The Ape king was disappointed in Rosa's performance. Rosa was furious at the failure of her suitors. She went to complain to her father. She stormed into her father's meeting and he stopped speaking. He told the guards to leave so he could talk to his female cub. She was used to this and immediately started to complain about Shelly. She told her father, "Shelly was flaunting Winston in front of everyone. She even got extra wild seeds from the Ape king. The Ape king thinks that she is the doombringer from her prophecy, so I don't know why he is giving her extra seeds. Even if they are wild seeds that no one wants. We should just exile her!" She was all worked up and her father tried to console her. He said, "Don't worry young one, I will speak to the Ape king and tell him not to show her favoritism." Rosa nodded and said, "Please speak to him right away!" He nodded and went to talk to the Ape king.
The Ape king expected to see the Tiger king after he saw Rosa leave upset. He knew Rosa would go complain to her father and the Tiger king would come speak to him to try and appease Rosa. The Tiger king was well known to spoil his female cub. The Ape king had prepared a slow acting poison for the Tiger king. When the Tiger king approached him, the Ape king acted surprised to see him. He greeted the Tiger king, "Hello, what brings you to my castle?" The Tiger king said, "I heard you gave extra seeds to Shelly." The Ape king handed him a stone cup with juice and said, "It was only wild seeds. Shelly is mates to Winston and he could be the future Tiger king if he fights you. I thought it was wise to stay on her good side." The Ape king knew he was pushing the Tiger king to defend his title. The Tiger king drank the juice and slammed the cup down so hard it shattered. He said, "I am the current Tiger king. You should try to be on my good side and Rosa's!" He stormed off in his beast form and went to confront Winston. The Ape king smiled at the Tiger king's foolish pride and went to collect the gems from the Tiger castle while it was unguarded. He knew where they were located and if he was caught he could always say he was retrieving them at the king's request. He would be dead soon anyway and would not be able to refute his claim.
The Tiger king arrived at Shelly's den and roared loudly. Shelly was packing her things. Now that it was warmer and they had the seeds she was ready to leave the city. Winston heard the roar and knew it was his brother challenging him. He said, "I will settle this now or he will not let us leave in peace." Shelly nodded and said, "Be careful." She kissed him on the cheek for good luck and he felt more energized. He had a mate to protect! He would not fail!
Winston left the den in his beast form to meet his brother's challenge. He did not really want to be king, but he would not let his brother or his brother's cub harass his female. He noticed his brother looked a little dizzy. He gave a warning growl as a chance for his brother to leave. The Tiger king was enraged by his brother's warning growl. He took it as Winston belittling him. He charged towards Winston and aimed at his throat. Winston dodged and grabbed him by the back of the neck. Winston threw his brother away from him. The Tiger king stumbled to his feet and wobbled back towards Winston. His vision was starting to blur and his movements seemed slow, but he would not give up to Winston. Too much was at stake and he would rather die than admit defeat to his brother.
He had always been jealous of his brother when they were raised. Winston would have been king if not for the scar on Winston's eye. They both knew it and it made the king have a complex. Winston gave him another chance to admit defeat, but the Tiger king would not yield. He charged towards Winston to swipe his claw at Winston's other eye. He figured he would wound him at least if he could not defeat him.
Winston dodged the king's slow claw and was angered that his brother was trying to aim for his good eye. He knew his brother would not give up until he was dead, so Winston would give him a quick death. He clawed the king's throat and the king laid down bleeding out. Winston backed up when he noticed the blood was darker than it was supposed to be. He roared loudly and Harvey came out of the den. He carefully approached Winston and the now dead former Tiger king. Harvey noticed the dark blood and told Winston to wash the blood off his claws immediately. He said, "The Tiger king was poisoned before he came here." The crowd gasped and started to question who could have poisoned him. Winston came back after he washed off the blood and transformed back into his 2 legged form. He asked, "Was it the same poison the Ape king tried to kill me with?"
The beastmen nearby were shocked to learn the Ape king had poisoned Winston and possibly the Tiger king. Harvey thought about it and said, "This is a slow acting poison, but he must have digested it within the last hour or 2. We should find out who was the last one to speak to him." The beastmen were all curious and Winston said, "I will find out. Tell Shelly I will return soon." Harvey nodded and Winston went towards the Tiger castle. He had to figure this out and tell the tiger tribe about his plan to leave the city. If they stayed behind in the city they could figure out the new king among themselves.
Winston arrived at the Tiger castle and the guards all bowed in respect to their new king. They knew the former Tiger king went to battle Winston and heard the battle cries. If Winston was here and the former king was not it was obvious that Winston won and was therefore the new king until someone else could defeat him. Since there were no other 4 striped tiger beastmen in the city Winston was unchallenged as the new king. He asked the guards who was the last one to speak to his brother. They told him of Rosa barging into the meeting and the Tiger king went to speak to the Ape king. Winston had suspected the Ape king but needed proof.
Winston went to confront the Ape king but was stopped as he saw the Ape king taking the stage in the city center. He had an announcement to make and wanted the entire city to see it. The Ape king now had 3 stripes and was holding a strand of Shelly's hair. He said, "Many of you have heard a prophecy from a female about the destruction of the City of Beasts. I checked the prophecy for myself and found that this female is not from the Ape tribe, but is a demon sent to our world to destroy it!" Winston knew this would not end well and he told the guards near him, I am leaving the city. If you want to follow me you can. If not, you can stay and try to survive the city's destruction. He headed towards Shelly's den to get her out of the city.
Shelly knew things were going downhill after Winston killed his brother and Harvey confirmed he had been poisoned. They tried to clean the body of the former Tiger king as best as they could without being poisoned and covered him with fur to show respect. They would let his mate and family decide how to bury him. Shelly was now all packed with as many things as she could carry. Winston came home in a rush and said, "We need to leave now! The Ape king has leveled up and is telling everyone lies about you."
Shelly knew this would happen and she got on Shuu's wolf form to leave. As they were leaving, David turned towards the Ape king to see the projection into the sky. He was shocked to see images of what looked like Shelly with himself in strange clothes in a different land. Even without his bear ears he was able to recognize himself and saw the same eyes. He now believed what Shelly told him was true. He had been reincarnated from this other world and was her mate in his past life. He just couldn't remember his past life. He felt bad for doubting Shelly and ran after her. He would keep her safe no matter what.