Summary
Scar gets Jellie
They went from inside to outside. It was the afternoon in a suburban neighborhood. It was also the same day. Other Scar and Ren walked through Scar and Jellie, chatting as they blissfully walked down the street.
The scene was the same for many blocks until they reached a particular alleyway. Out of the narrow passageway, darted a white kitten with gray markings and a pink collar. Jellie? The cat was soon to be out of kittenhood by size, but she looked quite thin.
Other Scar took notice of this, gasping, "Do you think it's a stray?" He crouched down, holding his hand out and softly calling the cat. She meowed and carefully advanced. When she stopped to sniff Other Scar's fingers, he scooped her up. The cat tried to escape, squirming and loudly meowing, but Other Scar calmed her with light pets.
"Is it 'The One'?" Ren asked, jokingly. Other Scar was going to answer when he was interrupted by a teen walking out of the alleyway and making eye contact. Young Jellie starts to growl at the boy, tail flicking.
The boy frowns and walks over, "There's the bugger. Always running away. Thanks for catching her, gentlemen."
"She doesn't like you," Other Scar took a small step back. "And you don't love her. You don't deserve her back. Tell your family you couldn't find her, or what is happening now. Either way, you're not getting her back."
"You-I," the teen was flabbergasted. His surprised expression quickly turned to a firm frown, "Fine. Have fun with this some. Never listens, always running-"
"Please leave."
The boy turned on his heels and stormed back into the alley.
Ren shares a quick look with Other Scar before signing and setting back off. "I'll help defend you when it comes to Xisuma." Other Scar smiled and followed, gently petting the small kitten in his arms.
They faded away and a card laid in the entrance to the alleyway. Jellie slowly moved forward and walked around the area. She sniffed at the ground and looked at everything closely. Something was sad in her movements.
"I, we, should remember that," Jellie said at last sitting at the card.
Scar walked over. Card Scar held the card Jellie close, weird sun-ray lines around their heads. VI, The Lovers.
"I should remember everything we've seen so far," he tilted his head at the card. "We can stop if you want."
"We can't stop. Nothing will happen if we stay like this." Jellie's tail flicked once and she touched the card.
(OG post date - 6/2/23)
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FanfictionScar wakes up in a world that seems familiar to him and goes through a life that feels like his but he can't remember anything. Jellie is along for the ride, and she can somehow talk...? Oh, and, what are these weird cards they're finding? Even wors...
