"Boy, that was horrifying, wasn't it?" Charlie asked the deemly lessened crowd, but noticed Dawkins was still here, "Dawkins? you still here?" Charlie asked him, to which he rolled his eyes.

"Of course I'm still here. It's impossible to scare me with these paranormal events."

"Oh really?" Charlie asked with a smile.

"I am 100% sure."

"Well..." Charlie said as he picked up the last tape, "Then you gonna love this one, it's got you as the star." He said.

"W-wait, what?" Before Dawkins could question, Charlie immediately slid the tape into the VCR and pressed play.

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PUP PLAY
(Charlie is in his dog form)

Sparks began to fly as Dawkins could be seen working hard on his next invention, using a welding torch to put two pieces of metal together. Then he began wrenching a lug nut onto the two pieces of metal before lifting his welding mask with a smile.

"There, Princess Positron... It's finished." He said as he turned on the light, revealing a small little spaceship, "Your very own spaceship." He said as he opened up the small hatch and plopped Princess Positron into the small cockpit, "Now you get to fly around with ease." He said as he picked up a controller and turned it on, revealing that the spaceship had some propellers around it like a drone would have, and began to take off, hovering around the room elegantly, "It works!" He yelled out with joy as he flew Princess Positron around. He soon led Princess Positron out of his workshop and into the kitchen where Charlie and Dylan were looking into the fridge.

"We definitely need to restock on some items."

"Well, give me a list, and I'll put them in the next order." Dylan said when Charlie's ears picked up a strange buzzing noise that flew by them.

"Did you hear something?" He asked, to which Dylan raised his ears, only to hear nothing.

"I don't hear anything." He answered. Charlie simply shrugged and turned back to the fridge when the buzzing noise returned.

"Dylan? Are you making that buzzing noise?" He asked, getting very annoyed at this antic.

"What noise?" Dylan asked, which Charlie turned to him.

"You seriously don't hear that buzzing noise?"

"I have no idea what you're talking about." Dylan said, throwing up his paws in defense. Charlie simply rolled his eyes and returned to the fridge only to hear the buzzing noise returned.

"Okay, this has to be you!" Charlie said, turning around to face Dylan, who looked at him angrily.

"Oh, for crying out loud! That's not..." Before Dylan could finish, they both suddenly heard the buzzing noise, "Wait... now I hear a buzzing noise."

"See?! That's what I mean, now you can hear it?"

"So... it's not you?"

"And if it's not you? Then... who or where is it..." Before Charlie could finish asking, he and Dylan looked over to see a chuckling Dawkins holding his controller and flying Princess Positron around them.

"Dawkins!" The two answered with laughter.

"Hey Dawkins, that's actually really cool." Charlie pointed out to Princess Positron flying around them.

"Like it? I made it myself."

"Pretty cool, Dawkins." Dylan complimented Dawkins. However, he was taken aback by this and seemed a little offended.

"Just pretty cool?" He asked.

"Well, I mean, yeah, now Princess Positron has a way of getting around."

"Well, you two have seen nothing yet." Dawkins said as he switched the controller and began flying Princess Positron around at high speeds, dodging and ducking underneath tables, and chairs, even performing a loopy loop or two before heading out into the living room where the trio ran after her and watched in amazement while Dawkins showed off some more tricks. Some of the pups noticed this and began to huddle around the living room, watching Princess Positron dance through the air with ease.

"Do a barrel roll!" Charlie yelled out, and Dawkins did just that, performing a perfect barrel roll and leading Princess Positron back into the kitchen where the pups opened the backdoor.

"Go, Dawkins, go!" Some of the pups cheered while Dawkins flew Princess Positron throughout the backyard, diving underneath the trampoline, flying through Dylan's treehouse and even performing several loopy loops, which got the pups to cheer some more.

"Yo, that looks like fun!"
"Let's us try!"
"Yeah!" The Dimitri Trio begged, but Dawkins shook his head.

"Highly unlikely I wouldn't want you three to damage my Princess Positron."

"Oh, come on, bro, it's just a doll." D1 said as he and D2 jumped onto Dawkins, trying to grab the controller.

"Hey, come on, you three!" Charlie said with a stern tone, but they couldn't hear him as Dawkins pushed them back.

"Would you get off? It's very delicate!" He said.

"Come on, dude, we're not that harsh with your things."
"Yeah, come on, we'll be careful."
"Ditto!" The Dimitri Trio said as D3 quickly ran behind the struggling Dawkins and tripped him over. However, this caused Dawkins to drop the controller underneath him, and along with his, Dimitris 1 and 2 weights landed on it, resulting in the controller snapping into multiple pieces. Dawkins and the Dimitris Trio looked at the broken controller with wide eyes before looking up to see Princess Positron spiraling out of control. Dawkins tried to pick up the controller, but it was too late. Princess Positron flew around before crashing hard onto the ground, bouncing a few feet before crashing into the fence, splitting the propellers off before leading out onto the road, skidding across the road before stopping in the middle of the road. Everyone hurried over to look over the fence and at first all sighed in relief, seeing that Princess Positron was safe... that was only followed by a horrific sight of Princess Positron getting run over multiple times by cars, bikes, trucks, and some horses and buggies, revealing Princess Positron as a jumbled, ripped-apart mess with her eye popped out of its face.

