Mallory

Mallory was born with her siblings, Shroom and Fern. She was born with a blind eye, the blind eye is red while the other is blue, it gave them quite an unique look. The siblings were a very close nit trio, doing all sorts of things together while driving their mother mad with their mischief. Mallory was the most out going of the three, despite their disability.

One day, their mother brought them to the other side of the forest, she was bringing the siblings to meet their father. Their father was pleasantly surprised with the children, until he spotted Mallory. He looked at her with disgust and asked what was wrong with her eye, the young kit was confused about their father's behavior.

Her mother immediately defended Mallory from the ableist remarks from their father, which ended up in a heated argument that Mallory didn't understand, they're not sure what they did wrong. Her father shoved her mom aside and moved to slash at her, but in the last second, their mother jumped in front of her kit and sacrificed her life.

Everyone was shocked, and Mallory's father blamed the death on her and told her scram, so they did, they ran as fast as they could until she was too tired to continue. Mallory woke up the next day tired and hungry, they stumbled around trying to find food, instead she found another cat. The stranger introduced himself as Foxglove and he said that he was just abandoned by his friends in a forest fire.

Mallory decided to open up and as well, telling Foxglove that their family abandoned them. The other cat smiled and said that they had similar experiences with abandonment, and they should work together to get revenge on those who wronged them. Mallory being a young naive child, agreed to this.

Under the training of Foxglove, Mallory became quite skilled, especially in fighting, she needed to be ready to do the deed after all. She needed to get revenge on her dad, he ruined their life! And after their father is killed, they'll help Foxglove with his vengeance. They also started growing out their hair to cover up her red eye, it didn't work anyway so it didn't matter.

When Foxglove deemed her worthy, they set out to find her father and they did after a few days of searching. Mallory found him with his new wife, enraged, they jumped him and confronted him. He was very confused on who Mallory was, to which she revealed her blind red eye, their father seemed to panic and tried to defend himself, but Mallory wasn't listening.

They asked about Shroom and Fern, when he didn't answer they threatened killing him and with fear in his eyes, said that he killed them both not long after he chased Mallory away, because he thought they were worthless. Absolutely furious, Mallory starting ripping their father apart, limb by limb, they kept on shredding him until it was impossible to tell that he was even a cat anymore.

Foxglove's plan was to kill any witnesses, but Mallory's new step mom(?), begged for her life, she claimed that she never knew about any of this and wouldn't even think to get close if she knew half the things he did. Foxglove let Mallory decide her fate, and they decided that enough blood was split, the cat ran away immediately and they didn't bother to linger.

After that, Foxglove was sure Mallory was ready for his plan, he already knew where his ex friends were hiding, Foxglove strolled up to them, acting all friendly. And when they least expected it, Mallory leaped out and easily killed one of them. Foxglove took care of another, but the last friend, didn't go down so easily.

They screamed at Foxglove, calling him a traitor and that he was the one that abandoned them. Mallory didn't like all the accusations being thrown at her father figure and attacked them, scratching them up pretty good. The friend fled the scene after they realize this wasn't a fight they could win. Mallory was ready to chase them down and finish what they started but Foxglove was satisfied and told her not to waste her energy on useless things.

Life was good after that, Mallory and Foxglove were a good team, and they were relatively peaceful considering what they did in their past.

Years after everything, one day Rainlily showed their face again, they were the one that got away, and they didn't forget, but they didn't bother to fight and take revenge, "It's not worth it" They said. Mallory was alone when she met them again, Rainlily said they came back to tell her the truth, and show them who Foxglove really was.

"Foxglove got separated during the forest fire, we searched everywhere for him after the flames had died, but we didn't find him...and we thought he passed, burnt to crisp. We had a funeral for him and everything." Rainlily explained. "Foxglove only sought out for revenge because he couldn't get what he wanted, and used the fire as an excuse."

"He only took you in because you would be useful to him."

Mallory didn't know what or who to believe, Foxglove wouldn't lie to them, would he? He still helped them through their toughest time, but did he only treat her right because she would be useful to him, or did he really care about her? Before Mallory could fully grasp what Rainlily fully meant, a scream for help pierced through the air.

