Disclaimer: This is probably one of the chapters I was most excited to write for this season. I'll admit that I don't have everything planned out for how I'm gonna get from place to place, or even every specific event I want this season to have, but this is a chapter I've thought a lot about since midway through season three. That's around the time I first heard about Moby and Coral. Hopefully, my excitement pays off into something great.

Also, I don't own Paw Patrol.


Paw Patrol X

Land and Sea arc Episode five: Confessing to Moby


Charm was walking over to Moby's room Rocky, Zuma, and Claw, and he was clearly upset about something. He was quick to let Rocky know what that something is before they arrived at the door. "I don't see why I have to be left out of this Rocky. I like Sid and Arrby too."

"I know Charm, but Sweetie's gonna be there too." Rocky reminded Charm, knowing that both of the Rakusen siblings being in one place as Charm would spell bad news for everyone. "Claw's been extra protective of Sweetie since you moved here, and they both still can't stand you. The last thing Sid and Arrby need is us thrashing their ship."

Charm sighed in despondence, failing to find a fitting argument towards Rocky's point. "Okay. That makes sense."

Claw crossed his arms as he pointed out one problem he saw in this plan. "Not that you should be trusted to be alone with Moby anyway."

Zuma gave Claw a stern look after hearing that. "Claw." He wasn't gonna have them fighting right outside Moby's room.

Claw saw Charm tensing up, leading to him asking something that made his mistrust in Charm clear. "Does he even know about your demon blood?"

"What the heck does that have to do with anything!?" Charm shouted as soon as he started walking towards Claw. "Moby's my friend! What he knows about me shouldn't be a problem!"

After Charm got in Claw's face, the Doberman made it clear what he was getting at. "He's going to find out someday. What if someone else tells him? If that happens, he could turn on you and see you for-" Charm grabbed Claw by the chest and slammed him into the wall, his anger seething as with Rocky and Zuma being stunned. Claw wasn't scared however, instead taunting Charm's actions. "What? Are you going to try to kill me again?"

Charm took his knife out, holding it up to Claw's neck as he stared directly into his eyes. "Don't tempt me."

Rocky pushed Charm away from Claw, causing him to let go. "Both of you; stop it! This is exactly what I'm talking about! You can't spend thirty minutes in the same room without a single cold glance!" Rocky signaled Charm to put his knife away as he told him where he went wrong. "Charm. I get that you were angry, but that's no reason to threaten Claw." Rocky then turned to Claw, pointing out where he went wrong in this. "And Claw, I agree that Charm should be the one to tell Moby the truth. But when and how he does that is up to him."

Claw looked right at Charm, doubting that he would actually tell Moby the truth. Zuma grabbed Claw's paw and walked up with him, showing disappointment in him provoking Charm, even though he wasn't trying to. "We'll be in the car Wocky."

Claw and Zuma walked off with Charm groaning before punching the wall, leaving a hole there before Rocky pulled him away. "Charm; easy. Take a breath." Charm did as advised, managing to calm down afterwards. Rocky then put his paws on Charm's shoulders and gave him some brotherly advice. "Claw was out of line, but maybe he has a point. You don't have to tell Moby right now of course. Just, when you're ready."

"I was hoping I'd be ready sooner, believe it or not." Charm admitted after looking away, clenching his fists in fear before looking back at Rocky. "But how will I know what to say?"

Rocky was about to follow up on that, but he was interrupted by Moby opening his bedroom door. When he saw the hole in the wall, he got worried about Rocky and Charm. "I thought I heard scary noises. What happened out here?"

"Let's just say things got a little heated." Rocky advised Moby, looking back at Charm to give him some subtle, yet easy to notice advice. "I have to drive Claw and Zuma to Arrby's. You think you'll be okay without me?" Charm nodded his head yes with Rocky hugging him before heading off. Moby noticed Charm rubbing his arm as soon as Rocky let go. He hoped Charm was okay. "Love you Charm. See ya later Moby."

