Light, Shrouded in Darkness, Part 3
©2000 This story was written by Katie (oh sure! Like I'll give you my last name!). It is totally
100% fictional, which is why it's a fanfic! If you wanna use it on your webpage, then you must
e-mail me at katiec@nb.sympatico.ca. If I find my fanfic on your page without my permission,
then I will personally kill you. Have a nice day :P!
LEGAL POKéMON DESCLAIMER: Pokémon, characters, names, images and all related material are
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Light, Shrouded in Darkness, Part 3
The girl giggled, jingling the little bell around her neck.
"That's right!" She purred.
"You're... a cat-girl!" Shadow sat down. The girl smiled a little, showing one of her canines.
"Yeah! I'm a cat-girl!... Do you not like that?" Shadow looked at her for a second, then shook
his head.
"Oh, of course not! I'm sorry, you just surprised me!" The cat girl laughed a little.
"That's all right. You see, that's the reason I don't live with other people... my owner kicked
me out of her laboratory because she unsuccessfully... oops! I've said to much!" She crept down
on all fours and began to run off.
"No, wait! Come back!" Shadow cried, running off after her. He jumped and grabbed her, pinning
her to the ground.
"Ow! Hey! You're hurting me!" The girl yelled, trying to wriggle free of Shadow's bony grip.
"I'm sorry, but I'm trying to help you out here! Come back to the camp and talk! You're among
friends!" He urged. The cat-girl paused.
"Okay. But get offa me!" Shadow laughed nervously and stood, then walked back to the camp
with the cat-girl following close behind. They sat down on a log by the fire, and Shadow handed
the girl a blanket to keep her warm.
"So, how old are you?" Shadow asked her. She grinned a little.
"I'm fifteen! How about you?" Shadow laughed.
"I really don't know. Well anyway, can you tell me a little bit about yourself?" Shadow asked
hopefully. The cat-girl sighed and looked at the ground.
"If you promise you won't tell anyone..." Shadow nodded, and sat closer to her. "Okay then.
Well, I was used as an experiment. Fifteen years ago, I remember waking up... not knowing
anything, but just remembering that I was supposed to be a male Meowth. I woke up, and looked
around. I tried licking my paw, but I saw that it was covered in skin, without fur. I saw that
it wasn't a paw, it was a hand. I looked around again, and noticed I was floating around in
a strange yellow liquid. I heard a voice say 'Oh no... we've been unsuccesful.' and then another
say 'Professor Willow, I told you you should have worn a hair net.'. I didn't know what they
meant, but when I saw the woman, whose name was apparently Professor Willow, I noticed her
long golden hair. I fell through a black rubber tube, and came out in the bottom of the tank I
was floating in. 'Oh no, it's awake...' The second person said. Professor Willow smiled at me
and said 'She's gorgeous! She looks just like me!' which got a few laughs from the other
professors there. 'Too bad we have to destroy her.' Another added with more laughter. Willow
looked kind of sad, and said 'We can't just destroy her, she's alive!', but others protested.
'She doesn't feel anything, she's only a clone.' They all said. They grabbed me and headed to
a dark room, but Willow came in and yelled some more. She grabbed me and ran outside and said to
me 'Run! Run faster than you've ever run before!' So I did. I thanked her and ran into the
forest." Shadow shook his head.
"People are so cruel." He muttered. "Hang on a second." He ran over to Lillite's makeshift
tent. "Lil! Wake up!" Lillite woke up, stretched, and yawned. Then she glowered at Shadow.
"I was having a good dream for once. What do you want?" Shadow laughed a little.
"Sorry. But come here for a second. And bring Meowther. I want to show you something." Lillite
shrugged and stood, picking up her sleeping cat. She followed Shadow outside.
"Lillite, meet... uhm... er..." Shadow began, pointing to the cat-girl.
"Call me Willow." The cat-girl replied.
"Meet Willow." Shadow finished triumphantly. Lillite looked at Willow with wide eyes.
