Chapter 1
Lion-o was a strong and kind young prince. "Lion-o wake up time for morning training," his father called.
"Coming," Lion-o said. He splashed some cold water on his face.
He headed to the training ground. He was practicing with his sword. "You're doing well Lion-o great improvement," his teacher said.
Claudius came up to watch. He saw Lion-o was getting to be pretty good with the sword.
He came to him. "You're doing well Lion-o now let's see how you do against an opponent," Claudius said.
A young soldier in training came up. "Okay you two here are your training swords. Now show us what you got," The teacher said.
Lion-o was doing well. "Come on Lion-o show him what you are made of," Claudius said. "Pay attention to your opponent!" He shouted.
After it was over Lion-o and the young trainee got a drink of water and caught their breath.
"Lion-o that was great but I know you can do better," Claudius said. "Come along Lion-o it's time for more lessons," he said.
Lion-o sighed and went to the library and began to study with Jaga. Then a couple of hours later he had his hand to hand combat training.
Lion-o did not like his busy schedule. He barely had any time for fun. Jaga saw Lion-o was stressed. He decided to talk him.
"Is something wrong Lion-o?" Jaga asked.
"I know father expects the best from me but I feel he pushes me way too hard. Tygra gets have fun because he doesn't have as much to do as me. I feel jealous that I will never get to relax like everyone else," Lion-o said.
"Lion-o have you told your father how feel?" Jaga asked.
"No he'll just think I'm being lazy," Lion-o said.
"Lion-o you're father just wants you to become a great king who will take his place maybe he doesn't realize he is pushing you too hard and to the limit," Jaga said. "I'll talk to him about this later okay," he said.
"Okay," Lion-o said.
A bit later Lion-o had some free time so he decided to explore Thundera. His pet Snarf was following him.
He heard something and saw a young puma lady being robbed and the robber was touching her inappropriately. Lion-o rushed to help her and started to fight the robber. "You leave her alone!" Lion-o shouted.
Lion-o was skilled in combat. He was doing well until the robber did some sneaky attacks. Lion-o knocked him to the ground and the hood covering his head was down.
"The prince I better get out of here!" The robber said.
Lion-o turned to the lady. "Are you okay?" He asked.
"Yes thank you prince Lion-o, I'm Pumyra," she said.
"You're welcome," Lion-O said. "Argh!" He said. He touched his side and saw blood on his hand.
"Oh no!" Pumyra said. She helped him back to the palace.
The guards saw her carrying Prince Lion-o. "He's hurt, he was trying to protect me," she said.
They went into the palace. "Lion-o!" Claudius said.
"He was injured protecting me," Pumyra said.
"Lion-o needs a medic ," Claudius said.
"I'm a medic I was supposed to come here later I was hired by Jaga to be one of new medics for the royal family," Pumyra said.
"Don't just stand there save my son!" Claudius said.
Pumyra started to treat Lion-o's wounds. She wrapped bandages around his cuts after cleaning them and putting herbs on them.
It was late at night. "Well?" Claudius asked when Pumyra came out.
"He's going to be alright, he lost quite a bit of blood but he should be fine." Pumyra said.
"He has plenty of lessons tomorrow, I hope he'll be ready," Claudius said.
"Wait a second, Lion-o is going to live but he has some serious injuries. He needs a long rest in bed," Pumyra said. "His muscles are very tense, his eyes are bloodshot and have bags, bottom line is he is exhausted. He's only sixteen he needs time to rest and relax." Pumyra said.
"Why is he so tired and stiff right now?" Claudius said.
"Well Claudius Lion-o has had trained and studied everyday as soon as he talk. You have been trying to turn him into a good king. Tygra helps out with his brother's training because he was being a good brother. But Tygra had days off while Lion-o almost never got a moment of peace. He only got to relax at bedtime but he left today when he realized he had free time before his next lesson because he wanted a chance to go out and relax and have fun," Jaga said.
"If he felt so overwhelmed why didn't he tell me?" Claudius asked.
"Because he said you would think he was being lazy," Jaga said.
"Why didn't I see I was pushing him too hard to be a good king? I didn't see he felt overwhelmed with only work and no fun? I'm a terrible father!" Claudius said.
"No you're not, you want what's best for him, just remember Lion-o has more qualities to make a good king than you see so just accept him for who he is and make sure he has days with no lessons or training." Jaga said.
"Okay," Claudius said. "Can I see Lion-o? I want to talk to him." He said.
"He's sleeping," Pumyra said. "You can talk to him tomorrow," she said.
To be continued.