"Let's be posssssitivvee..." She said, but her voice was completely destroyed and turned into a scratched-up mess. Silence took over everyone as the trio peeked from the mess.

"Oh, dog." D1 one said as they quietly snuck away from the frozen Dawkins.

{LATER}
Torches were shown lit as the pups, including Dylan, Dolly, Charlie, Dante and of course, Da-Vinci were shown gathered around Dawkins who had a small box that he could barely carry due to his paws shaking with anxiety.

"Ladies... and gentlepups." He began, "W-we're gathered here today to... t-to say goodbye to a d-dear friend of mine." He stated as Chatlie simply rolled his eyes, only to get smacked in the back of the head by Dolly.

"Ow!" He whispered only to get shushed by Dolly and Dylan.

"For as long as I c-can remember... Princess Positron was, a-and also always by my side." Dawkins continued as tears were shown running down his cheeks, "We did absolutely everything together. From invention to experiments, from eating dinner to protect me during the rainstorms." He said with a sniff, "B-but now... it's time we take this opportunity to say goodbye to the one I truly loved." He said and tossed a rose down into a small hole that was perfect for the box to go into, "G-goodbye... Princess Positron!" He cried out as he placed the box into the grave and started using his paws to cover the box with dirt until the grave was officially sealed with a large lump of dirt over it. Soon, it started to rain, and everyone began to disband, leaving Dawkins, Dylan, Dolly, Charlie, and Da-Vinci, who nuzzled against Charlie.

"You uh... gonna be okay?" Charlie asked Dawkins, but he didn't answer. He only slumped away from everyone and slowly walked back into the house, leaving everyone to look on in sadness, "Never seen him like this before."

"He gets like this if he even misplaces Princess Positron." Dylan added.

"Will he get over it?" Charlie asked.

"I don't think so." Da-Vinci answered.

{DAYS LATER}
A sort of gloom could be felt in the Dalmatian Residence as Dawkins could be seen mopping around the house, bringing everyone down.

"Ugh, this mood is such a drag." Dolly groaned as Charlie lay next to her.

"Seriously, Dawkins, you gotta let go." He said only to get ignored by Dawkins and slumped into the kitchen, "Boy... he sure is not getting over this."

"No kidding." Dolly added before looking over to Charlie and Dylan, "We gotta do something."

"Well... what can we do?" Charlie, as he started to scratch his ear, "I mean what it's not like we can dig up Princess Positron, take her to a workshop and get her fix." He added, which Dolly suddenly sat up and smiled widely, "Oh no..."

"I know that look." Dylan chimed in.

"Or can we?"

"Alright, spill Dolly. What's your amazing plan?" Charlie asked.

"Guys.. hear me out." She said, holding up her paws and getting dramatic, "What if... we go and dig up Princess Positron, take her to a workshop, and get her as good as new?" She explains, to which Dylan and Charlie looked at each other.

"I mean, I don't know. It could work." Charlie pondered, "B-but... would Dawkins notice we tampered with her grave?" He asked, to which Dolly waved him off and chuckled.

"Pfft, he won't ever notice, I guarantee."

"Still... it doesn't seem right for us to go digging up her grave."

"Do you want to make Dawkins happy or what?"

"I mean, couldn't we just buy..." Charlie didn't get to finish asking as he was stared at by the duo, "Okay okay, I won't finish asking."

"Then it's decided. Tonight, we're gonna dig up Princess Positron, find a repair shop, and present her to him as good as new." Dolly said as she put her paw out, "Whad'ya say boys?"

"I'm in." Charlie answered, putting in his paw. The duo then looked over to Dylan, who sighed in defeat.

"For Dawkins." He said and put his paw into the pile.

{LATER THAT NIGHT}
Through a stormy night, Dylan, Dolly, and Charlie snuck out of the house and headed over to Princess Positron's grave, to which Dylan groaned in disgust.

"Why did I agree to this?" He asked.

"Cause you're doing this for Dawkins."

"But did we have to do this when it's raining out?!" Charlie asked as they reached the grave.

"Alright, start digging you two." She said and proceeded to dig down into the mud as did Charlie while Dylan watched on in horror.

"This feels so wrong." He said.

"Shut up and help us, Dylan." Charlie said as Dylan gulped and helped them dig.

"Couldn't we have Diesel dig for us?" He asked, to which Charlie looked at him.

"Bro, you're killing the vibe for real!" Dolly commented.

"And besides, there are several reasons why we can't have Diesel digging the hole." Charlie stated, "One, we want to do this quietly. He wouldn't be able to keep his mouth shut. Two, he would dig too fast and could possibly smash right through our objective. And three... whose stupid idea was to do it in the dark?!" Charlie asked when they suddenly heard Dolly cry out with success and with a laugh.

"Guys, I got her!" She announced as the two hurried over and leaned in to see that Dolly had patted Princess Positron's coffin.

