My Story; New Life

Prologue
I jumped infront of the gladiator as the hairless ape grabbed it's weapon. Suddenly I fell to the ground a loud BANG! was heard. I looked down at my severe gaping wound as blood rushed out of it.In my dying moments, like all other animals my life flashes before my eyes. The first memory was the one that started it all, when I was born. I remember it so clearly.. here's how it went.
Chapter One
A tigress let out a small roar of pain as the last cub slithered out. Soon three bundles of fur were at her stomach drinking as much milk as they could. The tigress was named Sarah, she had a tangerine coat with the classical black tiger stripes. The cubs were: Chase, the eldest, Fire the middle-cub, and Striker the runt. Their father was out of sight, most likely hunting for his family, since it was night.
Sarah lapped her offspings' pelts, cleaning them of the blood. She nuzzled them as a smile came upon her face. She started to name them," You'll be chase, and you'll be.. Fire!" before looking at the runt, that resembled her mother more than the other two," And you.. when your father is back we'll both name you." Coincidencely their father, Manticore was back with a medium-sized ungulate in his jaws. " I'm home, honey!" He purred.
" Well you're right on time, Manticore. The cubs just arrived." Sarah replied as she gave him and lick on the chin. " I named the eldest, Chase, the middle-cub, Fire, and this little gal, I'm not sure." Manticore spoke as he bent down to get a good look at his daughter," How... about.. Striker?" " Perfect! Our little Striker.." His mate replied," But, now my dear, Sarah. Good-bye!" " What?! You're leaving me?!" The tigress roared, her eyes round in disbelief. " Sorry, but I prefer the solo life.. I'm sorry.." Manticore replied before dashing off and Sarah roared," Go on you frickin' scoundrel!"
Chapter Two
 Well time goes by fast. We've grown quite a bit, we're now 4 months old! Our eyes have opened and we can walk.
Recently the cubs have become 8 weeks old. They are now adventurous and romping kids. Sarah got up and shook her tangerine pelt, She had been hunting for the cubs. They demanded so much food to grow!
She marked her territory near the den before padding off. She then lurked around her boundaries for any nearby herds as expected she did. The tigress stalked and stalked, keeping low and silent. Her pelt meshed into the terrain nearly perfectly.
Meanwhile the cubs as always wrestled. Mostly it was Chase and Fire getting into play-fights. Though Striker was most unusual, she was abnormally tiny and anti-social. She preferred to hang with mom, dad, and a Painted Dog pup named Courage.
Chase growled," Want to fight?" before tackling his smaller sibling. He nipped at his brother's ear, Firs struggled under him but managed to land a few kicks on his, er,sensitive spot. He let out a yowl of pain," Owie!" before scampering off back into the den.
 Striker bounded over to the pup," Hey Courage!" she greeted. " 'Ey Striker!" He yipped and spun around to face his best friend. The two started a conversation as usual while their parents hunted.
Chapter Three 
As usual, Swirl, Ace, and Darren a trio of bully-tiger-cubs teased her. " Hey, Striker, what ya doing?" Darren aneered, pinning her down. " Hanging with a canine, hmm? Your parents would be so ashamed." Swirl snickered, the tigress and lashed a claw at her nose, drawing blood. Ace pounced on Courage holding a claw to his neck.
" Why don't you go away!" Strike roared as she surged up, pinning Darren down. She dug her fangs into his throat before slashed his eyes. Swirl leapt at her, but she dashed to the side thus causing the young tigress to crashed into a rock. The tigard cub then grabbed Ace by his scruff and dragged him off the painted dog pup.
Courage growled as he kicked Swirl in mid-air as she tried leaping onto his. He bared his fangs at them and nipped her delicate ears, drawing blood. Soon enough the trio of tiger cubs stalked off in defeat.
Chapter Four
"Striker, Chase, Fire! Come back to the den for dinner!" Sarah bellowed as she set down two large antelopes. She bid Courrage good-bye and scampered back. She had obtained another scar from them.. who knew cubs could be so tough! Luckily, nobody would notice it.
" What took ya so long? You were like a snail." Chase teased. " Shut up." Striker snorted and swiped a paw at him. " Stop fighting and eat your dinner." Their mother huffed," Ok mom." they all replied.
The cubs gobbled up their meals and each got a lick goodnight from theirier mother. Striker leapt atop her mother's head an curled up, while her brothers slept next to eachother. Though not one of them knew that it would be the last time they would be together.
Chapter 6
A truck pulled up and men burst out. They had pistols and tranquilizer's in their fur-less paws. Manticore noticed the hairless ape-like beings and pinned his ears back. A leopard launched out of a bush growling. He couldn't just let them kill his cubs and mate! He released a snarl and one took a step towards him. " Get away from my family!" He roared but they didn't seem to understand.
Sarah stayed in the den curling around the cubs. They started to whimper," Shhh... It's all right, don't be scared.." She'd tell them. The tigress started to sing a lullaby her mother had sung to her when she was a cub," I will always be with you. Like a guardian angel constant and true..When you’re lost in the night and can't- suddenly there was a loud bang.
Epilogue
" Gt the cubs in the cage now, just kill off the parents for God's sake!." She heard a hairless ape command a few other of his kind. She turned to a few roars of fury, followed by gunshots and silence. She looked in horror and woe as the two adults lay lifeless, blood leaking from their bodies.
Fire and Chase had already been thrown into a cage, now all they needed was Striker. " No!" She yowled and bit a person that tried to grab her. Striker galloped over to her parent's limp bodies and wailed," Mom, dad! Wake up... please.."
Suddenly I dropped to the ground as they fired something at me. A hairless ape grabbed me and threw me into the cage with my brothers whose eyes were round with fear. They loaded us into their moving box cage thing.
This was only the beginning.
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