Lion's Pride

S.2 Chapter 1: The Shadow Phoenix

Inside a dark cave, a large upside-down structure hung from the ceiling with small waterfalls falling from openings in the cave's walls. Climbing along the rigid structure, a girl with long brown curly hair and tanned complexion used the ridges in the structure to scale even though clear signs of exhaustion raced through her body. Managing to make it into an opening, she lets out a small gasp at an oncoming shadow. 

"No... time...I'll be found out any second now!" The girl groaned out, managing to pull herself into the opening.

Throwing herself down into the opening she lets out huffs trying to gain her breath. Beads of sweat run down her face as she starts calming her racing heart.

"Okay, let's see now. Let me..." A small chittering voice sounded making the girl gasp and look in the voice's direction.

Taking a good look where it originated from, the girl spots two cylinder formed types of cells. They were in the middle of the room with the walls being a red force field that entrapped what seemed to be nine small beings with wings, as they were floating in the middle of one cell while the other held floating miscellaneous items.

"So yes. This is it! No! No! Wait, wait. I need to think about this for a second." The same voice said, revealing it to be one of the small beings. "If I go to the left, the power will... wait! Wait, wait. If I say three, she will turn. Magic will converge. Yes, yes, yes! That's it- and so in a nutshell. If we pull this off, I'm absolutely sure we can finally escape from this dreadful place." The being continued as her blonde pigtails floated in the cell.

"Oh well, I really hope it's better than your first fifty ideas." Another small being with long red hair in a flower styled dress and a rose bandana along its hair replied as the blonde pigtail being kept chattering instructions and ideas while a being with brunet hair gave a growl in annoyance.

"Digit and Piff will stop midway to the sides. Digit to the right, Piff to the left. I'll count to three and then we all switch positions and converge to produce an unexpected magical impact on the wall!" The pigtailed being exclaimed excitedly.

"Will the movements be coordinated and elegant at least?" Another being with light pink hair styled similarly like a rag doll while dressed in a blue puffy dress asked.

"I don't think that is the top of our worries, Tune." The brunet haired small being stated with a huff at the thought of being trapped.

Climbing closer to the cells, the curly haired girl slipped and fell to the floor creating a loud bang alerting the small beings into silence.

"Shh, quiet. Someone's coming." One of the small beings that had insect like glasses with short black hair whispered as the brunet haired one with pointy ears lowly growled in the direction of the noise.

"Who could that be?!" The being with short purple hair whimpered.

"I wonder..." The being with slicked back black and silver hair and gadgets along its body inquired looking at the wall with a monument of stone creatures as one of them on the top eye's glowed red. 

With a groan, the curly haired girl got up from the cold floor with some slight struggle before approaching the caged beings. The darkness overtook her features as the small beings gasped in fright, only spotting the girl's eyes.

"Who is it?!" The purple-haired being asked hiding behind the pigtailed being as the brunet pointy eared being hissed at the oncoming girl.

Finally walking into view, the light shined on the girl's features making the beings gasp in joy.

"Aisha!" The red-haired exclaimed seeing the familiar face. "You're alright! We thought you'd been captured too." The being said as everyone calmed down.