The Orphan
#1 of Legend of the Tiger Clan
Long ago in the deepest jungle there lived a tribe of tiger amazons, they lived high in the tree tops in little huts and often went in the jungle to search for food or capture males for their breeding but unlike the other tribes they sent the male cubs down river to where their mates lived instead of disposing them like worthless garbage.
In the tribe their were two amazons who had fallen in love with each other. Elicia and Sharon were their names, never before had two people been so completely in love and a thing like this was common in a village that had no males but like the others before them they had longed for a child; a son to be precise but it was the law of the village that no male of any age was allowed to dwell among the amazons but all that would soon change.
One morning Sharon was taking a bath in the river and like all the other tigress's back in the village she had a slim, muscular yet sexy body and a small cross shaped scar was marked on her left breast but to her mate that made her more attractive. And as she was bathing she heard what sounded like a baby crying not to far from where she was, she investigated and spotted a little cub bundled in a blanket on a small raft about to be devoured by a crocodile and thanks to maternal instinct she leaped into action and wrestled the baby away from the reptile and out of the river, while she caught her breath she peeked into the blanket to see a little baby male tiger crying.
"Oh! there there shhhh."
She said in a gentle voice calming the child who soon looked at her and began to giggle with delight, making her smile. She soon arrived back at the village where word had spread of her saving the orphaned baby and all the villagers came to see the little cub, naturally he was cute as all infants were but there was the matter of presenting him to the chief and she feared the worst. The chief was the strongest and most skilled warrior in all the village and only she was allowed to decide what the cubs fate would be.
A council was held with Elicia and Sharon along with the village elders in a large hut at the center of the village with all the other villagers gathered around, listening in on the council.
"Bring the child forth."
Called the chief to the two lovers as they brought forth the baby. The chief carefully examined the body and made sure the child was not sickly or deformed in any way then shock filled her eyes as she spotted a tattoo on his arm symbolizing a wyvern being impaled by a spear; the hunters mark. A special mark that was only given to the strongest hunters of the village, Sharon and her mate also saw the mark and began to worry for it was also forbidden for a male to posses this mark, after much discussion the council had reached their decision.
"The child will stay, under your care."
The chief then handed the child back to them as the two hugged each other with the baby giggling in its new mothers arms.
"Elicia what are we going to call him?"
"Hmmmm.....Zeng. Zeng of the tiger clan."
On that day Elicia and Sharon had gotten their wish, they had been given a son. A year went by and Zeng had already become part of the village as many of the females volunteered to look after him while Sharon and Elicia went out to hunt or to have some alone time together but the lovers always found time for their little one whenever they had some time off but the chief kept a close watch on the growing boy.
Before long Zeng was old enough to help around the house as well as the village, he was dressed in a leather vest and pants and wore a necklace made from the same teeth of the crocodile that Sharon rescued him from long ago and because the amazons trained most of the day he was well muscled and had the eye of every girl in the village.
Zeng was sent down to the river to help with the trade supplies while his mothers fixed dinner, as he made his way down the dirt path he could almost hear a giggling noise coming from behind him but every time he turned around nobody was there and as he kept on walking the girls from the village popped out of the bushes and stuck to the shadows as they followed.
"Zeng I need this at the trading post on the double!"
"Yes ma'am!"
Zeng had arrived at the river with some other villagers to unload a boat that had several crates, as they unloaded he mounted two crates on his shoulders and began to march up the hill where the girls finally decided to show themselves.
"(girls) Hi Zeng!"
"Morning girls."
All of them sighed as he walked right by them while the others laughed at the fact that their daughters were having their first crush. Zeng soon arrived home where a huge slab of beef was on the spitfire, roasted beef was his favorite as he eyed the meat while slurping his lips before hearing the sound of breaking dishes.
"Oh not again *scoffs* these always seem to get in the way!"
Sharon complained as she cupped her breasts while Elicia sneaked up behind her.
"Well maybe tonight I can...help bring you down a size."
"Oh really? *lustful giggle*"
"Oh by the gods...."
Zeng was always embarassed to see his parents getting frisky like that as he headed up to his room to wait for dinner. In his room Zeng had a full view of the forest canopy, it was like an endless green ocean, far as the eye can see and in the skies he could see a wyvern carrying off its latest kill to its nest and he knew one day that he would hunt that beast for it was the destiny of all who bore the hunters mark but he had no time to daydream as he heard his mothers calling him for dinner.
The End.