Mama! don't go...please..I need you still! The cubs head swam as so many diffrent emotions ran through her heart. Dad! Not you too! Stop stop come back! As the flash backs played in her mind her eyes staring unseeing ahead. She swayed on her feet, stabbing pain behind her eyes blinding her momentarily. "Hush child. It will be alright. I am here for you." The golden voice of her father brought the cubs eyes back into focus. No your not! you left me! Lelani growled her teeth clenched. "Wheres mommy?! Where is she? She said she would be here when I woke up!" "Lelani momy had to go away.."
Lelani stopped and sat herself down blinking a few times before lookoing around her. Where ever she was the scent of lions ws strong. She hadn't noticed it before. Her heart swelled with hope. Maybe she could find a home here until she was strong enough to go out and find her mother. Then they could live together and be happy. A smile flickered across Lelanis features and the false hope in her chest willed her to get up and carry on.

Lelani called out as she drew nearer to the dens. A small little yelp to signel her arrival. Her heart thumped wildly in her tiney chest. What if there was no one here? What if they had all left? Lelani blinked back tears. No she must be strong, she must not cry. Babys cryed Even though she was young, too young to be without her mother. She was no baby. She was stronger then that.
Exoustion gripped her muscles, and she called dout again, desperation masking her pathetic mew.

what the hell is that.
don't ask me i don't know.
what do you mean, you have to know
I dont know
guess
what?
just guess.
well It COULD be a mutated zebra
naw.
you told me to guess.
I didn't want you to go dumb dumb on me.
dumb dumb?
shut up
talk to it
no!
i daree you!
no. okay okay, just be quiet while i work my zebra charm.

Scrith walke forwards, a bird on his head. the bird was baoutot fly off. Scrith, the demanted zebra, cried out. "No, No please don't go!" He shouted, tossing his head as if ot keep the bird form going. with a flap of its wings the finch was gone "He was my only freind..." sighed scrith. Scrith was only a foal, a demented, seranged, tottaly out of it foal who talked ot his thoughts, who he made tlak back. He looked at the lion cub. no idea what it was. he decided to speak hsi htoughts. "Litsen, I dunno what you are, but I want you to tel me... what are you... my thought number one said your a m-mu-t-tay-mutateeed zebra." Scrith snorted, tossing his short mane up while his black lips curled back.

OOC: I LOVE HIM.

OOC: that little convorsation with the bird. OMG I luv it! lmao

BIC: Lelani looked up as the zebra foal walked up. Her lipc curled back in a snarl and a low growl erupted in her throat.
At his question she blinked and lokoed down at her paws for a moment. "I-I don't know.." She admited with a frown. "What are you?" She asked back looking up at the zebra. Even though he was just a foal he still stood much higher then the small cub.

OOC: hes a dork, he tlaks to the birds that sit on him. if you looked at his pic in his bio, thats what hes doing. lol


shes pretty hot for am mutated zebra.
shes out of your range
but...
NO.
I'm never goign to find a hotter mutated zebra!
Scrith, I'm not letting you, No.
PWEASE
Don't, no, NO PUPPR EYES
We can have mutated children!
oh your thinkign about children?
...maybe..
hahah your a foal
So?
ahh... talk ot her, tell her shes hot.
okay!

Scrith said, now sspeaking ot another bird on his head. "hey I don't know what you are.. but I'm a zebra! you must bre like, a zebra with no color, or somthing? well anyway, for a zebra wiht no dolor, your hot."

OOC: he is so messed.

OOC: LMAO

BIC: lelani raised an eye brow and gave him a 'your-crazy' look before looking back towards Ari. "Who lives over there?" She asked liftng her paw and pointing it in the direction of the dens.

who lives there?
i don't know
oh, you don't know?!
no. i think i saw more mutated zebras once though
really?
yeah.
wow. just wow. maybe some... sexy ones live there?
don't say sexy, your jsut a foal
but its so fun to say
be imature, like all foals
*sigh*

"To tell the truth, lady I'm not sure, but I think I saw more mutated zebras there. once...." he tossed his head slightly, his black stripes seeming to fuzz a bit."you can come iwth me to the herd, we could introduce you yu'll be hte first mutated zebra in teh herd!"

