by Labatis » September 15th, 2014, 2:28 am
Riu purred. "Love you too." After a couple moments, Riu nodded off. She was twisting and turning in her sleep.
Riu felt someone nudge her, and she opened her eyes, expecting to see Mala. Instead, she saw one cub, who was now playing with Riu's tail tuft. "What? Where are your parents?" She asked, trying to see if the cub was familiar.
"Mom, don't be silly! Come on, we have things to do today!" he squeaked, tugging her ear. 'Did he just call me mom?' Riu shook her head in confusion, getting to her paws and following the cub. Where was he taking her? She felt lighter than she's been lately, and she noticed her being back to her normal figure. 'Wait, did I already give birth?' When they arrived to the certain area, she saw three other cubs. One had a very small cut on their cheek fluff. "Mom, they hit me!" it wailed. It appeared to be the youngest. Suddenly, everything went black. Did she pass out? Within seconds, she opened her eyes again. Nothing looked that different, so she couldn't have possibly fainted. But now the youngest cub who was just complaining, was backing up, looking terrified. It was bleeding rather badly, and judged by the other cubs' expressions, they hadn't done it. Riu looked down at her paws, trying to calm down. As soon as she did, she noticed one of her paws had blood on it. "Grow up! You don't want to be a weak, pathetic lioness, do you?!" A voice rang in her head. Had she said that to her own daughter? While lost in thought, she heard the bleeding cub's voice mature. She looked up, noticing all the cubs were older. The other three were not sure what was going on, but the once bleeding daughter was on top of her, growling viciously. Riu tried to squirm free, but could only yell in fright as the daughter landed a death blow on her throat. "No!" Riu called out, her heart beating so fast she was panting.
(The things in italics are her dream. c: This post was pretty long... heh.)