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 Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:17 am
The young female certainly had cheered up since her meeting with Alana. The white female had filled a gap in Hera's heart, a gap that could only be filled with friendship. She was not the usual leopard in that she was content being alone. She liked to be surrounded by others, liked to hear the babble of voices. She liked to laugh and talk and meet new people, especially ones of her own kin.
It was out of curioisty too, for she had never really met any other leopards other than the brief time she had spent with her own family and Mezi. She had always felt the odd one out, always felt slightly different, but after meeting Alana, Hera was beginning to realise she wasn't so odd after all. That actually a lot of other leopards liked company too.
She had almost reached the point where she had cursed being a leopard, wishing that she could have been a bird so that she could flock with thousands of others. But now, she realised that she didn't have to be alone.
She paused to drink from one of the many puddles that had gathered here since the last downpour, suddenly thirsty. It was probably from all the joy! She had been humming non-stop, so filled with joy at finally having a friend who could grow to become her best friend. Besides, now she had a goal. She'd find herself and Alana some more friends, including a mate for her white-pelted friend.
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:15 am
"IIIIIIIII'MMMMMMM Singing in the raiiiiiiin! Just singin' in the rain, what a, GLORIOUS...FEEEE..LINg I'm Happy again. I'm smilin' with glee an' I'm singin', Just singin', in the rain!" It wasn't exactly hard to hear the very cheerful voice as it came through the trees, for not only did it sing, but it was closely accompanied by splashes. Clearly what ever creature was trampling through the jungle was having a whale of a time catching every puddle with every paw.
It was then that a young, carefree looking leopard came bounding through the undergrowth and without even pausing to stop and check the area his paws, legs and half of his belly came in to contact with the biggest puddle of the jungle, the lake.
"YES I'M HAPPY AGAIN! I'M SMILIN' WITH GLEE AND I'M SINGIN', yes, singin in the.." Dark orange eyes fell upon the deep ruby red female for the first time since his explosion in to the clearing and he grinned sheepishly. His tail swayed out of the water flickering small dropletts around the youthful orange tomcat. "Hello there, hope I didn't scare you." His teeth flashed then in an even wider grin, he realised all to well, that he must look like a fool standing chest deep in the water sopping wet and singing his furry little heart out.
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:08 pm
"Scared isn't the word I'd use..." She trailed off. Hera couldn't believe her luck. All this time and not a single leopard had crossed her path and now she had left her home behind they were dropping in on her like leaves! First Alana and now this fine fellow! And what a bright fellow he was too! She could not contain her glee at seeing another with as bright a pelt as her own.
Her tail waved high and before she knew what she was doing she was striding closer to him, laughing. The laughter brought a twinkle to her eyes. Part of her, the timid side, was telling her to be careful, but really, what was the point in being careful when this male was obviously very friendly and...clumsy.
She giggled again and paused, watching him standing in the water. "Are you okay there?" She remembered her first dip into water with vivid clarity. Yes, it hadn't been a pleasant experience. However, this orange leopard certainly didn't seem to mind.
"You sure did sound happy, singing like that." She bobbed her head. "I do a lot of humming but I don't know any words to songs! Where did you learn the songs?"
She gave a small 'oh' sound and clapped a paw to her mouth. "Sorry, sorry, there I go again, asking questions and being rude. I'm Hera, pleased to meet you. Uh...do you need a paw?" She held one out in case he needed help from the water.
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:29 am
Deep orange eyes looked over the red female and a grin graced his, pale creamy maw. "Singin's what I do." he chuckled, it was an understatement, if he wasn't singing it was because he was hunting, other wise there was always a tune on his lips and a song in his jolly heart.
"I'm happiest when I'm singing miss, music, as they say, makes the world go round." Her next questiopn was a matter of deep thought, he never truely knew how to answer such a question without sounding odd. The truth, they say sets you free, he wasn't quite ready to tell anyone the whole truth. "I lived near humans as a cub, they sing such wonderful songs and if you listen carefully you can learn the words." He gave an affirmative nod, it was as clsoe to the truth as he could get. Telling an unnamed female that he had been raised by humans, wasn't exactly on his to do list.
When she held her paw out to him he bowed and reached a paw out to her only to leap forwards and past her turning her around with the force of his leap in a sort of twirl. "The names Beau, and a pleasure it is to meet one whom has a song in her heart. Can I hear your tune? Perhaps I have the words to your song in my head some where." He raised a curious brow, he was becoming quite the composer now that he was free of the humans, the world it seemed had it's very own beat, no matter where he was, there was a song to be had.
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:20 am
"You do it very well, sir." She bobbed her head again, unsure what to do or say. She hadn't been around a male for a long, long time. Should she talk to him the way she had spoken to Alana? No...probably not. Boys wouldn't appreciate girl talk.
