Backstory: The pups invite Smokie for a fun day at the beach, and also its his first time at one. (a collab between grandslayer123 (me) and Attackpac) Also another story before Smokie was changed to Casey.
Characters:
Main 6 pups
Herbie (belongs to Attackpac)
Fauna (belongs to Attackpac)
Aid (belongs to Attackpac)
Roader (belongs to Attackpac)
Smokie/Casey (belongs to Attackpac)
Bailey (belongs to Attackpac)
Story:
One day, the pups were getting ready to head to the beach. They also were expecting company from Smokie and Bailey. "I can't wait for Smokie to come play with us at the beach!" said Marshall. "Me neither! This is going to be so much fun!" said Rubble. "I bet he'll be excited to know that we're going to the beach" Skye said. The others nodded in agreement and waited in excitement for Smokie to arrive. "Guys, I see smoke coming up from the driveway!" Roader shouted. The others turned and looked and saw Smokie's train pulling up. They howled and cheered as Smokie stopped the train and hoped out, and raced over to greet them. "Hi guys, i'm excited to spend time with you all again!" he said happily. "And we're happy to spend time with you too Smokie!" said Herbie. "Howdy y'all! It's been quite sometime since we last saw each other huh?" said Bailey as she got out from Smokie's train. "Hi Bailey!" the pups greeted. "How has it been, partner?" asked Chase, with a chuckle. "Oh it's been going great, partner" Bailey replied while giving Chase a wink. "Me and Smokie have been delivering coal and wood to people up west" she said. "That sounds like fun, was it hot out there?" Marshall asked. Bailey nodded and giggled. "Once in a while when we were out in the open, but we took breaks in the shade and drank plenty of water right Smokie?" she replied. "Yep, it was great!" Smokie said, wagging his tail happily. "Well, I'm glad it all worked out great for you guys" Skye said. "And now, you get to take a break" she added. "Yeah, after hard work like that, I'm up for some relaxation!" Smokie said. "So, what are we doing? When me and Bailey called for a visit to take a break, you guys said that you were going someplace special" said Smokie. "We are!" said Rocky. "We'we going to the beach dude!" Zuma said. "Ohhhh, what's a beach?" asked Smokie. "I uhhh, never been to one, let alone heard of one"The pups all gasped in surprise and stared at Smokie. "Y-you've nevew been to a beach?" Zuma asked. Smokie looked at them all and frowned. "Yea, is it something I should do?" he replied. "Of course! Everyone loves going to the beach and playing in the water" Roader replied. Smokie rubbed the back of his neck and blushed. "Sorry pups, I just never got the chance to go to one, let alone even heard of one before" he replied. "Well you can now!" said Herbie. "Trust me, it's gonna be lots of fun!" he added. Smokie then smiled. "Well, okay. I hope I like it!" he said. "M-maybe you could try swimming with me? I-I love to swim" Aid suggested. "Sure!" replied Smokie. "I'd love to give it a try" Aid wagged his tail a little. "Great!" he said. "Oh wait, has anyone seen Fauna?" asked Aid. "No not really" answered Chase. "Maybe she's alweady waiting fow us at the beach" Zuma replied. "I'll go check if she's still inside, then we can go" Chase replied, heading into the lookout. He checked around everywhere, then returned to the others. "No sign of her here, she must be at the beach" Chase told them. The others nodded, then Roader took the lead as they all headed down to the beach together. Then, Fauna appeared from outside her pup house with a purple bathing cap on, decorated with fish. "I hope the others didn't mind the wait" she said. When Fauna headed out to the front, she saw the pups leaving, without her, by mistake. "Oh no! They must've decided to go already!" she said. "Hey guys! Wait for me!" she called and raced after them. Herbie heard her and looked back. "Oh Fauna! Guys wait up" he said to the others. They stopped and turned and saw Fauna racing down after them. "Sorry Fauna, we thought you went down to the beach already" Chase said. Fauna giggled and shook her head. "No, I was just in my puphouse trying to get my bathing cap on, not very easy with paws" she replied. The others giggled along with her. Fauna then noticed Smokie, who she hasn't seen in a while before. "Oh, hey it's that beagle I met before" she said. "Oh, you mean Smokie? Yep! He's going to the beach with us, even though he hasn't been there before" Skye explained to Fauna. "Oh wow! A pup that's never been to the beach, ever. That's pretty interesting" Fauna said. "Yeah, this is his first time" Marshall stated. "Hopefully we can make it enjoyable enough for him that he'll want to come again and again" Roader added.
