Snow Leopard

      She was known to these scientists as  The Snow Leopard Specimen. They were warned not to wake her, she had not thrived in the desert for nothing, she could change at will to tolerate season upon season. The Snow Leopard had many names. To her king she was the Tundress, Queen of both poles. They did not know how she would react. She and her people were of the cats. It is why she was hidden in Egypt and this was the source of her immortality, and just another life for her. Mummies were scary, but cats were unpredictable, and creatures like her unknown. It was a risk but there was no preparation when they opened the tombs, but they had studied both for years. They were lucky the king still slumbered and breathed a sigh of relief. She hissed and purred when she woke. She clenched both hands, reacted with frost, and this was her power. She used it to nourish the cats and protect them with storms and barriers.