The New Beginning

by Fourth Season

A leopard experiment escapes from its prison. As it ventures out into the land, roaming the plains of Africa, it discovers things about its world that it never knew before. It gains friends, but also makes powerful enemies. While through it all, it discovers more about its past, and dawns the age of a legendary clan.

14. Chapter 14

Chapter 14: Lioness, Lecta

Lecta could smell the scent left behind from the kill site. Her stomach rumbled so hard it shook her feeble frame. The week old cub she held by the scruff whimpered.

" I'm sorry little Mordo." She whispered. " I couldn't stay at the den after the hyena's found us." I can barely feed my poor cub. I used to be part of a small pride with a good leader. Now, because of that stampede, I'm the last one left. And all of my cubs died except for this one. I need to find food and shelter. I need to find a place to take care of my last cub. These thoughts pushed her on. She had no idea where she was, nor did she care. All she wanted was to get her cub to safety.

Eventually she found the source of the smell inside a small forest. Lecta explored the small clearing and found a small cave that seemed to be the source of the smell. Immediately a lioness and a winged leopard cornered her. They had a fierce look in their eyes. She set down Mordo.

" Please! Please don't kill us!" She pleaded.