My Dorito Champion by HimeManko

When I was 5 years old I didn't even know how to color in the lines but I knew what love was. I met him as I was crying on the step. He walked up and just sat down next to me then put his nose against mine. He was a black and white kitten and I named him Ziggy. Ziggy was my savior, he knew every way to make me smile. He protected me from everything bad as a little girl. I still remember on weekends when we'd watch cartoons and eat doritos together. Wherever I was Ziggy was right beside me. When I got money I didn't spend it on candy or toys I spent it on him. I turned 10 and my mom got remarried to a man I couldn't stand back then. I'd cry every night cause I felt so alone but everything I felt the worst he'd jump on my bed and lay right on my chest, He'd paw my nose and I'd giggle. The little girl in me always said "Ziggy won't ever leave. He is eternal" but the older I got I knew he wouldn't ever make it past my 20th birthday. I went to high school, got my first boyfriend and made real friends at the age of 14 but no one ever came before Ziggy. Even when I yelled he'd forgive me, Even when I told him to never come in my room he still would. He'd sit at the door as if waiting for an invitation and I'd always laugh and say "Come on fatty". When I turned 17 I realized he wasn't eating much anymore and he rarely moved so I took him to the vet. That will always be my worst mistake that I'd never forgive myself for. They made an error and they hurt him so bad. Oh god I don't even know it I wanna keep typing this but I have to. I have to let the world know that this cat was my fucking Hero. I still can hear that horrible cry, my breath is taken away right now. The vet pushed me outta the room and said they had to operate....they didn't know if he'd make it through the night. You know whats worst. The doctor laughed at me! He said I was making to big a deal over an old cat! I flipped and almost punched him in the face but you know I let it go at the moment all I wanted was my cat back in my arms. That night we had to pick him back up from the Vet. He was wrapped completely in a cast neck to mid body. He could barely move and they asked what I wanted to do. I look at him unconscious self and I said "Tomorrow. Please I want him to not feel this pain anymore" I sat with him all night and day. It was the 29th of November....IT WAS 1 DAY AWAY FROM MY 18TH BIRTHDAY. and here I was having to stare at my best friend in the whole world in so much pain. I couldn't do it anymore. I left my room and just sobbed uncontrollably I prayed and I just wanted to die. It was 1/2 an hour before he was going be put down and I got a text message from a number I didn't know it read "If god brings you to it he'll bring you through it" I still don't know who it was but I will forever say it's my guardian angel. 10 minutes before we left I said "I can't do it. I can't go please will you do it for me mom" and my mom understood but before he left I look at him. It was the first time in the whole day he opened his eyes and just looked at me and I knew! I fucking knew he wanted me to be there so I put all my fear aside grabbed his cage and left. He was a fighter. Oh he was. He laid there as they ejected him and everyone backed off But me I held him close I stared into his eyes and I told him "You were the best thing that every happened to me Ziggy. Just wait for me in heaven please." He made a soft meow....and he died. An hour after that it was my 18th birthday and nothing in the world mattered! I cried so hard for days after that. I didn't move, I didn't go to school. No one was allowed to come in my room or sit where Ziggy use to sleep. I'd carry his blanket everywhere I was completely dead to the world. Then I got his ashes weeks later and I laid them next to my bed. I dreamt of him that night. He was sitting in light and he was eating doritos. I knew he was happy, free of pain. I know he's still around in my heart I feel him. I graduated 6 months on the day of his death and all I thought of was him. I dedicated that day to him. Hey Ziggy are you watching me right now? If so it's all for you baby. Save me a spot up there. Don't worry....I'll bring the doritos.