04-13-2021, 09:09 PM
The night was still young but many were asleep by now and once again sleep was just out of reach for the leopard. It didn’t take much debating for them to finally decide to just get up and head out from the camp, it seemed so scary to them just how easily they could slip from the camp without anyone really noticing. But honestly maybe that was a good thing. Their paws sluggishly carried them through the territory, their tail dragging along the ground and their mind completely drawn elsewhere.
Almost automatically they made their way towards the flower garden they had started planting, settling back in their haunches and head tilting up so their blank gaze could stare up at the stars rhey so longed to be able to see. Pain shot through their chest and gripping their heart and the thought of being able to see the stars, oh how they so despised the scars that stretched across his face. If it weren’t for them he would still be able to see the world in all its beauty. As these angry thoughts swirled into a raging storm he was quickly thrown into memories he tried so hard to shove down.
”Saturn!” Boomed a harsh and deep voice, drawing a skittish feline out from their hiding spot. Their belly drug the ground as the slowly made their way to the middle, their terrified gaze sweeping across the crowd that had formed. Their icy orbs landed on a smirking cheetah, Saturn’s expression turning pleading, begging the cheetah to own up to what they had done instead of forcing the blame onto them. But alas Saturn wouldn’t get that luxury and instead would have to turn their attention to the leader of their pride, a plead for them to see what they had seen dying within their throat.
“You have been caught at the scene of Jakiva’s murder with her blood on your paws, we have heard your side of the story and have come to a conclusion,” their leader called out, sending waves of panic through the feline. “You are hereby exiled from the pride and your eyesight will be traded for the life of the elder you murdered,” he called out. Saturn’s ears flattened against his cranium, please tumbling from his muzzle as he started to back up, tail curling around him. Their leader leapt from his perch on a rock, stalking towards Saturn before lunging at him with claws extended.
Saturn startled out of his trance, body shaking as tears fell from his eyes. He lowered his head to gaze down at the ground, his body still shivering as the pain and sadness raked through him.
Almost automatically they made their way towards the flower garden they had started planting, settling back in their haunches and head tilting up so their blank gaze could stare up at the stars rhey so longed to be able to see. Pain shot through their chest and gripping their heart and the thought of being able to see the stars, oh how they so despised the scars that stretched across his face. If it weren’t for them he would still be able to see the world in all its beauty. As these angry thoughts swirled into a raging storm he was quickly thrown into memories he tried so hard to shove down.
”Saturn!” Boomed a harsh and deep voice, drawing a skittish feline out from their hiding spot. Their belly drug the ground as the slowly made their way to the middle, their terrified gaze sweeping across the crowd that had formed. Their icy orbs landed on a smirking cheetah, Saturn’s expression turning pleading, begging the cheetah to own up to what they had done instead of forcing the blame onto them. But alas Saturn wouldn’t get that luxury and instead would have to turn their attention to the leader of their pride, a plead for them to see what they had seen dying within their throat.
“You have been caught at the scene of Jakiva’s murder with her blood on your paws, we have heard your side of the story and have come to a conclusion,” their leader called out, sending waves of panic through the feline. “You are hereby exiled from the pride and your eyesight will be traded for the life of the elder you murdered,” he called out. Saturn’s ears flattened against his cranium, please tumbling from his muzzle as he started to back up, tail curling around him. Their leader leapt from his perch on a rock, stalking towards Saturn before lunging at him with claws extended.
Saturn startled out of his trance, body shaking as tears fell from his eyes. He lowered his head to gaze down at the ground, his body still shivering as the pain and sadness raked through him.