Unbreakable bond ch. 3 (Dutch06's fanfics)

Dutch had a strange nightmare that night. Something he couldn't quite put into words. He kept seeing himself in a black mist, hearing voices, before he eventually came face to face with an image of Zira. She said that he had a strange past, but she never elaborated, she never siad anything other than 'run'. A passage opened in the mist, leading to a light at the end of a cave, but he refused to take it, and so Zira's image disappeared as he was consumed by black. Ot was clear to him that he needed to wake up, so he tossed and turned before finally falling out of the hammock. Dutch took the bottom hammock, so his fall wasn't very far but it made him aware that it was morning already. He didn't sleep all that well, but what was the use? He'd probably wish he was still there anyway. He looked up at Mia who was sleeping like a baby above him, so he decided to venture out for some breakfast for them both. Rafiki was asleep at this point, but the Night Pride was still on duty nonetheless. It seemed clear from the offset that they were diligent defenders of their land as it was. Dutch had approached Surak with a question. "Ok. This may sound weird, but am I allowed to hunt?" Surak raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Can you elaborate on that?" "Uh... sure. So, in some areas, I acknowledge that my kind is not supposed to hunt anything big, so..." "As long as you don't cause any trouble you'll be fine to do it." Surak reassured him "Thanks for clearing that up." "No problem." Dutch turned his attention towards the grassy plains ahead of him, spying a Goitered Gazelle that would be perfectly filling for the both of them, so he decided to go for it. He waited for a good opportunity where its back was turned before lunging at it and biting its hind leg with great force. The other Gazelle had ran away with great intent, but he wasn't gunning for any others. He isn't that kind of hyena, to be greedy for more than you can chew. He never worked that way, and maybe it was because he was never able to in the past. Regardless, he dragged his new kill back to the hammocks, and just in time since Mia had now woken up. "Breakfast?" "You bet. I didn't want to leave on an empty stomach." he chuckled as they both dined on the fallen Gazelle.
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At noon, they had decided to leave. The journey home was not so bad and besides, there was no way Kopa could not be home at this point. They had made their way through the snowy mountains but it was clear that something was troubling Mia. "Hey, you ok? You look kind of... stressed." Mia kept looking forward and changed her expression to be more serious. "I'm fine... yeah. Just, the cold is getting to me, that's all." We can stop and rest if you want, I mean, we aren't in a hurry." Mia yet again tried to conceal her emotions, but was obviously faltering. "We're making good time, I don't see a reason to-" Some thoughts started rushing through her head again, and she knew it couldn't stay bottled up forever. "Fine. I'll bite, but you probably know what it is." Dutch listened in. "I promise you can keep your secret with me. I won't tell anyone." Mia looked at Dutch and now told him how she was feeling. "Ok, bringing up those thoughts yesterday just brought back the bad thoughts instead of making me feel better. I just feel trapped in those thoughts and I don't know how to get out of them." She looked down as they approached the wooded forest below. "I might just feel as if I have a lack of purpose..." "Well, I can say for one that you are not alone in this. You have people to turn to, and we can help. Just, don't hold it in so much next time okay?" Dutch and Mia made it to a clearing that was now an occupied grassland type area. "Wait a minute... is this?" Dutch and Mia looked at each other as they realized that they were now in the Backlands. "Oh... geez. I uh... as long as we don't run into my family we'll be fine." Dutch wondered about that, there must be a way. "So, how are we supposed to do that anyway?" Mia scanned the area with a paw raised. "Just follow my lead." Dutch and Mia passed a lot of crocdiles until they had noticed something odd. "Hey... Mia?" "Yeah?" "Ever...uh... noticed that there are no lions here?" Just then, they were almost pounced by a lion who leaped from the grassy plains. "RUN!" Mia exclaimed as they had dashed for the way into the Outlands as more lions started to give chase. They had now spotted the crevasse they had initally came through and the lions stopped. "Phew, that was a close one... we're making good time, let's keep going." Mia told Dutch as they made their way to the cave. Now that they were closer to home, Mia mentioned something. "You know, you should meet some of our members since you are new to our group." "Yeah, I bet I definitely will while nothing is happening for a while. Best to do it to ease my mind of all this stress." Dutch and Mia continued to talk as one of the Outlander lionesses looked on as she eavesdropped on their current conversation. 
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