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                                                   Shira

                                                Chapter 1

When I finally was able to see, I saw my mom. She was a normal colored lioness. As I slowly looked around, I saw my dad. He was a white lion. It was unusual, but I figured it was normal. I opened my mouth and said,"Mom? Why is dad white and your not?" My mom smiled and answered, "Your father is white because he is a white lion. They are very rare. You'll soon understand Shira." I slowly stood up and asked,"My name is Shira?" She smiled and said, "Yes. You're named after your grandmother." Wow, I'm named after someone. I thought. When I turned around I saw a boy cub. "Mom? Who's this?" I asked. "That Shira, is your brother Zyoe." She smiled. "Zyoe?" I said unsurely. Zyoe slowly woke up and saw me staring at him. He jumped back startled and asked,"Who are you?" "I'm your sister Shira." I said walking up to him. "Your name's Zyoe." He looked at me confused and said, "Zyoe? That's my name? And your my sister? If your my sister, than how come you are white?"

So what do you think so far of my new story Shira? Post comments if you want me to write chapter 2.

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Proud Writer of four stories!

Nice

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It's cool you put white lions in it. Keep writing.

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*** Zootycoon. Amen.

~ Kate

Cool! I demand more!

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I am Left, also known as Cleft, and I like Tostitos.

 Sweet. I'll write more then.

                                                   Chapter 2

"I'm a white lion too?" I asked surprised. "Yeah. Am I?" Zyoe asked. "No." I said as he stood up. "Shira? Zyoe? Come on you two!" I heard our mom yell. We both scampered out from under a tree and ran across the hot savannah sand. There was so much to see. There were other animals I didn't know, and other lions in our pack. "Well, hello there Shira and Zyoe! Welcome to our pack." A friendly lioness said nuzzling me and my brother. "Hi. Who are you?" I asked. She laughed softly and said, "I'm your grandmother. Your mom's mom." "Our grandmother? So do I call mom too?" I asked. "No. You can call me grandma. And boy do you two look like your parents." She said. "Shira! Zyoe! Come over here." I heard our father yell. We both ran over to him and sat on a large savannah rock. He was bigger than I thought. "Everyone!" He yelled. All of the other lions sat right in front of us. My mother walked up on the rock and sat down next to us. "This is the new beggining of our future. My children, Shira and Zyoe, will hold the future of our pack leader. So teach these children how to hunt properly." He said looking down at us. Today was the day, we were going to learn how to hunt.

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Proud Writer of four stories!

 Is anybody reading this anymore?

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Proud Writer of four stories!

YOU STOLE MY IDEA!!!!!!! *SShakes viontley* *Trashes lion story*

I DESPISE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

* She dosn't really mean it. She's just mad.

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Jonas Brothers 4 ever! (Okay, Im a girly girl)

Oooh! Ooh! I'm reading it!

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I am Left, also known as Cleft, and I like Tostitos.

Cool story, sounds like it will be similar to Warriors.  Just to let you know, a group of lions is called a pride, not a pack.

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Thanks Firesong for the awesome sig!

 Okay. If anyone is reading this anymore, here's the next chapter.

                                                    Chapter 3

My father got up and so did all the other lions. "Mom, what do we do?" I asked. "You just watch everyone else hunt. This will be a whole new experience for you." Mom said following dad down the rock. Me and Zyoe turned and watched everyone crounching down low. In front of them were a bunch of four legged things with horns. They hopped around a lot and they were orange with black and white stripes. Suddenly, mom sprang out from the crounch position and sped towards the animals. Everyone else followed behind her. Me and Zyoe watched as they brought down two of the strange creatures. Then we heard mom shout, "Come on now, you can come over." Me and Zyoe walked over to mom and had our first taste in meat. After everyone was finished, I asked mom what those creatures were. She answered, "Shira, they are called gazelles. We hunt them to survive. If we don't have them or zebras we'd starve." "Oh." I said. Zyoe just stared at me and then looked over at this strange machine. He suddenly got up and ran over to it. "Zyoe? Wait come back!" I yelled following after him. I caught up to him to see a large machine with wheels. Then, before we could get any closer, mom jumped in front of us. She quickly led us back over to the pack and said, "Children. Never ever go to those machines. Poachers use them. They are creatures with two legs and they kill us lions and other animals."

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Stormstar:

YOU STOLE MY IDEA!!!!!!! *SShakes viontley* *Trashes lion story*

I DESPISE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

* She dosn't really mean it. She's just mad.

 I did? How? If I did, you don't hate me now do you?

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Proud Writer of four stories!

AKwoof:

Cool story, sounds like it will be similar to Warriors.  Just to let you know, a group of lions is called a pride, not a pack.

 Thanks AKwoof. I wasn't exactly sure. I fix that then.

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Proud Writer of four stories!

 Ok. Here's chapter four.

                                               Chapter 4

The next morning I woke up to see everyone still asleep. Everyone was here except Zyoe. I got up and looked around. It was still kind of dark out, I'm guessing it was early morning. Then I noticed Zyoe creeping up to the poachers van. "Zyoe! Don't go near that van!" I screamed running towards him. But before I could get close to him the van shot off a bright light. Everyone woke up suddenly and me and Zyoe froze. "Zyoe! Shira! Get back here now!" Mom yelled franticly. Zyoe quickly stumbled towards us as the van speeded towards us. Then I noticed the van coming at me! I jumped out of the way and looked as dad ran towards Zyoe. As dad grabbed Zyoe, the poacher took out some kind of giant stick. Only, it had a black color. "Dad!" I yelled. My dad dropped Zyoe near my mom and screamed, "Shira!" I turned around and saw a big shadowey figure standing over me. Dad ran at me at full speed. But the poacher took out the large black stick and I heard a click. Suddenly, in seconds, there was a loud BOOM! Then a repeated BOOM! My dad fell to the ground and the poacher picked me up. It didn't take me long to realize the poacher had killed my dad.

Well, how did you like this chapter? Kind of sad though. Write back for chapter 5.

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Proud Writer of four stories!

More. More more, more more more more. MORE!

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I am Left, also known as Cleft, and I like Tostitos.

                                                         Chapter 5

The poacher had rough hands. I shivered at the thought of being held by him. He threw me in a dark metal cage and slammed it's door shut. I jumped up and screamed, "Momma! Help!" "Shira!" My mom yelled running at the van. The poacher got in his van and started it up. Then the van began to move. "Momma! Help me please!" I screamed even louder. "Shira! Hold on! I'll save you!" She screamed rushing at the van. She was at the wheels and trying her best to keep pace with it. But it was too fast for her. She eventually collaspsed from being exhausted. "Momma! Momma! " I cried as the van kept on driving. Soon, my mother and the others were out of sight. I threw myself onto the cage floor. And covered my paws over my eyes and cried. Where is he going to take me? How do I escape and get home? I thought. "A white lion? How interesting." I heard a deep voice say. I uncovered my eyes and saw another animal. It remineded me of my mother only it was skinnier and it had spots. It also had a furrier tail and black lines running down it's face. "W-W-Who are you?" I asked. "I am JT. And by the look on your face I'm guessing you don't know what I am. I'm a cheetah." JT said with a smile. " I'm Shira. And you already know I'm a white lion." I said standing up. "Yes. I can see that. I see you were forced away from your  mother. Poachers are not friendly people. But somehow we will escape Shira. And how you can do that, is to trust me."

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