"It's... you're...!" Willow laughed.
"I've been getting a lot of that lately. Yes, I am a... a..." Her eyes locked on Meowther,
and they wouldn't leave. "Oh my God... that's..." She walked closer to Meowther and picked him
up in her arms.
"Hey! What are you doing!?" Lillite yelled. Willow started to cry.
"It's... oh my God... I can't believe it..." She sobbed.
"What? What's wrong?" Shadow asked, standing behind Willow and putting a hand on her shoulder.
"This is... the Meowth Professor Willow cloned me from..." Shadow and Lillite gasped.
"WHAT!?" They shouted in unison. Willow nodded.
"It is him." Lillite looked confused.
"How come... hang on! This makes sense!" Willow and Shadow looked at her. "You see, when I was
5, we found Meowther here, and he was quite young, but not a kitten. We didn't know where he
came from... but now I know... he came from a lab..." Lillite shook her head. "Too weird. So,
Meowther here is like your father?" Willow nodded.
"Not completely, but he's LIKE my father. It's funny, but I remember everything that ever
happened to him when he was younger, since I was cloned from him, his memories were also cloned,
you see. It was strange. All I remembered before I woke up was seeing Professor Willow there.
She said 'It's okay, kitty. We're just using you for an experiment.'. Then I woke up, and
remembered HIS memories." Lillite looked slightly confused.
"How is it you're able to speak English so fluently?" She asked the cat-girl. Willow grinned.
"Well, the human DNA gave me a bit of a humanesque voice box, but also a catlike one. My
mouth and jaw were also shaped like a human's. My voice sounds similar to Professor Willow's,
but a little higher with a scratchier tone, you know?" Lillite nodded.
"I've got ya now." She replied. Shadow disappeared for a second, then reappered with a blanket
from Lillite's makeshift tent.
"Sorry, Lil, but I think Willow needs this." He handed the blanket to Willow.
"Not a problem. I'm wide awake now, I don't need it." Lillite replied with a shrug. Willow
grinned, showing off her catlike canines.
"Thanks." She said.
"Now," Lillite began. "My name's Lillite. As I told you earier, this Meowth is Meowther. Over
there is my Ponyta, Sunshine." Sunshine was curled up on the ground, fast asleep. "Do you mind
if I ask you a few questions?" Willow shook her head. "All right then. If it's been fifteen
years since you've been alive, how come you haven't a place to live? Why don't you have any
friends? Why are you here all alone?" Willow smiled, a hint of sadness appearing in her eyes.
"Every time I've travelled to a new town, anyone who saw me got scared. They called me a freak,
monster, animal, everything. I was only looking for a friend. This one little girl decided to
play with me once, she thought I was 'interesting', as she put it. She was maybe, six or seven
years old. We played outside for a little while, but her mother saw me out the window and took
the little girl away," at this point, Willow had started to cry. "Her mother said 'I don't
want you playing with that animal! Who knows what it is or where it's been?', but the little
girl was crying. 'No, Mommy! She's my friend! Let me play!' I had never been so hurt in my
entire life." She took a deep breath, and wiped a tear from her eye. "I've always felt like an
outcast. No matter where I go, people shun me because I'm different. Because I'm part Pokémon,
part human. I'm surprised you people want to even look at me... I'm a monster!" She buried her
face in the blanket and started sobbing. Lillite sat on the log beside her and put her hand on
her shoulder.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked these questions. But Shadow and I have only known you for
a very short time now, and we know we like you." Willow peaked out from the blanket a little.
"Do you mean it?" She whispered between sobs. Lillite smiled.
"Yeah, I do. Anyone who doesn't like you because you're different is no better than any of
those... DAMN Rockets. They're really not. Shad and I aren't people who judge on appearance. I
mean, look at Shadow for goodness' sake!"
"Thanks a lot." Shadow muttered offensivley. Lillite laughed.
