Username: Isabella45
Lion Name: Ravi
Lion Gender: Male
Pride: xxXxx Pride Status: Visitor
I know them, don't I? Art is a wip!
"I don't..no, wait, I do. I remember now. We were all brought together, the three of us. They suspected we had powers, abilities beyond those of normal mortal lions. They could train us, they said, help us learn to use and control these abilities once they emerged. But all was not as it seemed, we were like brothers and sisters. Then they turned us against each other. Blood was spilt, and things were never the same again..."~____________________________________________________________~
Long ago the sky god, a might lion known as Zephyrion, went in search of half-mortal lions who smelled of magic. He knew his fellow deities had been mixing with these mortals for some time now, and as a result had produced half mortal offspring. But only a fraction of these were born with any of the abilities possessed by their immortal parent.
Zephyrion wanted to find them, and train them to be his army on the earth. To keep peace and order, and balance.
But his sister, Altrona, had other plans. She thought these individuals could be used to better purposes. So behind Zephyrion's back she began to make her own plan, even as she helped him gather the half-mortals together.
In the end, they had found more than a dozen half-mortals, but only six proved to have even a hint of magic in their blood. Some might not have had an immortal relative even as close as four generations back. But, they'd do their best with what they had.
One of these six lions was Ravi, a large male with somewhat unusual strength. All three were puzzled as to why they were there. Zephyrion explained that he would put them through trials to test their physical talents, strength, agility, speed, and their mental abilities, strategy, cleverness, and problem solving. Then, after those tests they would test them for magical abilities in a special set of trials.
Eager to find out if they had the abilities these immortals believed they might, all six set out to start the trials.
The trials were challenging and only five lions made it through the physical trials alone, Ravi coming out near the top due to his strength. When it came to the mental challenges only four of the five passed, leaving Ravi and three other lions whom he had become close with during the trials. The three had worked together at times to help each other, each lending something the others didn't have.
Now together they were confident as the entered the last of the trials.
Zephyrion hadn't told them but the first portion of the trials was meant to test the morality of each lion. Unfortunately, he was called away to deal with a problem with some minor deities in the north. So, Altrona was left in charge of the trials in his absence.
Disdainful of her brother's desire to spread peace and let only those he deemed worthy lead, she changed the trials to pit the lions against each other rather than the challenges themselves. She put them in a maze full of dangers and declared only one could come out the victor, defeating the maze and their fellow competitors.
The trio didn't want to compete against each other, and soon discovered the maze was a dangerous and terrifying place. The plants, creatures, and illusions there, drove them all half mad until they were blindly fighting one another.
Zephyrion came back and was angered to see what his sister had done. He destroyed the maze and ended the trials, but not before one of the four lions had died, leaving the other three blaming themselves and inconsolable.
Seeing that all three were shaken and grief stricken coming out of his sister's trial, Zephyrion made a decision to erase their memories and send them back to their homes so they might not ever remember the horrors they had witness.
Upon returning home Ravi woke with no memory of the events of the past month, well, mostly no memory that is. From that day on he had some feeling like he had lost something. His family said he had disappeared for a couple months, but he had no real recollection of that time. But occasionally, something would stir a vague memory in him, one that he could piece together as he got closer to finding the truth of what happened in that lost portion of his life.
(733/300 words)They are like ghosts to me now...A fragment of memory that haunts and hurts...
by MySpoons » Sun Dec 01, 2019 4:30 am 
