It was a typical Saturday morning. Atticus was fast asleep until he felt licking at his face and he woke up to see his puppy smiling at him and ready for him to wake up so they could play together since there wasn't school today.

"Okay, boy, okay, I'm up." Atticus laughed.

"Yay!" Patch cheered and jumped off the bed.

Atticus rubbed his face as he pulled back the covers and he yawned and stretched. "What shall we do today?"

"What about-" Patch was about to ask until thunder and lightning was heard outside of the room which made the puppy pout.

"Looks like we can't go outside." Atticus said.

"No, but you can help me clean up my workshop!" Drell came in with a huge smile.

"Aw, Drell, it's Saturday..." Atticus complained. "I wanna spend time with Patch!"

"Yeah, we wanna spend the day together!" Patch added.

"Uh, no buts, I have custody of you all when I want and or need to, now get dressed and get in the closet, Atticus!" Drell replied, then realized what he said. "Wow, that sounded wrong... Anyway, let's go!"

Patch whimpered as Atticus went to leave.

"I'll be back soon, boy." Atticus promised as he comforted his puppy.

"Alright." Patch frowned.

"Come on, Atticus, Skippy threw his back out." Drell told Atticus.

Atticus sighed and went with Drell into the Supernatural Realm. Patch sighed before he decided to go into the tunnels of the Pound Puppies.

"Couldn't this have waited a different time, Drell?" Atticus glared slightly.

"Nonsense!" Drell opened the door to show a flooding mess. "This'll take you seconds!...An hour if we're lucky."

"What happened in here?!" Atticus glared.

"It hasn't been cleaned in a while," Drell replied. "I have a date, so, I'll see ya."

Atticus soon used his magic and where the flooded water disappeared and how the flooded water started was fixed.

"I wanted you to do it without magic." Drell said.

"Oh, too bad, gotta go!" Atticus went to run away.

Drell then made the mess reappear and handed him a broom. "Get cleaning."

"Okay, Drell, that's it!" Atticus snapped. "I'm not cleaning up your mess; I'm going to spend time with Patch and that is final!"

"You think you can talk back to me?" Drell laughed. "You make me laugh."

Atticus growled and tackled down Drell and fought with him and then walked away, dusting his hands as he went to see his pet to make up for the rude incoming morning. Drell muffled as he was tied up and the broom was in his mouth. Skippy came in the room with a smirk. Drell glared up at him. Skippy soon held out his hand for some money.

Drell spit out the broom and glared. "I'm tied up!"

Skippy then knelt beside Drell and took money out of his pockets.

"HEY!" Drell glared. "Hands off, Pixie Boy!"

Skippy then untied him and took off.

"Skippy, gimme my money!" Drell glared.

"Yoo-hoo!" Skippy called and ran with the money.

Atticus soon went back to his house to make it up to Patch.

"Atticus, take out the trash!" Emily called.

"Sure, Mom, in a minute!" Atticus called back.

"Not a minute, now!" Emily replied.

Atticus sighed and he then went to take out the trash.

A while later, the sun had gone down, Atticus finally came back to his room to hang out with Patch, but saw the puppy was already asleep on the living room couch. He frowned softly and then sat with the dog and hugged him to sleep too. Skippy frowned as he saw that Atticus had been too busy for Patch today so he decided to use a little magic and turn Atticus into a dog so they would spend time together. Atticus was too exhausted to even notice the change, but he would know once he would wake up first thing tomorrow morning.

"Skippy, we need Patch to be ready for tomorrow-" Drell said before he saw that Skippy changed Atticus into a dog/teenage dog which was the same as Patch. "We might also need to involve Atticus."

Skippy looked over curiously.

"You know..." Drell folded his arms.

Skippy shrugged with a sheepish smile.

Drell face-palmed. "You were with Angela, weren't you?" he then asked, knowing what usually ruined the mute man's train of thought.

Skippy then blushed and shuffled his feet shyly.

"Oh, brother," Drell sighed. "So did you change him into his wolf-dog hybrid form?"

Skippy nodded with a smile.

"I bet you did..." Drell sighed with an eye roll.

Skippy then curiously took out Cherry and Mo's files if they should be included or not.

"This won't need to involve them," Drell said. "Because Mo is going to be with a cousin of hers."

Skippy then shrugged and nodded.

"Plus, you know how Cherry is around dogs." Drell then reminded.

Cut to Cherry in a room filled with dogs...

