Being Hunted (Dark Huntress & Malenga)

[Dark Huntress]

Kafele sighed with relief and followed the blonde lion towards the others, hoping the playful lion's actions hadn't gotten the others punished. He stopped, however, by Amunet, who was looking at the princess with disbelief. "Everything O.K.?" He asked, a little unnerved by her openly shocked expression. She made an angry growling sound and stormed past him without answering.
"I take that as a "no"," he stood back from her angry figure and joined Moyo again,"What's with her?"
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"Oh, thanks, Lesedi," Amunet growled to herself as she passed Moyo, then Changa,"this morning you were telling me to care more about others in the pride and open up a little more and when I need a friend, you're going to deny me that! Why if you weren't a princess, I'd-" she swiped the grass in front of her, cracking the golden stems with her dainty paws"-ooh, and if I am flirting, which I most certainly am not, but if I were, it's because you and your mother betrothed me to a lion barely able to call himself that!" She made another frustrated noise and stopped to take her fury out on a low tree.
She grinned evilly as chips of wood and bark splintered under her claws as if Lesedi's hide was what she was shredding. "Take that, princess," she hissed inaudibly. Lesedi had pushed her over the edge and she wasn going to fall without fighting back.
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Changa gave Amunet a wary look as she splintered the trees outer skin. "Eesh, women are flipping out today," he muttered and strolled by silently, a little afraid of Amunet attempting to kill him. He stopped and sat by the stream which marked the edge of their pride's land to wait for the others. He watched a bird fly by and a fish come up to the surface of the stream to catch a bird and two small wildebeest calves chase eachother several hundred yards away as their parents watched the troupe of lions.

[Malenga]

"That's anybody's guess," Moyo replied. Shaking the mane out of his eyes, Moyo watched as something obviously upset his betrothed and now, thanks to the short tempers of both the lionesses in the group, there was much commotion. He didn't even know if Kafele would want to stay after that.

Up ahead, Jumo and Lesedi watched as Amunet's rampage crossed over boundaries of both sound and title. Lesedi just kept walking, ignoring the lioness in front of her, not phased with the fact that little Amunet was upset with how Lesedi was telling her how irresponsible she was. But it seemed like the lioness craved attention, so Lesedi wasn't going to be one to leave her without an answer.

Looking down at Amunet, Lesedi narrowed her eyes. "Are you that dumb that you're going to attract attention to yourself, thus putting the lives of these lions in danger? If you're not careful, it will either be Malenga or a hunter that will have your head," Lesedi advised her. Pushing past the female, she looked over her shoulder. "Oh, and... by the way, if you really weren't flirting with Jumoca, you would have nothing to defend yourself for. Makes you look rather guilty to be getting so worked up if I'm wrong, doesn't it?"

Shaking her head with a small smirk, she walked forward, leading the others once more. Jumoca followed silently, not wanting to add to the pandamonium that was already afoot in this pride. He did, however, look at Amunet with a cool-it-and-we;ll-talk-about-it-later look in his eyes, ushering her to follow him and the others.

There, they saw the queen and king awaiting them at the edge. Cetshwayo, the king, looking relieved to see they had returned safe and sound. Malenga, the queen, looking as though she had much to say to both Moyo and the princess.

[Dark Huntress]