"Oh, I didn't mean that. But seriously. He's half human, half Shadow Dweller! He doesn't mind
that, do ya, Shad?" Shadow chuckled a little.
"Of course I don't mind eating the souls of the living. It's like a hobby." Lillite rolled her
eyes.
"Apparently, sarcasm is a hobby of yours as well." Shadow shook his head.
"Whatever." He replied, stifling laughter. Willow giggled.
"Well... you've made me feel a LOT better... I feel really accepted now." Lillite grinned and
wiped away all of Willow's tears.
"That's the spirit! Now, I'm going to go to bed now, but if you're tired I'm sure Shadow would
be happy to stay out here to keep you company. Right, Shadow?" Shadow laughed a little more.
"Why not?" He replied, walking over to Willow and sitting beside her. Lillite started to walk
to the tent. "Hey, Lil!" Shadow called after her.
"Huh?" Lillite turned around to look at him. "What?"
"I thought you said you were wide awake?" Lillite smirked, stretched, and yawned.
"Yeah, well, you know, I lied. 'Night all!" Shadow shook his head again and sat down beside
Willow.
"So, looks like we're going to be spending the night with you!... Since I never sleep. Bah."
Willow smiled a little.
"I'm kind of glad. I need someone to talk to." She replied.
"All right. What would you like to talk about?" Willow put on a seductive look and lay her head
gently on Shadow's shoulder. Shadow laughed nervously a bit.
"I want to know about YOU." She purred, drawing little circles on his chest. Shadow laughed
again.
"Well, I, er, don't really remember anything..." He coughed a bit and slowly but gently put
his arm around Willow, just to keep her warm. But that wasn't what Willow thought. She thought
he was making moves on her. She giggled.
"I do think you and I would make a good couple you know!" She said slyly. Then Shadow realized
that she thought he was actually trying to make moves on her.
"Wh-what!?" He sputtered, quickly removing his arm from around her. "I didn't mean-"
"I know what you meant!" Willow interrupted, the look on her face turning anxious. "There's no
need to deny it or feel nervous."
"But, hang on!" Shadow continued. "I'm part Shadow Dweller! You don't want me! I could eat you
sometime involuntarily!" He gave a quick squirm and the Dweller took over.
"THAT'S RIGHT!" Shadow took over. Again.
"See? You don't want someone like me!" Willow giggled.
"Well, that's where you're wrong! We have a lot in common!" She grabbed his arm back and put
it around her.
"Just because we're both half-something, that doesn't really say we have a lot in common! You
remember your past, I don't! We have practically nothing in common!" Willow smiled.
"Well, opposites DO attract. Come on!... Unless you're... Oh my God! I can't believe I never
realized this before!" She slapped a paw to her forehead.
"Is... something wrong?" Shadow asked in a confused tone of voice. Willow's paw moved from her
forehead to her mouth.
"You're..." She whispered in a muffled voice.
"I'm what!?" Shadow yelled. "Come on! Spit it out!" Willow closed her eyes, laughed, then
removed the paw from her mouth.
"You're gay, aren't you?" Shadow sat there for a second, stunned.
*HAHAHAHA!* The Dweller inside him laughed. *GUESS YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE SHUNNED A LADY LIKE THAT,
SHADOW!* Shadow got really embarassed.
"No! No! No, definetly not- no! Not even at all! NO!" Willow giggled.
"I'm sorry. That was a little bit... sudden of me. I didn't have any evidence. It was wrong
of me to accuse you." Shadow laughed.
"Hey, no harm done. But really, I wasn't coming on to you when I put my arm around you. Just
a little extra warmth, you know?" Willow nodded.
"Yeah, I know. I didn't mean to be such a flirt either... that's not me... I'm just not used
to being around men, that's all."
"I completely understand! I'm not used to being around women either. But I do have to say
this... you're very beautiful. If I knew who I really was... if I was HUMAN... I might ask
you out." Willow's round cat face began to glow a deep crimson.