Soon the pups and Bailey made it down to the beach, and began setting up their stuff. Smokie felt the sand underneath his paws and pawed at it curiously. He then looked at the ocean and hesitantly walked over to it. "S-Smokie? Everything alright?" Aid asked. "Hmm? Oh, yeah, everything's fine" Smokie replied. "Just, feels different, the beach and all, you know" he said. "How about you go ahead and try to swim with me?" Aid asked him. "I-I could try" Smokie said. And with that, Aid happily jumped into the ocean. Smokie pulled up a smile on his face and jumped in as well. When he did, he swam to the surface while smiling lightly. "Heheh, this is kinda fun" he said. "So, what do I do now?" he asked Aid. Aid smiled and swam around him. "W-well you kick your paws to keep yourself from sinking, and you just move around and splash in the waves" he replied, gently kicking up some water and splashing Smokie. He yelped at first from the surprise of the water hitting him, but then he chuckled and kicked back at Aid and splashed him. Aid gigged from the splash and smiled. "See? It's fun right?" he said to Smokie. "Yeah, it is fun!" Smokie answered and swam around the ocean. The two were joined by Zuma. "Hey guys. Wanna play some beach ball?" he asked. "Sure! How about you Smokie?" Aid asked. "Ok! Sounds like fun!" Smokie replied. Zuma nodded and went over to grab the ball, then told Aid and Smokie to come over to the shallow part of the beach so they were still in the water. Zuma then bumped the ball into the air towards Smokie, who stood there and stared at it until it bopped him on the nose. "Oof, was I suppose to do something?" he asked as he rubbed his nose. "Oops sowwy Smokie, I should have explained how to play" Zuma said with a chuckle. "Ok. How do you play?" Smokie asked. "You take turns hitting the beach ball to a pup" started Aid. "And you have to avoid missing it, or you'we out" explained Zuma. "You can hit it with front, or back paws, and your head" finished Aid. "Sounds simple enough" Smokie said. "And don't worry if you're out. Sometimes, we just play for fun, so no one is out even if they miss the ball" Aid added. Smokie nodded and picked up the ball. "Alright, ready Aid?" he asked. "S-sure" Aid replied lightly. Smokie bumped the ball over to Aid, who hoped onto his hind paws and batted it over to Zuma with his fore paws. Zuma chuckled and did a back flip, hitting the ball with his hind paws back towards Aid. Aid giggled and hit it with his head towards Smokie. "Here you go Zuma!" he said before swatting the ball with his fore paws. "got it dude!" Zuma said while passing it back to Smokie with his head. When Smokie tried to receive it, he accidentally bounce it into deeper water. "Don't worry guys, I'll get it!" said Smokie as he swims into the deeper section and grabs the ball. But when he got it, Zuma and Aid gasped in shock. "Smokie! Swim!" Aid called. "What is it? I got the ball" Smokie said. "Look out behind you dude!" shouted Zuma as he and Aid ran back to the beach. Smokie made a curious look, and turned around his head only to spot a giant wave looming over him. Smokie yelped and kicked his paws as fast as he could, but the wave was faster and splashed over him, quickly pushing him under and towards shore. Zuma raced back out and dived down under the water, grabbing at Smokie's collar with his teeth and dragging him to shore. "Marshall! Aid! Smokie's not bweathing!" he shouted as he got him on shore. Marshall and Aid raced over after grabbing their gear that they had brought along with them. "He's only got some water in his lungs, we can get that out" said Aid. Marshall used his x-ray to scan Smokie's mid-section. "Fortunately, he didn't swallow anything harmful" he confirms and barks his x-ray back into his pup pack. Aid began to work on getting the water out of Smokie. After about a minute, Smokie coughed what remains of the water left. Marshall patted him on the back to help him gt it out. Smokie was a little weary from the wave. "Did, did I get the beach ball?" he asked. As if on cue the ball washed over and landed beside him in the sand, and the others giggled. "Smokie that was amazing, except for the part were you almost drowned" Chase said. Smokie chuckled and smiled lightly. "Guess that wave got the jump on me" he replied, standing up slowly and shaking the water from his fur.
