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 Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:52 am
He had spoken to his mother, and as all mothers did, she told him time would tell, time would reveal. He would always be a prince. Was he happ with this conclusion? he was growing now and he knew it. his limbs lengthening, the tuft of fur on his head lengthening, growing towards that almighty mane that he knew he would have one day.
It was then that the young lion padded through the darkness in search of his father and in search of the answers he knew he would be provided with. His father would know better, maybe. Shaking his head he shook away his doubts and continued onwards following his fathers scent through the thick undergrowth.
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:00 pm
His father lay atop the tallest branches of the long trees that twisted into the dens and nests of the pride, he was half hidden by the shadows that the canopy of trees above gave to hide them from the sun. The large male lifted his nose at the scent of his second son before his almost ethereal, red eyes peered down the twisted wooden pathway to his growing spawn. "Come here, son." He beckoned as gently as he could with his emotionless tone.
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:08 pm
Asanbosam turned his gaze up to the trees, he had been surprised that his father had spoken from the highsts but he refrained from showing it, after all, he was a prince, son of the king and queen themselves and he would have felt redicoulous to be frightened by a bump in the dark. Smiling toothily the young jet black male leapt towards the branches slowly scaleing up the trees thick trunk, his small shoulders straining as he lifted himself up through the branches until he could stop and rest at his fathers side.
he felt to pant would be to reveal weakness so he his thr tiredness he felt by tirning his head, as if to survey what his large pale father was looking at. After a moment of captuing his breath, the cub turns his own deep red gaze upon the king of the mwena "Father." he greets quietly.
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:20 pm
The darkness was a soft, soothing sensation for the eyes as was seeing his son crawl up the twisting branches as he lay there and watched over him closely, offering a small rare smile he would only give to those closest to him or those in the pride that had earned his respect and trust. Red eyes peering over his cub as one large paw lay over the other. "Why have you sought me out, Asanbosam?"
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:22 pm
The cub took a breath, his gaze distant for a moment, he ahd to think, and think hard about the questions he wished to ask. "I spoke to mother, about what I will be." His brow furrowed and he turned his bloody red eyes on his father, the father whos gaze he shared. "Why was my brother chosen over me father?" he blinked, he hadn't meant to ask that, but there it was, out in the open, he needed to know, why wasn'the next in line?
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:25 pm
Moses peered at him for a second before letting out a long sigh in thought, lifting a paw to bring his child closer to his large form as he thought over his words closely. "My son, your brother was chosen because he was born first." He took a small breath. "I know this makes little sense, but it a tradition amongst lions that the first born takes the throne after their mother or father...if you had been born you would be heir, the same for your sisters." He said, his voice and tone so calm as always.
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:26 pm
Asanbosam allowed his father to pull him close, the cub looked up at his father questioningly, no, it didn't make any sence to him at all, and that was the problem. he felt it should be him, but not enough to argue about it. Silence reigned for a moment and he buried his soft pink nose in his fathers thick mane, a moment of weakness, he knew he could not have around others.
"Mother says that I will find my place, but not to be ambitious, too ambitious. She told me about a lion whom was too ambitious." he licks his lips, he had a feeling his father would know who this lion was, he wanetd to know, hit mother had not told him. "Who is the lion mother speaks fo father?"
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:28 pm
Moses furrowed his brows in thought as he tried to think whom exactly his mate had been talking about before the answer leapt upon him like an old enemy, taking a deep breath as he looked over his son. "This lion was one me and your mother knew very well...he was a twisted creature...he caused pain to those without reason, a tyrant in his own right." He said calmly before looking over him. "Your mother, you and your siblings all share his blood...but I hope that you will never follow in the stained paw prints he has left within the ground."
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:29 pm
The cub blinked and tilted his head curiously, shared his blood? He was related to the tyrant? He blinked owlishly, he knew in his heart that he wanted to be powerful, to be strong and on top, but he could not imagine doing what his mother had described. He licked his lips and have a slow nod. "I will be careful father." He paused and took a breath, he had to be careful, he didn't want to be like this creature they spoke of. Yet he shared this ones blood, how could he avoid it?
Tossing the thought aside the youngster lay against his father and sighed. "What am I to be in this world father? Am I just to be this useless prince forever?"
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:32 pm
The large male gave a small, hearty chuckle that rumbled against his chest as he looked over his cub before raising a paw to lay gently against his sons side. "Perhaps you will be a prince forever...then a Lord when you're older...but useless? Never." He leaned down and gently rubbed his cheek against his sons forehead in a fatherly nuzzle. "You will always be useful to those in the pride and your brother needs you by his side to help him in times of trouble."
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:32 pm
Asanbosam leaned in to his fathers nuzzle and smiled, half heartedly, He didn't know what to think. His brother would need him when they were older? The idea tinkled around his mind. If that was his place, he would take it, he would be the best prince, the best lord ever. "I will help my brother father. I promise." The cub nods an affirmative batting playfully at his fathers thick mane. he only had one more question, it was an odd one for a cub to ask. "How did you and mama meet?" he tilted his youthful head, this question was for one reason only really, he wondered would he ever have a mate like his father had, the pride, was so small, would he have to search for one like his mother some where else?
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:48 pm
The male looked over him, it warmed his otherwise cold heart that his child was so curious, just like his brother and he took a deep breath as he thought over his next choice of words. "Son, a long time ago your mother was a princess...I was a slave made her bodyguard by her demand." He tried to find his next words carefully. "Over time, a the pride she and I lived in died and we left...over that time we had grown to love one another though we barely said a word of it to each others face."
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:48 pm
The cub looked at his father, a light smirk falling on his face, it wasn't often he heard the word love, his mother he knew adored them all, she was a mother, it was her place apparantly, but to hear it from his fathers lips made his dark eyes dance. "I hope I find someone like mama one day, well without the slae bit." He beamed and curled closer to his fathers thick frame. He imagined the day when he would be as large and fearsome as his father, he would help his brother and have a beautiful lady at his side. he yawned then, his eyes closeing for a moment.
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:50 pm
The male looked over him with a small, almost invisible smile before it vanished and he looked out over the jungle...his kingdom...their kingdom...soon to be both his sons kingdom one day if they cooperated. "Rest my son, dawn soon approaches and it's nearly time for sleep." He said in his monotonous voice. Peering up at the shadowy trees that held them safe. "And here in the shadows...not even the sun itself can harm us."
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:51 pm
The cub nodded closing his ruby red eyes. he was glad to be beside his father, resting over their vast kingdom, the kingdom of darkness and shadows. He detemined to make his father proud of him as sleep took his small body away to the place of dreams, where he could dream of what he would one day be.
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