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Catdow Revival AU Chapter 7: Epilogue
Okay. I didn’t really have a way I wanted this fic to end. Couldn’t really think of one. But I did think of this sort of… “go wherever you want with it from here” so here’s the outro! Thank you so much for reading!!
Shadow sat in a circle, drawn in the centre of the basement floor, because of course it was the basement they chose to do this in. It’s apparently the perfect place in the house for magic... other than the attic.
Vio had drawn up the magic circle. Though he didn’t seem to fond of the magic he was handling, he had a stony expression as he periodically glanced at his book, double checking what he was doing as he went so as to not mess up.
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‘Mess up what?’ You may ask. Easy. Mess up the spell that’s gonna give me back my hylian shape.
If I had known Blue figuring out my identity would have led to me getting proper control of my magic back, I would have tried to show her sooner!
I’m glad it’s happening now though.
Vio lays down the last of what is needed for the magic, the only thing remaining now is to actually cast the spell.
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There was a long pause after the spell had ended. Shadow being given a moment to look over himself and appreciate the return of his fingers.
The spell hadn’t been perfect, he still had feline attributes. Like his eyes, which could slit like a cat’s and had a similar shine. There was fur along his knuckles, leading up to feline shaped claws.
Most notably, he had a tail. A very fluffy one, but it was short and easy enough to hide in his pants that he was sure it hadn’t been noticed yet.
Thankfully he had been… humanized? Hylianized? Returned to form? Thankfully the spell had given him clothes after it worked it’s magic. Though they were very very loose, and the same colours as his old fur with a similar pattern.
Finally, the silence was broken by Red: “Does this mean we don’t have a cat anymore?” He sounded disappointed by the idea.
Shadow laughed. “You could say your cat got an upgrade!” And boy was it weird to use his voice again! It felt like he was moving the words around a cat mouth, and probably sounded accented with the rolls and shape of a cat’s meow.
Red’s lips thinned. “Hmmmm, nooo.” He hummed with a light tone and a shake of his head.
Shadow couldn’t help but pout, Blue and Green snickering at his expense.
Vio seemed to be in shock that the spell had even worked, looking at Shadow with furrowed eyebrows and wide eyes, mouth hung open as he looked between the shade and the book still in his hands.
“I thought Blue was wrong.” He mumbled, Shadow being the only one to hear him. He chose to ignore that comment for now.
Overall, everyone seemed happy. Red even more so when Shadow proved he could still turn into a cat.
CRAU chapter 6: intruder
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Shadow was used to staying up at miscellaneous parts of the day and night, even before becoming a cat. He vaguely remembered that cats have more sporadic sleeping habits, and are equally nocturnal and diurnal… was that the word? So all of this wasn’t really knew to him.
Anyways. He was used to staying up. Tonight was no exception.
He padded through the house, looking for something to do. He didn’t really wanna wake anyone, so most of his cat toys were out of the question.
He had spent most of the night up to this point just laying with one of the four Links in their beds, and then climbing up to a high shelf and watching them sleep. Keeping an eye out for possible threats.
But that got boring after nothing happened for too long. Besides that, nothing really ever happened. These guys were heroes, they had to have enemies. You mean to tell him that none of their possible enemies think of just offing one or more of them in the middle of the night? Really?
Sure it’d be hard because Vio goes to bed late and Blue wakes up early, so there wouldn’t be much time to. But still!
He found himself bored and bouncing around the halls trying to practice using what of his magic he had left while in cat form.
It wasn’t much, and- like every other time he had attempted in the nights before -the most he could do was cause the shadows around him to writhe a little.
Nowhere near enough magic power to become a hylian again.
But would he even want to at this point? Being a cat rocked, and was way easier than being hylian. Less expectations, less hate. It was nice.
He missed being able to pick things up, and missed being able to make fun of the four Links relentlessly, among other things that he can never really get used to not having anymore. But all around being a cat was nice.
He was still thinking hard on the pros and cons of just, never becoming hylian shaped again, when he heard a sound somewhere downstairs.