"So, what else is there to try?" he asked. "Oh! Oh! Wanna make a sand castle with me and Rocky?" Fauna asked. "Uh, sure. Just need to know how to make it" said Smokie. "Come on, we'll show you how. Wanna give us a paw Rubble?"Rocky asked. "I'd be happy to!" Rubble replied. "Now, we've already gotten started, but you can help us finish!" Fauna stated. Smokie nodded and followed her and Rocky over to their castle. "So all you gotta do is take these buckets and fill it with some wet sand near the water's edge, then start building up the walls of the castle" Fauna told him. Rubble barked out his shovel and began scooping up wet sand and filling the buckets with it. "I just take these over to the castle, right?" Smokie asked Rubble. "Yep! That's all you gotta do!" replied Rubble. Smokie smiled and picked up one bucket of wet sand. He then brought it over to the sand castle. "Here you guys go!" he said while wagging his tail. "Thanks! We don't have too much left to go, but can you get some more?" asked Rocky. "No problem!" Smokie answered, and he went back to to Rubble to get more buckets of wet sand. Rubble was busy scooping the sand into the buckets and didn't hear Smokie come back over. Smokie then reached down and grabbed one bucket and moved it out of the way of Rubble's shovel, just as Rubble lifted a pile of sand over and released it into the bucket, but instead it fell onto Smokie's head. "Oof, Rubble, I can't see!" he yelped. Rubble turned and chuckled. "Whoops, sorry Smokie. I didn't see you move the bucket" he said, brushing the sand off of Smokie's head. "That's okay Rubble" giggled Smokie. "I'll take this back to the sand castle now" he said and walked away. "I think I'm finished digging, so I'll help you carry some of these back" called Rubble. When Smokie arrived back, he looked at the sand castle in awe. "Wooow! It looks fantastic!" he said. "Glad you like it!" said Fauna. "We're almost done! Just a little bit more wet sand should do it" Rocky told Smokie. "Gotcha!" Smokie responded and headed back to get the last of the wet sand. He soon came back with one bucket while Rubble carried the other, and they set the buckets down beside Fauna and Rocky. "Now, you take the wet sand and pack it against the walls to make them stronger" Rocky told Smokie. He nodded and scooped out some of the sand, then packed it against the walls. After some packing and making sure everything was perfect, the four stepped back to admire their work. "It's amaaaaazing!" said Fauna. "Yeah, it's a masterpiece!" Rubble added. "What do you think Smokie?'" asked Rocky. "I think, I've never seen something like this before" Smokie replied. "What else do we do?" he asked. "Well, we could play around it, but not in it" Rubble said to him. "Like what?" pondered Smokie. "Well have you ever played marco polo before?" Fauna asked. Smokie frowned and shook his head. "Its a really fun water game, one pup is it and closes their eyes while the others swim around. The pup that's it has to call marco, and the others call polo to lead the it pup around" Rocky said. "Sounds like fun!" Smokie said, happily wagging his tail. "Do you wanna be it?" asked Fauna. "Ok! I'll give it a try" said Smokie. "You guys go ahead, I'm gonna go take a nap" said Rubble as he walked to another part of the beach and laid down.
