chapter 5 What is coming
Lion-o stayed with Liosia for a while and decided to tell his father.
Lion-o went to the throne room to meet with his father. Jaga followed him there.
"What is it Lion-o?" Claudius asked.
"Father I chose the cleric call Liosia to be my mate." Lion-o said.
"I see has she accepted?" Claudius asked.
"Yes," Lion-o said.
"Good," Claudius said. Then he saw Lion-o had something else on his mind. "Is something wrong?" he asked.
Lion-o was nervous to tell his father. But Jaga nodded and Lion-o swallowed his fear. "Liosia is going to have my cub." Lion-o said.
Claudius looked a little surprised but didn't get angry like Lion-o expected. "Well I'm surprised but it is great news, it will be nice for the palace to have cubs running around in again." he said.
Lion-o let out a relieved sigh.
"The wedding will soon take place." Claudius said.
Lion-o went back to Liosia and told her the good news.
"That's wonderful." Liosia said.
"I know, I can't wait." Lion-o said.
"Neither can I," Liosia said.
Liosia would soon move into the palace since she was going to be a new princess after marrying Lion-o and all.
Nataya was jealous.
In the garden when she saw Liosia she decided to start a fight.
Luckily Cheetara saw and pulled Nataya back and Jaga came to help Liosia up because she hurt her ankle. Lion-o her the scuffle and came to make sure Liosia was alright.
"Liosia are you okay?" Lion-o asked.
"Yes I'm fine just a hurt ankle." she answered.
Lion-o kissed her.
"Nataya this behavior will not be tolerated." Jaga said.
Nataya knew he was right and started crying and tried to talk. It was hard to understand her. "Leopono dumped you?" Liosia asked.
"How did you understand that?" Lion-o asked.
"It's a girl thing." Liosia said.
"So that is why you are trying to get Lion-o to take you back." Cheetara said.
"Yes, but I can't find anyone," Nataya said.
"Well I talked to Valoro he told me he real likes you," Cheetara said.
"Really the lion with the black mane?" Nataya asked.
"Yes, he was hoping to ask you out." Cheetara said.
Nataya smiled then turned to Liosia. "Liosia, I'm sorry." Nataya said.
"That's okay," Liosia said.
"I'm glad you're okay Liosia especially in your condition." Lion-o said.
Nataya realized what Lion-o meant. "You're pregnant?" Nataya asked.
Liosia nodded.
"I am so sorry I didn't know I hope I caused no harm." Nataya said.
"Don't worry I only fell on my rear, so I think the cub is fine." Liosia said.
Kali agreed the cub was just fine although Liosia did have a sprained ankle.
"Nataya you'll be on probation for the rest of month, that means cleaning everything up and staying in your room and not engaging leisurely activities." Jaga said. "Do you understand?" he asked.
"Yes Jaga," Nataya said.
Kali bandage Liosia's ankle. "Now rest that ankle for about a week which means you can't train with clerics while your ankle heals." Kali said.
"Understood," Liosia said.
Lion-o and Cheetara help Liosia back to her room. Once in her room she propped her ankle up with a pillow. "Thanks I should be fine now." Liosia said.
"Great, I'll be back tomorrow to check on you," Lion-o said.
Liosia smiled and kissed his cheek.
Everyone was pretty happy about was going on nothing could be more right.
By the end of the week Liosia's ankle had healed.
The plans for the mating ceremony were underway.
All of Thundera was ready for a wonderful time.
Then one day. Panthro came back to Thundera alone he was stumbling and badly injured a dog was supporting him.
Lynx-o smelled them coming.
"Panthro," he said. "Let him in!" he said.
The cat soldiers came up and saw the dog. They were about to attack him.
"Don't hurt him, he's a friend." Panthro said.
"What is your name dog?' Lynx-o asked.
"My name is Dobo." Dobo said. "Panthro is hurt we were attacked by lizards, a money, and jackal." he said.
"Let's get him to palace." a guard said.
A guard came in on a mount.
Claudius, Lion-o, Tygra, Cheetara, Liosia and Jaga were in the palace going over the plans for the wedding.
The guard came in. "SIRE!" the cat said.
"What is it?" Claudius asked.
"It's general Panthro," the cat said.
"He's back?" Claudius asked.
"Yes and badly injured. There is dog with him he also seems hurt, but he seems concerned for Panthro." the cat said.
"It's possible Panthro and the dog became friends." Liosia said.
"Bring them to the palace." Claudius said.
"They're on their way." the cat said.
By the time they got to the palace Panthro passed out.
Panthro was laying in bed. "He's alive but unconscious." he said.
"Mind telling us what happened?' Claudius asked Dobo.
"Okay it's like this Panthro and I were prisoners in dog city I was imprison for stealing food and Panthro was imprison there by some lizards who found him wandering the desert. We were forced to fight in the pit a place where prisoners and slaves fight to survive and to entertain the masses. Panthro and I met in the holding pen. His cell was across from mine. We got to know each other and became friends. We often were teamed up to fight together. Then Panthro found out our next fight was a death match against each other. He got out of his cell and woke me and took me with him and told me what would happen the next day in the pit. I didn't want to hurt Panthro he's my friend in fact he's the only friend I got. Then on our way here we ran into lizards, they were attacking us, there was a monkey and a jackal. If you ask me that jackal didn't have all his marbles. Then there was other cat he was a saber-tooth with only one saber-tooth." Dobo said.
"Grune?" Claudius asked. "Is he prisoner?" he asked.
"No, he was fighting alongside them, and he mentioned someone I only heard in stories Mum-Ra." Dobo said.
"I feared this day would come Claudius." Jaga said.
"Will Panthro be alright?" Dobo asked.
"Yes he will recover, now let's look at your wounds." Kali said.
"What else happened?" Tygra asked.
"They attacked us on mass. Then barely managed to escape with our lives. During the fight I passed out. When woke up Panthro was tending to me. He told me we just barely escaped with our lives. I owe my life to Panthro." Dobo said.
"Do you remember what happened before you passed out?' Cheetara asked.
"No, the fight that we had is pretty fuzzy, I just can't remember." Dobo answered.
"We must prepare for what is to come Claudius." Jaga said.
"Yes we must." Claudius said.