"You really mean it? You would?" Shadow nodded.
"Sure, why not? But hey, you're just a kid! Who KNOWS how old I am? It might even be illegal
for us to go out." He laughed. Willow laughed too.
"So, why don't you tell me... what do you think about Lillite?" Shadow shifted on the log and
coughed uncomfortably.
"Well... to tell the truth... she is the most beautiful creature I have ever seen. The...
first day I ever saw her... I did everything I could to keep myself from taking her in my arms
and kissing her..." Willow looked into the fire.
"Wow... so... do you think you're in love with her?" Shadow laughed.
"You know something, Willow? I really don't know. I know I like her a lot. I know she's
beautiful, and sexy, and everything like that but... I haven't known her for that long. Just
a few days." Willow looked at Shadow, enchantment dancing in her eyes.
"That's so romantic," she purred. "I hope that someday I find myself a guy as romantic as you!"
"Thanks, Willow. That means a lot to me. I'm sure when you're older you'll find the perfect
man for you. Someone who will look past your catlike exterior and accept you for who you are."
Shadow was expecting a reply at this time, but looked down to find Willow fast asleep.
Lillite had overheard the entire conversation that had taken place with Willow and Shadow.
Every last word of it. She lay down in complete disbelief.
*This can't be...* She thought. *It's impossible that someone like him would ever go for a
woman like me! It's not right! He's part Dweller, I'm human! Why, oh WHY would he EVER want
someone like me? Why?! It makes no sense! None! I mean, I was so cruel to him... so cold... so
unlike my name...* Tears began to spill down her face as she whispered aloud: "Oh, mama. Oh,
papa. Why did you curse me with this name? Why with this ring? With this destiny? I don't
deserve it! I'm cold! My heart is black... I have no true feeling... except numbness. Mama,
papa! Light is warm, healing and soothing. I am anything but that..." She buried her face in
her pillow and cried.
Shadow heard the sobbing of Lillite coming from the tent. Slowly and gently, he rested Willow's
head on the log. He headed to the tent.
"Lil?" He whispered. Lillite gasped in surprise.
"Sh-Shadow...?" She whispered back.
"Yeah, it's me... can I come in?" Lillite sat up.
"Yes... I suppose..." She replied. Shadow entered and sat down beside her.
"Oh, Lil..." He murmered, brushing the tears from her eyes. "What happened? Why are you
crying?" Lillite shut her eyes tight.
"Shadow..." She whispered, tears falling from her eyes like a heavy rain. "I am so sorry..."
She collapsed in his arms.
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NOTES
Okay, this fic is starting to get a little sappy and uninteresting, I know, but soon it will
get a lot better, longer, and hopefully a lot more interesting.
I know this is the place I USUALLY talk about mine and Ana's story, but we've sort of stopped
it, I think. I don't even remember where we left off anymore. But now, I have something that
may slightly interest you! Now, after this series is finished, I think I'm going to write a
bunch of prequels. They will be told by one person and one person alone. Each prequel will be
about one particular character. So far, i have plans to make one for Shadow, one for Lillite,
and one for Willow. However, I will add more characters as time goes on, so there will be other
prequels as well. I'm hoping for this fic to have 8 chapters at the very least, plus the
prologue as well as an epilogue. After the prequels I may even make a sequel. I plan on
expanding this series as much as I can, because I love writing things like this.
Right now I'm enjoying what's happening with Lillite and Shadow. You'll see that they're very
slowly (but surely) getting closer to each other. I already have the ending planned for this
fic, and it's going to be quite sappy :p but I personally like what I have planned for it and
I'm going to have mucho fun writing the rest of this series!
That's all for now. If you have any questions or comments (nice ones are appreciated...),
please contact me on ICQ (as I told you last time, 46579662) or e-mail at
katiec@nb.sympatico.ca or stoopid_cooper@hotmail.com . Thanks for reading!
