Kougra's on the Prowl

by kitty_cat181

It was a sunny afternoon when kitty_cat181 stumbled on a little 'purring' bundle. She didn't know what to do. "Should I leave it there? Or should I take it with me?" she thought to herself. She finally made her decision, the little bundle would go with her. When she got to her home her other NeoPets were astonished...

"What is that?" asked karex the Gelert.

"I don't know, what do you think it is?" replied Leon the Gelert.

"Perhaps it's another Gelert?" inquired Pama the Gelert.

"No, she has too many of us...maybe it's a Lupe?!" Leon said hopefully.

"No you are all wrong," I finally spoke, "it's a Kougra. I found her hidden in the bushes when I went berry picking, she was crying. But when I picked her up she started to purr."

"Whoaaaaaaaaaaaa!" screamed Pama, "Are you crazy! Don't you know how dangerous their kind is?"

"What in Neopia do you mean?" I asked rather annoyingly, "Mind your manners young lady! I will not have you treat your new sister this way."

"I don't want one of them as my relatives! You can't make me," Karex yelled out defiantly.

"If you don't treat Noethea with the respect that she deserves, then you will go to the pound and that will be the end of you!" I said in a threatening tone.

"But mother...don't you, of all people know, that Kougra's never leave their young and when they do, they do it for a good reason...its mother could be out there looking for her young. And if that thing's mother catches your scent then that will be the end of you! And have you not forgotten that all Kougra's are banned in Neopia Central?" Pama spoke knowingly.

"I know perfectly well of that rule but I just couldn't let poor little Noethea, that's her new name, just stay there and eventually be attacked by a pack of wild Lupes I saw earlier in the area. And besides this will be the perfect time to tell you that, well, we're moving to Faerieland because I don't like living here... it's not protected enough here. Faerieland will be the best alternative, all of those Faerie's around, keeping their eye on you and the Healing Springs are ever so close there and..." I spoke.

"NOOOOOOOOOO!!!! I won't leave all my friends behind! And if I must go to the pound to stay here then I will!" interrupted Leon.

"But Leon," I said rather shocked, "you...you can't! How dare you? You would rather stay here then be with your own mother? No, I won't hear of it! You are coming and that's it!"

As I said those words Leon made a mad dash towards the door of our NeoHome but I already turned on the security system and he couldn't get out of the house without getting turned into a Mynci (which is the creature Leon hates most)!

But the horror wasn't over yet, when I took off Noethea's blanket I almost died of fear... she was a pure gold Kougra with white stripes and that meant she belonged to the Clan Bigeeri (By-geer-ry)... the most feared and strongest clan of Kougra's in all of Neopia. And Noethea had the markings of the Queen and that meant that Noethea was the Queen's daughter!

I tried to put the blanket over Noethea to cover her markings from my Gelerts but it was too late. Karex had seen Noethea's marking and spoke of them to Leon and Pama who (along with Karex) were shaking by the Tiger Sofa.

"What have you done?" asked Pama, "Now we're all doomed! Clan Bigeeri will be after us now! You've taken their princess! And they will tear us and not to mention all of Neopia central apart! You have forsaken us all, mother!"

"No! Clan Bigeeri won't realize that Noethea's gone, not yet. I can take her back to the Haunted forest and then everything will be all right..." I said rather doubtfully.

But as soon as I spoke those words, our 'white chocolate' door was smashed open and in the doorway was an entire army of Clan Bigeeri.

"We want Princess Gwenaveer back, if you don't give her back to us now we'll tear you to shreds and we'll destroy your Gelerts... no ALL Gelerts and Neopia Central will not exist anymore," spoke the leader who, I assumed, was the mother of Noethea or Gwenaveer (either one).

"You can have her back... I didn't mean to take Princess...er... Gwenaveer. I found her in the bushes, she was crying and I couldn't just leave her there...I mean, I saw a pack of wild 'golden' Lupes and I knew that they were of the Pack Khan (Ka-n) and they were scouting for food. If I had not taken her she would surely be finished by the hands of Clan Khan. Please have mercy on my Gelerts, they did nothing to you... let them be free... I honestly had no idea that Gwenaveer was of your Clan until I took her blanket off, which was about 2 minutes ago," I said in a shaky voice.

"That may be the truth but it is not I who makes these decisions it is the queen and she is has been destroyed... at the hands of Clan Govertrose (Go-over-tro-s), the fire red Gelerts," the leader looked at my Gelerts with a hungry eye, "and Gwenaveer is the new queen of Clan Bigeeri... we have come here to collect her and we shall return... don't bother running or hiding because we will find you. When the queen is older and is able to speak then she will make that choice of whether you live or perish. And be sure that she and only she will remember what happened to her today so her choice will be based on the truth. Now hand her over or harm shall come your way sooner."

"As you wish," I said.

And that was the end of that, I spoke the truth and Gwenaveer did return to me to seal my fate which was life... but there was and still is one thing I don't understand which is: How could the Clan Govertrose exist if they were wiped out a million Neo years ago? You don't think that... that... that the Clan Bigeeri was what wiped out by the Gwenaveer's mother? Oh dear...

The End