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Lavona licked the scrape of a wimpering cub after they had fallen from the ledge of the tub when one of their siblings had knocked them over. After a few more licks though the cub was back and bouncing around the room with the others. She shook her head and turned to see one cub sitting beside her. He sat straight, his tail curled around his paws, his eyes following his siblings as they played. Lavona no longer asked Arlen why he didn't play with his sblings. Last time he had shrugged, said he didn't like too and went on watching. Well, atleast she didn't have to worry too much about him getting hurt. She turned her attention back to the other cubs as she layed down to watch them.

Arlen watched his mom lay down and felt mildly sorry for her. Though he was a cub he understood alot. Any one could see that his parents didn't like each other, though that seemed to be an understatement. Arlen ducked his head as somthing was thrown and hit the wall behind him. He moved over between Lavonas paws as she scolded the thrower. Smiling to him self when she nuzzled him before scolding some one else for pulling on anothers body part. And this was daily life.

Tiponi frowned, watching his siblings. What a bother they were, and completely unnecessary. His parents hadn't a need for anyone else but himself. He smirked a little, watching them. Poor little things didn't even know how worthless they were. He slowly crept toward Petrar, then pounced on her from up above, having been using a ledge in the wall as his hide away.

He bit down on her ear, growling and pawing at his sister's body as they tumbled and wrestled. Quite truthfully, he disliked this sister most of all. She looked too similar to him, and though he hadn't heard a parent say it yet, he suspected they were different from the other cubs. Still, to look so much alike to him...She had some gall, walking around and acting so much better then them all. Didn't she know he was much more important then she was? Then any of them were?

He held tightly to her ear, smirking a bit. He'd have to teach her a lesson for being so stupid then. Thats what he figured anyways.

Lavona stood from where she was laying down, quickly growing annoyed. Every day since they'd been able to get around they had been trying to kill each other. Her brow furrowed and her frown deepened, not liking the way things were going. "Tiponi!" She barked as she marched over to the rolling cubs. Lavona grabed the hissing and biting cub by the scruff of his neck. Her voice was muffled when she spoke but was still comanding. "Let her go, right now."


Arlen slinked away on his belly, jumping up onto the ledge of the tub. He hated this chaos. He hated most of his brothers and sisters. They were anoying and bad. His footing was steady as he jumped onto one of the many small ledged jutting out from the wall. Making his way skillfully and cautiously to the verry top ledge on the other side of the room. Arlen liked it here. No one could see him and he could pretend they were all worthless ants. Maybe their father would take them out side today? He remembered the last and first time, they got to go in momma's garden. Maybe Akumari and Ariana would be there, they had only visited once, but he liked them too. He looked down to see his mother trying to pry Tiponi and Petrar from each other. They were among the siblings he hated.

Petrar rolled with Tiponi, laughing. With every blow she seemed to grin more, her cub teeth glinting sharply. Tiponi was strong and a worthy opponent. Though she was well aware of his hate and returned the emotion for the most part, she knew that his strength was useful to the family. To her, strength was in numbers. And to purify the number, the weaklings had to be eliminated. She would not be one of them.

Then Tiponi grabbed a hold of her ear. She let him tug on it without much fight. "Oww, that actually hurts, dear brother," she said instead, giggling behind the grin. She unsheathed her claws and prepared to strike...

Suddenly Tiponi's teeth were ripped from her ear. She looked up in alarm to see Lavona had picked Tiponi up. Petrar resisted the urge to complain and scrunched up her face, effectively making her eyes water and run. "Mommy!" she cried, throwing herself at Lavona's paws. Acting like this was so shallow, but she wanted to see how Lavona would react. Not to mention if it got Tiponi into some kind of trouble, it would be worth it. She hid her face in her paws, effectively hiding the wild smile she couldn't quite hold back.

Lavona put Tiponi down and looked at her daughters like they were crazy. "What is wrong with all of you?!" She huffed as she looked at all of the cubs, "You don't bloody up your siblings, you don't threaten them eather. Knock it off, all of you. Now." A low growl made its way from her chest as she, more gently than the last time pulled Door off of Petrar. She sat the cub down a tad roughly and poked her with her nose. "Do not, I mean it, do not smack your sister." She glowered at her a moment before bringing her head back up to look at the rest of them. "Petrar, Lady Door, Tiponi, Karayan, Arlen, and Yoru, you are all equal. Do you hear that you little abominations?! Equal. Stop killing each other!" Lavona's breathing was heavy as she stood watching the cubs with her fur raised.

Arlen jumped down from the wall, one ledge at a time and stood on the edge of the tub watching his mother. What had he done? He was good. Except...there was that one time....any ways. His ears snapped to atention when she called them abominations, except he couldn't blame her for snapping. She had to go through hell every day. Wait, did she just call them equal? Gross! He wasn't equal to them! He hated them! Loathed them! Arlen could tottally kick any one of their butts though. They just didn't know it yet.

Door was just about ready to smack Petrar where she stood, to show her who was in charge, but never got the chance. She let a soft roaring growl escape her throat as she was pulled away from Petrar and then shoved into the group of her siblings. She listened to her mother's rant, and even tolerated Lavona when she prodded her shoulder with her nose. She couldn't help herself when her mother seemed to be done. "Oh, isn't that just preciouse!" she cried, her eyes glistening with excitement. "You say we shouldn't smack each other around--have you forgotten that your own brother joins us once in a while to do just that to you?" She grinned cruelly, her teeth glistening. "You know what they say, offspring learn from there parents." She winked before turning away from her, the grin still in place.

Lady Door went back to the door, pacing silently in front of it as if hoping that Numai would soon join them to whisk her away. A cub could go mad staying cooped up with siblings who hated her, and whom she graciously hated in return. All of her siblings had things going on: Arlen was busy being a frightened momma's boy, Petrar was on her way to torturing him, Tiponi was likely planning a coup, Yoru's happenings didn't concern her in the least, and Karayan was likely designing a crown for himself. He thought he was so much better than the rest of them--that was laughable. They all had issues, but the only thing that interested Door was learning from her father, and he hadn't shown his face as of yet... She stopped, glancing up at the door as if willing Numai to walk through it.

"What a trick Petrar! You actually have the brain capacity to think." Arlen's slender frame sat on the edge of the tub/fountan. Its water that pumped and drained constantly was barley audible over the noise. He didn't even look at the sister sitting infront of him. No, he felt like attacking Door. Where did she get off, back talking mother like that? He huffed and looked back to Petrar with an un-interested gaze.

Lavona resisted the urge to throw Door out of the only window in the room. Almost all of these cubs were like Numai, so why did she have to look after them. She bent down to Lady Doors level and let out a low hiss. "You do not talk to me that way. I am the adult, you are the child, you do not disrespect me." Nope, she only loved them when they were asleep. But as soon as one was awake, they woke up every one else. She wasn't dealing with this any more, if they killed each other, they killed each other.