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Title: Seer
Rank: Seer
Origin: Pride born
Family: Mother- Tamela
Sisters- Mesi, Enit
Brother- Cynbal
Personality: Tough like her mother despite being born a little weak, Saeth's tenacious attitude slightly impresses the fierce king Caddoc.
Story:
Caddoc carefully watched over the two fragile, tiny, helpless cubs. Cynbal, the male he named after the son he lost, showed so much strength for such a tiny ball of fur. A proud smile lied across the cruel king's face. It was a smile he only showed when he was truly happy, which usually was when he was standing over the defeated corpse of an enemy. Then the female cub caught Caddoc's eye and his face grew serious. She was weak, weaker than most cubs born to Tamela, the dark, beautiful, and tough lioness Caddoc brought into his pride for the sole purpose of producing him an heir. With Cynbal's birth, Tamela's job as his heir's mother was done. Her position, whether she knew it or not, would soon changed to his mate. After all, with her daughter Mesi as his most prized daughter besides Masozi, why wouldn't he take the lioness as his mate? This weak female cub would not be missed by Tamela. The lioness knew exactly what had to happen to the cub, she just had no idea the king would steal the cub's life so soon.
Caddoc was alone with the two cubs, in Tamela's lonely den. Tamela denned away from the pride for whatever reason, not even staying with her daughters. Caddoc always thought it a bit sad that the lioness was not more social with her pride sisters, but then again, he didn't blame her. Many lionesses of the Lost Tranquility pride were very jealous of her. While their sons, and even daughters, were killed on sight by the king, hers were seemingly off limits. Not this time. Not this weak, tiny cub that now rested in Caddoc's paws. Naturally, he knew the cub wasn't his, and with his deal with Tamela now completed, the cub was nothing more than a nuisance to the king, one he would end. He opened his jaws to take its life. Fate seemed to have different plans for the cub and the king.
Before he could take the cub's life, it woke slightly, and laid its tiny paw on the king's face. Caddoc was lost in her deep brown eyes, and then, visions flashed through the king's mind. It was memories of his past, of his mother, the pride he came from, and his life before he decided to fall into the darkness he had, a path marked by blood of countless victims, both enemies and innocents. He wasn't always so cruel. Caddoc, then known as Cadell, was caring, full of light and kindness. As he came back into the present moment, Caddoc's face wore a look of shock and confusion, and it was the softest look he wore in years. "What are you?" he gasped. He knew the answer.
This cub, weak as she may have been, processed something few did. The Gift. Only Anastasia had it in the pride. She was Caddoc's beloved mate, the only one he let all his guard down around, the only one who still knew the Cadell he once was, who was the only reason that Cadell still lived deep down in the cruel king's heart, somehow not stained by the blood on Caddoc's paws in Ana's eyes. She was the seer of the pride, like her adopted mother before her, who also had the "Gift". And she was standing right at the entrance of Tamela's little den. "And what are you my king?" her still, but sweet voice asked.
"I don't know anymore," Caddoc told her, the cub still in his paws, her paw on his nose. She was asleep again, but she seemed to be smiling up at him.
"Then I think it depends on what you plan to do to that cub, sire," Ana told him. She always spoke to him as her king, despite how much they loved each other. She had every since Caddoc took the life of Blind Memories' son in his early days as king.
"She will be named Saeth, and will be your apprentice," Caddoc spoke. He got up, waking the cub. "Please watch over these two while I find their mother, Ana. And what happened here, no one will ever know of it."
"As you wish, my love," Ana smiled and nodded as he passed her by, leaving the secluded den. It had been years since she addressed him like that, but Caddoc didn't let his feelings show. He had a pride to run, and to keep in line. More importantly, he had a jealous queen to deal with.
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The golden lioness watched the red and gray cub with the pride's seer. "I still don't see why Caddoc didn't just get rid of that one," she sneered. Arabell was never in a good mood, but the sight of Tamela's cubs in the royal den really put her off.
"I don't see why our father didn't just get rid of you," a white lioness mocked in reply.
"Nice to see that you two are getting along as always, my dear sisters," Ana sighed. "Don't listen to your silly aunts, okay Saeth, they're just cruel to each other, and in a rotten mood today."
"I'm not in a rotten mood, Ana, our lovely queen is," Nia stated. "So where's your mother run off to Saeth? I haven't seen her all morning."
Saeth didn't know what to think of her "aunts". Ana was nice, and like her, but she was also kinda strange. Arabell was cruel as they come, worse than Caddoc, and she never treated Saeth or her brother nicely, or anyone for that matter. Nia was nice too, but always away hunting, same went for Whisper in the Wind and Malaika. As for her own mother and where she was, Saeth knew exactly. "With Caddoc and Cynbal," she answered Nia.
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