Victor was an average 22 year old business man of Canyon City, yet he often felt that he didn’t belong there, having no living family in the area meant that Victor often kept to himself.
One day as Victor walked his way home from work, the ground started to shake, earthquakes in the area weren’t uncommon, normal earthquakes would’ve smashed the windows of the high-rise buildings at the most, but this earthquake was different from the rest, the ground split and cracked, cars and streetlamps toppled, and then, the earth at the centre of all this commotion started to rise.
Victor, who had fallen when the quake started, scrambled away from the rising earth, the road tore up into rubble, and the cars were flung into the air. Gasping in surprise he cannot believe his eyes when he saw something, other than earth, rise from the ground.
As she rose from the ground, the giant tiger anthro Drellnia coughed up some of the dirt and soil that she accidentally breathed in, she stepped out of the hole she was climbing out of and looked around, the bright sun bore down on her eyes and made her vision blurred.
She shook her head to try and clear her vision, but it didn’t help, she looked around again and noticed that there was water nearby, she started to walk towards it, not noticing the destruction she was causing and lives she was unwillingly taking.
Victor dived out of the way as the massive feet slammed into the ground, leaving large craters in the creatures wake. The building crumble like toys, people are stamped. The lake isn’t far yet the devastation is extreme even for the moments it took to cause it.
Part of him wanted to escape the city, but another part of him wanted to stay and see what would happen next, but then something came over him as he was unable to run away, not without getting some close footage. He then ran and got a video cam from the crumbling store, he ran after the Giantess.
Drellnia stepped into the cold lake and sat down,
‘well, that’s one advantage for not having any clothes’ she thought ‘much quicker to get into a bath’, she chuckled at her thought, but then sighed, her vision now all clear, she looked around, feeling lost, alone, sighed and started washing the dirt from her black and white stripped fur.
She then remembered the old legends: ‘whoever ventured to the world above us has never returned’, upon remembering this, tears formed in her eyes, then she looked around again,
‘Oh Doran, I’m sorry’ she sniffed sadly and layed down in the water.
Victor approached the lake slowly, not to be noticed or to disturb this massive creature, it was humanoid in shape, but it features and a fur pattern similar to a white tiger, he lifted the camera towards the creature and started filming.
But something caught his eye that caused him to lower it “tears, she’s crying” he said to himself, he screwed up his face, then started to wave his arms madly he tried to get her attention, unaware of the danger of his actions.
The creature lay down in the lake, making it easier for Victor to communicate with her, screaming on top of his lungs he runs over toward where the head is located “Hey! Lady!” he threw the camera at her ear, this caused her to sit up and look down at him.
Victor fell backward, the face getting closer and larger. He lifted an arm to his forehead, overwhelmed by his insignificance to this massive creature, he slowly stood and backed away, hoping that she would let him go.
Drellnia’s ears twitched as she heard something but didn’t see anything except a tiny animal running around, she sits up and looks at the tiny animal closely, her eyes full of curiosity.
‘What is that little thing?’ she thought to herself ‘hmmm, it looks scared, of me, maybe I am intimidating to these little creatures, I wonder what I should do’
Her yellow eyes stared at the tiny creature, it looked like a furless tailless version of her tribe, and it also looked kind of cute, her mouth twitched slightly, wanting to say something, but no words came out in caution of scaring it.
The two beings of two worlds looked at each other, both unsure of what to think of the other, then Drellnia’s mouth opened and Victor braced himself for what was to come.
Chapter 2: A Friendly Encounter
“AWWW, ARN'T YOU A CUTE ONE?”
The words came unexpected to Victor, causing him to stumble
onto his back again,
“Oh, s-sorry” apologised the giant tigress above him, who,
now that he had a better look at her, had a kind face, even if it was that of a
tiger, he stood up,
“Incredible” was all he could mutter, but then asked “who
are you?”
Drellnia was taken aback from this unexpected question
“umm…..I’m Drellnia, and……I seem to be lost” she said looking at her surroundings,
Victor looked behind him to see part of the city missing
then back to Drellnia “Um... where are you from?” he asked, full of sudden
curiosity,
“Gigantua” she said proudly, but a look of confusion came
across her face “um….why do you ask?”
Victor then looked as confused as her as he looked around
again “No idea where that is... err... You... Are an alien?”
Drellnia looked slightly insulted, but at the same time,
slightly thoughtful “I don't know, where am I now?” she asked.
“Um... Earth... Umm...” was all Victor could get out of his
mouth at that point,
“Earth? You don't mean Terra, do you?” she asked, sounding
slightly excited,
“No... Earth... The planet! This is our world... The humans...”
Victor near shouted, trying to explain.
“my people live under the surface of Terra, but if you say
this is Earth, then I’m not sure how I got here” said Drellnia, sounding more
and more sad, this made Victor feel worse off from when he saw her crying,
But then he realised something “You live underground? I… I’ve
seen you pop up over there” he explained, pointing behind him “Umm... But you
sort of trampled part of our city...”
Drellnia cringed lightly, looking at the destruction “err...sorry
about that, wait, is Earth another name for Terra?” she said, sounding excited
again,
Victor thought for a moment “Yes... I think it once was...
Perhaps... We would be known as Terrans... Of the surface people to you
perhaps?”
“Yes yes!” she cried, sounding excited again, but then her
eyes watered up again “but…but if that’s the case, then” she sighed sadly “then
I guess I cannot go home”
The remark confused Victor “w..why not?” he asked, wanting
to try and help Drellnia be happy,
“Because” she said “everyone who had reached the surface
world, has never returned”
This new information shocked Victor “This happened before?”
“Yes” she replied, suddenly speaking in a mystical voice “thousands
of years ago, some of my people ventured to the surface world, but never
returned”.
Victor knew why none of her people returned to her underground
world, but he was afraid of what she might do if he told her the truth, “oh... Well
that is bad news for you” he started, slightly nervous “Let’s say the...
Terrans don't enjoy having their cities crushed by large kittens... I... I
would expect they will be sending an army soon..”
Drellnia looked confused, so Victor continued to explain “A
large group of people with weapons... Coming to hurt you... You might need to
run... Hide somewhere... Until you can return home!”
Her heart seemed to stop on her as the words sunk in, she
lent down to Victor and said with fear and desperation written across her face
“help me, please”.
Victor was stunned from the request, not knowing what to say
or do “I.. Well.. He could go.. Beyond the hills.. Maybe that will give us
time..” he managed to say, trying to think up a way to help her” I mean unless
you think you can take the army on.. At your size I don’t know if they can hurt
you.”
“no, I oppose violence, even for my own protection” said
Drellnia, holding her hand over her heart, Victor started feeling something
that he’d never felt ever, was it pity or fear, or even love for this massive
creature?, his thoughts were interrupted by a whistling sound, then an
explosion on her left shoulder, she screamed in pain as blood flowed down her
arm and back.