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Tempest stood on the edge of the Broken Shadows territory, she knew she shouldn't cross it...but she had no choice. Surely given the nature of her soon trespassing they would let her go home...right? She saved one of their cubs from her own Pride members. And give as much as she hated leopards...well outcast leopards, it was shocking to them that she saved him. But he was a child, he like her knew next to nothing about the world that they were forced to live in. She unknowingly rubbed her scar, that was now covered with leopard prints. It was a reminder of what had been taken from her. She would have been a stunted panther if she hadn't have been attacked, free to live her life as a human. She didn't even know that she was a werepanther before her attack, now she was a freak. Her coat should have been pure black, but it wasn't, it had leopard spots underneath it. Tempest shook her head, pulling herself from such horrible memories. She looked down at her charge, "Come on little Warrior, let's get you home safely." Without another word, Tempest crossed the boarder entering Broken Shadows land.
The Grimm brothers had sensed a panthers pressence before he or she had even crossed the territory line. along with some hunters and a few warriors, they raced to where the Panther was. Ranger shifted into his leopard and ran along side Ransom who stayed in his human form just incase he needed to talk to the panther, which he found doubtful. This was a panther after all. Ranger let out a large and powerful growl when he saw that the panther had one of their cubs...Kaleb. what was going on? Ranger's ear flattened against his head and his eyes racked up and down the panther.
Ransom frowned when he saw The panther with one of the cubs, "
Kaleb." He breathed, why dis she have him. " what do you want panther?" He snarled.
The boy, Kaleb from what the leopard had just called him, jumped and hid behind Tempest's legs at the loud snarl. She almost jumped herself, she knew it wasn't wise to turn her back on them, but she couldn't help it. She hated seeing any child scared, she turned around and got down to Kaleb's height, "It's okay little Warrior, their not mad at you...just me." Tempest tried to comfort him, he looked like he was on the verge of tears. "Wh-Why are they ma-mad at you? You saved me from those...mean ugly panthers!" Kaleb was confused. Tempest bit her lower lip, unsure of what to say, so she just told him the truth, "They are mad at me because I am a...panther, and I crossed into your territory without permission." Kaleb burst into laughter, as if she had just told him the funniest joke in the world, "You can't be a panther, silly! You're too nice and too pretty to be a panther. Everyone knows that panthers are mean, ugly, and stupid." One would have expected her to get angry at his, but she just chuckled, "I'll keep that in mind. But you should get home, little Warrior, I'm sure your parents are worried sick about you." Kaleb looked like he wanted to say something else but ended up throwing her arms around her for a quick hug and running to whom she assumed was his dad. She stood up and faced the leopards, wondering if this was the part were she died.
Ransom glarred at the female panther as she comforted one of his prides cubs. Once Kaleb said his goodbye to her, he ran to Ransom and the lead warrior quickly picked the kid up. Kaleb was only three and he was already being adventurous. Kaleb shifted into a tiny fluffy leopard in Random's arms and lightly scratched at his hard chest. Chuckling lightly, Ransom put him down and Kaleb ran off towards a pretty young woman with long light Brown hair. She scooped her child up and walked back towards her home where her mate was waiting for her to bring their son home. Ransom looked at the girl, "where did you find him?" He asked her.
Tempest took a deep breath knowing that they weren't going to like the answer, but the truth will set you free...well that's what she was counting on anyways. "With a group of our Warriors...they wanted to....well we had a disagreement of what to do with with Kaleb. I won, so I brought him home." She didn't mention that she had won because one of the Warriors had lunged at Kaleb as a panther and she had taken the blow instead. Being the alpha's little sister did have some perks, like threatening to get them into trouble for sinking their teeth into her side. Luckily she was wearing her black leather jacket, so the blood wasn't visible. She didn't need them knowing she was weakened.
