The Wounds We Heal

Chapter thirteen: Rise And Shine!

The sun celebrated its return with the vibrant praise of its extending rays. And as it crawled higher, those finger-like rays reached for every bit of darkness to bring it back to life again in the new day.

And soon, the brightness of dawn began to rouse the sleeping souls of the PAW Patrol campsite from the rest of their dreamscape adventures.

As the sun shined brightly, Snowflake slowly woke up, yawning in the process.

"Huh? It's morning? Oh well," Snowflake said, surprised the night didn't last long. At least she got a good night's sleep. The husky pup then carefully and quietly exited her tent.

Ned peacefully kept sleeping, unaware of his sister's absence.

Marshall and every pup to emerge from their tents yawned once they were out in the open.

"*yawn* Morning already?" Marshall remarked. "Thought the night had just started."

"Well, waking up in the middle of the night didn't help." Skye mentioned, slightly chuckling.

"True but-.." he stopped suddenly when reaching a conclusion.

"Where are Chase and Chester?" He asked and everyone began to wonder.

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Katie unzipped the flap and it fell open. The style of the tent giving them the advantage of easily seeing inside, with the door zipping up rather than down.

Inside the quiet tent, two lumps breathed softly to a point where there was no sound or hardly any at all.

Snowflake walked over to the pup quietly.

"Are Chase and Chester still sleeping?" Snowflake whispered.

"Aww, they're soo cute!" Skye swooned.

"I wonder what they're dreaming about.." Rocky thought aloud.

"Shh!" Chester hissed, letting them in on his little secret.

"I wanna enjoy this for as long as I can!" He added, peeking one eye open at them then closing it again. His head still nestled over top of Chase's so that they laid perfectly encased in the blankets, one on top of the other.

Marshall and Rocky, along with others among them, just looked at one another.

"Why?" Marshall asked.

"Because!.." Chester answered, opening both eyes now. "I haven't had cuddles like this from him in a while! And in the right frame of mind,.. he wouldn't have any of it!" Another blank glance met the Dalmatian and mixed breed's eyes.

"Nah, I still don't get it.." Rocky shook his head. "What's this now?"

"Ugh! Be-cause.." Chester sighed, sitting up; placing a paw on Chase the moment he slightly stirred, which suppressed him to remain heavily asleep. "Ever since I got reconnected I've noticed he's less snuggly than he used to be.. he'll never admit it.. but I'm not afraid to.." they gave him another quizzical look.

"When we were really little pups, we used to snuggle up like this every night and go to sleep like a two-pup package. 'Two pups in a pod' they used to call us." Chester explained, a certain fondness to his tone.

"Sounds nice. Kinda nice to see him so soft spoken and caring," Snowflake whispered.

Suddenly, she thought of a song she used to sing as a really young pup.

"Oh Chase the teddy bear, so soft and cuddly, you're a cute little puppy, my cuddle buddy, hugging me under the bed sheets.." Snowflake softly sang, remembering the song.