"Well, bring it up!" Charlie said as he and Dolly pulled up the casket, "Well how about that? Not a lot of decay."

"Yeah, I know, right? we're totally grave robbers." Dolly giggled at all the excitement before sneaking back toward the house with the casket.

"Ew ew ew ew ew! This is so gross!" Dylan whined as they entered the house.

"Alright, now that we have desecrated Dawkins's love, where do we go from here?" Charlie asked.

"And who is going to help us at this time of night?" Dylan asked while Dolly pondered.

"Maybe Fergus has an idea where we can go."

{LATER}
"Hmmm... need someone to fix this toy, huh?" Fergus asked as he yawned and stretched before standing up.

"Yeah, and we can really appreciate your help fast." Charlie answered.

"Yeah, we don't want Dawkins being in his uh... super sad state." Dolly added.

"I might have an idea of where you could go."

"But?" Charlie asked.

"It's gonna cost you."

"You want scraps? Sure, no problem. I can get you some." Charlie stated which Fergus's eyes widened with excitement as his tail started wagging.

"Perfect!" He said before waving them to get closer, "There's a small little building I've passed multiple times. They have toys strung about in the windows. Maybe the owner of that building could help you, and they're always open at night."

"That's perfect!" Dolly said with a smile, but Charlie looked on with a concerned look.

"Uh, Dolly, are you sure that's a good idea? That this random mysterious building that Fergus just so happens to pass by sometimes be our best option?" He asked, to which Dolly gave him an annoyed look.

"Geez, don't start acting like Dylan."

"I'm not. I'm just saying..."

"Would you like Dawkins sad forever?" Dolly asked, to which Charlie shook his head, "Now come on, the faster we get to this building, the faster we can go home and present Princess Positron to him." She said, which made Charlie smile with confidence.

{LATER}
Dolly and Charlie sat in front of the eerie store, which had old porcelain dolls and old wooden puppets that were strung up on the ceiling.

"This is the place?" Charlie asked, looking extremely horrified at the sight

"Fergus said it is." Dolly answered as she walked up to the front door and looked inside the windows, "I don't see anyone..." Before she could finish, the door suddenly burst open, grabbing both Dolly and Charlie and the two were pulled into the building before the door slammed shut behind them.

"WHAT HAPPENED!?" Charlie asked.

"I-I have no idea!" Dolly answered when a light suddenly flickered on, revealing Dolly and Charlie to be sitting at a table where an old woman sat in front of them holding Princess Positron's casket

"Ah, I see you two had come to seek help for a friend." She said with a smile.

"Do you think she understands why..." Before Charlie could finish, the old lady shoved a finger over his mouth and shushed him.

"Hush hush child, I can read your eyes, you've come to seek help for a friend..." She suddenly turned to Dolly, "A brother of yours." She added which Dolly was extremely creeped out by this lady, "Contain in this box, are your friend's closest friend and his only true love." She said, holding up the box before slightly opening it to peek at what's inside, "You have come to have this special little object repaired, I do believe." She guessed, to which both Dolly and Charlie nodded their heads, "Well... I'd be happily delighted to help you, but just to be very clear... there will be some... special add-ons once I finish my repairs."

"Uh..." Charlie said and slowly turned to Dolly, "Red flags, red flags." He whispered.

"Oh shut up, what's gonna happen? Maybe the voice box is scratched up, and Dawkins won't know the difference." She said as the old woman stood up.

"Normally, I would need some kind of payment for this type of fix, but since you're doing this for a family member, I'll throw this in for free." She said, to which Dolly and Charlie's tails began to wag with excitement as she smiled before opening the front door, "I will be finished by morning. Would you kindly wait outside?" She asked them, and the duo looked at each other but shrugged and started to exit the building before the door behind them slammed shut.

"Well... she seemed friendly." Charlie stated with a smile, to which Dolly gave him a deadpan look, "How long do we stay for?" He asked when he noticed lights started flashing in the windows, "Uhhh... is this supposed to be happening?"

"Quick, we gotta open the door!" Dolly said as she and Charlie hurried to open the door only for it to be locked up like Fort Knox.

"We can't get it open!"

"Why do I have a feeling this was a really bad idea?!" Dolly asked.

"Oh, I don't know what makes you think that!" Charlie remarked when the lights suddenly stopped, getting the two to back up in confusion.

"I-it stopped." Dolly said as the duo witnessed the door open by itself leading into a dark room.

"After you." Charlie said.

"Oh no, no, after you."

"No, no, after you."

"No, I insist." Dolly insisted.

"Just get in there!" Charlie said and pushed Dolly in before following her in.

"No no no no no no no!" She whined as the duo entered the building, which was revealed to be completely empty... all except a few candles that laid around a fixed Princess Positron, "Look! It's Princess Positron!" Yelled out with excitement and ran over to pick her up.

"Great... that lady did a fantastic..." Before Charlie could finish, Dolly immediately hopped out of the room and back onto the streets, leaving Charlie to look down and be horrified at what Princess Positron was lying in. She was lying on a pentagram, "Oh... that's... that's definitely a bad sign."

