Hybrids

Lemurs vs....every other stinkin' animal.

Hey. You know about those mentions of nuclear wars? Yeah, It would be a real curse for one to happen. But let's say it did happen, let's say the U.S. was being stupid again. What would happen?

Well, for one, the population would be almost completely eliminated, but 1%, 80 million people would survive, the lucky amount. But as generations went on, the remaining amounts of radiation would mutate human genes. And that is how I, and billions of other people, were created!

     I'm Constellation Aminstine, but please, please, pleeaase, call me Gaze. It suits me better. Now, I'm a lemur hybrid, and my parents are a panther hybrid(dad), and another lemur hybrid(mom). I asked them why I was named Constellation, and they told it was because, "your yellow eyes glistened brighter than the sun". Aren't you born with your eyes closed? Or do panthers have X-ray vision? Anyway, I don't know a lot about politics, but what used to be the U.S. is now a monarchy ruled by a scary looking Queen. She's a tiger hybrid, and her lines of black are laced around her face. She has amber eyes and two long black braids. My parents talk about her a lot, but I don't remember her name. All I hear is, "That spoiled tyrant and her spoiled children!", or "Damn her, those poor mice!". I do know one thing, though. She doesn't see rodents or smaller animal hybrids like me as equals, and she thinks that smaller animals shouldn't marry more likely predators, though she can't make it illegal after the last King's law.

     Another thing I know, mass incarceration of race is a problem. Smaller animals are looked down upon and in result making it difficult to get jobs, or at least good ones. They have to result to the streets or stealing. The Queen made things like sleeping on a bench, sidewalk, or alley loitering crimes and stealing punishable by many years. As much as stealing is wrong, they feel they don't have a choice. And FYI, she did this on purpose to disproportionately incarcerate rodent-hybrids.

     Once they are arrested, the Queen loves to give the smaller animal hybrids longer sentences. Then, slavery is now legal. In prison, they are forced to work for the castle, while the larger hybrids spend shorter sentences with less mistreatment.

(P.S. I basically explained systematic racism to you in a fantasy story.)

     I don't even care to know the Queen's name. It's not worth knowing a jerk like her. But that doesn't matter. The only thing I'm worried about at the moment is my new school! Yep! I get to go to a new school filled with hybrids of all kinds! I get to show them how amazing small hybrids can be, and I'll maybe get to meet new friends. This year, I wanna make friends with a Siberian tiger hybrid. They seem so cool!

All I know is this year, I'll be the change even Queen Jerkface will notice! I'll grow up and inspire others, so they can see that they're amazing too!

Introductions are always short, sorry.