Marshall
There once was a pup. A Dalmatian. And his name was Marshall. Marshall had one problem...his clumsiness. His clumsiness got in his way constantly.
He had no friends, he was on his own. But then all that was about to change. This is how he got recruited by Ryder. How he joined the PAW patrol. It was a while ago. A few years ago or so, Marshall was on his own in a place. And that place was Adventure Bay. He would usually sleep at Mr Porter's restaurant or in a dark alley by his own, no owner, no no one. Marshall was abandoned as a child by his parents or so he thought. It wasn't because of his clumsiness. They loved him so much that they sacrificed their lives for him. Marshall did not know this. He thought his parents hated him because he was born with this...horrible mishap. Poor Marshall he never knew how much his parents loved him. Marshall didn't blame his parents. He was ashamed of himself and not proud. All he had left...was loneliness. 'Why does my life stink so much?'
One day, Marshall was looking for food. He was really hungry because he didn't eat that much. It was quite difficult to find food. That's when he saw a ten-year old boy and a German Shepherd in vehicles. They were speeding up the road. He saw his chance and took it. He knew that he can be friends with him but something ceased him. It was his mind. It was telling him it was a bad idea. His heart was always one step forward, telling him to go on but his mind said otherwise. It seemed to Marshall that every time he listened to his heart bad things happened. He decided to ignore his mind and listen to his heart once more. He then walked in their direction. As he was walking, he recalled the last time he ate. It was yesterday but a small meal consisted of eight meatballs. Mr Porter decided to give him some because he felt sorry for him.
"Thank you, sir!" Marshall said with his cute smile on his face.
"No need to call me sir! You can call me Mr Porter." Marshall began eating his meal swiftly. He was without doubt ravenous.
As Marshall walked forward toward the boy and his 'pet' or companion, he accidentally slipped on a kerb and fell on his face. Marshall whimpered a bit. They boy jumped from his ATV and ran to Marshall's aid followed by the German Shepherd. "I-I'm okay!"
"Thank goodness. Are you injured?" They boy asked.
Marshall shook his head with a smile on his face. One second later that smiled faded away and a frown replaced it.
"What's wrong?"
"I-I can't do anything right." Marshall lowered his head, sighing.
"Of course you can, Marshall." The boy tried lifting his spirit.
"Wait...how do you know my name?"
But the boy ignored it. "I'm Ryder. I was looking forward to adding another pup to my team." He smiled at Marshall.
"Me?" Marshall was surprised. "Yeah. No kidding, right? I'm too-"
"Clumsy?" Ryder cut him off.
"Yeah. That's the reason why my parents left me." The Shepherd felt misery for the Dalmatian. "They never liked me. All I do is trip over, knock over, trip over, knock over..." Marshall sighed.
Ryder giggled a bit. "I'm sure that's not true. If your parents left you, I think they might've done it to sacrifice for you."
"You think?!" Marshall was a bit more cheered up. "But I'll never be...like you. Because of my clumsiness."
"Of course you will. Everyone has weaknesses. Even I do."
"Really?"
Ryder nodded. "I have in fact three weaknesses. One of them is eating Brussels sprouts." He then looked sideways. "Chase's weaknesses are dentists and cats."
"Cats?" Marshall questioned. Ryder giggled once more.
"I meant allergic to feathers and...yes cats." Ryder smiled at the Dalmatian. "So you see? Not everyone has the same weakness. But they differ from one another. So don't be in doubt, but be-"
"Confident?" Marshall interrupted.
"Exactly!"
"Thanks, Ryder."
"No problem." Ryder picked the Dalmatian up and gave him a pup treat. "Here you go." He threw it and surprisingly Marshall caught it and ate it in one gulp.
Chase walked to Marshall. "Hi. I'm Chase."
Marshall smiled. "Hi Chase." He waved a paw.
Ryder then got a beep from his Pup Pad. "We should get going." Ryder said. "Let's go Chase." Ryder jumped on his ATV. "Just remember this talk, Marshall!" Ryder winked at him and accelerated the ATV. Soon he was out of sight along with Chase.
Marshall smiled.
Marshall was willingly thoroughly excited about meeting Ryder and Chase. He knew he could make real friends, and now he could forget about his imaginary friends after all. He was walking towards a bridge he hadn't seen before so he decided to explore. He walked through the bridge and seen a tower on the other side. It must've been the Lookout where Ryder and Chase lived guessed Marshall. So he was elevated. He ran to the Lookout and stopped when he saw one of the most beautiful things in his life. A fire truck, presumably for the new pup that Ryder was talking about. Marshall could see that it fitted him well being a fire-pup. But could he? 'I'll never be in that truck. Hmm, but I might as well attempt.' Marshall circled the vehicle watching it from every angle closely so he could get the details just right. He was amazed. He thought who created it. He looked to his left and saw a small pup-house. It was blue. He guessed it was Chase's.
Then a thought came over his mind. 'What if I try to drive it. I always wanted to be a fire-pup in my life.' It was Marshall's dream to be one. So he took it.
Marshall climbed in and saw the controls. There was a large red button. He pressed on it and it started the engine. After a while, Marshall got the hang of it and was very happy to be driving it. He was of course desperate to try it out. That's when something bad happened.
He noticed something and perceived it. He smelled something burning, that's when he knew it was a fire. He turned the vehicle around the lookout and saw it. The fire. Devouring anything in its way. He had to cease it. He came to a halt and a thought came over his mind. 'What if I call Ryder? But how?' Marshall had no idea how. That's when he noticed it. There was a collar on the ground. A red one with a symbol of fire. It must've been beside the fire truck laid down on the ground but Marshall never seemed to have noticed it. He leaped and grasped the collar. Without a second thought, he dropped it once more and then pushed his paw on the symbol.
"Ryder! It's Marshall. There's a fire at the Lookout. You have to come quick!" Marshall expected another voice at the end but it never came. He sighed, but he let his hopes too low. A voice suddenly answered.
"Roger that, Marshall! I'll be there in a sec!" He hung up.
Marshall then saw a pup-pack on the ground. It's like things were magically appearing on the ground. Marshall couldn't believe he couldn't spot that either. He knew what to do. He ran to it and put it on quickly. Once on, he didn't now how it worked so he gave it an attempt. "Uh, fire hose!" Nothing. "Ruff ruff water hose!" Still nothing. Marshall took a deep breath and tried once more. "Ruff ruff, water cannon!" It worked! It was an automatic pup-pack after all.
Without wasting a second, Marshall ran to the fire. The fire was burning the garage luckily, and not the Lookout tower. Marshall sprayed the fire. As he was doing his hard work, Ryder came into view just crossing the bridge with Chase right behind him. Seeing Marshall trying to put the fire out was extraordinary to Ryder and Chase.
Ryder and Chase jumped from their vehicles, and fortunately when they got to Marshall he already put the fire out. Ryder was relieved. Chase breathed a sigh of relief too. Marshall was gasping as they got closer. Ryder smiled. He picked the Dalmatian up. "You did it! What a good pup!" Without a second thought. "I'm gonna make you an official member of the PAW patrol!" He exclaimed. Chase howled in excitement. He couldn't believe it. Marshall couldn't believe it. He was rewarded by being on patrol. He was the happiest pup alive right on. He licked Ryder non-stop.
From afar, there was another pup. Much bigger than Chase and Marshall. It looked like an adult. "That's my son." He smiled and turned round.
Well, there you have it! I really enjoyed doing this first one! If you DID like it, then of course I'm making the rest of the chapters based on how the PAW patrol came to be! Thanks if you'll review!
I'll see you all next time! Leave your thoughts!
Josh DD
