[TheSongOfTheStars]

Username: TheSongOfTheStars
Link to pride: Forum/viewtopic.php?f=103&t=4147574&hilit=VK
Prompt Number: E35
Completed Prompt:
Bright stranger grinned down at her find and glanced back towards the dens. The lions had been restricted to the dens and safe stones due to the danger of thick disorienting mist and slick ice and it had been dull for a while.
Bright stranger clamped down on the huge icicle and trotted back to the den with it.
"What is that?" Seeks finds all but shouted as Bright stranger came hauling her prize into the den.
Bright stranger set the icicle down and smirked down at the pride leader and Bird cry who was curled up between her paws.
"This is the tusk of legendary winter elephant, who I fought bravely and scared away so that he could not make the air any colder!"
Seeks finds rolled her eyes but Bird cry stared at her opened mouthed.
"Really?"
"Yup," Bright stranger waved her over "Come look, you can see the scratches from where I attacked him."

Username: TheSongOfTheStars
Link to pride: Forum/viewtopic.php?f=103&t=4147574&hilit=VK
Prompt Number: E26
Completed Prompt:
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Bird cry was squealing as Seeks finds and Bright stranger presented her with her gifts, both fish that she hadn't tasted for weeks due to the frozen state of the lakes and streams. Her tail whipped back and forth as she tried to decide which one to eat first.
Then Seeks finds and Bright stranger eyed each other.
"I'll got you something nice," Bright stranger said with a sweep of her head.
"I'm sure you did," Seeks finds replied levelly "Even after I told you it wasn't necessary."
"I wanted to," Bright stranger said "I enjoy giving you gifts."
"But, not necessary."
"You got me one."
"Yes, but you didn't have to get me one."
Bright stranger rolled her eyes and with a flick of her paw displayed the pile of jewel beetles she'd been storing since autumn "Merry time of year when its so cold your tail will fall off."
"Same to you," Seeks finds extended a branch of the cold season fruits Bright stranger loved but could never track down.

[Kitten-Girl-500]

Username: KittenGirl2005
Link to pride: Summitfall Pride - link in my signature
Prompt Number: E35
Completed Prompt:Sekhmet was strolling about the territory when she suddenly noticed there was something stuck in the snow up ahead. She padded closer, curious, and sniffed it. It had no scent, but it radiated cold.

It was an absolutely massive icicle. Sekhmet tilted her head to the side, studying it. It had to be at least as big as she was, if not bigger.

She was struck by an idea. Sekhmet turned and trotted quickly into the forest surrounding the camp. Surely some lion was out hunting.

The gray coat of Pebble showed up ahead. Sekhmet ran up to meet her friend, a little out of breath. "I just found the centerpiece of the Northern Lights Celebration," Sekhmet puffed. "Come on."

They headed back to the site of the giant icicle. Pebble stared in awe as Sekhmet weaved around it once.

"What do you think?" Sekhmet asked.

"I think you're crazy," Pebble said. "That's one giant icicle."

"But it's the perfect centerpiece!" Sekhmet protested. "And Ibis will love it. And-"

"You don't have to convince me!" Pebble said. He gazed at her lovingly. "I was going to help you anyway."

"Thanks," Sekhmet said, beaming.

They hoisted the icicle onto their backs. Carrying it between them, they managed to stagger back through the forest.

Oh, I can't wait to see Yang's face when we bring him this! Sekhmet thought. 227 words

Username: KittenGirl2005
Link to pride: Summitfall Pride - link in my signature
Prompt Number: E36
Completed Prompt: Sekhmet is one of those lions who much prefers to give gifts. The look on other lions' faces when they receive them fills her heart with joy.

So she's come up with her own little holiday tradition: the present hunt. Sekhmet hides each lion's present somewhere in camp, and then that lion has to go find it.

Sekhmet doesn't make it easy, though. She devises new methods every year to hide her presents in the toughest places possible. This year, she's hid Tupelo's on the side of the cliff!

Every lion doesn't mind working for their gifts, though. Sekhmet always gives the best Northern Lights presents.

Ibis always prepares a little something for her adoptive sister, but Sekhmet just thanks her and moves on with giving out her own gifts. Sekhmet isn't really one to keep things around, but she won't turn down a tasty morsel of antelope or gazelle! 150 words

[YooRei]

Username: Miomichio
Link to pride: Zahur Pride
Prompt Number: E35/E36
Completed Prompt:
E35: The sight of a large icicle having fallen would cause Kivuli to be a bit startled and jump. After realizing what it was that fell she would more than likely move it away. Although if there are cubs around she would take the time to play with it. She would use the broken pieces to toss them back and forth with the cubs. If she was alone then she would bat the pieces around by herself, careful not to let others see her doing so. Once she was done playing with it she would move it closer to the base of the tree to keep it out of the way of other lions that may slip or trip over it. If it was still there when she came back to that location for whatever reason she would play with it more if she had time and no one was around.

