This story takes place just after the 3rd movie.
This is a story about the trio of sabers that the franchise forgot about. There truly needs to be more stories about them!
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Chapter 1 – The Day Their World Changed
Golden orbs pierced through the snow covered darkness. The host of these optics was a notorious killer in that time. A body set with claws and sharp incisors to rip into the toughest flesh of a giant elephant. A saber tooth tiger. The male was notorious for those eyes back when there was more of a pack. Before that stupid mammoth and the smelly sloth came and killed their alpha, Soto. The humans took most of the pack and now they have lost another former member of the pack.
Diego.
Oscar's fur bristled at the thought of the traitor. He and his brothers were nearly gotten killed because of him and his stupid decision. But deep down in the pits of the darkest part of his soul, Diego was hardly the one to blame. It was Soto, their alpha, whom had nearly caused them to perish. The grief that kept building up from the loss of his mate and kid had caused him his mind to become sick with revenge. Somehow, Oscar had let himself and his brothers to be nearly brought down with him.
"Blah, Hmm. Os-scar." The oldest sibling turned his way towards a mumbling sound to where his younger brothers were both sleeping in a curled into a ball of white. He and his brothers had never been the "close" type, but they had always been with one another to protect each other. The day that Soto was killed was a day that their lives changed. But yet again, he remembered the crack in his stone heart when he had thought he had been alone.
Oscar's head pounded as his golden orbs snapped open to stare into the white snowy sky. What happened? Where was he? Oh yes. He remembered. The log. The mammoth. Wait.
Lenny.
For the first time in his life, he couldn't tell if it was his body or his heart was freezing. He pushed himself up dizzily before scanning the area for his fallen brother. His eyes were placed on a large lump in the snow in which he quickly loped up to and gave him a gentle nudge.
"Lenny?" He replied as he listened for any sound at all that told him his brother was okay.
No answer.
If it wasn't for Lenny's chest rising and falling against the snow, it wouldn't be hard to tell that he was dead. The second time the force of the nudge was rougher against the larger boned brother much harder than what should have been gentle. Oscar let out a thick growl that vibrated his throat evenly. "Lenny wake up!"
Still nothing.
Oscar let out a frustrated sight before moving over slight after kicking snow in the larger male's face.
"Ahh! What? Huh? I'm up!" Lenny replied with a jolt that jutted him awake. Even though he lived in a barren wasteland of snow and whatnot, he was never a big fan of snow to the face.
"About time. You sleep like the dead." Oscar said deeply as his chest rumbled with a growl to quickly cover up his worry. But he didn't swell on it. Roars filled the area around them. Oscar and Lenny lifted their head. Oscar used this as an excuse to turn his worried eyes toward an agony filled roar that bounced off the peaks. Lenny was now standing with his ears perked towards the peak as well before both brothers took off in that direction.
The scenery in which the roars led them to the moment where Soto went plunging into the wall. Both brothers flinched at the sight. It happened so fast and there was nothing either of them could do as the ice shards fell onto their alpha, killing him instantly. The mammoth suddenly charged at them as well forcing them both to shrink back and take off. Oscar knew for a fact, two sabers against one mammoth was suicide.
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After a few yards of loping to safety, Lenny had finally noticed that their youngest brother, Zeke, was missing. The sudden realization had caused Oscars heart to freeze once more. What great brothers they were. Anything could have happened to him. Anything.
"Help!" As if right on cue, a high voice yelped through the air.
Both of the brothers froze.
"Oscccccarrrr! Lennnnnyyy!" Yep. That was defiantly their little brother. Both sabers padded off in the direction of their brother's vioce ….only to find the rear half of his body wedged into a tree. They skidded to a stop.
Lenny finally sat down and let out bellows out laughter as his hazel eyes watched the helpless lump in the tree. "Zeke, you alright? How the heck did ya' get stuck in a tree?"
"Guys, you're here!" Was the reply echoing for the hallow hole of the tree. "Get me out!"
"No. This is what you get for calling me fat! I'm not fat just older than you." Lenny replied as he continued to watch in amusement.