"Come on, Charlie! Don't worry about it now! We got Princess Positron back!" She holding up the mere perfectly fixed doll, "Let's go and surprise Dawkins." She said and ran off, leaving Charlie to look back at the floor, but soon shrugged and hurried after her.

{LATER}
"What with all the secrecy?" Dawkins asked, "I'm sure you all are aware that I don't feel up for surprises." Dawkins said as he was shown blindfolded and was being led to a room by Charlie, Dylan, and Dolly.

"Well, I think you're gonna like this one."

"Oh yes, definitely, especially after how far we went for this one." Dylan added before looking over to Dolly and Charlie, who smiled sheepishly at him.

"Seriously, you three are up to something."

"Oh, come on, Dawkins, take a small breather from your crying and listen to what we have." Charlie said.

"But uh... should you tell him or uh, should I?" Dolly asked.

"Hey, it was your idea."

"Idea? W-what are you talking about?" Dawkins asked.

"Well... we kinda... maybe..."

"Dug out, Princess Positron." Charlie interrupted Dolly. They could see Dawkins's face (even though it was blindfolded) changed to an extremely furious face as he ripped off the blindfold.

"YOU DID WHAT?!!!!" He screamed, to which both Charlie and Dylan backed up a small bit.

"It was her idea!" Dylan said, Which Dolly looked over to him with disappointment.

"Wow Dyl, way to throw her under the bus." Charlie said.

"Yeah... but we got something for you to see!" Dolly as she hurried over to a curtain, "May I present to you... Princess Positron!" She announced and revealed Dawkins Princess Positron. At first, Dawkins was still seething but soon walked up and inspected Princess Positron. She was the exact same as his Princess Positron.

"Did you..."

"No, we didn't buy it." Charlie answered, which Dawkins was skeptical at first before sniffing Princess Positron. To his absolute surprise, it had the same smell, to which he began to tear up.

"Princess Positron!!" He cried out and quickly hugged his precious doll. Tears flowed out of Dawkins as he twirled around with Princess Positron in his paws while Dylan, Dolly, and Charlie watched from afar.

"Good job, you two." Dylan said.

"Hey, don't thank me, it was all Dolly's idea." Charlie commented, resulting in him and Dylan getting pulled in by Dolly for a hug. Yes... this sure was a happily-ever-after ending. Or... so we thought.

{MIDNIGHT}
Throughout the night, it was deemed calm and peaceful. All the pups were seen sleeping in their beds. Down in the basement, Charlie and Da-Vinci were snuggling together peacefully. However, upstairs, Dawkins was seen working hard on something when he wiped the sweat off his brow.

"Almost done with this." He said before looking over to Princess Positron and smiled, "I'm so glad you're back, Princess Positron." He said and hugged his favorite plushie before pulling on the pull string that was on her back.

"Let's be positive." She said, to which Dawkins chuckled like a child and went to put her down, "Except you, Dawkins." She suddenly said. At first, Dawkins didn't register, but he suddenly froze and looked at Princess Positron.

"D-did you say m-my name?" He asked.

"You... I don't like you." She said. Dawkins looked completely confused but soon thought this was all a prank.

"O-okay, Dolly, haha, very funny." He said out loud, looking around and hoping to hear giggling, "Putting a modified voice box into Princess Positron, very funny."

"I hate you... Dawkins." Princess Positron said, to which Dawkins didn't start to worry.

"Okay... quit it, Dolly." He said.

"I'm going to kill you."

"Dolly!" Dawkins yelled out.

"I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU!" Princess Positron yelled, pointing one of her tentacles at him and wrapping them around his neck, strangling him. Dawkins tried to fight back by pulling Princess Positron off of his face but she quickly swung around and tightened her grip around his neck. Without hesitation, Dawkins ran straight to his work desk and crashed into it, causing Princess Positron to lose her grip and fall onto the table. However, she quickly stood up and reached over, grabbing what looked like a grinder and switching it on, welding it over her head. Dawkins quickly sprinted to the door where Princess Positron chased after him swinging the grinder at his legs.

"PRINCESS POSITRON?! WHAT'S GOTTEN INTO YOU!?" Dawkins asked as he opened the door and slammed it in Princess Positron's face, causing her to fall with the grinder still in her grasp.

"I am positive... you will bleed." She said very cold-like. Meanwhile, Dawkins sped through the house in a panic before tripping on his legs and falling down the basement stairs, crashing into some of Da-Vinci's esals which caused both Charlie and Da-Vinci to jump up.

"Wha... what happened?!" Charlie asked tiredly while Da-Vinci jumped behind him. He then quickly ran over and pulled the tarp off, revealing it to be Dawkins, "D-Dawkins?" He asked, very confused, "What are you..." Before he could finish asked Dawkins dove into their bed, "Yo! Earth to Dawkins!" He called out, pulling the blanket off of Dawkins, who was shivering with fear, "Dude?! What happened?"

"C-Charlie! It's... I never thought this was possible!"

