Ramlak Rising

The next morning I see the lizards looting the last of the houses and all of a sudden I hear Kat playing her flute and sigh in relief. If Kat made it through then so did Kit, I continue with the plan to meet them outside the gate so I go to find anything salvageable from the wreckage. I pull my hood farther down and start looking for something. I then hear someone talking so I duck behind some rubble and listen in.

"Rest now to rise again father." I gasp as I recognize the voice. "May your next life show you peace." I recognize that one too. "We should move out while the lizards trail is still fresh. Mumm Ra's layer is probably past the sand sea. We have quite a journey ahead of us." I back away so as not to be noticed and make a break for the front gate frantically looking for Kit and Kat.

"KIT! KAT! WHERE ARE YOU!?"


"Mumm Ra? Jaga told us to first seek out the book of omens. As well as to find the seer. Those were my teachers last words to us." said Cheetara. "The book can wait it has for centuries. And we have no idea who the seer is." said Lion O. Then Tigra says, "But only the book can provide us answers Lion O and the seer sounds like someone who can see the future. Sounds pretty helpful to me."

"Answers! I already know who destroyed our city! Killed our King! What answers do you need! If it were either of us on that funeral pyre father would have already buried that Demon! I intend to do him the same justice!" Then Cheetara says, "You're angry Lion O." Lion O then says, "I should hope I'm not the only one! We're going after Mumm Ra and that's a command." After Lion O walks away Tygra says "You are the King."


"KIT! KAT!" I've been running around for a good hour looking for them. Then just outside the ruins of Thundera I see them sitting on a piece of rubble. "Kit! Kat!" They look up and smile running toward me. "Star we thought you had died. Don't leave us again" said Kit. I look them over for any wounds and instead notice their clothes. "You two stole some new clothes didn't you."

They look at me sheepishly and I just sigh, "It's okay this once. Now where should we head from here." Then we see the prince's and the girl leaving so Kit and Kat decide to bother them. "I can't believe it. Prince Lion o and Tygra to the rescue." I just sigh at their antics. "Name's Wilykat and Kit, we thought we were the only cats left. Well beside's Star." This makes him stop and look at me. Then I feel another vision coming on and Tense.

I see the sand seas with a ship and us fighting a giant plant. Then Kat comes up to me as he wants to know what I saw but I give him a look saying ask me later. They start walking again and Kit and Kat follow, "Kit, Kat." They turn to look at me and I smile, "You won't go anywhere without me." They smile and we follow them.


We're camped one night and the others are asleep and I just sigh, "Why do I have to follow the cats that will probably get me killed. Oh yeah because I care about the future of third earth." I jump at Cheetara being awake, "You couldn't sleep either." She sits down next to me as I watch Kit and Kat sleep. "So what did you mean by what you said before, about third earth?" I chuckle a bit, "Jaga probably told you to find the seer right?"

"Yes, but how did you know?" I just look at the ground, "I lived in the slums most of my life and have known what and who I am but no one has yet to figure it out. "She get's this look of realization on her face with wide eyes says, "You're the seer aren't you." Still looking at the ground and try to not smile. "My powers get stronger as I follow destiny, and from my vision when we left. You guys are the cornerstone of destiny, if you fail then Mumm Ra wins." After that we just sit there in silence and she gets up and goes to bed while I sit there thinking about tomorrow.


A few days later we're sitting under a rock and I'm cursing the heat but refuse to take my cloak off. Tygra just looks at me "It's like a hundred degrees, are you ever going to take that hood off?" I just look at him, "Not until we are not running toward the enemy." He just looks at me and shakes his head. Then we see something that screams hope except for me I just pale a little.

"Snarf just found the sand sea. Mumm Ra's layer must be just on the other side." I walk not too enthusiastically and then we see some food. "I think I see something better." I sigh at Kit's reasoning, they just rush forward to eat. They must be really hungry but they turn to me, "Are you hungry or not." Lion O tosses me some fruit and I look at it sigh and take a bite. Next thing I know my friends are flying through the air in a net.

I jump in the sand sea and start swimming and grab a net pulling myself onto the ship spooking some of the fish men. "If you hurt my friends there'll be hell to pay. Now do you want to do this the easy way or the hard way." They rush at me and I grab some throwing stars and pin a few of them to the deck then break out my new dual swords and start to take down fish after fish. Next thing I know I'm facing the captain when giant vines come out of the sand and do my job for me.

It grabs some of the crew and I just sigh and jump chopping the vine saving there sorry fins. Then the captain begins to rant. "Ramlak. At long last my wretched quarry returns." The crew tries to fight it off and I just take to chopping vine's. The captain looks at me, "You're a fine warrior for a girl." I dodge another vine and glance at the captain. "I'll take that as a compliment...Stupid plant!" Finally getting out of the fire I manage to throw a star at the ropes holding my friends cutting them so they can join in the fray.

