[.henloimmabirb.]

on the tenth day of winter my true love gave to me... a Snowman!

Edits: Yeti mane + Fuzzy paws + Tail fluff
**The snow has melted! ---- This lion's scarf, carrot, and cardinals are all removable.**

A winner has been chosen! Congrats to rhiannon_rings/katrei!

Username: rhiannon_rings
Lion Name: Tallahassee
Lion Gender: Male
Pride: The Bad News Brotherhood
Pride Status: Second in command
Prompt: --snipped--

Wait a moment, this doesn't look like a snowman...there seems to be a lion hidden under all that snow! That's strange, how did they end up being built into a snowman though and why? Do they enjoy it or would they rather not be covered in snow?
You decide! Prettying up is welcome, but it will not effect the judging. <3
Answer the prompt in at least 400 words or 1 piece of art.

ends January 2nd on CS rollover!
Best of luck to all entries and happy holidays! c:

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[Midnightkitkat]

Username: Midnightkitkat
Lion Name: Asra
Lion Gender: Male
Pride: Oasis Basin
Pride Status: Deity of the Stars/Guardian
Prompt:
Voiding to save elsewhere ♡
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[minifun990]

Username: minifun990
Lion Name: Irek
Lion Gender: Male
Pride: Mystic Isle
Pride Status: Second in command
Prompt:

It was a super cold day. All the lions there could see their breath fogging up, the grass crunched underfoot, splintering from the frost. Everything sparkled, and yet...
Irek was bored out of his mind, on these sorts of days the only thing that seemed to be available to do was to huddle up and stare out at the picturesque scenery. Irek was sick of pretty landscapes and remarks from the others about the bad weather.

Even the cubs seemed despondent. They sat in the nursery quietly and sullenly.
One sneezed and it was the most excitement they'd seen for hours.

Valiantly Irek realized he had to do something!

He had to save them from the dangers of boredom! With a skip in his step he went hunting. He went bravely where the other lions didn't, across the land bridge and to a humans's hovel. There he stole procured the exact things he was looking for, a long orange vegetable and then, hanging off a bush he found a magnificent red scarf. Perfect, Purrfect? He thought grinning at his own puns. He could imagine the grimace on the other lions faces as they heard his wittiness.

He pratically pranced over to the nursery, the scarf draped over his tail, the carrot in his mouth. His cardinal friends flying overhead. The moment the cubs saw him they perked up but their Dad just rolled his eyes at him, their Papa was asleep. He grinned back, well as much as he could with the vegetable in his mouth.

"Irek! Irek! Are you coming to play with us?" "Irek are you a donkey?" "Irek are we going rolling again?" The cubs asked excitedly their words running together. Irek smirked proud of himself for perking up the cubs before realising he just got called a donkey. He play growled, bowing down to challenge the cub to a play-fight before their Dad interrupted

"You better not be taking them rolling down the hill again. It took hours to get all the sap out of Ladon's fur last time." He growled. Irek gave one of the cubs the carrot and playfully shoved into the other adult lion.

"Lighten up old guy, I've got other plans in store this time."

"That doesn't fill me with hope." He responded making Irek laugh uproariously.

"Come on cubs! Im gonna show you how to make a snow lion." The cubs bounded towards the white lion, their eyes already twinkling, knowing he could make almost everything fun.

At first Irek was just a very handsome (if he did say so himself) model for the snow lion until, someone threw a ball of snow. And then another as each time Irek responded as if it was a fatal wound, his life flashing before his eyes, the light calling. Each cub laughing at his dramatics.

Next thing it seemed as if he was covered with more snow than fur. He'd already pretended to be vanquished, his tongue hanging out eyes closed, one half opening to make sure his antics were being watched. The snow weighted him down, and he was starting to feel a little cold but he wouldn't end the cubs fun yet.

A kind cub offered the scarf to warm him up, but another gave the 'donkey' a carrot. His pair of cardinal's flew down, almost mocking him too with their tweeting as he lay as the new snowlion. He was so going to get that cub with the biggest snowball he could make.

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[katrei]

Username: rhiannon_rings
Lion Name: Tallahassee
Lion Gender: Male
Pride: The Bad News Brotherhood
Pride Status: Second in command
Prompt: Tallahassee was not a clever man.
Sure, it might have been pretty obvious for those who knew him that he was about as bright as a shadow, but most others oftentimes mistook him for one that was competent. After all, why else would Yazir choose him to be his successor? It wouldn't make sense, choosing an idiot to run your pride should something happen to you.
Regardless of the semantics of it, the current situation demanded Yazir's attention rather quickly, when his only son had come bolting through the brush and shook him violently, arousing him from his slumber with a start. Yazir glanced over to Rio groggily, failing to notice the look of sheer panic on his face. "Rio...? You had better have a pretty good reason for waking me up so suddenly," he growled, not entirely angry but certainly very peeved. "What is it? Are the hunting grounds on fire?"
"Papa, Papa!" Rio wailed, burrowing his face into Yazir's mane as he shook, clearly frightened.