Nekonezume
©2000 This story was written by Katie (oh sure! Like I'll give you my last name!). It is totally
100% fictional, which is why it's a fanfic! If you wanna use it on your webpage, then you must
e-mail me at katiec@nb.sympatico.ca. If I find my fanfic on your page without my permission,
then I will personally kill you. Have a nice day :P!
LEGAL POKéMON DESCLAIMER: Pokémon, characters, names, images and all related material are
copyrights of Nintendo. All right reserved.
NO copyright infringment was intended during the writing of this story. If anything is wrong
with copyright then please e-mail me so I can correct it. Thank you.
Light, Shrouded in Darkness, Part 3
The girl giggled, jingling the little bell around her neck.
"That's right!" She purred.
"You're... a cat-girl!" Shadow sat down. The girl smiled a little, showing one of her canines.
"Yeah! I'm a cat-girl!... Do you not like that?" Shadow looked at her for a second, then shook
his head.
"Oh, of course not! I'm sorry, you just surprised me!" The cat girl laughed a little.
"That's all right. You see, that's the reason I don't live with other people... my owner kicked
me out of her laboratory because she unsuccessfully... oops! I've said to much!" She crept down
on all fours and began to run off.
"No, wait! Come back!" Shadow cried, running off after her. He jumped and grabbed her, pinning
her to the ground.
"Ow! Hey! You're hurting me!" The girl yelled, trying to wriggle free of Shadow's bony grip.
"I'm sorry, but I'm trying to help you out here! Come back to the camp and talk! You're among
friends!" He urged. The cat-girl paused.
"Okay. But get offa me!" Shadow laughed nervously and stood, then walked back to the camp
with the cat-girl following close behind. They sat down on a log by the fire, and Shadow handed
the girl a blanket to keep her warm.
"So, how old are you?" Shadow asked her. She grinned a little.
"I'm fifteen! How about you?" Shadow laughed.
"I really don't know. Well anyway, can you tell me a little bit about yourself?" Shadow asked
hopefully. The cat-girl sighed and looked at the ground.
"If you promise you won't tell anyone..." Shadow nodded, and sat closer to her. "Okay then.
Well, I was used as an experiment. Fifteen years ago, I remember waking up... not knowing
anything, but just remembering that I was supposed to be a male Meowth. I woke up, and looked
around. I tried licking my paw, but I saw that it was covered in skin, without fur. I saw that
it wasn't a paw, it was a hand. I looked around again, and noticed I was floating around in
a strange yellow liquid. I heard a voice say 'Oh no... we've been unsuccesful.' and then another
say 'Professor Willow, I told you you should have worn a hair net.'. I didn't know what they
meant, but when I saw the woman, whose name was apparently Professor Willow, I noticed her
long golden hair. I fell through a black rubber tube, and came out in the bottom of the tank I
was floating in. 'Oh no, it's awake...' The second person said. Professor Willow smiled at me
and said 'She's gorgeous! She looks just like me!' which got a few laughs from the other
professors there. 'Too bad we have to destroy her.' Another added with more laughter. Willow
looked kind of sad, and said 'We can't just destroy her, she's alive!', but others protested.
'She doesn't feel anything, she's only a clone.' They all said. They grabbed me and headed to
a dark room, but Willow came in and yelled some more. She grabbed me and ran outside and said to
me 'Run! Run faster than you've ever run before!' So I did. I thanked her and ran into the
forest." Shadow shook his head.
"People are so cruel." He muttered. "Hang on a second." He ran over to Lillite's makeshift
tent. "Lil! Wake up!" Lillite woke up, stretched, and yawned. Then she glowered at Shadow.
"I was having a good dream for once. What do you want?" Shadow laughed a little.
"Sorry. But come here for a second. And bring Meowther. I want to show you something." Lillite
shrugged and stood, picking up her sleeping cat. She followed Shadow outside.
"Lillite, meet... uhm... er..." Shadow began, pointing to the cat-girl.
"Call me Willow." The cat-girl replied.
