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 Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 2:26 pm
A soft morning breeze cooled the land. A faint mist had floated up in the predawn hours. It would have been the perfect time for the young white lioness to hunt. But she was still full from a surprisingly successful hunt the day before, so she was content to wander a good distance from the thorn patch. A butterfly perched on her right ear, its wings opening and closing in slow, languid movements. The insect had decided to use the mild lioness as a permanent perch, leaving only to feed or when the lioness became too active. The lioness couldn't care less. It didn't bother her, nor distract her, so it was little more than a decoration to her. Besides, it was a pretty little decoration.
She sat on a small rise, mist swirling around her paws as she watched the land curiously. So many places she hadn't been to in her short wanderings as a young cub. This brought her thoughts to the friends she had made and the other lions she had met.
She still remembered the two lions she had met when she first encountered Safura and Jinamizi. If she had learned their names, she couldn't remember. The older one with the two different eyes. He reminded her of what a big brother would be, at least in her mind. But it was the other lion that almost always caught at her memory. He was a little like her, she thought. He was afraid of females, though. But his fear was just as bad as hers. It consumed her, her fear of things so much larger than her. She didn't much like being among many others either. But she was getting better, being able to spend more time around others. And with her growing hunting skills, came the lessening of her fear of large creatures. She was learning how to fight back, how to ignore the size of something and focus on how to stay alive.
The wind slowly blew the mist off of the rise she sat on, curling the wispy trails around her before dissipating it.
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Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 1:17 am
Harabu had gone wandering from the oasis, he had to go and find someone, bring them back and prove that he wasn't useless. Nyek didn't trust him, he swore he didn't.
The black lion wandered around, memories flying through his head again as if they were haunting him. The image of his sister, the one he had murdered. His mothers claws, his father taking him away and leaving him in the deserts. The memories were going to be the death of him!
He let his paws wander when he caught sight of the femme, he didn't recognize her, stranger maybe? Then again apart from Asi, who did he remember? He watched her carefully, laying down in the grasses, red eyes watching.
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Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 4:23 pm
Amani sighed and lay down on the hill. Just as she was lying down, the butterfly took flight and flew in several agitated circles before flying to the nearest tree. She sat up rather abruptly, for the insect only did that when another creature was nearby. She perked her ears up, all thoughts of her friends gone from her mind. She scanned the surrounding area, looking for the other that the butterfly had somehow detected.
She thought she might have saw a bit of black when she scanned over one clump of grass, but when she blinked it was gone. She readied herself for whatever could be watching her, and then walked down the rise.
She could feel them watching her, their eyes boring into her. It seemed so familiar, like it had happened before. Only she had been the one always watching from her hiding spot. As she walked down the hill, she thought she caught a whiff of something familiar but she couldn't quite recall. It was like trying to remember a dream from childhood. Childhood...
"I remember you," she whispered, looking around for the black lion she remembered. He still smelled the same to her. Everything smelled different to her. Sometimes the difference was subtle, other times it was apparent. But everything had a uniqueness to it. And she remembered this scent. The black and red cub she had met so long ago when she began her wanderings. The one who had been as scared as she had been. Or worse.
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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:13 pm
He didn't move, not one inch. His red eyes stayed glued to the femme as she moved around, his body tensing ready to pounce her. She was going with him, if she wanted to or not she didn't have a choice. Harabu was going to take this girl for his master and prove his worth.
A snarl slowly crawled into his throat, a deep rumbling. His bod tense, she just had to move a little closer and he would have her, just wait, that femme would be his, his own little prize.
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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 4:51 pm
She wondered why he didn't show himself. Then it hit her. Maybe he had gotten worse since that meeting as cubs. Could he be terrified of females now? Amani closed her eyes and took a quick breath. He was somewhere to the right from where she was standing. She opened her eyes and looked over there, scanning the grasses for a hint of black.
She couldn't find any, but she was sure he was there, somewhere. Her ears twitched, waiting for a sound.
"Why do you hide?" she whispered, thinking out loud to herself. She shook her head and walked a little closer to where she thought he was, slowly, cautiously, making herself look as unimposing as possible.
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 3:30 am
He tensed his back legs and moved slowly and silently to put them into position, he then waited and counted. A little nearer and he would have her.
His eyes watched, his body moving slowly as if he was about to pounce some prey, which in a way he was. He waited till she was in reach and sprang. His claws out and a low snarl in his throat, he pounced her.
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 6:51 am
His attack took her completely by surprise. Before she had a chance to react, she was knocked to her side and he was on top of her, his claws extended. Amani let out a short cry of surprise, which quickly changed to an angry snarl.
"What are you doing?" she growled and began to fight to get him off, her own claws extending without thought. "Get away from me!" she cried and doubled her efforts. She had never felt anger before, but fear was easy to change in a situation such as this.
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 8:23 am
Harabu sneered at her. "You have been summond to see my master Nyek. You refuse then you die, so, well, its your choice." He let his claws moved over her slightly, a smirk on his face. She was a pretty femme, only female he had ever thought of being pretty but that wouldn't matter, after all she was going to be nothing more then a slave to play with!
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 8:33 am
Amani's ears were back in anger, but they fell when he spoke to her. Her body relaxed slightly.
"Summoned? Why? How would your master know me?" she asked, her eyes narrowed at him. He'd deffinately changed since their brief meeting. She didn't like the way he looked at her or the fel of his claws against her, but she didn't want to die, so what other choice did she have?
She closed her eyes and retracted her claws.
"I'll come," she said.
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:04 am
He smiled and got off her, "My master knows most." He stretched his eyes watching her. "Sorry for the attack, most refuse to come." If he had spoken to her on their first meeting it was evident that his speech had imporved hugely, he had met a Hare, yes a Hare who was also female but she had been teaching him to speech so he could talk as if it was normal. He may have mentally progressed slower then other lions, but that Hare, who would remain a secret friend was being somewhat of a mother to him.
"Follow me." He stood up and shook his growing mane, one day he would be a strong clever and cunning lion. More so then Nyek.
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:10 am
Amani reluctantly followed him. She paused when her butterfly flew over her head and watched sadly as it circled once and then flew away. She wondered if she'd ever see it again. Probably not. Bugs had very small minds.
"You've changed a lot since I remember," she said offhandedly. She still didn't know his name, but she was sure she had introduced herself to him.
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:20 am
"Remember? We have met before?" He questioned, he couldn't remember her. After all who would when you had been through as much mental torture that a memory could do like he had? He continued walking. "My master you must call Lord, I am Harabu, the guard of the Pride. You must respect My Lords queen and this little cub, he thinks he knows everything." He waited for her name, after all he wasn't able to read her mind!
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:25 am
Amani nodded.
"A long while ago, when I was still wandering. I remember, there were two other females my age, too loud. And you and another, older lion with two different eyes," she replied and listened to him explain how she was to act. She understood and nodded again to show it.
"My name is Amani," she introduced herself. "You were scared of us that time," she added, remembering little things from the short meeting.
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:31 am
Harabu listened though said nothing. He just continued walking, they weren't far from the jungle anyway. She wouldn't be able to go any further then that till she met Nyek and was "broken in" and enslaved.
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:35 am
"Why does your master want me, anyway?" Amani asked, thought she still followed him. She wondered where he was taking her and how long it would take to get there. She wondered what was going to happen when they got there. But, mostly, she wondered what had happened to change Harabu.
But she kept these thoughts to herself.
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