"Love you too Rocky." Charm said to Rocky as he and Moby waved to him. Charm then had some ideas to share, looking to Moby with a concerned look as he did. "You wanna maybe... walk around Adventure Bay after you show me your model ship progress?"

Moby liked the sound of that. He hadn't seen much of Adventure Bay yet. This would be a good time to do so. He still made it clear he was still more of the indoorsy type. "It could be interesting to see more of the town. Just don't expect me to want to do that all the time." Charm was glad to hear that, entering Moby's room to check out his model ship.

Charm put on.a smile, hoping Moby's focus on his model ship progress would hide his current emotions. How would he be able to tell Moby about his demon blood? He doubted he even knew what a demon was. After seeing Moby's model ship progress however, he gave him a smiling thumbs up, showing that he was impressed. After Moby smiled, he decided to let himself and Moby have some fun before he brought grimness to their day. 'Maybe I can tell him after we've enjoyed ourselves a little.'


Rocky was dropping Claw and Zuma off at Arrby's, the latter holding pizza, as he reminded them of where he had to be at that moment. "I gotta head back to the Lookout and help F.M. with her Pup Pack. Make sure you two behave yourselves." Rocky kissed Zuma and hi pawed Claw, hopping into his car and driving off after waving goodbye to them while they did the same. "Have fun guys!"

"Love you Wolfy!" Zuma called out to Rocky, and as he and Claw went over to Sid and Arrby's ship, Zuma brought up the pizza with a smile on his face. "Time to get this pawty stawted." Claw licked his lips upon smelling the pizza, knocking on the door while getting Arrby's attention. "Sid! Awwby! I bwought pizza! One half peppewoni, one half anchovies!"

Arrby opened up the door with excitement, glad that Claw and Zuma finally arrived. "Claw; Zuma; you came! Come on in!" Claw and Zuma did as instructed, and Arrby quickly explained the absence of his owner. "Sid's helping Ryder and Richie with something involving Ryder's computer. So it's just you, me, and sassy dog with the big butt."

"That's only when I have my special suit on Arrby, I already told you." Sweetie reminded Arrby from the next room, stating immense pleasure in his treasure collection while wearing a coral Tiara he got from Eveline. "And I think I finally have something to go with it."

Zuma then got excited to do something that he hoped Arrby would let him do after setting the pizza box on the dining room table. "Awwby! Can I pwetty please dwive your boat while we eat?"

Arrby happily obliged, feeling that everything would be fine. "Go ahead Zuma. Just don't forget to put Auto sail on."

Zuma squeed and ran over to the boat, leaving Claw to grab his slice of pizza after Zuma ran off with his. "Fair warning, things can get bloody nasty when you combine us with pizza." Arrby nodded to show that he got that before grabbing a slice of anchovy pizza.


Meanwhile, Charm and Moby were walking around Adventure Bay, and Charm was showing Moby some of the landmarks he already knew about. One location he pointed out was Mayor Goodway's house. "And that's the Mayor's house. I think her name's Diane, but most people call her Mayor Goodway. She's also Richie's mother." Moby liked the sight of it, which Charm could tell upon seeing his smile. "They were also Rocky's owners before he met the Paw Patrol." Richie was fasctinated by that fact, feeling that he and Diane could be good people for him.

Charm and Moby stopped by the window, leading to the employee there being startled when he saw Charm. "Oh! Um... hello Charm. And, new pup."

"Moby." Moby informed the employee, getting a look at the menu and being amazed by one menu item in particular. "Wow. This one has something called, jay-lee-pee-nos on it. That could be good."

Charm snickered at Moby's mispronunciation of jalepenos before ordering for both of them. "We'll take two jalepeno bacon cheeseburgers. I don't care how you make them." The employee nodded nervously before heading off to cook, making Charm worried about how Moby would take that.

