Shadow

Even when Socio studied hard to call elements, she spent more and more time with Shar'tok. Tho Shar'tok wasn't teaching her in shamanism, and Socio didn't know lot about his powers. She felt good, happy and safe with this troll. Noone had loved her before just because of her, and it was amazing. She had never loved anyone.
Today Socio woke up alone, wich wasn't that unusual. Sometimes Shar'tok was gone for days. Usually Socio didn't know where he was and what he was doing, but Socio always trusted him to come back. She didn't even want to think about the posibility, him disappearing.
When Socio was cleaning bones to her talismans in depths of jungle, Shar'tok suddenly ran to her, rushing through the bushes with his raptor. When Shar'tok appeared after his travels, it usually felt like he wouldn't been away more than hour or two. He smiled widely and gave a deep bow after jumping down from the back of his raptor. Socio smiled back and stood up to give him a hug. "Socio, I missed ya.. me have somethin' for ye'" Shar'tok whispered to her, sounding somehow shy, before pulling himself away from Socio. "Me know me been' away, so me gettin' ye 'is" Shar'tok continued and pulled another cat from insides of his pockets. The cat was black as night and hat bright yellow eyes, it was so tiny it easily fitted on to her palm. Socio grinned widely, clearly happy. "Shar'tok.." She started without knowing what to say. She gave a tight hug to her beloved one. "Me be callin' it Shadow".
After this day Shadow was always following Socio. He was hiding in bushes looking for food or shadow from burning sun of the Vale, but he always close. If he noticed Socio was planning to leave somewhere, it jumped to the back of Sade and travelled with them. It slept in Socio's backbag, sometimes gnawing the ears of cutted heads. If Socio was sleeping alone, he slept on her stomach, purring...