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An Unexpected Adventure Chapter 7

A heart wrenching cry of pain filled the air as Maka held a bloody arrow in her hand. She looked down at the wounded lion in front of her. Blood began to gush out of the wound

"Stay here I'm going to get some supplies to bandage your wounds." Maka said in a firm yet gentle voice as she ran to Angel and pulled some gauze out of her saddle bag and ran back to the lion. To be honest Maka thought that the lion would have run off and was slightly surprised to see him still lying there. Gently Maka began to wrap the lion's leg all the while feeling the lion's intense stare on the back of her neck. Once she was done Maka pulled back

"There good as new." Maka said encouragingly as the lion before her glared at her as if to say right-and-I-am-secretly-the-tooth fairy.

"You know I'm not the one who shot you." Maka said getting a little irritated.

The lion scrunched up his face rolled his eyes and gave her his best I'm-sorry look. Maka sighed

"It's okay; I guess you want to be on your own now." Maka said as she began to slowly get up.

Maka watched as the lion got up took a few steps and collapsed. Maka rushed to the lion's side only to be hissed at.

"You know what fine be that way. I was only trying to help but forget it!" Maka snapped angrily as she began to walk away. Maka had taken about roughly five steps when she heard something akin to a whimper. Maka stopped and heavily sighed before turning back and walking to the lion who was struggling to get up.

"How about we travel together for a bit until you have fully recovered and then if you wish to leave you can." Maka said politely.

The lion looked as if he was contemplating it before he nodded and stuck a paw out for Maka to take. Maka's eyes widened at the human mannerisms he kept portraying as she took his paw to shake.

"Alright now that we're traveling together we need to get you out of the open and away from idiotic hunters." Maka said commandingly.

The lion huffed before giving her a look that clearly said I-can-barely-walk-remember. Maka bit her lower lip in contemplation before whistling Angel over to her. Angel cautiously approached them and Maka gave her the signal to lie down. Both animals seemed to give her an are-you-serious look as they realized what her plan was. Maka gave them both a glare to which they simultaneously sighed before Maka helped the lion hobble over to Angel before laying him across the saddle. Maka sat behind the lion and gave Angel the signal to stand. Maka almost laughed at the lion's frazzled expression as they began to make their way down the forest pathway.

Little did Maka or her traveling companions notice a little blonde bird fluttering in the air overhead it looks like they need some help the little bird thought to herself as she flew off.

Maka and the lion rode Angel for the rest of the afternoon only stopping every once in a while to get a drink of water from a nearby stream. Maka made light conversation with the lion all the while feeling just a tad silly for talking to a wild animal like it was a fellow human being. Soon Maka noticed the sun beginning to lower its self from the heavens which prompted her to look around for a suitable place to camp. The two of them kept riding and as it slowly got darker the lion seemed to become antsier to Maka's confusion. Finally as the sun was almost at the line of the horizon causing colors of pink, purple, and gold to fill the sky did Maka finally find a place to set up camp. As she stopped Angel and helped the poor lion off of the saddle the lion tore itself out of her grip and limped away. Maka felt a little hurt that the lion had just run off like that but then chided herself for getting so worked up when the poor animal probably just needed a bathroom break or something. Therefore Maka threw her energy into gathering wood for a fire, making a fire pit, catching two wild hares and putting them on a make shift spit to roast of the fire she had just built. All the while Angel watched her with a bored expression before beginning to graze on the soft and lush green grass. Maka unpacked her dark green cape and pulled it around herself as she watched the fireflies begin to fly around one another. Soon Maka began to grow restless where was that stupid, ungratefully and annoying lion. What if he got stuck somewhere or his injury got the best of him? Maka thought to herself as she began to worry. Even though the lion's absence seemed to have a calming effect on Angel.

"Should I be worried?" Maka asked Angel for no reason except just to be able to talk to someone.

Angel looked up gave her an expression that clearly said good-riddance-to-that-strange-creature accompanied by a snort before going back to grazing.

Maka let out a deep sigh as she began to study her map, the smell of roasting rabbit began to fill the air and make Maka's stomach rumble in anticipation. Maka looked at the fire and the meat roasting over it and then at the sky which had turned a light purple as the sun was nearly set surrounded by a deep sapphire color with black beginning to tint the edges. Stars began to wake themselves and glow. Again Maka thought about that strange lion and just as she was about to get worried all over again Maka heard a stick crack to her left. In response to the intrusive sound Maka pulled out a dagger she kept tucked away in her boot straps and faced whatever creature made that sound only to have widened green eyes meet crimson ones. Maka let out a sigh of relief and put the dagger away. As the crescent moon finally ascended high in the sky the lion looked up at the heavens in anticipation before beginning to glow.

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A/N: Hello Everyone! ^-^ First off I want to thank you all for your support so far! It helps to keep me motived to write when I know that people like the story I'm working on. Remember reviews are GREATLY appreciated. I also want to thank you for taking the time to read this. Until the next chapter,

-Midnight Oracle ^-^