Circle of Life Ch. 15

Many miles away from where our party was currently, A large Falcon flew across a large, green field. In one part of this field stood a large creature that was unlike anything in the Pridelands. This creature was abnormally large, with skin the color blue, and a neck long than that of a Giraffe's.

The Falcon flew around her neck. "Greetings Jenny!"

"Hello Harar." Jenny greeted kindly as she munched on some large weeds from a lake.

In the fields, creatures whose oddness nearly matched Jenny's were seen either resting or conversing with each other. They came in many different colors, shapes, and sizes. By definition, these creatures could be called one thing.

Dinosaurs.

As Harar continued his flight, he was soon joined by other reptiles. However, these ones were winged and were either white, black, brown, or a mixture of two of the three.

"Harar, what brings you here?" A female Dragon who was white and pink asked the falcon.

"I have news for queen Rani, Astrid." Hara said as he flew along, aided by Astrid and her flight of Night Furies.

The group of winged creatures flew a great distance across the land before they saw a large Tree come into view. The tree looked older than time, with its leaves still intact. Harar and the dragons landed in front of the tree, where two large brown bears came to greet them.

"Harar, Astrid. Good to see you all." The female bear greeted them. "Is there something wrong?"

"I'm afraid so, Nita." Harar answered. "Is Queen Rani here?'

"She is." The male bear answered. "We'll take you to her."

With no more being said, the two bears led Harar into the large tree. Inside, there was an Adult brown Lioness was sitting on a rpck, conversing with an adult lion just as brown as she was.

"Oh, come in, Harar." She called to Harar upon seeing him,

Harar stepped closer to Rani and her brother. "Your Majesty. I was doing my rounds around Milazi river, and I saw the oddest thing. A Lioness and a Fennec fox all by themselves."

Rani seemed confused by this news as she began to ponder. "A Lioness? Did you see any other Lions nearby?"

"No, your Majesty." Harar shook his head. "They were totally alone."

"Hmm.... it's not normal for a Lioness to be alone." Rani scratched her chin before turned to her brother. "Baliyo, gather the Night pride. We'll get to the bottom of this."

Baliyo nodded as he ran out to gather the rest of the Night Pride.

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Tiifu drank from the crystal blue river. This was the best water she had drank in so long, and she enjoyed every lick. Herige stood by her side as he licked his fur.

"Your Majesty, I suggest we keep moving." The fox said to his Queen. "The Wildlands is a good many miles away, and we'll have to take the log way since the other way was blocked by that rockslide."

Tiifu lifted her head from the water to face her scribe. "Right you are, Herige. But Water will keep our strength up, and we will need our strength for the Journey, won't we?"

"I suppose so." Herige answered. But before he could say anything more, something charged in and knocked him down.

Tiifu watched as a Lion with a very odd hairdo stood over her messenger. She growled in response to the intruder. "What are you doing?"

"I don't want any trouble." The Lion said as other Lions and Lionesses appeared by his side. "Me and my pride want to know if you're the only Lion here."

"I was, before you showed up." Tiifu said. "I am Queen Tiifu of the Wildlands. Who are you, then?"

"My name is Baliyo." The Lion said before getting off of Herige. "Brother of Queen Rani. My sister sent us to see if you were cool. Now that I know you are, I gotta ask, what're you and your friend here doing all the way out here?"

"We were on our way to the Wildlands." Tiifu rubbed her arm cautiously. "it's a bit of a long story, really."

As the Lions conversed, some unwanted attention was caught.

A Spotted Leopard hid in the bushes and listened in on the conversation. This Leopard was rather skinny, as if he had not eaten in days. The Leopard flicked his ears as a grin emerged on his face as he slunk away.

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Every time he tried to have his way in the Tree of Life's boundaries, Badili had always been chased out because of a little thing they heard about something he did in the past. Now he had new knowledge for inside those lands to use to his own advantage.

For too long, Badili had been scrounging for scraps out in the wastelands of Africa, ever since he was banished forever from the Backlands. But now he knew that the Queen of the Wildlands was just a Kingdom away.

He had some friends who would like to share in this knowledge.

He came to a clearing in the borderlands, where several creatures were muttering among themselves. They were Honey Badgers. Unlike the ones in the Pridelands and the Tree of Life, these ones always walked on all fours and =, per usual, were black and white.

"Hello boys." Bedali grinned as the Badgers looked up to where he was standing. "I've got a little proposal."