New World [Ended - Thanks for the adventure <3 ]

[Jenna]

Jenna stretched in the morning light and yawned widely. She cleaned her jet black fur, then looked towards the opening of the cave with her deep blue eyes. The cub sat up. Yawning again, she called,"Mom? Dad? Where are you?" There was no answer but the echo of her own speech. She frowned. Getting up, she softly padded to the front of the cave. It was warmer where the sun had been hitting the rock. Jenna looked out at the grasses, and tried to see movement. But then, her parents were good hunters. Her eyes widened. Of course, you dunderhead, she thought. "They're hunting, and I have simply slept later. That's all," she mumbled to herself. She decided to wait on a rock.

That night, Jenna sat, still waiting. Now she had become worried. Her parents were nowhere and this frightened her. The sun was fully down before she slowly padded back in. The cave was cold when she walked in. She lay down in the back, and cried herself to sleep.

The next day, she still did not see them. "Why did they leave me?" She looked out one last time over the tall grasses, over her home. "Goodbye," she whisered. She turned her back and walked on. A few moments later, her paw hit a hole. She looked down in surprise and a sad smile crossed her face. It was her father's paw print. And by that? Her mother's. In the middle was her's. Jenna placed paw in each before heading on, never looking back.

She walked for what seemed like hours before hitting a water hole. She drank thirstilly, and looked up. "Where am I," she wondered aloud. She walked over to a rock and hopped on it. Looking around, she saw that she was no where she had ever been. She let her head fall and wept once more.

[This Land]

A lion approached the crying cub
he sat down close by her, not knowing what to do her just wanted to see what was the matter

"hello, what seems to be the matter"

[Jenna]

Jenna's body shook, and then made a reflexive movement when she heard the voice. She looked up, quickly swiping at her tears. He eyes were wide and her mouth frowned. She hadn't thought anyone else would be here. She scratched the surface of the rock with her claw. "Um...hi. I-it's...my parents." She didn't want to give too much away, yet she didn't think she could keep it all inside for too much longer. She looked at the sky, then back at the lion.

Hopping down gracefully, she turned her eyes on him. She twitched her tail, almost contiously aware that they looked different. Her black coat was....a trait of her father's breeding with a rogue black panther. She pawed at the ground silently, as if waiting for the lion to say something, anything. When he didn't, she gave a small smile. "I'm Jenna. Who are you?"

[Pulsar]

((OOC: Cool you got an RP goin Like the start up Jenna ))

Off in the distance an adolescent lion stirred from his slumber. He rolled to his side and opened his eyes; he had unfortunately been facing the sun when he opened them which was quite a surprise to him. “Agh my eyes!” he wailed as he placed both paws over them. After a few seconds of rolling left and right from the stinging pain, he whipped his eyes and the rolled onto his front. He rose to his feet, yawning as he stretched his legs out and twisting his neck. He finally gave a short shake of his head.

His view focused now, on the near by waterhole. He began to slowly make his way towards it walking slowly as he tried to fully wake himself up… *Time to get back on track and start movin again* he thought to himself “These places are fine and all but where are all the lions? It shouldn’t be so hard to find another pride; I’ve travelled so far… I should have run into other prides or even another lion by now…” he said under his breath as his paws trudged along the ground. First tough he had to get a drink, he was so thirsty.

The waterhole came into clear view now, he was close, not close enough however to notice the others already there….

[Jenna]

(Thank you )

Jenna watched as the lion waited. She wondered if she was older. After all, you could tell that she wasn't far from being an adult, or at least in the middle. She turned her head to one side, hearing the slow trudge of paws on the ground. She turned her head, and muttered,"Hold on." Walking slowly, paws making no noise, she crouched and watched through the grass. It was another lion. She moved her head to the side. He fascinated her. Another loner like her couldn't be very normal. Especially a male.

She cautiously walked forward and acted as though she was only there to take a drink. She put her head down and quietly drank some water. Then, she slowly moved her head up. Her eyes sparkled in the afternoon sun, and they looked clear, less clouded for some reason. Her dark coat glistened as she moved to sit. Looking at him, she fell back. Her reflection showed her fear and wonder.

She could only wait now.