She was about to say she wasn't a zebra and then attempt to bite the foals ankles off but she stopped. What was she? She new what her kind looked like but just not what they where called. "Uh..Ok." She said a bit reluctently. Her head ached and every part of her body screamed for sleep. Maybe she could sleep there? where ever this strange animal was taking her. "Sure lead the way." She grumbled casting a longing look at Ari before looking back at Scrith.

did I say I was gonna lead her??
no...
whhy she saying that?!
crazy?
mental?
drunk?
blonde.
Oh yeah. I have to lead her? i thought mutated zebras... ate ZEBRAS!

"I'd be glad to guide you, follow the un deranged, not funny looking zebra, come on, don't be shy!" Zcrith snorted, tossing his head back and forth as he did a full jog in place. he trotted forwards, cantering with hsi sharp hooves. "SCrithy scrith scrith SCRITHYY" he was siging, so over joyed with himself he forgot he was suppose to d osomthing. he fell on his isde. knocked out from moving to fast. he got up. "DUDE there was this white light, and then my body floated, then i woke up!" Scrith panted, getting up a second later form his faint. he looked confused... what was happening... oh wait... oh.. yeah lead the demented zebra. "Right 'o, folow me now, Scrithy scrith!" Scrith panted trotting twaords ari.

Lelani just watched him with guarded blue orbs. "O....k." She stammered and followed aftfer Scrith.

OOC: Aah crappy I know but I can't think of anything for her to do :P

OOC: s'okay, the zebra must have scared your thoughts

Scriuith was paddlign forwards, his head spinning in a circle a he hummed yankee doodle. He trotted, lifting his hooves high so he looked liek a royal arrabian horse... yeah he walways wnated to be one, to bea rock. they sit all day, having fun. Scrith came to a stop. "Deranged zebra, my freind, are you hungy?"

your gonna feed her?
why not?
deraned zebras eat in funny ways
eh?
they eat normal zebras.
...No.
nelive it.
dont... stop talking!
--silence--

OOC: Yep!! *Hides from Scrith*

"Uhh yea I am hungry." Lelani admited, lertting forth a huge yawn. "And sleepy." "How much farther is this place?" Lelani asked, yawning again. All she wanted to do is sleep..

well? how much farther?
I don't know, fifty paws?
thats not far!
its more
is it?
it is
is it.
--sigh-- yes
your kidding
no, im not kidding
really?
yes.
aww oyu litle clowny clown, okay.
my gosh.


"I dunno how much further. but eat this. and tkae an ap, yes yes, fufil your needs, oh humble deranged thingy." Scrith said, loweing his head so his chin touched hte grass as he bowed.

Lelani looked around "Eat what?" She said blankly. She did not know any other form of food besides the warm milk from her mother. At the thought of her mother a shrp pang resurficeed in her heart and Lelani curled up in the grass staring into space, her blue eyes glassy with unshed tears.

shes only a foal, give her some milk
i dont have no milk do i look like a chick!
no, but you do look gay
WHAT?
find her milk
how?
dunno.

"Be right back.." Scrith said, scampering away. and just his luck.... some african men left a MILK BOX.scrith loked a the box, confused. "what thell is that." He growled, kicking it around till it hit lelani on accident. "Oh.. im sorry.... theres osmthing inside it.. i don't know though, im guesssing beetles!"

Lelani jumped up and let forth a small yelp of pain as the box bounced off her head. She turned to Scrith and growled cubbishly at him. "I don't want what ever is in that box!" She hissed. Her fur standing on end, making her look like a small golden marshmellow. "I don't want to go with you to your herd! I'm not a zebra or whatever! I just-" She stopped and looked down at her paws, her golden eyes narrowed in hate. "I don't even want to be here." She said waving a paw around. "I need a home with others like me." She explained a little softer now.
"Have you seen any others like me? Maybe ones with lots of fur around there head." She said trying her best to explain a lions mane.

OOC: HAHAHAHA lots of fur aorund the head, i like that.

