ORIGIN

The words disturbed the absolute silence. Stirred the slumbering soul that peacefully caccooned within the safety of the only world this soul had ever known. A deep purring resonated within the turqoise stone that rested just barely visible on the side of the steep decline of the riverbed. A mind slowly awoke as the strange purring only intensified. Her once home. Her very own dreamland was growing too small, too uncomfortable for her growing body. Paws moved and kicked out, almost desperate to be stretched out and released. Small cracks began to spiderweb across the bottom of the Turqoise stone.

Nothing the little kitten did seemed to free her from the confinement of her home so for a moment she lay motionless, still purring just the slightest. Rocks and dirt tumbled down the steep side of the riverbed, tumbling down until they rested on the riverbed floor. More cracking peirced through the silence and eyes popped open wide within the stone. A muffled cry escaped the stone, this time hind legs kicked out again. Striking against the stone and causing a loud shattering sound as the stone gave way. Shards of the turqoise went spiraling down to the riverbed floor and along with it a small ball of fur went rolling along with it. A terrified cry rung out as the kitten finally hit the floor and skidded a few feet away from where the shards of her home now lay scatter.

A long tail flipped around anxiously as small rounded ears twisted and turned listening, but the only thing this kitten could hear was her own terrified cries echoeing within the silent area. It was dark. So dark she couldn't even see the toes on her paws and panic began to arise within the freshly born gembound. Amaria scrambling around, desperate to stand. Yet, every time she got even a single paw beneath her, her legs wobbled and she was quickly losing balance. Her tumbling around trying to get on her feet went on for a good while until she finally gave up with a now annoyed cry. Her chest heaved with desperate breaths as her eyes moved and blinked quickly, trying hard to see anything she could.

She could just start to make out small glowing orbs littered around a ways away, but they were too small for her to figure out what it was. "Aaaam..." The little feline nearly whined as she kept looking around. Her body seemed to be shivering as she lay curled up having given up trying to stand up on her paws. At least that's what she assumed they were. Just as she was about to close her eyes to relax a sudden noise, just barely heard, caught Amaria's attention and her body stilled completely and her ears pushed forward. She squeeked, the sound mashing with that of a little growl.

Post Roll Edit:

A strange flash caught Amaria's attention and her eyes quickly diverted down towards where her tail was wrapped up against her side. She blinked in surprise as she saw a strange stone embedded into her tail. A strange stone that was giving small flickering lights. She looked up and much to her surprise the area just a few feet around her was suddenly just barely visible to her and she gave another strange little squeek as she looked around almost in awe at the fact she was suddenly able to see something that wasn't there a moment ago. She could just barely make out the shards of stone that resembled the one on her tail just a few feet away from her and almost insantly she began inching closer to it on her tummy. Sharp little kitten claws gripping at the ground as if to help her scoot along. The noise that had once drew her attention was now forgotten.

Life is precious.

A large yawn escaped Amaria as she simply decided to nestle up around the shards that had settled around where she had fell. Her wide deep blue eyes peered around slowly, a bit of curiosity slowly creeping up on her. Her tail flicked up, before falling right back down and right as her tail hit the ground a medium 'tink' was heard. The sound startled her a bit, causing her to jump forward before her head swung around to see what had caused the noise. "Ooh," She mewed to herself as she quickly brought her tail closer to her and brought her paw up to swat at the shiny on her tail.

Amaria's attention was quickly pulled away from the stone on her tail by a loud 'Hey!' and for what seemed like the millionth time in the last five minutes the poor little kitten jumped right out of her fur. She landed ungracefully on her paws just a few inches from where she had been sitting and her large eyes seemed to grow wider as she watched a dark shadow start rolling down the top of the room she seemed to be in. She didn't have enough time to react to the now somewhat visible lump of brown in front of her before another sound was calling out and Amaria could feel the fur along her back start to bristle up. A loud thump made the newly born kitten mewl out but it was quickly followed by a terrified hiss. She couldn't see that far out from her, but she tried. She needed to see what was coming at her.