"What?! What?!" Charlie asked.

"What is it, Dawkins?" Da-Vinci asked.

"It's... Princess Positron!" He yelled out, "I was working on something, and suddenly she said my name... then said she hated me and started strangling me!" He explains while mimicking himself getting strangled, "I managed to free myself and run to here, I have no idea if she followed me or not." He said when he heard a floor creak, which caused him to yelp in fear, covering himself with the blanket and whimpering with fear. Charlie and Da-Vinci looked at each other with shock before Charlie looked over to a small digital clock he had set up and saw that it was almost one, which he wasn't really happy about waking up that early.

"Dawkins... have you thought that maybe this was all just a dream?" He asked, resulting in Dawkins peeking his head out from underneath the blanket.

"A-A dream?" He asked.

"Of course, Dawkins, it could've just been a simply ol' nightmare." Da-Vinci stated with a smile as her mate yawned.

"Yeah, dude, maybe it was disattachment from her really brought out the worst." Charlie said.

"B-but it felt so real."

"That's how they all feel, Dawkins." Charlie said as he started pushing Dawkins back towards the stairs, "Now just take a breather and go back to bed."

"B-but but!"

"No buts, just go get some sleep." He said and pushed Dawkins up the stairs where he continued to slowly go up, "Remember it was just a nightmare!" He said before waving to Dawkins, "Goodnight."

{NEXT MORNING}
As everyone entered the dining room, they noticed that Dawkins hadn't arrived.

"Hey uh... has anyone seen Dawkins?" Dolly asked, and everyone looked around.

"Yeah... where is Dawkins?" Dylan asked.

"More importantly, has anyone seen my brothers?" D2 asked. This made everyone look around in confusion.

"I don't know where your brothers are D2, but I do remember seeing Dawkins last night." Charlie said pondering.

"What do you mean?" Delilah asked.

"Well... last night he came flying down to our room saying that Princess Positron was trying to kill him." Da-Vinci explained. At first, there was silence but soon everyone started laughing, especially Dolly.

"Are you kidding me?!" She asked before falling over onto her back.

"I thought the same thing." Charlie answered before sighing, "Anywho... I'm gonna go find him." He said and headed down the hall where the sounds of laughter changed to an eerie and dreary silence. It was even more apparent when he approached the entrance to Dawkins's workshop. It was never ever quiet in his workshop. This dawned on Charlie as he began to worry, "Dawkins." He called out as he reached the door... still silent, "Dawkins buddy, you awake?" He asked and pushed the door open only to see that his workshop was a complete mess, almost as if it was ransacked, "Dawkins?" He called out when he heard noises coming from a nearby closet. He quietly snuck over and opened the door, only to see Dawkins curled up in the corner, "Dawkins!" He said and helped him out of the closet. Once he got him out, he immediately gasped at the state of Dawkins. He was covered in cuts and bruises, along with parts of his fur cut, "Dude what happened?!"

"I-its a long story." Dawkins answered as he tried to walk but soon fell.

"Here, let me get help." Charlie said as he helped Dawkins lay down and ran out of the room.

{LATER}
"There there Dawkins, these bandages will help you heal." Delilah said as she finished wrapping his wounds.

"Yeah as long as you don't chew on them." Charlie added.

"Not helping." Delilah said as began to leave the room, "Dylan, Dolly, Charlie, I recommend you three take shifts and take care of your brother."

"Already on it." Dylan said and saluted, getting both Charlie and Dolly to roll their eyes.

"Actually can I see you two real quick?" Charlie asked, to which both Dolly and Dylan looked at each other with confusion but they nodded and followed Charlie. Once they were in a safe place, he quickly turned to them with a very worried look, "I'm starting to think that Princess Positron might be possessed."

"Don't tell me you're going to believe that." Dolly said but Charlie waved her down.

"No, listen, hear me out. Dawkins didn't get those cuts and bruises by working, those were inflicted." He explained.

"They were very significant for workshop accident."

"Exactly..." Charlie reprised, "We need to figure out if what Dawkins is saying is true."

"What should we do?"

"The best thing to do is stake out the room while we're on our shifts." Charlie explained, "Dylan your taking first watch?" He asked, to which Dylan nodded, "Dolly will take second, and I'll take third."

"Woah woah." Dolly interrupted him, "Why does he take first watch?"

"Do you wanna take first watch?"

"Does it really matter who takes first watch?" Dylan asked which Dolly pondered.

"I guess your right." She said with a toothy smile. Charlie looked over at a hanging clock to see that it was only 10:39 Am.

"Then it's settled, Dylan you take the first shift till about 2, Dolly will take over until 6, and I'll do the remainder time before bedtime."

"Got it, Charlie."
"You got it." Dylan and Dolly said.

{LATER THAT NIGHT}
Charlie paced back and forth while looking over to Dawkins who was fast asleep. He sighed tiredly as he continued to look at the windows (which were locked) and through every nook and cranny he could see. Dylan mentioned that some strange noises were coming from the closest when he was on watch, and with Dolly... well... she wasn't much help, so it left Charlie to ponder, maybe it was just floor creaking or maybe it was just a work accident. His thoughts were immediately interrupted when he heard noises coming from the closet, which caused him to jump back in surprise. It also stirred Dawkins who woke up in a panic.