"Music makes the world go round? Then I sure am glad the birds keep singing. Wouldn't want the world to end." She laughed. Then at his answer to her questioin she looked stumped. Humans? What were humans? She wanted to ask but felt stupid for doing so.
He took that moment to leap out of the water, doing an odd little twirl that reminded Hera of a bird's acrobatic dance. "My tune? Oh, I dunno." She wriggled, making sure to file his name away carefully.
Beau. It was a good strong, simple name. Most leopards seemed to have simple names, ones that weren't long and fancy. She liked it. They were easier to remember!
"Well...if you insist." And she hummed the tune. It was a somewhat random little tune, but merry, the type of tune someone can walk to with a bounce in their step. She trailed off when she began to realise how silly she must seem, humming a pointless little tune to a male she hardly knew.
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:43 am
The orange tabby male gave a hearty chuckle at her reply and a gentle wink. "Indeed, birds even inspire the humans to make music. They have an instrument which they blow in to and it whistles like a bird." He cleared his throat roughly. perhaps yammering too much about humans wasn't the best way to distance himself from them.
Giving a cheeky wink he settled in to a sitting possition his tail tapping in time with her tune. "Wonderful. yeah I think I know the words to that one." He closed his eyes for a long moment and taking a deep breath a soft puurr rolled off his lips before he sang in an all too melodious voice "MEE..ee.. and mrs, MRS JONES, WE'VE GOT A THING, GOIN' ONN."
His pinky tongue lapped out over his lips and he slowly opened his deep dark orange eyes. "Hmm, maybe a little too loud, maybe your more of a.." He paused for a moment before once again breaking in to song. "Mr blue birds on my shouldeeer, it is the truth, it's acctual, everything is satisfactual, ZzipPedy doo-dah, zippedy eh, My oh my what a wooonDErful day, plEenty of sunshine headin' my way, Zzzippedy-do-dah, zzzippedy ey!"
He tilted his head curiously at the deep red female, his eyes shimmering. "Guess I'm making a fool out of myself, do excuse me, I just can't help but sing."
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:08 pm
She giggled, rearing back on her hindquarters to clap her forepaws together. "Wonderful! You have a lovely voice Beau" Her eyes sparkled. She had never met anyone quite like him. He was how she imagined the birds, always cheerful, always singing, always looking on the bright side of everything.
"I do so hope there's sunshine heading my way." She beamed. "Or maybe it's already here. Your fur is like the sun." She thumped her tail against the ground, much as a happy canine would. "I think I should have left my little hovel months ago. I stayed in my little corner of the jungle all alone and the day I leave I meet two leopards. For a while I started to think I was the only one who hadn't abandoned the trees!"
She purred pleasantly. "I'm so happy to see you and I certainly won't keep you from singing if that's what makes you happy." She hesitated before continuing. "But I must ask, what sort of creature are these humans. I don't think I've met one before and my mother never mentioned the word to me. Do they live in the jungle too, or somewhere else?"
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 3:59 am
"When you sing as much as I do, yuour voice learns to sound nice. Other wise folks throw things at you." He chuckled flickering his own tail in a pleased manner.
The young leopard gave an ever so cheery wink at her comment. Like the sunshine. Looking over his own back he guessed he could aggree with that diagnosis. "Well then Hera perhaps I am here to bring a little sunshine in to your life then hmm?" His dark eyes shimmered brightly. "A song is like a ray of sunshine if it gladdens the heart." He puurrs his lips pursed in a rather chesy grin.
"You've never seen a human?" He raised a slim brow. He thought everyone knew what humans were. Clearing his throat he tried to glue together, in his mind, exactly what a human was. "Humans are a type of animal only they don't walk like we do," He reared up on his hind legs then, performing a balancing act for a few moments before he toppled over, in a manner he was obviously used to, because he righted himself straight away and chuckled. "Humans walk on two paws and they speak, but not in any language that anyone can really understand, and they can't understand a word we say. They are stupid like that."
He paused for a long moment his eyes shifting to a moment of sadness. "They are dangerous though. If you ever see one, you should run, run until your paws bleed if you have to. He shook off the grim moment, clearly he didn't wish to stay in that state of mind. "Don't worry about them, they never come this far in to the jungle. Or I havn't seen any of them while I'v been here any way. It's much more fun to simply not think about them."
He gave a quick nod, dismissing the human explination as quickly as he had blurted it out. It was clearly something he didn't exactly enjoy discussing.
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Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:42 am
"Throw things! I would never throw things. That's awful." Her concern dulled at his wink and she couldn't help but smile. He certainly did know how to cheer someone up! "I do like listening to the birds sing. They have such pretty voices. I never thought leopards were made to sing."
She shook her head as he asked about her knowing humans. "They can't understand us? Well they certainly must be stupid." She snorted. "Though apparently they know good songs." She laughed. "You're so strange Beau, but in a good way!"
