[Open] Kopa's Pride

[kmay571]

Plot:
The question still exists, what happened to Kopa? Well, as an adolescent, before Kiara was born, he was threatened by Zira, and thus fled the Pridelands. It is a simple story. However, as an teenage rogue, he faced many dangers. He was beaten, chased, starved, everything that could go wrong seemed to go wrong. However, he managed to survive. He met a small group of lion who had lived during Scar's reign. One was his grandmother, Sarafina, the male was his uncle, Mheetu, and the last female was Sarafina's friend. Together they traveled, and other lions and lionesses would join and leave. But pretty soon they found themselves a decent sized group. The newly formed pride needed a place to stay. They then came upon this strange valley, and found it to their liking. Kopa was set as king. The pride flourished. Sarafina's friend became the pride healer, Mheetu became a father, and Sarafina became head of the huntresses. But now there is an issue. Who will inherit the throne? And with a threat just outside the door, what will happen to the pride?

Characters:
Kopa: Kmay571
Sarafina: LilTiger
Mheetu: SimbaCub
Sarafina's Friend (Kitama): zorayda
Mheetu's Mate (Laini): TheWhistlerify
Mheetu's 1st Cub (Muroki): TheWhistlerify
Mheetu's 2nd Cub (Asani): Kmay571
Ashiki: Kmay571
Kichaa: Superdoglac
Bora: XeaxlXV
Chiwa: QueenOfThePridelands
Zuhura: Nakisisa
Siri: Jelle

It was dawn. The beloved sun rose up to meet the sky in the daily dance. Some animals were quickly falling into the land of dreams after a long night, but others began to awake, to embrace the day and bask in the sunshine. Soon enough the valley was filled, much like a bowl, with the golden rays of the sun.

The pride was just waking up. Ashiki was one of the first, opening her grey-blue eyes. Her wheat-colored pelt's colors were dimmed in the dark cave the pride slept in every night. She opened her mouth wide in a deep yawn and stretched out her front legs, extending her claws. She pulled herself up, stretching out her back and rear legs. Her tail flicked from side to side, as if it were stretching too.

After her little morning ritual, Askiki licked her lips and quickly left the cave. As the sunlight first hit her she gasped. It had been raining the past few days, so the sun had not been seen in a while. And now it was bright and beautiful. She smiled and made her way to the river that ran so close to their cave. She longed to jump in, but she knew all to well that the seemingly tranquil water was much faster under the surface and would drag her to the waterfall and her death.

Instead, she perched herself on a sun-baked rock next to the side of the river than ran within feet of the cave entrance. And there she sat, waiting for the rest of the pride.

[LilTiger]

Sarafina's eyes opened slowly his morning. The sun was so bright for her old gentle eyes. She had a pretty good sleep, so there was no worry. She thought about her dream. Her dream was about Nala, she wondered about her. And wondered how she was doing. Sarafina then rose on her feet quickly and took a long streatch. She then yawned and realised how thirsty she was. Ugh, I'm really thristy, she thought. She then slowly walked out of the den. She saw Ashiki. "Hello, Ashiki. How are you this beautiful morning?", Sarafina asked.

[SophieCub]

Mheetu woke up and looked at the bright sun he then saw that it was a bit late, he was hungy and thirsty so he went to the hunting grounds. He saw a bunch of zebras grazing so he crouched down low and walked over to the zebras, still hiding in the grass. He pounced on a female Zebra ," Gottcha!" he said holding the zebra still with his claws. The zebra finally gave up and became Mheetu's meal. After that he felt thirsty so he went over to get some cool water, since it was a warm day. As the went over to the lake of water he saw two lioness's. He went over to them ," Hello ladies" he said licking his paw.

[AdAstrα]

Chiwa watched the group of lions from afar,reluctant to go anywhere near them. She was a rogue,and having wandered about this area for a while now without getting detected,she didn't want to push her luck. She didn't know how they would react if they spotted her,but she had a feeling their king would not like it. She therefore kept on walking as quietly as she possibly could,without taking her eyes off the lions.

[kmay571]

Ashiki's blue eyes locked onto that of the lioness. "Well, good morning, Sarafina." she purred back. "It is a beautiful day."

The young lioness rolled onto her back as she finished her sentence. She and her mother had joined Kopa, Sarafina, and Mheetu while they were still just a group of rogues. Of course, then she was just a teenager. When her mother wanted to split from the group, Ashiki had chosen to stay. She had come to love the group as a family.

As the male appeared, Ashiki closed her eyes and tipped her head up in greeting. "Hello, Mheetu." she growled. She flipped onto her stomach and swiped playfully in his direction. "I haven't seen Kopa this morning yet. Did he leave early to patrol, or is he still asleep, or what?"

Her stomach growled as she waited for a response from either of the two lions. She would have to go hunting soon, maybe with the hunting party, maybe by herself. Which ever came first.

