Tiger & Talbot and Mowgli

Today had started as an regular day for Tiger and Talbot, the two Great Danes that lived in King Arthur's castle. Their young master was out on an errand with Merlin, the boy's royal advisor and court wizard, leaving nothing but full reign of the castle. Luckily for them, the sometimes forgetful Merlin had forgotten to lock the door to his private quarters, allowing them access inside so that they could explore. But this time, Merlin was so forgetful, he had forgotten to notice that he had left a magical portal open to the jungles of India. Now, Tiger and Talbot didn't know what was in that jungle, but some strange scent entered both their noses. They both sniffed the air at the same time and they realized that this scent was that of a boy, very similar to Arthur, so since Tiger, Talbot, and Arthur had quite the rapport together, they decided to do a little hunting in the jungle.

Much like most of India’s regions, Seonee had a particularly vast jungle. One of the most notable inhabitants of this particular jungle was a small, ten year old feral child by the name of Mowgli.

Ever since since the mancub was brought to a man-village by Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear, he’d been having a bit of a hard time adjusting to his new surroundings. The only thing that even remotely made it more bearable was his newly found friendship with Shanti, a village girl who pretty much was the reason he even decided to stay in the village to begin with.

Still, not a day went by where he didn’t at least think about his time being amongst the Seonee wolf pack before the dreaded tiger, Shere Khan, had made his return.

Which of course is why after he had finished with doing work in the crops with the Buffalo, he snuck out into the jungle, while making sure that he wouldn’t go too far away.

As soon as Mowgli made it into the jungle, Tiger and Talbot finally caught wind of the mysterious scent they smelled, and when they got it, they started barking and darted off in Mowgli's direction.

Mowgli’s head turned when he heard barking, and started running, not sure who or what was making that barking. eventually, after quite a bit of running, Mowgli started to ask himself "Why am i running from something that barks? I was raised by wolves." So, he turned around fast, and as soon as he did, Tiger and Talbot jumped out of the bushes and tackled the man-cub to the ground.

Mowgli was beyond surprised to find himself looking upon the faces of two animals, similar to wolves and various respects, but greatly different in others.

Amongst those differences, naturally, was how MUCH bigger they were compared to wolves, to the point where they dwarfed little Mowgli in size!

"Uh, h-hi..." Mowgli said, with a meek little smile. Tiger and Talbot started panting happily and then, they both started licking Mowgli's face repeatedly. Each of their giant tongues dragging up each of his cheeks. As a result, Mowgli started laughing and his meek little smile twisted into a grin. "Ahahahahaha. Hey! Hahahahahahaha!! You guys are friendly. I'm glad."

Tiger and Talbot knew this all too well, and that remark just encouraged them to pick up the pace on their licking spree. So, Tiger focused on Mowgli's left cheek while Talbot focused on the right. Each lick from the two big tongues was enough to make Mowglis skin on his pre-pubescent cheeks bounce. He was used to this treatment because he had gotten it at least once or twice a day from the wolves back at the Seeonee pack. The Man Cub still couldn't help laughing and he threw his arms around the two great danes, ruffling their fur.