Setting: Shade is wandering a forest on a mountain side, trying to find somewhere to rest.
"I swear that stupid jester always wants to make me suffer. It's like it's FUN for her. Heh, what am I saying, of course it is..."
Off in the distance, Shade hears high pitched screaming, he doesn't think much of it because the wildlife on the planet he's on is very strange, but the little curiosity in his mind is screaming to go check what the screaming is, so he starts onward.
"Wonder what new wildlife I'm going to have to fight today... At least it will give me something to do..."
As he steps into a clearing in the forest, he stares up at the precipice of the mountain infront of him, and it looks like something is... falling...?
"Hm...? A rock slide right now? Ugh... if I didn't know any better I'd assume it's that stupid jester's fault..."
As Shade prepares to break the oncoming "rock" he notices that it has an odd shape for a rock... As he's thinking that, he starts hearing panicked screaming approaching him.
"Hm? Wait. Is that a rock...? Wait, no... is that a... a CHILD?!?"
As it finally clicked in Shade's brain that it was a child falling, he started panicking, what would he do with a child??? Violet would surely try and rid him of the child (use your imagination) but, he didn't want to be the reason for the child's death, but before he could even think more than that, his arms extended and he caught the child.
"...Are you ok...? Oh. You're passed out. I guess that would happen to any human child with that much force applied to them..."
Shade sits there for a bit contemplating what to do, before ultimately bringing them into a cave and starting a fire.
As Shade sits there with his thoughts, trying to figure out how to lead the child to safety, he feels a shift in his arms, as he looks down to see the child looking up at him, fascinated and terrified, considering most children would be frightened by a giant living shadow.
"Hello... Child... I promise I mean no harm, you're safe with me."
He tries comforting the child, but end up scaring them now due to his deep voice, so the child ends up curling up, and covering their eyes.
"Dammit Shade... You just scared a child... Ugh, guess I'll just wait..."
The child eventually opens their eyes again, and whispers quietly
"...you won't hurt me...?"
Shade, surprised they actually are speaking, stumbles on his words a bit
"Oh- uh n-no I'm not gonna uh- not gonna hurt you, apologies for my unkindly appearance."
"I-It's ok... I'm just a little bit confused... I thought I just fell off a mountain and... I guess it was a bad dream..."
"Oh. You did fall off the mountain, I caught you though, so you're alright... What's your name by the way...?"
The child seems to hesitate for a moment, frowning slightly
"My name...? My name is... Shard. My name is Shard..."
"Shard? That's a nice name, similar to mine, actually."
"Your name is Shade, right...?"
Shade freezes momentarily, caught off guard by the fact she knew his name, looking down at her
"How... How do you know that...?"
"You said it earlier... You were mad at yourself...
"I did? Huh, I guess I did, apologies."
As soon as he finishes saying that, a portal opens, and none other than Violet steps out of it.
"Oh Shade~ I need you for somethi- who is that."
Violet points at Shard, obviously not very pleased.
"This is Shard. I just saved their life and I'm not going to let you kill them."
"Oh really now? You're acting quite high and mighty, Shade."
"Because you have no reason to kill her, she's a kid for fucks sake!"
"Hmph... Fine, but if she gets into trouble, it's not my job to save her."
"Fine by me, I didn't expect you to try anyways."
Violet then swiftly turns around and gestures to the portal
"Come, I need you for something, as I was stating previously."
Shade stands up, still holding Shard, he then looks down at her
"You want to come with us?"
"Well... You did save me, and I don't know where else to go, so... yes."
Shade then nods, pleased with her answer
"Alright, let's go."
Then they all go through the portal and return to their- well, Violet's, home world.
There! I and a few other people believed that happiness was in order, so there you go!
