[Private] KingKivuli, Zeke and Amanda

[Panda-chan]

"Puh! So what?" Amanda said excitedly, "I want adventure! I want drama! I wanna fight other lions and kick some serious hyena butt!" She crouched down in a hunter's position and crept around as if she were stalking prey. "I bet you get to do loads of really neat stuff when you're by yourself, like staying up late and playing in the mud and catching your own prey!" With that, Amanda pounced onto an unseen wriggling animal on the ground. She pinned it easily to the ground with much satisfaction. "And you get to fight other lions for territory and food." she added, wrestling and clawing at the air as though she were fighting a real lion.
Kivuli watched all this with a slightly amused look on his face. "Careful, you might hurt yourself." he warned. The cub paid little attention. She was too busy swiping at the air with her paws, pretending she was fighting off some dangerous animal. Finally Amanda rolled over onto her stomach, laughing. "That was fun!" she said happily. Her joy was short-lived. Just then, she spotted Semira standing at the entrance of the cave, looking extremely worried. Amanda stopped laughing immediately. She got up, brushed the dirt off her fur, and gave Kivuli a beseeching look before walking over to her mother. She could tell she wasn't happy, and she had the feeling she knew why as well.

[KingKivuli]

Simba and Nala had finally woken from their slumber. Simba let out a moring roar that echoed of the walls of the cave. Nala, after standing up and stretching, went and nuzzled her mate 'Hey, you sleep well?' Simba asked 'I always sleep well with you' Nala smiled 'What do you want to do today' He asked her. She responded by pinning him yet again 'Well first i think a drink would be nice' Nala then let him up and began to walk outside. Simba stood up. Before leaving he looked at Zeke and thought maybe he was being to harsh on him. As Simba left the cave he walked past Semira and Amanda. He gave Semira a very serious look in the eyes. Simba then turned to Amanda and smiled before catching up with his mate for a drink

Kivuli was still on the edge. He watched Simba walk away from Priderock before turning his attention to Amanda. Hoping that she would be ok with her mother about everything

[Panda-chan]

Semira looked down at Amanda as though she had committed a serious crime. "I told you never to go to the tip of Pride Rock, Amanda. You could have fallen over." she told her. Amanda had to clench her teeth to keep from screaming at her. Why couldn't she stop worrying about her? Why didn't she trust her to her take care of herself for at least five minutes? But Amanda knew yelling at her mother right now would be unwise, especially since she was just about to ask her if she could go hunting with Kivuli. It would have to wait until later.
Instead, Amanda looked down at the ground innocently. "I'm sorry mom." she mumbled. Semira hugged her. "It's alright. I just want you to be safe." Amanda purred, then let go. She took a deep breath and began, "Hey mom, Kivuli invited me to go hunting with him today. He told me he can show me some really cool tricks he learned while hunting different sorts of prey. He's been hunting by himself for a long time so he's obvously very experienced. Please mom? Can I go? I need to practice some more anyway. PLEEEASE?" she begged, trying to make her eyes look large and watery. She hoped this trick would work again; she was beginning to think she was overusing it.
"That trick won't work with me Amanda." said Semira, as though reading her mind. Amanda stopped immediately. Semira sighed and shook her head. "I'll let you go with him..." she began. Amanda whooped in the air with joy. "...as long as you're home by sunset." Semira finished. Amanda hardly even heard her. "Of course! I promise!" she said, racing to tell Kivuli the news.

[KingKivuli]

Kivuli watched the conversation and a smile came on his face as Amanda jumped. He then saw Amanda charging towards him at full speed. Kivuli braced himself for the obvious that was about to take place. Amanda jumped on his head and forced him over on his side. Kivuli got Amanda off him and rolled back up chuckling 'Something good happen Amanda?' he asked

[Panda-chan]

"She said yes!" Amanda said, bouncing up and down in front of him with excitement. "C-mon, let's go!" she jumped off his head and ran as fast as she could down the path that led off Pride Rock. Kivuli followed her. "Careful Amanda!" Semira yelled to her daughter, who was already rapidly disappearing behind the rocks below. "Before sunset!" "Yeah mom!" Amanda shouted, her voice barely audible now. Semira shook her head again, smiled, and went inside.
"Hurry up Kivuli!" Amanda shouted to her friend. She ran forward in a fresh burst of speed. Kivuli finally caught up to her. He laughed at her and tried to run faster. Amanda laughed as well. She loved running and feeling the air ripple through her fur. For the first time that day, Amanda felt she had nothing to worry about anymore.

