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Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:41 am
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Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:14 am
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This wasn't just any hunt. This was a hunt for the good of the future. Her future. Everything depended on the success of the bird's capture.
If this bird did indeed belong to Ufunuo then she'd make it tell her where he was. After that...well, she'd have to trust that her brother wouldn't be too mad if she took things into her own paws. She'd kill the bird, kidnap the seer cub and whisk it away.
She was sure Msiba would follow.
So she followed it, moving silent and swift. Her face was brimming with concentration, her body tense but honed. She was a good huntress, she always had been. It was her right as a lioness to hunt. They were the providers. That made them superior in every way.
She drew in a deep breath, held it, then pushed forwards, increasing speed. Her paws were hushed, her body powerful and lean. She'd have it! She'd have it! She steadied herself, timed her attack...And she leapt, forepaws extended, claws unsheathed. A snarl ripped from her throat and up above her Nondo gave a cackling caw.
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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 7:37 am
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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:26 am
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The raven did appear as if it had given up, to Mchawi at least. And as she leapt at the white bird perched on its branch she knew she had it.
She could smell victory!
The shout took her off guard but she was already mid-pounce and couldn't stop herself to see who it was. All she knew was that it belonged to a youngster. A youngster who could very well be the One she had been searching for.
And as the bird's freedom was snatched away from it she turned her head, success flashing vibrantly in her eyes, to see the cub. She'd never got a good glance of the cub in her vision, the cub who was supposed to have incredible seer powers. She'd always thought it Ufunuo and it was hard to tell the difference between them. All of them looked somewhat alike, subtle differences in markings.
She couldn't remember this one's name, but with the way he was shouting, he certainly deserved a good thrashing. How dare he show such little respect for her. Unless, of course, the bird belonged to him. And if this was the case, maybe Ufunuo wasn't the One after all.
"You want to save it, cub?" She jeered. "Then come and get it." She glanced upwards in time to see Nondo wheeling overhead. The black raven, apparently not disturbed by the cruelty to its own kin, had turned his piercing eyes onto the cub.
"Nondo!" She barked. "Bring him to me."
The raven gave a cackling caw and turned itself towards the cub, intending to drive it forwards with beak and talon.
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Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:50 am
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Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:24 am
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Whoops.
Had she broken the poor little birdy?
Apparently so!
A small, cruel smile twisted the corners of her mouth, lighting her vivid green eyes with the colour of pleasure. It felt good to be so incontrol, so overpowering that none could defy her! She should have been born a princess so she could have become a queen. The thrill power gave her was intoxicating!
She laughed at the cub's attempts at rescuing the avian. "Or what, little cub?" She jeered. "You'll make me?"
Trusting that Nondo would carry out her orders to bring the cub closer, Mchawi shifted her eyes from Peke and narrowed her piercing gaze at the bird. "Stop that racket." She hissed. "Or I'll rip your bloody beak off." She loomed over the white bird, teeth set.
"Now listen up, bird. If you answer my questions I might let you get away with just a broken wing. If you don't answer them...well...I'll leave that to your imagination." She flexed her claws.
"Where is Ufunuo? Is he your bonded? Tell me!"
Nondo, coming to land a few hops behind the cub, gave a loud caw and flapped his wings. He lurched forwards, half jumping, half-flying, hoping that he would appear big enough and scary enough to bring the cub closer to his Mistress.
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Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:10 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:38 am
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:32 am
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:12 am
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She was starting to lose patience now.
Peke was playing a dangerous game with her. She was not one for games and she certainly wasn’t the type to take backchat from a cub with an attitude. She’d sooner beat the thing into submission than take any sort of hassle.
Her hackles twitched as he denied being afraid of her. Everyone was afraid of her. Even the adult lions and lionesses regarded her nervously. Oh how she loved it! The look of wariness in their eyes, the hesitation in their voices. She loved making others feel on edge, especially those weaker than her.
So it made her all the more angrier that this cub portrayed nothing of the sort. Either he wasn’t afraid or he was good at hiding it.
Well…she’d soon change that.