She gasped, feeling suddenly afraid and nodded sheepishly. "I'll run and I'll climb and hide. I'm good at climbing, very good!" She chirped. "They probably wouldn't be able to make their way through all the trees if they only use two legs." Hera declared. "Either way, I'll make sure to keep away from them if I ever see them."
"Do you live near here, Beau? Or are you passing through? Have you ever been....ever been outside of the trees that way." She pointed in the direction she had been going. "I've never been outside of the jungle. Is the outside scary?"
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 3:26 am
Beau chuckled. "If I wasn't strange I'm sure I'd go mad." He gave another of thjose cheeky winks then, he didn't mind being strange if it meant singing to the world.
"They are a strange thing, humans, they seem to have a way of getting every where. I'm surprised they arn't here but then I suppose they can't get every where now can they?" He smiled, it was a hopeful sort of smile. he feared as well as liked humans, but he would never turn back towards them, his paws only took him further from their grasp.
"Oh i don't live any where in particular and yes, I have been outside of the great green. I'v been to a place called the pride lands, it's a nice place, few trees, different type of green, full of lions though." He paused for a moment and smiled "The place has a great beat to it. It's been home to so many for such a long time it's got a great long song all of it's own. Beautiful." Shaking his head and clearing his throat he grinned sheepishly "Sorry, I get lost in my own head some times. Music's a part of my soul and when it calls I kinda drift off."
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:13 am
"I guess not." She agreed, though she sounded unsure. What was stopping humans from coming here? Was it really because the jungle was so dense? Or was it because they had not yet discovered it? Either way she pushed those thoughts far from her. It wasn't her place to worry about that sort of thing.
"Lions..." Hera remembered the lions she had met, her face losing it's smile - if only briefly. Those lions had scared her, especially the male with his huge, dark mane and those cold, icy eyes. She shuddered and remembered how he had frozen her soul with that look.
"I don't like lions...I met some before, in the jungle. They were lost and exhausted from forcing their way through their vines. But they frightened me...especially the male. He forced me to be their guide and show them to my secret haven." Her whiskers drooped. "Maybe it's not such a good idea...going out there, I mean. It's safer here. Lions can't climb and there are for more trees here than...than out there I bet."
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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:00 am
"Not all lions are bad, you have to give some a chance in life or, you know, you're kinda not letting yourself live." He smiles, as if he knew and understood the world. Of course, he didn't his small sheltered life had left him nieve of the world around him, but it also mader him a little foolish for he did not posess the fear that he perhaps should have owned.
"I met a nice little lion at the pridelands, she was very friendly. You know you should see the world and find new beats to dance to, theres no point listening to the same song all your life you could get very bored of that, don't ya think?" His deep orange eyes glimmered, perhaps it wa sbecause he did not know better that he kept hold of this philosophy, that he clung so tightly to the songs which pulled him about by the ears and forced his paws to dance.
"The world would be a very small place if you let one song lead your whole life." He smiled wistfully, his world had been very small for a very long time, now he refused to dance or sing to any one beat, the world was an orchestra and he wanted to be a part of it.
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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:27 am
She smiled. He was right. What was the point of living if you didn't live it to the fullest? She wanted to explore, she wanted to meet others, especially leopards and what if the lands out there held more friends for her to meet? She wanted to live!
And like Beau said, who wanted to walk the same beat all of their lives?
"You're right Beau." She smiled. "And if things turn sour I can always come back here where I can be safe." She smiled. "Besides, my family are out there somewhere. They're nomadic souls, wandering the world. If they can do it so can I!" She peeped cheerfully. "Thank you Beau!" And she lowered herself, making to pounce him, determined to roll him back into the water.
It was hot! A bath would be good!
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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:39 am
Beau grinned broadly, he was glad his philosophy was pleasing to the deep red female, he was glad to see her smile, she was pretty when she smiled, much better than letting worry lines creease her forehead.
His orange eyes went wide as dishplates as he spotted ehr pouncing stance. the water of the lake glistened behind him and he grinned broadly standing on two paws, though he balanced on his butt his tail set straight out behind him like a balancing rudder of sorts.
"A splash is such a wonderful sound, musical as the birds I'v found, and if the ladies gunna pounce, she best hurry up cause it's damn hot out." He chuckled and rested a paw on his stomach giving a very comical bow a grin creasing his youthful maw. He was glad to have met this lady of the jungle. "Maybe I can take you out to see a bit of the world? My paws havn't been too far yet but theres worlds beyond your wildest dreams outside of here, or so I hear the birds sing."
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:08 am
Laughter filled the air as Hera listened to his words and watched him bow.
"Is that a challenge?" She asked with a smile and an arched brow. Then, without a moment to spare she was pouncing towards him, eyes closed as she leapt, preparing herself for the cold blast of water that would come of her actions.
(( xD;; short post ))
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