"CATS!" Cherry yelled out as the dogs barked loudly.

Back to the warlocks which made them shudder in disgust.

"Anyway, we'll keep Cherry out of this one." Drell said.

Meanwhile...

Cherry woke up and suddenly sneezed. She then looked around, shrugged, and then went back to sleep.

The next day, Drell was in the Fudo household as Atticus and Patch were about to wake up.

Atticus yawned and then woke up to see Patch was awake, but the puppy was snarling at him. "Whoa! What's wrong, boy?"

"Who are you?!" Patch snarled. "Get out of here before I tear you apart!"

"Patch, it's me, Atticus!" Atticus replied. "I-" he then looked down to his hands to see paws, he then rushed to a nearby mirror and yelped as he was a wolf dog and not a human, and where he soon had a suspicion who did this to him or at least two. "Drell?! Discord?!" He soon yelled out. "This is so not funny!"

Drell walked over while sipping a soda.

Atticus growled and tackled Drell on the ground. "WHY DID YOU TURN ME INTO A DOG?!"

"So you and Patch could spend some time together!" Drell shivered nervously.

"You could have done this to me when me and Patch were awake, you know!" Atticus growled.

"It was Skippy's idea, you can maul him if you want, he won't say anything!" Drell said nervously.

"Just warn me next time." Atticus growled before he got off him.

"He wanted to surprise you!" Drell shivered.

Cherry came over through the front door without even knocking. "Hey, Atticus, I got a weird feeling at my house, can I stay here for a few-" she then saw Drell which made her scream and run out the door.

"Should I know why she was wanting to stay here for a few days?" Atticus asked.

"How should I know?" Drell shrugged. "She's your best friend, not mine."

"Atticus, is that really you?" Patch asked.

"Yes, Patch, it's me." Atticus replied.

"Hmm..." Patch narrowed his eyes. "Say something that only Atticus would say."

"Yeah, how do I know you're really Atticus and not some slobbering, mangy mutt?" Cherry asked as she slowly came in that time.

"Easy, I can tell both of you what I used to be afraid of," Atticus said. "Which would be the ocean and also thunder from thunder storms and I can also tell you that when I was a little kid I was lonely before I met you, Cherry."

"Sounds legit to me." Patch agreed with Atticus.

"Hmm..." Cherry hummed.

"Also, you have a huge crush on-" Atticus started.

"OKAY!" Cherry covered his muzzle. "It's you!"

Atticus simply smirked as he knew that would get her.

"No one needs to know more about that-EW! You hand licker!" Cherry then said and pulled her hand away as it was now covered in dog slobber.

"Anyway, you two are going to be needing to go to Pound Puppy HQ." Drell said.

"Care to lead the way?" Atticus requested to Patch.

"I'd love to." Patch smiled.

They soon went to the Pound Puppy tunnels. Atticus was very excited and amazed to be experiencing this with Patch.

"Well, I was gonna stay here, but since I know you're here, I'm gonna be locking myself in the basement if anyone needs me." Cherry said.

"Who would need you?" Drell rolled his eyes carelessly.

Cherry soon saw Forte which gave her an idea of where to stay at. "Bye." she said before zipping away.

"Not gonna miss ya!" Drell called back.

Patch sang the digging song to himself as he led Atticus to Pound Puppies Headquarters. Once they made it to the Pound Puppies HQ, Atticus was amazed.

"Welcome to HQ." Patch smiled to Atticus.

"Man, this place is awesome!" Atticus couldn't believe what he was seeing.

"Thanks," Patch said before he saw Cookie. "Uh-oh... This might be bad."

"Hi there, baby, are you all right?" Cookie cooed.

"Yeah, I'm fine, Cookie, is there something wrong?" Patch replied.

"Actually, yes, and it involves a family that is in need of a new dog." Cookie said before growled as she didn't recognize Atticus.

Atticus seemed nervous of Cookie's jaws of death, they seemed so much more intimidating at this height.

"Cookie, it's okay, he's with me." Patch tried to settle down the female boxer.

"Really?" Cookie smiled. "Is he a friend of yours?"

"Well, they do call us nature's best friends." Patch chuckled.

"Well... All right," Cookie smiled before glaring. "But if he gives you trouble, remember-"

"I know, I know, your teeth." Patch remembered.

Cookie smiled at him before giving Atticus a warning glare. Atticus gulped and nodded respectively.

