Post by ArtyJayWolf on Dec 20, 2015 16:55:40 GMT -5
This was gonna be an RP idea, but to heck with it, it's a fanfiction instead. I'm open to ideas, suggestions, requests, so feel free to comment and tell me! Yes, I still need to work on other fanfictions, but I haven't any ideas for them at the time...
Chapter 1: Tryouts
A beautiful Wednesday morning on the Dalmatian Plantation, the pups going about their daily routines of having fun without a single care, other than worrying about Lt. Pug's questionable military actions... Winter and her brother Atlas were trotting to the mailbox, to see what mail they have received today. Winter yawned and opened the red box with their surname: Radcliff-Dearly written on the side, and began to sift through the few letters they had obtained.
"What does the post bring us today?" Atlas asked.
The snowflake-spotted pup only grunted. "Nothing interesting..." She replied. She shook her head abruptly and widened her eyes. An orange and blue flyer caught her attention. "No way!" She exclaimed, startling her brother.
"What?" Atlas wondered. "What is it?"
"They're having a tournament!" cheered Winter. "'Next Friday, At a new London stadium. Calling the most adept Ultimate Frisbee teams for a festival of skills, a demonstration of cooperation and team coordination to determine the best Ultimate Frisbee team!' This is fantastic!!" Winter lunged at Atlas and wrapped her arms around his neck, forcing him to spin around a few times.
Atlas stared at his sister with utter astonishment. He couldn't believe what she had just told him! "Are you serious?!" questioned Atlas. "You and I trained for this! Ultimate Frisbee's the only sport I'm actually good at!" Atlas took a hold of the flyer, and he and Winter stared at it with sheer excitement as they both read the rest of the flyer.
"We need twelve people per team?!?!" Both pups shouted simultaneously. The average team is five or seven people, and they're asking for twelve? It was unheard-of to Winter and Atlas!
"We're gonna need the best of us..." Winter said.
"Yep..." Atlas sighed. The two rushed and handed the rest of the mail to their parents: Pongo and Perdita, and immediately began to think of who will be on the team. Of course, the two will hold tryouts to give everyone a fair chance.
"So, I think Lucky and Tripod should be on the team..." Winter suggested.
"Hyperion and Kendra, too." Atlas added. "Maybe even Clayton, Missy, definitely Nike... And probably not Rebecca..."
"Why not Rebecca?" Winter asked.
"Because she's not good..." Atlas reluctantly said.
"Yeah..." Winter likewise agreed.
"Wow, it was painful to say that..."
Winter nodded in agreement with Atlas. The next day, tryouts took place. Over thirty pups came to be on the team, and Winter and Atlas would have to choose the best ten to be on the Dalmatian Ultimate Frisbee Team with them. Who showed up? Lucky, Tripod, Hyperion and Kendra, for starters. Clayton, Nike, Missy, Rebecca, Two-Tone, Shadow, Tippy, Duke, Wizzer... All of them had unique aspects that made them valuable to the team... Winter and Atlas had some very challenging decisions to make.
"Alright, everyone, listen up!" Winter shouted. "I want you all to split into groups of six! These will be your teams, and we'll do a mini-tournament of our own. Atlas and I will be assessing your teamwork skills and other skills on the field."
"My best advice..." Atlas said. "Don't be a disc-hog, and don't stand around doing nothing! Just try your best, and that's all that matters. Even if you don't make the team, you're still a star in our eyes, and in your own."
With that, the pups split into the teams. Three different games would be played at the same time within three separate fields. Unfortunately, Lucky's team and Tripod's team faced each other first. Lucky's team consisted of himself, Rebecca, Nike, Cadpig, Dipstick, and Clayton. Tripod's team consisted of himself, Duke, Hyperion, Fidget, Wizzer, and...Believe it or not, Stealth.
"STEALTH?!" Lucky hollered. "What are you doing here?!"
Stealth glared at the horseshoe-spotted pup. "I just want to crush the competition, simple as that..." She growled.
"Yeah, just don't hang them by their neck on a flag pole..." Fidget commented.
"I'll put you back up there, bro." Tripod and Duke snickered a bit at Stealth's statement. She scowled at them, and Dipstick threw the frisbee off to Tripod's team. The game had begun!
"Let's go!" Lucky shouted to his team, and they ran towards their opponents. Hyperion caught the disc, and stopped in his tracks. He was covered by Rebecca, who began to count to five. If Hyperion doesn't throw in five seconds, it's a turnover. Instead, he faked her out. Hyperion flicked his wrist up, to Rebecca's right shoulder, then when she went to block, he quickly forehand-threw the disc under Rebecca's left arm. The disc was caught by Wizzer, who shoved Cadpig out of the way with his shoulder.
