Hermione

3/20
So apparently, after being bought and traded, ugh, I’ve ended up here. The others in my Cavern keeping giving me weird glances, murmuring about Her. Who in the world is that?

3/30
I can see Her in my dreams. But I can never tell what She looks like. Trying to remember makes my head hurt, but I do recall roses. Maybe She is a rosette? I tried to bring it up with the others, but Sandstorm gave me a weird look. I won’t make that mistake again.

4/2
I always knew I was different from the others, but why did they have to act like I’m a freak? Just because I’m a Leopon doesn’t mean that I am that different…. Does it?

4/10
I had another dream about Her, and about my mom. Don’t remember much, just my mom’s nervous purr and soft eyes. But then they, I mean we, we’re all running away for no darn reason. Then I fall into a mossy cave and two eyes are staring back at me. Who was that? Her? But why was that cave so familiar?

4/15
Today Tessa, a broodmother from another Cavern, retired. I think she came as a chased from Out There, she had been here a long while. I wasn’t going to say farewell with the others, cause I never knew her, but my whiskers were tingling and something just felt off, so I went in.

Apparently they have a cave that stores our dynasty, however there were very few records. In fact only one other lioness was stored. When I asked the king, All-Father Kronos, he said her name was Bright Star, a Leopon from long ago, who was a MR. Was this Her, the one who has been haunting my dreams since forever? Anyhow, I spotted this bundle of spots by her records, yet when I asked Sandstorm, she scoffed and told me I was imagining things. Then suddenly, It, the bundle, looked up at me, then disappeared. What just happened?

4/15
Last night, It was in my dreams. This small scraggly Leopon I found in the cave WILL NOT LEAVE ME ALONE!! It follows me everywhere, but is it only me who sees It? I don’t think I’m imagining this, but there is no one like me, a Leopon, to share this with.

4/17
It was a dark and stormy night. The flood rose higher and higher, carrying with it millions of bodies, including lions. Cubs cried out as they clung to trees, as I raced along the hill to safety. I collapse into soft sand, hoping this could just disappear, when suddenly, I am sinking while I struggle. All the while It stares back at me, not hearing my plea….

4/18
Lightning, Thunder, my fur stands on end as the trees burn and crackle, trembling to the ground. I’m running, running, stepping over unidentifiable black corpses. *”Hurry, Hurry!”* It keeps screaming at me…

5/20
These freakin’ nightmares just won’t leave me alone. Every night. And then It’s always around in the morning to bug me. I’m scared to talk to any of our new arrivals about it, I’ve learned that I’m the only one who can see it, after way too many awkward questions. Secondly, it may be rude of me to ignore these new lionesses, but it’s because I’m confused. Why have so many lionesses moved on and died, while I remain here? I should be dead by now…

5/21
I’m the only one who remembers her. Crimson Blaze-why did he have to leave us, True, and now this young new king with eyes like gems…he doesn’t understand me anymore than I understand myself. True II. I remember when he was just a cub. How silly..