Hello all!

Romeo & Juliet is one of the greatest love stories ever and since The Tribe too had many great love stories, I decided to rewrite one of them in the spirit of Shakespeare's work.

Please, beware that relationships and characterizations of the characters are different to the ones in the original series; their were changed in order to fit the role they have in this fic.

I do hope you will find it entertaining!

Now sit back, relax and enjoy!

Please review!

love, winter

Tribal Romeo & Juliet

The Tribe fanfiction loosely based on Shakespeare's great tragedy.

All characters are taken from The Tribe series. Nothing is mine; I just made up the storyline and the dialogues. Nothing would be possible without the wonderful masterminds behind The Tribe.

PROLOGUE

Life in the city was uneventful. Kids spent their days torn between home, school and their favourite hangout places. Some were taking part in competitions for the scientist of the year; others were stars of their school's basketball team; maybe they dreamt of being a model, a chef, a teacher, a doctor; some had no idea what they wanted to do with their lives and some simply liked to cause trouble. Everyone was falling in and out of love with people they had never dared to even talk to; infatuated they were scribbling names of their crush on their maths books. Incapable of dealing with rejection, many rivalries were established.

Oh, yes, it was life like any other.

That was until a strange virus started spreading across the globe. It took only a few months for all adults to die and the once carefree, reckless teenagers, so inexperienced when it came to anything that didn't include being head over heels in love, were left to rule the world.

At first, life seemed to be a never-ending party. They were no adults left to set rules; everyone was free to do whatever their hearts desired. They stayed up late, put on crazy makeup and dressed in once unaccepted combinations. They could eat whatever they wanted and most of all, there was no school! They didn't need to study, do homework anymore. Indeed, life looked like an eternal blast!

But soon, party crashers walked in. Kids started fighting over food, they were stealing from each other and the city became a war zone. They discovered safety was in numbers and so the tribes began to form.

Over time, two tribes became the biggest and most respectful of all – The Mallrats and The Locos (known also as The Locusts). Their leaders, Lex and Zoot, were known enemies although no one really knew what triggered the grudge between them. It was rumoured that it had started when as ten-year-olds both of them were invited to a birthday of the cutest girl in their class and only one of them was allowed to kiss the birthday girl on the cheek. Whatever the cause, the new world became their polygon to determine who is the strongest, more powerful once and for all. Only one could be the winner of the feud and consequently the ruler of the city. Honestly, none of them had any idea or plan what they would do if indeed they won but they didn't really care.

Each tried to think of as many ways as possible to attract people on their side but eventually they reached a deadlock. For months, maybe even years, no one really cared much about measuring time, the city was divided into two parts and it would most likely last for many additional years, maybe even decades if a Mallrat and a Loco had not fallen in love.

This is a story of how two star crossed lovers brought peace to the city and ensured a better future for all but themselves.

To Be Continued.

Broughttoyouby:::winter.