Tracker looks at ryder then back at his pup tag with uncertainty on his face
"*sigh* I'm sorry ryder I can't," he said sadly "what why?" asked the boy
"Sorry I can't fully commit to a team right now, since I work for the princess and help her with the people of barkingburg " he stated
"But you can always be a member"skye suggests "maybe but as of right now I can't they need my full attention here"
"I understand tracker but if you ever change your mind just let me know," ryder then gives him his old pup tag
"Thanks, ryder," he said to his former leader
"well we came for what we wanted so let's go home"
However, his son thinks otherwise
"aww dad do we have to I've never been here and I want to go look around the castle" his pup argued
"Your son has a point chase and I haven't even got to see it either," said gasket
"yeah me too I want to go look around" stated ella
Chase looks at tracker and sweetie in hopes of getting their approval
"I'm sure we don't mind do we sweetie " tracker said as he looks at sweetie with a smile
"yep you guys can stay the night here if you want," sweetie assured them
"cool" gasket said in her usual tone "hey lets me and you go and look around," ella said to gasket as they left
"well alright then I guess we can stay," said ryder "awsome so can we go look around please" begged the pup
"Yeah we can follow me I'll show all the changes that happend," as he and the pup walk down the hallway
"oh I want to see it too" as skye joined them
They head down to the castle hallways to see all the changes that had happend
"ok this was one of the new changes that were added," tracker said as he showed them a new room filled with swords and shields from the past year's
"wow so cool, look at these weapons from the past" the pup squealed in happiness
"yeah but that's not all follow me" as he leads the way
With chase
"Hmm," he said as he staring at one of the paintings of a night sky with purple lights in the sky
"it seems that painting has caught your attention",
"oh sweetie, there is something about" he stated "you know the princess painted that here," sweetie said
"Really I did not know that she can paint"
"same here"
"you know chase I never thought I'll get a chance to meet your son" sweetie explain to the German Shepherd.
"and I never thought that I'll be back here or see tracker again," he added,
"well things have changed since skye has come back"
this causes chase to shun away
"chase? What's wrong?" Asked the royal pup
"oh it's just I don't know how to feel about this whole situation that's it" he explained
"yeah I get that, tracker told me the day she disappeared was hard for you because of the whole date thing" she explained
"yeah but don't get me wrong I'm happy now she is back but at first it was just weird" he explained
"chase have you've two talked at all" sweetie asked
"no, we haven't,"
"chase do you still love her the way you did all those years ago," sweetie asked
"I don't know maybe it's just I don't know what to say anymore after everything"
"well chase I guess you should talk to her and let you two talk about your feelings"
Sweetie then walks away leaving chase with his thoughts
"hmm talk about our feelings," he said to himself
With tracker, chase. jr and skye
"This place is so cool" pup yips in excitement
"Yeah, it sure is,"
As they were walking down
"ooh, what's in that room?" the pup asked
"oh it's just the bedroom where I sleep" he then opens the door to show his room to them
"wow tracker this place is something," skye told him
"well the princess had it designed for me when I came here to work for her"
The pup then finds a black box in his room
"Hey what's in here," he asked
"oh wait! you can not open" he urgently said
The pup stops in his tracks
"oh sorry what's in there"
"it's a surprise for someone," he said covering the box with his paws
"oh really who is it for," skye pestered him
"it's a surprise ok," he said in hopes of keeping the secret safe
"come on tracker just tell me" she persisted on find out how it was for
"no skye I can't just tell you,
You might ruin it " he explained "tracker I won't I promise so, please"
But no matter what tracker said Skye kept bugging him about it
"ok I'll tell you since you keep bugging me but you better not say a word" he then opens the box to reveal a white and gold crown
"awsome cool who is it for," asked the pup "well it's embarrassing but it's for sweetie," he let out
"sweetie ohhh do you like her"
Hearing this causes tracker to blush
"wh..what no I don't, I... I think she's cute and all b..but no I don't but you better not say anything " he said trying to hide his blushing face
"aww tracker there is nothing to be scared of, just ask her on a date," she said "ok that's enough about me so what about you" he answered back
"what do you mean?" skye replied
"it's just I know how much chase cared about you before all of this"
"it's complicated I don't know how he feels about me, I don't know if he loves like he did all those years ago" she described
"well skye let me tell you this I think you two should have a heart-to-heart conversation about all of this I know it has full impact both of you" tracker explained
"it has but I've been meaning to talk to him about all of this it's just the time has not been right but I'm done waiting," she said with confidence in her voice
"go for it then,"
"Thanks, tracker "
"no problem but we should regroup with the others it will be dark soon"
The three of them go and rejoin the others and after a few hours night has fallen
"well it's time for bed for everyone and you know all your rooms so get to it," ryder said as they all went to bed
After a few hours with everyone fast asleep all but skye who wakes up with an uncertain feeling
As she left her room and walked down the hallway she can see someone on the balcony
When she got closer she noticed it was chase staring at the night sky all by himself
"chase? What are you doing?" she asked "oh skye I did not know you were up," he said
"yeah I had a feeling something was up but why are you awake," she asked
"Chase. jr woke me up and I had to put him back to sleep" skye then joins him on the balcony and looks at the sky which was lit up with purple lights
"The night sky looks nice with those purple lights glowing" she added
"yeah it reminds me of the painting the princess did," he said
The two stare up at the sky for a few minutes until skye asked
"chase?"
"yeah?"
"I wanted to ask if things are ok between us," she asked leaving chase perplex
"skye at first I would say no but after Everest told me how you've helped our friends with their problems, and well I'm glad that you're back and I'm sure the others agree, so thank you for helping them," he let out smiling at her
"thanks chase but I just wanted to say sorry about everything that happend to you and the rest of our friends," she told smiling back at him
" I'm also to be blamed as well, for many things," he mumbled sadly,
"like what ?"
"my son "
"your son? What do you mean chase" she asked
"he told me you asked what happened to his real parents," he whispered looking at skye and then to the ground
"yeah I did I was curious about it," she confessed but noticed chase's mood change
"well it was my fault," he murmured quietly
"your fault?'
"I'm the one who is to blame for him losing his parents!!" but chase could not control his emotions with tears running down his cheek rapidly
"chase?" she asked in a concern tone
"I'm the reason why that pup has no parents an-"
skye shuts him up with a hug and whisper in his ear
"Shhhhh, chase it alright"
Author note
I hope you enjoy this part and sorry how long it took but I've been occupied with other things but still, I hope you enjoyed it, and thank all those who read, vote and comment so until next time take care