An old friend... (Private)

[Lionel]

The sun was rising, and Wingu was overlooking his lands. His son was sitting besides him and looking down from the big rock they were standing on. The shadows slowly disapiered after a long night and life was waiking up. Wingu was waling a bit nervously, because he saw a shadow in the distance. Who could it be? What will happen?
"Daddy? What are you doing?"
"i have no idea, son."

[Lionel]

( Don't ask me. It was Azy's idea. She wanted a rp between me and her.)

[Lokisenna]

(Yah Naiief as a cub and make me sound like the bady guy why don't you XD )

It was the darkest night the young cub had ever experienced and she was tired and hungry. Her Mother picked her up by the scruff of her neck, "Keep alert Naiief." She suggested tiredly.

"But mother, my feet are sore, and I'm hungry, we've been walking all day." The cub, Naiief, complained, "What are we looking for anyway?" She whinned.

"A place to stay....and eventually we are going to our new home." The Lioness assured.

"Where is that?" The cub queried tiredly and stubbornly.

"It is called the outlands." Her mother replied vaugely, looking ahead and placing her cub on the floor she pointed her head towards the rocks ahead, "Look. There are lion's up there, maybe they'll give us rest in their lands." She said optimistically to Naiief.

The young cub growled, "and if they don't, they'll have to talk with me." She claimed fluffing up to look dangerous.

[Lokisenna]

((Wait....wingu's cub?! Sorry O.o Naiief is adult if that is so. I cannot edit on this silly phone so I'll repost))

A rusty coloured lioness was walking wearily across the plains, tired from days of travel. She was tired an sore, and her stomach growled for food.

She had no particular destination, but she plowed along as if there was purpose in her travel. She tripped and stood up tiredly, finally coming out of the trance she was in and recognising her hunger.

She looked ahead. These were familar lands, they belonged to someone she once knew...but maybe that was no more.

Slightly doubtful, she decided to try and locate the pride that lived here to ask them for what food they had left from their hunt and a safe place to sleep. She wandered for a mere hour before noticing, in the faded light the figure of a lion. She approached it wearily, and cautiously, not wanting to cause offence to this lion.

[Lionel]

(It's okay

The shadow was moving closer, and Wingu stopped walking around. He ordered his son to hide and got ready to jump. But firts he growled, showing, that the lion has been warned. He slowly looked at the surroundings and noticed, how the lion was going. It didn't seem to be ready to attack.

"HALT! Who goes there! These are claimed lands!" Wingu shouted to the lioness, as he now could understand. The lioness seemed familiar. Maybe, maybe....

[Lokisenna]

Naiief stopped a few feet away from the Lion, squinting at him from her position, "I am not here to take anything." She assured respectfully.

[Lionel]

" Who are you?" Wingu asked carefuly. The fight with the mountain lions had made him very carefull to strangers.

[Lokisenna]

Naiief nodded her head respectfully, but noticed a tiredness in the lion, and held that to her should he attack her, " I am Naiief, princess of the Outlands." She announce carefully, not sure of the lion's reaction. A spark of recognition fired through her as she noticed a familiar scratch on the lions maw from a practice fight, but she said nothing,interested if the lion would remember her.

[Lionel]

Wingu jumped down cheering like a little cub.
" I'm so glad that you are here! It's me, Wingu, lord of these lands now! Come, rest, I'll command the lionneses to go hunting!!!!Oh, and come Noto." He called his little son." Meet Naiief, she teached me to fight."

[Lokisenna]

Naiief smiled, "And maybe I should 'teached' you some speech too." She laughed, "I am so glad you remember me." She looked to Noto, "Hello young one." she addressed him, but tired and foot sore she couldn't say much more.

[Lionel]

Wingu laughed too, while Noto looked up to Naiief: "I'm glad to meet you. One day I will be as strong as my father. Would you mind teaching me how to fight too?"

[Lokisenna]

Naiief tapped the young cubs head lightly with a paw, "Maybe when you are older. For now, enjoy being young." she said tiredly, and smiled at Wingu with a slight nod of her head, "Alot has changed since we had last met. you seem almost wiser now. Still burdened though, but its because you lead not because of anger. I hope you will be a happier lion to be in the company of." she chuckled, "And thankyou for your generous offer."

her denamour was much more respectful to what she was the last time it met, and she hoped is didn't bother Wingu.

