I headed toward the main den, hoping to find Amara. She hadn’t been in her nest when I’d woken, and I worried that she’d gone to the borders of Fiercerock. She had said yesterday that she might, but I’d thought that she had been joking. I guess Amara decided to go. I sighed. It was almost impossible to convince my sister not to do something when she set her mind to it.
I entered the main den, narrowing my eyes as light flooded through the entrance. I found Amara and Liana glaring at each other. Leo was looking cheerfully towards the dirt den entrance which I had come through. I walked towards Leo and stopped. I took one look at the female cubs and immediately thought Uh-oh! I knew that if we stayed here any longer we would get caught up in their fight, and the only thing scarier than that was to be attacked by a clan of hyenas (Not that it would ever happen)! So I quickly grabbed Leo by his scruff and dragged him out mumbling that we had to go to the Sun den.
I dragged him through the Sun den entrance and pulled him in. I dropped Leo and collapsed on a sun rock, panting. Leo picked himself up and walked over to the formation of rocks, and plopped down on the rock next to me. We sat in silence for a few heartbeats.
“Ayan, why did you pull me from the main den?” Leo asked quietly
“Couldn’t you see that Amara and Liana were having a fight?” I snapped
“Really?” Leo exclaimed, looking surprised
“Yes, they were. I didn’t want us to get caught in one of their fights again, so I had to do something” I responded, a bit exasperated
“Oh. I guess I need to get better at reading the den!” he chuckled.
I sighed “Yes, you do.”
We sat in the Sun den for a few minutes, taking in the sun. Leo got up, stretching his legs
“Hey Ayan, do you want to go see if the lionesses caught any prey?” He asked.
“No thanks” I muttered, enjoying the feel of the sun on my fur. “But make sure you save some for me” Leo shrugged
“Okay. See you later.” he said
I relaxed on the warm rocks, relishing the cool breeze coming in from the main den. I felt my breathing slow and my last thought was I forgot to ask Amara where she’d been! Oh well. I can ask her later. Then I drifted off to sleep, dreaming about a juicy deer.
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Pride United
Fantasy4 young lion cubs living with their pride happily till something big happens. Read about the events leading up to this mysterious happening. Wrote this in 5th grade so might be a bit cringey