"That's a foul!" Cadpig called out.
"Is not!" Wizzer smirked as he planted his feet down and threw the disc to Tripod, scoring a touchdown. Lucky growled at Tripod, who shot a smug grin in Lucky's direction. Tripod's team rejoiced, and threw the frisbee to Lucky's team when they reached midfield. Caught by Clayton, he threw the disc and began to chase after it. After the disc was caught by Stealth, she was covered by Dipstick; who started to count to five. She threw the disc up on an angle, past Dipstick's head, since he's so tall. The Frisbee would have been caught by Duke, but Nike rushed past him and caught the frisbee mid-air. He threw to Lucky, about to score a touchdown, but was intercepted by Fidget. Lucky's team were all near the endzone, and all of Tripod's team were wide open! Fidget passed the disc to Tripod, who passed to Duke, who passed to Wizzer, who passed to Stealth, who passed to Hyperion, scoring a touchdown.
Dipstick leaned his head back to growl and snarl into the air. "We're getting our tails handed to us, Lucky!" He growled.
"Come on guys, we can do this!" Lucky cheered. "Remember to fake them out!" Hyperion passed the frisbee off to Lucky, and Lucky's team ran ahead. The disc immediately went back to Tripod's team, as Stealth intercepted the pass to Cadpig, and she threw it to Fidget, who passed to Duke. Rebecca had tripped and was on the ground, watching the frisbee fly over to the wide-open Duke, about to score another touchdown.
"Oh, no ye don't!" Rebecca growled. She scrambled to her feet, and rushed into the endzone. With all the might in her legs, she jumped in front of Duke, and dove for the frisbee. Rebecca leaped... Nearly to the height of Duke's head. In a horizontal position, before she even hit the ground again, she threw the disc to Nike. He quickly evaded Wizzer, and caught the disc!
"That was amazing!" Lucky exclaimed as Nike passed the frisbee to Clayton, who passed to Lucky himself, scoring a touchdown.
Winter and Atlas were observing this game. None of the other games were as heated as this one! "Looks like Lucky's team is stepping up their game." Atlas said.
"Yep, they sure are." Winter replied with a smile on her face.
Back in the game, Cadpig had intercepted a touchdown pass from Hyperion to Tripod, and she passed to Dipstick. He was covered by Stealth, who began to count to five. "Four..." Stealth muttered. Out of sheer panic, Dipstick fore-hand threw the frisbee across the field in a desperate attempt to prevent a turnover. Duke, Tripod, and Wizzer were covering the farthest pup downfield: Clayton.
He looked around for an escape, but there were three pups on him. He couldn't get open! Clayton backed up a few steps, and charged full speed at the wall of muscle his opponents formed before him. Clayton slid across the ground, between his opponents' legs to get past them, and the frisbee almost perfectly landed on his lap. Rebecca, Nike, and Lucky rushed past them, followed quickly by the rest of the players. Nike spun around Fidget, and ran in front of Clayton. Clayton passed the disc to the speedy pup, and he immediately turned around and launched the disc towards the endzone. But Nike was too fast, as there was no one there!!
"Someone catch that!!" Nike shouted.
Lucky turned around and saw the lack of players in the endzone. "Oh no!" He exclaimed. A heart-spotted pup flew past him in a hurry.
"I got it!" Rebecca called out. She turned her head and gasped as she saw Duke, smirking and laughing as he stood in the endzone, towering in front of Rebecca like a giant. Duke extended one arm to catch the disc. Rebecca wouldn't have it! She planted her own two paws on Duke's shoulders, forcing him to bend over a bit. She performed a handstand on her opponent's shoulders, and launched herself off of Duke! Rebecca tucked in her head and flipped over, catching the frisbee in the process! She landed hard on her stomach, grasping the disc tightly against her chest, as if her very life depended on it! When the dust cleared, she was still inside the boundaries. Rebecca had scored a touchdown!
"Unbelievable..." Stealth said. "Unbelievable!!!"
"Lucky! Lucky!!" cheered Rebecca. "Did ye see that? I scored a touchdown!" All the other players were gathered around the endzone, watching the joyful Rebecca dance around with the frisbee.
"I must say, it was impressive." Hyperion smiled.
"Yeah, it was..." Lucky sighed. He blushed a little bit as he smiled at his girlfriend, happily celebrating her incredible feat.
"No, ye know what was impressive?" Rebecca asked. "The way Clayton slid between the legs of Tripod, Duke, an' Wizzer to get open!"
"Heh, yeah, I guess it was impressive!" replied Clayton."
