• Life here has taken a turn for the worse. Lyle has started picking us off one by one. His Gang is growing to fearfully large numbers. It makes me wonder what would have happened if I had gone through with my promise.
    Times like this make me think about my early life and all the times I knew this would happen and all the times I just avoided doing anything about the terrible conclusion. And now I don't sound as if I should've ever ran away to become a Gang Leader. This time, I know, will be talked about as The Great Trajedy and I'll be the one blamed in the story passed down through generations.
    How I wished it was a time of peace like when I had been born so many moons ago...



    I remember the day of my birth like it was yesterday. I was amoung 6, the last born and the healthiest and strongest. With in the first hour of life for our large litter when we lost two of the six. And after another couple of hours one more died. She was the one next to me and the second she died she felt cold and heavier.
    My two sister and I lived for the next 42 hours sleeping and drinking our mother's milk. Then she named us. I was named Deera, my youngest sister was named Antelopeia and my other sister, Waterra. Like sisters did the second we got our names we started wrestling though we couldn't see, it did not delay us and we were battling for the most important thing for a female hyena. Ranks.
    After a time sisters of hyena litters start to fight with one another. Who ever continues to win against the others they will be higher up in ranks. So the more battles you win, the more likely you'll be Gang Leader.
    I couldn't see but deep down something told me unintensionally I kept winning. And I knew my mother was watching with approval at how much potental I showed. But as much as I didn't want to be Leader instinct didn't let me let up a minute.
    I knew at one point after tiring battles and long naps and lots of warm milk, I was nearing half a moon old.
    Then after battling with Waterra while Antelopeia was asleep, my eye opened and everything started coming into veiw....