Kital
Chapter 1: Prologue
It was a typical day in the Outlands. Dark and dreary and just plain boring, but it was also not a very safe place. Food was scarce and diseases were abundant. In this godforsaken place, a perseverant hyena named Shilana gave birth to a wonderful male ball of fur that immediately seemed unusual. He was fairly muscular looking and had a spot of light colored fur on his forehead that almost seemed to glow.
"You know," said Shilana, "this could be a sign that he could help restore our kind back to the Pridelands."
"Well I guess so," said Markal, Shilana's mate, "you don't see this happen very often."
Both hyenas stared in awe at their new bundle of joy. Just then, another hyena appeared to them and seemed to be very excited. He was even jumping up and down and babbling many words unintelligibly.
"Hey, slow down," said Markal, "calm down and tell us what you're here for."
The hyena talked more slowly, "Some lion with a dark mane has started a rally with the other hyenas, I think you should at least take a look." He then ran off, jumping and skipping away with glee.
"What would a lion be doing in the Outlands," asked Shilana with a puzzled look.
"Heh, who knows," Markal answered, "maybe that lion flipped his lid and thinks he's a hyena. Or maybe he's just here to make a fool of himself and entertain us. I wouldn't complain though, it's been pretty dull here for a long time and needs something out of the ordinary."
"Yeah," said Shilana, "and maybe we could laugh and point and have some fun with this lunatic." They both giggled heartily.
"Hey Shilana, before we forget, have you thought of a name for our cub?"
"Well, the name I have in mind is kind of dumb, but I think it's cute. I'll call him Kital."
"Well, you surely have a creative mind. I think it's cute too. Now let's see what's going on." They carefully took their cub along and went the same way that strange hyena ran off.
Meanwhile, Rafiki, the well-known baboon shaman was having a rather disturbing dream. When he woke up, he knew it was a sign of a future student. He's never had a student before, so he figured that this would be very interesting.
(Kital in their language means "spot," obviously referring to the light colored spot of fur on Kital's forehead. It's pronounced like "key" and "tall." The accent is on the "key").