"Meet Willow." Shadow finished triumphantly. Lillite looked at Willow with wide eyes.
"It's... you're...!" Willow laughed.
"I've been getting a lot of that lately. Yes, I am a... a..." Her eyes locked on Meowther,
and they wouldn't leave. "Oh my God... that's..." She walked closer to Meowther and picked him
up in her arms.
"Hey! What are you doing!?" Lillite yelled. Willow started to cry.
"It's... oh my God... I can't believe it..." She sobbed.
"What? What's wrong?" Shadow asked, standing behind Willow and putting a hand on her shoulder.
"This is... the Meowth Professor Willow cloned me from..." Shadow and Lillite gasped.
"WHAT!?" They shouted in unison. Willow nodded.
"It is him." Lillite looked confused.
"How come... hang on! This makes sense!" Willow and Shadow looked at her. "You see, when I was
5, we found Meowther here, and he was quite young, but not a kitten. We didn't know where he
came from... but now I know... he came from a lab..." Lillite shook her head. "Too weird. So,
Meowther here is like your father?" Willow nodded.
"Not completely, but he's LIKE my father. It's funny, but I remember everything that ever
happened to him when he was younger, since I was cloned from him, his memories were also cloned,
you see. It was strange. All I remembered before I woke up was seeing Professor Willow there.
She said 'It's okay, kitty. We're just using you for an experiment.'. Then I woke up, and
remembered HIS memories." Lillite looked slightly confused.
"How is it you're able to speak English so fluently?" She asked the cat-girl. Willow grinned.
"Well, the human DNA gave me a bit of a humanesque voice box, but also a catlike one. My
mouth and jaw were also shaped like a human's. My voice sounds similar to Professor Willow's,
but a little higher with a scratchier tone, you know?" Lillite nodded.
"I've got ya now." She replied. Shadow disappeared for a second, then reappered with a blanket
from Lillite's makeshift tent.
"Sorry, Lil, but I think Willow needs this." He handed the blanket to Willow.
"Not a problem. I'm wide awake now, I don't need it." Lillite replied with a shrug. Willow
grinned, showing off her catlike canines.
"Thanks." She said.
"Now," Lillite began. "My name's Lillite. As I told you earier, this Meowth is Meowther. Over
there is my Ponyta, Sunshine." Sunshine was curled up on the ground, fast asleep. "Do you mind
if I ask you a few questions?" Willow shook her head. "All right then. If it's been fifteen
years since you've been alive, how come you haven't a place to live? Why don't you have any
friends? Why are you here all alone?" Willow smiled, a hint of sadness appearing in her eyes.
"Every time I've travelled to a new town, anyone who saw me got scared. They called me a freak,
monster, animal, everything. I was only looking for a friend. This one little girl decided to
play with me once, she thought I was 'interesting', as she put it. She was maybe, six or seven
years old. We played outside for a little while, but her mother saw me out the window and took
the little girl away," at this point, Willow had started to cry. "Her mother said 'I don't
want you playing with that animal! Who knows what it is or where it's been?', but the little
girl was crying. 'No, Mommy! She's my friend! Let me play!' I had never been so hurt in my
entire life." She took a deep breath, and wiped a tear from her eye. "I've always felt like an
outcast. No matter where I go, people shun me because I'm different. Because I'm part Pokémon,
part human. I'm surprised you people want to even look at me... I'm a monster!" She buried her
face in the blanket and started sobbing. Lillite sat on the log beside her and put her hand on
her shoulder.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked these questions. But Shadow and I have only known you for
a very short time now, and we know we like you." Willow peaked out from the blanket a little.
"Do you mean it?" She whispered between sobs. Lillite smiled.
"Yeah, I do. Anyone who doesn't like you because you're different is no better than any of
those... DAMN Rockets. They're really not. Shad and I aren't people who judge on appearance. I
mean, look at Shadow for goodness' sake!"
"Thanks a lot." Shadow muttered offensivley. Lillite laughed.