"Is she back!?" He asked Charlie who used his hearing to follow the noises which were coming from the closest, "I-it must be her!" He said with terror as Charlie snuck up to the closet door and placed his ear against it, only to hear nothing. He then opened the door with force and shined a light inside the room... only to reveal nothing. Charlie upon seeing that there was nothing immediately sighed, only to be horrified upon looking up. There on the ceiling was Princess Positron who was staring down at him with predator-like eyes of a beast. Princess Positron launched down onto Charlie and latched onto his face causing him to scream.

"Charlie!" Dawkins called out as he watched  Charlie struggle with Princess Positron, who suddenly pulled out a large butcher knife, grabbed ahold of one of Charlie's ears, and was about to cut it off when Charlie quickly thrashed and rolled on the floor, causing Princess Positron to lose her knife.

"Dawkins! Lend me a paw would ya?!" He yelled out. Dawkins tried his best to stand up but he got up rather too quickly and felt dizzy for a moment, "Dawkins!" Charlie called out again. Finally, Dawkins managed to regain his focus and rushed (or in this case limped) over and shoved Princess Positron off of Charlie.

"Sorry Princess Positron." He said as Charlie grabbed a hold of him and the two hurried out of the room, "Where are we going?!"

"Going to get Dolly and Dylan." Charlie answered before looking back over his shoulder to see Princess Positron pursuing them with the knife, "Are you serious?!" He asked as he slid down the hardwood flooring and rushed up the stairs. However, Princess Positron pounced onto the stair railing and went to swipe at them, thankfully Charlie managed to dodge the oncoming flurry of swipes and hugged the wall as he carried Dawkins down the stairs. Upon reaching one of the many rooms the pups sleep in, he spotted Dolly curled up on top of a shelf that was surprisingly holding her weight. All the awhile Dylan was seen below sleeping peacefully.

"There they are." Dawkins whispered, unfortunately, the room was a minefield of sleeping pups.

"Oh... dogs this is not gonna be fun." Charlie said as he began to traverse the minefield of pups, "Of course they just all have to be in this one room when we're in a hurry." He said as they managed to make it over to them, "Psst! Dolly." He whispered as he shook her awake, to which interrupted her sleep and caused her to groaned tiredly.

"W-whats going on?" She asked as she yawned and slowly opened her eyes to see Charlie staring at her, "C-Charlie? It's like super early bro." She said before turning her back to him.

"Dolly this is an emergency." Charlie said.

"Weren't you supposed to be watching Dawkins?"

"He's right down there trying to get Dylan up." Charlie pointed down to the floor where Dawkins can be seen shaking a very sleepy Dylan.

"So?"

"Come on Dolly this really is an emergency."

"Go back to sleep." She groaned but Charlie wasn't having it and drugged her down off of the shelf, "Wha... Hey!" She yelled, only to get shushed by Charlie.

"You want the other pups to wake?!"

"Alright fine fine." She whispered and the trio dragged the sleepy Dylan out into the hallway where the two yawned and stretched.

"Alright, you two, this better be important." Dylan groaned as he rubbed his tired eyes.

"Oh believe me dude it is."

"Most positive." Dawkins and Charlie answered.

"Couldn't this have waited till morning?" Dolly asked.

"Not if that's the case." Charlie answered by pointing up to the ceiling. Dylan and Dolly looked to where he was pointing and were immediately horrified at the sight before them. On the ceiling was Princess Positron who spun her head around and stared at them menacingly before falling on them with the butcher knife. Charlie, Dawkins, Dolly, and Dylan (Now fully awake) quickly dove out of the way just in time for Princess Positron to crash into the ground, getting the knife to lodge itself into the floor.

"Wha... how is this possible?!" Dylan asked in pure hyperventilation as Princess Positron yanked the knife out with her tentacles and charged at him, thankfully he jumped over her and watched her stab the wall, "T-This cannot be!" He stated.

"Quick everyone run!" Charlie yelled out and while carrying Dawkins, he and the two jumped over Princess Positron and started sprinting downstairs. While they were running Dylan suddenly tripped over something.

"What the..." He asked and looked back to see it was sleeping Dimitri, "Dimitri 2?" He asked which caused D2 to wake up.

"Yo, can't I get some shut eye around here?" He asked.

"What are you double sleeping here?" Dylan asked when Charlie appeared.

"Nevermind that, grab him and let's go!" He yelled out, to which Dylan did just that and they all ran off.

"Hey hey! Put me down!" D2 yelled out.

"Can't little bro or else you'd be skinned." Dolly shouted.

"Skinned... what you mean, skinned?"

"It's Princess Positron... she's gone all haywire on us and wants blood." Charlie explained.

"How or when did she start moving?" Dolly asked.

"Gee, I wonder why." Charlie sharply answered.

"You mean to think that old lady..."

