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He was following her not far behind. His footsteps were so silent she would have to look back and check to see if he hadn't wandered off. He wondered if perhaps Aquos and Sienna were laughing as well, but he didn't dare turn back. When she turned to look at him he sped up at bit to walk beside her. "So....what kind of place is it?" He had to admit he was curious.

His ears perked up in curiosity. A secret place.... If that meant few others knew about it, then he liked it already. Silent as a melancholy shadow, he continued to follow her, making note of where they were headed so as not to get lost if he ever made the trip to or from the secret place alone.

Sienna was laughing at this moment, but for a completely different reason than Mikhail and Nomis might of thought. She had noticed that Mikhail was treating them differently, though she didn't understand why (mainly cause she and Aquos had never talked about their feelings for each other, just enjoyed the bond that was there), and was glad to hope that maybe the two 'loners' had perhaps found a friend in each other, and in celebration had attacked Aquos's tail and begun a game of tag. At the moment the future seemed brighter, and even her mother had laughed at her daughter's antics, something she'd not done much of since Yukio had begun to change.

Naida had another reason to be happy, having felt the stirring of new life within her. Perhaps it had been seeing her youngest daughter go off and play with Mikhail that had done it, knocking her out of her melancholy mood enough to notice that little detail that she was pregnant once more. She would announce it in time....perhaps in a few days, at least not till she'd really taken a look at the mood of the other pride members.

Aquos pounced back at Sienna for attacking his tail feathers. Thruth be know, he was a bit worried about Mikhail since he was acting differently ever since he had told Mikhail that he did like Sienna and he was teriffed that he had caused the problem, and that he could lose the friendship they had...He also knew there wasn't much he could do atthe present time, so he pushed these thoughts to theback of his mind and played with his friend.

((*Waves paw to make time pass*))

A considerable amount of time had passed and now the new cubs of Adia and Santos were able to venture out. The cubs had been named and now little Amador, Razi and Floria were beginning to grow into themselves. The morning air was dense and a light mist covered the land. The sun was just beginning to peek over the horizon and awaken the savannah to a new day. Little Amador stood out on the rock platform in front of the pride cave. His gaze on the land was an excited one and meer moments later he rushed back inside the cave and began shouting at the top of his lungs. "GOOD MORNING ROSE PETAL PRIDE!" He shouted as he bounded through the cave actually landing on a few sleeping forms while growling, mewing and roaring in his still tiny voice. Adia slowly opened her eyes as her sons shouting woke her. She sighed seeing him bouncing from wall to wall and then closed her eyes again. Moments later Amador landed on her and she snarled at the pain he caused in her stomach though Amador didn't even notice as he bounded off again. Adia huffed. It was no use trying to go back to sleep now.

Aquos watched Amador annoy everyone who was still asleep from outside the den. He had agreed to take the night sift as Santos had his paws full with his cubs. In a short time Aquos had sprouted a mane and was now a full grown lion, and he was the only one out of the cubs. Aquos's teal, light blue and dark blue mane seemed to taken on the apreans of water in the morning sun. He let out a yawn before padding into the den. "Amador, how many time do I have to tell you no one likes getting up at the crack of dawn." he said chuckling at the cub.

((Wrong cub. sweatdrop Fixed))

Santos had been sleeping prety heavily but it was thesnarl of pain from his mate that made his eyes shoot open. He imediately knew who it was. "AMADOR!" his roar echoed through the cave as his eyes darted around for his son and he got up. It didn't take him long to spot the white cub in his anger. "Amador! Get over here!"

Razi sighed and jumped down from a ledge he had been sleeping on near his parents. He gave a cubbish yawn and stretched out his toes before giving Amador a sleepy glare. "Why can't you let anyone sleep, Ama?" his rough voice complained.

Arsenic growled and rolled over. These sibling would be the death of him some day. "AMA GO BACK TO SLEEP!" he yelled quite loud for himself. He had been up late last night, doing a half nights shift to help Aquos a bit.

Nimbus sneaked into the cave hopefully unnoticed. He had been beyond the prides borders with Sky in a nearby cave. He knew something the other didn't, something important that would change his life, and Sky's.

Adia winced at Santos' roar that echoed through the cave and left her deaf momentarily. Her stomach still ached as she stood and instead of addressing anyone got up and walked outside to lay in the soft grass just beyond the platform.

Amador immediately cowered at his fathers roar. He knew instantly he was in trouble and crawled on his belly over to Santos with his ears back and his tail between his legs. Amador shook like a scared chihuahua as he peered up at Santos. "Yeh... yes... daddy?"