"Twenty Seconds left!!" Atlas called out. Lucky's team and Tripod's team scrambled about to their positions, and Dipstick passed the frisbee off to Tripod.
"Fifteen Seconds!" Atlas called out again. The frisbee never remained with the same team for long. Wizzer intercepted Nike, Cadpig intercepted Stealth, Fidget intercepted Clayton, Rebecca intercepted Hyperion, Duke intercepted Dipstick, Lucky intercepted Tripod, and the teams barely left mid-field.
"Ten seconds!"
Finally, Nike passed to Clayton, who performed a backflip over Stealth to catch the frisbee!
Clayton shouted into the endzone as he threw the frisbee, tripping in the process. "Go, Lucky!!!"
Lucky ran with all his might, following the frisbee into the endzone, with Tripod close behind. Both he and the three-legged pup jumped for the frisbee as Atlas called out, "Five Seconds! Four! Three..."
It was anyone's game at this moment. Lucky and Tripod both appeared as if they were going to catch the frisbee at the same time!
"Two!" Atlas announced. The two pups landed hard in the endzone, and the anxiety level was through the roof!! Everyone wanted to know the outcome! When the dust finally cleared, the winner was obvious. Lucky held the disc in his one hand, Tripod lies beside him staring at the the horseshoe-spotted pup and the frisbee in absolute shock. He was speechless!
"One!" Atlas finally announced. "That's the final score for today! Get some rest, you'll be back here tomorrow!"
Winter stepped up to announce the winners. "Today's winners are: Kendra's team of herself, Mooch, Furball, Scooter, Arcane, and Pepper! Shadow's team of himself, Freckles, Tippy, Patch, Thalia, and Bravo! And finally, Lucky's team of himself, Rebecca, Clayton, Dipstick, Cadpig, and Nike! Congratulations!"
"I can't believe it..." Tripod muttered. "I lost to Lucky..."
"Welp, you're not better than me this time!" Lucky cheered. Rebecca wrapped her arms around Lucky and kissed him for a few seconds. The rest of Tripod's team congratulated Lucky's team on their win, and the two teams exchanged gestures of sportsmanship. Lucky and the rest of his team celebrated their victory that day, and all the players slept well that night, with the exception of Tripod, who was full of envy and anger... For Lucky, it was more than just a victory and a surprising comeback for his team, it marked the first victory for him over Tripod.
Winter and Atlas still have to choose the team. Today's events revealed a few key factors in deciding who will take a place on the Dalmatian Ultimate Frisbee Team.
Chapter 1: Tryouts
A beautiful Wednesday morning on the Dalmatian Plantation, the pups going about their daily routines of having fun without a single care, other than worrying about Lt. Pug's questionable military actions... Winter and her brother Atlas were trotting to the mailbox, to see what mail they have received today. Winter yawned and opened the red box with their surname: Radcliff-Dearly written on the side, and began to sift through the few letters they had obtained.
"What does the post bring us today?" Atlas asked.
The snowflake-spotted pup only grunted. "Nothing interesting..." She replied. She shook her head abruptly and widened her eyes. An orange and blue flyer caught her attention. "No way!" She exclaimed, startling her brother.
"What?" Atlas wondered. "What is it?"
"They're having a tournament!" cheered Winter. "'Next Friday, At a new London stadium. Calling the most adept Ultimate Frisbee teams for a festival of skills, a demonstration of cooperation and team coordination to determine the best Ultimate Frisbee team!' This is fantastic!!" Winter lunged at Atlas and wrapped her arms around his neck, forcing him to spin around a few times.
Atlas stared at his sister with utter astonishment. He couldn't believe what she had just told him! "Are you serious?!" questioned Atlas. "You and I trained for this! Ultimate Frisbee's the only sport I'm actually good at!" Atlas took a hold of the flyer, and he and Winter stared at it with sheer excitement as they both read the rest of the flyer.
"We need twelve people per team?!?!" Both pups shouted simultaneously. The average team is five or seven people, and they're asking for twelve? It was unheard-of to Winter and Atlas!
"We're gonna need the best of us..." Winter said.
"Yep..." Atlas sighed. The two rushed and handed the rest of the mail to their parents: Pongo and Perdita, and immediately began to think of who will be on the team. Of course, the two will hold tryouts to give everyone a fair chance.
"So, I think Lucky and Tripod should be on the team..." Winter suggested.
"Hyperion and Kendra, too." Atlas added. "Maybe even Clayton, Missy, definitely Nike... And probably not Rebecca..."
"Why not Rebecca?" Winter asked.
"Because she's not good..." Atlas reluctantly said.
"Yeah..." Winter likewise agreed.