Post Roll Edit:

Her breath hitched in her throat as sudden light exploded around her and she was able to see everything that was around her. The lights above where she was seemed to grow even brighter and she was able to perfectly see the things just a few feet away. She was correct in assuming that one was a brown ball of fur, but the other newly entered creature thing was not quite the same as the other. A bit of her fear quickly waned from her and she finally began to settle down and took a hesitant step forward. Her curiosity was growing by the minute. Her rounded ears pushed forward as the light colored thing that looked similar to her began to speak to her.

"...Have a name?"

The question made Amaria tilt her head to the side. She felt like she should know what a name was and for a long moment she remained where she stood absolutely silent. Finally excitement perked within her and her tail flicked up. "Aahmia," She grinned only to frown instantly. No, that wasn't it. "Aaaahmaia," She tried again only to shake her head at herself as she looked up towards the ceiling of the room as if lost in thought. "Amaaa...ria," She brightened at this as she quickly drew her gaze down to the other feline and ball of fuzz with a wide grin showing her sharp little kitten fangs. "Amaria! Name!" She mewed happily as she gave a curt nod as if to confirm her own words. "You...woo...who," she began slowly only to have to feel like she needed to correct a word she had spoken before looking at the two with the utmost curiosity, her eyes seemingly glowing with excitement.

Life is precious.

"Leeee-on," Amaria tested the name for herself as she rolled back to sit on her haunches now that she was sure these two things weren't going to harm her. "Mak...a..," Trying on the other name Amaria faultered in her words and gave a very displeased expression. Her tail flicked and thudded back against the ground, once again causing a strange 'tink' noise. She ignored it this time however as she set her soft blue gems onto the similar feline creature. "Maky," Without realizing it just yet, Amaria grinned as she was finally able to say the name. Even if it was wrong.

Her head tilted to the side as the somewhat bigger cat turned to the big brown fur ball. That fur ball sure did look awfully warm. Her ears twitched as she stared at Leon for a good few moments before she rose to her paws and trotted right over to them. She looked them both up and down as they seemed to speak amongst themselves before she saw something that was furry. She squeezed in between the two, almost completely crouched in her stance. Her eyes followed the moving tail without blinking and before she even realized it her butt was beginning to wiggle. Within a moment afterwards Amaria sprung from her spot.

Post Roll Edit:

Laughter escaped the newborn gembound as her paws quickly grasped the tuft of fur at the end of Makyna's tail. She landed on her back as she playfully bit and chewed at the end of Makyna's tail. She wasn't really concerned what the two were talking about as it was not directly pointed at her, so for now she supposed she would just get a feel for what all she could do. And attacking a tuft of fuzz seemed like the best idea she had since she tried to see even more in the dark. Little growls and mews escaped her as she preoccupied herself with wrestling around with the oh so dangerous tuft of fur.

The bear began to speak and Amaria's attention on Ky's tail seemed to fade off. The little kitten rolled up to her paws and bounced right on over to Leon, ending up placing her paws right on his outstretched nose. A broad grin stretched over her muzzle and she nearly wiggled with excitement. There were more gembounds? It sounded way fun and adventurous! Her attention was pulled away when Maky began to speak again. Ammy only turned her head around to look at her as her small tail swished about. "Yeah!! Can go!" She happily mewed before she turned around and looked at Leon curiously.

She was much smaller than both of them. So maybe if she were to hitch a ride from one of them then they would get to where they wanted to take her much quicker. Without realizing it, Amaria's rump wiggled as she readied herself. With confidence, Amaria pushed against the ground from her back paws and bounded upwards towards Leon's head. She scrambled around before she managed to scurry all the way towards his back, just where she noticed his own gem embedded into his shoulder. She awed over it for a moment before she circled around a few times and soon settled down just between his shoulders. "Can Ride here? Faster maybe?" She said out loud thoughtfully looking to Leon and then to Makyna.