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Lyra opened her eyes. She must have dozed off sometime late in the evening, because as she looked around, she saw the herd in their respective beds. Ellie, Peaches and the opossums were hanging upside down from separate trees, as one tree couldn't hold the two mammoth cows together. Manny was lying underneath a large oak, his trunk interlocking with his mate's. Sid lay on a large rock in a bizarre position, mumbling in his sleep and twitching occasionally. Sid's Granny was sleeping deeply in a bush, her walking stick jutting out of the foliage and quivering when she snored.

Lyra looked up into the jet black sky, littered with stars glowing like tiny diamonds. She wondered how they worked, all alone up there. Was it possible that they had families? Could they fly away if they didn't want to be there anymore? Or were they more like the sun, fixed in a rotation that never changed? She itched her ear, and looked for the moon. It glowed brightly, a crescent that twinkled happily. Lyra liked the dark. A small snort from the left made her turn her head. Her mother and father lay together on a large, flat stone, snuffling and sleeping soundly. Her father's brow was furrowed, grumbling once or twice. Lyra sighed unhappily, and put her head between her paws. She hadn't want it to go so badly wrong. In fact, Lyra had been thinking about how proud her Dad would be when she brought back food for the whole family. Instead, he was angry with her! "Can't please him," she grumbled to herself.

A burning ember jumped out of the fire and stung at her paw. She yelped at the sudden pain and felt someone nudge her. Lyra turned round to face her older brothers Carlow and Max.

"I thought you were asleep."

"So did we," answered the twins.

"What is it?" Lyra asked.

"Well..." Carlow exchanged a look with his brother. "We were gonna go for a bit of a night time wander."

"Are you insane?!" she said loudly. Her mother stirred a little, and Lyra quietened her voice. "After all that happened today and you want to get into more trouble?"

"When do we not want to get into trouble?" Lyra rolled her eyes and got to her feet slowly. "If you don't mind, I'm going to go and find somewhere to sleep."

"How dull you are, sis."

"I'm not dull! I just..." She searched for the right words. "Like my sleep." Carlow and Max wore identical grins. "Go on, you bore. Come with us!" The young sabre chewed her lip. "Well, alright then."

Her twin brothers smiled and playfully nudged her so she wobbled, and almost fell over, her lanky frame not helping with keeping her stable. "Oi!"

"Ah, relax little one."

"I'm only a few hours younger than you..."

As they bickered and continued their banter until they reached the forest edge, Lyra began to feel a little worried. "So... When are we gonna head back?" Carlow snorted. "We haven't even got to the forest yet! You're such a wuss."

"I am not! The forest is dangerous at night, there's Sneakies, and vultures-"

"They're not going to bother sabres! You're such a little kitty."

"Don't call me kitty," snarled Lyra, in a voice that distinctly echoed her mother's. Max shoved his sister a little and headed into the forest, laughing to himself.

"Kitty-kitty-kitty..." he teased, standing between some pine trees. Lyra bounded into the forest after him and threw her paws around her brother's neck, tackling him to the ground. "Gerroff, ya crazy-"

"Max? Carlow? Lyra, is that you?" The three looked up from their wrestling match and saw their elder brother's dark eyes looking down at them. "Jeddy!" Max pushed his twin away from him and leaped into the air, attempting to bite Jeddson playfully on the ear. "What are you three doing here?"

"We're off on a little ramble. What are you going here?" Jeddsons' eyes darkened further.

"I'm allowed to go for a walk. You lot however, are not."

"Oh, don't be such a tell-tale! You're in as much trouble as the rest of us," replied Lyra.

"Exactly, and we'd still get you if you did sneak," added Carlow tellingly.

Jeddson thought for a second but relented, and let his younger siblings follow him into the forest.

Eventually, Lyra could feel her legs getting heavy. "Jedd," she called to her brother.

"What is it, Lyra?" he answered in a rather bored voice.

"I'm tired. Can we go home?" Jeddson sighed, and looked into the sky.

"It'll be morning soon enough. We should get back." The deep blue sky was tinged a lighter purple at the horizon and was a tell-tale sign of the rising sun. The young female sabre pushed her legs a few more steps before they buckled underneath her. She lay on the ground and rolled over so her belly faced the stars. "I don't want to go any further, can we just stop for a minute?" she whined.

