by Kipekee » January 21st, 2015, 11:52 pm
Zekyu didn't stop running, her legs almost tripping over themselves as they moved as fast as they possibly could. She crossed the Wynter Pride border and fled into the heart of her father's territory, and past that, too. She found herself in the middle of nowhere, far from home, but she had to keep going. She was too tired to actually keep running or actually kill, but her double-tainted blood was screaming at her to keep going. If she was running this fast, this far and this long, she would've killed herself from her brain overheating (which is why cheetahs could only run for 30 seconds). She had to get away, away from her loved ones, away from an accidental death that could get her in trouble. She had to surround herself with strangers.
But one lion she passed (and almost ran over) was anything but a stranger. This lion was actually the fourth cub out of Zavok and Kipekee's litter, and the only male in the family besides his father. Yep, Zekyu actually sped past her brother. The only one out of the litter that had more mortal blood than demon blood as well, which meant he had no horns (not that his parents cared). Just like Zekyu and Zephyr were twins, this lion was Zekyu's twin. He was Zavok's mini-me (without the horns, of course) and he was the runaway. Zekyu had rediscovered her lost brother Zayora.
"What the...?" Zayora asked himself, sitting down and blinking his sky blue eyes in confusion. That scent...those horns...was that...? No, it couldn't be his older-by-two-minutes sister! But...it was. And he could easily tell she was tainted. Zayora rose to his paws and followed her at a brisk trot, ending up running into his other sisters.
Zara gasped. "It's the baby!" A smile quickly grew on the gray-eyed lioness's face. Zephyr glanced at her youngest sibling, smiled, then continued on with the task at hand.
"What's going on, Zar?" Zayora asked, keeping pace with his sisters.
"Zekyu's pulling off a you." Zephyr sighed. "No time to explain. Are you coming or not?"