Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-31191359-20171107013649/@comment-30921738-20171107232800

Akurle lifted into the sky, taking one look at the gaping, screaming Jammers below. She couldn't tell if her plan had worked. They seemed scared... not... she wasn't exactly sure how she was hoping they would act. Surprised? Happy?

Akurle spread her wings and drifted downward. That was when the net came flying toward her. Akurle saw it in the corner of her eye and twisted down into a dive. She waited until she was close to the ground before she unfurled her wings and flapped them hard. But something shout out of the bushes and landed on top of her and pushed her to the ground.

Akurle flapped her wings and whirled around to attack, until she realized it was a Jammer. Not any Jammer, it was Prowler. Joey trotted toward her and started tying her legs up with rope.

"Let go of me! I'm not going to hurt you, but I will have to if you don't let me go!" Akurle growled, biting at the ropes. Prowler shoved her massive paw on Akurle's snout and held it shut. Akurle snarled. After all she'd done, and yet they still try to hurt her?

Akurle spread her wings, breaking the ropes that held them to her body. Joey jumped back as Akurle pushed Prowler off her with her large wings. Prowler hissed and leapt at her again, but she knocked the lion away with ease. She ripped the rest of the ropes off and prepared to take off.

"Why are you still trying to fight me? Why try to hurt us? We are not a threat, we are trying to earn your trust, no matter the cost! So why are you still trying?" Akurle said, keeping her wings spread so she could lift off at any second.

Prowler glared at her. Akurle could see her paws slowly reaching to the ropes. Joey was looking incredibly guilty and scared at the same time. After a while, the little white and brown goat spoke.

"We.. um, Prowler here promised to keep you here. If not, her whole family is at risk." Joey explained nervously. Not Akurle realized what was going on... they were being forced to do this, or else their families would be hurt.

"Prowler. Don't listen to the Governor, do what you want. Come with us, we will keep you safe. I will stop anyone who tries to hurt your family." Akurle said calmly. She lowered her wings and tried to look as non-threatening as she could.

"No. It's a trap!" Prowler suddenly yelled, jumping at Akurle and tying her legs together with the piece of rope. Joey stood there, confused.

"NO! You're never going to hurt my family! Joey! Quit lying around and tie her up!" Prowler yelled, holding Akurle down. Akurle roared and flapped her wings, trying to get herself out of the lionesses grasp. She roared and kicked at the air, struggling to escape.

Joey looked incredibly terrified, but he didn't question the feirce lion. He snatched the nat that had fallen harmlessly to the ground and threw it on Akurle and tied the edges. The net wasn't big enough to go around Akurle's entire body, it only wrapped around her stomack and kept her wings from moving.

Akurle roared in fury and pushed Prowlers paws away. She lashed her tail and wriggled around, trying to slip away.

"I won't hurt them! I promised not to hurt anyone anymore! Please, let me go before someone else hurts you!" Akurle yelled, finally managing to push Prowler to the ground. She held her talons around her neck and forced the lion to the ground.

Now, Akurle saw the terror in Prowler's eyes. She fought them, not because she wanted to torture them. She was scared. She feared for her family, her home, her life. She was doing everything she could to keep everything she knew safe. Prowler was risking herself to keep her family safe. That was exactly what Akurle was doing as well. She feared for her friends safety. Her only friends, they were her only family. Akurle was doing all she could to keep the Jammers from hurting her own family.

Everyone thought the Jammers and Magikins were so different. They were not. They all feared the same thing. They all fought to keep their families safe. They risked their own selves to keep their families alive. They did things they would rather not do to save their loved ones lives. Outside, they may all be different. But on the inside, they were all the same. They feared the same, they all hoped for the same thing: to be safe.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Akurle loosened her grip and rested her talons of the lions chest instead of her neck. "Prowler. I know what you want. You are fighting us to keep your family safe. You are risking everything to save those you love. Thats what I feel, too. I am doing everything I can to keep the magikins alive. They are my only friends, my only family. We all want the same thing... why can't we stop fighting each other and we will get what we want. Prowler, I would never hurt your family. Nor will I hurt yours, Joey. Please, don't hurt me and I won't hurt you or anyone you love." The furious expression had melted from Akurle's face, and the dragon could see a hint of sadness in the lions face.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">Akurle lifted her claws off the lioness. Prowler stared at her with an unreadable expression. Sadness? Fear? Longing? .....love?

<p style="font-weight:normal;">And then, the lion was gone. Prowler ran as fast as she could and disappared behind the bushes. Joey gave Akurle one last look and slowly followed after her. Akurle watched them go.. and then lifted into the setting sky.

<p style="font-weight:normal;">As the sun set behind her, she thought Two down, everyone else to go.