"Wow, it was painful to say that..."
Winter nodded in agreement with Atlas. The next day, tryouts took place. Over thirty pups came to be on the team, and Winter and Atlas would have to choose the best ten to be on the Dalmatian Ultimate Frisbee Team with them. Who showed up? Lucky, Tripod, Hyperion and Kendra, for starters. Clayton, Nike, Missy, Rebecca, Two-Tone, Shadow, Tippy, Duke, Wizzer... All of them had unique aspects that made them valuable to the team... Winter and Atlas had some very challenging decisions to make.
"Alright, everyone, listen up!" Winter shouted. "I want you all to split into groups of six! These will be your teams, and we'll do a mini-tournament of our own. Atlas and I will be assessing your teamwork skills and other skills on the field."
"My best advice..." Atlas said. "Don't be a disc-hog, and don't stand around doing nothing! Just try your best, and that's all that matters. Even if you don't make the team, you're still a star in our eyes, and in your own."
With that, the pups split into the teams. Three different games would be played at the same time within three separate fields. Unfortunately, Lucky's team and Tripod's team faced each other first. Lucky's team consisted of himself, Rebecca, Nike, Cadpig, Dipstick, and Clayton. Tripod's team consisted of himself, Duke, Hyperion, Fidget, Wizzer, and...Believe it or not, Stealth.
"STEALTH?!" Lucky hollered. "What are you doing here?!"
Stealth glared at the horseshoe-spotted pup. "I just want to crush the competition, simple as that..." She growled.
"Yeah, just don't hang them by their neck on a flag pole..." Fidget commented.
"I'll put you back up there, bro." Tripod and Duke snickered a bit at Stealth's statement. She scowled at them, and Dipstick threw the frisbee off to Tripod's team. The game had begun!
"Let's go!" Lucky shouted to his team, and they ran towards their opponents. Hyperion caught the disc, and stopped in his tracks. He was covered by Rebecca, who began to count to five. If Hyperion doesn't throw in five seconds, it's a turnover. Instead, he faked her out. Hyperion flicked his wrist up, to Rebecca's right shoulder, then when she went to block, he quickly forehand-threw the disc under Rebecca's left arm. The disc was caught by Wizzer, who shoved Cadpig out of the way with his shoulder.
"That's a foul!" Cadpig called out.
"Is not!" Wizzer smirked as he planted his feet down and threw the disc to Tripod, scoring a touchdown. Lucky growled at Tripod, who shot a smug grin in Lucky's direction. Tripod's team rejoiced, and threw the frisbee to Lucky's team when they reached midfield. Caught by Clayton, he threw the disc and began to chase after it. After the disc was caught by Stealth, she was covered by Dipstick; who started to count to five. She threw the disc up on an angle, past Dipstick's head, since he's so tall. The Frisbee would have been caught by Duke, but Nike rushed past him and caught the frisbee mid-air. He threw to Lucky, about to score a touchdown, but was intercepted by Fidget. Lucky's team were all near the endzone, and all of Tripod's team were wide open! Fidget passed the disc to Tripod, who passed to Duke, who passed to Wizzer, who passed to Stealth, who passed to Hyperion, scoring a touchdown.
Dipstick leaned his head back to growl and snarl into the air. "We're getting our tails handed to us, Lucky!" He growled.
"Come on guys, we can do this!" Lucky cheered. "Remember to fake them out!" Hyperion passed the frisbee off to Lucky, and Lucky's team ran ahead. The disc immediately went back to Tripod's team, as Stealth intercepted the pass to Cadpig, and she threw it to Fidget, who passed to Duke. Rebecca had tripped and was on the ground, watching the frisbee fly over to the wide-open Duke, about to score another touchdown.
"Oh, no ye don't!" Rebecca growled. She scrambled to her feet, and rushed into the endzone. With all the might in her legs, she jumped in front of Duke, and dove for the frisbee. Rebecca leaped... Nearly to the height of Duke's head. In a horizontal position, before she even hit the ground again, she threw the disc to Nike. He quickly evaded Wizzer, and caught the disc!
"That was amazing!" Lucky exclaimed as Nike passed the frisbee to Clayton, who passed to Lucky himself, scoring a touchdown.
Winter and Atlas were observing this game. None of the other games were as heated as this one! "Looks like Lucky's team is stepping up their game." Atlas said.
"Yep, they sure are." Winter replied with a smile on her face.
Back in the game, Cadpig had intercepted a touchdown pass from Hyperion to Tripod, and she passed to Dipstick. He was covered by Stealth, who began to count to five. "Four..." Stealth muttered. Out of sheer panic, Dipstick fore-hand threw the frisbee across the field in a desperate attempt to prevent a turnover. Duke, Tripod, and Wizzer were covering the farthest pup downfield: Clayton.