Moby noticed some of the Adventure Bay residents glaring at them, which confused him. He didn't understand why they were so angry all of a sudden. "Hey Charm? Does this part of town always have an angry vibe to it?"

"No, why?" Charm asked before turning around and seeing this for himself. He knew those glares were aimed at him, and he got worried that they'd tell Moby about his past. He tried to think of a good excuse for why they were glaring. "Oh; um... they're probably just having bad days is all." Moby was confused by that, and Charm started to get nervous. He looked behind himself and turned around when he saw a littered soda can. "Oh, you or Rocky can use this!" As he bent over to pick it up however, he pointed his butt right at Moby, revealing Slash's initials on it.

Moby was curious about the initials on the right side of Charm's butt. He didn't take him for the tattoo type. "Hey Charm? What does 'S.R.' stand for?" Charm then flinched at the mention of that, and his butt was shown as he unintentionally hit Moby with...

BLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRP

...a ripe and nasty ten second fart, making his butt vibrate as Moby coughed and gagged from a yellow cloud of rotten eggs. Charm smiled nervously and turned around to help waft away his expulsion after he put the can away. "Sorry about that Moby. My butt just can't help forgetting the warning call."

"Yeah, I figured that out already." Moby deadpanned annoyedly before looking around, and Charm's lingering fart scent was starting to get to some of the other patrons. Some of their eyes were watering from how bad it smelled. "I think we should eat our lunch somewhere that doesn't smell like rotten eggs and lacks people glaring at us."

"That would be smart." After thinking for a few moments, Charm got an idea for a spot where no one would be around. "Would you be interested in checking out the beach?"

Moby did like the sound of that; both to find some alone fun time with Charm, and to see if he'd open up about whatever he could be hiding. "Sure. Just as long as we don't have too many people around. And you don't fart on me again. I can't stand crowds, or gas."

Charm took note of that, feeling that would make it easier for him to tell Moby about his past. No intruders meant no risk of anyone making things worse. "That's fine by me!" Charm and Moby continued talking after that, unaware that a Mastiff from one of the tables was also glaring at them while wearing a nose plug. However, he wasn't glaring at Charm. His target, was Moby.


Zuma was still piloting Arrby's boat as he continued to eat pizza with Claw, Sweetie, and Arrby. He even had a pirate hat on to emphasize his position. "Captain Zuma sailing the seven seas! Anyone who tells me to stop loving Wocky or paying music will be fowced to walk the plank!"

Claw, Sweetie, and Arrby were also having a fun time with Arrby noticing that Sweetie was taking an interest in a box of eye patches. "I didn't know you liked eye patches Sweetie. Did you find one you liked yet?"

"If I did, I wouldn't still be looking." Sweetie pointed out, and her butt was shown as Arrby sat behind her in anticipation for her decision. "This eye patch will have to be as glamorous and proper as me." As soon as Sweetie said that however, what erupted from her vibrating butt and into Arrby's face was...

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT

...a loud and bassy twenty second fart that reeked of moldy cheese with a green cloud erupting from it. Sweetie blushed bright red before turning around to a coughing Arrby who was wafting the fart away as she tried to blame Zuma for that expulsion. "Ugh; Claw! That's disgusting!"

"Ha! I WISH that was me." Claw admitted as he wafted the fart away from him. "Mine would've been waaaaay worse."

After Arrby finished wafting the fart away, he attempted to make Sweetie feel better about her embarrassment. "Don't worry Sweetie. Everyone does it. See?" Arrby then grunted as he ripped...

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP

...a ripe and loud twenty second fart, making his butt vibrate as a green cloud of anchovies left his body. Sweetie found herself disgusted as Claw and Zuma laughed at Arrby's fart. "That doesn't necessarily mean we all LIKE it Arrby."

"You think that's bad?" Zuma asked, walking into the middle of the room with Claw as Sweetie became alerted to what they were about to do. "You weady Claw?"

"I was born ready Zuma!" Claw assured Zuma, and both of them went into two leg mode and pointed their butts out to unleash...

PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF...

PHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...

...loud and nasty farts that made their butts vibrate with green clouds of moldy cheese and rotten meat surrounding the room. Sweetie opened up a window, feeling that would be the best course of action. Arrby asked her about the Paw Patrol as the fart smell started to get more intense. "Do the Paw Patrol always have fun like this?"

"Pretty much." Sweetie admitted, covering her nose in disgust as Claw and Zuma's farts covered up the screen...

FFFFFFFFFF...

HHHHHHHHHH...


About an hour after eating their food, Charm and Claw were now at Adventure Bay beach, sitting in a spot with no one close enough to bother them. Charm knew this would be a good spot for Moby. No one else bothering him, no loud noises, just the two of them, enjoying the view. Charm could see Moby smiling, just taking it in, and seeing the beauty of being a land pup. Charm then got curious about something and got Moby's attention. "I've been meaning to ask you Moby. How old are you?"

Moby started counting with his paws to get the right answer. After doing so for a few seconds, he looked to Charm with an exact answer. "Eleven."

"Hey, I'm eleven too!" Charm responded, amazed that he and Moby were the same age. He then had another thought in mind that he felt Moby would like hearing. "And I bet it feels great that you don't have to spend any more of that time in PupLantis."

"You have no idea." Moby admitted, looking out to sea as he expressed his current thoughts on his new life. "Back home, no one understood me, and none of them would just let me be when I wanted to be alone. It was always stupid festivals first, my way... never." Charm wasn't sure if Moby needed comfort thanks to his smile. Luckily, this smile proved to be true happiness. Little did they know that the Mastiff was watching from close by. "But when you and.I met ten days ago, I felt so validated. Like my feelings actually mattered. Like what I wanted, mattered."

Charm felt good about helping Moby, but how well he helped him made him feel worse about keeping his past hidden from him. "I didn't think I'd mean so much to you after that."

"Well you do." Moby admitted, hoping he wasn't ruining the moment. "And I'm sorry if I made this awkward. I'm not used to gushing. What I mean to say is... thanks Charm."

After hearing Moby tell him how much he meant to him, Charm decided that he wasn't going to wait any longer. He wanted to tell Moby anyway, and this was the push he needed to do so. Not to mention, despite his poor communication skills, Moby felt easy to talk to from the start. If he was going to find out anyway, then it should be from the one who helped him escape PupLantis. "Moby. When we get back, I-" Just then, the Mastiff snatched Moby, shocking both him and Charm as the latter called out in anger. "Hey! He's not a wild dog you dirtbag!"

"I don't care!" The Mastiff shouted by the water, leaving Charm to charge at him as he stated his motivations. "This is for Eveline!"

As soon as the Mastiff jumped into the water however, Charm grabbed his tail and threw him back onto land. He landed with Moby, who tried to get away as Charm started walking over to him. "So that bigoted Queen of yours sent you to play dog catcher?"

"No, I came on my own accord." The Mastiff informed Charm, readying himself to charge towards the water again. "But Queen Eveline was greatly upset when Moby left to change his way of life! That's not how she operates!"

The Mastiff charged at the water again, leaving Charm to wait for the right moment. "That's why he left you idiot!" The Mastiff jumped up as high as he could, managing to go right over Charm as he did. Charm was impressed by this, but he jumped up, grabbing the Mastiff's foot and flipping to kick his back. This made him drop Moby, who Charm then jumped off of the Mastiff to save. "Moby!" Charm grabbed Moby and landed on his back, taking the fall for both of them with a thud.

The Mastiff landed in the water with Charm standing in front of Moby to protect him. Once the Mastiff emerged, he charged at Charm with a powerful yell. "For Queen Eveline!" Charm ducked and grabbed some sand, throwing it directly at the Mastiff, catching him off guard long enough to try and escape. As soon as he took Moby's paw however, the Saint Bernard tripped them with his instinct guiding him.