"So, um, what's this about a dog and a family?" Patch changed the subject.

"Come with me, and I'll tell you along the way." Cookie said.

Patch nodded, then gestured to Atticus. "Him too."

"Yes, him too." Cookie nodded.

"Thanks, Cookie." Patch smiled.

Patch and Atticus then followed the female boxer to see what all the fuss was about. Atticus couldn't help but stop and stare at certain parts since he never thought he would be in the Pound Puppies Headquarters. Luckily, he had Patch with him so he would be able to keep up.

"Please try to stay focused." Patch whispered to Atticus.

"Sorry, buddy." Atticus replied sheepishly.

They soon went to Lucky who would have the information.

"Hiya, Lucky." Patch smiled to his father figure.

"Hey, buddy," Lucky smiled back before he soon saw Atticus. "Oh, who's your new friend?" He then asked.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you until I explained." Patch said.

"Try me." Lucky replied.

"It's Atticus." Patch then said.

"Weird, isn't that your owner's name?" Lucky asked.

"No, I mean it's Atticus." Patch replied.

"What about Atticus?" Lucky asked.

"Ugh..." Patch face-pawed. "How do I explain this?"

"I was turned into a dog by magic." Atticus said.

"Yeah..." Patch smiled sheepishly.

"Oh, Patch..." Lucky chuckled. "If we haven't met, I don't think I could believe in such a thing, but I do of course... Um, anyway, back to business."

"Oh, yes, of course, what's up?" Patch then asked.

Lucky soon showed them of why they were called to the Headquarters. Patch and Atticus came to his sides as Lucky pulled up a screen to show a bloodhound named Buddy who had been taken away by some cats.

"How humiliating," Patch shuddered. "I don't recognize him in the shelter though?" he then said about the dog.

"That's because he was from a different shelter." Lucky said.

"Ah, I see..." Patch nodded.

"He wasn't taken by just any cats, he was taken by agents from Mr. Tinkles," Lucky then said, but the name made Patch and Atticus snicker immaturely. "His name might be funny, but he is a force to be reckoned with." The male border collie then added.

"Sorry about that, Lucky..." Atticus then said as Patch kept laughing until he was then nudged to stay focused.

"What is he?" Patch asked. "Some corrupted cat like the Kennel Kittens?"

"I'm afraid more advanced and serious than that, he has plans to make every human on the face of the Earth allergic to dogs." Lucky explained.

"That's terrible." Patch frowned.

"That's crazy." Atticus added.

"Believe me, I know, they already have that bloodhound and they won't rest until they're on top of the domesticated animal food chain." Lucky said firmly and serious.

"But how will he even get humans allergic to dogs?" Patch asked.

"That's what Strudel and the squirrels are trying to figure out," Lucky replied. "Luckily one of the dog field agents Butch is going to help."

"What's his breed?" Atticus asked.

"Sheepdog like Niblet, he's very wise and mentoring." Lucky smiled.

"Cool." Patch smiled.

"You'd like him," Lucky smiled back. "In fact, I've heard some Intel on a puppy who reminds me a lot of you when we first met, he's going to be recruited by Butch."

"Cool." Patch smiled.

"Gah! Itchy..." Atticus groaned. "How do I do this again?"

"Back hind leg." Patch told him.

Atticus then used his back hind leg to scratch, then smiled in relief as he continued. "Oh... That's so much better."

Fleas started to be knocked off and killed by each scratch. There were tiny squeals and screams of death.

"Ah..." Atticus felt so much better now. "Man, I can see why fleas are so annoying."

"Now you see why we always need to take our baths." Cookie said.

"Oh, I know that." Atticus said.

"I think you could use one right about now." Patch smirked.

"Nope, got all of the fleas." Atticus smirked back.

"Uh-huh, better give you one just in case." Patch pushed a button.

The floor then opened up and put Atticus in a tub filled with soap and water.

"Come on, seriously?!" Atticus complained.

Patch laughed. "Sorry, Atticus, but it's bath time!"

"Oh, you are gonna get it." Atticus glared to his puppy.

"Uh-oh." Patch smiled nervously.

"Lucky, excuse me a moment." Atticus said before rushing out of the tub, shaking himself dry, and ran over to his puppy.

Patch screamed and laughed as he ran from Atticus.

"Those two truly do act like brothers." Lucky smiled.

Patch laughed as Atticus held him down and started to tickle him.