E36: Kivuli would be overjoyed when receiving a gift and see it as one of the best things. She would be excited and gleeful about receiving something for any reason. Although she would prefer to give gifts to others as opposed to receiving them. She feels that if she gets a gift she owes someone something no matter what they say. Although when Kivuli gives someone a gift she prefers not to get anything in return as it would mean they owed her something in rerun. Especially as Founder and Queen she sees it as the greatest compliment to receive gifts from others. Even if she prefers not to get any gifts, she loves them. To her a gift signifies that someone cares enough for her to go out of their way to get her something. But she still loves to give gifts to show her appreciation and care for others.

[Lavellan]

Username: Lavellan
Link to pride: Flame Valley Pride
Prompt Number: E35, E36

Completed Prompt: E35
Green eyes staring straight ahead, Aurelia tried to tone out the constant, antagonizing chattering that was occurring at her side. Djall was, as usual, excited about life, about the small flitter of snowfall, about the tendrils of his breath creeping from his maw.
“Hey!” The sudden outburst pulled Aurelia from her meditative state, causing her to look suddenly over to the red male. “Look at this!” She couldn’t see around the male’s large body, a light frown furrowing her brow.
A laugh bubbled up her chest as Djall turned proudly, a large, thick icicle clenched between his jaws. The male stood, head high, as he showed off his find. Aurelia flinched lightly at the thought of how the ice must feel against his teeth, but merely nodded.
“Impressive find, Dee.” She murmured with a nod, beginning to turn away to continue their patrol. She paused, however, when a soft squeak was uttered from the male. Turning incredulously, she spotted the wild panic in his eyes.
“Ma hongue id dtuck!”
“What?”
“Ma hongue!! Ma hongue!”
Looking blankly, Aurelia then burst into a fit of laughter as she realized what he had said - his tongue was stuck to the ice. The force of her laughter forced her back into a seated position, one paw over her stomach as she tried to catch her breath, but every time she looked at the male, who was getting more and more flustered, she was sent into another fit.
“Noh funny, Ray!” Djall whined, bearing his teeth around the oversized popsicle.
“Just breathe, Djall!” Aurelia got out eventually, finally calming. “It’ll melt the ice.”
And, without waiting for him, she continued along on her patrol, still giggling occasionally.
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Completed Prompt: E36
Sarasa, the pride founder, is a lover of all things gift giving. He loves the warm, fuzzy feeling of passing something on to someone else, of seeing their face light up when they receive something they like. But he also loves receiving gifts, knowing that he meant enough to someone to make them think of him when they saw him!
Ashara, the lead huntress, prefers giving gifts. She takes pride in seeking out that perfect something for someone, loves the feeling of excitement that comes with finding the perfect gift for her friends.
Ora hates all things gift giving, finding both the giving and receiving of gifts to be incredibly awkward. However, she can’t deny the sweet feeling of warmth when she gets something from a pride member she cares about.
Aurelia loves giving gifts, preferring to watch the reaction of the receiver, to watch the wonder or happiness flood over them. She finds receiving gifts to be quite awkward, and would rather open it in secret and thank the giver later.
Djall loves getting gifts. He finds the finding of gifts for others to be a huge source of stress, and waiting for them to open and react to the gift is a huge source of anxiety for him. He prefers to be the one receiving, so that, even if the gift is bad, he can make the giver smile with his reaction!
Usizi prefers to gift than receive, loving the delicate process of making something meaningful for her friends.
Kuhani is a lover of all aspects of gift giving, loving the warmth of both receiving and giving precious gifts to friends and pride members!
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[Sixbane]

Updated prompts for 12/15

[Kitten-Girl-500]

Username: KittenGirl2005
Link to pride: Summitfall Pride - link in my signature
Prompt Number: E37
Completed Prompt: Sekhmet bounced around Ibis. "Come on! We have to build a snow lion!"

Ibis shook her head, laughing. "We're too old for that! We're almost grown lions now."

Sekhmet pushed her adoptive sister over. "You're never too old to have fun at the Northern Lights Celebration!"

She ran over to an open patch of snow and started scraping snow together. Sekhmet packed the paws together, then started on one of the forelegs. This snow lion was going to be sitting down, watching the festivities.

Sekhmet paused her work and looked up at her sister imploringly.

