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 Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:54 am
She stood in exactly the same place as she had done when she had met her new friend before. Her body was rigid, her tail curling midair as she scented the wind and found nothing.
Her heart shuddered and she dropped to her belly, sighing with relief at taking some strain off of her legs. They had bene hurting her again today, probably because of the long trek she had had coming here. But she didn't care about that. All she wanted was to see her friend and maybe have a game...or something.
"Why was I born weak, mama?" She whispered into the wind. It was that same breeze that tickled her ears, filled with the gentle voice of her mother. Maybe Pomoka as going mad, but sometimes she truly believed her mother still walked at her side.
She was still here...somewhere.
"Was it a challenge....a challenge that I needed to overcome?" She continued, her brilliant pink eyes glistening bright. "Was it just bad luck? Oh mother...why did you leave me? Why?" She turned and glanced up into the sky, breathing in the cool scent of the air.
"You can see me can't you mother? You're hear...guiding me...I know it." She sat back on her haunches then and waited for Tope's arrival.
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:10 am
Tope was so frightened-what had happened. His fathers blood clung too his gloved paw as he ran, tears running down his brown cheeks in brilliant gasps of pain. What had he done-shunning his father and digging his claw into his fathers face. Those crimson eyes-full of fury that would not be released-full of pain for what his son had done-a son that was expected to do so much with his life-disowned his father and scarred him.
He had no where to go-except for Jini. His mind had raced as he ran-his pelt slick with sweat. He panted now-rounding a hill that he knew was where his friend lay. He needed her-needed something.
He shook his head as tears flew, spreading around in the air like trendrills of fury and fear. He blinked his pink eyes, bounding towards Jini in his paniced state.
He bounded, feeling the dirt cling too his claws-where his fathers blood. He would regret what he had done-what he had said too his father.
You could have left her... but because you are a coward you wouldn't... you ignored the rules or what ever that damned pride said about birthing... AND YOU EXILED US!He shouted again, shaking his head back and forth violently.
This horrid feeling of Rage. It was almost as strange as when he had first met Jini. He hadn't told his father about Jini. He didn't want to. Ever. If he had kids-they'd never meet thier grandfather.
He spun too his father and stepped right into his face.
You are nothing-you almost got Mom and us kids killed-but because you couldn't 'pull' yourself from her side-you could have gotten us killed Umo!
He stopped, panting with his head hanging. Jini?
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:24 am
Suddenly she heard someone approaching and her ears perked up atop her head.
"Tope?" She was on her paws and stepping forwards a little, turning her head from side to side as she glanced around for any sign of him. Then she caught scent of him and her heart clenched as she smelt something else. Blood!
"TOPE!!" She dashed forwards to meet him, limping badly as she went, thinking only of her poor, dear friend. If someone had hurt him they'd pay. She'd kill them!
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:31 am
Tope let out a sob of fury as he saw her bounding towards him. He did the same, running up too her and wrapping his neck around her, sobbing into her fur. How could this have happened-why did he do that too his father-he had hit him hard-and called him out-disowned him. He shook in his panic and pain-clutching too her with his paws. His pink eyes ran hard.
Jini-I-I told h-him... I told h-him I hated him and-i-i-i- Hit him... I Hit him hard Jini... I couldn't stay-I can't look him in the face... Oh Jini-Jini-Where am I going to go?He sputtered into her fur-his body weak from running and weak from pain and weak... from everything.
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:36 am
"Oh Tope. Dear Tope..." She whispered, gripping him as he moved to embrace her. It felt so normal, so comfortable and natural to hold him so. She hushed him gently as her mother did when she had wept. She rocked gently so that the motion might ease his pain.
"You did what you had to Tope..." She continued. "He hurt you, he brought you pain...his actions betrayed you and saw you exiled...it's his fault..."
She closed her eyes and pressed her face into his neck. "Please...don't cry. It'll be okay...you can come and stay with me."
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:00 pm
Tope felt her comfort him with her words and her voice... he calmed a bit as she did, his head nuzzling into her body in his pain. He huffed a few times-before he pulled his head away and sat, sniffling the tears away. He was a boy and here he was crying-like a baby. He shook his head, looking at her with sullen pink eyes. But-Jini-I hurt him-not just cause i Hit him-I could see it in his eyes-he was in pain-and it's because of me...
He was calm now and when she pressed her face into his chest, he smiled. Perhaps-just perhaps he could go stay with her... perhaps-that would be alright.But-what if they don't like me? He asked pitifully. His self esteem was low at this point.
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:08 am
She moved to blot at his face with a gentle paw and smiled softly. The expression was sad but it was somewhat enchanting too. "You were angry...and if he truly is to be a good father, he will forgive you..." She could't truly understand the kind of pain that Tope was feeling. She had never met her father and never thought about what she would do if she saw him.
"What is there not to like Tope?" She asked with a giggle. "You're perfect!" Then her ears tucked back and she gave him a sheepish look, slightly embarrased now.
"I mean...a perfect friend. They'll love you."
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:23 am
Tope sniffled his final tears away, enjoying the feeling of her so close to him. He looked up at her when her paw cleaned him, his pink eyes enchanted fully. Jini was so caring-and they had only met one other time-but he loved it. He almost thought that-perhaps-just perhaps-he loved her. He balked for a moment, wondering what he had just said, before her talking made him snap back into reality.
I dunno- I'm nervous I suppose. He said, looking down at his paws, seeing the dark reminece of his father blood and began to rub his paw against the dirt visciously. He looked up and looked stunned. Perfect?
Ah-wha-" He began to say but she quickly recovered. He blinked and smiled nervously. I think you are perfect too-the perfect friend-that is. He said, smililng at her and standing, shaking his growing mane to free it of dust. He blinked and stretched.
