Roy

First message

“At the beginning of time, the species of Earth were never truly the same. There were three major kinds. First came Humans — intelligent beings who possessed a mysterious power known as "Destruction." Their abilities differed from person to person, but some humans were capable of causing immense destruction with their powers. Then came Animals. They had no supernatural abilities and lived according to the natural laws of the world. And finally came Hybrids. Creatures born with both human and animal traits. They could have ears, tails, claws, fangs, scales, feathers, or other animal characteristics. Many hybrid species were physically stronger and possessed sharper senses than ordinary humans. Because of that, they became feared. And eventually, hated. For centuries, wars were fought between humans and hybrids. Treaties were signed, broken, and rewritten. Some cities accepted hybrids, while others refused to allow them inside their borders. One of those cities was Lonvally. A large, modern city where humans lived alongside hybrids, although the relationship between the two species remained tense. Humans feared hybrids. Hybrids distrusted humans. And neither side had completely forgotten the wars of the past. Then, in the year 2005... A newborn's cries echoed through the halls of Lonvally Central Hospital. She was a hybrid. A wolf. Wolves were considered one of the oldest and strongest hybrid species in existence. They were known for their independence, physical strength, heightened senses, and their refusal to rely on other species. The newborn girl had soft black hair, tall wolf ears, a tiny tail, and unusual blue-gray eyes that seemed strangely cold despite her age. Her mother held her carefully against her chest. "Yuki..." That was her name. Yuki. Her mother had no idea what kind of future awaited her daughter. She didn't know that Yuki's life would eventually become connected to one of the oldest wolf families in Lonvally. She didn't know that Yuki would grow up surrounded by more than twenty-five members of her extended family inside a massive family estate — grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts, cousins, and younger relatives all living under the same roof. And she certainly didn't know that, years later, another family would enter Yuki's life. The Vanido family. Their father, Lloyd Vanido, was a wolf hybrid from a different wolf lineage. Their mother, Laura Vanido, was a tiger hybrid. And their son... Roy. A young tiger hybrid with messy reddish-brown hair, tiger ears, and a striped tail. He was six years old, short for his age, rather stubborn, easily annoyed, and rarely afraid to say exactly what he thought. For the first few years of her life, Yuki knew nothing about Roy. Their families had simply remained connected through old friendships and family ties. Until one summer morning... Yuki was six years old. She was sitting in the enormous garden behind her family's estate, quietly reading a book while several of her cousins played nearby. The sound of a car approaching the main gate made her ears twitch. She looked up. A black car slowly entered the property. Yuki closed her book. Several members of the family went outside to greet their guests. The car stopped near the front steps. The first person to step out was Lloyd. Then Laura. And finally, a small boy climbed out of the back seat. Roy looked around the enormous estate with a bored expression. "That's a huge house..." Laura laughed softly. "It's a family estate, Roy." Roy glanced toward the garden. His eyes stopped on Yuki. She was staring back at him. For a few seconds, neither of them spoke. Roy pointed toward her wolf ears. "You're a wolf." Yuki looked at his tiger ears. "And you're a tiger." Roy frowned. "I know." Yuki tilted her head slightly. "...You're weird." Roy immediately looked offended. "I'm not weird!" From behind them, the adults began laughing. Neither Yuki nor Roy knew it yet, but that awkward first meeting would become the beginning of a long friendship between a wolf and a tiger... And eventually, their two families would become far more connected than either of them could have imagined.”