I wriggle, under my father's paw, "Please, Daddy, we behave!" I look at him, as always, in his lion form, like me and twin.
"Don't go in the Cosola pride's land! They kill you two, you two are the princesses! The Doleam pride is the most powerful, and you two are the heirs!" Dad roars.
"Daddy, we'll stay in Doleam area!" Amy struggles to get free, she's under the other paw. "Daddy!"
"Daddy!" I whine.
"Fine!" He lifts his paws of us.
"Yay!" I yell, running off.
"Yes!"
"Lets go," we run till we get out of ear-shot, "Lets break some rules!"
A skinny cub, one who hasn't ate in a while. "Are you okay?" I ask.
Suddenly, a lioness, who's ribs show, jumps on me, roaring, this is the end. I swipe at her eyes, blinding her. "Amy, run, I can't hold her for long."
"What about you?"
"Don't worry, goodbye Amy!"
"Bye, Charlotte!" She yells, running off to the pride.
I swipe again, run the other way, hoping she'll follow me and not Amy, I was always the better fighter, she was always better in her human form! The lioness gains chase upon me, this truly is the end...
"Charlotte!" Someone yells, I look, Dad! He hits her, hurting her. He turns to me, "Charlotte, how could you be so stupid?"
"Daddy, I-" I start, but the lioness attacks Dad. "No!" I launch at her, head first, ripping open her chest with my teeth, pulling her heart out. Us lion-people are hard to kill, we are immortal, only two ways to kill one of us, rip our heart out or create a wound that damage our magic layer.
"Charlotte!" Dad's wound is not healing, no, please don't die. I drag him home.
"Daddy got hurt! Daddy is not healing!" Dropping him.
Two hours later, I stare at Uncle Kay, his dark mane floating in the breeze.
"Uncle-" I start.
"Charlotte, no, your father is dead... Patrick is dead... our king is dead! How will the Doleam pride survive? All because of you, you know you sister won't say no to you, she don't want you to think less of her! And you, you were the one Patrick saw as Queen, you're strong, brave but stupid! Can't see you taking over the pride, you won't be good for five minutes, you, our Queen! Charlotte?" Kay rants.
"Uncle Kay! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to! Maybe... Maybe you could take over until'- until' I'm older?"
"I can't, you know the deal. Only the one with true power, someone strong, someone truly royal! That was you!" He roars.
"I'm sorry!"
"You will lead us to war, death, cold, hurt, and heart-break!" Kay yells, seeming terrifying, this is Uncle Kay, who runs, play and acting like a child!
"Kay leave her! She is young, she's two! She didn't mean harm, she killed the lioness herself, Patrick said so! She carried him, pausing for short breaks, a heavy full grown lion on her back!" Auntie Sue shout, she, also, was Daddy's sister, like Kay was his brother...
"Leave me alone, kid, never talk to me again!" Kay snarls.
I wake, that dream, me remember the worst year of my life, later that year, the underweight Cosola lions, lioness, cubs attacked, many Doleam's fighters died. Those who survived had little food to hunt. Many more died... Uncle Kay was right. Every time I looked at him, he turned away. He hated me, I killed his brother, many of his friends died in battle. I made only one good decision, it was that we take to our human forms, live with the human, change only at night or in danger. Stop the people from being hurt by the other mystic creatures.
We followed our noses, to places where the supernatural were blooming. Now, we are in Mystic Falls. Our kind is beautiful, more than anything in the world.