[Pulsar]

Mino finally came close enough to realise that there were other lions at the waterhole, he knew they sensed his presence, so there was no point in trying to hide or anything…

He walked through the grass and raised his head taking a quick glance at both lions, one was male and the other was female. The male seemed fine, but the female was rather interesting, her fur was black, a rare enough sight. Then again any others of his kind were a rare sight anyway…

He walked to the other side of the pool of water away from the other two. He lowered himself to take a drink of water. While he did, he took another glance at the two lions in front of him *Strange, there are only two of them….. and I don’t think they are from the same pride… her fur colour is completely different from his* he rose to full height now staring at both of them “My apologies if I have trespassed onto your territory, I wasn’t….. aware that there was a pride here…” He paused, lowering his head and closing his eyes as a slight smirk appeared on his face *Way to go stupid, you apologise for trespassing on their land AFTER taking a drink from their water supply…. That was a real smooth move, you’ll be lucky if they don’t kill you for that..*

[Jenna]

Now waiting for This Land to reply. ;D

[This Land]

Sheek stood up and looked at the other male lion. He noticed not all his Mane was grown so he knew he was adolescent.

"its ok, this isnt my terrtory either"

Sheek looked back down at the young cub, she looked really upset, he stepped nearer but not too close to make her feel frightened.
"hey, whats up, are you lost"

Sheek glanced up at the other lion somwhat furthur away.

Sheek was confused what was going on, he is here with a heartbroken Cub and a wandering Lion.

"are you to related by any chance" ~even though they looked nothing alike you just dont know these things~ sheek kept thinking to himself.

[Jenna]

Jenna swiped at her tears again as the lion moved somewhat closer. She figured there was nothing else but to tell him. It couldn't hurt, and he seemed concerned. Taking a deep breath, she said,"Yesterday morning, I woke up, and my parents were gone. I figured that they were hunting so I waited. But, that night, they still didn't return. Worried, I went inside and slept. I thought maybe they would be there. So, today, when they still were gone, I left. I knew my mother and father would never just leave like that. Then," she continued, a soft smile on her face,"I ran into you. Now, I'm not sure where I'll go."

She looked at the lion, and then back to the adolescent. "Um, no, we don't own this. We just happened to meet here. What's your name? I'm Jenna."

[Pulsar]

Mino was shocked, her story was tragic enough. He couldn’t believe that her parents or any parent for that matter would just abandon their offspring like that.

He paused for a second. A smile appeared across his face “My name’s Mino” he said in a calm gentle voice. “It’s a pleasure to meet you Jenna” he bowed to her. “I’m sorry to hear what happened to you, I kinda know what its like to lose loved ones. Not in the same way tough…” he paused looking in the water at his reflection. He looked back up at Jenna and the other lion, they seemed like nice enough lions.

“Hey maybe I could help you find your parents? That is if you want…” he paused again before looking at the lion next to Jenna “I’m sorry I don’t think I caught your name?” he said politely to the male..

[Jenna]

Jenna smiled. He would help her find her parents? She looked back up at him. "Thanks. Mino, you can call me Jen, I don't mind. It's what...dad called me." She swallowed the tears stinging at her eyes. She couldn't understand. Why, when they had always protected her, why would they leave? What had she done? She glanced up.

Trying to take her mind off of it, she said quietly,"I don't think I caught your name either." Yes, the other lion seemed very quiet. That was fine with her. At least one was in her age range, and having an adult couldn't hurt.

She turned her eyes back on the water. For the first time, she felt out of place in this group. A thought crossed her mind. "Um, Mino, what happened?"

[Pulsar]

Mino stared at Jenna for a few seconds; he didn’t like discussing parts of his past. But then again she was clearly hurt by her parent’s actions. Maybe knowing what happened to him and how me coped with it might help her in some way.

He looked at the water again, at his reflection. “I lost my parents in a war….” He began “Where I came from there where many prides, some didn’t have the same views or ideals as others, one day a war broke out between the prides….” He paused trying to hide any pain he felt while he told Jenna what happened. “It was when one of the other prides attacked the pride I was apart of…. My parents were among the first out into the battle….. But the other pride was far more skilled and ruthless then we were….” He turned his head away with his eyes closed. “I was forced to sit by and watch what they did to my mother…. Father…. My pride… all of them….” He paused yet again taking in a breath before looking back at the pool of water. “I was among the lucky few that fled, I had only survived because of my friend…. He stayed behind to help as many lions as he could… I hope, even to this day that he escaped…. But I’ve never seen him…”

Mino could have gone into the details of the battle but he felt that, that was enough of his history to tell Jenna…. The story was bad enough as it is….