(Could you edit Ashley from the character list? I don't really think I'm going to use her...she doesn't really fit )
Amunet sighed, seeming to let the anger out in that dramatized display of "cooling it" and gave Jumo a nearly invisible nod. She stood to the side as the king and queen acknowledged the others. It was her typical custom to stand to the side as everyone was else was reproached or commended-she was hardly ever in the middle of the gatherings.
She felt a wry smile touch her lips as both Moyo and Changa fidgeted under Malenga's flinty stare. She herself could barely sit still-she just felt trapped, with the betrothment and the happenings of the day. She didn't normally really talk to anyone but Moyo, though she and Jumo were often teasing eachother. She normally only opened to Moyo, but she could that was a mistake and she was glad that Jumo had revealed more than his average, base desire for flirting and women's attentions.
She risked a glance at Kafele, who held Malenga's stare without shrinking, even as he bowed his massive, snowy build in respect, tendons and muscles writhing under his extremely pale fur. She then then looked at Changa who squirming from his dark nose to his light toes, his tail writhing wildly like a trapped snake. He never failed to amuse her.
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Changa wiggled under the queen's intimidating stare. She had this way of seeming like she saw right through you and saw everything-making Changa feel especially guilty about last week's hunting incident (which nobody could prove he did!) and the sleeping in of yesterday during the hunting practice. She probably did see through him, with the way he was acting like a cub hiding from a hyena.
He gave her an uneasy, cheeky grin, showing all of his sharp teeth in a rather amusing way. His could feel the queen's glare intensify, making Moyo and himself fidget even more.
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Kafele barely strangled the laugh that rose in his throat as a reaction to Moyo and Changa's reactions. Sure, the queen's unwavering eyes were a bit unsettling, but it wasn't too hard to look at her. Apparently, they feared her a great deal, and he didn't wonder why Moyo would, after the apparent stunt he pulled. Kafele plopped his snow-white rear onto the red dust, figuring this was going to take awhile, especially if the queen was going to stare at them all for the next hour.

[Malenga]

(Got'cha. I'll edit her out. Also, if you could just speak for your own characters, that would be great; you don't need to talk about what Moyo's doing before I say it myself. c: Thank ya! Also, I'mma add in someone else I made up the other day and wanna try 'er out.)

"Daddy!" Lesedi smiled, prancing over to her father and slithering herself underneath his chin. The king smiled softly, as he pressed his head against his youngest daughter's back, smiling as his caramel coloured mane matched her beige pelt.

"I'm glad you're safe, my princess," the king's voice was soft, though he had a certain volume control issue.

Malenga turned her head to look down at Lesedi, nodding her head. "We both are," Malenga then turned her head to look down at Moyo, "Speak, Moyo. You've got a lot of it to do," she growled.

Moyo merely lifted his rear in the air whilst his front was bent down, in a gentlemanly bow and a fearful stance that a cub would take. "I'm sorry, Mally."

"If you were sorry, you wouldn't have done it," Malenga replied. She didn't look too pleased that Moyo was trying to excuse himself from his own actions being completely his own and no one elses'.

"Darling," Cetshwayo walked past his princess and over to the queen, clashing his own fur with hers as he placed his cheek against the orange lioness', comforting her anger. "Let's not get angry right now. We should all just relax, let this cool over, and talk about it in the morning," he suggested. Lesedi nodded, walking over to her mother.

"Please, mommy? My friends are tired," Lesedi pitied her own voice, but she was pleased when Malenga's head nuzzled her king's and Lesedi.

"Fine," Malenga began to smile before she looked down at Moyo, "And you better be here in the morning." Malenga cast one last warning glance at Moyo before she turned face and walked off, the gentle giant king following pursuit.

Lesedi continued to watch as her parents walked off before she looked down at the lions that had just returned back from their 'adventure'. Once they were gone, she lost her smile. "You guys are lucky my dad was here, or she'd have you on patrol duty until your paws bled," the princess warned, walking down from the hill her parents were on top of.

Jumo didn't mind; he was used to patrolling. The others, however, might not have grown into their working feet yet. The brown lion shrugged, rolling his shoulders before he looked down at Lesedi. "You and me should patrol alone some time, Lesedi," he generously helped himself off the ground and waltzed past the others, before tapping his tail to Lesedi's chin. With that, he walked forward and over to the rocks where the sun was casting it's last rays so he could catch a tad more sun before it would give it's spotlight to the rest of the little stars.

Lesedi watched him as he left before she shook her head, rolling eyes at his casual advances. She took a special look at Moyo before she rose her brow. "I'm a light sleeper. So I WILL hear if you try to sneak off again," she told him. And, just like her parents, Lesedi walked off to meet her parents and siblings for the night.