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Of course I went to investigate.
I quietly made my way down the stairs. Pausing right at the bottom and looking around.
There was someone making their way through the house. A mask over their face making it hard to tell what they looked like, and a bag over their shoulder.
I watched them grab anything that looked valuable. Movements quick, precise, and quiet.
They set the full bag by the window they had crawled in from, and grabbed out a knife while looking towards the stairs.
Oh ho ho. Not fucking happening.
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Red woke up to the sound of a crash. Hissing and yelling filling the night air as he bolted upright in bed.
What’s happening???? He ran from his room, heart beating frantically.
Blue bolted past him and leapt down the stairs, hammer in hand already. Green hot on his heals. Vio looked like he was still trying to wake up as he stumbled out of his room with his bow in hand.
Red followed his brothers down the stairs. More carefully than the other two had been considering it was awfully dark in the until house and the stairwell was drenched in blackness, and he didn’t want to run into his brothers and trip them up.
The sound of another crash echoed through the house. Sounds of feline vs hylian violence suddenly and quickly stopping all together. Nothing but the low growl of a cat remained.
Clearly someone had someone broken in! Had Shadow tried to fight them? Was the intruder hurting their cat!?
Red was stopped dead in his tracks as he ran into something just beyond the bottom of the stairs. A light following him down as Vio- seeming to have grabbed a lantern from his room -made his way down behind him.
Green had stopped dead in his tracks, looking over at something beyond the counter. Blue having already rounded it, and looking at the same thing with wide and confused eyes, an expression of rage still hidden underneath.
Red peered over Green’s shoulder, trying to figure out what was happening.
Shadow Sandwich Thief Floof Wizard Destroyer of Egos sat licking his paw on top of a heap of bloodied hylian. A man with a mask over his face who had been knocked out (by the crash?) and was now crumpled on the floor in what looked like a very uncomfortable position.
“Shadow!” Red sprung forward past Green, ignoring Blue’s hand to stop him. He lifted the cat into his arms and checked him for injuries.
Shadow shifted to get comfortable in his grip, a look of surprise melting into a very smug one. He didn’t appear to be bleeding, and didn’t act like he had been bruised at all as Red felt along his body.
“Oh thank goodness, you’re okay!” He gave the cat a light hug, relief flooding his veins.
At least until realization struck, and he pulled the cat away from him a little.
“How are you okay????” He asked, as though the cat could answer.
Shadow looked up at him, wide eyed, and then looked around as if searching for an answer.
“Red.” Blue was crouched beside him, hand on his shoulder.
“Yeah?”
“I think our cat is Shadow.” Blue stated, a seriousness in his face that had Red believing him instantly. Even if he didn’t entirely get what he meant.
“Well yeah, that’s his name-.” Green tried, warily.
“No. I mean. Our cat is Shadow Link.” Blue corrected.
There was a pause, and then came three voices at once (and a meow):
“WHAT?!?”
Chapter 4: Time With Green
sorry for the delay of this chapter. My original plan was to give each boy time but I'm gonna scrap the Red and Vio 1-on-1 chapters or else this will never get finished lol. Just know that Red gives Shadow a bath and Vio has suspicious 'trying to resurrect Shadow' stuff under his bed.
Anyways on to the chapter!
Shadow already liked Green. The guy was the first to show him genuine kindness, no strings attached, no expectations. He was kind, and he accepted him in his final moments, so Shadow liked him even if he would never admit it to anyone.
But this? This made him like Green even more.
Green and Shadow had been alone in the house that day. Green doing miscellaneous tasks and Shadow messing around in whatever room he was doing chores in to bug him or just to ease his own boredom.
At one point Green was picking up books and things while Shadow was weaving his way between his legs, tripping him up, and Green dropped one of the books on the ground. Shadow, seizing the opportunity to mess with him and his cleaning, took the book and ran away with it.
Green just huffed out a little “hey! Rude.” and went back to putting the rest of what was in his hands away.