Foxglove came running with a bear on his tail, Rainlily shoved themself and Mallory into a bush, the other cat had her pinned so all she could do was watch their father figure get mauled by the bear. They only came out of hiding once the beast lumbered away, and only Foxglove's bloodied corpse was left. Mallory was devastated, but Rainlily didn't seem to mind.

Mallory began to think, the way the others greeted Foxglove, the way they purred and cried of happiness, if they really abandoned him and left him to die in that fire, then wouldn't they greet him like how her dad greeted her? They didn't look at him with disgust unlike their father.

Mallory apologized to Rainlily, for ruining their life, and thanked them for telling them the truth, the other cat nodded and left them to grieve. So what now? They were alone, the only other cat that cared about her, used her to get what he wanted, and now he's dead. There was nothing left for them here anymore, all there's only bad memories. "I can't stay here..."

Mallory left her home, there was nothing but bad memories, they couldn't believe they were so stupid and let herself be used like that. She became a traveler or wonderer of sorts, they don't like staying in one place for too long, convinced that if they did, their bad luck would catch up to them and ruin lives, because of this, she didn't attempt to make any friends.

After many years of drifting around, Mallory came across a flower field one day, she didn't know why but she felt a sense of longing and nostalgia despite never seeing such a place before. They walked around, admiring the sights, when they spotted a cat's tail in the grass, it was...oddly still, and Mallory couldn't find the will to leave them.

They gingerly approached, getting closer and closer, step by step, until Mallory was looking down at the alive but unconscious cat. She was very pretty, with shiny sliver and white fur, a couple of scars here and there, but the most odd thing about her was that there were blue flowers growing on her fur, the most notable one was the one growing out of her eye. She didn't know what to do, so she just sat there and waited for the flowering cat to wake up.

Mallory didn't know how long they sat there, but the other cat eventually blinked her eye, they stared at each other awkwardly, until the flowering cat opened her mouth, "Hello? Who are you?" Mallory introduced themself and told the other cat what they knew, seeing that she was okay and that they can probably go on their way again, but the flowering cat didn't want to be alone.

Her name is Anara, and she had forgotten everything, she didn't know how she got here, she didn't even know why she had flowers growing on her, all she remembers is that she had a partner with different colored eyes. Mallory was flabbergasted, they had different colored eyes! But they've never seen each other before, Anara must be talking about someone else, she must be.

Mallory agreed to stay with Anara, just until she gets back on her feet, then she will be on her way, or at least that's the plan.

Mallory didn't mean to stay for so long, but before she knew it, it's been five years, she never thought they would settle down again, but Anara was good company, she was funny, charismatic and humorous, basically all Mallory ever wanted. They were a good pair, they didn't say they were in love or confess, but they were totally in love with each other.

But something was weird about Anara, she keeps talking to the air, but whenever Mallory asked her who was she talking to, she would talk about these cats that also had flowers growing on them. It worried them, but they didn't know what to do, so they just let it be and hoped for the best.

One day,Anara was talking to the air again, but the more she talked the more distraught she looked. Mallory asked her what was wrong, and the next thing she said, filled them with horror. Anara could see and talk to the dead, and she was talking to her father. Their partner backed away from them, "Why...why did you do that?" She looked scared of them.

Mallory started panicking, she knew this would happen, she knew her bad luck would catch up to her, they should've left a long time ago! They shouldn't have let themself get attached, this could've been avoided. Mallory turned tail and ran, not bothering to defend herself, there wasn't anything to defend anyway. But just as they made it to the edge of the flower field...

"Mal wait!" Anara had chased after them, she wanted them to explain their side of the story. So she did, she said everything, all of their feelings, about their family, about Foxglove, about Rainlily. Along the way she started crying, she didn't know when or how, but the tears won't stop, and before they knew it they were being hugged by the love of her life.

Anara led them back to their den and lulled them to sleep, "It's okay...I believe you." The flowering cat whispered. Mallory didn't leave the bed for the next few days, she couldn't stop thinking about how brutal she was, they were scared that they would hurt Anara, they didn't even know why the other cat still stayed by her side, she was a monster.

One night, Mallory went and slipped out of bed, they kissed Anara's forehead and told her how much they love her and how sorry they were. Then they went over to the lake in front of their den, she waddled in, the cold waters stung her but she continued, until she was almost completely submerged, they breathed their last breath of air and sunk their head into the water.