"Old lady?!" Dawkins asked before pushing down on Charlie's head and causing the two to fall, getting him to stand and face Dolly with a very angry look, "What you mean old lady? What have you done to my Princess Positron?!" He asked. Dolly and Charlie looked at each other, hoping one or the other would crack and confess, unfortunately, Charlie sighed in defeat.

"We took Princess Positron to a workshop that Fergus mentioned and this old lady agreed to fix her." He explains.

"What did this old lady look like?" Dawkins questioned them.

"Like really old, dinosaur old." Dolly answered.

"Dolly!"

"Well she was and she was like super creepy." Dolly added.

"She made us wait outside for a couple of minutes before we reentered only to find the place completely emptied, all except..."

"Princess Positron." Dolly and Charlie stated together.

"You gave my Princess Positron to a random mysterious old lady?!" Dawkins asked.

"You know saying it out loud, doesn't sound like it was a very good idea, does it Dolly?" Charlie asked, looking over to Dolly with a very crossed look.

"Hey! Now is not the time to play the blame game, we gotta figure out how to stop Princess Positron." Dylan said when a knife flew straight passed them and lodge itself into the wall.

"I agree!" Charlie said and the four quickly headed down to the basement while Princess Positron chased after them, now wielding a very large meat cleaver. Upon reaching the basement, they immediately skid to a halt seeing that they were cornered, "No No no!!!" Charlie yelled out as he frantically looked around, "We're trapped!"

"Bro, we gotta do something. If Princess Positron finds us..."

"You don't have to finish that sentence." Charlie interrupted, "I knew I shouldn't have listened to you."

"Oh, so now you're blaming me?" Dolly asked.

"Yes! Cause it was your fucking idea!" He said.

"Puppies... I'm positive you're down in the basement." They heard Princess Positron say, to which Charlie and Dylan started freaking out.

"Alright fine! It was my fault I thought that... I thought that if we could fix Princess Positron you'd go back to your normal self." Dolly said in a defeated tone.

"No! I'm really sorry for destroying her, we've should'vebeen more careful with her." D2 said.

"I'm really sorry, for wanting to help get her back." Charlie said.

"Look guys, as much as I love Princess Positron... I must confess, while I was alone I thought a lot about her but it soon hit me... I'm getting older and I think it was for the best."

"So... you're not mad at us?"

"What are you serious?!" Dawkins asked with anger, "Of course, I'm angry that you destroyed my one true love... but... in the end when I was alone I realized... she's just a toy." He said, to which Dolly and Dimitri 2 smiled.

"Hey uh, love the whole making up stuff but..." Charlie pointed over to Princess Positron who stood in front of the stairs wielding the meat cleaver.

"I found you." She said, directing the meat cleaver toward them, "I'm positive that I'm gonna finish what I started." She said and started walking toward them.

"Princess Positron, why?! Don't you remember all the fun we had together?" Dawkins asked as he limped back into a corner.

"That's when I was lifeless and limp, but now that I'm alive... you and the rest of these filthy meat sacks are positively perfect to... let's say 'off' no one will miss you, no one will go looking for a bunch of dogs." While she rambled on Charlie looked over to see that there was the iron furnace, along with some gasoline and some coal. He quickly looked over to Dylan, Dolly and Dimitri 2 and smiled at them, giving them a hint of his plan. Dolly, Dylan, and Dimitri 2 looked at each other and nodded before sneaking over to the furnace.

"That's where you're wrong." Charlie spoke up and stood his ground shielding Dawkins, "People will care about us, people will know we've gone missing, and to tell you straight we're not filthy meat sacks and you're just a bitter old toy." He said as he shimmeyed over. Princess Positron screamed and went to pounce onto him, but Charlie dove onto the ground, causing Princess Positron to fly over him. Within the confusion, Princess Positron looked forward to seeing that Dolly and Dylan had opened up the furnace door, and she was about to fall into the blazing fire. However, he managed to grab ahold of the edge of the furnace.

"NOOO! I'M NOT GOING DOWN WITHOUT BLOOD!" She screamed out, and with one of her free tentacles, she wrapped around Dolly's neck and started strangling her.

"Dolly!" Dylan yelled out and went to help, but Princess Positron reached over and started strangling him, "Let... me... go!" He gasped for air. Charlie also ran up to help, but he and Dawkins were grabbed and were too being strangled.

"No one can stop me!"

"Hey! You ragdoll!" She heard someone call out and looked around, only to spot Dimitri 2 charging at her, "Get smoked creep!" He yelled and leaped over to Princess Positron, before a front flip and smacked Princess Positron right in the face with his hind legs, which caused her to loosen her grip and fall into the furnace, letting Dawkins, Charlie, Dylan, and Dolly to fall on the ground, "Guys! Come on, help me!" He yelled out, to which Dylan and Charlie quickly hurried over, and slammed the furnace door shut with Dolly locking it in place. Princess Positron's screams could be heard as they watched her tentacles flail around like crazy, desperately trying to grab ahold of the door only to get weaker and weaker. Her final act was looking through the open slots and saw that the dogs were staring at her, mostly staring at Dawkins who had a sad look on his face. After a few minutes, her movement slowed down and stopped as he body finally was swallowed up by the flames. As the fire started to tone down Charlie quickly sighed and looked over to Dawkins who sighed as well. He quickly pulled Dawkins into a hug, hoping this would help soothe his pain, to which Dawkins smiled and appreciated the care for him.