"So! Being fat doesn't make you older, get me out!" Zeke's reply was muffled as he made an attempt in pulling himself out the tight space. Zeke's body soon fell limp in defeat and a tiny whimper was heard from the hole. Oh, Here it comes.
"Where's Oscar? He will get me out. Oscar?!"
"Shut up, Zeke, I'm right here, stupid." The oldest sibling grunted as he watched the pathetic mess in the tree. Only Zeke could get himself stuck in a tree. Only him. But at least he was alive. It could have been worse.
So much worse.
"Okay! Now get me out! Pleeease!"
A smirk appeared across the eldest's maw. "No. It seems that this is between you and Lenny. Work it out."
"Ahhhhh! Come on….Lenny please." Zeke's whimpering was becoming annoying to Oscar in which he moved himself down into a sitting position. He would let the two work it out so he could figure what they would do next. He needed to think.
"Nah, this is just too good. Maybe we should just leave you. It would be a lot quieter and you would be a lot less annoying." Lenny's laugh echoed from his throat as he flicked snow towards the stuck tiger.
Oscar flicked his ear as he caught Lenny's words directed towards their younger brother. It was silent. Zeke was silent. Lenny expected an insult or a stupid comeback to that, but nothing came.
"…You wouldn't, would you?...Right?" By the unnaturally quiet tone of the tiger stuck in the tree, the older brothers knew he was serious. Oscar wasn't expecting Zeke to question that and by the shocked expression that covered Lenny's face, he wasn't either.
Silence.
More silence.
"Guys? Ya there?" Zeke's voice rang out.
A low growl rumbled in Lenny's throat as his jaws snatched his younger brother's tail and pulling back. The younger tiger came tumbling out in a heap of snow.
"Uh, You could have been more gentle. Freedom! Your fatness really paid off." Zeke's tone was filtered back to normal as he was now on the ground before an angry looking Lenny.
"Enough, you two!" Oscar snarled before anything more could happen between the two. The three of them were hardly ever "caring or loving" toward each other. Ick. But they were blood brothers and blood brothers stuck together. It had always been rather difficult however, watching his brother's deal with Soto threatening to kill them almost every second of the day. Of course, Oscar would stop things if they got too far, which usually resulted in being set back down in his place. Oscar was also very aware that Soto would have eventually killed him and made it look as if he was in a challenge. Oscar was a good fighter, but he wasn't sure himself that he could win against someone like Soto had been.
"We're brother's Zeke. We stick together." Lenny's voice was heard in the midst of his thoughts.
Zeke looked up from shaking his pelt from the freezing white. His large green optics staring up at Lenny before laughs flung from his maw. "Wow! Look Oscar! Lenny is being nice…and deep! Ha!...Hey where's the mammoth? The sloth?"
Oscar turned towards his brothers with a deep frown. He knew this would come up and frankly he really didn't want to talk about it anymore. Oscar growled in response. "Zeke, shut up. The mammoth, the sloth, and the baby are gone. There has been a change of plans it appears. Diego betrayed us. He's injured… Possibly dead by now. Soto… Soto is dead. The Mammoth killed him."
The green optics blinked in confusion as the smallest saber cocked his head to the side. There alpha was dead. He wondered what had actually happened, but didn't question it. "Well…what are we going to do now?" He decided not to ask what had happened. Lenny would tell him later.
That was a very good question for someone such as Zeke to ask. With this, Oscar shrugged his sore shoulders and began walking forward. He was the dominant one, always has been within the three. His two brothers would follow him without question.
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It had been almost a year since the day that had changed their lives forever and he remembered it as if it had been yesterday. He had thought about what would have happened to them if he had decided to challenge the mammoth. The year hadn't been a good one, especially the last few months. Humans in the north had moved closer than they ever have before. The sabers avoided any contact and so far they haven't had any close interactions. But their prey had moved off. Half Peak had become a baron wasteland of snow and barely enough rock. Oscar was sick of snow. He knew what they had to do. They couldn't stay here anymore due to the food shortage and the colder climate that seemed to just appear from out of nowhere. He hated it. However, he had no intention of dying just yet and he knew his brothers didn't either. The oldest brother sighed heavily as he plopped his body into the snow. He would tell them about their new quest in the morning. He finally let his lids hide his golden orbs.
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