Liquin : Chapter 1
Liquins, rather than jaquins, are lions or lionesses with wings, but with the same feather tail and feather feet just like jaquins. The only differences are their paws and ears are bigger than jaquins, and the male ones has manes.
They live in their own realm just like Vallestrella and form a good friendship with jaquins as the guardians of Avalor.
But when Shuriki decided to attack the jaquin's realm when she managed to sneak in, the jaquins asked the liquins for help and they agreed to help. All the adults and teenagers left, leaving only young cubs on their realm. They battle day and night.
In the end, they all managed to get Shuriki away from the jaquins realm. With the cost of many lives of the jaquins and all the lives of adults and teenagers liquins.
It was a very great loss.
King Verago finally decided, since the liquin grew a lot slower than jaquins, they went and get the liquins cubs so the jaquins can adopt them and take care of them in Vallestrella.
"They all here, Your Highness." One of the jaquins guard said to King Verago. King Verago nodded and dismiss the guard so he can go back and guard the liquin cubs.
"Hey! Put me down!"
Yelled the young cub, who is the late King of Liquins' daughter, Kina. She's a pure white liquin with white wings, feathers, and feather tail. She has diamond blue eyes and some white tuft hair on the top of her head. She's the second youngest next to Itala, the pink liquin who is the youngest and slightly smaller than Kina.
All the liquin cubs are almost the same size to each other since none of them are close to the age of teens. They are young cubs with still a long way to go to reach teenhood. Especially since they grow a lot slower than jaquins do.
Kina finally was put down by the guard from the scruff of her neck and growled menacingly to the guards around. She is kinda the leader of the cubs, since her parents are the leader of the liquins.
Well, were...
"Let us go home! You can't make us stay here!" Kina growled to King Verago. King Verago only shook his head to the cub's stubborness and said, "You cubs will have to stay here until you grow up. You need someone to take care of you."
"We can take care of ourselves!" Kina and the black liquin with black little tuft mane, Santiago exclaimed. None of the liquin cubs like the idea of getting taken care by the jaquins. But the others just simply tired of griefing, that they didn't care anymore.
"Just do what they say for now, Santiago. Kina." A grey liquin with grey tuft mane, Julian, said. He is one of the former liquin guards' son. He was too sad to even care that Chief Zephyr is going to take care of him from now on.
"Let's go home, son." Chief Zephyr said to Julian and fly ahead. Julian follow by flying behind him closely.
"You will have to go home with me for today, Santiago." One maroon and blue jaquin said and then took him home to his nest and the rest of his family.
Kina was the only one left from all 15 surviving cubs that has been adopted. She still growled and hissed menacingly to all jaquins that dare to get near her. She even clawed them if she has to.
"No one want to adopt her, Your Highness.. She's too wild." One of the guards said after getting clawed by Kina on his left foot.
King Verago was still thinking about this when suddenly, a Sunbird flew in.
It's no other than Quita Moz.
"I'll take care of the cub, Verago." He said calmly. He is the only one who can call the king by his name, for some reasons.
"You, Quita Moz? I knew you are wise enough to raise a cub, but you're pretty easy-going. Are you sure you can raise her?" Verago asked. He didn't deny the fact that Quita Moz is pretty much capable of raising a liquin cub, but he also didn't deny the fact that Kina is not very accepting to others right now, so he hoped Quita Moz knew what condition she was in and what he's about to go in.
"Of course I can. The flame already told me about her. Now, you're ready to go home?" Quita moz said and then turned to the white winged cub.
"Wait, what?" Kina said, but gasped in surprise when Quita Moz carry her with his tail, wrapping around her middle.
"I'll see you sometime later, Verago. Good bye for now." Quita Moz said with his easy-going smile. Then he carry Kina with his mouth by grabbing her scruff on the back of her neck.
"Wait. Hey!" Kina struggled in surprise, but didn't struggle much when her instinct told her to curl up her back leg so Quita Moz can carry her back easily.
Quita Moz noticed this and mentally chuckled. The cub is learning to accept him as her new guardian. It was a baby step but it's worth it.
After a few minutes flying, they finally reached Quita Moz home, which was hidden with illusion.
They went through the wooden kind of hatch in the tunnel and finally reached Quita Moz's nest.
"Alright, time for bed." Quita Moz said while put Kina on the nest with a 'thud'. He curled up around Kina, making her body surrounded by his own with some circle space around her. The nest was pretty comfortable and looks a lot like in her home, but Kina was very confused with the sunbird's behaviour.
"Wait. Now?" Kina asked while putting her two front feet on the scale of her new guardian.
Quita Moz who was already closing his eyes, peek open an eye and said, "Yes. It is the appropriate time for you to sleep, right?"
"Well, yeah, but-"
"Then off to bed now. Come on." Quita Moz nudged Kina to lay down on the center of the nest.
"But I-"
"Shush. It's time to sleep."
By that, Quita Moz was instantly fell asleep and snored quietly. Kina didn't know what to do. She just want to run from this red orangeish sunbird, but she had a feeling she can't. Besides, it's night already, and she was exhausted with the whole ordeal with the jaquins and the griefing. She just have to wait until morning to think straight again.
By that self-assurance, Kina circled around the spot in the center and then curled up to sleep. She was so exhausted that she immediately fall asleep.
Quita Moz who was pretending to sleep, smile slightly at her sleeping form and then curled up more around her body, protectively. He then sleep for real this time.
For he knows the parenthood will be the most challenging thing he ever done before.
A.N : Hey! What do you think? I love Quita Moz's character and I like to see him in a father figure like character in this fanfiction. And of course I'm going to center this story on Kina and the liquins' life, and also the sunbirds. Yes, sunbirds. Go watch season 2 episode 11 if you don't know what I mean. Anyway, enjoy! See you in the next chapter!