Seconds passed, and Mallory was running out air, this was it, they started seeing weird purple light, almost like a portal? Is this what death feels like? Mallory felt herself being sucked into the weird portal of light, but she could also hear distant screams, her heart lurched when they recognize who that voice belongs to.

They abandoned the portal and broke the water's surface taking a big gulp of air, they could see Anara's shocked and scared face, she started paddling, but they were still being sucked in, and she couldn't do anything about it as her head sunk back into the water and her vision was blinded by the purple light.

Everything was blinding and swirling, Mallory felt like she got thrown on a rollercoaster, eventually the portal spat her out and she landed on...clouds? They blinked their eyes open, it was blurry but they could make out vague shapes of cats and the sounds of arguing. Her vision cleared up and there were a few cats standing over her, they all had plants and flora growing on them, like Anara.

And with horror, realized that they were also semi transparent, Mallory looked at their own paws and saw that they were also semi transparent. "Am I...dead?" She asked fearfully, the two cats that were arguing stopped and looked over to her, "No." One of them answered, "But you're not supposed to be here."

All kinds of flowering cats were looking at her, she stood up and examined her own body, there weren't any plants or flora. A pale ginger tabby cat introduced herself as Dahlia, Mallory's heart lurched when she noticed that this cat had muti colored eyes. Dahlia explained that there has been a mistake, Mallory isn't dead, but the spirit portal thought they were and sucked their spirit out of their body.

The spirit portal has been acting up more ever since Anara's incident. Mallory asked what she meant by that, and Dahlia explained that Anara was dead, but she fell into the portal with her body, the portal cannot send bodies to The Clouded Lands, so it sent her to Blaze's world instead. Mallory was very confused by all these information, they didn't know what half of those words mean.

Before Dahlia can continue, the cat she was arguing with spoke up, this cat's name was Myrtle, and she seemed to be able to read their mind as she answered all of Mallory's questions. There are two worlds, Blaze's World and Blight's World, they somehow combined, nobody really knew how are why though. But because of the combination of two universes, this caused them to very similar to each other, the terrain and events will be similar, but ever so slightly off, so every cat has a 'link'.

The Grouned Lands are where the living walk, but spirits are allowed to wander there if they wish to, only spirits are allowed in The Clouded Lands. Mallory's spirit is in The Clouded Lands but her body is in The Grounded Lands. Because of the circumstances of their worlds, it's very unstable and they must fix things as soon as possible before everything they've ever know falls apart.

Mallory didn't know what to think, she didn't know how to help, all she wanted was to go back home and be with Anara. Thankfully since Anara was technically dead, she can talk to her fellow spirits, all she needed to do is fish out Mallory's body and then they can return, but they had limited time, their body could rot and then the whole thing would be ruined. And the portals have been shut down to avoid anymore life threatening mistakes and that might take awhile to start up again.

So for now, all Mallory could do is wait, she explored The Clouded Lands, they reunited with their family, they were so happy to see them again. But then she saw him, she saw Foxglove. Mallory gingerly approached him, asking him why he did all the things he did, and accused him of the things Rainlily said, a part of her hoped that Rainlily was lying, and the cat that took care of them for all of their childhood wasn't bad. But Foxglove saw no point in lying and told Mallory what they already knew.

To get her mind off of Foxglove and her past, Mallory went to find Dahlia, she asked her who was her link, and Dahlia replied that they were talking to her right now. Mallory wasn't all that surprised, the multi colored eyes kinda gave it away. They asked her what was similar about their lives, and Mallory found out that Dahlia was Anara's past lover, this information kinda broke them, did Anara love them because she actually liked them for who they were? Or is it just becauseShe and Dahlia were linked?

Before Mallory could ponder much about this new realization, it was time to go back. Mallory, Dahlia and Myrtle all went through Blaze's portal. Since Mallory wasn't a full spirit, she couldn't actually talk to Anara like the others, but they felt like Anara could feel their presence, and they helped her find her body.

But before Mallory was allowed to go back into her body, Dahlia spoke up, she explained because of these mistakes that keep happening, they mustn't leave any imperfections behind, and that means Anara must return to her rightful place, In The Clouded Lands. That means Mallory has to kill her,

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