by Labatis » September 17th, 2014, 3:02 am
"N-nothing." She forced herself to answer. What good was it to tell Mala? Running from your fears was not what she was taught, but that's all she could do. Whenever she had cubs, she'd be reminded of what she's seeing. "I-I have to go." She spoke, running as fast as she could away from Mala. She needed to be alone for a bit. When she felt she was far off, she laid back down. Within minutes, she finally got some sleep.
Riu opened up her eyes, appearing to be in the same area where she fell asleep. She was obviously far from the Pridelands. She looked up at the darkened sky, seeing dark gray clouds lurk over her. 'A storm. That's all.' She sighed, relieved. Sooner or later, just when she felt things were back to normal, a familiar figure appeared. It looked like that intruder from a long time ago, the day she joined the pride! What was it doing here? Finally, Riu noticed it was a male king cheetah. 'Odd. What is a king cheetah doing around these areas anyway?' She cautiously backed away, frightened by his random appearance. He only caught up to her, staring at her.
"I remember you. Little miss desperate." He sneered. "And you obviously are expecting cubs. Typical.." He let out a growl of annoyance.
"Why are you here? You have no reason to be in the territory!" She spat, her neck fur bristling.
The cheetah chuckled. "Last I checked, you were far off from the Pridelands." He looked around himself. Riu began to circle him. "Then tell me why you are following me!"
"Whoa whoa.. You are freaking out over me? Don't you have cubs to be worrying about? I don't understand you lionesses."
Within seconds, there were cubs running around, and once again, the king cheetah showed up.
"Now let's take a look here... six little cubs. How cute." Suddenly, one dropped, lifeless. "Whoops.. five." He chuckled, clearly enjoying this. He was about to place a darkened colored paw on the other cub, before Riu shouted with anger and sorrow.
"Stop!" She yelled, tears forming in her eyes. Then the cub he was about to place a paw on laid down, instantly feeling ill.
Before more happened, Riu shook herself awake, the tears still in her eyes.
[Ha! Brought up that intruder! >:3 Mystery it is indeed.]