She sat, curled her tail so it looped around the white raven and lifted a forepaw. “You’d better start being afraid, cub.” And as she spoke she flexed her claws, smiling down at them proudly. They certainly were a nice set of claws. Honed, sharp, powerful…
Then he spoke of Ufunuo and her ears turned towards him. He seemed like he truly believed Ufunuo was nothing special, just a regular little cub. Maybe he was right, but she couldn’t take his word for it. However, she was beginning to doubt it herself. Not because of the words of this little cub, but the fact that this bird wasn’t his bonded. She was so sure that the seer would be linked to the raven that she was willing to throw away the original plan of capturing the heir completely.
Well…not completely.
Either way, she was willing to accept that the heir might not be the seer she so desperately sought.
And then the white raven chose that time to pipe up and Mchawi felt her heart lift with hope – only to have it sinking again. Damn cub! Damn the blasted cub!! The bird did know something after all! Maybe it was Ufunuo! Maybe it wasn’t. Maybe it was the cub sitting in front of her now.
In the light of these matters there was only one thing she could do. She’d keep the cub and the bird until more was revealed. She couldn’t risk letting them go on the slim chance that they were the very ones she wanted.
But Peke’s interruption had fed the irritation and she whirled on the cub angrily, a growl rumbling in her throat. “We’ll see about that.” And she reached out a paw to give him a hard cuff across the head.
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:33 pm
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Unyevu wandered aimlessly about the lands, as he usually did when he wanted to think, when he heard a squawk from a bird nearby. The cry sounded almost familiar, as though he had heard it before, but he could not quite place his paw on it. Intrigued, he changed his course to head in that direction, and soon heard another noise, one he was much more used to hearing.
A growl from Mchawi.
Only moments later, he arrived at the scene, shocked and enraged by what he saw there. A cub, the white raven from his vision, and, of course, Mchawi, striking at the cub.
"Mchawi!" He snapped, bounding towards her with a determined look in his eye. "I warned your brother about this, I warned him about pulling any of the cubs into your schemes! You can't do this to them." He hissed, stopping only feet away from the lioness.
"And that raven... I knew you were going to capture it, but I didn't realize how much of a bloody mess you were going to make." He looked down at the bird, the slightest look of apology in his eyes. He knew that it was partially his fault that it had been injured by Mchawi. If he had kept that vision to himself, it wouldn't be in this situation.
Then again, he would have been in very deep trouble.
"Let them go."
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:54 pm
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Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:05 am
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Ugh. What a whiney little brat!
Mchawi knew then that she was never, ever going to permit herself to have cubs. She didn’t think she could ever deal with them, moaning and complaining and getting under her feet. How could anyone want to have a family when all they got in return was weeks of wandering around like a bloated fish, the pain of labour and furry little annoyances?
She was about to tell him to shut his mouth when Unyevu decided to make an unexpected appearance. His angry shout startled her and she whipped her head around, eyes narrowed, hackles up. She still had not forgiven him for what he had done to her. She never would. There would be no civil conversation, no pleasantries to smooth over what she really felt. It was very clear how she felt and hatred bubbled from her.
“Shut your God damned mouth Unyevu!” She stood, trusting that Nondo would keep a careful watch on the cub and the bird whilst she was distracted. “I don’t intend to hurt the cubs.” Yet, she added silently, knowing that if it came to it, she would be fully prepared to do whatever it took. “And I certainly wouldn’t kill them. It’s more important that they stay alive. I’d be more concerned about my own life, if I were you.” She hissed. “If you want to keep out of harm’s way, stay in line!”
So was that all he had come for? To tell her that she shouldn’t be interrogating cubs and – accidentally – breaking bird wings? Or was there something else? Had he actually sought her out for a different reason? After all, he wouldn’t have known that she had a cub and the white raven in her possession.
She turned back to eye the cub, purposefully turning away from Unyevu. It might have been foolish but she’d done it to show that she really couldn’t care less about him or his pathetic threats.
“So, why are you here Unyevu? Surely not to give me lectures on my behaviour.” She laughed.
Nondo leaned forwards and gave a hoarse caw. His beady eyes fixed greedily on the cub and his white raven. He was a gossip collector at heart. It had been the main reason why he had paired up with Mchawi in the first place. However, the pair were talking too quietly for him to hear and he was attempting to shuffle closer to see if he could overhear anything useful.
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