After Charm turned back over, the Mastiff pulled out a knife while wiping his eyes. "I'm done playing around! I'll bring Moby back DEAD if I have to!" Moby was horrified after hearing that, and that made Charm's blood boil. His anger skyrocketed, which Moby noticed as soon as he jumped at the Mastiff. The Mastiff was so shocked and scared that he had no idea what to do, especially not after Charm grabbed his knife from him.

Charm had a bloodthirsty look on his face, unable to think straight, and seeing red everywhere except where the Mastiff laid. Moby, the beach, and everything else, was out of sight or earshot now. All he could do, was stare at the Mastiff with the intent to kill him. His violent expression, his lack of words, and him holding the knife over the Mastiff's body, made both Moby unsure of what to do, and the Mastiff beyond horrified. The Mastiff tried to beg for his life, losing any will to continue his mission. "Please! Don't! You win, okay!?"

STAB


After clearing out the fart gas from the boat, Zuma was playing his guitar as Claw and Sweetie set up a camera for him and Arrby to have fun with in a video. Once Arrby was all set, he popped into video with Zuma asking if he was ready. "You all set Awwby?" Arrby nodded his head yes, and Zuma signaled Claw to hit record, which he did. Of course Sweetie couldn't resist posing in the video as the beautiful Canine in the background. "Alwight evewyone. This is my new fwiend Awwby, and I wrote this song to celebwate my fiwst piwate pup fwiend. I hope you like it!"

Zuma started playing a fast paced yet intense melody on his guitar. It started to get Arrby pumped up as he bopped his head to it. "The secwets of the sea. Are all a mystewy. But this mighty Dachshund came to, set all those fables fwee." Arrby started swaying his head to the beat, and Claw was tapping his paws to the vibe of it. "Don't you huwt, this puppy fwiend of mine; he is a, piwated canine! The seven seas won't know what hit them next. They'll be too distwacted to watch him flex."

Zuma played for a bit longer, smiling as he saw how into the song Arrby was. "Don't think he'll be alone. He's got his fwiends with him. And his equally mighty owner, who's wight beside him sink or swim." Sweetie attempted to adjust the coral tiara on her head, but was surprised to find that Arrby managed to snatch it off of her without moving from his spot.

Claw couldn't help snickering as Arrby smirked to Sweetie briefly. "Don't you huwt, this puppy fwiend of mine; he is a, piwated canine! The seven seas won't know what hit them next. They'll be too distwacted to watch him flex." Zuma played for a bit longer, getting into the finishing vocals of his song with pure joy. "Don't you huwt, this puppy fwiend of mine; he is a, piwated canine! Piwated!" Zuma played the last beats of the song, along with the last lyric. "Piwated!"

After Zuma finished, he set his guitar down and thanked everyone for watching. "Thanks for watching guys! Sowwy if this came out a little wushed. I was kind of winging it."

"I loved it!" Arrby assured Zuma just before Claw stopped recording. "That was a lot of fun."

"Yeah. Especially when you snatched that tiara from Sweetie without moving." Claw pointed out while laughing a bit.

Sweetie had to admit that she was impressed, hoping that Arrby wouldn't mind sharing his secret. "How did you do that anyway?"

"Magic." Arrby responded playfully while unclenching his paws. A factual, if short, explanation for sure.


Charm and Moby were now looking down at a deceased Mastiff Mer-Pup, and his blood was on his own blade. Charm got off of him after Moby came over, having snapped out of his rage and was now in a state of self doubt caused horror. Moby was so shocked by what he saw that he didn't know what to say. He'd never seen one pup kill another before. He was grateful to Moby for saving him, but he never expected anything like that from someone his age. Even after the Mastiff threatened to kill him. "Charm. You... you killed him!"

