*The rumours of Unreal*

[Fire]

Fire had been snoozing lightly out in the open grass after he had only wanted to 'rest his eyes' before walking back to the little gathering of friends. But, the only thing that woke him up was the slight dew from the grass had dampened into his fur, causing his body to become cool and wet. Usually when you're sleeping, you're nice and warm.

Fire fluttered his eyes open and then shivered a bit, standing up and then making a blanket of fire encompass his body at extreme heat for only a few seconds so that his fur dried up just neatly and clean. He saw Nishati at the waterhole and grinned as he decided he wanted to play a little trick on her.

Creeping up behind, Fire bent down so that when he pushed forward, he could also push upward and send Nishati tumbling into the water, laughing heartily and chuckling afterwards. "What a nice suprise to see you, Nishati. Didn't know you liked water this early in the morning... ~_^"

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Nishati continued lapping up the water peacefully. Her surroundings were nice and peaceful. Well at lesat they were until a bump from behind sent her soaring through the air and landing in the water. She brought her head up and broke through the surface of the water, taking in a big gasp of air. She looked up and saw Fire infront of her. He started to speak. She smirked at him. "Well to be honest.. neither did I.."

[Fire]

The way that Nishati responded to his comment made Fire smile and then contract his body up for only a split second, launching his body into the air and almost cannon-balling himself into the water next to Nishati. When he came up for air, he laughed and then looked at Nishati with a wink. He was feeling a little playful this morning and since he was already soaking wet from jumping into the waterhole, he grinned at Nishati and winked after he spoke. "Think you can handle the heat, Nishati?..."

[Kirsui]

Inari turned her head when she heard Destiny's voice. She hadn't realized the other lioness was there, not before she had spoken. Inari had been too deep in her thoughts.
"Oh.. hi..." she said, smiling.
"And it is ok, really..." she said as a reply to Destiny's apologises. "There is nothing for you to apologise. I was taken by a surprise of Skell's sudden arrival, it was something I had not expected to happen."
'In a while, atleast' Inari thought, but let her thoughts be her own.

The grey lioness stood up, looking at the two antelopes and smiling slightly.
"Wow... I rarely have seen anyone killing 2 antelopes at the same time" she said, changing the subject from the previous night to the breakfast Destiny had caught.
She stepped a bit closer to the nearest antelope and took a bite.
"Thank you..." she said when she had swallowed the first bite. Then Inari continued to eat, motioning Destiny to do the same.

[This Land]

Destiny Smiled and took a chunk of Antelope
"Yeah, my claws.........are powerful" she said quietly and winked

She looked up into the sky, and blinked slowly
"Sometimes........Too powerful" she sighed

Destiny shook her head and looked back down at the Antelope and started to eat again

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Nishati brought a paw up to sheild her self from the water when Fire jumped next to her. She smirked playfully replying to his words. "Oh.. i think i'll manage.." She brought her paw down into the water gently, before thrusting it through the water to make a huge splash, the water flying onto Fire.

[Fire]

"I doubt you could manage playing wi-WoooaAAHH!! YIPES!!" He was trying to finish his sentence, but when he saw the huge splash that was coming right for him, he had no choice but to dive under the water and hopefully not get carried away with the splash. Evidently, he still got hit by the wave... just not as much as Nishati probably hoped.

When Fire came crashing out of the surface, he grinned at Nishati. "Is that all ya got?"

[This Land]

Destiny Looked up at the Lion and smiled
"Hey There, don't think we got to meet properly" she said warmly
"The Name is Destiny by the way"
"And Yeah sure, Help Yourself, there is plently to go round" she said happily

Destiny Bared one of her claws and took a clean swipe of Meat off the antelope. She picked it up between her teeth and layed in down between her paws and started to eat again.

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The smirk grew wider upon Nishatis' white muzzle. "Of course not... i'm just practicing..." She looked down at her reflection in the water before returning her attention to Fire. "I wouldn't want to hurt you after all.." She took a few steps closer to Fire. "Anyway...." She plonked her rump down into the water as hard as she could, sending yet another splash up onto Fire. "Gotcha that time.."

[Fire]

Just when he thought that he had Nishati beat, Fire saw another wave coming at him. This time, he didn't have time to get away from it. Instead, it hit him full-on and sent him crashing into the water with a big splash. He sputtered a little as his head surfaced out of the water and he batted his head slightly to get some water out of her ear. "Heh heh... Well.. I guess you did get me that time..." He said with a chuckle and then beeped his nose up to Nishati's before diving under the water to come up again and then just lay on his back in the water, floating contently with a smile. "Aaahhh.."

