Before the Kings (open to anyone)

[Ruby_Fehu]

(Don't know what's happened there, I'll delete it later)

Clary nodded, "I know." She smiled.

[Lionel]

"So, you are okay with s leaving. THen, now." Zeb said, and started moving left, untill he reached bushes.

[Ruby_Fehu]

Clary watched after Zeb before hurrying over to Fell giving him a lick and a nuzzle before runing after Zeb into the bushes,.

"Clary!?" Fell called, taken aback. "Clary!" He moved from Naiief and pulled back ready to follow his sister.

[Lionel]

"C'mon, if you don't want to be stopped!" He said and started running towards the mountains.

[Ruby_Fehu]

Clary raced after Zeb, quickly catching up to him.

[Lionel]

THey ran far, far away, untill Zeb got really tired.
"WE are in my allies lands. We can rest here. And it seems to be a really cold night."He said, trying to find a warmer spot.

[Ruby_Fehu]

Clary nodded wearily, following Zeb around trying to find somewhere to rest.

Fell was shocked that his sister had got away so quickly so instead of giving chase he continued padding with Naiief.

[Lokisenna]

(Mizz_Wayland and Wingu. Please wait for others to post before you do. It is very hard to catch up with large blocks of you two. Its a part of the rules as well, you must wait at least two posts before posting. please adhere to this, it can make an rp very boring very fast if two people are essentially 'hogging' it D: )

Naiief chuckled slightly at the continual chatter, "You two are more talkative than a coddle of female cubs!" She sighed, thinking of her pride.

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Sembe inhaled, "I'll send the Safelanders to you for help, we'll get you out of this. and I will care for Blowfly, stay strong, and don't die, for Blowfly's sake." She ran in a circle gaining momentum and, just as she left the floor, grabbed Blowfly's bundle and soared into the Sky, the Sun shining towards the north and to the Safelands.

[cheezeegriff]

Mojalka raced ahead of the rest, covering ground with lightning speed. He could see the bird trying to take off and knew that if he didn't get there soon, it would be another meal wasted.
The bird with long legs grabbed a collection of vines - a bundle of some sort - and started to lift off with it. But Mojalka was only a step behind. He leapt, claws extended for the squaking bundle, but missed and landed on all fours. All he could do now was watch the bird soar into the distance.
His outriders soon caught up with him, panting more like dogs than lions or lionesses. The closest one looked at him accusingly, as if blaming him for his miss. Mojalka could only shrug.
Another lion with a shaggy strip of a mane ran to him and bowed before him - back legs erect, chest and chin pressed against the dirt. "First One. We have a prisoner."
Mojalka followed the young lion to where his warriors had circled their captor. Never had he seen a stranger site... a lioness perhaps, but with the delicate facial features of a leopard. That was all that was delicate about her though. The rest of her was absolutely huge!
His shock was interrupted when another young lion stepped in front of him, growling. "She's mine," he said. "I reached her first."
"A lioness like this will hold interest for Raj," Mojalka said.
"I said: she's mine." The lion walked straight up to Mojalka and looked him in the eye, nose to nose. Mojalka held his gaze for a second, then sighed and walked towards the lioness. But he only took a step before turning and clamping the lion's throat in his jaws, pinning him to the earth with his paws. There he held him for a good while, whilst the lion's eyes went wider and wider, until finally he let the young lion go. "I won her. I declare her for Raj," Mojalka said, almost without emotion. The young lion lay on the ground, barely able to get his breath.
Mojalka looked the lioness over, then gave orders for her to be brought with them. "You'll fare better if you don't struggle."

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"You'll not take me alive," Nene said. "If it's a fight you want, you'll get it!" She spread her legs in a fighting stance, but she was already exhausted from walking. She knew she wouldn't last long.

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*Qwawk!* "Lemmegolemmego. Take me BACK!" Blowfly said, watching as Nene and her captors receded into the distance. He spread his wings to fly, but trying to flap sent pain down his spine. Instead he tilted his wings into the air to make flying harder for Sembe. "STOP! Don't leave her..." he trailed off, anger finally vanishing, dissolving into grief.

[Lokisenna]

Sembe sighed sadly, "We'll save her. I promise. We need to alert the others." She assured the squawking vulture, flying steadily towards the valley. Not daring to look back.

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Naiief looked back and, despite the distance saw and unusual blot against the sky, "Stop..." She tried to say loudly, "Sembe..." she muttered.

Saffina heard this and called up ahead, "Ngano! Sembe!"

Ngano stopped abruptly and looked back, "We need to get to the valley."

"Well, we better hope she can take her bundle to the valley." Naiief agreed, "Its just down here." She said notioning to a steep clifface.

[cheezeegriff]

"If you wish," Mojalka said, and hit her across the face hard enough to topple her sideways. Then he jumped on top of her, preventing her from rising, and pushed on her neck with his paw. "Are you SURE you'd rather die?"

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Nene whacked at Mojalka's arm, tried tearing at it with her razor sharp claws, but then her vision started to swim. "I hate you," she said, and was the last thing she uttered before passing out.

[Ruby_Fehu]

Fell stood beside Naiief, his head raised and watching the approaching bird, "I thought Sembe was supposed to be looking after Nene's bird."

[Lokisenna]

"Then she better have a good reason for leaving...." Naiief said firmly, starting down the clifface after the other lions, :once we reach the valley we should be safe, the only creatures that know the paths to this vallery are the Safelanders and goat." she assured, "If we are being followeed, the it will be good cover."

Ngano lead in the front moving carefully but swiftly, and Saffina kept his pace, "We are very close..." Ngano muttered, "Once we get there, hunting would be a good option..."

Saffina inhaled, "I know food is high on your piority list, but We should wait for Sembe..."
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Sembe flew hard, and noticed the small group of lions moving down the clifface, it was still to far to call, but she gathered their plan, and it was safest, she flew on, her wings aching from the weight.

(cool thing I learnt about Secretary birds. they have amazing accuracy and they stomp on the heads of their prey to kill them and crush them with their claws )

[cheezeegriff]

Mojalka lifted his paw, and sighed. It was pathetic, really. He hadn't even been pushing that hard. Likely she'd just suffocated under all her fat. And how were they meant to get that much flesh back to the horde?

"Shall we carry her, First One?" said a scrawny female.

"No. Run back to the horde. Bring a rhino."

The rhino came and they dragged the fat lioness back to the horde on the inside of an old log, tied to the rhino's horns with the rope Nene had been carrying. The horde had made camp on a plain just before the ridge. The fat lioness was dragged to their leader, and laid down before him, as he sat regally among his many queens.

"Welcome back, my First," he said. "What's this you've brought me?"

"Great One," Mojalka said, bowing his head and waving a paw at Nene. "A lioness, unlike any other."

The Great One walked forward, a towering lion of muscle and bulk, who leaned down over the sleeping Lyoness and sniffed. "Nene?" he asked. "Sister?"