As they say, April showers bring May flowers. Sadly, April had just started, and there were no May flowers yet. For the pups of the PAW Patrol, it was a very special day. Today was April Fools Day. And when Marshall opened his eyes that morning, he knew he had to be prepared. Stepping cautiously out of his puphouse, he looked around for any signs of activity.
Nothing.
The lookout was perfectly still, no one in sight. Marshall narrowed his eyes suspiciously.
"It's quiet..."
The fire pup looked around, realizing that none of the pups were even awake yet. Everything was just...fine. Marshall narrowed his eyes again.
"REALLY quiet..."
Marshall stepped a few feet away from his puphouse, when a yell blasted his ears off.
"GOOD MORNING, MARSHALL!!!"
Marshall yelped and backed into his fire truck, which was now, somehow, in vehicle mode. The truck's alarm went off, making his ears ring. Marshall turned around and saw Chase, with his megaphone out, laughing like crazy. Marshall growled lightly, but smiled.
"Did-Did I-" Chase stopped between laughs. He raised his voice enough to be heard over the alarm. "Did I scare you?"
Marshall sighed, but smiled, his blue eyes bright.
"Yeah...ya did."
"Good. I've trained you well." Chase smirked. "April fools."
"Yeah, yeah." The Dalmatian said, waving a paw at his best friend. "Go prank someone else."
"I can't. As best friends, it's our job to prank each other today."
"Says who?"
"The book."
"What book?"
"The book Ryder gave to me when I joined the PAW Patrol."
"Can I see it?"
"Nope."
"You won't show me cause it doesn't exist."
"Police pups only."
"Whatever, Chase."
Chase snickered.
The two were having so much fun teasing each other, that they didn't notice that the alarm on Marshall's fire truck had doubled in volume.
Zuma came out of his puphouse, looking exhausted.
"Ugh...Mawshall...can you tuwn that alawm off?"
But Marshall couldn't hear him over the noise.
Rocky came out of his puphouse next, and soon, the rest of the team followed.
Up above in the lookout, Ryder was curled up in his bed, all warm and cozy. But, he was awoken by a sudden noise. Ryder sat up in his bed, and let his eyes focus. He went quiet, and he could recognize the sound from anywhere.
"That sounds like..."
Ryder listened for a bit more, trying to confirm what he was hearing. He smirked.
"Yeah...it is..."
Ryder could hear the pups yelling, so he got up. He walked to the rail.
"What on earth..."
Ryder looked down. He saw the pups yelling at Chase and Marshall. The fire truck's alarm was going off, and the two best friends couldn't hear the pups yelling at him to turn it off. Ryder knew that yelling too would have no avail. He did the only thing he could. He pulled out his pup pad and pressed Marshall's icon.
"Marshall?!!" He yelled through the speaker.
"Hey Ryder!!" Marshall yelled back.
"Can you turn your alarm off please? I'm going deaf up here."
It was only then that Marshall realized how loud the alarm was. He covered his ears.
"SHUT UP!!!" He yelled.
And just like that, the alarm stopped. Ryder was shocked.
"Did I program it to do that?"
The pups all sighed in relief, including Chase, who had also gone deaf.
"Thanks." Skye said.
Marshall nodded, blushing from embarrassment.
"Yeah...sorry about that guys."
"No big deal." Rubble said, walking back to his puphouse.
Chase smirked at his best friend.
"April fools."Later that day, Marshall decided to take a break from the constant pranking. Jumping into his fire truck, he drove down to the beach, where he parked it, and left it there. But this time, he made sure the alarm wouldn't go off. Marshall walked off the sandy shore, and made his way across the street, where he stepped onto the sidewalk. He had his uniform on, which was kind of weird to him, since they hadn't gone on any missions today. Ryder had given them a day off anyway. People waved to the fire pup as he passed, and he responded with a happy bark. Mayor Goodway even stopped to give him a pat on the head, while her chicken, Chickaletta, pecked at his paws. Why the mayor EVEN HAD a chicken was beyond the fire pup. IT JUST SEEMED...weird to him.
As Marshall passed a dark alley, he suddenly stopped. He walked back a few steps. There was someone singing in the alley. Marshall listened to the song.
"Baby you're a firework. Come and let your colors burst. Make them go 'aw, aw, aw,' you're gonna leave em all in awe, awe, awe..." The voice sang.
Marshall recognized the voice to be a girl's. And he thought it sounded...amazing. He gulped, and stepped into the darkness of the alley.
"Um...hello?"
The singing stopped.
"Um...hi." The voice said timidly.
Definitely a girl, Marshall decided.
"W-Who are you?" She asked.
Marshall smiled, even though she couldn't see him.
"You don't have to be scared. I'm a good pup."
"Good...pup?"
"Yep. A good pup."
"Well...that's-that's good."
"Why?"
"Cause I'm a pup too..."
Marshall felt his eyes go wide.
"Really? Then...can I see you?"
Marshall heard the pup sigh.
"I guess...can I see you?"
"Of course."
The pup stepped out into the light, and Marshall's jaw dropped. The pup had beautiful, silky golden fur, she had droopy ears like his, a long tail that went down to the ground, and beautiful, emerald green eyes.
"Hi." She said shyly.
"Uh...h-hi." The fire pup stammered, as he took a seat next to her. "I-I've never seen you around..."
The golden retriever shrugged.
"I prefer to stay in the alleys and stuff. I like it better when I'm there."
Marshall was confused.
"Why? Don't you have a family? Or a home?"
At this, the pup whimpered.
"No...I'm a stray. I'm on my own."
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RomanceAnother PAW Patrol story. (Sorry, I just think this show is so cool!!) Anyway, here's the plot. On a sunny day in April, Marshall goes for a walk in town. As he walks past a dark alley, he meets a stray golden retriever pup who is on her own. As he...