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It was sunny, Squall was in a good mood and so he kept the storms far away today. Purple static crawled across his body freely. He truly was feeling great. Something about this area just made him smile and feel almost at home. Funny thing is, he had no idea where he was. He had been looking for a pride and at this point he just wanted to give up for a while and relax.

Before his eyes was a cliffside full of caves. One big one stuck out. It looked like a nice place to sit and with a good view. He hadn't seen the lioness and lemur enter. So, he let himself into the entryway.

In a heartbeat of seeing her his static vanished. He never liked to show strangers his powers. He wanted to appear normal and be treated just like everyone else. It was more comfortable that way. But in all the shock he forgot to apologize for intruding. He just froze. (A slightly shy god, odd I know)

The light coming through the cave opening stretched far enough in to show him the cave's supposed owner. A white lioness with orange-brown spots and a lemur sitting regally on her shoulder. Squall imagined she must look much better than him. After all he was a homeless intruder. Plus his fur probably looked all puffy from the static that was there moments before.

Squall was confused by her remark. Mainly because he had assumed this was her cave automatically. Of coarse she wasn't intruding in her own cave. "Sorry! I think I am, intruding that is," he said and then realized he was being a dummy. She must have meant that she was doing the same thing as him, just wandering in. Though it was first come first serve. There were other caves anyway.

He was preparing to just turn around and leave with his head down to show he was sorry to the lovely lady, but her glance stopped him. "I'm sorry. Do I know you?" Once again he felt rude. First intruding, then forgetting and acquaintance. A few sparks began to drift across him, which he didn't notice.

The way she talked to him and her friend Ghiki was comforting. Squall didn't feel stressed or awkward staying to chat. He smiled.

"Oh no not at all Lucy! It's Squall. I don't really have any nicknames besides what my sister's call me, so just Squall will do. Nice to meet you and you too Ghiki. Now I really wonder how you might know me. I'm not really part of a pride. I wander a lot, so I don't really know anyone... hmmm. Maybe you are a family friend."

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"Yeah. I have one adopted older sister, a younger brother and sister, and another older sister. One's bright blue and wears flowers and pears, two are mostly green, and one kinda has a print on her fur like a giraffe," he said with a laugh. He assumed she didn't see that coming. He was from a unique family for sure.

He allowed himself to sit and relax as well. Little didn't he know he'd actually spend his afternoon with someone to talk to. Was this what he was missing out on?

Squall stood up and looked excited. So, she did know his family! "Yes Airi! That's one of my big sisters. My mom and dad found her as a cub."

"How do you two know each other?" He wondered if Lucy was part of that harem Airi used to talk about. There was a group of lionesses and one male, and if Squall remembered correctly Airi was in fact invited in. He remained uncertain as to wether or not she ended up joining. He didn't know any of Airi's friends as a matter of fact. They hadn't seen each other in a while. So how could Lucy recognize him?

Squall looked excited. Lucy's story sounded a bit familiar. "I think I know what you're talking about! My mom used to always tell me about the day my siblings and I were born. It was in a cave during a big storm. She's pretty absent-minded and never remembered where the cave was." He always hoped that that storm wasn't his fault. To this day he wouldn't be sure on that.

He looked back and forth, joyfully analyzing the cave. He couldn't believe the odds.

"So, what happened to you, after the storm?" The story ended abruptly whenever his mom told it. She never said what happened to everyone. Squall imagined they all went their separate ways. He hoped they all lived happy lives.

He still continued to hold back the sparks that traveled across his fur. She must already know the truth about him, but that was no reason to draw attention to it.

"And I'm very sorry I don't. Though if I had memory since birth that would be kinda cool," he replied, "But wether or not I remember, its still a blessing to meet you. You showed me where I'm from-"

His own sudden curiosity cut him off. "But wait does that mean you raised yourself since you were a cub?" He would have been staring at the lemur and wondering what he was looking at like that, but he was distracted with curiosity. You don't meet lions who were raised alone very often. His mother and father were both orphaned. If they weren't so busy with giving birth in the cave they might have heard Lucy's story and asked her, like Airi, if she wated to stay with the family.

Who knows, maybe Zahina's will was at work and Lucy was meant to raise herself. It probably made her very strong.