A/N: Welcome to the prologue of a new story I'm working on. This will be my first entry on fanfiction ever and I'm excited to see what people think about it. I'm not the best writer ever, but I just love Zuma and Rocky together so I needed to write a love story about the pair. Please feel free to review, I'd love to hear from you all. Anyways hope you enjoy.

Sounds of laughter could be heard all around as a group of pups played together in the massive yard, sun lingering overhead. A chocolate lab, years older than the pups now, watched from the top of a little hill near the Lookout a big grin plastered on his muzzle.

The pups down there were going to be the next generation of the paw patrol. The original team had grown up a lot, and while they still lived at the Lookout with their owner Ryder, they were on to doing more serious missions around the city. The lab liked to watch the young ones play once in a while though, it reminded him of when he was young, when he met his mate, the love of his life. Suddenly he jumped into the air as a paw tapped him on his shoulder from behind.

Speaking of which Zuma thought as he turned to see his love. "Rocky, you scared me half to death, don't sneak up on a dog like that dude!" The lab clutched his heart and pretended like he was dying, overdramatically.

The grey mixed breed wore a look of concern, "Did I really scare you that bad Zuma? I didn't mean to startle you, I'm sorry." Rocky told the lab, acting as if he were about to cry.

Zuma just stared into those sunset orange eyes of his. Dang, why's he gotta go and cry I hate that the lab thought to himself, quickly stopping his little charade. "I was just kidding Rocky, you didn't scare me that much, please don't cry" He told the mix. Rocky simply looked down at the ground. Now he feels bad, good going Zuma, some mate you are.

Then Rocky began to chuckle, which soon turned into full on laughter. Zuma looked at him, cocking his head to the side confused, his mate now clutching his sides. "You're too easy to fool Zuma, I wasn't really sad I just like making you feel bad when you decide to get dramatic on me." The mix breed chuckled lightly punching his mate on the shoulder. The he leaned in placing a light kiss on his mate's muzzle causing Zuma to blush.

"I guess I deserved that." Zuma told him, kissing Rocky back. "What brings you up here anyway, just couldn't keep away from me huh?" The lab waggled his eyebrows while giving his mate a smirk. Now it was Rocky's turn to blush. The mix walked over and plopped down next to Zuma.

"I came up here for the same reason as you did, just wanted to watch the pups play for a while. It reminds me of when both of us were young you know?" Zuma nodded in response.

"Yeah those were great times, I watch them for the same reason, brings me back." Zuma sighed looking at the pups below who were playing tag from the looks of them running every which way. "Look how cute they are playing together, we all used to play like that remember?"

Rocky laughed "Yeah I remember when you used to be cute like that."

Zuma gave his mate a hurt look "Are you saying I'm not cute now?" The lab pouted.

"Zuma, I'm just teasing you, of course I think you're the cutest dog out there." Hoping to prove his claim the Mix leaned over and kissed his mate again, deeper this time. His mate's face was bright red now as they explored each other's mouths.

Remembering were they were Zuma pulled away reluctantly. He motioned over to the pups who were still playing. "The pups are right over there Rocky, we can't do that here." The lab chuckled.

"No you're right, sorry I just can't keep my paws off you sometimes." Rocky smirked at his mate. "You're just too adorable." At that Zuma blushed again.

"I love you so much Rocky." The lab told his mate.

"Love you too Zuma, nothing makes me happier than knowing you're mine forever." Rocky told him.

"Forever." The lab nodded, before they shared another light kiss.

The two of them sat on the hill for a while watching the pups chase each other everywhere, eventually though they were spotted by the pups who came barreling towards them as fast as their little paws would carry them. Before the older dogs got a chance to stand up they were tackled to the ground and assaulted with licks.

"Rocky, Zuma you're back." The pups shouted in unison. A bit surprised to see the two since all the older dogs were often out on missions most days. They came home only to sleep and eat usually, but sometimes they managed to get a day to themselves. It made Rocky and Zuma a bit sad that they didn't get to hang out with their old team much because of all the work they needed to do all the time. It was their duty to help others though and they all knew what that meant.

"Yup, no missions for us to go on today, at least not for the moment, so we thought we'd come watch you guys for a bit." Rocky told them.

"That's kinda weird uncle Rocky, why would you wanna do that?" One of the boy pups questioned. "Watchin' others have fun sounds really boring." He added his face scrunched up like he tasted something foul.

"Not at all, not when you're old dogs like us." Rocky joked. "I guess we just miss playing sometimes, like you pups get to." Rocky clarified "We love watching you guys, it just reminds us of when we were young and carefree like you."

"Yup, and it reminds me of when your uncle Rocky and I first met and fell in love with each other, at least that's why I enjoy it." Zuma commented causing his mate to blush a little. "So I don't think it's weird at all."

The pups all looked at them, puzzled, before one of them piped up again. "How did you and uncle Rocky fall in love anyway?" She asked them.

"Yeah how did ya?" Another pup chimed in.

Rocky and Zuma exchanged glances and returned their gaze to the pups. "You sure you wanna hear that story?" The mixed breed asked. "It's pretty long and probably not very exciting." He told them. Rocky really didn't think his and Zuma's past would be interesting to them, but they seemed eager to hear it anyway.

The pups nodded vigorously. "Yeah we wanna know how you got together."

"Like wasn't it weird both being boys and all, wouldn't people make fun of you for that?" One of the male pups asked. The two older dogs blushed a bit.

"Well sure, being with another pup of the same gender had its difficulties, it still does" Zuma said. "But when you love somebody as much as we love each other that stuff doesn't matter. Yeah your uncle and I had doubts about whether it was okay to like another boy pup that way too, but we learned that no matter what anyone thought, we were supposed to be together forever." Rocky and Zuma smiled at one another, the mix breed placing a light kiss on his mate's muzzle earning an aww from the young ones.

"So then tell us how it all happened, we wanna know." The pups whined.

Rocky giggled, "Alright then, settle down, come sit." The pups gathered around the older dogs and lay down. "We'll tell you the story, but remember we warned ya it might be long."

The pups nodded, "So how did it happen?" They asked.

Zuma jumped in. "I suppose it started when I saw uncle Rocky for the first time, way back when we were pups like yourselves…"

A/N: That's it for the prologue, future chapters will be lengthier than this one, and I just wanted to set up the start of the true story. Chapter one is in the works so until then I'll see you guys next time. Hope to see some reviews / constructive criticism. ~ Aura