[Lionel]

Noto smiled at Naiief, when she tapped it's head.
"I see, that you are tired. Not far from here, and you can rest. I need to stay here, because that Zeb from the mountains is making me crazy with his attacks." Wingu said, and then turned to his son.
"please, show Nuri, I mean Naiief the way to our home."

[Lokisenna]

Naiief smiled, "Nuri is fine." She paused a second, "Zeb?" She queried as she was lead away by the cub.

[Lionel]

"Yes, Zeb. What is it? " wingu asked, walking besides Nuri. He was a bit curious about why did Nuri repeat the lion's name.

[Lokisenna]

"I have met this lion before." She paused thinking back a little, " He is very....energetic.....and careless. He just assumes things."

[Lionel]

"And when did you meet him?" wingu asked, while little Noto kept walking infront of everybody, like a leader of the group.

[Lokisenna]

"A while ago, when we were organizing the lands for the idealists, I'm not sure of what happened..." She said tiredly.

[Lionel]

"Idealists? Is that some kind of a new pride?" Wingu asked.

[Lokisenna]

"It was our name in the Lost Lands. The ones where Lions eat Lions. We travelled to the safelands, which we found are the outlands being reborn, it connects with the Ridges to The Lostlands, which connect to the eastern borders of your own Lands and the North-eastern Borders of Zeb's. Of course, access to there is blocked by the Avian Jungles....which took me much time to navigate."

She paused and inhaled as they reached the pride, "I am not quiet sure why I am in your Lands Wingu, but I felt that I should go here and My mother agreed. Maybe I can help you in some way?"

Her expression softened as she looked upon Noto, "Does he have any friends? Who is his mother?" She asked her Friend.

[Lionel]

" Oh... I get it." Wingu said, thinking about safety reasons.
" What can I help yu with? All that I can do is creating an aliance against Zeb. I'm not quit sure about everything else."


" He has hiss sister. everybody else in the pride are teens now. And you knw them, not really wanting t play with the little ones. But he's great. Oh, and that is his mother. Nzuri! " A lionnes turned her head and smiled at Wingu.

[Lokisenna]

Naiief bow her head at the lioness, "I could work pout an alliance with Zeb and you of you need me too?" She queried.

[Lionel]

"I want to crush that - I mean, I want to fight that mouse of a lion." Wingu whispered close to Nuri.
"You could help me. I'm getting an army, but the yong ones need proper training."

[Lokisenna]

Naiief stood back, and cleared her throat, "Does Zeb have any children?" She asked, seemingly ignoring the previous question.

[Lionel]

"I have no idea. I don't think so. But an energetic lion like him... Who knows."

[Lokisenna]

"I think it would be best to pursue an alliance through and heir...this isn't like killing Moja. This is another pride, there will be lions who care about Zeb and you need to be aware of that, if you kill Zeb, you'll have to kill countless innocents..." She reasoned, "I will train your adolescents, but I must ask that this sort of action be taken seriously before hand, you can't rule by the claw, Wingu, you must also weight it with reason." she added.

[Lionel]

Wingu let hiss head down. Of course...
"It's war, Nuri. Our prides have been at war many times. Always we have won, but this time... It's not like that. Zeb..." Wingu thought a bit, and continued.
"I fear, that this could be true, but Zeb may be my half brother. Don't ask why I think so. And noone there is innocent. Even their cubs. My spies have seen things."

[Lokisenna]

Naiief sighed, "Then I'll train you lions. But my Embassies will come and will save those who wish it. I cannot kill all without giving it one shot." She sighed, "Zeb is...energetic... but not insane. I have met him. He's not horrible. But your rivalry goes beyond that." She said, talking to herself.

Turning she etched something into the ground, and looked back at Wingu, "Don't let anyone stand on that." she advised.

[Lionel]

"Huh? Why?" Wingu Looked at Nuri.

"Anyway,you can go and save them, but I am sure, that there isn't a place in my pride for those like them."

[Lokisenna]

Naiief looked at Wingu with a smile, "Thankyou, Hold no grudge against my mother's pride for hosting these members though." She asked meekly.

Not long after this, a small grey bird flew down and looked at the symbol curiously, it cheeped before flying off towards the forest that bordered the Badlands.

"I have a network of birds throughout the lands, "That grey plain's finch will, fly to the border forests, and sent my Messenger Birds towards the Outlands. To tell them of the need for some here." She explained.

"Now, I am hungry. shall We eat? and then I shall train your lions."

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Hours passed and the small grey bird had reached the Border Forests, it twitter to a larger and longer-legged bird that ran quickly through the forested and none stop through the Badlands.