Ranger was pacing back and forth between where Ransom and the Panther girl, ready to attack if he needed to. He was starting to think this girl hadn't come to create problems. Ransom scratched the back of his neck, not really knowing what to do. If this girl wasn't lying, she had just saved one of their cubs and didn't deserve to be killed
Tempest chewed on her lower lip for a moment, "Okay...so if that is everything...and you're going to let me live...which I'm hoping that you are, it would suck to die on my first day back home in 6 years..." Tempest trailed off realizing that she basically just told them who she was with her nervous babbling. "Uh...so, I'm just going to go...thanks for not killing me?" She muttered before turning tail and walking away fast. One of the Warriors that was in his human form reached out and grabbed her arm, they couldn't let her get away, she was their rival alpha's daughter. His hand landed on her jacket sleeve, and she twisted away from him, accidentally ripping her jacket off. The smell of fresh blood reached her nose as the jacket no longer covered her wound, the same wound that had now bled through the lower half of her shirt. Now they knew who she was, and that she was injured. Perfect, just perfect. There was only one thing for her to do now, run. Which she did, she didn't shift though, she knew they would kill her for sure if she did. So she just ran as fast as she could in her current condition, hoping to reach her land before they caught her.
Ranger took off after her and forcibly, but also so what gently, tackled her to the ground. His strong leopard kept her down as he waited for Ransom to come over and take care of her. Just as Ransom was about to say something, his older grandfather burst through the trees, a look of complete shock covered his slightly wrinkled face. "Penelope?" That was the name of his deceased mate and the girl his grandson had pinned down looked exactly like her. How was that possible.
(view spoiler)Tempest whimpered in pain as she was tackled to the ground, she didn't struggle with the leopard. She knew it was useless, he was stronger than her right now. If she was going to die, well she hoped he would do it quickly. "Penelope?" The sound of her great-aunt's name made her snap her head to the source. That face...his face, it was the same as the picture in her locket. The one that had been given to her grandmother by her great-aunt the night that she died. Tempest didn't know why she left his picture in her locket, she left Penelope's because she looked like her grams. She reached for her locket to make sure it was still there, and sighed in relief when she found that it was. Her relief was short lived however, when she remembered that he was supposed to have killed Penelope. Oh Goddess. Now they really were going to kill her.
"Wait the Penelope?" Ransom asked, his eyes getting big. Why did the name of his Grandfather's true mate just come up? Was this panther related to her? "Are you related to my dear Penelope?" Oliver Grimm, the Grimm brother's grandfather asked. This young girl looked just like his fallen mate that he had lost so long ago.
She didn't know if she should tell him the truth...he was the one that killed Penelope after all. Right? That's what her Pride said...but he sounded so sad, so lost. Not like a murderer...nothing like a murderer. Besides, Tempest looked like an exact replica of her grams, who had been Penelope's twin. "Yes..." she replied finally, in a soft tone, "She was my late grandmother's twin sister."
Scout had been standing in the group of leopards when a very upset Mercy ran over to her and pulled her away from the crowd. She allowed her cousin and alpha to pull her down a path and to the cool cabin Mercy's brother's had built her a couple years ago. Scout sat on the couch as she listened to her cousin sob hysterically about what had happened when she had been on the prowler's territory. Once Mercy had cried herself to sleep, Scout's plan was then put into action. Oliver frowned, "I'm guessing you've already figured out who i am." He said softly as he thought about his beautiful mate. He thought about he everyday and wish he could of been with her.
Tempest pulled her locket from beneath her shirt for him to see. She had assumed that he had been the one to give the locket to Penelope in the first place. "Yes. I see your face everyday. My grams..." She started, "My grams never blamed you...she didn't think that you did it. She used to tell me stories about Penelope and her all the time. But...her favorite story to tell me was about how happy Penelope was the day she found out you were her mate. My grams said that Penelope had ever been that happy in her life before, that's why she never believed what Beta Damon had said..." Tempest didn't add that Beta Damon had embarrassed her grams in public for trying to defend the old leopard alpha once, making her look like a crazy lunatic in front of the whole pride.(view spoiler)
Oliver's eyes widened when he saw the old locket he had given his mate so long ago. He didn't think he would ever see it again or picture of Penelope again. All he had was the memory of her. He smiled when the girl explained how happy his mate was when they found each other. That too was the happiest day of his life.