"I guess it will be just the three of us" Rocky said. "Or, the four of us!" Marshall declared as he walked up to them. "Oh, you wanna play with us Marshall?" Smokie asked. "Yep! It'll be fun to play with you, since you're new to this whole beach thing" Marshall stated. Smokie chuckled and nodded, and the four of them headed into the water. Smokie then closed his eyes and moved his head around. "So uh, how do I start?" he asked. "Just say Marco!" Fauna called. "Ok, Marco" Smokie said, and waited for a response. "Polo!" Marshall and Fauna called from different parts of the water, while Rocky called it from floating on his pool floatie to avoid getting wet. Smokie swam in the direction where he heard Polo. He was getting close to tagging Marshall, before the dalmatian pup swam he other way. "Uhh, Marco!" called Smokie. "Polo!" the others called. Smokie this time heard more of Fauna, and headed in her direction. Again, she swam out of his way before he could tag her. "Marco?!" Smoke called out confusingly. The three called polo again, and Smokie heard Rocky close by this time. He swam in the direction he heard Rocky and reached out to tag him, but instead he bumped Rocky's floatie and made him unbalanced. "Whoa, not good, i'm gonna get wet!!!" Rocky shouted, before tipping over and splashing into the water. Smokie opened his eyes and lowered his ears. "O-Oops... sorry Rocky.." he replied. Rocky popped up on the surface and spit out some water. "Its alright Smokie, but now i'm wet wet wet" he said with a chuckle. Roader than swam over and chuckled. "I'll take your place Rocky, if you want to go dry off" he offered. "Thanks Roader" said Rocky as he headed off to the beach to get a towel. "Alright Smokie, start the game up again!" said Roader. "Alright, Marco!" he called. "Polo!" the other three called back. "I think I heard more of Roader from this way" Smokie thought and swam in the right direction. Roader chuckled as he swam away from Smokie. "Marco!" Smokie called again. "Polo!" responded the other pups. Smokie heard Fauna more this time, and went in her voice's direction. But before Fauna could swim away, Smokie finally made a successful tag. "Ha, got ya Fauna!" he cheered happily. Fauna giggled and smiled. "Alright, i'm it now" she replied, closing her eyes and letting the others swim off. She then called Marco, and the three others responded with Polo. Fauna heard Marshall's voice and headed towards, reaching out with her paw and just barley missing him as he moved to the side. When Fauna called Marco again, and got the usual Polo response, she heard Smokie and swam to wear he was. Smokie managed to dodge Fauna, and surprisingly let Roader, who was right behind him, take the tag instead. Fauna opened her eyes and giggled. "I though I got Smokie" she said. I guess you were about to, but he swam away and left me open" Roader chuckled. Fauna giggled. "Guess your it next then" she replied, and quickly swam away. Roader chuckled and closed his eyes and began calling out. Meanwhile on the beach, Rocky had dried off with his towel and lay down beside Rubble and Chase, who were both relaxing in the sun along with Skye. "Smokie sure seems to be having fun for his first time at the beach huh guys?" Rocky asked. "He sure is!" said Chase. "You think after today, he'll think about coming back?" asked Rubble. "He might" replied Skye. "And he'll have more fun the next time he visits" she added. "I think so too" agreed Rocky. At the ocean, Roader had just finished tagging Marshall. "Now you're it!" he said happily. Marshall chuckled and closed his eyes. "Marco" he called out, and got a response of "Polo" from the others. He swam towards Smokie's voice, but underneath in the water his paw bumped against a coral reef which caused him to trip slightly and tumble forward, barreling him into Smokie instead of tagging him. "I'm good, you ok Smokie?" he asked. Smokie chuckled and nodded. "Who other than Marshall could find a way to trip underwater?" he asked, causing Fauna, Roader and Marshall to laugh.