"Come on, we're only a little way from the nicest place in the forest!" said Carlow happily. Jeddson prodded his sister with his paw and coaxed her up.

"Get up kid, Max'll get touchy if you lie here much more."

"Wait with me Jedd?" she pleaded. He sighed, and sat down next to his sister.

"You two go on ahead, I'll see you both soon."

Carlow groaned and said "If you both run back to Dad, I may have to kill you." Jedd let out a laugh and stretched along the ground.

"On you go Carly."

"Watch it, Josephine."

"Carlow come on or I'll leave you behind!" Max's voice came from up ahead.

"Wouldn't want that to happen," said Carlow sarcastically, and ran after his brother.

The brother and sister had been resting for about a half hour when they felt a small shake. "What was that?" asked Lyra anxiously.

"Dunno. Probably nothing." Jeddson licked his paw and frowned. "Wait, did you feel that?"

"Feel what?" His frown deepened.

"Nothing." Suddenly, both of them were startled by a large tremor that made both of the adolescents jump. "Okay, what's going on?" Lyra clambered over to her brother and he stood stock in a very protective stance. "I don't know, but lie down."

"Why?"

"It keeps you balanced." All of her brother's usual bravity and temper was starting to disappear. Lyra wobbled as the ground shook again and fell to the ground, lying like a Sphinx. She pushed her claws into the earth and let out a small whine. "What about Carlow and Maximillion?"

"They'll be fine." All of Jeddsons' answers were short and stark. A huge tremor shook the ground and they heard a distinct crack. "What was that?" wondered Jedd out loud, and Lyra could hear her brother's confidence leaving him. As quickly as it had started, it finished and Jeddson, abandoning pretence, crawled over to his little sister and held her close. Then, a gigantic tremor started. "Oh bugger." Jedd let go of his sister accidentally and she slipped along the ground, away from him. "Lyra!"

"Jedd!" It only took a second for the young female to realise what the cracking noise was. "Oh no, oh no, oh no..." For a huge fissure had opened up between her brother and her, and trees were starting to fall. She leaped over a falling tree and yelled again. "Jeddson!" His reply was fainter, but far more panicky. Another tree fell, and Lyra had to dodge backwards to avoid being hit. Birds flew out, away from their old homes and animal voices filled the air, screaming, terrified. "Jeddson!" Lyra yelled again, her throat hurting. The tigeress backed down a small hill and instantly realised her mistake. A huge tree fell down the hill after her and began rolling towards her at an unstoppable pace. Lyra started to run, breaking into a sprint as she heard the tree rolling faster down after her. The cracking noise was getting louder, trees fell and the tremors were making it harder for her to run as she stumbled over a small boulder, and a few crucial metres closed between her and the tree. The cracking was becoming deafening and then Lyra realised what was happening.

The crack was following her.

Her lungs burned and her sight blurred, only concentrating on escaping the monstrosity behind her. Small pebbles fell from either side as it opened up, and she let out a cry as she slipped, and her foot almost fell into the abyss. If she could just jump to the other side- Her thoughts were interrupted as she was thrown to the side onto a stone shelf, and the tree rumbled past her, closely followed by the crumbling earth.

She gulped air into her starved body and coughed up a little blood. Her eyes widened at the red substance as she realised how much her body had suffered from the terrifying sprint. Only once she could breathe normally again did her mind start to think. Where was Jeddson? What happened to Maximillion and Carlow? Where her family okay? How had she been thrown aside like that? She didn't realise she had been wondering out loud when a male voice spoke up. "Well, I could answer the last one."

Lyra turned to the right and saw a large, black sabre tooth standing, a highly imposing figure. "Who are you?" she panted.

"My name's Clark. You?" he asked nonchalantly.

"Uh, Lyra. What... What happened?"

"An earthquake. We're safe here for now, but no promises. Besides, what were you doing out here this early?"

"I was out for a walk with my brothers. I... I don't know where they are." Her voice quivered and she looked down, sadness washing over her.

"I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault." The two stood, awkwardly.

"Well... I guess you want to sleep. Try to, I mean. Um..." The sabre didn't seem as intimidating now.

"Thanks. You know, for helping." Clark smiled a little.

"That's okay."

So! An earthquake, a new character and our four cubs are separated! I'll have each storyline, Lyra and Clark, Jeddson and the twins. Hope you liked! Reviews are better than Coldplay :) x