[PRIVATE] Two Families, One Exile

[AustralianChaos]

Plot: During Mufasa's reign, Scar rises up and, along with Zira, takes the Pridelands for himself, sending Simba, Mufasa and Sarabi into exile, along with Nala and Sarafina when they protest the move. They are forced to flee to the east, where they come to the coast...and find another family of lions as well...

Characters:
Pridelands Group:
Simba: Simbaholic
Nala: LilTiger (standing in for Kopa23 until September)
Mufasa: AustralianChaos
Sarabi: Nakisisa
Sarafina: QueenOfPrideRock

Rogue Family:
Ardahi: TheIvanMuse
Sykara: NightyByeSparrow
Tanga: AustralianChaos
Marini: TheWhistlerify
Kahvatu: Simbadacub

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Mufasa limped heavily as he lead his group further into the large jungle they had come across in their last few days of wandering. His front right foreleg was hurting terribly from a series of rather critical wounds covering the limb, so much so that he was not actually walking on it, rather keeping the damaged limb tucked away against his chest, as he hobbled on his three good legs.

The wounds had been the result of a rather unexpected, and violent fight back at his old pride...a pride he had, until a few days ago, been king of. But then his younger brother, Scar, had taken it upon himself to fight Mufasa for the throne, and despite being the larger and stronger of the two, Mufasa had been caught off-guard by his younger brother's sly cunning, and after having his leg wounded, effectively crippling him, Mufasa had decided it was in not only his best interests, but those of his family, to stand down, lest Scar try and actually kill him.

But Scar's first act as king had been to exile not only Mufasa, but his mate, Sarabi, and young son, Simba, as well, deeming them a threat to his rule. Knowing that, wounded as he was, Mufasa had no way of protesting, he had no choice but to accept, and gather his family to leave.

But then things got even worse, as Sarafina protested Scar's actions, trying to convince the younger brother to keep Mufasa around. In the end, all that accomplished was to have her and her daughter, Nala, join them in their exile.

And now here they were, the five of them, wnadering in a forest far, far beyond the eastern borders of the Pridelands, looking for a new home to settle into. Mufasa hoped they would find somwhere soon. He refused to admit it, but the wound was taking it's toll on him...and he got the feeling that the open wounds on not just his leg, but some across his back and chest as well, had caused him to contract some kind of illness. he had done a fairly good job of keeping it hidden, but he knew it could not last forever...his coughing had been getting worse, and he was starting to lose his voice, thanks to his sore throat.

But Mufasa's wandering thoughts were brought to a standstill as a strange scent reached his nostrils, despite his illness...meaning the scent must be incredibly powerful. As he paused to get a bitter whiff, he also heard distant, rumbing noises, like a low waterfall that stopped flowing every few seconds. "Wait," he called, his normally deep, powerful voice slightly raspy due to his fading voice, as he once more got a whiff of the salty scent, so powerful he could almost taste it. "Does anyone else hear that? Or smell it?" he asked, looking back at his four companions, trying to determine if they, too, had caught on to what he was senseing, little realising that his group had wandered close to the ocean...something no Pridelander had seen for generations.

[LilTiger]

Nala coughed. She missed being at the pridelands. Ever since Scar exiled them. Nala wanted to get revenge on him so much. She knew she was strong if she coud pin Simba, the future king, or atlest was, the future king until they were kicked out. Nala cried tears of sadness as she walked beside Simba. "Mom, will we ever find a pride to live in again? And get priderock again?', Nala asked her mother, waiting for a responce.

Nala wanted some food. She also wanted to be able to be like Rafiki, who could heal others. She felt bad because of what everyone was going through. All she could do was cry. Then she heard Mufasa speak. She then sniffed the air. "Yes Mufasa, I smell something too.", she replied.

[AdAstrα]

Sarafina stopped quite abruptly as she,too,picked up the strange scent. "I've..I've never smelled anything like it." she said,gasping, "I wonder what it could be?"

[Nakisisa]

(( Tam, you realize that Nala spoke to sarafina ))

Sadly following her mate, Sarabi wept another few tears. she was annoyed that they had been kicked out of the pride lands, and that there rule was over, but there was nothing she could do. She had asked herself countless times why scar had done what he did, but to no avail. her senses were a mess, and even her sight was blurred. it wasn't until Mufasa stopped and she walked into him that she realized they had stopped.

"oh... I'm sorry" Sarabi said pain in her voice. what she hadn't told anybody was the beating she had suffered thanks to Zira and her cronies. they had found her alone, and taken there chance. they had beat her to the ground, and done some of the most horrible thing's imaginable, they spat on her, and clawed her body all over, they had taunted her and even bitten her. then Scar came... that moment would never leave her, even in the time she had left to live. he had tried to mate her,unfortunately he had succeeded, trying to make her stay, as a 'nanny' to his future cubs with zira under the assumption 'if she likes me, then she'll stay for me and do whatever i tell her to' he said moments before the incident.