[Kirsui]

Inari finished her breafast and licked her lips clean of the blood. She smiled to Destiny.
"Thanks... That was good" she said, turning then her attention to Kriz. The grey lioness shook her head.
"I have no plans" she said.

Inari opened her mouth to continue, but chose not to say what she had in mind. She didn't want to ruin the day that - at least now - seemed to be rather good.
So, instead of speaking Inari turned to look around again, waiting for Destiny and Kriz to finish their breakfast.

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Nishati smiled contently at the male lion as he dived into the water, resurfacing to float on his back. She stood up and stepped on his stomach lightly before jumping off into the water next to him, diving under the surface. She came back up and shook her her head, getting rid of the excess water. Her fur drooping down. She smirked playfully at him once again and made a movement with her paw underneath the water. A huge shrub of seaweed started to grow quickly underneath Fire's body.

[Fire]

He felt a sudden weight shift and increase on his stomach as he heaved out a breathe of air, regaining his position on his back again and floating on the water with a smile. "Jeez.. Watch where ya step, eh?" He chuckles softly. Not for long though as he felt something slithery underneath his body. His eyes shot open as he thought it was an alligator or something. "HOLY CRAP!!" He was in fear as he swam to shore and then shook the water off of his body. "Not funny, Nishati.. Not funny.." But yet, he couldn't help but chuckle at recently what happened.

[Lorien]

Lorien awoke later than the others, the rising sun being blocked by the tree she was lying beneath. Soon, though, the rays made their way into her eyes and she slowly blinked them open. She looked around, not all together remembering where she was, but seeing Inari a bit away made her remember. Smiling, she stretched her front legs out in front of her and let out a large yawn. Waking up was always hard for her, but if the others were awake, she didn't see why she shouldn't be too.

Trotting slowly over to the group, she spied the two antelope being eaten, wondering if she could share in the breakfasting. Looking down at Inari, she smiled. "Good morning." She then looked to the others, both of whom she didn't really know. She bowed her head at them with a smile, even though inwardly she was very nervous. "I don't think we've met. I'm Lorien; it's a pleasure to meet you." Reclining to her slender haunches, she waited for a reply and perhaps an invitation to the food.

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Naima woke up, late, as per usual. She saw Inar, and a unknown lion and stood up. She shook the dirt off her fur and started to make her way over to the small group. Seems Lorien had the same idea. Naima trotted over to them calmly and lay down next to Inari. "Morning all.." she said and smiled at them in greeting.

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Nishati smirked at him as he yelled out and swam quickly to shore. "Not funny Nisati.. not funny." Fire spoke to her before chuckling. "Well i thought it was rather amusing actually..." She replied sarchastically and stuck out her tongue playfully.

[Fire]

"Only for you, Nishati.. Only for you..." He said and then used a fire to warm himself up, quickly blowing it away. Fire then pounced ontop of Nishati and pinned her down with his paws on his chest, chuckling softly and looking down at her with a smirk. "Whatcha gonna do now, Nishati?... I'm a much better player on land..."

[Kirsui]

Inari looked up at Lorien when she spoke. A smile rose to the grey lioness' muzzle.
"Morning" she replied simply, seeing then how Naima joined the group.
"And morning to you too, Naima."
Inari looked at Kriz and Destiny, turning then at Lorien and Naima.
"I think you could have a bite of those antelopes" she said, still smiling as she turned to Kriz and Destiny again.
"Right, guys?"

[This Land]

Destiny had finished the last bit she could eat, she was getting full. She smiled at the whole group. she felt good in herself that she could help out a bit.

"well, rest of your group can finish it off, but now i need to go somewhere which i had planned yesterday, but got interrupted" she said with a slight growl, thinking of when Skell had turned up.

"enjoy.......ill be back later" she said with a smile.

Destiny looked at the top of the hill again, closed her eyes, and in a flash she dissapapered from where she was siiting and appeared at the top of that hill.

She then focused at a tiny point all the way on the horizon, again she closed her eyes, and disappeared, and re-appeared at the point she focused on. She was far away from the group, and she decided to walk from here now and not use any power, in respect to where she was going.

[Kirsui]

Inari smiled and nodded at Destiny before the other lioness dissappeared. The grey lioness watched the spot Destiny had been standing on for some time, waiting for the others to finish their breakfast.

After a moment of not moving at all, Inari turned at Kriz. He had given space to others after finishing his meal. A faint smile came to Inari's face and again she returned to look at the savannah.
Inari chuckled.
'I must be such a boring company...' she thought.

A faint gust of wind blew, making her hair tuft wave a little. She closed her eyes, enjoying the faint wind. A sigh escaped her muzzle.
But she was smiling.