[KingKivuli]

Kivuli picked up Amanda and put her on his back 'Hold on' he said. SHe obeyed him. Kivuli's speed suddenly sky rocketed as he blasted off into the distance. Amanda had never experienced such speed and was loving every minute of it. They ran over the vrevice and past where they had first met getting close to the outlands. Kivuli then saw a small group of gazzele and stopped letting Amanda down 'OK go and sit on the rock and watch' SHe went over sat down and wathced her friends movements. He was low down and crept closer. it looked liek he was hunting as normal. He then suddenly stopped and gently sat up in full view of every animal. His eyes darted back and forth looking at them

[Zeke]

Zeke lay still as the lionesses of the pride started on their daily routine, waiting for the right opportunity. When everyone was out of sight, he firmly placed his paws under his blood-covered fur and heaved himself upright. The pain was immense, but he tried his hardest to let out a growl for the slightest sound could trigger alarm. He proceeded to take a step foreward and pain shot through his leg. Zeke cringed as he began to sneak out of the cave to hold back his growl. Carefully, he snaked his way around lionesses scattered throughout the area and broke away from pride rock. His pace was painfully slow, so Zeke kept in the shadows as he searched for his friend.

[Panda-chan]

Amanda sat on the rock and watched the gazelles, her muscles tense. She was afraid she might feel sorry for them again, but now she knew that they had to die someday, whether they liked it or not. Besides, she was hungry.
The gazelles were grazing in the field in front of her, unaware of the large grey lion that was slowly creeping up on them. If any of them noticed Amanda, they didn't show it. They just kept on eating as though she weren't even there.
Suddenly, Kivuli sat up from his hiding place, in full view of every animal there. Amanda slapped her forehead. What was he doing? Now the gazelles knew he was there and they would get away. Strangely though, none of the gazelles ran off at the sight of Kivuli. They looked up from grazing and all turned to look in the same direction, their ears twitching frantically, as though they could hear something dangerous approaching them. What was going on? Then suddenly, Amanda heard it too. She stood motionless, listening. Something was wrong.

[KingKivuli]

Kivuli heard a nois in the distance behind him and turned to look. It was Zeke! How had he manage to get here! Kivuli loked back at the pray. He wasnt about to lose the chance of a kill. He turned his head back round and saw that Zeke was looking at him. Kivuli then started waving his tail is sharp precise movements, almost like sending a messege. Amanda looked confused. Her confusion was cleared up however when Zeke sa Kivuli's tail and then stopped top sit down.

Kivuli Looked back at the pray. He had waited half an hour and no movement. So he decided to move. He stood up, tilted his head down and began walking. Kivuli was acting n his swore leg by pretending to limp and making pain noises. As he nearedthe pray they did not run but watched his movements closely. Whne Kivuli was inthe centreof the pack he fell down, Amanda jumped up trrified at what she saw and began running over as the gazelle gathered round to see what was happening.

Kivuli startded ooking around and sniffing the air as if looking for somehting. 2 gazell came closer, theey were both older than the rest. One leaned forward and asked. 'Are you ok? Do you need anything?' Kivuli smiled. 'Now that you mention it...' Kivuli suddenly jumped into life and pounced on the 2 gazelle, cutting their throats. The rest ran as fast as the could and Kivuli finished his sentence '.... a good breakfast would be nice' Kivuli then looked over at Zeke nd sgnaled to come ove. Zeke replied and started walking. Kivuli then turned to Amanda and smiled

[Panda-chan]

Amanda stared horrified at Kivuli. "That was mean!" she wanted to say, but instead she said "Wow, good job Kivuli. That was sneaky!" All the gazelle had retreated to the far side of the field by now. She knew they wouldn't trust lions so easily from now on. Frankly, she didn't blame them. Amanda had no idea Kivuli could be so tricky when it came to catching prey. She supposed it just came from experience.
Amanda saw Zeke limping up to them. What was he doing here? Amanda knew the lionesses wouldn't let him out of their sight for even a second, so she knew he must have escaped somehow. Why was he trying to find them? Was he trying to escape?
Amanda turned to look at Kivuli, confused. He smiled at her, thinking she was wondering if she could have some of the gazelle. "Of course you can." he said, pushing her a piece.