"Oh, I didn't mean that. But seriously. He's half human, half Shadow Dweller! He doesn't mind
that, do ya, Shad?" Shadow chuckled a little.
"Of course I don't mind eating the souls of the living. It's like a hobby." Lillite rolled her
eyes.
"Apparently, sarcasm is a hobby of yours as well." Shadow shook his head.
"Whatever." He replied, stifling laughter. Willow giggled.
"Well... you've made me feel a LOT better... I feel really accepted now." Lillite grinned and
wiped away all of Willow's tears.
"That's the spirit! Now, I'm going to go to bed now, but if you're tired I'm sure Shadow would
be happy to stay out here to keep you company. Right, Shadow?" Shadow laughed a little more.
"Why not?" He replied, walking over to Willow and sitting beside her. Lillite started to walk
to the tent. "Hey, Lil!" Shadow called after her.
"Huh?" Lillite turned around to look at him. "What?"
"I thought you said you were wide awake?" Lillite smirked, stretched, and yawned.
"Yeah, well, you know, I lied. 'Night all!" Shadow shook his head again and sat down beside
Willow.
"So, looks like we're going to be spending the night with you!... Since I never sleep. Bah."
Willow smiled a little.
"I'm kind of glad. I need someone to talk to." She replied.
"All right. What would you like to talk about?" Willow put on a seductive look and lay her head
gently on Shadow's shoulder. Shadow laughed nervously a bit.
"I want to know about YOU." She purred, drawing little circles on his chest. Shadow laughed
again.
"Well, I, er, don't really remember anything..." He coughed a bit and slowly but gently put
his arm around Willow, just to keep her warm. But that wasn't what Willow thought. She thought
he was making moves on her. She giggled.
"I do think you and I would make a good couple you know!" She said slyly. Then Shadow realized
that she thought he was actually trying to make moves on her.
"Wh-what!?" He sputtered, quickly removing his arm from around her. "I didn't mean-"
"I know what you meant!" Willow interrupted, the look on her face turning anxious. "There's no
need to deny it or feel nervous."
"But, hang on!" Shadow continued. "I'm part Shadow Dweller! You don't want me! I could eat you
sometime involuntarily!" He gave a quick squirm and the Dweller took over.
"THAT'S RIGHT!" Shadow took over. Again.
"See? You don't want someone like me!" Willow giggled.
"Well, that's where you're wrong! We have a lot in common!" She grabbed his arm back and put
it around her.
"Just because we're both half-something, that doesn't really say we have a lot in common! You
remember your past, I don't! We have practically nothing in common!" Willow smiled.
"Well, opposites DO attract. Come on!... Unless you're... Oh my God! I can't believe I never
realized this before!" She slapped a paw to her forehead.
"Is... something wrong?" Shadow asked in a confused tone of voice. Willow's paw moved from her
forehead to her mouth.
"You're..." She whispered in a muffled voice.
"I'm what!?" Shadow yelled. "Come on! Spit it out!" Willow closed her eyes, laughed, then
removed the paw from her mouth.
"You're gay, aren't you?" Shadow sat there for a second, stunned.
*HAHAHAHA!* The Dweller inside him laughed. *GUESS YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE SHUNNED A LADY LIKE THAT,
SHADOW!* Shadow got really embarassed.
"No! No! No, definetly not- no! Not even at all! NO!" Willow giggled.
"I'm sorry. That was a little bit... sudden of me. I didn't have any evidence. It was wrong
of me to accuse you." Shadow laughed.
"Hey, no harm done. But really, I wasn't coming on to you when I put my arm around you. Just
a little extra warmth, you know?" Willow nodded.
"Yeah, I know. I didn't mean to be such a flirt either... that's not me... I'm just not used
to being around men, that's all."
"I completely understand! I'm not used to being around women either. But I do have to say
this... you're very beautiful. If I knew who I really was... if I was HUMAN... I might ask
you out." Willow's round cat face began to glow a deep crimson.