His smile confirmed what she had been thinking, that there was no way Oliver killed Penelope. She began to think that maybe they wouldn't kill her after all. Tempest turned her gaze to the leopard that was still pinning her to the ground, "So, as much as I love you being on top of me," her voice was heavily laced with sarcasm, "If you're not going to kill me, could you get off? Your paws are crushing me, fluffy!"
Ranger huffed at her petname, Fluffy, wow creative. he thought to himself as he climbed off of her and went back over to Ranger, but kept his gold gaze on the Panther girl.
Tempest rolled over and pushed herself to her feet, dusting herself off. She frowned as she looked down at herself. Her shirt was covered in blood, her skin was caked with mud and dirt, as was her hair. She looked terrible, utterly and completely terrible. She shot Ranger a dirty look for his part in her current appearance. "May I leave now? As much as I'm enjoying this...well whatever this is, I'm sure my parents will be looking for me soon." She snapped at the three Grimms in front of her. She was right though her parents would be worried about her, she was supposed to be home hours ago.(view spoiler)
((Sure, and I don't know, you choose." "No, I think you should come back with us." Oliver said, "I want to make sure you're safe." He owed his lost mate at least that much.
((Meh, the Pride name sucks lol, but whatever!))Safe? He thought she would be safe in a Pride full of panther haters...was he crazy? They would kill her in her sleep. Not that she would feel comfortable enough to sleep, nope not at all. She starting backing away slowly, and opened her mouth to tell him thanks, but no thanks.
"Well, well, hello Oliver, it's been a while hasn't it?" Damon the current alpha of the Night Stalkers Pride, walked up behind Tempest. "I see you've found my son's mate, good, we've been looking for her." Damon smirked at him, but his smirk fell when he looked at Tempest. His face paled as if he had seen a ghost, "Penelope?"
((Night Stalkers?))Oliver knew his face had looked similar only moments ago. "Your son's mate?" Oliver asked confused. This was starting to sound really familiar to what happened 35 years ago to him and his own mate
((Sounds good lol))Tempest frowned looking at him she replied a version Oliver's question, "Your son's mate...I haven't found my mate yet?" She had no clue what was going on right now, but she was sure she didn't like it at all.
Damon was staring at her in disbelief, he had heard that she looked like Penelope...but he never thought she would look exactly like her. "Yes, to form an alliance between the Night Stalkers and the Prowling Moon Prides, Tempest will be mating with my son Tiberius." He motioned to the boy to his right.
Tiberius:(view spoiler)
((He's hot! So I was thinking that both Ranger and Ransom both feel attracted to Tempest, but both refuse to touch her. So then you can decided with one is her actual mate. ))Ranger let out a low growl, not liking that they planned on taking Tempest. Why? He had no idea. She wasn't his to claim or growl over. shaking his spotted head, he walked a little farther away from the group.
Ransom frowned, "When was this alliance planned?" He asked, just trying to gather more information. He, like his brother, didn't like that the female panther was being forced into an arranged mating.
((Thanks. And that sound great :)))Tempest's jaw dropped, "What? That's the reason they wanted me to come back..." She was pissed her family was just using her. How could they? Didn't they care what she wanted...how she felt? She didn't want this, not a single bit. She wanted to wait for her mate, not mate with Tiberius.
Tiberius walked up to her, but frowned at her appearance, she had been bleeding. He let out a snarl, turning to the Grimms, "Which one of you hurt my mate?" His own mate had been killed, Tempest was his second chance. He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close to him.
"Wouldn't you like to know, boy. It will happen when it happens, though now that we have Tempest...it will happen a lot sooner." Damon smirked at the Grimms, enjoying their mixed emotions.
"She was bleeding before she got her asshat." Ransom rolled his eyes as he looked at the alpha's son. He didn't like the way that Tiberius was touching the panther girl for reason's he didn't exactly understand.Oliver cleared his throat, "I believe it would be in the best interest for everyone if we waited for the panther alpha to come and verify what you just told us." He told them, "I don't exactly trust you."
"How did you get your wound, lovely mate?" Tiberius nuzzled Tempest's neck, he saw the look on Randsom's face and smirked at him. "How I got my wound is none of your business." Tempest replied, refusing to go back on her agreement with her Pridemates for Kaleb's life. She pushed him off of her and backed away from him, "Also, I'm not your mate!" She hissed at him.
