Blitz

You pass by Blitz and nod a greeting. She is smiling calmly, and returns your greeting. That... can't be a good thing.

As you pass by, Blitz glares at you intently until you are fully out of her sight. You still feel uneasy a while afterward.

You charged Blitz as soon as you saw her this morning. She snarled in ferocity and tackled you to the floor. You didn't miss the grin behind her snarl, though!

Blitz looks at you in silence, whacking her tail on the ground repetitively.

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Blitz, short for Blitzkrieg. Your Queen is exactly as her name describes.

This female... honestly, she will be the death of you. She has always had a mean streak, ever since the day after you found her crying at the Giving Tree. She told you how her pride abandoned her for being weak. You told her she could change that if she were to follow you. And change she did. Not only did she become strong and powerful, she also became sinister and cruel.

There have been many a times where you had found Kikoh reprimanding Blitz for her behaviour towards the other cubs, and other animals outside of the pride. The young blue lioness ignored the elder lioness and would always groom herself while looking bored whenever your poor Kikoh tried her best to make her listen. When Kikoh's back was turned, Blitz would smirk and sneak off to get in to whatever other trouble she could. No wonder Kikoh's fur has some patches missing...

Blitz's teens were no better. If anything, they were far worse while she struggled with authority and to find her place in the pride. You've had to break up fights between her and other lionesses more times than you can count on all four of your paws. One fight in particular had been bad. Blitz had nearly killed Tahara after the kind broodmother stepped in when Blitz was arguing with Fleetfoot about their failed hunting trip in front of the younger cubs. Which was a mistake. Midnight, the other broodmother, ushered the younger cubs away from the quarreling teens when Tahara spoke up to Blitz, causing the youngster to sneer and told her to mind her own business. Tahara has been around for a long time, the older female convinced you that Blitz was just going through a phase. She's always been a kind lioness and never raised her voice. But when Blitz swiped at a young curious cub that stayed behind, Tahara bared her teeth and roared at her.

You weren't near the den when their fight broke out. But you could hear it miles away to where you were coming back from patrol with Bane, the young primal Male looking at you with concern before you both took off for the den. You prayed it wasn't the rogue males Silver reported about a few days before, but your suspicions are gone when you see Fleetfoot rushing towards yous. She informs you about what's happening back in the den and all three quickly run back to the den. When you arrive, you find the outside of your den a disaster, with blood splattered everywhere, and a clear sign of a struggle. There's a blood trail leading into your den and you head inside quickly, telling Bane to find Titanium and King's Blood as you pass and he runs off to do as you said.

When you get inside, you find Blitz and Tahara locked together with claws and fangs tearing into each other, blood pooling under them and you see that Blitz has a firm hold on Tahara's throat and that the older lioness was struggling to breathe. You quickly but cautiously make your way over to them and try talking to Blitz but you can tell that she was out of it, fully intent on killing your poor broodmother. You decide you've had enough of this young lioness's behaviour and that she has finally left you no choice. You raise your paw and bring it down on the top of Blitz's head, dazing her enough to drop Tahara and you quickly pin her to keep her from going after your bleeding broodmother.

It took longer than expected, but Blitz calmed down and came back to her senses just in time to see Midnight and Poptart come rushing in to care for Tahara, cleaning her wounds and putting healing herbs in them while keeping a close eye on Blitz and soothing their wounded sister. When you felt it was safe to get off of Blitz, you grabbed her by her scruff and walked her out of the den and growled at the rest of your pride, all having come to watch and see what happened, and told them to clear the way. You took Blitz to your personal den and told her she had commited a serious crime and that she was to be punished if the pride didn't force her out. Fortunately for her, the pride decided to keep the young adolescent and she was not to leave your side for whatever reason until she gained back the trust of her pride sisters.

You were walking with Blitz one morning after a successful hunt, the young lioness still on probation with the other lionesses and so she has stayed close to you. It took a few days after her fight with Tahara for her to fully feel the weight of her guilt when your broodmother hadn't moved from the den and was in and out of consciousness, but you knew that she was sorry and Blitz had been doing her best to prove that she was sorry and to gain the trust of the other lionesses back. You hope your lionesses will accept her back into the pride soon. You're missing your own space.

Four moons after Blitz turned two, Hyenas attacked your pride. Their new Queen thought she had enough power in her pack to try and remove your pride from your territory, and most of your lionesses were out hunting. You had been in a meeting with your sub males to discuss the Hyena problem when Poptart came running to you to inform you that Hyenas were in the den and trying to get to the cubs. You and your males rush to the aid of your broodmothers in the nursery but find blood and corpses everywhere, with Blitz in the middle of it with the new Hyena Queen. You had never feared Blitz before, but looking at her while she was challenging the other female with blood dripping down her muzzle, her paws stained with the blood of her enemies, you felt fear race down your spine. Midnight and Tahara ushered the cubs out of the nursery behind Blitz and your submales, keeping the small babies calm and quiet. You kept your eyes on Blitz the entire time just in case, but she seems to be in full control of herself. And she protected your cubs and broodmothers from cub killing Hyenas, which should prove to your lionesses that she has changed. But you worry for that mean streak.

You decided to lay in the shade under Blitz's favorite ledge to nap on after a long patrol with Titanium, your feet aching and feeling like the heat was roasting you alive. Blitz sneers at you while she grooms Klaus and Princess, saying that your getting soft in your old age. You pout and correct her that you're in your prime and that the heat is getting worse with each year, and both cubs laugh when Blitz says you're making excuses. You grumble to yourself as you make yourself comfy and prepare for a nap, knowing that Blitz would be keeping an eye out for any trouble now that she was named Head huntress AND Queen of the pride after her desecration of the pack of Hyenas. Her trust having been restored, she still keeps to herself but hasn't ever lashed out at the others, behaving exactly like the Queen she was.