Prologue
Queen Kiara grew impatient for once. It was her first time giving birth and the twins were reluctant to participate in their leave. Her claws had drug across the berth multiple times in agony while the doctors tried to calm her.
A majority of them were Rozarian, but only two were female. One of her most trusted Rozarian friend, Koana, was given the task to retrieve the babies as they came out. She was as tough as rock and very understanding when it came to many womanly chores, like giving birth, considering she had already done it several times herself.
"My Queen, you need to push more. Take a deep breath and push as you exhale," a Rozarian doctor said next to Koana.
"I'm trying! Espa-aka no patorani sega!" The Queen desperately shouted.
Some of the assisting doctors looked at each other when she said those harsh words. Koana merely shrugged her language off and replied, "Don't be afraid, it's only hormones and stress. You boys wouldn't understand."
Next to her, holding the Queen's grasping hands, King Kronos sat beside his mate and for once, had to fear something, for stillborn births and losing one's mate was the worst that could happen. He hoped it would not come to that.
Koana's ears perked up when she noticed it was time. "Oh mama, one's coming and it looks like you, Mistress."
That didn't help. The Queen was too indulged in pain; she didn't care at the moment. She wanted them out and fast. King Kronos was also in discomfort, for his hands were being crushed by hers. A death grip more like it. He had his teeth clamped shut to where pressure added to the throbbing grief he already had to deal with.
After an hour of dreadful hell, both sparklings were born, and the King had a chance to nurture his hands which he was sure had some broken parts now. Kiara was in tears but had a tender smile upon her strained face. It was finally over.
In front of them, Koana held the two cooing babies while one had wrapped its tail upon her wrist. As she handed them to their awaiting parents, she let a few tears fall herself before wiping them away and returning to bossing around the doctors. The King just gave a disapproving shake of the head.
In the Queen's servos rested a femme that looked practically like her as Koana pointed out before. The only difference was the sparkling had an orange, black, and white coloring while Kiara had a white and dark blue scheme. The red-yellow eyes of the nymph appeared so innocent yet strangely deadly at the same time, unlike her own that was pink.
The mech of the twins was held by his sire who noted the little version of him had a black and red coloring rather than black and white. Tiny stubs were visible on his back, head, tail, and even his shoulders. Horns and spikes no doubt, but he knew in a couple of years they'd look more pronounced. The baby dragon purred as he rubbed against the King's palm, gently biting one of his fingers with only two formed bumps of teeth.
"What will you name them, my dear?" Prometheus questioned as he cradled the sparkling boy in his arms.
The Queen thought for a moment before setting her eyes back on the femme who was nibbling on her tail. "I think her name will be Tigressa; Tigressa Kronos." Steadily, she peered towards the now sleeping mech in her mate's grasp. "And he looks like one of Primus' bounty hunters, the Demons. Yes, Demon. His name will be Demon Kronos."
Kronos himself smirked, "Alright the, Demon, welcome to your new home."
Suddenly, Kiara gasped which alerted the doctors and nurses instantly. When the King faced her, she had a concerned, frightened expression that made him raise a brow before studying his daughter.
"Honey," the Queen whispered, "does Demon have his teeth yet?"
Confused, he checked, "Only two tiny ones, but no. Why?"
"Tigressa has hers; several rows of them. They're fully formed but miniature. Is that natural?"
King Kronos placed Demon in the hands of an awaiting nurse beside him and went to his wife. There he saw what she noticed. She was right. Sharp, jagged incisors layered his sparkling's mouth. A wave of fear rose within him, for both knew not if this had happened before, but Kronos knew it definitely wasn't normal. Never has any sparkling been recorded with such a phenomenon, but was sure it was for a reason.
A few doctors believed it was bad juju. Since they were Rozarian, things like this were usually presented as such by a witch doctor. Witch doctors were more respected than the normal ones. The inhabitants of Rozaria believed they were invincible, wise, and the gate keepers to the elemental and spiritual world. Whether they were truly all that or not wasn't investigated. Then again, the King honored their ways nonetheless.
Raimo, the shaman from Koana's tribe, happened to be on Kanjis during the Queen's pregnancy and when the time came, he gladly accepted the King's request to look over Tigressa.
The twins were presented to the witch doctor, and both the shaman and the sparklings smiled at each other. "Oh my children, what do you have that's so bad?"
Raimo cooed at Tigressa who in return gave him a toothy grin. He paused to examine her fangs, and slowly, his smile faded. "Your Highness, this…this is a grave sign. This child is cursed!"
King Kronos rushed to his side, "How can that be?"
The shaman shook his head dreadfully, "I sense a soul of a monster inside her that cannot be removed, for it is a part of her now! If you allow her to grow with her twin and any other children you have in the future, she will destroy them in time. I'm sorry, but she is a bad seed in your family."
"What can we do?"
"The only thing you two can do is hope that I am wrong, or slay her before time runs out."
King Kronos' face lit up with terror and anger, "I will not slaughter my flesh and blood! I will, however, keep an eye on her and make sure this theory does not become a prophecy she must face. I refuse to harm her!"
Raimo sighed, "It is your choice but do not heed my warning as a delusion of my age. Whatever lies within her may try to corrupt her beyond our healing abilities, and if that happens, in time, she will become lost to all of us."
He pointed a battered claw at the King, "You must prevent her from getting any ideas that will spark an evil paradigm to her rule, if you give her the throne or not. I fear her dark guise will strike when it feels you are weak enough to fail to protect your true daughter, and it will lead her to a fate that may be the downfall of you and your mate."
Prometheus didn't respond as he was trying to absorb every detail of the shaman's words. "I will do what I can."
"What if what you can do isn't enough? Then what will you do?" Raimo muttered quietly as he held Demon. He glanced over to Tigressa who was asleep, curled on her mother's lap.
The King did the same, observing the little striped form, "I don't know."
He didn't want to think about murdering his child, but at the same time, he was scared that what the witch doctor said would be inevitable. What would he do? He couldn't get himself to consider killing his baby, nor would he hire somebody to do it like a coward. But he also had to face the truth; if Tigressa was the monster his friend claimed her to be, he couldn't let her continue on with her destructive life. He couldn't do anything, against her or for her. Only time would tell.
AN: Alright, this is the origin story people apparently wanted about Tigressa and how she found her way to Earth plus how she meets Optimus, etc., etc. Some things I want to point out, Koana and Raimo will be frequent characters and I'll explain what part they have in Captain Silos' life. Also, Tigressa's fate is already revealed and you probably knew it too but remember, there is a chain of events that leads to what she becomes, a monster, so don't expect any major battling or romance. There will be more characters that I'll explain later as well including the Fallen and Kor who will be appearing (I'll tell you how Kor gets to the Eco Dimension to start the infamous chain reaction of the Jak and Daxter Trilogy). Last thing, as you can guess, King Kronos made a big error. You won't believe what that'll do to him in later chapters before Tigressa's betrayal. I own all characters except Kor and the brief Cybertronian based appearances within the story.
