He wasn't always the one. I never even thought that he and I would end up together like this, because it simply hadn't come to my mind. We hardly have anything in common, but despite that, I feel resemble in a way. I had, have this feeling that I did want him. That I did need him, and he needed me.
I didn't take kindly to the idea at first, because I was afraid. It was a new feeling, especially towards him, and I didn't want to be different from all the others. I was afraid of what they would have said if I had told them, which would only make me feel worse; I couldn't handle being left out. But the feeling overwhelmed me, so much that it had given me the courage to put the others' views' behind me, and to tell him how I feel.
Of course, he was just as confused as I was, but he too, felt the strong urge that we belongs together. We didn't quite understand the feeling, but somehow, someway, we thought of us not being together, could emit some sort of black hole, destroying the earth along with all of us on it, was left in our minds.
The thought's probably not true, but it felt that way. It still does. I wanted him. He wanted me.
I love him, and he loves me.
•A Few Years Before•
"Marshall, use your ladder!" Ryder ordered, pointing towards the Dalmatians fire truck, "Quickly!"
The pup immediately sprung into action, scrambling over to his truck. He was surprisingly able to keep his balance while hopping onto it. But there was no time to think about that. "Ruff! Ladder!" He hoped, as he jumped onto the moving structure.
He was shortly raised to the top of the city hall, where he met up with a young woman who was dangling off the edge. Getting onto the building, Marshall rushed over to her, "Step onto the ladder, Ma'am, and I'll have you down in a jiffy!"
She looked at the dally, he eyes showing not a hint of fear. There was no emotion detected from her. She could feel her arms tending and her hands loosing their grip, but she didn't oblige to Marshall's command.
"M-ma'am?" The dally asked with a tilt of his head. He tried to help the woman up to the best of his ability, and as he saw her fingers slipping off the side, he felt fear build its way into his threat, "Ma'am! It'll be okay." He tried speaking wig a soothing tone, however, his voice cracked in between his words, "If you step onto the ladder, you'll be brought to safety!"
The woman moved not an inch, apart from her shaking head, and the closing of her eyelids. Her breathing softened, and as she she looked back at the pup, he noticed her eyes were sparkling with tears. He heard her whisper in a tone he couldn't recognize, "It's never safe here," before let go.
At that moment, the pups instincts took in, and he was forced to run to the edge and just barely grab hold of the woman's sleeve with his teeth. He was pulled closer to the edge where his front toes dangled off the side.
The weight of the woman was astronomical to the small pup, although she was didn't look heavy. Despite this, Marshall somehow managed to make a stand.
"Marshall," he could hear the woman whisper from beneath him, "let go of me,"
The pup did no such thing. The thought of dropping this woman never came across his mind. His eyes scanned from the woman, towards the crowd below them. Seeing Ryder, the shock in the boys face, he didn't want to disappoint him.
"Let me go!" Screeched the woman, and a hand was shortly collided with the tops of Marshall's forehead. The pain became too unbearable too quickly, which inevitably prevented the pup from holding into the woman for any longer, despite his drastic attempts to catching her again.
The moment he let go, he felt his heart sink, farther than it had ever gone before, and despite the pain in his forehead, he looked down, and watched as the woman fell towards the ground. The crowd below him stood with their hands to their mouths, and weren't quick enough to react.
The woman hit the ground, becoming motionless.
As time seemed to stop altogether, Marshall couldn't keep his eyes off of the woman. He let her go. He could've save her, but he let her go. He would have to live with that.
He failed.
"Marshall!" The dally was snapped out for the riveting memory, and his attention was brought towards a young boy, kneeling beside him. The pups eyes may stripped of emotion as he stared at the near-eleven-year-old, "Are you doing okay?"
Marshall slowly turned away and stared ahead of him. His eyes seemed to be distant as compared to the rest of him, as if he went really where he was at that moment.
"I let her go Ryder," the Dalmatian eventually managed, still turned away from the boy, "I could've save her, but I let her go." He shook his head, and he could feel his eyes burning.
The pup felt a hand stroke down the back his neck, and heard the shuffling of feet on the fallen leaves as Ryder sat down. "You can't blame yourself for that. That's not on you."
"But it is, Ryder," Marshall persisted. He turned to the boy, liquid crystals slowly falling down his cheeks, "I dropped her because I couldn't hold onto her. Her death is my fault." He whimpered, turning away again.
"Stop thinks like that Marsh," Ryder stated, wrapping the pup in a warm embrace, "You did your best. You did your job."
"Not a very good job of~
"Marshall! Stop it, please," begged the boy, "I don't want you blaming yourself for any of this!"
For the moment, Marshall remained silent. He lowered his head and watched as his tears flooded towards the ground below him.
Well, there you have it! My very first story here :D It may not be very good, but I enjoyed writing it. Hope you all liked it! ~Kowaidesu