Damon narrowed his eyes at Oliver, of course the old leopard wasn't going to make things easy for him. "Very well. When the panther alpha confirms it, I have your word you will turn over the girl without further incident?"
Striker's eyes grew wide, "Tempest?" He rushed to his sister's side, not liking one bit that she was injured. "What the world happened to you?" His eyes started to morph into those of his panther's, angry that anyone would dare hurt his baby sister."Wouldn't you like to know, dearest brother! Would you like know, what I want to know?" Tempest's tone was full of seething fury, her eyes narrowed dangerously at Striker, "Why in the hell didn't you tell me that you were using me in an arranged mating!"
Damon looked at Tempest with awe, and slightly envied that she was going to belong to his son. Not only did she look exactly like Penelope, she acted just like her too. He smiled, somewhat, fondly at the memory of Penelope finding out they were supposed to mate. Before Oliver that was.
Mercy walked over to Ransom and Ranger came over to join them, bumping his sister on the leg with his spotted head. "Hey kitty cat." Mercy said mockingly, using a voice you would typically use when talking to babies or pets. Ranger let out a low warning growl and Mercy rolled her eyes, "Ok fill me in on the what's happening." Mercy twisted the friendship bracelet that Sophie had made for her on her wrist as listened to her brother.
Striker looked taken aback, he hadn't expected her finding out this quickly. They were supposed to have a family meeting, of sorts, and discus it then. He felt horrible in his role of bringing her back, but at the time he felt the prowlers alliance with was too important to lose. Now, with Mercy being his mate, he wasn't so sure. Mercy. Did she lure him away so that way her pack could take his sister and ruin the treaty between the two panther prides? How did they even find out about the rockiness between the two? "Look...Tempest...we were going to lose them as an ally and at the time I felt having you in an arran-" Striker never got to finish his confession because Tempest landed a powerful punch to his jaw. He head snapped to the side from the force of her blow, his face full of shock.
Mercy let out a low whistle, "You go girl." She praised Striker's sister. From what She'd heard, he obviously deserved the punch to the jaw. That's what he got for messing with people's matings.
Tiberius rushed forward wrapping his arms around Tempest, before either sibling could do more harm to each other. He pulled her over to the area mostly occupied by Night Stalkers, not liking that she was struggling against him.Damon was growing tired of being on leopard land, especially in the presence of the man that took his mate from him. Sure, he had been the one to kill Penelope... unbeknownst to anyone else. But! He wouldn't have had to if Oliver would have just left well enough alone! "Striker, I grow tired of this game, inform the leopards that the girl belongs to my son so that we may leave."
The Grimm family stood and looked back and forth between the prowling moons and night stalkers. Still in leopard form, Ranger let out a frustrated noise as he watched the scene in front of him. Hearing his frustration, Mercy smirked at him, "what's got your panties in a twist?" She raised a brow at her oldest brother.
"This isn't how we planned this, Damon. Tempest hasn't even seen our parents yet." Striker let out a sigh, after throwing a dirty look Mercy's way for cheering his sister on for hitting him. "We'll send her to you on the date that we agreed upon, no sooner." Striker made his tone and his position firm.Damon growled, walking forward into Striker's face, "No it isn't what we agreed, but obviously you cannot keep her safe! I will not have a repeat of last time!"
Tiberius huffed, giving up on trying to hold Tempest, she was like a hell cat. "Dad it's fine, we can give them a few days. We've been waiting for almost a year, a few more days won't hurt." He didn't miss the look of fury on her face when he mentioned that they had be planning this for over a year.
Right then and there, Mercy decided her mate was an ass. Hoe could he just give his sister away like that. Stepping forward she glared a Damon. "Well now that that's settled, you get the Hell off my territory. " two large hunters came out of the woods "they will be escorting you to your land." She said sternly, daring him to challenge her. Mercy had quite the reputation. She was a strong leopard but even stronger alpha. Most people knew not to mess with the little alpha who could take down a man four times her size in a matter of seconds.