Shadow just sighed and stared down at the book. He was hoping for a chase but didn’t get one and was very disappointed. He’d have to try again later, maybe steal one of the books in Vio’s room. Although the book did have a lot of pictures in it. Maybe a sketchbook? Or a picture one considering the words, though Shadow didn’t know how to read he would have no idea which it actually was.
When Green found him later, Shadow had already flipped through most of the book and was turning the next page to look at more of the pretty art.
“Holy shit.” Green breathed, and then chuckled when Shadow whipped his head up and stared wide-eyed, like a chu chu caught on a train track.
Green then decided to dedicate the rest of the day to teaching Shadow how to read. Most teaching him to pick up the books, sit on the couch or on a counter, and then lay down and flip through them.
He also taught him how to open doors, including the ones with the round handle that you’d think somebody without hands wouldn’t be able to open and yet here we are.
It was a fun day. Green looking like a little kid in a candy shop the whole time, his cleaning and chores forgotten.
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Green ran into the living room and looked around for me. Checking under the couch and in the cat tree before finding me on the rafters above.
“There you are! Quick, they’re coming! Just do what we practiced!” Green giggled and ran back out of the room.
I nodded solemnly after him, and jumped down, running to the book shelf and carefully pulling a book down. Set it on the couch. Grabbed a pair of reading glasses I had seen Vio use, and setting them on the couch as well. Curled up and got in position.
Perfect.
I think the reading glasses were a nice touch on Green’s part. Made me look kinda like an old grandma but I didn’t mind one bit.
Green desperately tried to pretend there wasn’t something funny. I could hear him great everyone in the next room with a tight “hi guys, how was your day!”
Great job selling none-chalance Green, you nailed it! (sarcasm)
“Okay, what did you do?” Blue asked, not entertaining ‘whatever this was’ with Green.
“I have no idea what you’re talking about.” Green fought to keep the grin off his face, tipping his nose down in the hopes they wouldn’t see.
Vio gave him a look and scanned the room. Red had already made eye-contact with me and looked like he was trying not to cry.
Vio noticed Red’s vibrating first somehow, following his line of sight until it landed on me.
The look on his face was priceless!
Something between confusion, betrayal, and shock was written on his face.
I made a show of looking at him over the reading glasses, before looking back down at the book and turning a page.
Red let out a noise that had me fearing for his health before a loud “OH MY GODS IT’S SO CUUUUUUUUTEE!!!!” Tore from his throat.
To my credit, I did not run away this time!
Blue jumped and finally tore his eyes from the staring contest him and Green had started, and stared at me, his expression unreadable before he threw his hands into the air.
“Finally! Somebody to do my paperwork for me!” He exclaimed, then walked over the couch and crouched before me. “You wouldn’t happen to know how to write, do you?” He asked.
I shook my head, hearing a noise come from Vio who was so fucking confused by everything that was happening it was delicious.
Blue nodded sadly, “I knew it was too good to be true.” He put his hand on his chest, bowing his head as if in mourning.
I woulda laughed my fur off if I could have!
“...How?????” Vio asked, pointing at me while looking at Green, who shrugged not at all innocently.
“I have no idea where he learned that from.” To his credit, he did pull off a fake perplexed well.
I felt my tail wrap around me as I went back to reading, very pleased with myself.
Home At Last.
Summary: Shadow finds himself needing a home.
Shadow wasn’t the only cat on the streets, that much was for sure. There were a few strays other than him. Ones that spat and hissed at most strangers and other animals alike. They didn't seem to really care about him, a thing that carried over from his time as Link's shadow.
There were dogs and rodents too. Though most of the dogs had owners. It was a busy city, of course there would be animals in it, pets and strays alike.
But animals were starting to get taken off the streets by people, 'dog catchers' or something? Well they were catching a lot more than dogs that's for sure. Any animal roaming about on the streets all willy nilly was taken by these guys, and if no hylians intervened (like say, to get their dog back, or to adopt or something) then those animals didn't come back.
