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The pride has been mourning a beloved member that none of them have even met. Long before the birth of any of the current members there was a lioness named coal. She was beloved by everyone even those who never met her, she had suffered a great deal as a young cub but that didn't stop her from being the best she could.
I know your wondering, what does she have to do with this adolescent? Well, because she bore a marking that coal had, the pride stole her and forced her to take nasty medicine forcing her lovely coat to turn pale as the moon. Her eyes which were pink were dyed to be blue, but the dye failed do to her wailing and thrashing in objection, in the end her eyes were permanently altered, and although she is not blind. Her vision will not ever be as crystal clear as it once was.
She has a close relation with cardinal, and will probably be queened once he is kinged
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| snowy night |
After one particularly hard night of torment from the adults in the pride, she had ran far out of the prides territory during winter and fell into the snow in the middle of a field, fully willing to let the elements take her. She stared up at the blue stary sky with her fogged over eyes. She then closed them hoping they would be perfect clear stars, of course they weren't and everything was just all black due to her eyes being closed. As she drifted off she remembered her old pride, her family, did they miss her? Did they go looking for her when she first went missing? Probably not... She was the runt of her litter and was often forgotten for meals and training, it was probably better that she was gone.
When she was finally about to fall asleep she was shaken awake by a brutal force, her eyes darted open and she struggled but managed to focus her weary eyes on what had woken her. It was cardinal, he was there to bring her back. She of course snarled at him talking about how she didn't want to go and would rather be left out here to the elements and die but he just scoffed. "Your gonna let them win? Just like that? Think about it, just wait till I'm king you can be the head huntress and be the strongest of the strong, or sit and lounge around all day it won't matter, you can do whatever you want! We won't be under that tyrant anymore."
This time it was her turn to scoff, "as if, you know the elders will be directing you and telling you what to do and where to go and how to lead. You will eventually turn wicked and cruel. All kings do" he looked at her defeated. And then started at the ground in silence. She hummed and went back to looking up at the stars. "It hurts that you think so little of me, even though we have been through similar difficulties in life, especially with this cursed pride. If you think so little and the worst in everyone, no wonder you see yourself the way you do."
Silence falls between them for a few minutes more
"I'm going back, you can come back too, or don't. Either way I'm going to keep my promise and be a better king and have a happy healthy strong pride. With or without you by my side...... But I would prefer it if you were by my side."
And with that he gets up and walks back to the prides territory leaving her there to think.
She felt bad for what she said, what right did she have to compare cardinal to that horrid king, cardinal had been nothing but nice to her and shown her love and comfort when no one else in that wretched pride would. She gathers herself and heads back to the pride, curling up next to the sleeping smilus heir, hoping he wouldn't mind too much that she was cuddles up like a lost cub next to him.
Seeing you, Dash of coal pins her ears down, watching you carefully, but she gets up to greet you when you smile at her.
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