"Awww, come on, everyone group hug." Dolly said, and soon everyone joined in on the hug.

"Thank you, guys." Dawkins said, which Charlie and Dolly smiled along with Dylan and Dimitri 2. Suddenly, they heard noises coming from upstairs.

"What was that?" Charlie asked as he and the others heard the same noises again, they were coming from upstairs.

"It's coming from upstairs." Dimitri 2 said and the crew quietly snuck back upstairs to a nearby closet where scratching could be heard.

"It's coming from the closet." Dylan said shaking in fear as Charlie placed an ear on the door and listened in.

"Guys... I think we're okay." He said and opened the door, revealing both Dimitri 1 and 3.

"Bros!" Dimitri 2 cried out and hugged them.

"Hey dude!" Dimitri 1 greeted him as Dimitri 3 jumped on top of them.

"Guess Princess Positron captured you." Charlie guessed.

"Oh you bet man, she was saving us when she dealt with you, Dawkins." Dimitri 1 explained which Dawkins shook his head.

"Well, thankfully we don't have to deal with her anymore." Dawkins said.

"You two have something to say to Dawkins?" Charlie asked Dimitri 1 and 3 who looked at him with confusion.

"I don't think so." D1 answered but Charlie gave him a stern look to which D1 sighed.

"Alright alright, fine I-I'm sorry that we destroyed Princess Positron."
"Yeah."
"Ditto." D2 and 3 agreed, to which Dawkins smiled at them.

"Don't worry about it you three I already told D2 that she was just a toy and I'm getting older."

"So... you're not mad at us?" D1 asked.

"Nah..."

"Awsome."

"So... we're off the hook?" D2 asked, to which Charlie, and Dolly laughed.

"Yes, you three are off the work." Charlie answered, to which the Dimitri Trio cheered in unison while the sun started to rise finally vanquishing the night. Downstairs, however, in the furnace room, the furnace finally turned off, changing the atmosphere into an eerie silence. Suddenly, one of Princess Positron's arms dragged itself out from the furnace and angrily dragged itself into the shadows.

The End

{MEANWHILE}
As the credits began to roll, Charlie sat back on the couch and admired his works.

"Gotta say that was real spine-chilling stuff." He commented to himself and looked around, only to find Dawkins looking at him, not really impressed, "What's with you?" He asked.

"Oh, just udder nonsense and typical story plot." Dawkins commented, "Besides my Princess Positron would never in a million years hurt me." He said with a smirk.

"Oh really?" Charlie asked as he looked over to the hallway entrance where Princess Positron could be seen hugging the doorframe and staring at them. Dawkins turned to see this, and immediately, his fur started to fizz up in fear.

"Let's be positive... you're gonna die." Princess Positron said rather creepily, which caused Dawkins to scream in horror before running up the stairs. Charlie, however, laughed hysterically as it's revealed to be Da-Vinci and Dolly giggling, holding up a puppet that they created.

"How was that, Charlie?" Da-Vinci asked, to which Charlie smiled.

"Couldn't be more perfect." He said as Dolly and Da-Vinci jumped up onto the couch, "What do you think of the stories this year?"

"Terrifying, and yet I love them." Dolly answered with a smile.

"I hope next year will be just as awesome as this one." Da-Vinci said, which Charlie smirked.

"Oh, believe me, next year I got something big planned." He said before looking up to see the clock which read it was almost midnight, "And speaking of planning, it's way past your bedtime." He said as Dolly wined a moment before yawning.

"Man... always gotta ruin the fun." She said before staggering herself upstairs, leaving Charlie with Da-Vinci.

"So... any tricks this evening?" He asked her with a grin, to which she giggled and licked his nose.

"My, you're a flirty one, but for you, I got some treats." She said before heading off to the basement looking back to him and grinning, see you down there."

"See ya, too, my love." He said as she went down the stairs. "And thank you for reading this year's Tale of Terrors, I really hope you enjoyed these as much as we had fun creating them for you. Next year we're doing something a little bit different." He said before looking over to a nearby closet, "Anywho, hope you all have a Happy Halloween, and I hope to see you all again real soon, now... if you excuse me." He said before getting up and following his mate downstairs into the basement. Meanwhile, the closet door opened to reveal several tan jumpsuits, and all of them had a very familiar logo on one arm along with backpacks that sat on the ground, all blinking and ready to... bust ghost before the screen cut to black.

[Hey everyone! And Happy Halloween! I know that I haven't been spitting out a lot of content lately due to my work and life becoming more difficult, especially now that the holidays have crept up, but I wanted to thank you all for sticking by me and reading my stories. You are the reason I have kept going and am still gonna keep going. Again, I wanna thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support, and I hope to see you all again soon! Until then See ya next time.]