Shadow wasn't 100 percent sure what was happening to the animals, but there was no way in hell he was finding out. He needed somewhere to stay so that these guys didn't get him. But where? …
The answer almost kicked him in the face as he walked through the busy market, seeming to notice him before he noticed it.
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I heard a yelp and a thump as I ducked around the offending limb. Turning to see fruits and veg spilling out of a fallen basket. Red was standing over top of me with his hands spread out like he was trying to keep his balance, and he looked down at me with wide eyes.
Woops.
"Little buddy!" He chastised, bending over to pick up his stuff. "You should know better than to run under people's feet like that! Hasn't anyone tripped on you before? I know I almost did!" He sounded frustrated, kinda like this was one more thing to add to a long list of things.
Woops. Well they do say black cats are bad luck.
I walked up to him and rubbed up against his arm as an apology. Then started to help him pick up his veg. An action he seemed really shocked by.
"Oh! Thank you!" He pet me on the head (still gotta get used to that) and went back to picking up his stuff.
I didn't feel too bad, because- by the looks of it -none of his stuff was fragile (would've felt really bad if it had been eggs or tomatoes), but he still looked upset, so clearly something was going on.
He picked up the last of his stuff and was making to get up, when he paused. Staring at something over my head.
I looked behind me to where he was looking and...
Animal catcher.
Shit.
Me and Red made eye contact, and I think he was just as worried about me being taken by one of those guys as I was. So I hopped in his basket and layed down, getting comfy in all the produce.
Red seemed a little taken aback by that but didn't protest, which was perfect because I did not want to be kicked out and have to run from a guy who may or may not just end me, I'm not really sure.
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Red continued on through the market as though he hadn't just been almost knocked over by a cat and lost all his groceries. Trying in vain to not make eye contact with the animal catcher. Though he did shoot glares at the man whenever he thought the guy wasn't looking.
The catcher was, in fact, looking. Said man making his way over to the ruby clad hero as Red tried to just... leave, maybe to get to a secure alley where he could let this oddly trusting cat go about the rest of his day (hopefully) in peace.
"Mr. Red. Sir! I believe we've already discussed this?" The man said brightly and snarkily, catching up to Red and moving to walk in front of him. Walking backwards. "You can't just take a stray of the street acting like it's yours just to let it go later. That's not your cat, you can't save it from the pound." He grinned, "unless of course it is your cat, in which case congrats on becoming a cat dad! Proof of adoption please."
Red said nothing, just switched directions. "I ow you nothing, and for the record, this is my cat!"
"Just because your a 'hero' doesn't make you above the law." The man stated dryly, like it was a reminder. His hands were still in the air from making airquotes that Red didn't turn to see.
Shadow was starting to really hate this guy.
"I don't care, this is my cat you can't just take him! You are also not above the law!" Red changed directions again, cutting the guy off as he continued to make his way out of the market.
"If he's really your cat, where's his nametag? Why don't you have him properly secured? Why wasn't he there when we had this conversation earlier with the dog?" The man asked, stacking more and more questions on every time Red went to answer, causing the emotional hero to sputter and struggle to keep up.
"W-well... um... you see-"
The guy rolled his eyes, as though his point had been proven, and reached for Shadow.
Shadow hissed and spat at his hand, swatting at it a few times with his claws. The man barely flinched, his gloves protecting him from any damage Shadow tried to inflict. So he switched gears from attacking and jumped from the basket on to Red's shoulders, glaring at the man from half-behind the hero's head.
To his credit, the catcher did stop after that, looking utterly perplexed.
"I got him a collar, but he's outgrown it, so I need to get him a new one, I think you can tell for yourself why he isn't 'properly secured', and he wasn't there earlier with the dog because- last I checked -he was safe at home. I'm not sure how he got out, I'll be sure to ask the other three when I get home. Now, good day sir." Red spun on his heel with a huff and walked off like one of those boujie ladies with their tiny purse dogs.
Nice one Red. Shadow thought, a phantom grin on his face.
