Cenozoic Warriors: The Lost Kingdom of Big Cats

by PantheraMan

Chapter 2: Welcome to Bakula

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Sunset Shimmer

Spike

Twilight Sparkle

Rarity

Applejack

Pinkie Pie

Rainbow Dash

Fluttershy

Dawn, The girls had packed up their things and went with their families to the docks. At the docks, the other gang was loading the boat with all their equipment. When the girls arrived, they got out of the vehicles and said goodbye to their families.

"Bye mom, bye dad, bye Shining Armor, bye Cadence."

"Farewell mother, farewell father, goodbye Sweetie Bell."

"Bye Applebloom, bye Granny, bye Big Mac."

"I love you all, bye."

"Bye mom, bye dad. Goodbye Zephyr."

"I'm gonna miss you sis." Said Zephyr

"By mom, bye dad."

"Goodbye Rainbow Dash, and a little word of advice, if those boys try to do anything weird, smack them." Said Rainbow Dash's dad

"Do you promise to return safely sis?" asked Applebloom

"I promise."

"You can't promise them that I'm afraid. Despite your powers, you could easily get killed in this ordeal." Said Bearclaw

"You're right, I'll try Applebloom, but no promises."

"Miss, why did you pack THIS much stuff? We're gonna be in the wild for crying out loud." Said Kasi

"One can never be under-prepared darling."

"I get that, but when will you need a fancy dress? animals don't care what you look like." Replied Kasi

"Kasi, meet Rarity, she ALWAYS packs a ton of stuff when she goes somewhere."

"Come on board everyone, we don't have all month." Ordered Tigertooth

"Tigertooth, this could be the last time they get to see their loved ones. They can take as long as they need." Responded Bearclaw

"TWILIGHT!!" shouted Timber Spruce as he was running down the dock.

"Timber?"

"Had to come say goodbye. Your brother told me about what was going on." Explained Timber

"Well, goodbye Timber."

"Goodbye Twilight." Said Timber before they hugged each other.

After two more hours, they finally got on board the boat and sailed off to Bakula. The winds were calm, dolphins were breaching out of the water, and they even saw a Great White Shark catch a seal.

"Don't you just love the ocean Thundercloud?"

"Yes, I love being out on the ocean, makes me think of all the creatures that swam in the sea way before we even existed, like the Megalodon, Tylosaurus, Liopleurodon, Opthalmasaurus, and Ammonites." Answered Thundercloud

"I like to think of the undiscovered animals at the bottom of the ocean, don;t you?"

"Yes miss....I never got your name." Said Thundercloud

"Actually, I don't think we got ANY of your names." Said Eaglebeak

"Oh, well in that case, I'm Fluttershy."

"Twilight Sparkle"

"Rarity"

"Applejack"

"Pinkie Pie"

"Rainbow Dash"

"Sunset Shimmer"

"Spike"

"Nice names." Said Lightning Strike

"Tigertooth, you seemed pretty angry when you heard Khali's name, why was that?"

"You don't have to answer that Tigertooth." Said Kasi

"Yeah, we can change the subject." Said Lightning Strike

"No, if they're going to be our allies, they may as well know. You see, Khali and I have been rivals for years. When I was a baby, I managed to transform into a little tiger cub. My mother naturally freaked out, and the town had an entire meeting about what to do with me. The local priests said to let me live a normal life, well almost, my dad was never around. Khali just happened to be there, and he suggested that he'd kill me to since he believes tigers are nothing but man killers and I wouldn't be any different. In fact, some of the folks considered that option as well, but then the black couagar, the king of the Rocky Mountains came to my rescue. He told the people that if anyone tried to shoot me or stab me, he'd rip out their throats. Khali was scared as well, but he said this wasn't over, and that he'd return to kill me. As I grew up, I was taught how to hunt and fight by the black cougar, he's basically like a dad to me. When I became a teenager, I could finally turn into an adult tiger, but at that point, Khali had returned, and this time he was able to transform into a huge cat creature that's white, has yellow eyes, round ears, and roars. He and I fought each other, while he was older, I had more experience, so I was able to beat him. I forced him to leave, but that didn't stop him from coming back. I had a sister and a girlfriend, my sister was now an adult and married, and she was pregnant. My girlfriend was wonderful, she was nice, calm, but not afraid to defend herself. I was super happy, but then Khali came back, and he did something we thought he wouldn't do, he killed my sister and her husband, and he ripped to still growing baby out of her. He then killed my girlfriend with a bite to her throat. He brought several men with him, and they set fire to the town, and he killed my mother in the process. The black cougar got me out of there quickly, and for the whole night, I cried. Khali had succeeded in breaking my spirit. But then I met these guys, and I joined this group and we have fought poachers all over the world. We've battled Khali and his forces many times, the last time we fought, we had the help of Bengal Tigers and Asian Elephants in India to fight the men. But now it seems that he's gotten more men, and this time, I won't rest until he's dead."

"Oh my, I'm so sorry for your loss darling."

At that moment, Eaglebeak saw some land, the boat finally go to the shore, and when everyone got on land, they went into the wilderness, looking for a good spot to set up camp, and on the way, they saw a huge variety of animals. Wildebeests, Hipparion horses, buffalo, Giraffes, and even Straight-Tusked Elephants were present. But t the same time, they saw a pack of lion-sized sabertooths called Petriasmilus, these cats have the same coat pattern as a cheetah, and have long serrated fangs, muscular builds, and long tails for balance. They saw the Petriafelis's treeing another sabertooth cat known as a Machairifelis, these cats are the size of leopards, with the same coat as a lion, but with long canines, and rosettes like a clouded leopard. They walked into a group of trees, with a river in it. But they noticed strange stones at the rivers edge, Thundercloud went over and collected the stones and brought them back.

"Let me guess, these rocks do something weird."

"Better take a look in here." Said Eaglebeak when he was getting a huge book out of his bag, and it turns out he had a map of Bakula with him, hence how he knew where to go while on the sea.

"It says here that these rocks can teleport a person to another place of they say where to go." Said Eaglebeak

"That's perfect, knowing these poachers, they'll be in at least almost all the regions of Bakula." Said Kasi

Eaglebeak got his map out and told everyone his plan.

"We can use the stones to split up and go to different regions and stop the poachers at different times." Explained Eaglebeak

"In that case, Fluttershy, Thundercloud, Rainbow Dash and I will stay here while Bearclaw, Lightning Strike, Rarity, and Sunset Shimmer will go to the southern jungle, and Kasi, Eaglebeak, Applejack, Spike, and Pinke Pie will go to the mighty plains." Said Tigertooth

"Sounds like a plan."

Bearclaw took one of the stones in his hands and spoke.

"Rarity, Sunset Shimmer, Lightning Strike, and I want to go to the southern jungle." Said Bearclaw.

A green aura formed around them, and then in an instant, they vanished. Then Eaglebeak took another stone and also spoke.

"Kasi, Pinkie Pie, Twilight, Spike, Applejack, and I want to go to the mighty plains." The green aura formed around them and they were gone. Leaving Tigertooth, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Thundercloud to set up camp.

"Okay, now with camp set up, let's find the poachers base."

"We'd better not, it's getting late. We'd better wait for tommorow." Said Thundercloud

"Why wait?"

"Let's just say that nighttime around here is dangerous, many predators are on the prowl at this time, and there is one that you REALLY don't want to meet." Answered Thundercloud.

When it got really late, everyone got into their tents, and fell asleep. While the herbivores of the bush were on the lookout for any hunters on the prowl.