Moby then noticed the horrified look on Charm's face, which made him heavily concerned for his friend. "Charm? Are you okay?" Moby tried to talk to Charm again, but Charm got so scared that he fell started looking around with pure self doubt on his face. Charm had no idea what to do; he was so scared that he felt he was going to stop breathing. It wasn't that he was scared of killing. He was raised for that. It was the fact that he gave into his anger and the murderous tendencies his demon blood gave him.

And that's exactly what his father wanted.

Charm started hallucinating a black void surrounding him after Moby said his name in concern again; and while Moby couldn't see them, it blocked out everything in Charm's world. Charm first saw a hallucination of Slash, who gleefully told him that he was proud of him. "Well done Slash my boy! That's one step in the right direction! Now we just have to work on getting rid of your ability to regret it again."

"No! I'm not being that Canine anymore!" Charm shouted, refusing to give into his father's demands.

Trickery appeared next, feigning a desire to protect Charm at all costs. "It's for your own good Charm! You'll live if you kill!"

"Shut up Trickery! I'm not giving in to that lie anymore!" Charm shouted, refusing to listen to anything Trickery had to say.

The last hallucination was Claw, who was quick to accuse Charm of faking his desire to change. This just made him angry, as well as scared. "I knew you couldn't resist taking a life Charm! This is why you joining our side absolutely infuriates me!" Charm clenched his fists as he got ready to shout at Claw. "You'll never change!"

"HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO DO THAT WHEN YOU WON'T LET ME!?" Charm cried out at the top of his lungs, expressing pure horror and anger at what was going on. He was surrounded by a black void of rage and fear, one that he wanted to go away. But he couldn't make it leave. He was too scared to do anything about it. It overwhelmed him so much that he couldn't think straight for one second.

Just before he did, Moby tried to talk him out of this, quickly catching onto the fact that he was hallucinating due to his mental state. "Charm, snap out of it! Whatever you're screaming at isn't real!" However, Charm couldn't hear Moby, running off after he was shown hallucinating his father leading a demon army to attack him. Moby started running after him in desperation to help. "Charm!" Moby didn't know what to do; his mind was racing too fast with the situation.

Charm ran out of the beach with Moby still chasing after him. At this point, the Portuguese Water pup got an idea. "Wait a minute. If it's what he sees that catches his attention..." He took his Pup-Phone out, hoping that this idea could work. He sighed due to knowing that it was still pretty farfetched. "It's worth a shot."

Charm continued running away from Slash and Trickery, along with their demon army, stopping as soon as he heard his phone ring. "Huh?" Charm took his phone and answered it to find Moby, amazed that he was able to hear his phone. "Moby! Thank God! I have no idea what's going on right now!"

Charm flinched when Slash reached for him, rushing off after gasping in fear. Moby did what he could to fill Charm in from the phone. "You're hallucinating Charm! Whoever that Trickery guy and whoever else is freaking you out are, they aren't real!"

"They've both come back from the dead at least once!" Charm informed Moby, being too scared to think rationally during this time. He tripped over something, seeing his father reaching for him again as he looked back. He crawled away fearfully for a bit before getting back up and running away. "I can't take this Moby!"

"Charm, it's okay! I'm here! Or, at least I'll try to be!" Moby assured Charm, knowing that Charm needed his help, despite his inexperience with this kind of thing. "Turn right to the Lookout path! I'll talk to you from there!"

"Okay!" Charm turned right, managing to dodge another demon hallucination as he did. "I trust you!"

The demons started slashing at Charm, who dodged them while clinging onto his phone. "Just a fair warning that I'm kind of drawing a blank here, so don't be surprised if I run out of stuff to say!" Charm took note of that, continuing to run up the path as Moby continued trying to keep him in reality. "You said Rocky and F.M. were home, right!? If they helped you with stuff like this before, maybe they can help!"

"Perhaps! But it's never gotten this bad before!" Charm saw what looked like a door and ran through it once it opened, hoping that it was the Lookout.

