[Open] Kopa's Pride

[kmay571]

"That sounds like and excellent idea." the wheat colored lioness purred. She lifted her nose into the air and took a deep breath. The scent was definitely zebra. Her mouth started watering. Zebra was her second favorite meal, her first being okapi. But that was an extremely rare meal, as she had only ever had it once, and had never seen the strange creature again.

However, Ashiki was hungry, and so was the rest of the pride. She pushed herself up onto her back legs and stood, trying to catch a glimpse of the herd. She spotted them downwind. "Perfect." she thought as her weight fell back towards the earth. "So, Kichaa. I am thinking you should hide in the grass, since you seem more equipped for the kill." she said quickly. The younger lioness was slightly bigger than her, and so she would be able to take down the zebra much easier than she could have. "I think I saw a rather fat one with a limp. So he will be our goal."

Finishing her sentence, Ashiki quietly padded off into the grass, heading around the herd. She kept her body low, and her pawsteps eventually became silent. She almost disappeared from view since her pelt was the same color as the surrounding grass.

Within minutes, she was opposite Kichaa upwind from the heard. She knew one of them was bound to catch her scent, and so with a quick movement, she leaped from the grass, roaring loudly.

The zebra herd spooked. The sound of dozens of hooves bearing down on the earth echoed throughout the valley. The striped horses screamed, adding to the noise of the stampede.

Ashiki ran with them, separating three zebras from the main herd by cutting off their turn. The stranded zebras fled in the direction of Kichaa. The lame zebra in the middle of the group. Ashiki continued to chase them closer and closer to the trap. Now, all she had to do was wait for Kichaa to spring.

[SophieCub]

Mheetu looked at his mate ," No, No I'm fine don't worry about me" he said standing up. He nuzzled his mate then drank some of the water again and went back and sat beside his mate. Something was bothering him he kept having dreams of Kopa and Zira and it wasn't good ones. He didn't want to tell anyone so he remained seated. He looked up at the clouds and saw one that looked like Kopa, this made him more determained to find Kopa.

[AdAstrα]

Chiwa leapt to her feet as the herd of zebras ran towards her at full speed. She had been lurking in the grass,waiting for an opportunity to attack,but the pride had obviously beaten her to it. Targeting what appeared to be an older zebra as her prey,she began to run. When she was close enough,she lunged at it,trying to grab hold of a hind leg,however,the zebra quickly spotted this movement and kicked out at her in a desperate attempt to escape. Before Chiwa had even realised what was happening,the hoof hit her in her abdomen and she fell to the ground,roaring with pain.

[Superdoglac]

Ashiki had done her part wisely. Three of the zebras were coming in Kichaa's direction. She analyzed them quickly, their goal, the lame zebra, was in the middle of the three. She adjusted her angle towards it and unsheathed her claws. She waited for the perfect timing. Three....two....ONE! Kichaa leaped into the air right at the lame zebra's neck. It barely had time to react and in a matter of seconds the zebra was put out of its misery. Kichaa looked up into the sky, thanking the Great Kings of the Past for the food and the zebra for giving them his life. Kichaa picked up her beliefs in the Great Kings of the Past from the Pridelands but as with many of the pride, she fled when the tyrant Scar came into power.

She lifted up her head and made eye contact with Ashiki, giving a satisfied grin when she heard a blood curdling roar. It was unfamiliar too, didn't sound like anyone from their pride. Kichaa shot Ashiki a worried look and then turned towards the noise. She came towards the lioness, who was only a few feet away, and saw her on the ground. "Hey, are you alright?!"

[TheWhistlerify]

Hearing her mate say that eerything is okay with him, Laini got back to her feet and walked over to the river. After drinking a satisfying amount of water, she walked a little away from the water's ledge and lay herself down. It's been a while since she rested herself in the sun like that, and perhaps a good sunbath was just what she needed to relax right now. She hoped Ashiki and Kichaa would catch something soon

[kmay571]

Ashiki was running over to join Kichaa. The tackle was beautiful and their prey fell quickly. The zebra would satisfy the pride, most definitely. She watched Kichaa look up into the sky, a gesture a few members of the pride did. She assumed it was a belief from their original pride. And she liked the idea, but she had never been in a pride where there had been kings, until she met Kopa's pride. However, she respected it, and admired it.

When the other lioness grinned, Ashiki returned it with a pleased smile and began to walk over to help carry the fallen beast back towards the pride. That was when the roar reached her ears. She was instantly on guard, however the owner of the cry sounded of pain, not any malicious intent. She unsheathed her claws and followed Kichaa. Soon enough, they came upon the fallen lioness.

Her claws instinctively retracted as the tan lioness scanned the stranger, trying to figure out what happened to her. She could see a little blood on her abdomen, and she put the clues together. She must have been kicked by a zebra during their hunt. Maybe she had gotten caught in the way as the rest of the herd escaped or had miscalculated her own hunting. Either way, the state of the lioness was in obviously prevented her from being a major threat. But the scars covering her body seemed to tell a different story.

"Kichaa, what should we do with her? I mean, she obviously needs help, but could she be a threat?" Ashiki growled quickly, nervous about this unknown lioness.

[AdAstrα]

Chiwa gazed up at the lionesses who had gathered around her where she lay. Panicking slightly,she tried to get up,unwilling to admit to herself that she needed their help. "I'm..fine." she gasped, "I'm...it's nothing really,I'll just.." She let out another ear-splitting roar of pain as she felt her bones crack; the injury was clearly much worse than she had first thought.

[Superdoglac]

Kichaa cringed when she heard the stranger roar again. She was definitely hurt...badly. "I'm not sure, I mean she's definitely not a threat now. She's hurt pretty bad, if we leave her here she'll be hyena chow in no time." While not completely hateful of each other's existence, even here lions and hyenas were not on the best of terms. "What if we brought her back to the cave? Kopa is king after all, he'll know what to do! It'll take a little longer but one of us can carry this lioness on her back while the other drags breakfast." Kichaa realized she kept referring to the rouge as "she". "What's your name anyway?"

[AdAstrα]

"Chiwa." she said silently,her voice quivering. The pain was simply unbearable, and it occured to her that she would not survive if they decided not to help her. She had survived plenty of severe injuries in her life,but never before had she experienced such pain,never before had it left her lying on the ground, unable to get up. This was serious. Her life hadn't been great so far,and she definitely did not fear death itself; it was the thought of being eaten alive by hyenas or vultures that frightened her. "Please...please help me." she said weakly.

[SophieCub]

Mheetu got up and yawned ," Before I look for Kopa I need to get some lunch" He ran over to the bushes and stalked the Zebra he stayed low to the ground ready to leap. It was so silent he could hear the Zebras chewing the grass. He got lower and lower then ran and pounced at a male zebra, the zebra jumped up and down up and down and then it shaked Mheetu off. Mheetu flew into the grass and got some grass caught in his teeth he spat them out. He went over to his mate " Mabey I need to practice more on male zebras" He laughed.