Eek, sorry about not updating Oh Dear: AotN. I will try soon. But I'm sorta having a writers block for that story... and I sorta wanna work on the other stories I have up... weeee...

Sliver through the iron sword against the ground. His father had come back. Boy. That sure ruined his birthday. He and mom had just been getting along fine without him. He didn't want his father to stay.

But his mother looked so happy…

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An older Sliver sat on the rooftop, holding a mithril sword. He was still getting used to the weight of it, having upgraded from the steel he had gotten for his birthday a long time ago. But this wasn't just a mithril sword. It was a stolen one that was his biggest prize yet.

Thankfully the guy he stole it from was too drunk to see him.

Sliver looked at the sun setting. He had just a little time before the great warrior Calladus came out of the building. He hadn't wanted to attempt stealing from him, but his friends had eventually persuaded him. Though he had made them come with him.

They had a lovely plan. They would through a little smoke bomb that one of the kids had made. Sliver would rush in and grab his wallet or anything valuable.

Sliver rubbed his hands against his pants. He was starting to sweat in anticipation. He knew that Calladus was a good friend of his mother and Patrick, and he knew the man was one of the bravest men around here. But… Sliver couldn't risk losing his friends if he didn't do this.

The door opened and Calladus walked out, wearing only a loose fitting shirt and pants. He carried a sword and his wallet was in his right back pocket. Sliver slobbered at the sword. Calladus was carrying his best around.

Sliver nodded to his gang and his friend Sky threw the bomb down at Calladus. The smoke covered the area and Sliver jumped down, holding the sword in front of him. He saw the form of Calladus in front of him and he ran to the back, reaching for the pocket. He grabbed the wallet and whisked his hand away.

A hand gripped his wrist and a sword was to his neck. "Stop, thief. I've finally caught you!"

Sliver tried to yank away. He tried to move his sword in, but Calladus knocked it to the ground.

Sky yelled, "Run!"

Sliver pulled frantically and yelled to his friends, "Help me!"

They ignored him.

Sliver tried kicking at Calladus's shins.

"Wow, hold it, young man," he said. "Is that you, Sliver?"

"Let go of me!" Sliver yelled.

The grip was tighter. "No. I'm taking you home. Do you realize your parents have been looking for you?"

Sliver stopped pulling away. "Yes. Why do they care if I'm gone or not? Patrick was only happy to see mother when he arrived back home."

"Your father was very happy to see you. You just refuse to listen to him."

"Let me go, Calladus. I'm only going to get in trouble anyways. Might as well stay away."

"No," Calladus said firmly. He walked out of the smoke and was holding Sliver by the collar of his shirt.

Sliver growled.

After they were about half way home, Calladus asked softly, "How long have you been stealing?"

"What are you talking about?" Sliver said definitely.

"Don't play dumb with me. Since when has this started?"

"None of your business, bastard."

Calladus stopped and glared at the boy. "You may be the son of Patrick and Aay, but you do not take after them at all. Where did you get your defiant streak?"

Sliver shrugged. "My family has a history of thugs. Maybe I get it from those bastar..."

Calladus gripped his arm. "You need to watch what you say, boy. I'm not taking you in for stealing. I'm not going to mention that to your parents."

"Whatever you say, sir," Sliver said sarcastically. "When I get older I'm not going to be living here. I'm gonna go and live a life that is far better than my parents. So you won't have to worry about me long."

Calladus sighed. "You know, son, you need to start learning how to be less selfish."

"My parents don't care about me! They let me run along the streets like a bandit and don't do anything!"

"They can't! You're being so defiant that you're getting harder to control! They've tried to teach you. You just won't learn."

"Maybe I don't wanna."

Sliver yanked his arm out of Calladus's grip. "Thank you so much for bringing me home. Now, I think I'm big enough to walk by myself," he said sarcastically.

Calladus sighed and shook his head. "I'll see you later, Sliver. Maybe you can behave yourself next time."

Sliver ignored him and walked inside his house, ignoring his parents as he walked into his room.

His mother followed him, as his father. He turned to them and glared at them. "What do you want?"

Aay took a step and placed a hand on his shoulder. "I'm glad to see your back. It was quiet without you."

"I'm sure."

Patrick grinned. "This is the longest you been gone yet. What were you doing? Slaying a dragon?"

Sliver glared at him. "No."

Patrick sighed. "Well, do you want to come to Fallador with me? I have to pick up something there."

Sliver shook his head. "You go on alone."

Patrick nodded and squeezed Sliver's shoulder. He walked out with defeated shoulders.

Aay watched him walk out and turned to Sliver. "What's the matter?" she said quietly. She sat down on the bed and pulled Sliver into a hug.

"Nothing," he said quietly. He didn't hug her back.

Aay sighed and brushed the dark blue hair on his forehead. "Something is wrong. You need to open up to us."

