire. Smirking, Draco turned to Chase.
"Now then, with that pest out of the way, Chase...come to me."
"Man, these flames are disgusting," A voice said, pausing everyone in their tracks. They all turned to the spot where Marshall had been, and was shock to see him standing inside the fire. "Seriously. You dare call yourself a dark mage when you wield these shitty flames? I've tasted fake flames that had more delicious than this..."
Everyone's jaws dropped.
"N-no way," Draco started, sweating a little. "He's...EATING THE FIRE!"
With the fire gone, Marshall let out a belch, and looked over at the dark mage, blue eyes sharp.
"Thanks for the meal. I'm all fired up now." With that, Marshall lit his fist on fire and began running towards the dark mage, who was frozen on spot. Chase could only stare.
"He...ate the fire? And now he's fighting with it? What kind of magic is that?!" He squeaked, and Joey answered him.
"An ancient one. Lungs of a dragon to be able to breathe fire, dragon scales of a dragon to dissolve fire, and dragon talons that are wrapped in fire. A magic that allows a person to take on these characteristics of a dragon, and was once used to deal with dragons, as it was the only powerful magic to do so," Joey folded his arms. "That is the magic Derolth has passed onto Marshall." He said, smiling. Chase looked at the cat.
"You serious?" He asked. Joey nodded.
"Aye," He smiled once more, tilting his head. "It should also be noted that Marshall is a fire mage. So it goes without saying that fire is useless against Marshall. He's a fire DragonSlayer."
Back with the battle, Draco was beginning to panic. None of his magic was working, and with the way the black haired teen was looking at him, he was running out of options.
"Damn, damn, damn! Die you bastard!" He screeched, throwing every attack at him, all of them missing just as Marshall pushed fire from his feet to lift him up, grinning manically.
"It's over for you! Fire Dragon Iron Fist!" He shouted, fist already in flames that seemed to glow brighter. Draco eyes went wide just as Marshall punched him, sending flying towards the ground, covered in soot and brunt to a crisp. Chase was in awe, that is, until he heard the sound of marching and looked over to see rows and rows of people dressed in armor coming.
"T-the army?!" He stated, sweating a little.
"Crap, run!" Marshall shouted, grabbing onto Chase and ran in the opposite direction. Joey laughed.
"Oh man, you really did it this time, Marshall! Goodway isn't going to be happy!" Marshall glared at him.
"Shut up and keep running!" Chase was in a daze before he realized-
"Wait, where are you taking me?!"
"To Adventure Bay! You wanted to join a guild, right?" Marshall turned to look at Chase, who only stared at him in awe. He gave him a fanned grin. "Come join PAW Patrol! We'll happily accept you!"
Chase would later swear that sand got in his eye and that was the only reason he was tearing up.
A/n: I just realized I have no OC that would fit the bill for Cana. If you have an OC that will, please allow me to use her/him (preferably her). There's a short description of Cana: She's a card mage, she likes to drink a lot - like, barrel's size liquor - and her relationship with her dad is...meh, at best. I don't know if I'll be using an OC for Gildarts (Cana's father), or if I can find a character from the PAW Patrol universe, but in case I do, please don't get offended by it. Also, she's a flirt sometimes. Not like certain characters -coughSherryCough- but still a flirt. So yeah, I meant to add this before I'd updated. Oops.