Ibis rolled her eyes and started over. "Fine."

"Yes!" Sekhmet started scooping snow up and packing it onto the paws. She continued to build the body while Ibis added details to the paws and formed the tail.

When it came time to make the head, Sekhmet poured a pile of snow onto the top of the snow lion's body. She quickly packed it down before it could escape and formed a rough sphere. Then she added a smaller sphere for the muzzle.

Ibis had finished with the body detail, and now she started on the face. Sekhmet sat and watched as her adoptive sister transformed the sphere from a bunch of snow to a lioness' face. She looked stern and commanding, watching over the camp.

Sekhmet and Ibis cheered at their success. 227 words

Username: KittenGirl2005
Link to pride: Summitfall Pride - link in my signature
Prompt Number: E38
Completed Prompt: Azure's least favorite thing about winter was the cold. He liked the snow and ice, but he wished that it didn't have to be so darn cold.

One of his worst winter experiences was when Sekhmet had invited him to slide on the frozen pond with her. Since it was Sekhmet asking, how could he say no?

A few minutes later he found himself on top of a frozen lake with ice that looked to be thinner than Sekhmet insisted it was. Dark water showed ominously beneath the ice, and with each step Azure took there was a creak that made his fur stand on end.

It wasn't a pond; really, it was a small lake.

Azure took one tentative step, but then was almost swept off his paws by a push from behind. Sekhmet's push send him skidding across the ice, almost to the center. He crashed onto his side, narrowly avoiding whacking his skull against the ice.

Sekhmet laughed. "You looked ridiculous!" she said, choking the words out between giggles.

Azure grinned. "Why don't you come and try it, then?"

Sekhmet tried, but her paws skidded out from under her.

"No, that's not how to walk on ice." He stood up, trying to make a good impression, and took a step forward.

The ice chose that moment to give way underneath him. Azure suddenly plunged into frigid water, a cry of surprise stifled by dark water engulfing him.

He broke the surface and clambered out onto the ice, scooting his way back to the shore. Sekhmet held a polite silence as he pulled himself onto land and shook out his pelt.

"I am never doing that again," he growled. Azure was trembling with cold, but he insisted on walking back to the camp himself. 296 words

[LoSt In PrOgReS]

Username: Lost in progres
Link to pride: Eternal snow
Prompt Number: E35 + E36
Completed Prompt:
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Stepping around the territory the ancient ancestor lion watched over the pride. Well, maybe not his pride anymore. Still, he enjoyed watching the pride as it travelled and grew. Currently, he was watching the littlest cub, Umbris playing with one of the cubs the pride found, Soros. The cubs were playing in the snow, it reaching to about their elbows as they hopped around in it. They were hopping around happily, but with all adults focused on the oncoming celebration none of them really payed attention to the playing cubs. They were close to camp after all. Still, Lumos looked at the icicles forming on the trees worriedly. The wind had already knocked some smaller ones off, would it stop at that or would the bigger ones pose a danger to the naive cubs? Just as Lumos was considering knocking the larger ones off himself, a huge gust of wind knocked down one of the largest icicles. It was headed straight for little Umbris, but clearly Lumus wasn’t gonna let that happen. He knocked it over just in time, and watch as the startled cub ran back to camp sobbing.

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Umbris looked at Quary. The brown lion was handing her something but Umbris was unsure why “Gift?” She echoed back, at which the brown lioness nodded “Yes! Gift. I got this just for you, little one.” The cub still looked st it confusedly, but took the bundle of leaves nonetheless. Holding it, the cub was mildly confused as to what to do now. Quary laughed “The gift is inside of the leaves. You gotta unwrap them.” The cub dropped the bundle. It was so nicely packaged though! Still, she tore in pushing the leaves away to find... an orb? She looked at her auntie confused “What’s this?” The cub asked. Quary smiled encouragingly at her “It’s a ball. The humans play with it. I thought you’d like it too.” Umbris was already exploring her new toy, rolling it around with her paws. Looking up at her aunt, she smiled “Thanks Quary, this is great! I love it!”