Then the plant decides to grab my friends, I know Lion O can handle himself but it decided to grab Kit and Kat too. I jump and just as Lion O free's himself I cut the vine holding Kit and Kat. I catch them mid-air and land softly on the ground. I glance them over for injuries and deeming them unharmed I continue fighting cutting a vine that threatens me and another that decides to sneak up on me. I then notice Kit and Kat biting a vine so I cut it and fix them with a stern glare making them smile sheepishly. I sigh and shake my head. "I am going to teach you two to wield a weapon eventually...and when I do I never want to see that again." They nod and I put my swords away and go to collect what throwing stars I can seeing as the plant left.

I turn to the captain as he puts a hand on my shoulder making me feel uncomfortable but thankfully Lion O steps in. "Now what were we talking about before the interruption!?" The captain removes his hand and I let out a breath I didn't even know I'd been holding. "I believe we were discussing how to fillet you, but had I known you were such fine warriors I would have gladly served my own first mate to you on a platter." I look at said first mate and send him a reassuring smile. "Listen up fishies, these are our new shipmates, treat'em like you would your own scaly brothers...and fix the little one's some food."

"Kit Kat, Do not. I repeat Do Not overeat. It's not healthy." They nod and follow the chef down to the kitchen while the captain brings Lion O with him to the crows nest. So I go to help in the clean up. I walk up to the first mate who looks up, "Give me a broom. I want to help." He looks me over and furrows his eyebrows, "Why would you want to help?" I sigh and look at the crow's nest, "It's the right thing to do...and your captain gives me the creeps...no offence but that's my personal opinion." He nods, "I can understand that."

As I'm sweeping I see Tygra puking over the side of the ship. I sigh and I pull a small vial out of my bag and walk over to him, "When you get a minute after you stop puking drink this...It's an herbal mixture to sooth the stomach." He nods weakly and grabs the vial chugging it making him gag. "That tasted horrible! What was in that!?" I look at him and smile, "Trust me, you don't want to know. But it helped, you're not puking anymore." He smiles gratefully at me before the fish put him to work.

I walk away sweeping when we sail into a lightning storm I start cursing under my breath, "Whiskers and curd! Why did it have to be a lightning storm! It's the same as my vision...which means we're one step closer to Mumm Ra." Then as we head closer to the Ramlak It lashes out at the ship and apparently Lion O has been manipulated by the 'good' captain and is helping him fight. I who has had enough decide to step in.

I walk over to him and calmly slap him on the head...hard. "Lion O you can't be blinded by the fish. Remember the reason you came here in the first place!" He turns to me and I see something in his eyes that is all too familiar. "You don't understand! To have everything taken from you in one shot and your entire life change in less than an hour." I glare at him and make him back away a little. "Like hell I don't understand! When you can see past the end of your nose and realize you don't have to take the burden on yourself than I will call you a King. Until you earn my respect!" I start walking away dodging tentacles and all of a sudden I'm snatched up by a vine.

"Whisker's! How did I not see this stupid vine!" I can vaguely see Cheetara trying to get to me but the vines are squeezing too tight. The last thing I see before I pass out from lack of Oxygen is Lion O cutting the vine squeezing me.


"Star!" Cheetara runs up and tries to reach her as she is grabbed by a vine. "Lion O! The Ramlak has Star" His eyes widen and he looks at the Ramlak. He see's Star and jumps to cut the vine. When he does she starts to fall and he catches her and lands on some wreckage. He lays her down and notices her hood fell down. But what catches his eye is that she is in fact a lion. She has brown hair and a fair face, her features extremely fair. From the corner of his eye he can see Tygra saw her too. The only question is why would she hide this from them.


When I wake up we're floating on some wreckage and Kit and Kat are looking at me worried. I blink a little to bring everything into focus and I see those two smile and they hug me crying a little, "Star! We thought we had lost you!" I sit up a little and hug them. "Relax guys I'm not going anywhere." I then notice that we're still floating on a pile of wood. I stand up and walk over to the others, "So what did I miss? Because from what I can tell Lion O has finally come to his senses...and before you ask I'll give a full explanation as so as we're off of the sand seas."

"I lost sight of what's important, and for that I am…" all of a sudden the Ramlak comes out of the water and snatch's Lion O and eats him. "Lion O! You had better come out of this alive you moron!" A few minutes later the plant tenses and Lion O comes out along with water making all of us wet.

Back on land Lion O is saying goodbye to the first mate, "Thanks to you we have our home back!" They shake hands, "I'm sorry about your captain." I sigh and say "I'm not sorry. He gave me the creeps and deserved what he got in the end." Lion O just shakes his head at me and I smile. "It was his own foolish choice that led him to his sandy grave."

"We'd better get moving before the sun sets." Lion O comes up to the little boat we were given to get across the sea. Cheetara smiles at him a bit "So what orders do you have for your crew." Lion smile's and it would seem he's earned my respect, and in such a short amount of time. "Yes my King, what orders do you have." He looks at me in surprise but his smile returns shortly after, "Set our course for the book of omens." I decide to be a little childish at that, "Aye aye captain!" I even salute him.

"And what do we do with these three stowaways." I pout at that a little bit , "I am not a stow away! The fact that you need me is proof enough!" I get a raised eyebrow from Tygra but I brush him off as Lion O says. "I said I'm not going to babysit. It's a good thing they've proven they can take care of themselves." I rub them on their heads as we set off across the sand seas. All of a sudden pain shoots through my head and I hear someone scream.