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 Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:24 pm
"Mmph!" She groaned out hitting the floor. She then stood up dusted off an tried again this time she made it. She sat atop the rock triumphant. Her chest puffed up a little in her victory.
"The sun feels so good." She said to herself since she was her only frined beside her Aunt. She grew a bit gloomy thinking of her mother who had given her up so freely. She knew her mother had to have a good reason but Aunt Chau would not tell. She sighed then looked at her red-ish pink and black paws. She then giggled as she played with her small sharp nails.
"In...and out...in and out." She said letting her nails out then retraking them back into her paws. "Ehehehe!!" She said giggling having fun.
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:38 pm
Xana was racing across the savanna, a streak of bronze brush past many and the thrill of running through a herd was always amusing. The gazelle would panick and get out of the way. The Kudu would move out of the way at first but give chase, however, he was too fast for them. The buffalo paid no attention until he nipped at one of the young ones. The giraffes had their head in the trees to notice that a lithe cheetah was running around and in between their legs. The thrill of the run was what made him happy at times, but that was a childish activity that he will always keep. The purpose of the run was to relinquish another.
He came to a halt to look around. No one seemed to have noticed that this cheetah was "Xivati" the thieving cheetah. He did not get seen by many, most just saw his back side as he ran off with their possessions. His eyes as sharp as ever could see just about anything clearly. Pride Rock was slowly vanishing, it signaled his location was close by.
Xana was a thief by trade. The only reason he had was that he loved to do it when he was younger and the lust for shiny objects just became a greedy thing for him. Lust, the yearn for things that he just had to have. Greed, the yearn to have things. The two went paw and paw it seemed and it carried with him in life, but now he had to give it up if he ever wanted to be an adult.
His paws carried him a short distance before something from his side caught his attention. A cub. A female lioness actually. He watched her idly before speaking.
"You are strange... what are you doing?"
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:47 pm
The small female looked up as her brilliant red eyes peered upon the being that spoke. "Hmm?" She reply not catching what he had said. She looked at her feet she stopped her fun. Turning her attention to this odd looking being as blinked a few times wondered if this thing wanted to play. She jumped down and moved of to the rather large thing to hear at least.
"What are you?" She asked curiously as her little paws played with the ground below her.
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:49 pm
"That is sort of rude..." he mumbled under his breath.
"I'm a cheetah. And you are a little lion." the male looked down at her and out around him. There seemed to be no females or males around that could pass off being this one's parents or older siblings. Was this one alone? He looked down at her with a sort of stern expression.
"Do you have a family?"
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:07 pm
"Now your being the rude one." She said a bit angered as her upper body leaned down a little in a offence positon.
"I don't need an adult with me all the time you know. I'M A BIG GIRL!" She yelled out diffent.
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:09 pm
Xana sighed and rubbed his head. This is why he disliked the idea of being a father. Cubs were always rambucious and just hard to handle having many was hard enough, one would be a nitemare really. Wait, other way around.
"You should still be with an adult, little one. You could get hurt and being alone makes you a good target to be preyed upon." he spoke, it was a wise and true reply. "What is your name?"
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:16 pm
she calmed down and looked at the sheetah male a bit blankly.
"My...name...is...it is Masozi'ambala." She said softly after seeming to have had trouble saying it as she looked to her feet. She seemed to be very tormented in her own way as she sat down and wrapped her tail around her tightly. She then looked to the sky before growing angered suddenly.
"I have no parents all I have is my aunt who dosn't understand me." She said as the older cheetah male could tell she must have been close to crying with the water welping in her eyes and how flushed she was getting in the face.
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:20 pm
He looked at her. Almost immediately she had his pity. An orphan to one who doesn't understand her. How could that be? Did this aunt not want her? It was when she seemed to be on the brink of crying that he took action. He quickly moved around her, as if to protect her.
"Shush... don't cry," he tried. "It's alright, not everyone will understand you, just as long you know who you are. You cannot expect everyone to love you, just be strong and... jeez, just don't cry."
He sighed. "Sorry... name's Xa.... Xanatos."
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:26 pm
She sniffled as a few tears fell but otherwise seemed just fine.
"Wh...why doesn't any tell me where they are. Why can't I go find them?" She asked the cheetah male as if he knew the answers. It wasn't fair to her she was to young to understand her mothers reason and knew nothing about her father since her mother did not even know him.
"Do they not love me? Do they think I'm ugly and just cast me out? Did i not please them when I was born...What did I do." She sobbed a little as she growled and swatted a small patch of brown grass trying to get some stree out of her. It only helped a little however.
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:32 pm
"I don't know, my parents left me a long time ago. I stopped caring about and tried to live my own life my own way. No one to tell me what to do. It's hard, I know, there won't be anyone there to help you, but you have your Aunt. She must care about you a little, right?" he sighed and licked her head softly. He would rather not have a crying cub... The more the time he spent with this one, the more it seemed that having them himself grew a little more distant. So much work... they needed a lot of care. Something he did not know he could give.
"Perhaps she could not take care of you like mine. She was still young and she could not care of me. My father was gone then. So you and I are quite similar."
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:44 pm
"Re...really?" She said as she sniffled a little then nodded. Feeling a litle better that she wasn't completely alone she looked up to him smiling ever so faintly.
"Aunty Chau is to into her mate and doesn't have to much time for me." she said as she took a deep breath.
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:47 pm
"I am. I am who I am now, I met a goooo- a okay female who I do need to talk to later, but you are too young for anything like that," he chuckled and continued to groom her to comfort her a little.
"Talk to her, if you have to, stand between them so you got the attention. Maybe talk to this mate of hers. Get the attention..."
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:51 pm
She giggled a little not understanding what he was saying about to gooo- okay female but she didn't pay to much mind to it. She felt like a small cub now finally getting some atention and love from his grooming.
"Their leaving soon...to a place I don't think I want to go. Its some kinda bride or something." She said not understand that the two where going to be joing a pride and not a bride.
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:53 pm
He quirked a brow. Bride? He thought for a moment. Bride... what was that? He had never heard of it. Then it hit him.
"Oh! A Pride! That is something you should do. Go to a pride, there will be other lions and other cubs there. Trust me when I say that you will not be ignored there."
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:58 pm
"But then I have to be a good girl and not run away..." She siad softly not seeming to like the idea of having to stay put just because she was a small cub.
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