He looked around for an escape, but there were three pups on him. He couldn't get open! Clayton backed up a few steps, and charged full speed at the wall of muscle his opponents formed before him. Clayton slid across the ground, between his opponents' legs to get past them, and the frisbee almost perfectly landed on his lap. Rebecca, Nike, and Lucky rushed past them, followed quickly by the rest of the players. Nike spun around Fidget, and ran in front of Clayton. Clayton passed the disc to the speedy pup, and he immediately turned around and launched the disc towards the endzone. But Nike was too fast, as there was no one there!!
"Someone catch that!!" Nike shouted.
Lucky turned around and saw the lack of players in the endzone. "Oh no!" He exclaimed. A heart-spotted pup flew past him in a hurry.
"I got it!" Rebecca called out. She turned her head and gasped as she saw Duke, smirking and laughing as he stood in the endzone, towering in front of Rebecca like a giant. Duke extended one arm to catch the disc. Rebecca wouldn't have it! She planted her own two paws on Duke's shoulders, forcing him to bend over a bit. She performed a handstand on her opponent's shoulders, and launched herself off of Duke! Rebecca tucked in her head and flipped over, catching the frisbee in the process! She landed hard on her stomach, grasping the disc tightly against her chest, as if her very life depended on it! When the dust cleared, she was still inside the boundaries. Rebecca had scored a touchdown!
"Unbelievable..." Stealth said. "Unbelievable!!!"
"Lucky! Lucky!!" cheered Rebecca. "Did ye see that? I scored a touchdown!" All the other players were gathered around the endzone, watching the joyful Rebecca dance around with the frisbee.
"I must say, it was impressive." Hyperion smiled.
"Yeah, it was..." Lucky sighed. He blushed a little bit as he smiled at his girlfriend, happily celebrating her incredible feat.
"No, ye know what was impressive?" Rebecca asked. "The way Clayton slid between the legs of Tripod, Duke, an' Wizzer to get open!"
"Heh, yeah, I guess it was impressive!" replied Clayton."
"Twenty Seconds left!!" Atlas called out. Lucky's team and Tripod's team scrambled about to their positions, and Dipstick passed the frisbee off to Tripod.
"Fifteen Seconds!" Atlas called out again. The frisbee never remained with the same team for long. Wizzer intercepted Nike, Cadpig intercepted Stealth, Fidget intercepted Clayton, Rebecca intercepted Hyperion, Duke intercepted Dipstick, Lucky intercepted Tripod, and the teams barely left mid-field.
"Ten seconds!"
Finally, Nike passed to Clayton, who performed a backflip over Stealth to catch the frisbee!
Clayton shouted into the endzone as he threw the frisbee, tripping in the process. "Go, Lucky!!!"
Lucky ran with all his might, following the frisbee into the endzone, with Tripod close behind. Both he and the three-legged pup jumped for the frisbee as Atlas called out, "Five Seconds! Four! Three..."
It was anyone's game at this moment. Lucky and Tripod both appeared as if they were going to catch the frisbee at the same time!
"Two!" Atlas announced. The two pups landed hard in the endzone, and the anxiety level was through the roof!! Everyone wanted to know the outcome! When the dust finally cleared, the winner was obvious. Lucky held the disc in his one hand, Tripod lies beside him staring at the the horseshoe-spotted pup and the frisbee in absolute shock. He was speechless!
"One!" Atlas finally announced. "That's the final score for today! Get some rest, you'll be back here tomorrow!"
Winter stepped up to announce the winners. "Today's winners are: Kendra's team of herself, Mooch, Furball, Scooter, Arcane, and Pepper! Shadow's team of himself, Freckles, Tippy, Patch, Thalia, and Bravo! And finally, Lucky's team of himself, Rebecca, Clayton, Dipstick, Cadpig, and Nike! Congratulations!"
"I can't believe it..." Tripod muttered. "I lost to Lucky..."
"Welp, you're not better than me this time!" Lucky cheered. Rebecca wrapped her arms around Lucky and kissed him for a few seconds. The rest of Tripod's team congratulated Lucky's team on their win, and the two teams exchanged gestures of sportsmanship. Lucky and the rest of his team celebrated their victory that day, and all the players slept well that night, with the exception of Tripod, who was full of envy and anger... For Lucky, it was more than just a victory and a surprising comeback for his team, it marked the first victory for him over Tripod.
Winter and Atlas still have to choose the team. Today's events revealed a few key factors in deciding who will take a place on the Dalmatian Ultimate Frisbee Team.