"Well, am I it, or is there something else we can do?" asked Smokie. "I know! Let's go find Herbie" suggested Fauna. "Ok!" said Smokie, and then all four pups went back to the beach. They find Herbie who is playfully digging a tunnel. "Hey Herbie!" said Fauna. "Oh, hi Fauna! Hi guys!" said Herbie while turning around. "Say, are you using that sand for anything?" asked Fauna. "No, why?" Herbie wondered. "Because, I was thinking we could bury Smokie in it" Fauna whispered so Smokie couldn't hear her. Herbie tilted his head and looked over at Smokie, and giggled happily. "Sounds like fun!" he whispered back to Fauna. She nodded and turned to Roader and Marshall and told them her plan, and Smokie frowned as they whispered without him. "What are you guys talking about?" Smokie asked in a curious tone. "Oh, uhh, it's a surprise" Fauna stated. "Umm, okay" said Smokie, feeling a little unsure. When they finished whispering, the four pups looked at Smokie. "Say Smokie, you up for a little fun?" Roader asked. "Well, yeah. It gives me another reason to like playing at the beach" Smokie said. "Okay. Well first, just sit there for a moment while we make this hole that Herbie dug deeper" Roader told Smokie. Smokie frowned at first, but then nodded and sat down to wait. The four of them then started to dig at the hole to make it deeper and wider, enough room for Smokie to lay in. "Alright Smokie, now come and lay down on your back in the hole" Marshall told him. "Ok" Smokie replied, standing up and walking into the hole and rolling over onto his back. "Now what do I do?" he asked. "Just lay still, and let us bury you in the sand!" Fauna replied with a giggle, and began filling the hole with sand. "Huh? Um, okay" replied Smokie and waited for his body to get covered with sand. Soon, the four pups covered up Smokie's whole body, save for his head and hind paws. "Soo, now what?" asked Smokie. "Well, we can change the shape of the sand you're under so it looks like you're something else, like a fish or a crab" Herbie said. Smokie chuckled and smiled. "Make me a crab!" he said happily. The others nodded and began shaping the sand around him, and after a few moments he looked a lot like a crab, with claws and the little legs. Bailey walked over and giggled. "Having fun Smokie?" she asked. Smokie nodded and wiggled his hind paws. "Yep! this is so much fun, I wanna come back to the beach whenever we get the chance" he replied. "Glad to hear that partner. Well, we'll be leaving sometime later, so keep on having fun! And maybe we'll come back to the beach again" Bailey said as she left. "You hear that you guys? I get to come back to the beach again! It'll be so much fun!" Smokie said happily. The others howled with excitement for Smokie. "I'd wag my tail, but being buried in sand kinda prevents that. Besides, I'm a crab, not a dog. And crabs are crabby, not happy!" Smokie kidded with a giggle. The others laughed and wagged their tails for Smokie. "Were glad we were able to make sure you had fun Smokie, we want you to come back to the beach whenever you can and have fun!" Fauna replied. Herbie nodded in agreement. "Yea, the beach is a great place to have fun with friends, and you should come back whenever you can!" he added. "And I'll make sure I can!" said Smokie.