Moyo simply sat there, watching as the females directed their verbal combat onto him, knowing that Kafele was hearing all this rather well. Now he knew what Moyo went through every day. The blonde lion heaved a sigh, his golden orbs wandering around before he landed them onto the white rogue. "See what I go through every day?" he asked, snorting at the end.

[Dark Huntress]

Really sorry, one of the last RPs with lions in them the other person and I kinda showed what the others were doing sorry, again, and thx!

Kafele rolled his eyes. "It's got to be better than hunger, thirst, and bitter rejection," he commented calmly. He shifted his grey-toed paws uneasily, unsure what to do. He'd come back to talk Moyo into staying, but he wasn't sure what to do.
"Close one," Changa breathed with relief sitting down by Moyo and Kafele.
"She didn't even talk to you!" Amunet scoffed from her position. Changa hooded enthusiastically,"Exactly, Netty!" She narrowed her bluegreen eyes at him as he used the nickname she hated so much. She stood and shook her creamy fur, tail twitching constantly,"If anyone needs me I'll be patrolled the western border."
She sighed-that was just her way of watching the sunset and clearing her head of anger and hurt. She flounced off, appreciating how the grass here was green and much more silent. She gave an antelope an interested glance then continued forward, they already had the weeks' worth of meat. She bounded up the side of a low tree and trotted across the thick branches from tree to tree until she leapt onto the flat rock that marked the entrance to a cave. Her cave. She sighed, feeling safe from everyone and rested her head on her paws, lying down at the edge where the prides' territory spread out beneath her, and watched the bloodred sun start to melt into the horizon.

[Malenga]

Moyo snorted, and shook his head. "That's what you think," he replied. The blonde lion watched as the king and queen walked off, taking their daughter with them a few steps later. He had his eyes on the hill as they crossed over and that's when he looked back at Moyo with a completely changed look in his eye. "Being in this pride is driving me crazy. I want to be out in the world, independent, or a leader of my own pride." The lion sighed, shaking his head with doubts unvoiced to the others. He wondered what Kafele had in store for him.

Lesedi followed behind her parents, catching up to them rather quickly.

"You were gone quite a while," Malenga commented over her shoulder with a smirk, taking a stop to look down at her daughter.

Lesedi shrugged her shoulders with a bright smile. "What can I say? I wanted them to come back but they were too caught up with that new rogue. Kafele, I think his name is."

Cetshwayo looked down at Lesedi now, interested in the arrival of a new male. "The white one?"

"He seems like a nice man," Malenga commented.

"I guess. The main reason I took so long was because Amunet was taking her sweet time, flirting and goofing around while I was trying to get everyone going back to the territory. She doesn't do anything, mom," Lesedi groaned, pushing her head against her mother's shoulder.

Cetshwayo laughed lightly, placing his paw on his younger daughter's back. Meanwhile, Malenga rested her cheek on Lesedi's head. "Oh come now, Lesedi. Amunet does plenty to help the pride out."

"She won't even acknowledge Moyo. And she's getting married to him soon."

"I thought you said they were getting along," Wayo replied.

Lesedi looked from one parent to the other, thinking to herself rapidly. She pondered what she could say next before she finally generated something. "Must be having a fight. They'll patch it up soon enough, I'm sure."

"Are you sure it was the right thing for me to let you approve this betrothal, Lesedi?" Malenga asked, raising her brow skeptically.

"Lesedi knows what she's doing, dear. She's a responsible princess, after all," the king poked his nose against the queen's cheek, attracting her attention to him.

"Yeah mom. Everything's going to be fine."

After a small silence, Malenga nodded her head. "Alright then."