"You really mean it? You would?" Shadow nodded.
"Sure, why not? But hey, you're just a kid! Who KNOWS how old I am? It might even be illegal
for us to go out." He laughed. Willow laughed too.
"So, why don't you tell me... what do you think about Lillite?" Shadow shifted on the log and
coughed uncomfortably.
"Well... to tell the truth... she is the most beautiful creature I have ever seen. The...
first day I ever saw her... I did everything I could to keep myself from taking her in my arms
and kissing her..." Willow looked into the fire.
"Wow... so... do you think you're in love with her?" Shadow laughed.
"You know something, Willow? I really don't know. I know I like her a lot. I know she's
beautiful, and sexy, and everything like that but... I haven't known her for that long. Just
a few days." Willow looked at Shadow, enchantment dancing in her eyes.
"That's so romantic," she purred. "I hope that someday I find myself a guy as romantic as you!"
"Thanks, Willow. That means a lot to me. I'm sure when you're older you'll find the perfect
man for you. Someone who will look past your catlike exterior and accept you for who you are."
Shadow was expecting a reply at this time, but looked down to find Willow fast asleep.
Lillite had overheard the entire conversation that had taken place with Willow and Shadow.
Every last word of it. She lay down in complete disbelief.
*This can't be...* She thought. *It's impossible that someone like him would ever go for a
woman like me! It's not right! He's part Dweller, I'm human! Why, oh WHY would he EVER want
someone like me? Why?! It makes no sense! None! I mean, I was so cruel to him... so cold... so
unlike my name...* Tears began to spill down her face as she whispered aloud: "Oh, mama. Oh,
papa. Why did you curse me with this name? Why with this ring? With this destiny? I don't
deserve it! I'm cold! My heart is black... I have no true feeling... except numbness. Mama,
papa! Light is warm, healing and soothing. I am anything but that..." She buried her face in
her pillow and cried.
Shadow heard the sobbing of Lillite coming from the tent. Slowly and gently, he rested Willow's
head on the log. He headed to the tent.
"Lil?" He whispered. Lillite gasped in surprise.
"Sh-Shadow...?" She whispered back.
"Yeah, it's me... can I come in?" Lillite sat up.
"Yes... I suppose..." She replied. Shadow entered and sat down beside her.
"Oh, Lil..." He murmered, brushing the tears from her eyes. "What happened? Why are you
crying?" Lillite shut her eyes tight.
"Shadow..." She whispered, tears falling from her eyes like a heavy rain. "I am so sorry..."
She collapsed in his arms.
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NOTES
Okay, this fic is starting to get a little sappy and uninteresting, I know, but soon it will
get a lot better, longer, and hopefully a lot more interesting.
I know this is the place I USUALLY talk about mine and Ana's story, but we've sort of stopped
it, I think. I don't even remember where we left off anymore. But now, I have something that
may slightly interest you! Now, after this series is finished, I think I'm going to write a
bunch of prequels. They will be told by one person and one person alone. Each prequel will be
about one particular character. So far, i have plans to make one for Shadow, one for Lillite,
and one for Willow. However, I will add more characters as time goes on, so there will be other
prequels as well. I'm hoping for this fic to have 8 chapters at the very least, plus the
prologue as well as an epilogue. After the prequels I may even make a sequel. I plan on
expanding this series as much as I can, because I love writing things like this.
Right now I'm enjoying what's happening with Lillite and Shadow. You'll see that they're very
slowly (but surely) getting closer to each other. I already have the ending planned for this
fic, and it's going to be quite sappy :p but I personally like what I have planned for it and
I'm going to have mucho fun writing the rest of this series!
That's all for now. If you have any questions or comments (nice ones are appreciated...),
please contact me on ICQ (as I told you last time, 46579662) or e-mail at
katiec@nb.sympatico.ca or stoopid_cooper@hotmail.com . Thanks for reading!
Nekonezume