[Runnersback]

Username:Runnersback
Link to pride: Pride of Safiri’s Oasis
Prompt Number:E37,E38
Completed Prompt:

E37:Do you want to build a Snow-lion?
As the small little cubs bounced around the prides clearing to find a nice fresh patch of unpaw-printed snow.The cubs squealed in delight and bounded over to the fresh patch and started rolling the snow to make a snow-cub.A few of the adult lions watched the cubs bounce around to smooth the snow down into the cubs body and legs.They chuckled softly and came over to help them out giving them rocks for the eyes.Soon the adults even joined in and made a massive snow-lion that stood mighty and proud next to the ferocious little ones.The lions let out happy purrs of their amazing handiwork and added a few finishing touches of holly leaves.Soon they all walked off and gotten into a pride wide snowball fight. The lions were all laughing and having a great time will be cautious of their snow artwork.And that’s how the pride got into building snow-lions every winter.
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E38:Hate!Hate!Hate!Double Hate!Loathe Entirely...
Naledi always grew up around with the dreadful winter temperatures and nothing else.She used to tolerate it when she was little but now....now she doesn’t hate,hate,hate it. Or Double Hate it! Naledi Loathes it all the snow flakes, icicles, those blasted winter winds.She doesn’t hate the holidays, she just hates the unpredictability of the weather and the bitterness the time brings for everyone. Just think of all the diseases and endless health issues it could bring to the pride.She doesn’t want to lose anyone close to her in any way shape or form.She’s scared of becoming a loner again and being on her own for all of eternity. Nal sighed at the thoughts coursing through her brain and spat at the weather.At least she had her mate to help her through the time, something bad had happened with her family members when she was little in the winter time.And ever since then she could never forget it and that’s what helped spew her hatred for the wintertime.
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[MySpoons]

Username: MySpoons
Link to pride: The New Guard
Prompt Number: E37, E38

E37

Astrona would probably not be one to make a snow-lion by herself but she'd happily join cubs in the process! There is nothing better than taking a break from adult responsibilities to have some fun! Cubs are always so good at enjoying themselves even if they never quite accomplish the goal of making a snow-lion.

Blue is NOT a fan of having anything to do with winter activities. He would be a grump stuck in his den until the snow melted. And he's not inclined to join in on art-focused endeavors anyways. Davíd, though, is a sucker for anything his niece wants to do.

Fitzroy is young at heart and will happily join in-- or start-- any and all winter-time shenanigans. Snow lions? Yes! He would be the lion to get really into decorating the snow creations with trinkets and things he can find around the area. Yes, he'd make a new one every. single. day.

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E38

Of all the lions, Blue hates winter the most. It's cold and wet and the snow and ice are a curse! It makes walking that much harder for the disabled lion. His paws get cold and sting, his footing is poor. It's even harder to find food during a cold spell than it usually is in the dry season. All his old injuries ache and get swollen in the cold weather, making the grumpy lion even more hostile and rude.

Ice is dangerous, water is even more dangerous. Blue has to yell at the cubs so many times to not play on the ice. If they fall in, he can't help them. It's so stressful. And even if they don't drown and manage to get out of the water, getting wet in cold weather can be fatal.

Prey and supplies are scarcer during cold spells. Dry seasons already bring trouble. A real winter like this year is brutal to new prides-- and it's just Davíd and Blue and Laura. Astrona is helpful but the tigress is clearly not from around here and is even newer to the valley than they are.

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[LoSt In PrOgReS]

Username: Lost in progres
Link to pride:
Prompt Number: E37 + E38
Completed Prompt:
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Looking at the lump of snow, Myrios glanced at the cub next to her. She had been asked to make a snow lion. Still, her paws were large and clumsy in the snow, and her attempts didn’t seem to impress the two cubs that had made the request. “It doesn’t look like a lion.” Hayle frowned. Flarion tried pressing the snow into a more lion like shape, but it didn’t seem to work. “Well, even if it doesn’t look like a lion, we still had fun making it, right?” Myrios tried. The cubs didn’t agree though. “But we wanted to make a snow Boyle!” They protested. With a sigh, Myrios went back to work. “Okay so, how about we just make him laying down? Like he’s asleep. I don’t think we can get it to stand up.” The cubs nodded in agreement. After a while the cubs seemed satisfied. With a sigh, myrios looked at her... Masterpiece. Hopefully Boyle wouldn’t take offence.

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Little paws tapped along the floor as a small cub explored the pride’s dens. Was it smart of him to poke his little head into the other lion’s dens? Probably not. But Spiros hated the winter. So, exploring outside was off-limits for now. The snow was too cold, and because of it Spiros hardly could explore or look for things on the ground! Even all the adults were busy, so Spiros couldn’t even play with them! Luckily for Spiros, there was enough for him to explore for him inside the dens. He had never really explored here after all. Poking his head in another den, he noticed this one looked a lot more lived in. Walking over to the fur that laid in the center of the large room Spiros felt very sleepy all of a sudden. He curled up, and quietly fell asleep.

Later, Boyle entered his den only to find the cub he had adopted into the pride happily sleeping in his den. He felt confused, but considering that he was very sleep he decided to just curl around the cub.