Pup Pup Birthday

***This is a story dedicated to Mia's birthday today! And yes, I got permission to use Mia. Please don't edit or copy!***

Mia stirs in her sleep, a smile spread across her muzzle, something about a "birthday." She freezes and rewinds...

"Birthday...? Oh! Birthday! *My* birthday!" She leaps out of bed and rushes over to her sister, Keia's little pup bed, where the pup was curled up asleep. "Keia! Keia! Wake up! Guess what day it is?" Mia asks, giving a cheeky grin.

"National siblings day?" Keia guesses, one eye opened.

"Nope!" Mia shakes her head as her curled tail wags even faster.

"Is it BunnyMonkey's birthday?" Keia exclaims, hopping out of bed at the thought and running in circles.

"Nope! It's my birthday!" Mia giggles.

Keia squeals and pounces on her sister. "I almost forgot! Oh my goodness! I can't forget! Must. Craft. Something!" She runs out the doggy door in the kitchen.

"No, you don't h- never mind." Mia smiles.

She runs to the kitchen, where she was greeted by Chloe, who picks her puppy up and held something behind her back. "Hey, Mia-Mia!" Chloe giggles by the licks and barks she got from Mia.

"Hi, Chloe!" Mia greets, only Chloe couldn't understand her and her words came as barks. Though, Chloe knew by her body language and expressions that Mia was saying hello.

"I know today's your birthday, so I made you something!" She announces, now revealing what was behind her back: it was an otter and narwhal combination; NarwhalOtter.

The Pomeranian mix's eyes widened as a gasp escapes her muzzle. Chloe hands the creation to her, earning licks and gleeful yips from Mia. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I love you so much, Chloe!"

"Bark! Bark! Bark-bark!" Chloe hears Mia bark.

"I'm so glad you like it! Well, I got to go to school now. But, before I go, we're gonna drop you off at Puppy Playcare!" Mia howls happily as Keia comes back into the house. "Aw, what's that you got, Keia?" Chloe asks.

Keia drops a paper from her mouth that had Mia surrounded by presents and all her friends at play-care. Granted, there were a few smudges and paint drops that weren't supposed to be there, but Mia loved it regardless. Spots and all.

"It's a gift for my sister, Mia!" Keia yips.

Mia nuzzles her sister as a way of saying thanks.

"Aww, you two are such sweet sisters." Chloe gushes, leaving the kitchen to get her backpack.

"This is all ready the best birthday, sis! I got a new toy, an amazing card from you, and I'm gonna have a party at play-care! Just like you did!"

"Wait! We should ask our brother Cagey if he wants to go!" Keia suggests to Mia, who nods rapidly.

"Cagey! Cagey!" The two call while running over to the table, where his cage rested.

His snoring ceased as he woke up with a yelp. "Gah!" He gets up and sees Keia and Mia both looking up at his cage. "Oh, hey sisters! What's up?"

"You want to come to Mia's party at Puppy Playcare?" Keia asks.

"Of course! I wouldn't miss it for the world!" He exclaims, getting out of his cage.

"Keia! Mia! Cagey! Time to go!" Chloe's mom calls.

"Coming!" The sisters bark, rolling Cagey's ball to the door and into the car.

**| At Playcare |**

Bingo, Rolly, A.R.F., and Hissy were brought to Playcare early in order to decorate and prepare; a lot of the others pups were also there.

"Okay, now these streamers should go... there!" Bingo points, then requests, "A.R.F., can you please put them there?"

"A.R.F. is always ready to help!" The robot dog says, grabs the hot pink streamers, and extends his paws to hang them up in a perfect fashion.

"Hissy, if you're not going to take a nap, could you check on the presents the guests brought?" Bingo asks, checking his checklist.

"Well, Mia is a great friend and napping won't really give her a great birthday... so, sure!" Hissy walks away to check all the presents that were irregularly stacked, causing them to collapse on Hissy. "I'm okay!" She assures, much to Bingo's relief.

"Rolly, you check on the snacks. Be sure not to eat any."

"You got it, brother!" Rolly salutes, heading to the kitchens.

"And... Lollie. Could you be ready to greet Mia when she arrives with Keia?"

"You know it, B-Dog. Boop!" She boops his nose before heading off to the entrance of Playcare.

Bingo chuckles, when suddenly Auggie and Mo stumble in front of him. "It's Mia's birthday today?" Auggie inquires, tilting his head which resulted in a ear flopping over one of his eyes.

"Could we help? She always plays with us!" Mo pouts.

"Well..."

"Please?" The two use puppy eyes on Bingo. How could he say no?

"All right. Auggie and Mo, you both can... make sure Mia has fun on her birthday!" Bingo assigns.

"Yay!" They cheer and head up the elevator.

"Huh. It's Mia's birthday today?" Cupcake drawls with her usual expressionless face, Rufus right beside her.

"Yeah! You can come to the party if you want!" The pug offers.

She scoffs. "Birthday parties are for puppies. And Rufus and I are grown dogs now. Right, Rufus?"

He whimpers, actually wanting to go to the party.

