Pride United

Chapter 5: Liana

Leo’s snores rang out in the den, making it nearly impossible to get any sleep. I tossed and turned thinking about my quarrel with Amara. I had a pretty decent day. I’d brought some prey to the Sun den to share with Ayan on the rocks. After, I’d shared tongues with my mother and then I had played tag with Leo.
It had been a nice day but I still wished I’d said something to Amara. She wasn’t talking to me and during the day I had started to feel bad. I decided that tomorrow I would say sorry to Amara and make amends.
SHH
I pricked my ears, thinking I had heard a wing brush against the entrance. No, that’s impossible! No bird would ever come this close! I assured myself. I heard another sound
SQUAWK
There it was. A sign of birds. I knew this time that there were actually birds here. I got up and walked over to Ayan and Amara. I nudged them awake.
“Guys, there's something outside” I whispered
“What?” Ayan and Amara whispered in unison
“I don’t know. Some type of bird I think.” I whispered back in reply
“Let’s wake up Leo,” Ayan whispered
“Okay” I agreed. We crept over to Leo and prodded him awake.
“What’s happening?” he mumbled
“There’s some type of bird outside,” Amara whispered excitedly “We should go and look at it!”
“Shouldn’t we wake up our parents?” Whispered Leo
“If it’s an emergency” said Ayan
“Let’s go already” Amara whispered, impatiently
We snuck out into the night, padding carefully around sticks and things. A wing brushed against my face and I let out an alarmed cry. Ayan jumped in front of me as suddenly a flock of vultures flew towards us. We let out yelps of alarm.
“HELP!” I screamed as three vultures pecked at me. Dad and the lionesses rushed out of the den and towards us. Ayan’s mother, Zabira, snapped her teeth at the vultures on me, catching plenty of feathers. The vultures flew away letting out screeches of anger. That’s when a clan of hyenas jumped out of the bushes and confronted us!
“AHH!” Screamed Leo as he stumbled back towards our mother. That’s when the weirdest thing happened. I bared my teeth at a hyena preparing to attack. The hyena lunged at me and suddenly the world went black.