Another month has passed by. It's time again for Sheri to go out. Sheri didn't bother exploring the forest due to the unknown beast. Her mission is to stay alive, so she doesn't go and wander unless like right now she needs to hunt and gather some vegetables. If staying in the cave makes her alive then let her be a coward.
On the other hand, the whole months she's not slacking of getting her body strong. She never idles due to the world she's in is dangerous.
While thinking of her situation. She prepares everything as usual and went cautiously outside the cave. After gathering some fruits and plants, she set up again another trap. She climbs above the tree waiting for her trap to catch something.
While waiting, she heard below a roar. She looked down and immediately hides between the branches. A leopard and a tiger can be seen they, hiss and growl toward each other. The leopard was protecting the one he or she hunts and the tiger wants it.
"Give or you're dead." the tiger said while growling.
"No, I hunt it first, go and look for your own food," growl the leopard.
Sheri saw and was amazed at how big those creatures were. Both were 3 times larger than the ordinary animal.
Sheri was trying to listen, and she finds it odd that they were talking in an unfamiliar language. While looking down the Tiger starts to be very aggressive toward the leopard.
"So be it then." The tiger growls. He instantly jumped toward the leopard and start targeting the neck of the leopard. The leopard was also trying to defend herself. After a fierce battle, the leopard was injured, and the tiger gets the price. The tiger went away with the prey leaving the injured leopard behind.
Sheri was sweating and her heart is pounding very loud while looking at the two fights. It was a fierce battle and very dangerous.
The moment the leopard was injured and falls on the ground, she shifted to human-like and become a woman. She has long white hair and a white tail with black spots. Sheri was surprised to witness the transformation. But something is odd why is that the female leopard stomach is big and it was in tremendous pain. Sheri can see blood is oozing in her neck. She was at first hesitant to go down but when she saw how the woman struggles to stand up and tried to move but at the same time cannot get up. She took pity and jump down.
Sheri knows an injured leopard can't harm her. So she jumped down from the tree. The injured leopard looked at her, and on the verge of crying. Sheri can see her pain and it seems she's losing her life anytime soon.
"Help me, my baby please save my baby." the leopard was asking Sheri. The leopard didn't growl nor get angry when she saw Sheri walking toward her. She can smell that the woman who approached her is not dangerous.
Sheri doesn't understand what she is saying but looking at her, it seems she's trying to give birth.
"Please help." The leopard woman pants while talking.
After a few minutes, a big leopard found the female leopard and immediately transformed into a man. Follow by another 4 big leopards, and they all transformed into men. The other leopard who came first looked at the female leopard and gradually approached it. Sheri can see the anxiousness of the man.
On the tree, Sheri was sweating while looking at those 5 burly men. They are all tall and robust. They are taller than the ones she saw a while ago. The female leopard is already big when she transformed but the men are much bigger than the female leopard. Sheri was thinking no matter how good she is at fighting she can't fight them all.
"Aurora" his almost choking voice while approaching the female leopard. He was so anxious his mate was injured. He placed his finger in her nose and a wash of relief came toward him. The rest of the men were silent. When the two cubs start crying, all of them were on panic the big white hair man pick them up and hold the two cubs, gently rocking them.
" Shh, little ones your mother is ok. Delo, we better go." The white hair guy said toward the man who is kneeling beside the woman. Delo agrees, his mate is weak and it's risky especially if a tiger sees them. He slowly carried the woman and all of them went away.
Sheri was relieved when the group of leopards is gone. Sheri was still dazed when she saw them. It was a big difference in seeing them.
Sheri observed all that happened and didn't come out for a while. She didn't understand what they were saying, but she figures it out they were the family of the female leopard. She descended the tree after a few minutes and walked where she hid her trap. She was happy to see 4 grown rabbits inside.
She carried them and walk back toward the cave. 10 meters away from the cave she stops and makes sure to remove her clothes and change into a different one. She gathers a grass nearby pound them with a stone and smears them all over her body. No matter what she doesn't want they will find out where she at.
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