Lion-O's POV

We had just gotten out of the Astro plane, that vision of Tygra breaking the log with me on it after he dared me was still fresh in my mind. I couldn't stop thinking about it. I've always looked up to Tygra, admired him, he was my big brother, a pride to Thundera to our father…. to me.

I remember the words the elephants told me, by evening bell today I would feel a betrayal from my brother like I never have before, and it did hurt, to think that my brother would do that to me. That the person I looked up to and admired so much would want me gone so bad… I know that in the end he came back for me, what I don't know is if it was out of love… or a guilty conscience he knew he couldn't live with.

Somewhere in the back of my mind I had hope 'If he felt guilty it might be because he cared'

When we were young and I had nightmares I would always go to my big brother, to Tygra for comfort and after a few moments standing at my big brother's bedroom door, Tygra would relent, grudgingly he would motion for me to join him in his bed. He would comfort me with a light hug and I would fall asleep, safe in my brother's arms 'He will always protect me' I would think 'My big brother Tygra'

During the day Tygra didn't show me much affection, but he was still fun to be with and I could always trust that he did care; we still had our nights together after one of my bad dreams, the worst ones were always about Tygra leaving me in one way or the other.

Tygra was the only family I ever considered myself to have; our father was always so cold and distant with me even if he wasn't so with Tygra. So to me the only one I had ever known to truly care for me was Tygra. My big brother.

Eventually though as we grew up we also grew apart, our nights had stopped after father had decided I had grown too old for that behavior 'the next ruler of the Thundercats cannot be so childish, scared by stupid dreams'.

Tygra became harder on me during our training; he stopped holding back on account of me being younger and less experienced, and stopped helping me up after he knocked me down. I didn't want to believe my big brother, the one person I loved more than anything, the only one who had ever cared for me. Was turning into our father, so I convinced myself he was doing it for me. I was going to be king one day and not everyone would like me or be kind to me, he was preparing me.

Even as our sibling rivalry became too much I still believed that he cared for me. He was the only one who ever had, my…. Tygra.

But now I'm starting to wonder if I was wrong, if in reality the one who I would do anything for hated me. If my Tygra… my….Brother 'for some reason that sound wrong' would wish me gone.

I know… I understand that my arrival into this world cost Tygra a lot. His mother his tittle his kingdom. I know that technically speaking she was my mother too, but like I said, Tygra's the only family I ever knew, I never knew this woman never met this person we called mom.

But l had no control over this; if I could i would go back and make it so that mother lived. And the sword of omens had chosen me, I couldn't change that, if I could I would give Tygra the sword, he deserved it much more than me.

As things are, the only way for him to have it is for me to die. Would he really rather me be dead than not have the sword, was it really that important to be king.

I remember something else too 'you know we'll have to settle this' 'May the best cat win' I think my Tygra may have miss understood me, I was wishing him luck, in this new sibling rivalry language we had. Tygra was the best cat, I've always known that, he was right in everything but the crown I was second to him. Besides I may not be as good as him but I'm not blind. He knew Cheetera before I did I knew that, when we met her for the first time he already knew her name, when we fought together for the first time he anticipated her speed.

He remembered; there was a time when his perfect tygra would get in trouble when we were just kittens and always it would be with the clerics for trying to sneak in. it was so un-like tygra that Lion-O had been wondering what on third earth could the clerics have in there to make his Tygra disobey there father.

He understood now… Cheetera, he knew her and loved her far longer and far more than me. It's my…. Tygra… after all, he deserves happiness and love. Though … I wish it could be me…. 'What… why…'

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"whiskers…. I love Tygra…"