Fuli's Journey [Moved To AO3]

Chapter 8 ~ Breakout

~Imani's PoV~
   It was pitch black in the cave where father kept the prisoners. I had been waiting for the new moon to appear in the sky, that way, it would be easier to run away with them. Plus, they now would need extra help in caring for Fuli's six cubs.

   With my powerful forepaws, I knock out the two guards. I go in and swiftly wake them up.

   "What's going on?" Fuli asks me sleepily.

   "Everyone, grab a cub... I'm busting you out." I say before gently picking up Jua by the scruff. Kopa grabs Haraka in his jaws, Chullun grabs Almasi, Pretinha had Mwezi, Fuli grabbed Tumani and placed her on Kopa's back then grabbed Nyota. Together we stalked through my former pride's territory. It was sunrise when we reached the far border. We still continued until about midday, when we found a hidden cave in a cluster of boulders.

   "What will you do now?" Kopa said. "Your parents will kill you if you go back." I gaze at my paws.

   "I'm not sure. All I knew was that my pride is no place for forgien cubs to be raised." I tell them, gazing at Fuli, who was sleeping while her cubs suckled.

   "You could come with us." Pretinha said. "From what Fuli has told us, the Pridelands is very welcoming." Kopa nodded.

   "My father is sure to let you join our Pride. Especially if we tell him I owe you my freedom." Kopa added.

   "Maybe. I'll think about it. We should stay here 'till dawn tomarrow. Fuli needs plenty of rest. Sleep; I'll take the first watch." I tell them

{Timeskip~The Next Day}

   We were on our way again, the cubs all riding on us lions' backs and for the first time I noticed two things. One, Almasi actually had faint spots that were only visible in the sun. The second was a marking on Fuli's shoulder in the shape of a roaring lion's head.
  
   "Hey Fuli?" I began. "Your marking... It reminded me of a ballad an old prisoner once sang to me."

   "Really?" Fuli asked, glancing at it with such longing that made my heart throb. "How'd it go?"

   "Something like this;" I said and began to sing.

"Whoa oh oh oh oh,

Oh oh oh oh oh,

Whoa oh oh oh oh,

Oh oh oh oh oh."

"There's a time in life,

When I may get a great calling,

And it seems so big at times,

I feel like I may be falling,

If I believe in who I am,

There's no need to go running,

I've found my place,

And with our friends,