Rebirth

There was a light in my eyes, an ache in my heart and a herd beast leg in my mouth. The blood that covered me was drying and starting to itch. I rolled over to stand and look for the pride and suddenly the ground came up and hit me in the head.

My legs!

What was wrong with my legs?!? My FUR!!!!

I was on the ground, staring at my paws and shaking hard. I was not like the rest of the pride, now I was like the upright herd beast! The blood was drying and flaking off of just skin, small bits dropping to the dirt as I watched.

I was not like the pride, like the male of my birth, like Mot...

I was a little ways from where I started. This was true because the herd beast leg was still there. Slowly I sat up and looked around.

Where were the hunters. I was full, almost to bursting, but where was home, there was the pride?

The light was high, but, all was dim to me. The ground, yes the ground when it hit me in the head. That was why. Just some dirt in my eyes. Looking over the plain, there, a shade tree. And from behind it, an upright beast stepped.

*:come to me, there is no danger:*

whispered in my head, but I did not see it's little lips move. I looked again for the pride, but all was silent. Only me, the beast and dead-thing birds coming for the leg I had left.

Walking to the beast was strange as my back legs were bigger and my front legs were smaller. Looking again to this beast, I pushed upright as it was, and balancing, walked closer. It was small and when close enough it would go down under me. These are the pride's hunting grounds. Slowly closer and closer I walked until with barely a length between us I let out a scream,(how high and weak I sound now), and leapt.