Can we-Uh... is it far?He sort of stumbled over his words.
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:58 pm
She smiled and laughed and her brilliant pink eyes glistened with understanding. "There's no need to be nervous." Then as to direct him away frmo her previous, embarrasing words, she continued;
"It's not too far, no. We'll be there before the ay is out at any rate. You'll love it there! You'll have to meet my friend Hababuu and my siblings!" She wrinkled her nose. "I'm in the process of finding my own little den too." She added. "So maybe you can help me find one? I don't want to stay in the one my mother...well...yeah." Her ears drooped and as she stepped away from him to look in the right direction she smiled a little.
"Now we really can be best friends!" She was imagining the games they could play, the stories they could tell. It would be fantastic!
"Okay, follow me!" And with that she moved off through the undergrowth, not limping as much as she usually did.
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 9:44 am
Tope loved her laughter and seemed entranced by her for a moment, before his mind popped back into place and he blinked his cool pink eyes. No need to be nervous, he had run from home-hurt his fathers heart and face, and most likely his mothers too. He was a lone male, not much hope for a lone male... No, he wasn't alone-he was with her... that made it diffrent. He turned to look at her. She was so amazing, perfect and a real lady... something he could never ever find if he looked for another. He looked away towards the distant lands-perhaps he'd find his place there. Perhaps, just perhaps.
He looked back with a smile across his jaw. You're right Jini... I shouldn't be nervous... there is nothing to be nervous about. He said, laughing slightly. He was Tope-the brave and the beautiful, right? Nothing could stand in his way, right? A small gust of wind blew the tuft of hair he called his mane, causing it to fall into his eyes. He brushed it away quickly, before looking back too her with a grin. R-right, I can meet them all.
Tope caught her moment for sadness and pressed himself against her, murmering something inaudible.
The words almost sprung from her mouth and they went straight to Tope's heart. Was it just him-that felt this way-about her. He looked away for a moment, and stood. Was it just him?
He turned to say something too her but she had already began to move. He began after her, worried cause she was hurting. Okay... But um... What if they don't like me Jini?
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 10:10 am
"Of course they will like you, silly Tope." She turned to him and stuck her tongue out at him, smiling wide. "They will definately be pleased to see you. I have four sisters and one brother, soa big family!" Her tail swished. "I think maybe one day I'll go hunting for my other family members. Apparently they are all over the place!"
She sighed dreamily, because so long as they weren't her father she didn't care who they were.
"I'll introduce you. So long as you're my friend they'll like you very much. My family are pretty all much like me."
She paused to catch her breath and rubbe dthe side of her face against his shoulder. "Just stick close to me okay. Sometimes I fall down if I've been walking too far."
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 8:15 am
Tope felt confidance that they would like him, and felt that perhaps-he might find a place there... a place in her family. He really enjoyed that thought. He bit at her tongue playfully, obvoiusly missing-he didn't really want to bit it-and laughed. Alright, I suppose I may like it there and they may like me. he said with a smile, watching her tail and tempted to leap at it. It must be nice to really have a family, he thought. All he had was his parents... and his sister who was apparently absent from their lives.
He jolted foreword and almost immediately attached himself too her side, making sure that if she did fall down he would catch her right away. He didn't want her to get hurt...
Are you in any pain?
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:21 am
"They will definately like you." She panted, trying her best to appear okay. Being born with arthritus wasn't the most wonderful thing, but it was all she had ever known. Her legs didn't work properly but she never let it get her down. It was just a challenge life had thrown at her. A challenge she would overcome.
"No pain. Just achey. We can walk slow and talk about all sorts of things." She giggled. "Liiiiike...what you want to do when you get older and what your goals are in life!"
Having her mother die had really awakened her to the fact that life was short. She was always thinking ahead, planning her life to make sure she got the most out of it.
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:37 am
Tope was nervous. He had never met any other family, other than his own and that made him very nervous. What if other families were diffrent from his... Did all mothers worry about spirits and their daughters long gone on journeys? His pink eyes blinked, looking too her with a kind smile. Something about her, the fact that she was so strong despite her problems and her legs... she was so beautiful and Tope found that... just her voice made his heart stop and his love grow. I hope soo... I don't want to make a bad impression He said, bounding. He watched her run and noted the stiffness... that darn stiffness she suffered.
He slowed down as soon as she said they could. He smiled at her, he was happy to do anything that releived her discomfort and frankly, he was tired... after that confrontation with his father... he wanted to just relax and forget things... forget that he had been so mean to his father... forget-life back there. Not that it was bad but... well... His brother Ardhi... Tope would miss him... His sisters not so much. He had never really attached to them.
His attention went back to Jini. He looked upwards, biting his cheek. His tail curled around his back as he let out a laugh. Ooh, I dunno Jini... I guess I just really... want to belong somewhere He said, shrugging his shoulders. I would like to have some cubs someday... cause thats what lions do-that are in love... thats what my mother says-
I suppose... I just want to be able to control my life and how I want to run it and no one else. I just want to be- He paused, deep in thought. He then looked up at her, a smile on his face and he added--I just want to be with you
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:45 pm
She giggled, that girlish, embarrassed giggle that she had a tendency to do at times. Then twitched her tail back and fro. "That's nice. I wish it were that simple for me. But...I have something important to do. Someone who has to pay for hurting mother." She gained that determined expression on her face.
"I have to get stronger so I can hunt down those horrible firekin and make them pay." Maybe she could enslave a firekin cub, force it to hunt for her, to find her water and shelter and care for any cubs she might have. Yes that would be amusing.
"Maybe you can help me show those Firekin losers a thing or two." She smiled.
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