Scrith snorted then nodded.


what's there names?
who?
those other mutated lions
well one i heard was named Kafei?
anddd
what?
keeep going!
well.... okay well theres this big drama, so kafei left his hot mate neara for the other lioness chicka, right? and he told chicka he loved her while neara was giving brith, i know like oh. my.gosh. so neara was all crying when kafei told her, she wasalreayd pissed at him for missin the birth and all, and then she meets her child hood crush, denya! i think thatsh is name, and i see a little thing goin on between the two.
you watch savana operas?
....yeah don't tell.
--sigh--

"denya and kafie, i think...but I think the ruler is named n-neara." Scrith said, having trouble remembering the names.

OOC: I know lol

BIC: Lelani birghtened. "Really? Do you know where this Neara is?" She asked leaping to her paws and racing up to Scrith. "Where is she? Do you know? Can you take me to her?" She meowed urgently putting her paws on Scriths chest and loking up into his large eyes.

SHES TOUCHING ME! I'M GOING TO BE CONTAMINATED!!!
chill out buddy
NO!! OMG THIS THE SADDEST DAY OF MY LIFE! I DON'T WANT TO BE A MUTATED LION
CHILL OUT.
im going ot be mutated!!!
shhh
what do i DO?
kick her?
take her to neara?
.... once again im going to litsen to you bird brains

"umm...yeahh..." Scrith said uncomfortably looking at the paw on his chest. "Don't touch me..." He siad, backign away scared.

Lelani pulle dher paws back and dropped to her all fours again. "Sorry.." She said lokoing to the side. "So do you know where Neara is?" She asked again looking back up at him with bright eyes.

"Yes, and i will take oyu to her humble majesty." Nodded scrith viorusly, ears wobbling like heck. he put on a funny little grn. "of we go now!"

out of no where a liones apeared, her ears pinned back as she saw a zebra, DINNER, she launched ehrself at the zebra, her teeth barring as her white stomach shined.


THATS HER
what?
THE UTATED ZEBRA TRYING TO EAT YOU!
OH.


"no, my majesty, neara, whatever you want to be called by, NO!" scrith neighed, trying to run away as the lioness, still with pregnacy fat, launched herself at him.

Lelani watched in horror. "Wait!" She roared as loud as she could. "Don't eat him!" She ran up and tryed to tap Neara with her paw to get her attention. "Miss Neara!" She called in her ear.

OOC: I g2g! cya :(

NEara stopped and watch SCrith run around yelling "Scrithy scrith scrith" in horror." litsen, i have cubs, im hungry, my cubs need to eat, i need to eat so i havemilk for my cubs, what the heck do oyu want." NEara growled, a bit angry cause of kafei still. she watched the cub, noticing it was only a cub. "poor baby, wheres your mother?" neara suddenly said, lighting up as she gave the cub rough licks on the head cleaning it, yes neara LOVES cubs.

Lelani closed her eyes at Neara groomed her gritty fur, she could almost imagine her own mother grooming silky cubbish fur and telling her only child storys about when she was a pridelander and went on all sorts of adventures. Mommy when I grow up I wanna be just like you![
. "My moms dead." Lelani growled, her fantasy shattering into a million peaces. "I don't have anywhere too go. We were outsiders." Lelani's blue eyes hardened and she looked down at the ground accusingly. As if it was all to blame.

After a moment of silance Lelani looked up at Neara with large cubbish blue eyes.
"Miss Neara?" She asked hesatating as she formed the words.
"I-I wantto stay here. With you."

neara was grooming the cub mroe feircly now. she looked up at her question. she gave a smile she opened her muzzle, then closed it, then opene4d and said "yes, you can. Are you hungry?" NEara asked softly, lying on her sside and giving a lazy gesture at her stomach which contained much milk.

lelnai smiled faintly and began to suckle hungerly, the warm milk soothing her sore throat and quenching her thirst. She closed her eyes sleepily slowly drifting into a souund sleep. For the first time in a long time she felt safe.

scrith blinked. this would not be okay. he was being ignored. IGNORED. Neara blinked looking at the zebra. "I suggest you go, before i eat you." the lioness warned, pushing lelani lcoser to her with her paw. Scrith gave a small yelp and ran away.

neara licked lelani's fur, teasing knots and making it clean. ahh.. what would leagra and sheik think? sheik would probably say somthing along the lines of.. "milk hog!" and leagra. ... "who she!?" yep thats definetley their words. NEara looked at lenlani for a while, she watched the cub with a small sigh of awe. dod cubs seriously have ot be so cute?

