Post by Eleniel on Oct 14, 2007 6:48:07 GMT -5
Tale of the Butterfly Bushes
If a Leopard, that lived in the Northeastern Forest, was to go back 200 years, they'd find a new something, interesting. Ten Male Leopards lining up for battle against Ten Evil Free Spirits. Each Leopards was able to fight to the death, defeating the Evil Free Spirits. The battle lasted Ten Days, no more, no less. When the last yelp of death was heard, their pack waited eagerly for them to return. However, they did not, so the pack went in search of the brave soldiers. They sadly found out that their beloved heros had died, but still defeated their opponents.
As one can imagine, the pack was crushed. Immedietly, they set out to bury their old pals bodies. A young Leopard stopped them, and came up with an idea. He told them that since their were ten Leopards we should build a memorial with something beautiful, something beautiful for each fighter. Their clan listened to them eagerly, wanting to make sure their heros were not forgotten. It was then when the pack found a single butterfly bush. It was beautiful, and the butterflys around it added a nice touch. However, there was only one bush. So, the elder of the young Leopard spoke of an old legend he had heard when he was a boy, 'If you plant a branch, the branch will grow.' It was worth a shot, of course, they all knew that they may destroy the only butterfly bush on their lands... but, they also knew that their warriors had died for them, so they could also make the sacrifice.
And so, the plan caried on. One branch was planted above the body of a fighter. They created a circle, with the pack called the circle of love. After a year, the branches had died. However, luckily for the Leopards, they grew back a year or two later. The butterflys added the perfect touch, but there was something else the pack would later want to add. A few years later, the young Leopard had found a mate, and he had brought his new kids over to the bushes. His youngest son, killed a butterfly. The pack was in shock, how could the youngster kill a butterfly on a memorial? It was unheard of to them. So, they killed the pup, and buried his body in the center of the circle, a reminder to all. Along with the killed pup, the cursed the bushes, causing anyone to kill a butterfly off the bush to die a long, painful death. Its just a curse, right?
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Reason for the Borderline Rocks
The Cheetahs' Lands used to be a peaceful area, everyone lived in harmony. There was one pack on the land, and the roamed the land without a care in the world, until there was the drought. A small drinking hole was centered in the Savanah, it was where the animals would go to drink whenever they needed to drink. It had small fish in it, and looked great. Then, as you have heard, there was a drought. The prey was dying left and right as the Cheetahs' drinking hole declined in volume. Until, there was no one left. The Cheetah pack began to lose Cheetahs, and most were unsure if anyone would survive. That was until the Cheetahs' believed they found the source. Two young Cheetahs' that were forbidden to be in love, began to, well, love each other. The Leader told them that they had to leave if the rest were to survive, and so, the young ones left without question. However, they did leave with a few other Cheetahs that did not like the Leader's decision.
They formed their own pack south of the other pack, and, lucky for them, it rained normally on their lands. The Northern Pack saw this, and became very, very upset. They declared war against the other pack, and went to destroy them. However, they did not see the next thing coming, the other pack won, even with smaller number. Fighting the North pack back, they declared that they'd never work toghether, never. So, working together, they built a rock wall, never to see each other, unless by choice.
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The Heat Rock
The Heat Rock is often said to be dangerous, yet safe. Cold and Warm, ect. What do these all mean though? Well, it means that if you sit by the freezing Heat Rock for a small amount of time, you'll be fine. However, if you don't get away from it and sit by in for a long time, you'll freeze to death and die. How this happens, none is sure, but, of course, there's a story for it.
Centuries ago rumors went around the Tundra saying that they had angered their ancestors. They all feared that the first alphas were going to send a great flood to kill them off, every last one. Afraid to die, as most would expect, they found a very large rock half way in the water off shore. So, taking their strongest males they had them push the rock toward the land so they could build a shrine for their ancestors. Taking the rock, they took a small amount of snow and built a thin layer around the rock.
One day, an elder was out and about, trying to find one of their grandkids who had ran off once more. When they came to the rock, they did what every Snow Leopard did, bowed. However, this elder claims that the rock didn't just stay there, no, the elder ran back to the pack and collapsed. Once she woke, she spoke of how the rock had began to glow. She then claimed that it chased her back to the pack, telling her that she and all her decendents would always die if they ever went by the rock again.
Over the years, the elders blood was shared amongst the whole pack, and at that point, every member of the pack had alteast alittle bit of her blood inside them. The sharing of blood confused the rock, causing it to kill every Snow Leopard. So now, when ever any Snow Leopard goes near it, the rock slowly freezes them, the elders blood or not.
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