She shuddered and growled, the memory quickly fading. she hadn't heard what her mate had said, so she walked up to him, nuzzled him briefly and licked his cheek, trying to cheer both herself and her mate up. "What did you say darling?" she asked, concerned.

[TheWhistlerify]

Marini was walking by the sea shore looking for her brothers, it seemed as if they had run off before she woke up, like they did almost every morning. She stood there for a moment, sniffing the fresh smell of the salty water and listening to the peacefu sound the waves were making before moving on with her search. She had been living there with her parents and two brothers since the day the three of them were born. They were a happy familly, living a peaceful life. She and neither her brothers ever met any other lions befoe, or ever experienced living in a pride. But that didn't bother her, she was perfectly happy with the way her life were.

She kept looking for them, not finding them where she usually did she decided that it was best to give up, rather than fall into one of their pranks again. As she decided to head back towards their den, she caught sight of the forest that was their 'border'. She and her brothers were never to go there, and their parents never seemed to be more serious about anything comparing to that subject. But not finding her two brothers anywhere, and all of a sudden hearing a sound coming from between the woods, she got the feeling that the two went to explore it anyways.
But without her? Ooh, they were in so much trouble now.

[AustralianChaos]

Mufasa looked back as he felt Sarabi bump into him, and turned back, looking at his mate. He had no idea of the full extent of what Sarabi had been through, but had seen Zira attack her when Scar had defeated him, and assumed that her injuries had been caused by that, and that her depressed nature was because of their forced exile from the Pridelands...he was upset about it, too, but had forced himself to remain strong. He had to keep leading them, help find them a safe place...he could not break down, not now.

"It's okay," he said softly to Sarabi, nuzzling her to try and help cheer her up. "But listen...can you hear that? And smell it too?" He then turned and addressed everyone else. "Does anyone have any idea what it could be?" he asked, straining to get his raspy voice to carry, coughing as the effort hurt his throat. He needed to find a place to rest soon...he could tell his condition was getting worse, and knew he needed a place where he could rest and recover, fast.

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Tanga pulled his soaked frame out of the sea, letting the waves carry him back to shore as he wandered up the sand for a moment, before shaking himself off. He did not mind the occasional swim in the sea, even if the salty water tasted foul and specks of salt clung to his fur for ages afterwards.

Wandering up the shore, Tanga looked at the forest that sat close by the shore. As any cub his age was, he was immensely curious about the forest, and desperately wanted to explore it, but his parents had expressly forbidden it, and Tanga, being the rather quiet cub he was, had no intention of testing his parents' tempers.

But then he saw his sister, Marini, staring at the forest herself, a short distance. He briefly considered surprising her, but decided against it as he trotted along the sand towards her. "Hey, Rini!" he called when he got closer. "You seen Kah, at all?" he asked, before noticing the look on her face as he got closer. "Hey, what is it?" he asked. "You look mad, what's wrong?"

[TheWhistlerify]

Marini continued to stare at the forest for a few moments, and was about to head back to tell her parents about her brothers exploring the forest. She wouldn't have one it, but they went without her, so they deserved it. But to her surprise Tanga came up to her. Seeing his wet frame Marini guessed that she hadn't noticed him in the water. But she still didn't know where Kah was. "I haven't seen him." she said, removing the angry expressin from her face, "I thought you wenttp explore the forest without me, that's all." she said in response to his second question

[TheIvanMuse]

Ardahi was sleeping next to his mate. He listened to the soft sounds of the waves,while slowly waking up. He yawned,opening his jaw to the point where it could almost pop out. He looked around and noticed that his youngs weren't there.
''No,not again!'' he thought.
He was upset,but kept his calmness,trying not to wake up his mate,Sykara.
He ran off,following the scent they left.

[Simbadacub]

Kahvatu was happily padding along the forest floor without a care in the world. "Heh heh, Just one little adventure.. thats all" he smirked slightly looking back towards the ocean shore. He was slightly the youngest of his siblings, but you would say hes an infant with his infant spots still in place. As he padded deeper into the depth of the forest, he smelled a slight scent over the strong scent of the sea. "Uhh.. Hello..?" he flickers his ears and whispered.

[NightyByeSparrow]

A young, brown-furred lioness suddenly woke up from her nap as her mate stood up to follow their cubs. Now that she was awake, she decided to follow Ardahi and their young off, finding two of their young, Tanga and Marini close to the nearby forest.

"Alright, you two, what's going on here? You know you shouldn't wander off to the forest, your father and I have talked to you about that a million times already! You never know what might be lurking around there..."

Her mind was searching frantically for her third cub, Kahvatu. "Ardahi," she whispered to her mate. "Have you seen Kav yet today? Hopefully he didn't go off wandering by himself.."