This is the story for my Lion King characters at TLKFAA, and this chapter is based on a role play with my friend.
All characters are copyright to me, but both my friend and I created Sienta. Nothing much more to say :P
The Tale of Kami and Sienta
He sat perched on a low branch…watching her. He being a male lion. Dark grey in colour, this lion was a sight. He was a wanderer, and since he didn't have a lioness around for hunting duties…well it was plain to see this lion hadn't had a good meal since he left the Pridelands.
The female was white in colour, with a creamy underbelly and muzzle. Her move was extremely professional, but she lacked the proper skills of an adult hunter. For one, she kept making too much noise.
His mane fluttered in the light breeze and he flicked his tail back in forth, the motion almost memorised, as his head drooped while watching the sight before him.
He watched with great amusement. A lioness that could not hunt! How could this cruel fate be bestowed upon her? He thought to himself as he watched her take a fall; her prey, a wild boar, stalking away with a smug snort.
He could not help it; breezy laughter escaped his maw. The lioness sat up with a frustrated growl and looked up.
"And I suppose you could do better?" She questioned with a flick of her ears and a frown.
"I'm a male, and males don't hunt, in case you didn't realise." He smirked and jumped off the branch, landing stealthily in front of her.
She glared at him and for a brief moment wanted to claw his eyes out. She let out a piercing roar as an answer to his statement; by all means not as powerful or loud as a male lion, but equally intimidating.
He blinked at her and growled. "Is that a challenge?" He declared through clenched teeth.
"Could be!" She retorted and circled his sitting form, his eyes following her as best as they could.
"Go on then, attack me." He offered, rather calmly.
She was about to pounce when a distant rustling of the bushes caught both of their attention.
"Sienta! Sienta where are you?" A quiet voice gradually became louder as another female entered the clearing. She was Sienta's mother. Her coat was cream in colour.
By then, the male had retreated back into the shadows, where he belonged. He lay watching the two talk. The first thing he noticed about her mother was a ruby coloured diamond pattern on her forehead. Another trait was the two looked very alike.
"Sienta, your father is furious! You ran off again!"
"Mother, I am indeed not a cub anymore, I may go where I wish!" She rolled her eyes and joined her mother in the middle of the clearing.
"Samaire, where is she?" Her father then appeared. He was very majestic; his coat was the purest of white, his mane light black in colour.
Sienta gulped; her father was probably furious.
"Mariku she's here." Her mother jested towards the now trembling lioness.
By all means, Mariku was a loving mate and wonderful father. He was king of the Carrara Pride, and Samaire was the queen, which made Sienta a princess. He was strict; a little too strict some might say. He took pride in his family, but rarely let Sienta do anything fun, which is why her rebellious nature almost always got her into sticky situations in the past. And this was no exception.
"Sienta I'm very disappointed in you. You ran off again!" The booming voice of her father echoed throughout the small and damp clearing.
Still hidden away, in the shadows, was the lion. Sienta wondered what had happened to him. He was alright; a little arrogant, but alright. She wished she had gotten his name.
"Father, I just wanted some freedom for a change! You keep me locked up like some caged animal!" She growled low in her throat, and her father just looked down at her with a straight face.
"Sienta, I'm only strict because I love you. I don't want anything to happen to you. Now, we'll discuss this later. Let's go home." He glared at her and she knew not to argue.
Sienta slinked off in the opposite direction, her parents in front of her. She looked over her shoulder at the bushes and silently mouthed a goodbye.
"Kami!" He yelled out. "It's Kami!"
Sienta ran the name over in her head…Kami…
Chapter 2 coming soon :D