Pride Princess

Chapter One

I shut the door behind me, using my large rear to close it tight before I let out a sigh of relief. I quickly shook my head and thought about changing.

My body soon felt a family pain, like a sore muscle being massaged after a long workout. It wasn't unpleasant in the slightest, and if anything it refreshed me. I saw a strange mist like cloud surround me, crafted by blue sparks that danced onto my skin. Soon I was stretching out my neck on two feet, yawning loudly. I was a shape shifter you see, golden tiger to be precise. I was the last and only shifter who could change into a golden tiger, and I was rather proud of that.

I was the princess and soon Luna of the most powerful pride in the world, the gatto guerriero della dea pride, which is Italian for cat warrior of the goddess. There are many branches off of the shifter tree, but we all have a goddess.

Her name is Kalani, which means the heavens, sky; royal one. She created us, to protect and honor the humans of this world. We have our own laws, our own rulers, our own world. Are ancestors, a special selected few she gifted with the power of shift, the power to change into a creature of mighty strength and agility. There were seven of the selected few, the brothers and sisters of the fur.

Daivat, who was the symbol of power and strength, was gifted with the shift of the bear. His children now have the ability to shift into any type of bear, from polar to brown.

Kacie, known for her alert and vigorous attitude, was gifted with the change of a fox. Now her descendants varied from the white and the red, sneaky and clever, much like there ancestor Kacie.

Lulu, was the calm and collected of the group, protective and gently in a loving sort of way. With her, came the rise of the fowls, or birds. Now we have eagles and dove shifters, all decedents from her.

My ancestor was named Devlin, a ferocious and courage's man, and was gifted with the power of the big cats. Now, his decedents can change into the most dangerous creatures of the world far and wide, from tiger to lion.

Shanahan was the sneaky and craftiest of the bunch, making him gifted with the reptilian change. Now we have snakes and crocs, and many other scaled creatures.

The most devilish one of the sort could actually change into many forms. A honey badger, Tasmanian devil, and a hyena were one of his favorite shifts, but honestly all of the "random" shifters came from him. His name was Spadico.

Finally, there was the mother of the group, Felicia. She was the mother of all cross breeds, the mutts of the fur. She gave a gift to each and every one of her brothers and sisters, and that was the gift to lay with another of their species and have a special child born. Her descendants where the ligers, the tigons, the mighty wolf dogs, and any other of our species who were mixed with two parents of different blood lines.

We were all shifters with different prides, clans, packs, and herds. We protect our own from the outside world and we are mighty and fierce. We are the warriors of the goddess, warriors of the fur. I was the proud princess of my pride, soon to be Luna and I couldn't help but grin as that knowledge rolled off of me.

Sometimes I wished I had a simpler purpose but then again I know my life wouldn't be anything if it was dull. I was also gifted, one of the last gifted of our race. I had the gift of magic; I was a powerful witch as well as a mighty shifter. This made me either very powerful or very vulnerable depending on who you asked. I was a walking, talking, growling target.

It made things more difficult in our worlds for people like me. Well, there aren't any other people like me but there used to be. It was something that the goddess gifted a certain few with, yet sadly enough her choices grew fewer and fewer until eventually there weren't any chosen.