"Why did… why did Patrick have to come back?" Sliver said quietly.

Aay flinched at the 'Patrick.' Sliver refused to all him 'father' or 'dad' it seemed like. "He came back because he was sorry that he ever left."

"When the baby was lost he went mad. It's like he didn't care about me anymore!" Sliver said, muffled because he was talking into his mother's shoulder.

"When a parent loses its child… they get very sad. Don't get us wrong, Sliver. We cared for you exactly the same. The death just came upon us so fast… it hit us hard. But… you were there, Sliver. Just that said to me that I needed to straighten up and take care of you. Because you're my child… and I love you. Sliver, don't ever forget that," she responded, ending in a whisper.

Sliver nodded, though not all convinced. "Thanks. But I'm going to go out again. I need to talk to my friends about something."

"Alright. Just come home for dinner. It's getting boring seeing an empty seat."

"Ok," grinned Sliver. He hugged his mother for the first time in months and ran out of the house.

He ran to his friends hideout, hidden deep in the alleys, and found them all there counting gold. They all grinned when they saw him. "You made it out alive?" they asked.

"Yup," grinned Sliver.

"Great. We're gonna do one last thing tonight before we go the wilderness," Sky said.

"The wilderness? Why?"

"We're starting a new clan out there. Do you wanna join? Come on! You know you do."

Sliver shrugged. "Fine. Now, what do we do tonight?"

Sky grinned evilly. "We're gonna steal that lovely sword of Calladus's."

Sliver gulped. "Really?"

"And you're just the man of the job! He let you off easy, right? So you go in and act like you're apologizing! Carry one of these new smoke bombs and set it off once you get the chance. We'll break through the windows and get the sword. Got it?"

"Uh…" Sliver knew this wouldn't work. But this was the last time they would do anything illegal before heading to the wilderness, right? So he agreed.

XxXxXxXx

Sliver knocked on the door to Calladus's house. It took awhile for Calladus to open the door. It looked like Calladus was making a new type of sword.

"Sliver," was all that he said.

"Um…. Sir Calladus, may I come in for a second?"

"You may," he responded and led Sliver into the living room.

"Watcha making?" Sliver asked.

"Just a Rune sword."

Sliver nodded and praised the swordsmanship in his mind. It was turning out nicely.

"Now, what do you have to say?" Calladus asked.

Sliver looked down at his feet. "I'm sorry for today. I was being mean."

Calladus crossed his arms, looking a little impressed. "Did you talk with your parents about it?"

Sliver nodded, even though he hadn't talked to his parents about the ordeal with Calladus.

"Good. Well, I'm proud of you. You can be a good boy, Sliver. You wanna get me a hammer? The one I'm using is a little worn out," Calladus said, walking out to an anvil.

Sliver nodded and went to go grab a hammer from the shelf. He felt around for the smoke bomb, thinking that this was the chance. He turned around to throw it, but Calladus was standing there right in front. He grabbed Sliver's hand and twisted it behind his back, making the smoke bomb drop to the ground, not going off. Sliver gave a squeak.

"I knew something was fishy," Calladus said slowly. "This time, I'm telling your parents."

"No! I'm sorry!" Sliver yelled and kicked Calladus hard. He felt the grip listen and yanked away, running to the burning sword on the anvil. He reached for it and went towards Calladus, holding it in front of his face. "Give me the sword!"

"What?" Calladus smirked.

"What's going on in there?" Sky yelled.

"Hold on!" Sliver yelled. He turned back to Calladus. "Show me the sword, bastard!"

"What…"

"The sword you had earlier! Give it!"

Calladus hold up his hands. "Fine." He walked towards his room and grabbed the sword that was hanging on the wall. He looked at Sliver. "Mind you, this isn't doing you any good. It's just getting you in a heap of trouble."

"Stop talking and hand it over!" Sliver yelled.

"Sliver! Hurry up!" Sky yelled.

Sliver nodded and held out his hand to get the sword. "Give it," he commanded. Calladus put the sword in Sliver's reach, who reached for it. Calladus yanked it back quickly and grabbed Sliver's collar. "I'm taking you home."

Sliver yelled and brought the hot sword against Calladus's hand, burning it badly. Calladus had to let go of Sliver who immediately ran out.

"Come on guys!" he yelled. His friends followed him and they ran to their hideout.

Sky looked at Sliver and spat at him. "This is the second time you've messed up! Why didn't you get it? We told you to!"

"He caught me!" Sliver yelled back.

Sky brought his sword out. "Fight me! Whoever loses gets exiled from Varrock."

"Heh. Like you can do that!" Sliver yelled and jumped at the boy. The boy sidestepped and knocked the handle against Sliver's head. He collapsed on the ground, everything going black.

"Take him out of Varrock. Make sure he never gets in again," Sky commanded.

Sliver passed out.