Issue 1-9(1995-1997) - The Quest For The Golden Crystal


One day some men started to invade the jungle. The only way to save the jungle was to retrieve the Golden Crystal. An ancient crystal, with untold powers, that could stop the men. Only Tigerlilly and Tigerlan were brave enough to take up the challenge. The next day they took the map and set off. First they came to a farmer's field. Tigerlan crossed the field, but where was Tigerlilly? Tigerlan rushed back into the field. "Help!!"... There was Lilly in a trap. Tigerlan rushed over and freed her, but... BANG! "Ahh! RUN!!", shouted Lan.

ZOOM!!

"Yikes!", Shouted Lan as he ran into another trap. "TIGERLAN!!", Shouted Lilly. "Forget about me and go!", shouted Lan. "But.." "GO!", Finished Lan. Lilly left, then a few seconds later she heard another gunshot! She continued, but was so sad that she didn't see some quicksand. "HELP!!", Shouted Tigerlilly as she began to sink in the sand! Lilly thought she was doomed when suddenly she heard a voice, "Have no fear Lil, I am Here!". It was Tigerlan! He swung out of a bush(as you do!), Grabbed Lilly, then swung back, dropping her in the bush. "Tigerlan!, What Happened!!?", She asked. "after you left Lil, the farmer came, but I roared at him, making him backfire the gun on himself!",Started Lan. "But how did you get free!?", Asked Lilly. "Well, by an amazing stroke of luck, When the farmer shot himself, he dropped the gun on the catch and... Oh never mind! Remember we must hurry up and get that crystal!". Next Tigerlilly and Tigerlan reached a river, which they crossed easily. Finally they pushed their way through some bushes, and "GASP!!" "HOORAY!!" FAINT! There was the Golden Crystal!
Tigerlan grabbed the crystal, then him and Lilly turned around and set off home! This time they took a different, hopefully quicker route, which led them to another river!(Dont ask where all the rivers came from!!). Just as Lan had found somewhere to cross the river, Lilly slipped. "Hell.. glug.. HELP!!", Shouted Lilly, as a load of weird bad-singing crocodiles started circling Lilly! They started to sing.. "We are the really Nasty Crocs, and we're going to eat you 'cos we're out of food stocks!". Tigerlan grabbed a vine then sang just as badly, "That is my sister on whom you will not dine 'cos I'm going to rescue her with this long vine!!!". And on that final bad note, Lan swung the vine around Lilly and yanked her out of the water! The crocdiles sunk away under the water! After that Lilly and Lan quickly crossed the river. Next they climbed a steep hill. "There's the jungle!", shouted Lan, pointing at a green blotch at the bottom of the hill. They hurried down and into the greenery. "Quick we must get to the Wise One!", shouted Lilly above the screams from the other animals! They rushed into a cave, which you see all the time in the middles of jungles. The wise one, who was an ancient oracle, lived in that cave. He pulled out a sheet of parchment with some ancient-looking writing on it! He said a few funny sounding words, then, as Tigerlilly and Tigerlan watched, the crystal split up into millions of stars. The stars disappeared out of the door! They all followed, just in time to see the stars going after all the humans, striking them with lightning. Most of them were killed instantly, and the rest ran off screaming! Lilly and Lan were carried like the heroes they were to the palace of the Tiger King! "As a reward for your acts of bravery, you may have anything you want!", spoke the king! Tigerlilly and Tigerlan decided to ask for their own comic(Very sad choice!!). It was granted, and very soon Tigerlilly and Tigerlan's comic was published.

 

BACKGROUND INFO:-
I know it's short, at just over 600 words. It does seem odd then that it stretched for 9 issues. What you have to bear in mind is my handwriting was much bigger than the typing here, hence it took up a lot more space on paper, making it seem longer than it really was. Perhaps one day I'll rewrite this properly, as I believe I could produce something way better than this now using my (slightly) improved writing skills and the same basic plot.

The plot is quite unusual. For a start it's original (a novelty with these comics), and there's a good reason for that. Nearly all of it came to me in a dream in 1995 (Yes, seriously!). Originally the dream involved the characters from The Lion King (and yes I know they don't live in a jungle, but you can't control dreams!), alongside this new lion cub Terence. Everything seen above featured, right down to the rhyme chanted by those crocodiles. Upon awakening, I scribbled the plans down as a sort-of 'Lion King 2' (Remember this was long before the real LK2 came out). When I finally started Tigerlilly and Tigerlan's comic, I dusted down that scribbled plan, and turned it into The Quest For The Golden Crystal with my characters. Anyway, Enough of my life story, now it's your turn. =;)

 

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