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-8/2/2020-
~CORONATION MORNING~
The now fully matured Hestia found her eyesight being covered by a soft silk cloth, she then heard her caretaker, Lilka comforted her as she led her out into the clearing of her pride. She breathed in the familiar scent of her pride that she had known since she could remember. But, other than the smell of familiarity. There was soon the scent of fear, concern, and a little comfort that fell over the lionesses around her. That was because of a new scent that entered into the clearing, which came from behind her. But, unlike the majority, she wasn't frightened or concerned, for it was just her Tsar. Eno, who she believed was a good lion and leader despite what she heard from her fellow lionesses. But, even with no fear, she was confused. 'Why was her eyesight covered by this soft veil? What is happening?' That's when she then heard Eno begin to speak. "Lionesses of the Sunfall pride, due to the betrayal of your beloved Tsarvena Aderyn Nomusa. I have decided to give the rite of royalty to a lioness who is more devoted to the role of Tsarvena and strip the rite from the shameful Aderyn. Once this veil is removed, Hestia will be my new Tsarvena and Aderyn will then be stripped of her title and all respect you once gave her." Hestia's ear twitched, she wanted to flatten them against her head and retort, but she could never, not in front of the whole pride. But, the Tsarvena to her own father? That was just strange to her and Aderyn and Artemis has been nothing but kind to her. But, could it be all that bad? Maybe it's just a title, yeah. If she tells Eno this then she wouldn't have to do anything...weird with him. All she has seen him as is a father, because well. He is her father. Her train of thought was soon broken when Eno licked her cheek, "Hestia? My dear, the pride is awaiting the unveiling." Her body froze. 'It's going to be alright Hestia, just... take it off, he'll understand once you talk to him. You can be the Tsarvena without having to mate with your own father...right? Right!? He wouldn't do something like that, right? Yeah, just talk with him.' Hestia slowly nodded "Oh- forgive me." She sputtered slightly before lowering her head to let the veil fall at her paws, she then raised her head back up and peered over at Lilka who gave her a soft smile, but that smile was laced with concern. 'I'm sure she's just being a worry warthog, like always. This is a good event!' before she could whisper to Lilika, the crowd of lionesses before her, Eno and Lilika began to roar in response almost unanimously. But, she could tell these were not only roaring of congratulations but also other much more negative emotions being put on display. Soon, Eno began to roar in response, Likia followed in suit, leaving Hestia who was oo busy being concerned over what she saw in her peripheral vision.
It was Aderyn, stalking out of the royal caverns behind them, she was stalking towards something, someone.
Before she could realize whom her beloved mother was targeting, it was too late.
Everything happened so fast. One second Eno was roaring proudly in unison with his pride, then the next it became a symphony of dissonance.
Hestia’s heart dropped as she watched the Tsar and the Ex-Tsarevna rolled into the crowd of lionesses before them, then resulting in Eno pinning her down and snarling something in her face. Hestia, frozen stiff. Her body didn’t want to move, and she knew why. Because for the first time in her life, she feared for her life. In those moments of helplessness, her mind was racing to get her body to move. Run. Leave and never come back. Why? Because she didn’t want to see her surrogate mother and father fighting in such a brutal manner. Then she saw Aderyn swipe at Eno’s already scarred eye, Eno let out a pained roar before taking a quick step back. And suddenly, her legs lunged forward towards Aderyn then growled in her face, furious with a wave of foreign anger that she’s never felt before.
Her face slowly relaxed when she realized what she was doing. She looked back at Eno, who was being looked at by Likia. Eno made eye contact with her.
And for a moment everything appeared serene to her. All the surrounding chaos, gone. Just the sand beneath their feet and the large boulders that would house jumping mice in between its cracks.
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8/9/2020
THE CONFRONTATION
~~TRIGGER WARNING~~
-wip-
10/9/2020
||{A GRUESOME AWAKENING}||
-Fertility- 46%
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