“After that, I travelled for ages, hopin to find members of my pride….” He stopped completely, he almost told them that he gave up hope long ago of finding any member of his pride or his friend…. But that might discourage Jenna and that was one thing Mino didn’t want to do… not when she still had a chance… however slim it could be..

[This Land]

"call me sheek" *he smiled
Sheek looked at Mino, then at jenna,
"well, we where all by ourself until we met, being by ourself can be quite dangerous because of other Lions/prides, it will be best of we stick together".

"i myself ran away from my pride, i have been going from place to place for quite a long time. being on your own is not a good idea"

sheek lowered himself to jenna's height,
"hey, i know your sadness, i know how its like, i will help you find your parents,"

sheek looked at mino
"hey, nice to meet you mino, so we are going to help find jenna's parents"

Sheek layed down beside Jenna, makeing her feel safe.

[Pulsar]

Mino bowed his head in respect to Sheek “Nice to meet you Sheek” he then nodded “Yes with Jen’s permission I’d like to help find her parents” he smiled and chuckled under his breathy before looking back at Jenna and Sheek with a grin “Hey” he said “It’s not like I’ve got anything better to do right?” he joked as he walked over to them.

“So what do you say Jenna?” he asked “Shall we help you look for your parents?” He looked at Sheek then back at her.

[Jenna]

Jenna smiled broadly. She was so happy that they would do that with her. "You mean it? Really? Oh, that would be great!" She laughed in spite of herself. That would be wonderful to travel with friends. Better as well. She smiled again. "Thank you both. Sheek. Nice name." She laughed. "You wouldn't know I was nearly grown the way I act. Thank you Mino, Sheek. You're the best!"

That night, when she thought the boys would be asleep, she got back on the rock Sheek had found her on. She looked up to the stars and asked her silenced question.

"Have I been dreaming about this paralyzing feeling? Why was I left alone? Where have you gone? Are you somewhere else just sleeping? If I wait to wake them, I'll never ask them. Would they take my paw? In the deepest end would they stay and drown with me? My open eyes see everything but I'm passing all the days through a window pane. And as the scene changes, I'll stay the same. This paradise was nothing new but the paradise got tired of you. A single conversation stole my attention. My open eyes see everything, yet I saw nothing and I won't forget you."

[Pulsar]

Mino couldn't really get to sleep that night, he rolled around, tryin to get into a comfortable position to sleep. But it didn’t make much of a difference, he still couldn’t sleep.

Finally he rolled onto his back and opened his eyes. Staring up at the stars, he couldn’t help but be concerned for Jenna, such an event would traumatise anyone…
But she seemed to be handling it pretty well. He looked around to see the others, Sheek was there but Jenna had gone missing. Mino stared a few seconds before his heart jumped from realising it SHE’S GONE?! He rolled onto his front and rose to his feet. Looking around, it was clear she didn’t just move away from them. He decided to go check to see where she was before disturbing Sheek, encase it was a false alarm..

It was a good idea to sleep on the hill after all, at least now he had a good view to try and find her. He was getting ready to look around for her when he walked through some tall grass. There from the hill he could see her, she was back at the rock near the waterhole. *She probably just wanted to be alone for awhile..* He thought to himself. He sat down in the tall grass and watched from the hill, just to make sure everything was alright. He let out a sigh before resting his head on his paws, both eyes still on Jenna. *I can only image what must be going through her mind right now* he said lowly with a concerned expression on his face.

[Jenna]

Jenna looked back at the stars one last time before jumping off. She desperately needed sleep. She hated that this was on a hill, but she bagan the slow walk down. As she walked, she shut her eyes momentarily and tripped over something. She saw that it was Mino. But before she could say anything, they were rolling down the hill, on top of each other at every interval. They finally came to a stop and she lay on Mino's chest, their noses barely touching.

She gave him an apologetic look and tried to get off but her tail and his were stuck on something. Looking back, she saw that a rock had fallen on a root and their tails were under some of it. "I'm really sorry. Let me get that. Really sorry." She tried to keep talking to hide not only her embarassment at being clumsy, but at the possition she may have gotten him into.

"I can't get it off. Hold on." She was pushing against the debree and though some were comeing off, a lot wasn't.

[This Land]

Sheek was awoken by the tumble and gasping
He focused in on what had happened and was straight on the scene he noticed jenna on Mino's chest.

"aww isnt that adorable" he said in a amusing way

Sheek noticed what has happened and gave a paw.

