200th EpiCsode! I'm so proud of the show and glad to be an active member of this fandom.
To honour this Milestone I have decided to post a story. (For those of you who may not know I had an account on this site and it was removed, I was outraged to lose all my works) Larka Free
It was just another day in the mangroves surrounding Chimboy Lake, in Uzbekistan. Dean was lounging in the sun, taking in the warm breeze as he watches his brother Sammy play with his food. The younger Bengal tiger often taunted his kills, no clue why. Dean, on the other hand, prefers to kill and eat, fast and to the point. He allowed the devilish behaviour purely because he was the only family he had. Most tigers were solitary animals, only interacting with other tigers if there was lots of food in the area, but Dean and Sam were always close, even as cubs. It was unnatural according to their mother but she let it go on as most loving parents would.
Now both tigers were adults and still keeping a close bond. They left their mother a few years ago, to make it on their own, seeing the world, as much as they could. Normal felines would establish a territory and defend it but not these felines, they rather keep moving, as if they were searching for something or someone.
It was a very warm day so Dean decides to let Sammy annoy his captured hare a little longer before telling him to just end the thing's suffering. The beautiful golden tiger got to his feet, stretching out his back, long claws digging into the Earth beneath them before he turns his head to chuckle at his brother, "Sammy, don't play with your food or it might fight back and win. And we can't have that pretty little face of yours messed up. What will the prey think?"
The larger golden tiger shook his head as he nipped at the rabbit's hind quarter, teasingly. "I'm just bored. We've been here for close to seven nights and all there is to eat is small prey. I want something bigger, harder to catch."
Dean flexes his sharp claws again, digging into the packed earth before swishing his tail and heading for the shoreline to take a quick dip in the lake, hoping it would cool him off. He dunked his head into the cool, crisp water, sighing at the temperature change. He could hold his breath for pretty long so he decided to take a little walk along the lake bottom to pass some time and look for some fish to keep Sammy happy, hey at least it wasn't a rodent.
As Dean comes up for air he sees a disturbance in the lake not far off. Most large animals knew when a tiger was in the area and kept away, in hopes of living another day, which was rather inconvenient for eating. The golden cat swims elegantly towards the disturbance.
As he gets closer he notices the disturbance is another animal and the thing is smaller than him so he could totally take it on, although he hasn't seen any white animals in this area before. He ducks low in the water, only his face breaks the surface as he sneaks up on his prey. His huge paws glide him through the water easily, barely making a disturbance, allowing for good hunting in the water.
The white animal, Dean can't get a good look at it just yet makes for the shoreline, the same shoreline that Sammy and he are lounging on, but down a few miles. Dean picks up his speed, not wanting his dinner to get away, but stops in mid-paw swipe when the animal emerges from the cool water to reveal a tiger, a white tiger! Dean's jaw drops.
The smaller white tiger walks very proudly up the sandy shore, not shaking out its coat until it's up near a tree.
Dean swears he's in love. The tiger is amazingly beautiful; he can't stop staring at her. He finally snaps out of his daze when the tiger makes for the treeline, about to disappear. He splashes frantically, trying to get out of the water as fast as he can, not caring if the other tiger notices, actually hoping that she does.
The white angel of a tiger does hear the noise and bares its teeth to the surprise intrusion.
Just as Dean is running up the embankment he's hit with a scent, a strong scent. It stops him for a second. That second is all it takes for the other tiger to get away.
Dean stands dumbfounded halfway to the treeline. The beautiful angel of a tiger isn't a female but a male.