The Beginning

Location: Acorn Orphanage

Time: 6:34 p.m.

It all started at Acorn Orphanage in New York. It looks a little rundown but the electricity, water and the heater/cooler were working fine. Mrs. Higgins the owner of the orphanage is a very kind turtle woman who is also a mother figure to the little orphans. Although she doesnt play favorites, she cares for Blade, Hannah, and Macy the most since they work as a team and inspired the other children to do the same. She also knew the secret of what happened to Blade's mother and father so she decided that after Blade's birthday, she would tell her. A few days later after Blade's 10th birthday she called her into her office.

"You wanted to see me Mrs. Higgins?" Blade asked while holding on to the knob of her mother figure's office door.

Mrs. Higgins looked at the young liger and smiled. "Yes come on in dear."

Blade came in and closed the door. Then she sat down in a chair near the desk.

"Blade.....I have something to tell you.....its about your parents." Mrs. Higgins said with seriousness in her tone.

Blade's heart began to beat fast. "Are they alive?" she accidently blurted out.

Mrs. Higgins chuckled a bit at Blade's accident."Well.....I dont know if your mother is alive....but I know your father is." Mrs. Higgins said.

Blade's eyes widened. "How come you didnt tell me, Mrs. Higgins?"

"Im getting to that part, dear." Mrs Higgins said, "Now you must understand for your mother made me promise not to tell you until you are mature enough to understand and you are mature now to understand the situation. Is that understood?"

Blade nodded then began to listen to what she was going to say.

Mrs. Higgins took a deep breath and started to explain. "Blade.....when you were a baby, your mother brought you in here and told me what happened.....she told me what a scientist at your father's company said to her. He said that he didnt love you or your mother anymore....."

"WHAT?!" Blade shouted out.

"Hold on child, let me finish.....when your mother told me about what happened, I didnt buy it one bit......your father loves you and your mother so much that he couldnt let the both of you go....something was wrong.....someone either intended to set you and your mother up on accident or on purpose....somehow a feeling inside of me is telling me that the whole thing was a hoax." Mrs. Higgins said.

Blade was confused at first but then she absorbed on what Mrs. Higgins said. "Do.....do you think that mom was the one who didnt love me or daddy anymore?"

Mrs. Higgins shook her head. "I dont think that's the case either. I saw your mother singing you to sleep and giving you a kiss goodnight before she left, your mother does love you......she was only on the edge of an emotional breakdown."

A moment of silence hung in the air, then Blade stood up from the chair. "I see....thank you for telling me, Mrs. Higgins."

"Your welcome.....will you be alright?" Mrs. Higgins asked with concern.

"I will.....I just need to time to think...." Blade said then hugged Mrs. Higgins and left her office.

The owner sighed. "Poor girl......did I do the right thing by telling her?"

(Later that night)

Blade was laying on her bed wide awake as her bunk mate friends Macy the dog girl and Hannah the duck girl were talking to her.

"So let me get this straight.....Mrs. Higgins said that your dad is still alive and that your mom was duped by a scientest?" Hannah asked surprised on what she was hearing.

"Yeah that's pretty much it....." Blade said.

"That sounds really strange...." Macy said.

"I agree. Something's not right....." Hannah said.

Blade looked at her two friends with a confused look. "What do you mean it sounds strange?"

"Well think about it Blade....a scientist who has never had the time of seeing your dad, talking to your mom about your dad not loving you and her anymore, when he doesnt even know about anything about your mom and dad's relationship." Hannah said.

"Although on the other hand the scientist must of been called into your dad's office and he told the scientist to tell your mom that he doesnt love her anymore." Macy said with her theory.

Blade sat up straight on her bed. "That cant be the case! He might say that....but we cant prove that without any evidence!"

Hannah jumped out of her bed. "Blade's right! We cant just jump to conclusions! We need solid evidence!"

Macy still remained in her bed. "But how are we going to get that? Mr. Khan is in Cape Suzette, last time I heard and we're in New York! How are we gonna get there?"