Damon arched a brow at her, unimpressed with her demand. But, he knew when he was outmatched. The Night Stalkers didn't win with brute strength, no. They won with manipulation, and by turning their foes against each other. "Very well." He replied to her stiffly. Turning to Striker, he gave him a stern look, "We'll be seeing you soon."Tiberius walked up to Tempest and quickly kissed her on the cheek before she had a chance to move away. "Until we meet again, mate." With one last smug smirk to Ransom and Ranger he followed his pridemates off shadow territory.
Striker watched him leave before looking back at his mate, he was impressed. Though, she didn't seem to be that impressed with him at the moment. He couldn't get the thought out of his head that maybe them hanging out was only a distraction to ruin their alliance. She wouldn't do that, would she?
Mercy didn't look at Striker. She didn't have anything to say to him right now. Instead she walked over to Tempest, "Hey, I'm Mercy Grimm. The Broken shadow's alpha." She introduced herself, but kept out the fact she was her brother's mate. She didn't want to start explaining that to her when Mercy's brothers were around. All hell would break loose if she did. "Your brother is a ass by the way." She added that just to piss off Striker. He deserved that and the punch his sister had given him.
Tempest gave Mercy a warm smile, she had never seen her before since she had moved to Rome right after her first shift. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Alpha. I'm Tempest Baratheon...still technically a beta for my old Pride back in Rome, I suppose." She shrugged, she hadn't officially been accepted into the Prowling Moon Pride since she had returned. She laughed at the mention of her brother being an ass, she wholeheartedly agreed, "That he is, isn't he?"Striker crossed his arms, narrowing his eyes at both his mate, and his sister. "Really...I'm standing right here." He muttered in an annoyed voice, while rolling his eyes.
Mercy looked over her shoulder at Striker, "Oh really? I just forgot that you were there in the past five seconds." She said sarcastically, "I think it might be a sign of early Alzheimer's." She continued before looking back at Tempest, smirking knowingly. "You're bleeding," She pointed out, "Are you ok?" She asked, somewhat concerned. They were both werecats, they healed a lot faster than humans so she knew tempest would be fine.
Striker rolled his eyes, trying to refrain from growling in frustration at her. She obviously didn't want her Pride to know right now, and he agreed. Only because he was outmanned, thus making him outmatched, not to mention her brothers were here.Tempest's eyes darted between her brother and the female alpha. She had never seen him look at another girl that way, well not since Emily. Her face remained blank as she realized what was going on here. It made sense, because Striker didn't even know what was going on until he got here. Rival alphas don't just hang out, or show up together randomly. Also, Striker wasn't stupid, he wouldn't step foot on shadow land unless he was certain he was safe. They were mates.
Mercy turned to fin, "So who were your friends, Striker?" She asked him as she folded her arms across her chest. "And why were they on my land?" She asked him, raising a blonde brow.
(view spoiler)Striker turned to Mercy with a sigh, she just couldn't leave well enough alone could she. "You already know the answer to both of those questions, don't you?" To him she had pretty much confirmed that she knew all along. "Did you plan on trying to kidnapping my sister this whole time, or did her coming here provide you with an means to an end?" He crossed his arms as well, matching her posture.
Tempest looked at the scene with distaste, this was going to get bad fast. She didn't think they had any intentions of taking her. Well not at first, they wanted to just kill her before they knew who she was. She walked over to a tree and sat down, she was starting to feel lightheaded, plus she didn't want to get in the middle of their fight.
(view spoiler)Mercy shifted and evened out her weight on both her feet, she needed to be ready if this didn't go well. She couldn't believe he was acussing her of actually planning this out and Kidnapping his sister. "You're right, I do know the answer to both those questions, but I wanted you to explain it to me." She told him, her face showing no emotion yet. she was getting really mad but she didn't want him to know. "And why would I want to kidnap your sister. I didn't even know she was back in town. And if you couldn't tell, I've been a little busy with a dying friend!" She shouted at him, her temper flaring and her leopard eyes started to show as she continued to get angrier. There goes no showing emotion she guessed.
Ransom returned from escorting the Night hunters halfway to their territory and automatically he could tell that his little sister was pissed, "Who pissed baby-doll off?" He asked as he leaned against a tree close to Tempest.
