Regulus

Perseus
Regulus


The king stepped through the abandoned territory. His former ally had disappeared and he came here to find them but they were no where in sight. He smelled the ground and images of what had happened flickered across his vision. His former ally lay dead on the ground, a younger male standing over him. The male had taken over the pride. He went through the pride, killing all of the cubs. But one of the mothers knew what was to happen and she hid her newborn in a pile of buffalo shit to hide his scent and she laid down pretending to be in mourning. The king knew she was faking it but he couldnt find the cub. So he was petty and took the pride somewhere else so the newborn would starve.

The king growled when the vision ended. He quickly walked over to the hiding spot and found the newborn hidden behind a pile of grass. He leaned down and grabbed the cub, crunching up his face at the taste of shit. But he could smell something else.. A message from the mother. His name was Regulus.. The heir.

The king's ears pinned back. This was his future ally.. The one that would be beside him in war. He couldnt kill the cub. So he made the decision to keep him.

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As Regulus grew the king taught him how to smell messages and visions and he caught on quickly but thats not the only thing he caught onto. He heard other cubs talking about how he was supposed to be king and how dumb he was and that the pride would have died with him being king. But the insult never hit him. He only heard the king part.

Regulus soon became reckless and got into trouble a LOT. He thought he deserved to be a king since the opportunity was ripped from him. And when he found out the King's heir was born he grew enraged and one night attacked the heir.

He was caught by the king and the heir was alive. But it was more than a tussle. It was an attempt at the heirs life. The king couldnt let this slide like he did the other acts. But he couldnt bring himself to kill or banish a 6 month old.

So he thrown him into the prison.

Locked in a cage and barely fed quickly changed Regulus. He soon realized he was nothing more than a slave and his pride quickly disappeared. His life became a series of sleeping, suffering, eating, then sleeping. He was shown no love or affection. Only the quick glare or snarl.

But one day a lion walked into the prison. Her fur as dark as night and long white claws. She looked at me Regulus with a look he hadnt seen for so long. Pity.

She turned and talked to the king and handed him a bag of gold before stepping over to the prison caretaker. The caretaker picked his cage and they began a long journey.

A lot of sleeps later Regulus woke up outside of the cave. He quickly stretched and looked around, surveying the new world.

The lioness was sitting there staring at him. The caretaker for some reason beside her.

He learned that the caretaker and him was bought out of the pride and they would live here. Together. That she would be his trainer. Meaning he would never escape her. Wonderful.