Finally taking note of his son's distraught behavior, Yazir's tone switched from annoyed to concerned in mere seconds. "Rio, what's the matter? Did something happen?"
Rio shuddered as he spoke, tears welling up in his big green eyes as he spoke. "I... I was playing in the snow, 'cause Akuma said it was alright..."
"And?"
"And I was just running around, I didn't mean any trouble, promise!"
This statement had Yazir's attention immediately. "Rio, what happened? Tell me everything," he said, worry lacing his voice. Could it perhaps have been that Rio stumbled upon an enemy pride? Did they hurt him? Yazir's blood boiled at the mere thought.
Rio quivered. "I-it was a snow lion! He screamed at me, a-and I screamed back, a-and I ran away as fast-"
"Snow lion?" Yazir questioned immediately, racking his brain for any lion he'd met that would bear resemblance to the description alone. "What did he look like? Where did you see him, Rio? It's okay, you can tell me."
"H-he was on the outskirts of the border!" Rio cried. "And he's a snow lion! He's made of snow! Snow lions aren't supposed to talk, Papa, I'm scared!"

Yazir paused at this, standing up abruptly and nudging his son along with him. "Come, Rio."
"Wha...? W-where are we...?"
"You're going to take me to this Snow Lion," he said calmly, addressing his son's panicked look with a soothing, "I just want to see if he's a threat at all. If he's still there, I'd like to speak with him."
Rio nodded hesitantly and hurried off, his father close behind.

...

Tallahassee padded along cautiously, his bright green eyes scanning the area as he looked around for the heir, calling out for him softly. "Rio? Rio, I'm sorry I scared you! Please come out..."
It was no surprise he'd scared the cub; the larger lion was covered head to paw in snow, complete with a carrot hanging from his mouth, as well as two cardinals that had settled themselves quite comfortably into his soft fur. He sighed and turned towards one of the cardinals as it began pulling at his mane, hissing quietly, "Shoo! Beat it, you're gonna get me in a lot of trouble, stupid bird!"

The cardinal merely stared at him, cooing softly, and Tallahassee gave a frustrated groan when suddenly...
"There, Papa! There he is!"
Tallahassee's head whipped towards the sound of Rio's voice as he paled; not only was the cub there, but his father - Yazir, the leader of the Bad Intentions Brotherhood, and Tallahassee's boss, for gods' sake - was staring directly at him, cold green eyes glaring daggers.
"A-ah! Yazir, sir - I-I'm sorry for any trouble I caused, honest! H-hopefully Rio here didn't catch you at a bad time, did he?" Tallahassee chirped nervously, shaking off as much snow as he could (and wincing as the cardinals dug their talons into his pelt in response).

"So this is the Snow Lion, eh?"
Tallahassee blinked in confusion. "What?"
Yazir chuckled and padded forward, Rio cautiously walking alongside him. "Tallahassee. What are you doing?"
"W-well, y'see sir," he began. "I... I know I was supposed to be on patrol, but I was so tired! I figured I'd take a nap - just for a bit - and when I woke up, well..." He motioned towards the snow still coated onto his pelt, as well as the cardinals (who were now staring at the two newcomers warily). "I-I'd initially brought the carrot along as bait for a hare, maybe... I'd also found this nifty lil rag-" At this he lifted his tail to show off the red scarf "-that I figured I'd give to Rio as a little gift, y'know? But then he snuck up on me, while I was sleeping sir, and... Well, I got scared, sir."

Yazir couldn't contain his laughter at this point, shaking his head vigorously. "Tallahassee, you're a fool. Scared of a tiny cub? Please - Rio couldn't possibly have scared you bad enough to scream."
Tallahassee's face flushed. "I-I didn't scream! I... I was scared."
"Sure you didn't."
[ 845 words ]

[.henloimmabirb.]

