I wake up to the sound of metal hitting metal, I sit up in my cramped cage as I try to remember why I was there. My mind filled with anger as the memories began flooding back
“Come on!” the excited boy shouted as he ran through the jungle to the creek “we might miss the fish!”
A massive tiger walked out of the trees behind him, and spoke to him in her soft, melodious voice “Always in a hurry, can you never be patient?” she asked “Wait… something isn’t right” There was a massive crash
I fell forward as the strange vehicle I was in stopped, a ‘Truck’ as my kidnapper had called it. One of the Kidnappers walked up to my cage “get out” he said in a tough voice “or else”
I did what he asked, but in my mind I was planning my escape
“Get out!” the Tiger shouted as the two ran quickly through the forest, trying to escape whatever was chasing them, there was a massive explosion noise behind them, and the Tiger screamed in pain. The Boy turned around to see the tiger, with a massive hole in her side, on the ground in a pool of blood. He dropped to his knees beside her “NOOOOO!”
I flinched at the memory, and stared at my kidnapper with red eyes, filled with rage, and growled angrily, causing the kidnapper to hit me with the weapon which had killed the tiger “savage” he said casually, causing me to become even more angry. How could he? After my human parents had ‘Lost’ me in the forest, that tiger had taken me in! Raised me! I still remember it like it was yesterday
The Tiger was walking through the forest when she heard a loud cry piercing the peaceful silence. She carefully walked into a clearing near a human village, where she saw something in the middle. Carefully, she walked towards it, when she noticed that it was a human boy, who couldn't have been more than one-year-old. She took pity on the boy and picked him up, bringing him back to her den to take care of
My eyes filled with tears, she was my mother and best friend! She loved me and I loved her! And now they have taken her away from me! And they called me the Savage! “You monster!” I shouted at the kidnapped “She raised me, that tiger! And you killed her!”
The kidnapper looked at me, regarding me with what appeared to be pity. “Tigers are dangerous!” he said “they kill humans!”
“even more reason to protect them” I grumbled, I hated humans, even though I technically was one.
The three humans chasing the boy surrounded him and looked down on him. The boy was sobbing over the tiger’s body. “Why?” he shouted “why did you do that!?”
One of the humans sighed “Poor child” she said “Raised in the wild like this without a proper education or life”
“I’ll take him to the natives’ village” The second one offered “Maybe they could help rehabilitate this misinformed soul”
“Me? Proper Life? Misimformed?” the boy roared angrily “I have been living like this for years! And now you and your stupid friends took that away from me!”
“Oh dear” the third one said “It seems we better tranquilise him before he attacks us”
“On it” the second hunter offered, grabbing a dart gun “goodnight”
I looked at the hunter, it seemed that he wanted to ‘rehabilitate’ me. Whatever that meant, it couldn't be good, from the way they spoke it seemed that they wanted me to become one of them, but there was no way that was ever going to happen. The second the guard had his back turned, the I turned and ran… “Catch me if you can!”
“Catch me if you can!” the shouted, as the tiger chased the ten-year-old boy through the forest
“Oh I’ll get you!” the tiger roared, before leaping on the boy and tickling him
I heard him getting closer, running towards me as he continued the desperate chase I had grown up in the forest, and could traverse it with ease. I noted in relief that I was losing him. “Come back here!” he shouted, somewhere behind me
“Come back here!” The tiger shouted to the eight-year-old boy “It’s not safe”
The boy was climbing a tree next to the stream, when he lost his grip and fell down, landing in the stream with a massive splash
I crossed the stream, I was almost there, I could see my mother’s den in the distance, I could hide in there. But then I heard something. “CRASH!”
“CRASH!” was the sound the tree made as it came crashing down, the terrified six-year-old boy ran behind the tiger. “What was that?” he asked her
“Don’t worry, it was only a tree” the tiger told him “There is nothing to be afraid about”
But it was not a tree that made this crash, I turned to see a terrifying sight, the kidnapper riding the wheeled contraption, making his way through a newly made road blocking the thick undergrowth, I ran into the cave and began sobbing, hoping that he wouldn't find me
The four-year-old boy lay down on the cave floor and began sobbing, wondering why nobody would come and find him. “Mommy” he asked the tiger “where are my real parents”
The tiger sighed “I don't know sweetheart” she said, shaking her head “I don't know”
I heard the kidnapper enter the room, but I didn't care, soon I would be able to join my mother in death, and meet her again, where we could be together forever
The tiger entered her cave lay down the two-year-old child on the cold rock floor
The kidnapper raised his gun
The tiger lowered her head to the child, looking it in the eye and kissing it
The kidnapper took aim
The tiger put her mouth next to the child’s year and whispered
The kidnapper fired his gun
I love you
The bullet pierced my back, and I felt it go through my heart and watched it fly out of my body, I fell to my knees as I watched my blood bleed out of me, leaving me kneeling in a pool of blood. I closed my eyes as a felt my consciousness fade, mother… I will be with you soon.