[Dark Huntress]

(OOC: Sorry I made you wait so long for such a terrible piece X3 Darn writer's block O.O!)
Amunet sighed, feeling a little discouraged that she would have to leave her perch soon and return to the usual patrol post. With a shaky exhale she stood and re-navigated the complicated passageway.
"And here I am," she muttered, plopping her rump down by the patrol post, which was only a few steps away from the grove.
She didn't know why everything had gotten to her. She'd been rather upset with the betrothment because she knew that it would make things awkward and ruin her friendship with Moyo, in addition to the fact that he was very immature and she wasn't sure if she wanted to come home from a hunt to a lion that couldn't, and wouldn't, carry his own wait. She let out another sigh, this one much heavier and laid down, resting her head on her paws and feeling very melancholy.
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Kafele shook his head subtly at Moyo-his task would be much harder than anticipated. "So," he shuffled his large paws in the ruddy dust,"what do we do now? What are we supposed to do?" He'd never really been with a pride. He'd been alone enough to think Moyo ought to appreciate having people who cared about him enough to risk the wrath of the queen.
The princess had seemed nervous and tired, Amunet had been yelled at, and Changa and Juno, they-they didn't seem very affected, but they did interrupt their day to look for the wayward blondie.
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Changa gave Juno, Moyo, then Kafele each disdaining looks. "Later Brownie, Blondie, and," he inspected Kafele,"Rogueboy. Imma hit the sack." He chuckled to himself. Not! he thought; he'd probably go mess with one of the un-ticked lionesses.
He flinched a little as a pang of guilt plagued him. I should probably apologize to Amunet and Lezzy...He noiselessly groaned, but mentally agreed with his conscience. He then changed his direction back to the den rather than the waterhole-to where he'd seen Lesedi disappear with the queen and king.
"Lezzy! Come out, come out! Wherever you are!" He called, grinning and hoping the queen and king didn't reply.

[Malenga]

Jumoca, having been on patrol for a while now, noticed the setting sun. The lion looked to the sun, now half developed over land to make way for the moon, and turned himself away to head back to the others. He was sure there was nothing that was lurking in the darkness of the day that was left. But then Jumo smelled something strange... foreign, almost. The lion perked his head once again, looking over the grasses for anything that seemed out of place.

The lion was starting to get frustrated, knowing something was out there but he just couldn't see it. "Are you going crazy, old boy?" he asked himself, attempting to ease his own mind into his usual relaxed state. Nevertheless, he sighed and walked off. "Probably just my mind playing tricks," he muttered to himself. As if he needed to tell himself out loud before he could feel more relaxed.

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Lesedi turned her head, looking over the hill to spot a lion calling for her. She rolled her eyes with an obvious groan, walking closer to her parents. Although, Wayo and Malenga had already noticed and were looking at the young man.

"Not right now, Changa. I'm with my parents, thank you very much." Lesedi raised her tail to show obvious discomfort.

"Oh, Lesedi," Malenga shook her head with a small smile, then looked back at the lion. "Come on over here, Changa," the queen beckoned.

The princess rolled her eyes once more, groaning out of annoyance. Did he EVER intend to leave her alone for once? She had a feeling Changa was either just plain, flat out stupid, or she wasn't loud enough when she told him she wasn't interested. Lesedi's head slowly leaned into her father's shoulder, as he gave a small laugh and nudged her forehead with his nose.

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"Oh trust me, not much," Moyo dramatically rolled his orbs before getting to his paws and beginning to walk slowly. "Just head to the den and start to try and fall asleep. No doddling, no loud talking, no fun." Moyo sighed, shaking his head slowly, but he continued on. As he lead the rogue, he looked over his shoulder at Kafele constantly to make sure he was keeping along with him and no one or nothing had drawn his attention away. Even more so, he was hoping that Kafele wouldn't run away and begin his life as a rogue again without Moyo there too.

Once he reached the den, he looked at it. It was small, placed within the earth in a hill. A large opening was marked with, what seemed like, perfectly placed rocks alluring them there. Almost like arrows drawn to signal where they needed to go. And sitting there, almost perfectly in sight, was a lioness. An orange lioness, coloured much like the queen, but a tad darker. She had a bright pink nose with a significantly deep bridge, hazel eyes, and an interesting jaw line connected to very cute, whispy cheek tufts. And she seemed to notice that the others were there, too. She smiled over and walked towards Moyo and Kafele.

"Hey, Gzifa," Moyo greeted the lioness.