He turned to look at the animal catcher, seeing suspicion and bafflement warring with each other on his face. It was a beautiful sight.
Red left the market, walking a few blocks away from it and then into an alley. Which confused Shadow. Was this the way to his house or something? But then Red stopped, and crouched down. Shadow lost balance and jumped off of his shoulders for a moment, turning around and giving him the most confused cat face he could make.
"Well, that's that then. I'm glad I could help!" He stated chipperly, petting Shadow on the head before standing up.
Wait what? No. Shadow thought, jumping into the basket as Red began to walk away.
"Huh? What are you doing?" Red asked, giggling. He picked up Shadow and set him back down on the ground.
Only for Shadow to jump right back into the basket.
"I- uh... oh." Red blinked twice, before realization danced across his features. "Oh!" He was grinning from ear to ear, and started walking off with a slight skip in his step.
"I'm not sure if we can actually keep a cat, but I'm sure I could figure something out. Besides it would probably be a better idea to get you a collar anyways so that Steve- that's the animal catcher's name by the way -doesn't try to take you or something, oh and-!" Red started rambling plans and ideas into the air, but Shadow found himself tuning it out rather quickly.
The dog catcher's name was Steve???? He looked like he would have a dumb generic name, but Steve???
Red made his way to Link's house, though the building seemed to be under renovation. Made sense, considering the apparent switch from one Link to four. The three bedroom house probably wouldn't have been big enough even if they all decided to squeeze into two rooms, which Shadow found the idea laughable considering the four couldn't even share a boat without Blue trying to kill all of them.
Red practically kicked the door open, taking a deep breath that made Shadow wish he could cover his ears before yelling "WE'VE GOT A CAT NOW!!!!!"
Shadow bolted into the house and under the nearest chair. Not because he was scared or anything by the loud noise that made his head pound for a moment. No! He was just really committed to the bit of being a cat! That's all!
"...Woops." Red muttered apologetically, quickly shutting the door and setting his basket down on the counter before running over to Shadow's hiding spot.
"I'm sorry little buddy! I shouldn't have been so loud." He apologized, making a sad face as he layed on his stomach, getting a better view of Shadow.
"Uuuuh, Red? What the fuck?" Blue came into the room, giving Red a look Shadow couldn't see from where he was hiding.
"We got a cat." Red grinned, turning his attention from the feline in question.
"Yeah I heard. Who's 'we'?" Blue walked over and crouched, annoyingly not revealing any more of his face than Shadow could see earlier.
"Me and the cat!" Red informed chipperly, kicking his feet.
"Right, and the cat definitely decided to come home with you, is that what you're saying?"
"Yup!"
"And how'd he do that?"
"Well it started at the market and-" Red then proceeded to tell Blue the entire story, painting Shadow as this really clever and smart cat- which Shadow was not about to refute in any way.
Blue made a noise when he got to the part about Shadow hopping back into the basket. Twice.
"Oh wow he really said 'I'm your problem now' didn't he?" Shadow could hear the grin in Blue's voice, the azure clad hero now sitting cross legged in front of Red. Shadow meowed out his "yes" in response, causing the heroes to snort and giggle respectively.
"So, what are you gonna name him?" Green asked from somewhere out of sight, though it sounded like he was in the same room.
Red blinked, looking between Shadow and where Shadow guessed Green was standing, a dumb expression on his face.
Blue leaned forward to get a good look at the now-cat and his eyes lit up in recognition.
"Oh it's Shadow!" He stated, like this was great news.
Shadow had a moment of mild panic- How did he know it was me!? This is only our second meeting! How does he know?! What?!?!-before he was inadvertently drawn from his thoughts by a question.
"How do you know the cat's name is Shadow?" Vio asked, the sound of his voice reverberating through the chair itself. It sounded like he was right above him. Ironic.
Blue sat up, looking up at the purple hero. "You know that cat that snatched you sandwich?" He asked, a laugh to his voice.