(Note: If this ending is too depressing, here is another short bit to finish the story on a happier note, this bit is not necessary in the story though and only there to provide a happier ending, you can choose which one Is real)
The tiger entered her cave lay down the two-year-old child on the cold rock floor
The kidnapper raised his gun
The tiger lowered her head to the child, looking it in the eye and kissing it
The kidnapper took aim
The tiger put her mouth next to the child’s year and whispered
The kidnapper fired his gun
I love you
I braced myself for a shot that would never come, as the shot harmlessly hit the wall, I turned around to see the other two hunters were attacking the kidnapper “What are you doing?” the female one asked “Are you trying to kill him?”
“We were going to help him! Not hurt him!” the male one shouted, the two managed to overpower the kidnapper, and while the male one held him down, the female one went and spoke to the boy
“I see now that you are happier here, and can survive by yourself” she said softly “I am very sorry, me and my team were only trying to do what was best for you… I hope you can forgive us”
I nodded, and looked her in the eye “Its alright” I said “but one request, please leave this place, my home, alone”
“Of course” she said warmly and then turned around to the two men “Alright boys” she said “lets pack up and go home, tell the boss that we will have to hunt somewhere else, and the villagers that they shouldn’t build any more roads around this area!”
The hunters left the cave, and I sighed a sigh of relief, I went outside and looked up, surprised to see that it was already night. I looked at a group of stars in the sky, which seemed to form a tiger. The tiger was smiling reassuringly, as if to see I love you or I will always be with you, no matter what. I smiled, and entered the cave again, eager to fall asleep and then wake up again the next day to begin a new life, and survive again all by myself
“Come on!” the excited boy shouted as he ran through the jungle to the creek “we might miss the fish!”
A massive tiger walked out of the trees behind him, and spoke to him in her soft, melodious voice “Always in a hurry, can you never be patient?” she asked “Wait… something isn’t right” There was a massive crash
I fell forward as the strange vehicle I was in stopped, a ‘Truck’ as my kidnapper had called it. One of the Kidnappers walked up to my cage “get out” he said in a tough voice “or else”
I did what he asked, but in my mind I was planning my escape
“Get out!” the Tiger shouted as the two ran quickly through the forest, trying to escape whatever was chasing them, there was a massive explosion noise behind them, and the Tiger screamed in pain. The Boy turned around to see the tiger, with a massive hole in her side, on the ground in a pool of blood. He dropped to his knees beside her “NOOOOO!”
I flinched at the memory, and stared at my kidnapper with red eyes, filled with rage, and growled angrily, causing the kidnapper to hit me with the weapon which had killed the tiger “savage” he said casually, causing me to become even more angry. How could he? After my human parents had ‘Lost’ me in the forest, that tiger had taken me in! Raised me! I still remember it like it was yesterday
The Tiger was walking through the forest when she heard a loud cry piercing the peaceful silence. She carefully walked into a clearing near a human village, where she saw something in the middle. Carefully, she walked towards it, when she noticed that it was a human boy, who couldn't have been more than one-year-old. She took pity on the boy and picked him up, bringing him back to her den to take care of
My eyes filled with tears, she was my mother and best friend! She loved me and I loved her! And now they have taken her away from me! And they called me the Savage! “You monster!” I shouted at the kidnapped “She raised me, that tiger! And you killed her!”
The kidnapper looked at me, regarding me with what appeared to be pity. “Tigers are dangerous!” he said “they kill humans!”
“even more reason to protect them” I grumbled, I hated humans, even though I technically was one.
The three humans chasing the boy surrounded him and looked down on him. The boy was sobbing over the tiger’s body. “Why?” he shouted “why did you do that!?”