Inside, F.M. and Rocky were adding something to F.M.'s pup pack, which looked like a fire extinguisher, when they saw Charm come in through the door. Just then, Charm fell to the ground, tripping over his own two feet as F.M. and Rocky rushed over to help as F.M. called over to him. "Charm; are you okay!?" Charm wasn't okay. As soon as he got to his knees, he started hyperventilating, holding his paw up to his chest as the look of fear in his eyes got worse. F.M. knew what to do once Moby arrived. "Moby, he's having a panic attack; give him some space!"

Rocky knew what to do as well, hanging up the call for Charm since he dropped his phone and setting it on the couch. After F.M. and Rocky gave Charm some breathing room, the Golden Retriever continued to hyperventilate in his fear driven void. He couldn't stop looking around hysterically. He wanted these visions of his father and ex-best friend to stop. The demons were surrounding him, filling him with fear, up until he noticed Rocky extending his paw. "Charm. It's okay. Just breathe."

Charm saw Rocky's calm expression with F.M. doing the same demonstration of calm breathing as he stood a couple feet away. He remembered that moment in particular, and he got the same feeling he did then. This panic attack was much stronger however, thanks to the hallucinations. Charm started breathing more slowly, and little by little, the hallucinations all went away. This time, it took twenty seconds, and it ended with Charm taking Rocky's paw. Only after he did so, did the hallucinations stop entirely, and his breathing speed went back to normal.

F.M. offered Charm a hug, which he accepted after extending his arm, allowing F.M. to wrap his arms around him. Moby came up to him and knelt down to check and see if he was okay. Charm saw Moby and decided that after he calmed down, he would tell him the truth. "Moby... I think after I calm down, should be the time I tell you everything." Moby knew this had something to do with Charm's hallucinations. He just hoped Charm was okay enough to talk about it.


Zuma, Claw, Sweetie, and Arrby were arriving back at the docks with Arrby praising Zuma's ship driving skills. "You did amazing Zuma! Great work."

"Thanks Awwby." Zuma replied, glad that he was getting along with Arrby as well as he was. "Hopefully Wocky can join us next time. He pwomised F.M. he'd help upgwade her Pup Pack, so that's why he bailed today."

"I see. Well good on him for honoring his word." Arrby responded, proud of Rocky for keeping his word with a friend.

Claw and Sweetie came up to Zuma and Arrby with Claw making an announcement. "Introducing... the most spoiled rotten pup in all of Adventure Bay..."

"Besides her brother's disgusting hide..." Sweetie chimed in while gritting her teeth. She then made a graceful pose with a coral tiara, an aquamarine eye patch, and a pearl necklace. "Sweetie Rakusen! The most beautiful pirate of the seven seas!"

Arrby found himself impressed with how much Sweetie looked like a pirate. She seemed to pick out how she would look in a crew perfectly. "Aye crew mate Sweetie. You certainly know what your colors are."

"Thank you Arrby, thank you." Sweetie said, being highly proud of her pirate design. "I'm sure I know much more than any other pirate about fashion designing, no offense."

"None taken." Arrby assured Sweetie, having one question in mind for the Yorkshee Terrier as he gave a smirk. "If you can tell me your longest time breaking wind."

Sweetie flinched at that question and blushed as she thought about what the answer was. "Seven hours. And if you tell anyone outside of the Paw Patrol, including Sid, I will personally rearrange your rectum."

Arrby chuckled as he assured Sweetie that violence wouldn't be necessary. "No need for that Sweetie. That's my record as well." Zuma offered Arrby a hi five, which he accepted with Claw smirking to Sweetie.

She looked away in disgust and annoyance before Claw playfully nudged her. "Admit it Sweetie. You love him too." Sweetie resisted for a couple seconds, but she ended up giving in and smiling, showing that, besides the fart stuff, she had fun today.