Blade paused for a moment then she had an idea. "Rosemary."

Hannah and Macy looked at her. "We should go to Rosemary for help."

"Blade, are you sure? I mean I know that Rosemary can help, but we dont know where she lives." Hannah said.

"No need to worry about that. I got her phone number, knowing her she's probably still awake working on a new invention." Blade said confidently then went downstairs to call her friend. Macy and Hannah followed her to make sure no one caught her. Blade picked up the phone and dialed then waited for Rosemary to pick up.

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Location: Mason Mansion New York

Time: 11:15 p.m.

The telephone rang in a room where a 10-year-old canary girl was working on a project on the computer, luckily for her she has an I.D. caller phone. Knowing who it was already she answered it and held it between her left shoulder and her left ear.

"Mason residence." the bird girl said.

"Rosemary, its me Blade.....I need your help." Blade said.

"Did something bad happened?" Rosemary asked while still working on her computer.

"Im not sure....whatever happened took place in Cape Suzette when I was a baby at the Khan Industries."

"At Khan Industries? What in the name of chocolate doughnuts were you doing there as a baby?" Rosemary asked with a bit of interest in her voice.

"Your not gonna believe me if I told you."

"Try me."

"Okay, today Mrs. Higgins the orphanage owner of the place that Im staying with Macy and Hannah.....she told me that Im Mr. Shere Khan's daughter."

Rosemary was drinking some spring water but when she heard the "Im Shere Khan's daughter" part she spat the water out of her mouth in amazement.

"No way...."

"Mrs. Higgins doesnt lie...she also told me about my mom and some scientist dude who is probably either telling her something on accident, or that he's filling her head with lies." Blade said urgently.

"Okay....so you want to know the truth about what happened between your mom, dad and some lamo scientist....right and you're saying that your dad is in Cape Suzette right?" Rosemary asked.

"Yeah that's right." Blade said.

Rosemary paused for a few moments.....somehow she knows that Blade was telling the truth, about her being the daughter of Shere Khan and that something was fishy going on at Khan Industries back then.....and she also knew that there was going to be a lot of sneaking around to do in order to find out the truth, so she took a deep breath and she said her piece.

"Ok here's what I want you to do....." Rosemary said.

"Yeah?" Blade asked.

"I need you to get as much rest as you can.....Hannah and Macy too. Tomorrow before sunrise, I will be there to pick you three up, something tells me that we're gonna do some work at Cape Suzette. Prepare a note for Mrs. Higgins and meet me outside. Dont worry about your toothbrushes and clothes and all that stuff, I will supply you with that as long as stay under my roof." Rosemary instructed.

"Check." Blade said.

"Now get some sleep.....goodnight."

"Goodnight, Rosemary."

Then the two hung up.

(A few hours later)

Mrs. Higgins got up and got the children to get up from their beds, then she went to Blade, Macy, and Hannah's room to wake them up, but as she opened the door....they werent there. At first she began to panic but then she saw a note on Blade's bed. She began to read it.

Mrs Higgins,

Im so sorry that I caused you to worry about Hannah's, Macy's and my disappearence......we had to go to Rosemary's because I want to know the truth and if Im right, I'll get daddy to know the truth too. Something isnt right at Khan's Industries, I know that something wasnt right......I have to figure it out for myself. I want to know what happened. Please dont worry about us. We'll be okay, I promise. Again Im sorry that I caused you to worry.....please dont blame Hannah, and Macy for coming with me. I also wanted to thank you for taking care of us for 10 years, we really appreciate it. I hope we will meet again someday.....and please tell the other children that we will miss them.

With love,

Blade, Macy, and Hannah.

Mrs. Higgins looked up from the note and smiled as she cried with sadness. "So.....it seems that I was right for telling her after all.....maybe.....maybe its time for all this madness to end.....Blade.....Hannah.....Macy.....please....be careful." Mrs. Higgins thought to herself.

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Thats all I got for now.....I will make another chapter soon.