Thundercats
ThunderKids Part One:
The Wrongness of Time
"Snarfer, Snarfer, Snafer," Snafer sings to himself. "Uncle Snarf, I think the foods about ready. Should i go make sure the Thundercats get up?"
"That's a good idea Snarfer. You know how Wily-Kit and Kat like to sleep in."
"Yeah. Especially now that Lion-O has defeated Mumm-Ra and the Mutants are locked up."
"Thanks to Mandora they will be locked away forever."
"Ahh Snarf. What is that delicious smell?" Lion-O asked as he entered into the dining hall of Cat's Lair.
"Yes, Snarf, that does smell quite nice," Bengali voiced as he entered behind Lion-O followed by the rest of the Thundercats.
"Ahh. You're all just in time. Wait where are the Thunderkittens?" Snarf asked surprised that Wily-Kit and Kat would miss a meal.
"Hmm that's weird," Panthro said. "I just saw them heading this way when I was leaving my room."
"Let's go look for them," Lion-O suggested and turned and headed back out of the dining hall.
"Snaaaarrrrf," Snarf said slightly disgusted. "But the food will get cold."
"Oh Snarf," Cheetara said as she turned to follow Lion-O. "You're always thinking with your stomach."
All the remaining Thundercats exited the dining hall in search of the Thunderkittens. Snarf walked over to the window ledge and looked out over Third Earth. Off to the right of Cat's Lair was the Woloo Village. Just ahead into the forest was the Amazon Village headed by Willa. Farther to the left is the Berbil Village. Far off to the Left could be seen the top of Hook Mountain. And to the South of Cat's Lair, not in view of the window in which Snarf laid falling asleep was the Black Pyramid, Mumm-Ra's old fortress, with Castle Plun-Darr off to its right. Third Earth finally had peace.
Away from Cat's Lair on the beach by the edge of the forest where the unicorns roam, a lone figure was sitting in the sand writing runes in the dirt. The unicorns slowly started to exit the forest and approach the figure as it sat writing. The figure was humming softly to itself as it continued to write in the dirt surrounding himself in his work . When the circle of runes was done he stood and looked at the unicorns that had congregated nearby.
"Do not fear my dear creatures no harm shall come to you," the figure said in a soft voice that was neither masculine or feminine it simple was. Had anyone else heard the figure's voice they would have forgotten what it had said as soon as the words were uttered, such was the essence of the voice. The figure looked out towards the water and was gone. The runes in the sand slowly faded away as if there had been nothing there to disturb them and the unicorns walked slowly back into the forest forgetting what they had seen with each step they took.
"Ahh here they come now," the unicorn keeper said as the unicorns neared the clearing in which they dwelt. "And where have you been that has kept u so long from the security of the forest?" The unicorn keeper tilted her head as she rubbed the nose of the nearest unicorn. "That is strange," she said more to herself than to the unicorns. "You have been gone for hours yet you say that you have not left the forest. Where you wondering the forest unattended then?" Again the keeper tilted her head and a confused expression slowly crept across her face. "But that is not so. You left the forest three hours past and have just now returned. How can you say that you did not leave the clearing? Hoe could you forget such a great amount of time?"
The unicorns mill around a little excited as the keeper of the unicorns gets agitated. The keeper slowly walks to the edge of the river and sits down and thinks about what her precious unicorns have just told her.
Back at Cat's Lair the search for the Thunderkittens has neared an end. Pumyra entered the Thunderkittens room and walked softly over to Wily- Kit's bed. She bends slightly over her sleeping form and shakes her slightly.
"Wily-Kit," she said softly as she tried to rouse the sleeping Thundercat. "Wake up Wily-Kit." Pumyra shook the sleeping Thunderkitten a little harder. Wily-Kat slowly started to rouse and rolled over and looked up at Pumyra.
"Cheetara?" Wily-Kit asked sleepily. As her eyes focused to the light she sat up shocked and crawled away from Pumyra. "HELP!" she cried out. "Lion-O, Panthro, help!"
Pumyra, shocked at Wily-Kit's reaction, jumped back and stood close to the door to the room. Wily-Kat sat up and wiped the sleep from his eyes and looked over at his sister. His eyes followed her frightened stare and saw Pumyra standing by the door looking at the two of them.
Lion-O ran into the Thunderkittens room followed closely by Tygra and Panthro. They looked around the room and saw Pumyra standing in the corner by the door and Wily-Kit and Kat curled up frightened in their beds.
"Oh thank Jaga, Lion-O you're here," Wily-Kit said through tears. "That creature," she pointed at Pumyra, "was in here trying to capture me and Wily-Kat."
Lion-O looked at the Thunderkittens and at Pumyra and laughed. "Wily- Kit you know Pumyra would never do anything like that."
"Lion-O how do you know she's not Mumm-Ra in disguise or one of his minions?" Wily-Kat said from across the room, his voice shaking a little. He looked at Wily-Kit and tried to steady himself.
"Mumm-Ra? Wily-Kat, you know that Mumm-Ra is locked in his sarcophagus and trapped by the power of Jaga."
"What? But... Since when Lion-O?" Wily-Kit asked as she finally composed herself. "Just yesterday we had to stop him and the mutants from leaving Third Earth on a mission to the prison planet to free Luna and the Lunatacs."
Just then Lynx-O and Bengali entered the room. "What's the matter in here?" Lynx-O asked as he passed Panthro to walk over to Pumyra huddled in the corner.
"There's more of them?" Wily-Kit said as they entered the room. "Who are they Lion-O? Are they Thunderian?"
Lion-O looked at Wily-Kit and Kat with confusion. "Wily-Kit, Kat, you two honestly don't remember Pumyra, Lynx-O and Bengali?" Lion-O continues while the kittens continue to shake their heads. "We rescued them about a month after stopping Mumm-Ra from freeing the Lunatacs." The kittens eyes widened with surprise.
Wily-Kit looked at Pumyra, Lynx-O and Bengali and leaps to Wily-Kat's bed. she leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Wily-Kat, look. They are wearing the Thundercats insignia on their clothes. What's going on here."
In the corner Lynx-O's ears twitched. He turned to look in the direction of the Thunderkittens and spoke. "We are Thundercats too young ones. We were trapped in a Thundrainium mine and you and your fellow Thundercats rescued us. But that was months past. I do not see how you can forget such significant incidents as that and the banishment of Mumm-Ra and more than likely the imprisonment of the Mutants."
"How did you hear me?" Wily-Kit asked shocked that Lynx-O had answered her question to her brother.
"My senses are more accurate with the loss of my eyesight so i can hear quite well," Lynx-O said in reply.
"This is some trick. I know it. There is something wrong here and you have somehow gotten Lion-O and the others under your spell," Wily-Kat said as he leaped from his bed and grabbed his and his sister's hover boards and tossed Wily-Kit hers. "I won't let you take Wily-Kit and i will free Lion-O and the others." He jumped on his board and flew out the window and out towards Hook Mountain.
"That was strange," Lion-O said as he turned to his fellow Thundercats. "We must go after them and bring them back here and find out why they are acting the way they are towards the three of your," he said. "Lynx-O, Pumyra, Bengali, my apologies for how they acted towards you. I think it best if you stay here while we go and find them."
"I agree Lion-O," Bengali said as he helped Lynx-O and Pumyra out of the room. "We shall remain here and protect Cat's Lair. Who knows who is causing the Thunderkittens to act so strangely and they might just try and attack while you are out."
"Good idea. We will be back shortly." With that Lino-O, Panthro, Cheetara, and Tygra left Cat's Lair in pursuit of the Thunderkittens.
Stay tuned for more.