Vio grumbled, shifting in the chair. Shadow suddenly felt very proud of himself.
"What about it?" Vio asked, and Shadow could practically hear him crossing his arms, and could perfectly picture the look on his face.
Oh the shade was really proud of himself.
"That's the cat Red brought home. And well, he's a black cat with red eyes and a little shit! Of course I'd call him Shadow!" Blue stated, crossing his arms with a proud look on his face like he was being really clever.
I mean he kind of was but...
Red gasped, hands flying to his face, eyes shining. "That's perfect! We can name his Shadow Sandwich Cat!" He declared.
Wait what? No-. Shadow thought, feeling his cheeks warm in a none-existent blush.
"Yeah we can name his Shadow; Sandwich thief, floof wizard, the destroyer of egos." Green chimed in, clearly joking. Vio scoffing in offence above him.
Red did not take it as a joke.
"YES!!!" He shouted, clapping his hands with a giddy squeal. Blue hand to put his hands up to stop him with a "don't scare Shadow sandwich thief floof wizard- what'd ya say? Oh right -destroyer of egos again" with a half hearted reprimand.
Red covered his mouth with a wince. "Sorry Shadow." He whispered, poking his face under the chair.
Shadow levelled him with an unimpressed look. Not sure how to feel about being named after himself and really just not being impressed with the rest of his new name. Red just grinned at him sheepishly.
The sandwich heist.
Shadow spent the next couple of days just vibing. His need to figure out how he got back quickly being exchanged for the pleasant surprise of people not completely hating him!
Sure, there were plenty of people who thought black cats were bad luck, but he had more than just black fur, and a lot of people saw that first.
He got lots of compliments for being pretty, and his ego couldn’t help but soak it all up like a sponge.
Besides that, he would walk in the light now! Sure it was uncomfortably warm and made him feel queasy if he did it for too long, but he still could! He counted that as a win.
Though he did panic a little when he figured it out at first, turns out the bench he had chosen to fall asleep under wasn’t as light proof as he had originally thought.
Hunting was fun too.
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Alright, should I go for the obvious option and get the mouse? Or should I go for the fun option and steal the sandwich that guy left sitting beside him so he could read his book? Choices, choices.
Who am I kidding, I have to commit to the bit.
Alright.
I sit in a bush nearby and watch. He keeps taking a bite every three or so minutes, aka every time he turns a page. Slow ass reader, kinda like Vio…
Anyways.
The guy turns the page, his hand slowly reaching down for his sandwich. I ready myself to lunge. Oh a huge grin would've been on my face if I had a human one!
He takes a bite, crumbs falling on to his book, he sets the sandwich down quickly to dust them off, and-!
I lunge for the sandwich, the movement catching the eye of the teen who barely has time to respond before his sandwich is in my mouth and I am darting off with it.
“HEY, THAT’S MINE!” The guy yells, and holy shit! How did I not recognize him! Of course it was Vio, this makes it even better!!
Somebody laughs behind me as the sound of a very disgruntled person take off after me.
Does he really expect to catch up to a cat? Does he really want this back? Turns out the answer is yes to both because the chase is on!
I dive around people, duck under benches, and eventually manage to drag myself and the half of sandwich up a tree and out of his reach.
At some point the other three had joined the chase, pretty sure Red or Green was trying to get him to stop, Blue just seemed to be enjoying the whole ordeal.
Vio stood at the base of the tree, arms folded over his chest and a light glare on his face. Blue brightened, “hey Red, isn’t that the cat you were trying to make friends with the other night?” He asked, pointing up as though I wasn’t perfectly visible.
Red blinked up at me, clueless, until his eyes widened. “You’re right! It is!” He then looked so upset and betrayed, “you don’t think I taught him taking food from people was okay do you?”
“No, probably not, he looks like a general menace to society anyways. You obviously didn’t help but-” Green assured, and the grabbed Vio’s arm as he seemed to be trying to climb up after me.
“Vio just drop it. Do you really want that thing back at this point?” Oh cool he voiced my thought!