(view spoiler)"Well then I'll just explain it to you!" Striker kept his tone level, but he was seething. "They are not my friends, they are my allies. For the past year things between our prides have gotten...heated. To mull things over they wanted a bigger commitment from us. Seeing as how their Pride is mostly made up of males, they wanted an alpha female. So my father offered Tempest. No, I don't agree with it, but I'm not the alpha yet so I can't make the call to end it." Striker finished his rant, his anger building with it. He didn't comment about Sophie, not wanting to upset Mercy further with it.
Tempest chose to ignore the words from her brother, she was too tired to care. She would throw a fit about it later. She heard Ransom come up beside her and she gave him a weak smile, "That would be my brother." Her panther seemed to perk up for the first time since this incident had happened.
(view spoiler)"And how exactly did you come up with the insane idea that my pride kidnapped your little sister?" Mercy challenged him. "Looks like you've already sold her off to someone else." She told him. She didn't understand how or why he was getting so mad at her. She had nothing to do with the Night Hunter pride.
Ransom glanced over to where his sister was two seconds away from ripping the other alpha's head or balls off..or maybe both. She looked extremely pissed off. "Well that doesn't take much to do. she has a short temper."
(view spoiler)"It seemed like a logical move to make. Without Tempest mating with Tiberius we would lose the Night Stalkers as an ally. Which in turn would have weakened us to a point where we could have been easily defeated." Striker replied to her his voice suggesting the obvious, at least from his view. "I didn't sell her off to anyone...I mere convinced her to come back home."
"Well she's more than welcome to kill him, she would get no protest from me. In fact, I would even help her bury the body." Tempest muttered as she glanced over at Ransom, with a small smile. She wished she could go home and take a shower, she couldn't even begin to fathom what she looked like.
((Uhh Eww Lmao))Mercy threw her hands up and started to walk towards the tree line, " If I don't get away from you, I'm going to kill you." She growled as she turned to him, now a safer distance away. Her leopard was hating that she was fighting with her mate, but Mercy shrugged it off. Her mate was a selfish dumbass
Ransom chuckled softly, "I bet she would appreciate the help." He smirked when he saw mercy walking a safer distance away, "she was taught to do that at the ripe ol' age of four when she would attack people who pissed her off. My mom would tell her to move back out of her jumping range so she couldn't reach them when she leaped at them." So yeah...Mercy was kinda violent as a kid.
((Hey big sis, I'm going to one of the annoying people that continue to post things till you reply.))
(view spoiler)Striker watch her walk away and wearily rubbed his forehead, this was going great. His panther didn't like that Striker was being mean to his mate, and started snarling at him. It did caused him to gain a massive headache. He
watched her waiting for her to make a move, he would only prevent her from wounding him if she did. He would never hurt his mate.
Tempest chuckled at the information that Ransom had revealed, Mercy and Striker were the perfect pair. "My brother could be knocked down a few pegs, he forgets that other people have thoughts and feelings sometimes." Ever since Emily had died he shut his emotions down, it would be interesting to see how they handled their fight. "So, between wanting to kill me and preventing me from running away, I never caught your name. Or the name of your spotted friend," She nodded in the direction of the male leopard.
((haha wow.))Mercy wasn't going to attack him, not matter how much she really wanted to. Like Striker, she was starting to get a massive headache. Groaning, Mercy yanked a hand threw her long blonde hair, pushing it back off her face,
"Ransom Grimm." Ransom introduced himself, "and Mr. Grumpy pants is by brother Ranger."
"Tempest Baratheon," Tempest smiled at him twirling her locket with her finger, "The village idiot over there is my brother, Striker...who is becoming my least favorite brother, fast." She glanced over at Ranger, suddenly wondering what he looked like in his human form. Ransom...well it was safe to say he was quite handsome. Her panther agreed with her, howbeit she wasn't sure if it was her thoughts on Ranger or on Ransom that her panther agreed upon.Striker sighed, realizing that as Tempest said, he was being an idiot. He found himself glad that her Pride didn't know they were mates. He could only imagine how her brothers would handle the news. Let alone his own family. This would change the course of war that they had been on for so long.
