Copyright by Laila432, thank you for reading. Every character is over 18 of age.
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I was running as fast as I could and my pride sped up to match me.
We were running away so that our enemies wouldn't catch and kill us.
In our cat-form we were faster than them but they already had our territory so they were stronger.
It was in the middle of the night when they killed our best men and my parents in their sleep and we were the only survivors, although we were and now unprotected.
I couldn't do anything to protect my family but now I had to protect the rest of my pride, it was my duty.
I still hear my mom's voice in my head, "if someone or something ever breaks into our territory take everyone to the secret tunnel and bring them to the others!"
By the others she meant the black tigers, the total opposite of us the white ones, not only white but without the typical stripes.
I didn't know why she would want me to do that after they broke the contact 2 years ago ,on my sixteenth birthday, but it was the only request she ever made. And I had to keep it as I was now responsible for my pride.
We were still running as fast as possible when we saw tree lines that marked the border between our two territories. Some of my prides best men stopped walking and stood right before the border, but we had to continue and cross the line.