We make it to the training grounds where different kinds of cats beast were fighting one on one. There were also groups of males holding different kinds of stances.
In the middle of the field was a hill and I could spot my dad on top of it along with the chief. They seemed to be observing all the soldier's training.
My brother carefully walks through the raging beast to get me safely to dad. When we get to the bottom of the hill dad finally notices us and is quick to come down to me. He picks me up and carries me back to the top.
"Why did you bring her here Ryker?" Dad raises his voice at Ryker.
I quickly but in. "I have something very important to speak with you about, so I made him bring me here. He's not really happy with me either." I look dad straight in the eyes while holding his neck.
"What could be so important that you would come to a dangerous place like this?" He questions us but he's mostly looking down at Ryker.
"I need to speak with the priest and you will need to be there as a witness." I try to bring dads attention back to me.
He sighs heavily. "Alright training is almost done so wait a little bit longer." He puts me back down beside him and takes a powerful stance, looking over the soldiers. I try my best to copy him, but I don't get how he does that. I keep glancing up to see if dad saw how serious I could be.
"Awww she's so cute."
"Look at her try to be intimidating."
"Right now she looks nothing like her dad."
I can hear multiple whispers about how cute I was.
I reply to their remarks as seriously as I could, "I'm not cute I'm being serious."
To everyone else, it was a cute bubbly whisper.
Everyone broke out in 'ooos' and 'aawwwws', even dad looked down and smiled at me. The chief looked down at me and said, "It's all about how confident you are. The more confident you are in yourself the more people will respect you." He looked at dad giving him a friendly shove, "You can go ahead and leave, Brandon and I will finish here."
Dad, Ryker, and I head to the temple together. Dad transforms into his jaguar and I ride on his back. I have always loved dads beast form. You can feel the power radiating from every step he takes. Even big brothers jaguar looks great.
When we get to the entrance of the temple I slide off dads back and successfully land on my feet.
The guards greet dad first.
"Hello general, what brings you to the temple today?"
"We are here to speak with the head priest regarding Lyria." Dad gets straight to the point.
"Alright go on in. One of the servant priests will be around to help."
Dad leads the way holding my hand. When we make it up the steps and into the courtyard there are several priests walking around. They see us and start whispering. One of the servants secretly walks off to let the head priest know.
"We're here to speak with the head priest." Dad speaks loudly enough for everyone to hear.
An older priest walks up to us. "Of course, give us a moment to inform the head priest." He turns around and walks off through some hallway. The last time I was here I didn't really get a good look around. I see several tall pillars and wrapped around the pillars are Sun flowers lighting up the courtyard. There are some potted plants here and there There are also multiple hallways. Other than that, there isn't much to look at.
The head priest walks out of the middle hallway.
"If you could please follow me, we'll go somewhere more private." I take the lead in following the priest. I need them to know I still trust the priest so they don't think anything is wrong and I think this is a good way to do that.