angel

Angel was always very timid and afraid, but she didn’t want her life to be like this forever, she was trying to push her limits, sometimes even walking towards the end of the leash rather than glued to her owner. Until one day they took her to the nearby lake; she had always loved the lake, trotting in the shallow water while one of her family members ran on the wet sand , it was really quite nice, she could feel free and brave but still stick next to a beloved human. But that one day. She was splashing in the water at the end of a very long leash. Everything was nice, when suddenly there was a shriek and the chatter fell silent. Angel looked up and saw a young child splashing in the deep water. She had never been off-leash outside or in deep water before but she felt the desperate need to help this child. All of her fear faded away and she tugged her leash free, jumping into the lake.she didn’t really know how to swim, but this all felt… right. She had found her confidence, she knew she could be brave to help someone. Until suddenly she was choking, her leash had caught on something, in her struggle to get free the leash twisted around her leg, and she let out a loud bark before starting to sink.

All she remembers from this day was pure fear, complete fear, immense overwhelming fear. And then a pain in her leg, little had she known that was the last time she’d ever feel anything on that leg. She had woken up in Brenda’s lap with her leg just, gone… after that day she realised she didn’t need to overcome her fear, living afraid was the right thing to do and the world was always out to get you.