One is waiting. My pride brothers are with me in the Common Room as we wait for the return of our leader. One hates separation from the pride leader, it is not as it should be.
Many of the other prides are here too, also waiting for their leaders. The air is thick with tension; one can smell the stress and fear and worry emanated by the others.
He-with-two-names brought something to the den at sunrise. It must have been important, because nobody has been allowed outside today. Not even our pride leader, who was supposed to take us on a mission this morning with He-who-sings and They-who-thunder.
Instead pride leader and He-who-sings are in meetings with Leader-of-all-Prides. The leaders of the They-who-thunder, and They-who-fly are in the meeting den too. He-who-plans, He-who-guards, Healer-who-yells, and He-who-is-nervous were also called to the meetings.
A whiff of pine alerts me to the presence of He-who-roams. He hates being kept inside, when he could be out exploring. One can commiserate. There is so much to this new world that One wants to find out about, smells to investigate, new creatures to track.
Looking around, one can also see He and She-who-were-adopted. Their pride leader is not here; instead he is talking with the leaders of the They-of-this-land, trying to get them to help our pride in our fight to protect others from the enemy pride.
One moves away as Brother-who-hates sits down near us. He used too much polish again, and the smell is overpowering; One resists the urge to cough however. One is much smaller than he is, and One has no wish to be crushed if he takes offence.
Brother-who-plays reaches down and gives One a scratch behind my ears. One likes it when he does that. "Thanks for the save." He tells me before leaving to talk to He-who-is-apart.
Brother-who-plays was missing after a battle with the enemy pride yesterday. One found him trapped under a rockslide and brought him help. Healer-who-yells did a lot of yelling when he saw the extent of Brother-who-plays' hurts.
Healer-who-yells doesn't yell because he is angry though. One would smell it if he were. He yells because the hurts of his pride brothers, his friends, scare him; and he doesn't like to be scared. So he yells to cover it up. But that doesn't fool One.
There is a commotion at the front of the room. The meetings have ended, and everyone has been called here. Pride leader has returned, and he comes to us. The pride of They-who-hear is complete again, as it should be.
Translation
Pride leader- Blaster
He-with-two-names- Punch/Counterpunch
He-who-sings- Jazz
They-who-thunder-Dinobots
Leader-of-all-Prides- Optimus Prime
They-who-fly- Arialbots
He-who-plans- Prowl
He-who-guards- Ironhide
Healer-who-yells- Ratchet
He-who-is-nervous- Red Alert
He-who-roams- Hound
He and She-who-were-adopted- Spike and Carly
They-of-this-land- American Government
Brother-who-hates- Sunstreaker
Brother-who-plays- Sideswipe
He-who-is-apart- Mirage
They-who-hear- Blaster and co