The lioness, Gzifa, nodded her head and looked up at Moyo for a long while. It gave the blonde lion enough time to look from side to side like she was searching him for something. "You left the pride again, didn't you?"

"How'd ya know?" he laughed, awkwardly.

"History repeats itself," she calmly replied, but a warm smile to deliver. The lioness then turned her sights over to the lion who was beside troublesome Moyo. "Hello there."

[Dark Huntress]

Amunet shuffled and paced, her exhaustion being quickly overcome by her short attention span. As a breath of wind washed over an eerie, odd feeling made her stiffen and her nape prickle uncomfortably. She faced the horizon, inhaling cautiously, unable to place a paw on what she was sensing-it was just too...strange.
She shook her head, driving the scent away from her thoughts, but it remained deep in the recesses of her mind, nagging her and informing her that there was something profoundly wrong.

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Changa gave Malenga an innocent smile and approached them. "I wanted to apologize for being such an antelope today," he said, flicking his ears at the appropriate times. Deep down inside of him the knowledge that this would annoy Lesedi more than anything else gave him some comfort. "Now," he inclined his head towards her and the king and queen,"I'll leave you alone."

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"Good evening," Kafele greeted her calmly, examining her coloring with a rather curious eye. Her coat reminded him of flames and her nose of flowers, but overall she seemed like someone caught between childhood and adulthood. He turned to Moyo, frowning slightly.
"You've pulled this stunt before?" he hissed in an undertone, then calmed a little,"Betcha didn't get a noogie that time." He chuckled evilly.

[Malenga]

"Yeah, see you later." Lesedi took a look away from him, her back now to his face whilst she looked up at her taller parents. "And I have to--"

"Lesedi," Wayo interrupted her excuse, looking down at her and then at her mother, "I think it would be alright for Lesedi to hang out with her friend, don't you?" Cetshwayo asked Malenga, the dark brown lion looking down at the much brighter, vibrantly coloured queen.

Malenga looked from her mate to her daughter and this young lion. She knew Changa well, and she knew he had a good heart and didn't intend to hurt her daughter in any way. As an adoptive parent, though, Malenga felt compelled to search Lesedi's face for any sign of wanting to dismiss this lion without Lesedi tagging along with him. Although, when she looked deeply into Lesedi's wandering eyes, she noticed there wasn't annoyance, nor anger. They were soft, longing, and she could tell Lesedi was having a hard time keeping her head turned away from the young male.

With a smirk, the queen looked back at the king once more. "I think that sounds fine," she answered. Looking down at her youngest daughter, Malenga nodded her head over to Changa. "Don't stay out too late."

Lesedi, though her inside was pleased, her outside took the stance of a dropped jaw, and furrowed brows. She lashed her head over to look at the devious Changa before she sighed and started to walk past her parents and leading the male away. Whether he chose to follow or not was his decision, but she had a feeling he would rather be with her and not her parents.

"You little...," she growled. How am I supposed to make conversation with this guy? We probably have nothing in common. And my mom... what if she made him think I have a crush on him?

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He shied his head down, away from the rogue before he smiled innocently. "Perhaps once or twice," Moyo replied sheepishly. Gzifa smiled calmly, sitting down whilst wrapping her tail around her legs. "But I always came back. Doesn't that count for something?" Once Moyo heard the amusing threat from Kafele, he growled playfully and sprung behind the lioness. Doing his best, he crouched down as best he could to make himself Gzifa's size-- though she wasn't the smallest.

Gzifa looked behind her, but didn't move away in case action pursued the lion hiding behind her. She simply looked back at Kafele and smiled up at him. "Yes, he always came back." Looking behind her, she rose her brow, interested. "So, is this lion going to give you lessons on how to do lion activities properly?"

"No, he's going to give me lessons on how to be a rogue... Hey!" Moyo jumped out from behind Gzifa, and in the middle of the two, making a small triangle. "You BOTH can teach me how to be rogues. Gzifa, you only came here a few weeks ago, so you can't be too shabby, can ya?"

"I suppose I can't be," she replied.