Behind The Mask

Wonderful Time Of The Year

     While Chase was celebrating the holidays with the Humdingers, back at the Lookout, Ryder and the others decided to start off their Christmas with Secret Santa.

Everyone handed out their gifts to each other, revealing each person or pup that they got. Some of them got toys, special blankets, food and other fun stuff.

Zuma walked up to Rocky and placed a gift bag in front of him which caught the Mixed Breed by surprise.

"Merry Christmas dude." Zuma grinned and Rocky grinned back as he looked into the bag and pulled two objects from the bag. An "ugly" green sweater and large bag of his favorite pup-treats.

"Wow, thanks man!" Rocky thanked with a grin and Zuma responded with a grin of his own. Seconds after, Rocky smirked a little bit as he pulled an orange gift bag behind him and placed it in front of Zuma, now it was the Labrador's turn to be surprised.

"Merry Christmas!" Rocky said and Zuma looked at with some shock. Who would've guessed these two got each other for Secret Santa? But nonetheless, the water pup dug into the bag. He pulled out a box and showcased that inside was a large, orange inflatable basketball hoop for swimming pools.

Zuma beamed at his gift and looked back at Rocky.

"Thanks man!" Zuma thanked him and both Rocky and Zuma collided paws in a high-paw.

Liberty placed a gift box in front of Rubble and cheerfully smiled at him, and the Bulldog, being young as he is, excitedly opened the box and his eyes were filled with stars as he saw a bunch of pup-treats in the box. To him, food was the greatest Christmas gift and without thinking, he quickly began chowing down much to Liberty's surprise. But she nervously chuckled a little bit.

Marshall watched everyone opening their gifts and lightly smiled, then he felt a light tap on his shoulder and looked behind and jumped a little bit at the sight of Everest smiling at him.

"Oh, h-h-h-hey...E-Everest." Marshall stuttered with a blush which made Everest chuckle at him and then put forward a box in front of Marshall. He stared at it with some confusion, but then looked up and realized that she got Marshall for Secret Santa which made Marshall blush even more.

Without saying a word, Everest watched as the fire pup opened the lid from the gift and looked inside. Marshall's eyes widened at his gift. It was a bearington jolly jingles Christmas stuffed animal teddy bear with a Santa Hat. A candy-cane ribbon around its neck and it was holding a mini-Santa gift back stock. This gift made Marshall smile and grin at her while blushing.

"Thanks Everest!" He said as he already began hugging the bear which made Everest smile, happy to know that he loved her gift. Then, Marshall remembered something.

"Oh, hold on," He said and Everest opened her eyes to see Marshall running towards the Christmas tree inside of the Lookout and used his mouth to pull a long, rectangle present towards her and lightly placed it in front of her.

"Aww, for me?" She asked with a light blush and Marshall blushed even more. Everest then proceeded to unwrap the present and opened the box and was surprised to see a brand new, light blue snowboard inside. She slightly gasped as it had a brand new design and clean coloring.

"This is amazing! Thanks, Marshall!" Everest thanked him as she hugged him which made Marshall blush even more.

"Y-Y-Y-Your w-w-welcome."

"K-Katie?" The blond turned around and smiled as she saw the sight of Ryder walking up to her and the leader handed out a small box to her. The blonde looked at with a surprised look for a second before accepting the gift.