Charm was sitting down next to Moby in the living room as F.M. handed him some dark chocolate, and Rocky some herbal tea. "Thank you Rocky. F.M.." Charm looked at Moby to see if he was ready to hear the truth. "Are you ready for this Moby?" Moby nodded his head yes, which led to Charm getting right on it with telling him everything. After he breathed in through his nose and out with his mouth, he started right from the beginning. "When I was born, my father injected me with pure demon blood... which gave me the false personality of pure bloodlust."

Moby was shocked when he heard that, but he let Charm continue with what he had to say. He seemed broken inside as he was saying all of this. "For the first four years of my life, I was isolated from the outside world and kept in my room at all times. He even made me think I had to kill at least one creature every month to live. Or... I let him do that. It was a stupid lie." Charm choked as he brought up this next part. "Then, when Rocky turned six... our father manipulated me into killing our mother."

Moby couldn't believe that, having to know for sure if he heard him right. "You killed your own mother!?"

Charm nodded his head yes, letting Moby know about everything else without sugarcoating any of it. "After that, he trained me to become this remorseless, apathetic killer who could never feel bad about taking another being's life. He kept me away from everything that makes a child... a child. My innocence, my empathy, my desire for love... everything. Almost every part of me that wasn't related to the demon blood was locked away. I was never a real puppy." F.M. placed a paw on Charm's paw for comfort. "I thought those parts of me were gone forever."

Charm clenched his right paw when getting into the details on the rest of what he had to say. "And his right hand helped him." Moby put a paw on Charm's shoulder for comfort, and Rocky did the same with his other shoulder. "Together, they stopped me from ever having a desire to play, or make friends, or be a real child. They used isolation and lies to beat the innocence out of me since my birth. And I even used some of their tactics myself before. It's no wonder Claw doubts me."

Moby did have one question in mind regarding Charm's father. "Are those initials I saw from your dad?"

"Yes. Slash Ralston." Moby kept that in mind and let Charm continue. "With the teachings they gave me and the personality they molded into me... I spent seven years of my life, from four to eleven, killing and expanding my army. I've killed almost ten thousand living beings... and I imagine I've caused anguish to many more. That's why killing that Mastiff scared me. I thought it was a sign of me relapsing and my true desires being buried deep within again."

"So then, what are your true desires?" Moby asked out of curiosity, showing genuine concern for Charm.

"To have companions who love me, as much as I love them." Charm answered, looking at the ground as he continued. "It wasn't until after I started working with the Paw Patrol to take Slash down that I realized this truth." Charm tried to keep himself from crying, but he couldn't keep in his remorse, or help fearing that Moby hated him now. "I was a terrible pup before Moby. Now I'm just... broken. And now, despite my efforts... I don't know if I can ever be fixed." Moby couldn't believe everything he'd just heard. Charm both did and went through a lot of awful stuff.

Charm thought Moby hated him after hearing that, but to his surprise, Moby had some supportive words for him. "Well... you saved me from PupLantis, and from that Mastiff." Moby smiled to Charm as he looked at him. "You seem pretty fixable to me."

Charm felt Moby's sincerity and started crying as F.M. hugged him for support and Rocky held his paw for comfort. Moby was worried, but after a few seconds, Charm smiled when looking at him. It was clear that Moby not thinking less of Charm gave him hope. Charm feared they would fall apart after this revelation. But in reality, Moby learning about Charm's past, and his desire to change into a good Canine, made their friendship even stronger.

To be continued.


Rock music played as Coral started speaking in regards to what was going to happen with specific moments from the next chapter being shown. "I finally get to visit Adventure Bay! This tour is gonna be perfect for helping me get to know this place. Let's go F.M. and Skye! Claw's coming too? Great. The more the merrier. Wow, these guys are a lot different from PupLantis. Will my mission really be worth it?"

Coral finished the announcement with the words Paw Patrol in all blue with red outlines surrounded with a white border with Flare on the right, and Marshall on the left. "Next time, Tour For a Mer-Pup! (Everest was shown explaining how basketball works to Charm near a basketball court) This town looks so friendly and lively all over!"