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One day as Anubis was patrolling the temple, he sensed a disturbing presence following him. A small shadow of a feline stood, watching him with haunting eyes. He watched it for a moment before walking off towards the river near temple, surrounded by papyrus plants. Anubis, wanting to find the disturbance, followed the small feline. He lost it for a moment, only to find it beside a small, shriveled form.
Anubis was stunned at the sight; he paused to make sure what he was seeing was true. He sniffed around the cub, and caught the scent of a mother lioness. This poor soul had been abandoned, let alone by the temples and tombs. Anubis looked back at the small scrap. It was hardly breathing, and looked like it was in deep pain. It’s skin was nowhere to be seen, and it’s muscles and veins popped at its form. To anyone else, this was a hideous beast, but not to this god. Anubis scrunched his nose, disgusted that it’s mother left it to die. He bent down, and with a swift breath from his mouth, he gifted the cub immortality and freedom from its pain. A thin layer of skin gently coated the bare cub, and Anubis tied cloth from his own temple around its neck.
He picked the cub up ever so gently and took it to the Hall of Judgement, where souls were weighed. The clever god thought of a ploy to let the cub be used for good, putting the world to test. The cub sat in the middle of the room, and as souls came to be judged, they would face Stars Around My Scars. Many felt compassion, and nuzzled to cub or left it gifts while others gagged and gawked at the cubs appearance. This became one of Anubis’ tests, but Stars Around My Scars wasn’t fully happy. She still wished to be in a Pride with normal pride life. Anubis felt sorry for her, and remember someone. A young Prince had helped him long ago to fight off the snake demon that terrorized the lands, Kaliypso. The perfect and generous home for such a gentle soul.
Kaliypso was overjoyed that Anubis trusted him, and swore to protect the cub with his life. He loved all over Stars Around My Scars, as did the resident lion of the pride, Coralis the dwarf. The two became close. While Stars Around My Scars resided in The Pride of Whispering Stars, she still went back to help Anubis judge the souls that came to him, thankful to the one who showed her mercy.
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