Shattered Soul Prolog
Authors note-
This series is unfinished and will likely remain so. I Started writing it a long time ago and this is the first time I have ever mass released it. I lost the inspiration for one of the main characters since then.. nearly five years ago. Still it is to date the only thing I have written... I'm not sure what I chose now to share it with the world but... enjoy...
P.S. sorry for any errors or hard to read places.
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Chapter 0- Prologue
Memories and Introductions
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The sun crept slowly up falling gently threw the window of the one time guest-room hitting the eyes of the lone tiger lounging in the bed. He turned over grunting softly but it was too late, the combination of the light having been in his eyes and his going to bed early last night had woken him up already and he wouldn't be getting back to sleep. Siting up slowly the tiger yawned blinking and rubbing his eyes.
Stumbling out of the bed he looked at the mirror on the dresser. His own red eyes stared back at him set in his face of white and black fur. Zackary sighed softly running his paws threw his head-fur before picking up his brush and straiting it. After-wards pulling it back into the ponytail he'd gotten used to having in the previous years.
Sighing again Zackary looked around his room. He had spend all day yesterday since he arrived unpacking and only a few boxes remained from when he had collapsed around 8 last night. Yawning again the young tiger pulled on some cloths a pair of black denim pants and a black shirt with a feral tiger and dragon on it before heading downstairs.
Stepping into the living room he looked around at the pictures on the walls and tables. They all had members of a small family in the. Two wolves and a young girl. She was a Tigawolf, part tiger and part wolf. He wasn't in any of the photos.
Dawning a leather jacket from the coat-rack he stepped out into the brisk dawn air making sure he had the key he'd been given last night before slowly starting to walk letting his mind wander.
He'd been named Zackary Erick Rainheart. he laughed a bit at the thought. 'Rainheart.. suits me really well' he thought as he stepped onto the sidewalk from the front walk.
He didn't live with his birth-family.. not even a blood relative.
When his parents decided to get divorced last year the judge had decided that Zack would get to chose which parent to live with.. he chose nigher. Having wanted nothing more to do with his birth family.
He was gay and when he told his fokes they started doing everything from blaming each other to trying to "straiten out" their son and the divorce had been the final straw. He'd had enough sorrow in his life he didn't want to deal with them anymore, so he requested to be placed in the care of his friend across the country Patrick and his wife. The judge after taking the youth to his chambers and listening to his story as well as getting in touch with the wolf, had agreed and Shortly thereafter the tiger had been moved.
As Zack rounded a corner on his walk he looked up and saw the school he would be attending soon. It was early so very few furs were out. Of those he could see only five caught his action. There was a German Shepard who had the obvious look of a football player as well as a wolf. He sniffed a bit at seeing the wolf being reminded closely of someone he once held dear. Near the wolf was a fox. The tiger saw the fox smile at the wolf and knew just from that smile they must be a couple. The others were hugging lightly. A raccoon and what he thought was a panther except he had a white mane.
He wondered if he would see any of them in school when he got registered as he started walking again.
The wolf had reminded him of his ex.. a massive jerk of a wolf who had manipulated him. Zack had really cared about him.. loved him even and would have done anything to have kept him.. even endured his parents. Except that the wolf had dumped him in favor of another wolf.
Shaking his head Zack tried to get those thoughts outta his head. There was no sense in letting those memories resurface. He had enough to think about even without that.
He'd been a twin when he was born. Her name had been Kelly thou the two had never really spoken.. she died much to young for that. They had only been one, but he could still feel her sometimes.. especially at the ocean. Thou like his parents she had had orange fur. It was odd in a way. Both The guy his ex had left him for and the wolf his best friend Patrick had married were named Kelly as well. Ah well.. maybe it was some way his sister was still looking out for him.
Turning the next corner Zack found himself back on the street he now lived. It was odd to him as he didn't remember finishing off the block. "I musta been thinking harder then I thought. Glad I didn't get myself lost thou.."
Even as he spoke to himself the front door of the corner house burst open and a massive bull came charging out braying. "Bye mom. I'm gotta go to school." Unfortunately his head was turned back and he didn't see the tiger directly in his path and once again lost in his own world Zack was too late in noticing the bovine as they collided and tumbled to the grass.
"Oh I'm sorry I didn't see anyone here." the large bull apologized as he slowly got back up and extend a hand to the dazed feline "I've not seen you before. My name's Tondor." Tondor had a shaggy brown pelt to him and was wearing pants and a shirt that Zack thought must be custom made as he was at least 2 and a half times as massive as the skinny cat in the waist and at least a foot taller then his 5'9" body. The bulls eyes were and Icy blur and the only clothing object that Zack really noticed was his pendent. It appeared to be made of blue dragon-scale. "Are you alright?" Tondor asked when Zack didn't speak.
"Huh.. oh yeah I'm fine. I'm sorry too. I should been paying more attention to what was going on. I'm Zackary."
"Zackary. that's a nice name." the bovine smiled warmly at the smaller cat
"Thank-you."
"So what lunch do ya have. I haven't see you in any of my classes so maybe if we have the same lunch I can sit with ya?"
"Um.. Actually I don't know yet. I just moved in over the weekend. I won't be registered and such for school till later today. I probably won't have any classes till tomorrow."
"Oh." was Zack imagining things or did the bull actually look a bit down-hearted at hearing he wouldn't be able to see the tiger at school today. "Well welcome to the area then. I hope ya like it here."
"I'm sure I will. Oh and if ya want to hang out later I live right there now" Zackary pointed to Patrick's house which just then Kelly and her daughter were pulling out of in the car taking the girl to her school.
"Wow. Sure. Thou um.. never mind plenty of time for questions later. I have to go. Have a nice day..."
Zack could have sworn that he heard the bovine say "Cutie" as he turned back around and broke into a run again his hooves clopping on the sidewalk.
Zackary, himself walked back to the house and as he walked inside was hugged by none other then Patrick.
"Enjoy the walk?"
"Yeah its a lot nicer a place to live then were I was."
"I'm glad your outta there really. Wasn't a good environment."
"Yeah.. Patrick.. thanks for taking me in."
"Don't mention it. I was happy to do it and so was Kelly. Now.. get whatever ya need ready and.." the wolf sniffed the air a bit" take a shower ya smell of sweat and cardboard. Around noon you and I are going to get ya in school. Glad I had today off."
Smiling brightly the tiger nodded after putting his jacket on the coat-rack ran upstairs.
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Well there ya go. My first completed story writing. Not much I know but ~shrugs~ its a start.
Zackary Erick Rainheart is My charter. No using him under punishment of being hunted down and tickled till ya wet yourself multiple times with a feather. that Is of course unless ya ask me first.
Patrick and Kelly(his wife) are the charters of well.. Patrick and Kelly again same rules apply just then instead of me.
Tondor is my ex-mate's Charter. I don't know what he will do but it won't be pretty.
And finally..
Thanks to Cecil and Borealis for letting me have a camo of there five high scholars talking in front of the school. Duncan(the German Shepard) Jayson(the wolf) Alex (Fox) Luke(Ra coon) and Riddick (The pantion-half panther/half lion) are all their Charters. I don't know if anyone will ever see them with a speaking role but ~shrugs~ hey its just courtesy to give them credit for them. They appear in their story Forbidden. Go Read it now!-- well I had had permission when I wrote it so long ago