[Superdoglac]

Kichaa rolled over, still half asleep. She cracked open her eyes a bit, just enough to see that most of the pride was gone. "Aww, great" she though to herself. "I always tend to oversleep." She shifted herself up slowly (a morning lion, she was not) and started her way to the entrance of the cave. Suddenly she heard a squeak next to her. "EEEP!" she jumped up, surprised. She then turned her head and felt suddenly very stupid, it was only the nocturnal mouse coming into the cave to go to sleep. It kept to itself so the pride didn't mind it. Besides, it was too small to make a meal anyway. "I hope I didn't wake anyone up" she thought to herself once more.

Kichaa skipped out of the cave and saw her pride by the river, deciding to meet them down there. "Good morning everyone! Beautiful weather today huh? It was nice that the rain made the air a bit cooler but I'm just glad I can leave the cave without getting soaked!" She flicked her tail from side to side and turned her head. She saw all of the wildlife in the distance, many of which would make a good meal. "Well, we haven't hunted since the rain and I'm sure your all hungry too. Wanna try to catch some grub?"

[XeaxlXV]

Deep inside the pride's cave, a young adolescent lion slowly began to stir from his sleep. He had a bright fur, almost a silver colour, with black striped going down his back, and his mane was only just beginning to grow in. His eyes were a light shade of blue, and his eyebrows were nearly pure white, and a black marking between them. He yawned and stretched his legs, tail swishing from side as he saw the same nocturnal mouse that had been living in the cave for the past few days run by. Ignoring it, he looked out the cave entrance and saw Kichaa skipping outside towards the rest of the pride. "Aww man, I overslept again..." The young lion thought to himself before slowly trotting outside.

As he came to a stop a few feet outside the cave, he realized that the sun was finally out. "Wow, no more rain... we can finally enjoy some time out in the sun..." He said, mostly to himself. Then, seeing the rest of the pride near to the river, he decided to join them, padding over. "Hello Ashiki, Mheetu, Kichaa... looks like the sun finally decided to come out of hiding." He gave a slight grin at the adults in the pack. They had adopted him into the pride back when he was just a young cub that had gotten lost after being chased by some hyenas. They'd tended to his wounds and allowed him to stay with them, letting the rest of the pride get used to him, although they had mostly been a group of rogues back then. He had come from a pride rather far away, up near the snowy mountains, hence the colour of his fur. He had been named after the environment, Bora, the Swahili name for Snow. "Has anyone seen Kopa yet?"

[SophieCub]

Mheetu got up ," Well I haven't seen him" he said rubbing his fur against the bark of the tree trying to get the termites off. Then he took a drink of the cool, still water " How about me and Bora go look for him, since we are the two males" he finished. He wanted some adventure he was bored. He went over and sat beside Sarafina waiting for a responce from the lions. He licked his paw again and smiled, he knew Kopa couldn't face the outside world alone which ment he'd have to go safe him.

[kmay571]

Looking towards the sudden squeal, fully alert. She calmed down when she saw it was only Kichaa. She tipped her head in greeting and listened intently to to words. Her stomach growled in agreement. "Kichaa, you spoke the words my stomach has been trying to say all morning."

As the younger Bora appeared, she watched him. He had been really weak when the group found him, or so she had been told. She had not been a part of the group at that point. Her eyes glazed thinking of the day she joined the group. It had been a cool day, strange for a normal summer day. Her and her mother had been wandering for days. The ground was moist, but there had been no water. It was a very strange day. Ashiki was fairing better than her mother, due to her young physique. She was a a little over half way through adolescence, and thankful of it. She was definitely not a fan of the changes her body was going through. However, she managed to push through it. When she had first spotted the group, there had been a decent amount of lions. A few males, a few females, and cub or two. Her mother, a tan lioness with a brown underbelly, had been sleeping. She had woken her up, scared and excited. Her mother had warned to to stay away, that they would try to hurt them. But Ashiki had ignored her, and ran off to talk to them. Sarafina had followed her back to her mother. The tan lioness had reluctantly joined, and her daughter was more than happy. She could finally have some friends. Kopa was close to her age, but there were not many teenagers in the group, at least none that stayed.

Ashiki was snapped out of her dream when Mheetu spoke. She could not help but to giggle in response. Kopa was the king, but Mheetu was the oldest male in the pride, being Kopa's uncle. Of course, Sarafina was the oldest of the pride, her being the grandmother to the king. "Yeah, maybe you should go find him. Me and Kichaa can go hunting in the meantime." She purred in response.

[TheWhistlerify]

Laini finally woke up after a long night, or a night which seemed long in her point of view. Looking towards her pride's den entrance, she was sure that she could see no rain raining down outside, and that the sun finally came out after three days. She rubbed her eyes for a few seconds, just to make sure that the sun rays she was looking at were not an illusion, before she slowly got to her feet.

Her mate and most of the pride were already awake and not in the den. She was used to having everone already up when she awoke, and guessed that everybody went outside because there was no sun at all in the past three days. She herself never left the den alot, and wasn't very active since she entered the second month of her pregnancy.

She was now nearing the end of the second month, and the cub or cubs should be only a few days away. She decided to head outside, so she could say hello to everyone, hopefully someone has or will hunt something soon, for she could not hunt at all. Maybe a good morning drink and a wash would be a good idea as well.