Axel

Starting stats: 35

Axel gloomily sat at the Giving Tree, he was close to growing up and then he would be shooed away. Juan stepped into the giving tree and Axel (at that time was an unnamed cub) thought that he would go and randomly pick from the adolescent girls because he had seen Jain do that every time he was in the Giving Tree for another free cub. But then Juan walked over to the adolescent males, which had piled up and Axel forced himself to be picked. He had a mutation so he was most likely going yo be kept on this pride. He thought of his skin as pretty. He just didn’t have the stats that he used to from his mother and father since they had neglected him until he was almost a full grown… he though lions with mutations always had more luck and value. Juan hesitantly took him back to his pride because they would t let him pick up another adolescent or cub. Axel looked down, his mother had told him about a few males that were taken but still rejected… but Juan just gave him a pat on the back and welcomed him as Axel, saying that he was going to earn his stay if he wanted to be in their pride. He met the soon to be pride leader, Cloudball and a rebellious sub male that went by the name of Cherryfoam. He hung around with a few lionesses before he was able to watch a few cubs grow into adolescents themselves. He made friends with Laurier and Hideki, both of them were very close to him and Juan said that he might become king one day! Maybe one day…

Today everything changed. Cloudball was attacked by Cherryfoam and permanently scarred, taking his position away from being crowned the next king of the pride. Now Juan held a ceremony- er election for the new pride leader if Juan were to leave or die. It was him against Cherryfoam and the majority picked him. He spent most of this time in competitive challenges, hunting, patrolling and everything and it was determined. He obviously knew that Cloudball was sad because he wouldn’t be king anymore but Axel was going to share that power with him… if he could. Cloudball can’t walk right anymore and rarely is seen coming out of his special den… Axel hopes he’s doing okay.

Today was one of the saddest days of Axel’s life. He was patrolling when he stumbled upon another pride and they seemed to be flourishing… it wasn’t the fact that the were flourishing but it was because his pride seemed to be breaking apart. Juan went on a mission to defeat Apophis and now the pride relied on Axel to do everything and it was stressful becoming a king for a few days. Now he doubts that he wants to be king but he’s also afraid that if he gave Cherryfoam that option, everything wouldn’t end well for anyone by Cherryfoam. He didn’t know that being a king was so stressful. He asked Cloudball for help and he was able to get his life together for one more day.

He asked Cloudball for some advice and was able to get his life together for one more day.

He was hanging out with Cloudball before Cherryfoam reminded him of his impending doom if he were to become king. Axel is not okay.

Today wasn’t like everyday. When Axel was patrolling with Hell, he misstepped and his paw landed in a trap. Hell was able to help him out with reasonable thinking but they were a long way from their pride. They secured the border check and made their way back. When they got back, Juan was sitting with a few other females, lying around in a circle and conversing about the death of Gloria. She was only 16 years old so that made sense that she would die but then Juan was worried about how he was going to replace her ever. They didn’t seem to have a close relationship with each other and when Axel heard of this, he was devastated as when he was just taken in, Gloria was his ‘mother’ in a way… Sunset pranced over gracefully and tended to him, just like Gloria. And Cherryfoam was there to look in his face with a sneer.
“Looks like I’ll be patrolling then.” He puffed out his chest.
Hell glared at him but who could do anything?
“You must know that Juan doesn’t care about you and he’ll probably sell you off for 15 silver beetles like the last mutated sub males that grew up.” Cherryfoam taunted.
Cloudburst stepped up, accompanied by a few other concerned lionesses. “Step down, Cherryfoam. You do not get to throw these words around so carefree.”
Cherryfoam growled and turned his head, leaving.
Axel overheard a few mistreated adolescents blabbing about how Juan was a bad king and if Cherryfoam were to be crowned, they would probably have better luck in the pride, even if they were ugly. Axel knew that they weren’t actually going to be treated any fairer in the pride of Cherryfoam… it just seemed too illogical. But there were more problems to worry about.

While waiting for Cherryfoam to come back from patrolling with Hell, he knew there was something wrong and he was sure that Hell wouldn’t last with Cherryfoam.
“I don’t get how this small injury could prevent me from patrolling.” Axel muttered.
Cloudburst puffed out his chest and nuzzled Axel, their manes mixing in with each other. “I don’t see how this small injury could prevent me from being king.”
“Juan literally said you were going to be the second king though.” Axel objected.
“Oh please, who would even want a disabled king?” Cloudburst joked.
Axel lowered his gaze and snuggled with Cloudburst until the end of the day, when he got better. “If you can’t be king, then I’ll make sure that Cherryfoam doesn’t stand a chance.” Axel whispered. He promised that to himself as well… because he wanted to be king.

Cloudball got sent to the fucking one way portal. Axel has a feeling that Eli or him could be next if Juan felt like it. Hopefully he did t because he was claiming a bunch of random lionesses and condemning them to the random life. It was strange, if Axel had to admit it but if Cloudball was going to enjoy himself there and there were other lionesses and lions to play and keep him company, Axel was on top of that. Now he usually talks with Eli, masking the sadness behind a cheerful smile. This really pissed off Cherryfoam, who thought that he would actually be distressed and sad. Axel has somewhat and somehow won again.

Axel reports seeing a waterhole full of bubbling water with glowing stardust gathering on the shores.

SolsticeJuice gave Axel a code… It’s “EYO WASSUP?” for a mystery unicorn. He was told that only one person can redeem it and they would have to link their post to his page just in case SolsticeJuice forgot…

Turns out- now he won’t even be king just because some random lion entered Juan’s pride. He just hoped that this king would be better. Juan has grown and developed, he now has an adoption center and he spent 5 GB to feed all of his pride and play all with his pride with minimal effort.