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Ubele almost screamed aloud in frustration and barely succeeded in keeping silent. She bit down on her tongue and tail twitching back and forth in irritation, she raced out of the den to breathe. She ran as far away as she could before she voiced her frustration, her anger, and her fear to the world. With a loud, sorrowful cry, Ubele let out her frustration and then collapsed to the ground. She pulled herself into a small ball and rocked back and forth in what might have been a comforting motion.
She'd had the dream again. This was the seventh time in the last moon. It had been particularly realistic this time, the expressions of disgust on the faces of her fellow pride members and the feelings of rejection and sorrow had left a sour taste in her throat.
"Why?!" she cried aloud to the empty sky, "Why haven't you come yet?! Where are you?"
She sobbed, unsure of what to do. When her mother had still been alive, back before the quake, she would have done this in front of everyone. She'd been fond of tantrums as they had given her the attention she craved. But now ... she just couldn't burden her brother and father. Ufu wouldn't understand, and she just couldn't tell her father.
After crying herself out, she struggled to her paws, emotionally and mentally exhausted. She let her paws carry her wherever they wanted while her mind battled between the emotions of fear and despair that had filled her to her core. So engrossed was she that she didn't notice the other figure at all.
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Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:12 pm
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Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:29 pm
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Ubele started violently at the sound of a voice nearby. She had been so sure she was alone. Glancing around wildly, her eyes found Peke in the darkness. Her first instinct was to flee, but she found that she couldn't move, she was frozen in place. She stood very still for a few moments until her pulse slowed and she sank to the ground, completely ashamed.
Why did Peke have to be the one that found her like this? She didn't want anyone to see her like this, especially him. Her brother would have been bad enough. Still, he sounded concerned and it was only fair that the tables were turned on them. It hadn't been that long ago that Ubele had found Peke in a similar situation. And, if there was anyone that might understand, it would be him.
It took her a few minutes to find her voice before she could speak. Her voice was shaky, just barely under control.
"I ... keep having this dream. It it always seems so real, but this time it was the worst. I can't get it out of my head. And what if it comes true? What if ... what if they never come?"
The last came out with a sob, but she forced herself to not start crying again. Ubele knew that if she did, she wouldn't be able to stop.
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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:25 pm
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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 4:01 pm
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Ubele sniffed several times before she managed to find her voice again.
"My bonded. You and Ufu already have found yours. And I keep having these dreams that my bond bird will never come and then ... I'll be kicked out of the pride. And it is so realistic, the expression on everyones' faces. Of disgust, at me!"
Said allowed, it seemed silly, but the visions of those dreams still haunted Ubele's mind and she shuddered at the image. And she had to wonder if she'd done something wrong which was why her bird had not come. Had she complained too much? Thrown too many tantrums? Was it her fault?
Ube sniffed and shivered. She could hear Peke trying to comfort her, telling her it was only a dream. But what would she do if it wasn't? They would all hate her, every last memb-
"Even if they don't come I'll be here."
His last words finally got her attention and she managed to snap out of her despair, even if just for a second, in surprise. She had thought that Peke would reject her, just as the others would, if she never found her bond. If he was willing to stick with her, maybe then it really was just a dream.
"Really? You would? I thought ... in my dreams, everyone hates me."
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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 5:57 am
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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 6:36 pm
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If it had been her brother, Ubele would cuddled up against him. However, she still wasn't quite sure how Peke felt about her and she didn't want to press him. But when he stepped closer, obviously trying to give her some comfort, Ubele accepted it. She scooted over to him and sat next to him, just close enough that their sides touched. The physical contact comforted her and she continued to cry quietly until no more tears would fall.
Sniffling, Ubele looked up into the face of her friend. At least, she hoped he was her friend. He'd offered to stay with her after all and had sworn he would not hate her.
After a long pause, she began to poor out her feelings, the thoughts, fears, and dreams that she'd been having, knowing that he would at least listen. Besides, Ubele had learned long ago that talking about something painful could sometimes help to ease some of that pain.
"So, you see? I'm scared that something I did in the past has made me unworthy of having a bond bird. And even if I didn't get kicked out of the pride, think about what it would mean to my father. There has never been an heir or a monarch without one. Because of the quake and . . . what happened after, it seemed that all the cubs within the pride were getting their birds early. Maybe I'm making a big fuss over nothing, but I still am worried and I have to wonder: if all the other birds came, why not mine?
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Several leagues away, a small black and white feathered form raised her head and stared at the sky. The few rumors that she had heard from the others, the bonded ones, had told her that they had just known when the time had come for them to appear. She hadn't believed them; now she did. Some connection within her tugged at her, gently but insistently. Someone was calling to her.
With a sound of joy, she launched herself away from her nest and into the air. She followed the connection she felt in her heart. She pushed herself through the air as fast as she could go, knowing somehow that the time was right.
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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 7:31 pm
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A frown settled upon his features, not uncommon for the boy. He wouldn't admit it to anyone but himself, and maybe her, but he had grown rather fond of her enjoying the fact that she had stopped judging her as her brother did. How she never tried to force him to be something he wasn't. He wasn't a pacifist, he never would be.
As she sat beside him, barely touching, he leaning slightly into her welcoming her to do the same. It was small, possibly unnoticeable, but he wanted her to feel comfortable enough to not hold everything on herself. Silent, as he often found himself these days, he listened to her words before shaking his head. Her words were understandable but at the same time so...silly to him.
"I wouldn't worry about it Ubele." Peke told her with the smallest of smiles. "I doubt your father could be anything other than proud of you." He thought about the times when she was loud and obnoxious. Now here she was more calm and with a great deal of responsibility thrown onto her shoulders. He felt as though she was handling the situation much better than he could have ever hoped to.
"Things take time, you can't expect everything to happen over night." He replied to her before wondering how he had become so wise in a sense. "Hestia will send your bonded when she feels the time is right. She sent Nguvu to me that resulted in a chain of events saving us." He paused thinking about the white raven. "Your bonded will find you."
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Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 8:39 am
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Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:42 am
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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:55 pm
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Ubele heard Peke say the words that others had told her before. That she had helped save lives. But she'd never even thought of it that way. She could only dwell on what she'd lost. She had lost her mother and she'd lost the happy, carefree way of life that she had used to have. Granted, some things had changed for the better, but for the most part, she wished she could turn back time. Her visions frightened her and although she had helped to save some of the pride members with her powers, Ubele felt she would be much happier without them.
She sat in glum silence, trying to have hope and faith in Hestia that everything would be alright, just as everyone was telling her it would.
Peke's last statement startled her though, and she looked up and caught his gaze for a second before glancing back down.
"I don't deserve greatness," she whispered to herself. She certainly didn't feel great. She was about to launch herself into another wave of unhappiness when she heard Peke speak again. Look? Ubele frowned and glanced around her in confusion, wondering why he would say that. There was nothing there. But, suddenly she did see something. A small form shot through the air, a lovely black and white bird, who landed on the ground between them.
"Finally!" Huria cried, gazing at the young female lion in front of her. "I found you! My name is Huria, and you are my bonded."
Ubele gazed at the bird in confusion, not daring to believe that she'd actually heard what she had though she'd heard. Words refused to come to her mouth and she simply stared at the bird, speechless.
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Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:15 am
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:34 am
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Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:12 pm
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