"Hey is there anything else I can do while sitting in the sand?" he asked. "Oh yeah, there are plenty of things that you can do, or should I say, WE can do" Fauna stated. "Ohhh, like what?" asked Smokie. "Well, you can relax while laying there, or we could do something else with you" Roader said. "Ok well, relaxing is nice, after all the fun we had. But what's the other thing?" Smokie asked. Fauna, Roader and Herbie walked over to where Smokie's hind paws were sticking out, and Fauna lightly brushed her paw over his left paw. Smokie twitched his paw and giggled. "Uh oh, I think I know what you mean. Come on I can't move" he said in joy and worry. "That's the best part!" said Roader. "You came to have fun right?" asked Herbie. "Y-yeah..." Smokie meekly replied. "Besides, your paws are just asking for it!" Fauna said with a smile. "They are?" Smokie asked with a shy smile. "You bet!" Fauna replied. Then Roader brushed his paw against Smokie's right paw, while Fauna continued on his left. Smokie giggled again and wiggled his toes as they started to tickle a little faster. "Isn't Aid and Herbie the ones who love tickles?" he asked while trying to hold his laughs in. "Herbie loves it, Aid is just the one we love tickling the most because of his laughs, but he's busy swimming with Zuma right now, and your in a vulnerable position" Roader replied. "Heheheheh! No doubt I am!" Smokie giggled. ""I had n idea your paws were ticklish like this Smokie" said Fauna. "Well wehehe all have them don't we?!" laughed Smokie. "That's true, especially Aid" Fauna giggled. That made Herbie, Roader, and Marshall giggle as well. Smokie laughed along with them, but there wasn't much of difference between him laughing at Fauna's statement, or being tickled on his paws. Fauna and Roader then uped the amount of tickles on Smokie's paws, and before long he was no longer able to hold back the giggles. "ehehehehe ahahahahaha ok ok i give!!!!" he shouted, wiggling his paws as much as he could. The sun was starting to set on the horizon, and Zuma and Aid came back onto shore and dried off. "Hey Smokie, are you soon ready to head home?" Bailey called to him. "Yeheheheah!" Smokie laughs. Bailey then walked over to where he was and saw Roader and Fauna having their time with him. "So, this buckaroos have been given you the tickle huh?" she asked. "Yes, they have" Smokie replied while panting. "Heh, wouldn't mind if I gave my little partner here some would ya?" Bailey asked Fauna and Roader. Fauna and Roader giggled and stepped back. "Have at him!" Fauna said happily. Smokie shook his head and giggled lightly. "Uh oh, this is gonna be exciting" he said lightly. Bailey crouched down and reached her hands over to Smokie's paws, and began lightly tickling his toes at first. "Hmmm! I think you tickle more because you have fingers Bailey" giggled Smokie. "Is that so?" Bailey said before going at Smokie's paw pads. "Eeeeehhheeeheeee!! You do tickle more! Haahaahahaha!" he laughed. Bailey chuckled and tickled his pads and toes at the same time, making Smokie's laughter a bit louder. Fauna, Roader, Marshall, and Herbie watched with smiles as Bailey tickled Smokie. "Ahahahahaha, ehehehehehehe so tickly!!!!" Smokie squealed, giggling and wiggling his paws and toes. Bailey smiled and tickled him a bit longer, before pulling her hands away and smiling. "Ready to head home now?" she asked. Smokie panted and giggled a little more, a few tears falling down his cheeks. "Y-yea, but i'm still kinda stuck in the sand..." he replied. "And that's why I'll go get Rubble!" Bailey stated, and went to go an fetch the English Bulldog. When she returned, Rubble set to work on digging Smokie out of the sand. "Thanks Rubble!" said Smokie as he shook the sand off his fur. "Happy to help Smokie!" Rubble replied.
"You know, being at the beach was fun and all, but I can't wait to get back to our barn and relax" Smokie sighed, feeling a little tired from his day. Bailey giggled and patted Smokie's head, and he smiled happily and wagged his tail. "That can happen when your having fun at the beach, you get tired out quickly" Rocky replied. Smokie nodded and smiled. "Thanks again for inviting me you guys, and making sure i had the most fun possible at the beach" he said. "Your welcome Smokie, come join us again whenever you can!" Chase said. Smokie nodded, and the group started to make their way back to the lookout. Once they arrived Smokie and Bailey hopped into Smokie's train, where he pressed his train whistle and waved goodbye to the others. "See you next time!" he called happily. "Goodbye!" called the pups. Then, there was a sudden snapping sound, and Smokie yelped. "Ow!" And he pulled out his tail to reveal crab, that somehow got brought along with, pinching it. He wagged it off of his tail and the crab walked away. "Heh, like I said, crabs are crabby!" he giggled, the others giggled with him. "See ya partners!" he said."Bye buckaroos!" called Bailey. "Byyyye!" shouted the pups, and Smokie and Bailey headed back to their home.
The End