Too make herself even cuter, Lelani stepped back from Neara reluctently and glared at her. "You know I will only be here until I am old enough. Then I'm going to find my mother." She stated with a toss of her head. Her fur brustled slightly and she glanced back at Neara questioningly. "Where are your other cubs?" She asked loking towards the way neara had come then back at the Queen with narrowedd blue eyes.

"Ones.. somewhere.. and the other.. um .. there!" Neara said, searching hte plains. She cought a hungy little cub rushing ot her. Her pmouth hung open as she ran

LEagra was starving. she had the best day, now, eaten time. she leaped at ehr mother, tackling the bulgy stomach to the gruond and suckling hungrily. Neara watched as milk, her milk, dribbleddown ehr daughters cheek. she pushed leagra way with a furious glare.

"LEagra, your a princess, be.. princessy! and that's precious milk, it took an antelope leg to make the milk you just spilled." NEara chided, giving LEagra a teaching bite on the ear that hardly hurt. Leagra was babbling though

"Oh mom you won't belive what happened, so i went across the border, this grya ribbon or somthign and i didn;t know it wastheborederbutiwentacrossanywaysyouknow? cuaseyounevertaughtme,butanyways i metthishotlittlelioncub,sohewasallcuteandflirtingwithmeandall--" LEagra siad, her words to scrunched up to be reconized Neara stuffed a paw in her daughters mouth and looked at lelani.

"this is my daughter leagra, her father is the basta-- i mean the jerk who left me for my best freind. but anyways, LEagra is a talker, and is very annoying, i suggest you keep one paw in her mouth at all times to prevent falling ears." NEara said, saying it kindly and slowly like she was introducing osmone extremely niceot her even though she wasn't.

"My dady's name is bastard!" LEagra growled, her eyes shining. she had not liked her father, she had no clue what basatard meant, but neara called him a bastard when they were born, she remembered it. Neara looked surised.

"Leagra, you grass stalk, that is a bad word!" neara roared. LEagra madea face.

"Really, you called him a bastard!" LEagra protested. NEara sihghed, putting a paw on her face.

"I'm sorry about my daughter." Was al she said to lelani.

OOC: OM MIEE GAWEED! almost everytime i sayu the name it says NEara nad LEagra when its suppose ot be Neara nad Leagra!

OOC: lol

BIC: Lelani just watched mother and daughter her blue eyes still narrowed but something else had replaced her anger.

Sorrow.

That could have been Lelani and her mother. Lelani looked away from the two and just glared down at small flower that dared poek its head out of the ground. I will find you mom. Then we will be happy. She blinked slowly and nodded her head, mumbleing a short 'hello' to Leagra.

OOC: i'll reply later

OCC: i been busy latley, sorry, this has ot be short i have to get drawin, i had a fifteen minute break

leagra span around to face the cub. "What the heck is that?" She snapped at her mother. "It looks like me .. but diffrent." Leagra continued, obviously never seeing a cub other hten her brother before. Neara groaned, batting leagra so that she fell ot her side. She looked at hte cub in the eyes. "Litsen, this is your new den mate, she is another lion cub, you will behave infront ofher, understood?" NEara said, her tone harsh. leagra had never seen her mother so strict. god was this goign ot be how it was oging ot be now on? she gave a msall nod and a large gulp, seen rollling down her throat and dissapearing in ehr chest. Neara put a msile on. "Okay honey great." She purred, pushing the cub aside annoyed and giving a small sigh.

OOC: Ooo ok ^_^

BIC: Lelani glanced up at them with a frown. Her amber eyes darkening. "I need to go now." She meowed getting to her paws and walking away, her head down, her ears flat. "Bye." She called over her shoulder before tossing her head and pading softly off.
She couldn't handle being around them any longer, being so 'mother daughter' Why didn't she have that? She thought with a small snarl. She closed her amber eyes for a moment. Get a hold of yourself. Remeber? You don't need anyone. She told herself fearcly opening her eyes again.