Welcome to Gaia! ::

The morning had passed like any other. Mkali has slept as long as she could, before being forced up. Food was eaten, her siblings and she watched over by mother and nannies alike. However when able she had, like many days, snuck off to her own adventures. These adventures she was quite fond of. They were her time to wonder of the outside world, what it was like and when she might see it. That, and collect a few shiny baubles to hide in her little treasure cove. The little lioness' collection had grown by one more shiny stone, this one almost shaped like a crescent moon. She beamed down at her little stash it 'treasures' before turning and bounding off back towards home.

Mkali dashed between the legs of larger lions, likely those returning or leaving for a hunt. As she neared the area where most nannies took the cubs to watch she slowed down, sneaking around rock and tree until she found her way to her other siblings. Many off playing here and there, and she payed most of them little mind as she made her way towards one in prticular.

"Bannie!" Mkali called out, pouncing playfully at her lighter sister. "I found a moon rock." She continued, this time more of a whisper as she shared word of her newest find with her sister.

Mkali glanced over at her mother, who had turned to look at her, and smiled innocently. She was sure her mother knew she had snuck off, but now that she was back under the elder lioness' watchful eye it would likely not be until they returned to the den that her mother would have words for her. That was fine though, as her curiosity had now been piqued by her sister's words.

"Something better than my moon rock?" She questioned, still whispering. Mkali settled herself down beside her sister, glancing back over at her mother, whose gaze had now shifted back to their other siblings, before daring to speak once more. "What is it? Did you find some secret cave of treasure or something?"

"What?" Mkali spoke, a bit louder than intended. She quickly glanced over at her mother, glad to see the elder lioness had either not noticed or chosen to ignore it. "You met a prince?" Mkali asked, leaning a bit closer to her sister. "What pride? Why was he here?" The questioned spilled forth, her own thoughts silently wondering on why their mother would be upset about this.

The excitement on her face quickly melted into a mask of skepticism. "So you met some prince but he wouldn't tell you his pride?" Mkali leaned back, watching her sister for some tell that this was all some sort of joke. "Sounds fishy." She said finally. "After all, what prince won't tell you what pride he comes from. Maybe he wasn't a prince at all, but just some lion trying to fool you for.." She paused, trying to think why someone would lie about being royalty. However when no ideas came to mind she shrugged. "Well, for some reason."

What she said must have struck a chord with her sister, for suddenly she was on her feet insisting quite adamantly that the lion she met was, in fact, a real prince. However she did so quite loudly, garnering some attention from the adults around them. Not wanting to continue this fuss Mkali stood up and nodded. "Well that would make sense, if that were the reason." It wasn't a complete lie either, though she wondered quietly why he would have been secret in the Pridelands about it, but didn't linger on that thought for too long.

"Still dunno what some prince on a super secret mission would want with you though." She said more playfully, lightly bopping her sister on the head with her paw. With that she turned and bounced away, giggling as she hopped down the rocks to join the mass of other young lions below.