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From some bushes at the waterhole where Fire and Nishati were playing, a dark cloudlike mist was fading near the ground. It was almost like a shadow, but yet if one looked closely enough one saw it was no ordinary shadow. Plus that the cloudlike mist moved quickly more inside the bush when some water flew to it, as if it was a living creature, afraid of water.

Since the two lions playing with eachother were so busy that they apparently didn't notice the mist, it slowly started moving away from the waterhole, using the tall grass as a cover to hide itself. When the mist had gone some way backwards it stopped and started growing. Soon there where the mist had been stood Skell, a blank expression on his skull-like face.

The tiger glanced back at the waterhole, starting to walk away, hoping to be un-noticed. His tail swayed slightly from side to side as he walked and his red eyes were scanning the area, searching...

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Nishati started to reply with a smart comment. "Well.. i could alway..." She stopped staring at a slight mist. Although it was upside down, she could tell there was something strange about it. "What's that?" She asked Fire. All of a sudden it started creeping away. Then it dissapeared all together. Nishati tilted her head at it's actions before noticing a flash of black and white. "What the?"

[Fire]

Fire looked at Nishati with a confused expression as he saw her look at something. "What's the matter, Nishati?" He turned around to see just a little puff of smoke disappearing in a pop. He too was a little curious as well as to what that was. "What do you think it could be, Ni?" He said to her while turning his head to look at her.

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She looked up at Fire as he gave his response. "I.. I'm not sure.. maybe we should.. go back and inform the others that there is a weird fog hanging around nearby.." She said as she looked back over to where the lioness last saw the strange mist. "You know.. just in.. in case.."

[Fire]

He walked over to her and then nodded, now getting concerned himself since he saw Nishati starting to get a little worried. "Are you all right?..." He nuzzled her neck gently and then started walking slowly ahead, making sure that Nishati was following close behind.

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Nishati felt a bit relieved when Fire nuzzled her gently. "Yes.. yes. I'm fine." She said contently and trotted off after the lion. They had been walking for a bit and it had been silent the whole time, Ni felt she needed to say something to break the silence. "So.. uh.. Sleep well?"

[Lorien]

Lorien smiled and took Kriz's spot near one of the antelopes. She hadn't eaten in a while, and when she ripped into the fresh meat of the carcass, it slipped down her throat like butter. She continued to eat until she had had her fill and then sat up and licked her maw clean of the blood. Sighing contently, she looked around her at those who were still there. She didn't really know Naima or Inari, but she had a good feeling that they were very kind lionesses. Though she didn't have anything to say at the moment, just being with others was heart lifting.

[Fire]

Fire felt the tension between the two of them as they walked together. He didn't want to say anything that would offend her, nor make her think of the little incident that occured. But, when Nishati asked him a question, Fire perked his ears up and then he smiled a little. "Heh.. Well.. What do you think?" He said with a chuckle and a wink to Nishati. At least now the tension eased a little between them and that would open the conversation a whole lot more.

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Nishati smirked. "Well.. I think alot of things. Liiike.. right now i'm wondering if there will a be a breakfast waiting for us when we return... Buut.. i'm not quite sure how well you slept.. I didn't sit there watching you sleep, after all." She said the last words with an even bigger smirk.

[Kirsui]

Inari glanced at Lorien, who had just started her share of the breakfast. The grey lioness momentarily watched as the other ate, smiling slightly. Her gaze started to wander on it's own way, stopping on two small figures that were coming closer. Inari examined the two, identifying them as Fire and Nishati.

She smiled again. She recalled the times when she had been young. Well, she was still young, from the way she looked like. Inari's smile dissappeared and she turned to look away. Suddenly she felt the weight of over 500 years she had spent wandering around aimlessly. She could always imagine being part of a group or pride. But always there would be the barrier between her and the others, she would always be alone.

Inari's thoughts started to wander. She thought about the time she still had been young. Her memories of that time were fading, she couldn't remember properly what her original pride members had looked like. The only thing she remembered was a golden lioness. Possibly her sister or a friend? Inari wasn't sure which one of those two the lioness in her memories was. But then again, she didn't really believe it mattered anymore.

[Fire]

Fire ears were in a little bit of an alert mode when Nishati mentioned about his sleep. Could she have known about his little display of pyrotechnics last night? It could be possible.. But, he had to know for sure. After all, he hated to jump to conclusions. "Oh really?.. And what were you sitting watching at, Ni?" He smiled as he said this.

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Nishati turned to Fire and smiled at him, before he started to talk. "What was i watching?" She repeated the question. "Nothing Fire... nothing at all." She grinned at him before turning her head to face were they were going. She could see the group ahead of them, but didn't say anything.