[Pulsar]

Mino smiled awkwardly, rather embarrassed by the position and situation they were now in. “It’s ok” he said in an assuring voice “really” he began to kick some of the debris away with his leg, being careful while doing so “It was an accident, I’m sure you just didn’t notice me sitting there..” he said clumsily. He kicked away what he could, but he couldn’t reach the last of it *Oh, this is so awkward and I can’t get that last piece of debris* He let out a fake light cough “Errr” he hesitated “can you reach that last piece?” he asked sheepishly.

[This Land]

Sheek, flicked the rest of debris away with the side of his paw. As he done this, is revlealed red hair which must of been lying on hill. It was think so it must of been from a mane.

[Pulsar]

Mino still well aware that Jenna was on top of him, tried to change the subject. “That hair?” he realised the red hair Sheek was now staring at. “Weird, its not my hair or Jenna’s or yours…” he said as he looked back at Jenna and once again an awkward smile came to his face. “Errr Jenna you tail is free now..” he pointed out.

[Jenna]

Jenna let out a sigh of relief. "Thanks." She noticed his kick at the debris and moved a bit over. Then, she started to help him with it. Trying to keep up the conversation she said,"Well, let's go further and see if there are any...things out there."

She looked out of the corner of her eye at Mino. He seemed to be having trouble. After a moment he gave a slight cough and asked if she would help. "Gladly." She pulled a bit of rock out of the way. Standing up, she suddenly fell down. She let out a gasp and looked down at her paw. Licking it for a moment, the sting nearly bringing tears to her eyes, she whispered,"Don't worry about it. Clumsy as usual."

[This Land]

Sheek still stareed at the Hair on the ground, he had never seen red mane hair before.

[Pulsar]

Mino was getting up when he seen Jenna fall to the ground. “Are you alright?” he said in a quick and concerned tone, he went to help her up but she had already gotten back up herself and was tending to the paw that had been hurt. “Is your paw ok? Looks like it got cut a bit” He walked over and sat down near her to offer some comfort “Maybe we should rest up until the morning… It’s still dark after all…. Why don’t you two go get some sleep ill keep a watch out for anything…” he smiled “I don’t sleep much at night anyway” he joked. He looked at Sheek. “What are you lookin at Sheek?” he asked curiously.

[This Land]

Sheek snapped out of his transfiction with the hair
"huh what, oh, i think its nothing, just some mane hair that is very unique"
Sheek walked over the Mino and Jenna and lay on the oposite side to jenna that mino was on.

Sheek looked at jenna, she seemed to still be pretty upset. he just wanted to make her feel ok, so he stretched his neck over slowly to Jenna's paw and licked it to gently to clean the wound, even though sheek has only just known Jenna for under a day, he wanted to make her feel safe and let her know the there are other lions to be at her side, this was his way to tell her that he will be by herside.

[Jenna]

She felt Sheek try to clean the cut. Jen smiled. "I'm okay. It's just a small scratch." She looked back down. Yes, it was cut, but who cared? She didn't. She looked back at Sheek. "It is strange, isn't it? It's not like any of us has any....red in it..." Her voice trailed off. She hadn't ever thought of it, but maybe...

She shook it off. "Never mind." She looked back at Mino. "Are...are you sure? I mean...it's going to be pretty lonely out here. One of us," she looked at Sheek,"...could stay with you if you want some company?"

[This Land]

"Sheek Rose his head, i think we should all stay together, we should all have some sleep or at least try to"

"sheek looked at Jenna, whats the matter, you was saying somthing about that red hair then went silent, is anything the matter"

[Pulsar]

Mino looked at Sheek, he agreed with what he had to say, but Mino never really slept that much. He nodded at Sheek “yeah maybe rest is what’s needed now” of course Mino had no plan of goin to sleep, but Jenna might need to rest so her paw can heal up. “Why don’t you two go on ahead I’m just gonna go get a drink…”

[Jenna]

(btw-Jenna's parents are dead, just to let you know. )

Jenna had her doubts, but nodded her head in recognition. "I...I suppose. Yes." She had just remembered her father's mane. Yes, it was black, but it had red in it. Perhaps, perhaps, she would find them after all. She walked with Sheek on the way back. "Sheek," she began,"what if that was father's? His mane was black and red! What if...what if that was him?"

Her eyes were alight at the thought. What if she was so near she could hear them. She could almost feel her mother's hug, hear her father's laugh!

[Pulsar]

(That was Tl that said it not me hehehe thx for the info ill remember that now in future )