"There's cake and pup treats." Bingo lets them know.

"Hmm. Maybe, just this once." Cupcake sighs snootily, strutting off.

"Great!"

**| At the Front Door |**

Mia, Keia, and Cagey finally arrived to Playcare, where Ana was ready to check them in.

"Oh, hello, Chloe! I see you've brought Keia, Cagey and Mia! Welcome back to Playcare!" Ana greets, her tone in its usual upbeat one.

"Hi, Ms. Ana! Guess what? It's my puppy's birthday today!" Chloe informs, taking the two leashes off of her pups.

"Really? Well, I'm sure the pups will give her a great time for her birthday!" Ana ensures, patting Lollie's head, "Isn't that right, Lollie?"

"Uh, yeah! I got like, a ton of nicknames for your birthday!" Lollie says, wheeling over to Mia.

"Bye, Keia, Mia, and Cagey! I'll see you after school!" Chloe waves and exits Playcare with her mother.

"Let's get you three in." Ana ushers the pups into Playcare.

"Lollie! It's so good to see you!" Mia squeals as Ana leads them in.

"You too, Mimi." Mia raises a brow, amused at the nickname, "No? M&M? M? Miamoo?" Lollie rambles on.

She laughs. "I think they're all great."

Mia and Keia spot Bingo and Rolly, only, they spotted them first.

"Mia!" Bingo and Rolly exclaim, running over to try and greet them; but, they tripped over a squeaky toy Newf left out and tumble right into Mia.

"Hey, guys!" Mia giggles, getting off of the two, her tail wagging faster than ever.

"So, you excited for your birthday?" Bingo asks, smiling.

"Yeah! Why wouldn't I be? I'm in the coolest place on earth and I'm celebrating with the greatest friends in the universe!" She remarks, hopping up and down.

"Did someone say Mia's here?" Auggie inquires, tumbling down the slide with his brother.

The two instantly spot their friend. "Mia! We missed you! Happy birthday!" They both say, approaching her and hugging her sides. Auggie and Mo had a bit of trouble adjusting to Playcare before, but Mia was one of the pups who helped them. Now, they look up to her like a sister.

"Auggie and Mo! Aww, thanks you two." She hugged them back.

Unbeknownst to Mia, the pets at Playcare were setting up her party with no troubles at all. That is, until Rufus tried to savor some of the cake and accidentally flips the whole table over.

*SMASH*

The cake got splattered all over Rufus; he whimpers at the mess, but licks some of the frosting on his face grunting in approval. Then, the tablecloth from the table fluttered in the air and landed delicately on Newf.

"Hey, uh, who turned on the dark?" Newf tussles and in the progress, steps on some presents, knocks down the streamers and destroys the entire party.

Hissy yelps and leaps to higher ground, A.R.F. panics, and the others...well, they didn't know how to react.

**| Back With Mia and Friends |**

Bingo and Rolly had tied a blindfold to Mia to prevent her from seeing her surprise; the four, along with Auggie and Mo, lead Mia to the room.

"All right, Mia. Ready for your surprise?" Keia asks.

"Yes!"

"You sure, Mimi?" Lollie inquires, using her nickname for Mia.

"Yes!"

"Okay, then. Surprise!" They shout, as the door slid open for them to see, what wasn't a surprise, but more of a fiasco.

Everyone pauses in the room and turn to the door in shock.

"Uh... surprise?" Newf says.

Bingo, Rolly, Keia and Lollie all gasp, while Mia runs over to the destroyed cake and tastes a bite.

"What happened?!" Bingo and Rolly inquire to A.R.F.

"Oh... A.R.F. is sorry, Bingo and Rolly. A.R.F. couldn't stop this from happening." The robot dog tells his brothers.

Mia goes over to the destroyed presents and takes the leftover pieces, a smile plastered across her muzzle that no one noticed. They thought Mia was destroyed from all of this; truly, she wasn't. She takes NarwhalOtter out of her collar and squeezes it tight. She turns on her jetpack and flies up to rehang the decorations in a unique matter.

"Mia... we're so sorry." Keia apologizes.

"Yeah, we were trying to give you a party to show you how much you mean to us." Lollie adds, looking down.

Mia lands and runs over to the two; she uses a paw to lift Lollie's chin. "Chin up, Lollie and Keia! This party is great!"

"What?!" They all exclaim.

"It's great, not because of the food or presents, but the family and friends who celebrate it with you." Mia tells them, hugging NarwhalOtter close and giggling.

"You're absolutely right, Mia!" Bingo agrees.

Rolly walks over to A.R.F. and whispers into his pointed ear. "What do you say we clean up this mess?"

"A mess! Oh boy! A.R.F. loves to clean messes!" A.R.F shouts and immediately cleans up the room, somehow fixing the presents and restoring the cake and treats.

"Wow! Thank you so much, A.R.F.!" Mia hugs him.

"A.R.F. is always happy to help." He replies, patting her head.

"So let's get this party started." Bingo smirks, putting on his shades and pressing a button on the beatbox.

And it was the best party Mia's ever gotten, all thanks to her friends.

**The End.**