The Rainbow Tiger: Legend of the Terai

by PantheraMan

Chapter 6: Allies

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Two weeks pass, Rainbow Dash while she has taken a vow to kill Tor Chan, is still going through training. Mahaan Ek and Tendua were teaching her one of the most important lessons they had to teach her. The lesson was about the laws the animals have to obey in the terai, and in fact, all over the world. They knew that if she was going to stay here, then she must know the laws and obey them.

"Rainbow Dash, the first law of the terai is to never kill for pleasure, if you do that, it takes the whole point in killing an animal in the first place and it ends up being wasted. That's why it's forbidden for us to hunt for fun." Said Tendua

"The second law is to kill the weaker animals in the herds, which Baghraja has already explained to you." Said Mahaan Ek

"The third law is never take orders from anyone who breaks the law, for they don't deserve to be listened to in the first place." Said Tendua

"The fourth law is never take more than you need, for that can and does have pretty negative consequences." Said Mahaan Ek

"You obey these laws you'll be fine, but if you dare break them, you face the consequences. You could be banished from the terai, or you could be killed." Said Tendua

When they were done explaining the laws to Rainbow Dash, Little Crow and Baghraja came up to them to tell them something very important. Something the two felines weren't expecting to hear.

"We were just coming back here, and you'll never guess what animal we bumped into. " Said Baghraja

"What did you see?" asked Tendua

"We saw a pack of dholes." Answered Little Crow

"Dholes? in our territory?" asked Mahaan Ek

"Yep." Answered Baghraja

"Dholes, I remember my friend Twilight telling me that name, but I forgot what those are." Said Rainbow Dash

"Rainbow Dash, dholes are a wild dogs that live in packs anywhere from 5 to 12 members, they may get to 20 or more before they eventually go their seperate ways. They are red, have a black tail, some have a white underbelly, erect ears that are rounded at the tops. While despite what some humans will tell you, they are no match for tigers, tigers kill dholes any chance they get, Mahaan Ek here himself has killed at least 13 of them. However, in a pack, they do hold their own against leopards very well. They haven't been very many dholes here in the terai for years, the reason being that humans killed them off." Explained Baghraja

"Perhaps they would like to join us in our attempt to end Tor Chan?" asked Rainbow Dash

"Maybe they would, though it would be rather weird for us to ask for their help." Said Mahaan Ek

"Well there's only one way to find out isn't there? Let's go!" Ordered Little Crow

Little Crow picked up the dholes scent, and taught Rainbow Dash how to recognize their scent, when they got close to where the dholes were, they heard barking and whistling. They took a look over the bushes and saw the dholes being attacked by a pack of feral dogs. The dogs being larger and more powerful than the dholes obviously had the upper hand. There were 15 dholes in the pack, but they were outnumbered by the dogs and were badly struggling with many of the dholes being killed. At least that was the case until the gang charged out of the bushes, Rainbow Dash used her magic to run so fast that no cheetah could beat her in a race, she killed one dog with one swipe of her paw to the back, and another with a bite to the back of the neck. Baghraja killed ten other dogs, Tendua killed two of them, Mahaan Ek mauled ten more dogs easily. Little Crow was bitten on his hind leg and pinned to the ground, but three dholes came to his aid and killed the dog by disembawling it. The rest of the dogs ran away for they did not want to be killed themselves.

"I never thought I would say this to a tiger or a leopard but thank you for your help. We are very grateful." Said the alpha male of the pack

"Your welcome, we were following you to ask if you would like to help us to rid the land of Tor Chan." Said Rainbow Dash

"Tor Chan is here? we don't like that lawbreaker at all, so my pack will gladly help you in return for helping us. But it might be better if we acted as spies, we did struggle with dogs, so we won't do very well in fighting humans." Explained the alpha male

"That's understandable, what's your name?" asked Rainbow Dash

"My name is Neta, and you are?" asked Neta

"Baghraja"

"Little Crow at your service."

"Tendua"

"Mahaan Ek"

"Rainbow Dash"

"Nice to meet you, come, we found a dead elephant close to here, come eat with us, there's enough for everyone."

They followed Neta and his pack to the location of the elephant carcass, they tore into the flesh and it was easy for them all to share the carcass, when the alpha female came to the carcass, she brought her four puppies with her, they were at the age when they could eat solid food, so they didn't have any problems eating the meat. At the same time, Rainbow Dash noticed Little Crow look at the family, his ears were hanging low, his eyes seemed to be watering, the he looked down at the ground.

"I wonder what's wrong with him." Thought Rainbow Dash

"Hey Rainbow Dash, since when could you run that fast?" asked Baghraja

"Huh? Oh you mean back with the dogs, you see this thing around my neck? This gives me the ability to run super fast, I got it a while back, so I've had it for a while." Answered Rainbow Dash

Once they had their fill, they went back to their cave, on the way, Rainbow Dash looked at Little Crow who was now hanging his head low to the ground, once they got back to the cave, Rainbow Dash's curiosity got the better of her and she decided to ask what was going on.

"Hey Little Crow, I noticed you weren't looking so cheerful back there, can you tell me what's wrong?" asked Rainbow Dash

"Look, if you'd rather not talk about it-" Said Tendua

"No, it's alright, she asked and I'll answer. When I looked at the pups, I was picturing myself, my mate, and my pups in that spot. I think I'll just tell you my whole life story so I don't have to tell you later. When I was a pup, my parents raised my siblings and I the way coyote parents are supposed to, it was a happy life, but it turns out we were living on a poachers land. He didn't like the fact that my parents killed some game to feed us, so one day, he came to our den and shot my father in the throat with his firestick, my mother charged at him to defend us, but he killed her by shooting her in the head. Then he came into the den and killed my siblings. I managed to escape, I guess he figured I wouldn't survive so he didn't bother to kill me. I was alone and scared, forced to scavenge. I eventually ended up in what humans called a sanctuary, I was raised by a very nice woman with long brown hair and white skin. When I became an adult, they set me free, and I found a mate, she was wonderful. She and I loved each other to the end, and I was the happiest guy ever when she was pregnant with my pups. But then she got caught in a steel trap just outside our den. I heard her cries for help when I was out hunting, but when I got there, the same man who killed my parents and siblings walked up to her and killed her with his firestick. The worst part is that when he realized she was pregnant, he was happy he killed her. He got her out of the trap and took her body away, I was devastated. I cried for hours, scolding myself for not being there to save her. Now whenever I see an animal like me with puppies, I always picture myself, my mate, and my unborn pups. Before you ask, I was caught in a cage trap, and brought here on a big boat so someone could put me on display for humans. But I managed to escape, I was once again alone, a man tried to kill me for his own pleasure, but I was rescued by Tendua who scared the man off, he brought me back here and introduced me to Baghraja and Mahaan Ek, and that's when we became friends." Answered Little Crow

"I....I'm so sorry." Said Rainbow Dash who was now tearing up

"I know you are, and ever since that day, I wanted revenge on that man, I so wish to sink my fangs into his throat." Said Little Crow

Rainbow Dash now couldn't help but hug him, Little Crow hugged back, when she let go, she now felt she could relate with her new coyote friend a little bit.


Author's Note

I had to change the title a little bit due to the fact that apparently there's a book called "The Rainbow Tiger" I didn't know it existed until today. So I changed the title to distinguish it from that book.

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