SHALLOWS ONESHOT HUB

SHALLOW

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A place to put Shallow ongoing posts or oneshots i'm working on! please be cautious when reading stuff in here there might be come TW topics in here!
 

Shallowpaw had been tracking down a mouse and through the bushes he was hiding in had finally find the red furred prey. He put himself into position before sprinting out from the bushes his eyes locked on the prey which he was ready to strike down. But right before he was about to leap a shadow like figure came out from some different bushes with a far swifter speed then Shallowpaw. Right underneath his nose the undentified shadow stole the mouse from them to kill it instead. Shallowpaw come to a sudden halt to cast a look at who had decided to take his prey this time convinced one of his clanmates were the culprit just like all of the other times. However much to his suprise it was not a clanmate who had taken the mouse but a rogue. Anywhere he could recognie that scent just like he knew exactly who this tom was.

" Uncle." He stated like a matter of fact, emotions dead in his voice. He stared at them as the dark black smoke slowly turned themself around with the mouse in their mouth. Eyes grew wide as the much older tom recognized them. Dropping the mouse on the ground wide grin was offered from the rogue. " Shallow!, is that really you?. " Shallowpaw didn't respond just contunie on with his stare contest while their uncle came to approach them closer so they could take a proper look at them. " Wow! it really is you!. I cannot believe that you survived through leafbare." The uncle leaned down their head to give them a sniff before quickly backing away again, looking quite shocked. " Wait a moment...why do you smell like one of this clan cats for?. Don't tell me...you joined one of them?" Shallowpaw nodded briefly to confirm it was true and the uncle yet again grinned. " Look at that. Not only did you survive despite all odds but also you...a clanner huh." the dark smoke snickered with a wicked joy before giving a lick to thier maw looking as malicious like always.

Shallow had always felt uneasy around them. Uncle was far away from a cat who was predicable and because of that they found them quite untrustworthy. He was the sort of tom who would leave a cat behind to save their own skin which they literally had done. It had been uncles idea to leave them behind to begin with. Uncle hated weakness.
" Yuck, you're even more quiet than i remember you to be!. Come on don't ya have anything to say to ya dear uncle?." they said and took a step closer and titled their head, still giving that wicked grin at them. Shallowpaw blinked, now awake from his own thoughts. " You're trepassing. Leave. " He stated the facts not having forgotten about his responsibilities. Shallowpaw took a step forward now and not in a friendly manner. Uncle was a threat to the cats who lived here and Shallowpaw had no interest to contunie this reunion with their uncle who they never had been much fond of to begin with. It was because of cats like uncle that rogues had a such bad reputation. He had seen what they where capable of doing.

" Is that all you have to say to me after all this time?." Uncle looked disappointed but Shallow did not really care. With a sigh the rogue turned their back like he was about to leave after accepting defeat but then stopt, and with a new grin placed on their maw cast a glance over their shoulder. " So you don't even care how your mother is doing?."

That was enough to spark something from them. His mom?. Shallowpaw's eyes grow a bit wider clearly having his attention now. The uncle saw this and behind their mask a evil lil smirk formed on their maw before they swung themselves back around. " My poor sister is sick, i dont think she has many days left to live..." he let this shock sink in as he came to pass their relative but stopped right by their side. The uncle felt satisfied when seeing how their nephew took this news. Pale as a ghost. " She has constantly been talking about you...she really misses you. " he whisperd into the young tom's ear knowing how badly his foolish nephew had longed to hear this words. Scheming like he was only used words to manipulate. His words were just as untrustworthy as a snake.

" Don't you want to see her one more time before its too late?."

She...missed him?. Shallowpaw looked like a ghost, confused. It was not that long ago the thought of losing someone had crossed his mind and now his mom might be gone soon forever. The fact she might have missed him was a hope worth clinging too. He would slowly nod his head. Despite how she never seemed to want him she was still his mom. Maybe the two could turn over the leaf and start again. Shallowpaw had some unexplained ties to her he couldn't just let go of. She was the only family he knew of no matter how unloving she had been. The uncle was still grinning as he took a circle around their nephew before eventually stopping in front of them. " The fact that you survived through leafbare are enough to prove your worth!. You did what none of us thought were possible. Hah!, i didn't even think you would survive a day out here!. Because of that my dear nephew you have earned your place back with us." Shallowpaw refocused his attention back on his uncle and with blinking eyes Shallow would stare down at the paw that was outreached to them. " Rejoin us Shallow!. Come with me and i will let you see your mom again!." The black smoke grinned through their teeth convinced that Shallow would jump right into their claws without any doubt!. After all uncle solely wished to use Shallow for his knowledge he had learned here in this clan to use it for his own benefits sake. No good intentions were behind that grin and smooth words.

Shallowpaw on the otherhand had a difficult choice to make. , if he should accept the offer or not. Wasn't this what he had always wanted in a way?. To prove to the group he came from that he had survived that they had wrong and that he had a right to live too. For his mother to finally accept him. To look at him. At the same time he didn't support their lifestyle...But he wasn't sure if his place were with thunderclan either. Few even wanted him here. His dream might have been to unrealistic. He might have dreamed too big. No one would welcome the warrior he wished to be. Maybe it was time to give up on his dream and return back to the molly who never had embraced him with love yet contunie to wait for the day she would.

The day she would share a warm nest with him like Sunfreckle had or pat his head like Sunnyday had.


 
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