The After Shock

by Punkinz01

Zaila, Conrad and Dakota are very curious young cub and are always getting in trouble. When a tragic turn of events take its toll on Jecolia, What will happen if curiousity gets the better of these cubs without their mother here to control them?

1. Chapter 1

The After Shock

Zaila, Conrad and Dakota are enjoying life in the ice age. Although they were only 4 years old, Zaila and her brothers had explored every nook and cranny on the island. There was only one place that the young cubs had dreamed of exploring. The Human Village. Their curiosity had gotten the young Saber Tooths in trouble many times before. "Daddy, why can't we go into human country?" Zaila asked Diego one day. "It's not safe there, Zai, if you go there you'll probably end up getting yourself killed or worse" He told his daughter. "Oh" Zaila understood now.

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"Hey Zaila, Wanna Play?" 7 year old mini-mammoth Peaches asked. Zaila and Peaches ran, laughed and playfully shoved each other over in the snow. Zaila stopped when her ears pricked up. She could hear something. And by the sound of it, it was not good. Everyone froze as they heard yelling and war cries coming from hunters from the village that Zaila and Diego had spoken about earlier. "Hunting Season" Zaila and her brothers backed away in fear as Ellie and Manny hid with the herd and took Peaches with them.

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"Is everyone here?!" Manny called. Then it stuck Jecolia as the roll call began. "Where are the cubs?" Jecolia bolted out and began the search for her cubs. Shira went out in search as well.

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It was then that Jecolia had stumbled upon the cubs. Zaila's emerald eyes were filled with fear as the hunters closed in. Zaila, Conrad and Dakota were snatched into their mouth by the scruff of their necks. It felt like hours before they finally found a small opening, only big enough to fit the 3 cubs in. "Stay here and stay low" Jecolia told her sons and daughter.