A True Friend

Chapter 1: Her Prison

Hey everyone I am happy to be out of school and able to write for all my friends on fanfiction. And how I came up with this story literally came just moments ago while I was eating dinner and the idea was so great that I decided to get started on it now. Once again I hope you enjoy it- Newguy100

Tigress: Age 10

Tigress's P.O.V

"I hate it here!" I screamed from inside my small room. Ever since my first day here in this god awful orphanage I have been a prisoner never given any kindness or love. Today had to be marked down as one of the worst days of my life;even though most of days here are horrible this one definitely took the cake.

Tigress's Flashback (12 hours ago)

Every morning I wake to the sound of jingling keys. One of the caretakers is in charge with 'Unlocking my cell' every morning and every time the caretaker is scared to death and usually loses every game of rock paper scissors that they do to chose their unlucky position. But even though they fear me it no longer bothers me. I am use to this this is a normal day for me but every day I try to think positively and find ways to pick my spirits up. I walked out of my room, it was a nice warm summer day. I love to smell the flowers in the courtyard and every morning I climb a nearby tree to try and see all the beautiful sights that I try to see beyond my prison walls. Mostly I look at the rising sun and how it chases the shadows away and bringng in a new day full of hope and prosperity after a moment of just watching the sun I come down so I can go and eat breakfast.

The main building that is the orphanage is a large multipurpose building where it houses all the rooms of all the other orphans, and it also has a good size cafeteria where all the food is served three times a day. But the room off to the side of the cafeteria is where I get my food.I still get fed the same food as everyone else but I am just not allowed to eat with the other kids and after a meal of bland oatmeal I go for a stroll back out to the courtyard so that I could get in some play time before I am once again confided to my bedroom. I grab a small red ball and begin to throw it against the wall, this is how I play. One time I tried to play catch with a little pig girl and she got accidently thrown to the opposite end of the courtyard I still cringe every time I remember that horrible day. While I was playing catch my ears turned to the side to hear a fast whooshing sound I turned my head and felt a hard impact I fell to the ground holding my head.

"Bull's eye!" shouted Lee.

Lee was a large pig boy about 14 years old who was about 3 feet tall but weighed over 250 pounds he and his little duck minions Ping (Age 12) and Déshì (Age 13) (Which ironically meant man of virtue). "Good shot boss" both Ping and Déshì said at the same time. I growled as I moved my hand away from my head and I gasped as I saw that my hand was covered in blood. I was so mad I just wanted to tear them apart.

"How dare you?" I growled.

"What we didn't do anything wrong we were just monster hunting" Lee said with a sneer.

My blood boiled as I heard that word since the first day that I hurt that little pig girl on accident the whole orphanage started calling me that even the caretakers started calling me that when I was in my room. I knew that one day I was going to snap and finally get my revenge on every person that ever called me that. But before I could take a step towards him the caretaker said she had an important announcement for everyone and that they had to join her inside. Lee and his fellow jerks left leaving me mad,sad,and bloody.I knew of course that since everyone would be their that the caretakers would not allow me inside but my curiosity got the better of me so I scaled the big plum blossom tree and sat on a branch next to a window and waited to hear the important announcement our head caretaker had to say. I could see on the big stage next to the caretaker was a young panther boy who looked to be about my age who wore a white shirt and black pants. But what I thought was interesting was the fact that half the fur on his face was white and the other half was jet black the rest of his body was black except for his face.

"Everyone I wanted to introduce a new child who will be staying here this is Rees and I want all of you to treat him better than you treat Tigress". My heart sunk to hear about the caretaker talking about me behind my back. I silently cried while I saw everyone disperse. I climbed down my tree and walked up to the head caretaker to talk about my still bleeding head. When I approached her she was still with the new kid.

"Mrs. Lu, Lee hit me with a rock can I have a bandaid?" I asked with tears in my eyes.

"I am sorry sweetie but we have been running low on supplies this month how about you take this rag and go to your room and the wound should heal by morning." she said trying be sweet. I grabbed the rag and started to make my way out the door when all of a sudden I looked up and saw Ping and Déshì pour a bucket of water on me.

"Hey that sound clean you up!"Déshì laughed.

I started to cry again as I ran to my room as fast as I could slamming the door behind me.

(Flashback Over)

So now I sit here bleeding,wet, and crying. With nothing but a dirty rag to show for it.

"Why do I even go out there?" I asked myself. "Everytime I do I just get hurt and made fun of. I just wish I could have one friend in this horrible place someone to take care of me to pick me up when I'm down is that all too much to ask for?!" I sobbed. I wrapped myself in my one sheet on my rock hard bed and I was about to go to sleep when I heard a caretaker open my door. Mrs. Lu was standing there and right beside her was the new kid Rees standing right next to her smiling.

"Tigress we haven't made Rees's room ready for him yet. It will be ready in about a week until it's ready is it ok if he stays with you?" Mrs. Lu asked. I was shocked beyond belief she actually trusted me with another kid and I was so excited I said yes. Mrs. Lu left and I was left alone with Rees.

"Hi" Rees said still smiling.

"Hi" I said back. Maybe this day wasn't so bad after all.

Well I hoped you all enjoyed my first chapter of this story I will get started on the next chapter as soon as I can. Thank you you all so much and don't forget to review. :) Also I translated Reece into want it would be like in chinese like 里斯 otherwise translated into Rees hope you enjoy it.