Fuli's Journey [Moved To AO3]

Chapter 2 ~ Far, Far From Home

~Fuli's PoV~
Groaning, I blink my eyes open. I'm instantly alert. I'm in what seems to be a shiny "den". I can smell all kinds of familiar and unfamilar animals. One scent I do recognise.

"Chuluun?" I ask incredulously, and soon enough the blue-eyed snow leopard lifts her head her eyes widening.

"Hmph. They got you too?" She commented, then sighs. "If I escape this place I'm trying out your 'Circle of Life' way of living."

"If you do, there's a nice, snowy mountain about half a day's journey from the Pridelands border." I offer her.

"OH SHUT UP LEPER LION!!!!" An angry voice with a strange accent(Russian) calls out and I see a white and black creature.

'Ono would know what he is.' I think dejectedly. Then what he said hits me.

"I. Am. A. Cheetah!!!! You... You... You zebra-wanna-be!!!" I exclaim and laughter breaks out among the other "dens".

"Dang Polosa just got himself burned!" a black snake calls out from a clear-rock(glass) den.

"I've got some cream for that burn, tiger." A jet-black cat next to me called out. She winks at me, smiling.

"Greetings. My name is Pretinha. The black snake is Kivuli, the white tiger is Polosa, the large white snake is Neveflor, and you seem to know Chuluun. Fuli; was it?" She explained.

"Yeah..." I say, looking down at my Mark of the Guard in sorrow. "Oh, Kion... my love... I'll find my way back to you, I promise."

"So. Polosa, how'd you end up here?" Chuluun said, sending a sympathetic glance my way.

"Same as every other ***** idiot in this place." He snarled.(he cursed by the way, I'm just not comfortable putting curse words in my fanfics yet)

"What about you, Kivuli?" I ask. The black snake raises his head and I recognise the species and a snarl escapes me before I can stop myself. I see him flinch back and I lower my head.

"Sorry 'bout that. My friends and I; had a bad experience with an Egyptian Cobra named Ushari once. He bit Kion, the leader of our Guard and we had to go on a massive journey to get the healing he needed. It took a whole season.(BANG! The 4th Wall hath been broken!)"

"It's okay. I was running myself on my favorite rock when I was taken." Kivuli replied. "Your turn, Neveflor."

"What's the point? Were all gonna die here anyways." The large anaconda said. "I forfiet, Pretinha, you go."

"Alright. So, imagine a beautiful jungle, filled with tapirs, capybaras, deer, colorful birds, monkeys, and jaguars. There I am, the ultimate jungle predator, tracking the scent of a boar. Suddenly, I'm in a cage." The black jaguar said. "I only kill what I need to survive. Fuli, what about you?"

"Yeah." Chuluun said. "You're 'the Fastest' on the Lion Guard. Surely, you could've outta them?" I look down in sadness, drawing a tounge over my Mark in grief.

"I was hunting a gazelle. It was supposed to be an average hunt for me." I begin. "I leap outta the grass and feel something sting me. Next thing I know, I'm on a horrible monster in a wooden den. I feel my mark burn so I touch it with my paw. A few minutes later, I hear Kion, Vitani and the others running after the monster. The Two-legged things holds up a bangstick and fires it at Vitani. She died instantly after the bang. Then, Kion's targeted." My voice suddenly hitches at the memory. "Just as it fires, Aazahd takes it for him. I can only sit there, helpless as I'm taken away from everything I knew." I finally break down sobbing.