“It’s the principle of the matter, Green.” Vio stated hottily, continuing to try and climb up after me.
At this point I was eating the sandwich like it was popcorn, this is great! Like the good old days where I could watch these four be idiots from the relative safety of behind the dark mirror.
I didn’t actually miss those days, but it still made me nostalgic.
“Vio it’s really not worth it.” Green tried again, reaching out to stop Vio, but Blue put a hand on his arm.
“No, let him try, I have got to see this!”
Vio glared at him, clearly unimpressed, but then realization of what exactly he was doing dawned on his face. A bright red hue that I really wish I coulda gotten a picture of! He jumped off the tree from where he had barely gotten any height, and crossed his arms again.
“Never mind, it’s not worth the trouble anyways.” He admitted. Sadly, he would not be trying to recover his sandwich. Such a shame.
“Thank you.” Green looked exasperatedly up at the sky, like Hylia had finally given Vio a little bit of sense.
I gotta admit, I wasn’t expecting Vio to be the type to chase a cat up a tree over a sandwich, but it made sense. Him and Blue seemed to be the most prideful of the rainbow circus, it woulda been either of the two of them to do it.
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The four walked away, Red shooting a “bye bye kitty!” over his shoulder at him.
Shadow decided to be cheeky and wave back in a ‘bye bye’ motion. Much to Red’s pure joy.
He decided he liked this new life of his.
what if there was an au where Shadow is revived as a cat, but he has no idea by who or why he’s a cat all of a sudden. While trying to figure it out he ends up getting found by Red who’s like “aw cute homeless babyyyyy… mine now!” And adopts him, which is of course like “no, wait. fuck. nO. WHY” and he keeps trying to get away from them cause they’re gonna be furious when they figure out there cat is their old enemy and knowing his luck it’s only a matter of time. but Red’s very purrsistent and finally manages to drag him home and is like “HEY GUYS I GOT US A CAT!!” and the only one okay with this immediately is Vio, and Blue takes one look at him and is like “Shadow.” And of course Shadow panics a little because “Fuck I’ve been found out already!” But Red’s like “huh?” And Blue says “a black cat with red eyes and the look of a war criminal? Yeah, I’m naming him Shadow there is no other possible name for him.” And shadows like “rude” but then Vio chimes in with “yeah we can name him Shadow Meowthazar the floof wizard or something” and Red is like “YES” and Shadow already hates his new life.
and you know for a fact that people tell there cats shit they wouldn’t tell anyone else because why go to therapy when you have a cat right there. And Shadow’s mission goes quickly from “find out who brought me back” to “give these people as much aggressive cat therapy as possible ma gawd.”
Green teaches him tricks and stuff to prank the others and Shadow is 1000% down for this because now he has an excuse for knowing how to open doors and read and also gets the added bonus of fucking with everyone, his favourite person to fuck with is surprisingly Vio which is only partially Green’s fault with his subliminal messaging because Vio has all the best responses whereas Red chalks it up to magic floof wizard powers and Blue just gets really excited like “finally someone to do my paperwork” or “oh you helping out Vio” nod “okay good help him get his ass out of his room to participate in society next” salute “thanks bud *gives him a treat and a pat*”
What if someone breaks in one night while everyone’s sleeping (like a monster or something) and they wake up to the sounds of a their cat possibly dying and the intruder in pain and they rush downstairs to save their cat but he’s just sitting on top of his felled opponent seemingly unscathed (because shadow powers and quicker healing) and they’re like “shit I am so glad this cat like us” and Red is like “I hereby knight thee Shadow Meowthazar floof wizard the slayer of intruders lord of Vio’s dark armies” and everyone is like “yes” and except Vio who is like “lord of my what?” Shadow regrets everything in life.
I wrote my first ever Vidow fic [unleashes an unholy amount of confetti]
woe, art dump be apon ye.
I've decided that ms paint is what is gonna get me to make art more regularly, and it turns out I was right! Art is fun again [air-horns]!!!!