One of the humans sighed “Poor child” she said “Raised in the wild like this without a proper education or life”
“I’ll take him to the natives’ village” The second one offered “Maybe they could help rehabilitate this misinformed soul”
“Me? Proper Life? Misimformed?” the boy roared angrily “I have been living like this for years! And now you and your stupid friends took that away from me!”
“Oh dear” the third one said “It seems we better tranquilise him before he attacks us”
“On it” the second hunter offered, grabbing a dart gun “goodnight”
I looked at the hunter, it seemed that he wanted to ‘rehabilitate’ me. Whatever that meant, it couldn't be good, from the way they spoke it seemed that they wanted me to become one of them, but there was no way that was ever going to happen. The second the guard had his back turned, the I turned and ran… “Catch me if you can!”
“Catch me if you can!” the shouted, as the tiger chased the ten-year-old boy through the forest
“Oh I’ll get you!” the tiger roared, before leaping on the boy and tickling him
I heard him getting closer, running towards me as he continued the desperate chase I had grown up in the forest, and could traverse it with ease. I noted in relief that I was losing him. “Come back here!” he shouted, somewhere behind me
“Come back here!” The tiger shouted to the eight-year-old boy “It’s not safe”
The boy was climbing a tree next to the stream, when he lost his grip and fell down, landing in the stream with a massive splash
I crossed the stream, I was almost there, I could see my mother’s den in the distance, I could hide in there. But then I heard something. “CRASH!”
“CRASH!” was the sound the tree made as it came crashing down, the terrified six-year-old boy ran behind the tiger. “What was that?” he asked her
“Don’t worry, it was only a tree” the tiger told him “There is nothing to be afraid about”
But it was not a tree that made this crash, I turned to see a terrifying sight, the kidnapper riding the wheeled contraption, making his way through a newly made road blocking the thick undergrowth, I ran into the cave and began sobbing, hoping that he wouldn't find me
The four-year-old boy lay down on the cave floor and began sobbing, wondering why nobody would come and find him. “Mommy” he asked the tiger “where are my real parents”
The tiger sighed “I don't know sweetheart” she said, shaking her head “I don't know”
I heard the kidnapper enter the room, but I didn't care, soon I would be able to join my mother in death, and meet her again, where we could be together forever
The tiger entered her cave lay down the two-year-old child on the cold rock floor
The kidnapper raised his gun
The tiger lowered her head to the child, looking it in the eye and kissing it
The kidnapper took aim
The tiger put her mouth next to the child’s year and whispered
The kidnapper fired his gun
I love you
The bullet pierced my back, and I felt it go through my heart and watched it fly out of my body, I fell to my knees as I watched my blood bleed out of me, leaving me kneeling in a pool of blood. I closed my eyes as a felt my consciousness fade, mother… I will be with you soon.
(Note: If this ending is too depressing, here is another short bit to finish the story on a happier note, this bit is not necessary in the story though and only there to provide a happier ending, you can choose which one Is real)
The tiger entered her cave lay down the two-year-old child on the cold rock floor
The kidnapper raised his gun
The tiger lowered her head to the child, looking it in the eye and kissing it
The kidnapper took aim
The tiger put her mouth next to the child’s year and whispered
The kidnapper fired his gun
I love you
I braced myself for a shot that would never come, as the shot harmlessly hit the wall, I turned around to see the other two hunters were attacking the kidnapper “What are you doing?” the female one asked “Are you trying to kill him?”
“We were going to help him! Not hurt him!” the male one shouted, the two managed to overpower the kidnapper, and while the male one held him down, the female one went and spoke to the boy
“I see now that you are happier here, and can survive by yourself” she said softly “I am very sorry, me and my team were only trying to do what was best for you… I hope you can forgive us”
I nodded, and looked her in the eye “Its alright” I said “but one request, please leave this place, my home, alone”
“Of course” she said warmly and then turned around to the two men “Alright boys” she said “lets pack up and go home, tell the boss that we will have to hunt somewhere else, and the villagers that they shouldn’t build any more roads around this area!”
The hunters left the cave, and I sighed a sigh of relief, I went outside and looked up, surprised to see that it was already night. I looked at a group of stars in the sky, which seemed to form a tiger. The tiger was smiling reassuringly, as if to see I love you or I will always be with you, no matter what. I smiled, and entered the cave again, eager to fall asleep and then wake up again the next day to begin a new life, and survive again all by myself
