[Private] KingKivuli, Zeke and Amanda

[KingKivuli]

Simba looked over at Kivuli. His wounds were bad. Very bad, but he was sure Rafiki could help. He looked down at Amanda. Her little tearas were soaking the ground. He held the young cub against his leg and held her back. Her tears were now soaking his leg. He leaned down and spoke gently 'He will be just fine. He needs some rest and a bit of medicine' Amanda looked up at him. Simba just smiled warmly

[Panda-chan]

"Okay," she said, wiping off her remaining tears. "Can I go now? My mom might be worried."

[KingKivuli]

Simba smiled again 'Yes run along now. Thank you' Amanda ran off back to where Kivuli was laying

Kivuli was coming out of the sleep the pain hit him. He let out a deadly roar of pain 'Amanda' he cryed 'Where is Amanda' he was growin concerned for the young one

[Panda-chan]

"We don't- oh, here she is right now." a lioness told him, catching sight of Amanda running towards them. A few minutes later she arrived, panting. She looked at the other lionesses who were waiting patiently around Kivuli. "Shouldn't we take him inside?" she asked one of them, who nodded. Two lionesses helped carry the injured lion toward Pride Rock, while the rest followed. Even though they were going at a relatively slow pace, Amanda still had trouble catching up since every step they took required her to take at least four. When they finally arrived at the entrance of Pride Rock, the lionesses put him down to prepare for some bedding. They gathered some leaves together and made a nest for Kivuli to lie down on.

[KingKivuli]

The wound kept bleeded alot, dripping on the ground as they walked and whiel lieing down. There wa sonly own thing on his mind at this time though. 'Amanda? where are you cub? you there?' he cryed of for the young one

[Panda-chan]

"Yeah, I'm here Kivulli," she said quietly, sitting down beside him. He was looking very pale for a dark grey lion. "Kivuli, please get some sleep. You look as though you really need it." Kivuli nodded and closed his eyes. Amanda quietly tip-toed away to sit at the entrance of the cave and watch the sun set in the bloodred sky. She was thinking. So much had happened today. This morning had been just like any other, and now, here she was, about to lose the lion who risked his life twice to save hers. Guilt overcame the little cub as she realized that it was mainly her fault that Kivuli had gotten hurt in the first place. If she hadn't tried to race him, none of this would have happened. She wasn't even sure he was going to make it. What if-
"AMANDA!" Amanda turned around swiftly, and was almost knocked over by a blurry brown figure that crashed right into her. It was her mother, Semira. "Amanda, where have you been?" Semira scolded, taking hold of her squirming cub and licking every inch of her she could find. "Do you know how worried I've been? I told you to be home at least by sunhigh! Don't you know it's dangerous out there? A hyena could have killed you! Didn't I tell you-"
"Mom," Amanda interrupted. "I was going to be home like you said but then something happened over there in the crevice and-"
"YOU WENT OVER THE CREVICE?" Semira practically screamed. All heads in the cave turned to where an embarrassed Amanda and her mother stood. Amanda was aware that even Kivuli was watching, and her face reddened. "How many times have I told you not to go near that place? It's dangerous!" Semira said, still fuming.
"But Mom, I-"
"Listen to me, young lioness." Semira snapped. "You are NOT going there again. Goodness knows what could have happened if you'd fallen over the edge! That crevice is two miles deep!"
"I know Mom." Amanda cried, frustrated.
"Then why didn't you listen to me? What were you doing out there?"
"A lion rescued me from a hyena and now he's hurt-"
"There was a hyena?!!" her mother exclaimed.
"MOM, JUST LOOK BEHIND YOU!"
Semira turned around, caught sight of Kivuli and his bloody leg, and gasped. Apparently she hadn't seen him when he'd been carried in. "Who is this lion? What happened to his leg?" she asked softly.
"That's what I've been trying to tell you!" Amanda said, exasperated. "It's the reason I took so long. I saved him."

OOC: Here is Semira's profile: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=1571

[Zeke]

Zeke watched as they dragged the large, dark lion up to the large rock structure that towered over the land. Zeke had been watching this large pride for a little while now. To him, their ruler seemed just and kind. He had never seen much conflict within these lands, so he found it a nice place to stay for the last couple weeks. Throughout the duration of his stay, none of the pride had spotted him in the pridelands and he peferred it that way. As the pride finished dragging away the lion, Zeke lay his head down and soon fell asleep in the shade.

[Panda-chan]

Semira stared at Kivuli for a second longer, then turned, bewildered, to her daughter. "Amanda, how did...?" she asked, and then her voice trailed off. Everyone else was still watching the two of them closely. Amanda felt like she was being interrogated for a crime and it made her feel nervous. "It's kind of a long story." she began, "But Kivuli hurt his leg really bad trying to save my life, and I think he deserves some peace and quiet." It took a few seconds for that to sink in for everyone. Slowly the lionesses shuffled out of the cave or retreated further inward, careful not to make too much noise. Kivuli nodded at Amanda, grateful. After all, she thought, nodding back, he needed his rest. Rafiki would be here any minute.
Finally Semira understood. "Oh! You mean we should leave!" she blurted out quite loudly. Her face turned red, she bowed hastily to Kivuli, and then she left. Amanda ran up to Kivuli and gave him one final nuzzle before running out of the cave as well.

OOC: Right, we need someone to be Rafiki. If you want, I could do it, or maybe one of you two could...

[KingKivuli]

OOC: ill do it

As Amanda walked out the cave, Simba walked up priderock followed by Rafiki. The two of them headed towards the cave, towards Kivuli 'Thats him' Simba said 'His leg is badly hurt is there anything you can do for him?'

'We shall see' replied Rafiki as he walked over for an inspection 'Oh dear this is not good' Rafiki lifted the leg that lay before him for a closer inspection. Kivuli woke from his slumber with an agonising roar. He pulled his leg away and glared at Rafiki 'What do you think your doing?' he yelled 'trying to hurt me?'

Rafiki was not at all impressed 'Pah, if you dont want help for your leg then i wont help, let it die' Rafiki began to walk away. As he did Kivuli followed his movement and caught sight of Amanda. The young cub was almost in tears again. 'Wait' Kivuli said calmly. Rafiki turned back round 'Yes' he replied. 'Im sorry. Can you please fix me up?' Asked Kivuli

Rafiki came back over and sat back down 'Since you asked nicely' Rafiki began working on cleaning the wound and making it better to walk on again. While this was going on Kivuli looked over at Amanda and smiled

[Panda-chan]

Amanda kept on staring at Kivuli. She was really worried for him. From behind her, she could hear her mother talking to some lionesses about how it might rain tonight, but Amanda didn't even care. Her eyes were fixed on Kivuli, anxious. She felt a tap on her shoulder and turned around. "Amanda," began Semira, "The lionesses and I were thinking that since there's going to be a heavy downpour tonight, we'll need to catch us some prey before they take shelter from the rain and become hard to find." Amanda blinked up at her, confused. "Aaaand? What are you telling me for?" she asked.
"Well, it might do you some good if you came along." said her mother, resting a paw on Amanda's tiny shoulder. "You know, you might learn something." Amanda glanced back to the cave. Semira understood immediately. "He'll be okay sweetie." she gave her a small hug. "I promise."