<3 Congratulations to rhiannon_rings/katrei! <3
This was a tough decision as each of the stories were all so sweet and each one unique and interesting, but I want to say everyone did a good job! c:

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Edit: <3 I'm offering 2 Runner Ups, one to Midnightkitkat and one to minifun990 -- I'm sorry I made an error when judging the prompts, please let me know if a RU lion interests you and what you'd like them to look like. <3

Username: rhiannon_rings
Lion Name: Tallahassee
Lion Gender: Male
Pride: The Bad News Brotherhood
Pride Status: Second in command
Prompt: Tallahassee was not a clever man.
Sure, it might have been pretty obvious for those who knew him that he was about as bright as a shadow, but most others oftentimes mistook him for one that was competent. After all, why else would Yazir choose him to be his successor? It wouldn't make sense, choosing an idiot to run your pride should something happen to you.
Regardless of the semantics of it, the current situation demanded Yazir's attention rather quickly, when his only son had come bolting through the brush and shook him violently, arousing him from his slumber with a start. Yazir glanced over to Rio groggily, failing to notice the look of sheer panic on his face. "Rio...? You had better have a pretty good reason for waking me up so suddenly," he growled, not entirely angry but certainly very peeved. "What is it? Are the hunting grounds on fire?"
"Papa, Papa!" Rio wailed, burrowing his face into Yazir's mane as he shook, clearly frightened.

Finally taking note of his son's distraught behavior, Yazir's tone switched from annoyed to concerned in mere seconds. "Rio, what's the matter? Did something happen?"
Rio shuddered as he spoke, tears welling up in his big green eyes as he spoke. "I... I was playing in the snow, 'cause Akuma said it was alright..."
"And?"
"And I was just running around, I didn't mean any trouble, promise!"
This statement had Yazir's attention immediately. "Rio, what happened? Tell me everything," he said, worry lacing his voice. Could it perhaps have been that Rio stumbled upon an enemy pride? Did they hurt him? Yazir's blood boiled at the mere thought.
Rio quivered. "I-it was a snow lion! He screamed at me, a-and I screamed back, a-and I ran away as fast-"
"Snow lion?" Yazir questioned immediately, racking his brain for any lion he'd met that would bear resemblance to the description alone. "What did he look like? Where did you see him, Rio? It's okay, you can tell me."
"H-he was on the outskirts of the border!" Rio cried. "And he's a snow lion! He's made of snow! Snow lions aren't supposed to talk, Papa, I'm scared!"

Yazir paused at this, standing up abruptly and nudging his son along with him. "Come, Rio."
"Wha...? W-where are we...?"
"You're going to take me to this Snow Lion," he said calmly, addressing his son's panicked look with a soothing, "I just want to see if he's a threat at all. If he's still there, I'd like to speak with him."
Rio nodded hesitantly and hurried off, his father close behind.

...

Tallahassee padded along cautiously, his bright green eyes scanning the area as he looked around for the heir, calling out for him softly. "Rio? Rio, I'm sorry I scared you! Please come out..."
It was no surprise he'd scared the cub; the larger lion was covered head to paw in snow, complete with a carrot hanging from his mouth, as well as two cardinals that had settled themselves quite comfortably into his soft fur. He sighed and turned towards one of the cardinals as it began pulling at his mane, hissing quietly, "Shoo! Beat it, you're gonna get me in a lot of trouble, stupid bird!"

The cardinal merely stared at him, cooing softly, and Tallahassee gave a frustrated groan when suddenly...
"There, Papa! There he is!"
Tallahassee's head whipped towards the sound of Rio's voice as he paled; not only was the cub there, but his father - Yazir, the leader of the Bad Intentions Brotherhood, and Tallahassee's boss, for gods' sake - was staring directly at him, cold green eyes glaring daggers.
"A-ah! Yazir, sir - I-I'm sorry for any trouble I caused, honest! H-hopefully Rio here didn't catch you at a bad time, did he?" Tallahassee chirped nervously, shaking off as much snow as he could (and wincing as the cardinals dug their talons into his pelt in response).

"So this is the Snow Lion, eh?"
Tallahassee blinked in confusion. "What?"
Yazir chuckled and padded forward, Rio cautiously walking alongside him. "Tallahassee. What are you doing?"
"W-well, y'see sir," he began. "I... I know I was supposed to be on patrol, but I was so tired! I figured I'd take a nap - just for a bit - and when I woke up, well..." He motioned towards the snow still coated onto his pelt, as well as the cardinals (who were now staring at the two newcomers warily). "I-I'd initially brought the carrot along as bait for a hare, maybe... I'd also found this nifty lil rag-" At this he lifted his tail to show off the red scarf "-that I figured I'd give to Rio as a little gift, y'know? But then he snuck up on me, while I was sleeping sir, and... Well, I got scared, sir."

Yazir couldn't contain his laughter at this point, shaking his head vigorously. "Tallahassee, you're a fool. Scared of a tiny cub? Please - Rio couldn't possibly have scared you bad enough to scream."
Tallahassee's face flushed. "I-I didn't scream! I... I was scared."
"Sure you didn't."
[ 845 words ]

[katrei]

eep! tysm <3 I'll take good care of him aaa ;u;