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It was only a few moments when everyone else woke up and Joshua get’s started on his little story.

“Okay, so Lady Lioness is a cat goddess who was cursed with the mind and body of a five-year-old, and this curse is contagious as you experienced. My order was made to lift the curse and restore Lioness to her true form so that she can bestow upon all of us her blessing.”

Joshua then turned to where we were all sitting. “does that explain everything?”

“Pretty much, but there are a few questions I’d like to ask.” I said.

“Ask away.”

“First off, I saw you earlier today… Or was it yesterday? How long were we… You know.”

“The transformation sticks around for about one minute for every hour, so about two hours.”

“Okay, so as I was saying, I saw you earlier at the plaza and Lioness got away from you pretty easily. Considering how dangerous she is; why not lock her in a room and not worry?” I asked.

“Because she can effectively teleport when nobody's looking, leaving her alone is guaranteed to cause problems, or at least more than normal.”

“Define ‘normal?’” Anthony asked.

“Unanimous blinking.” Joshua said with a deadpan tone.

“What?” We all said unanimously.

“Yeah, she can do that too.” He said. “Luckily she never goes too far as she generally hides nearby or in a crowd so she can play with whoever catches her eye.”

“Wait then why did she come here?” I asked.

Joshua then looked toward the opposite corner of the room. “Come on out Gavros, I know you’re there.”

A green glow then formed across the entire room and coalesced into the opposite corner before fading to reveal a boy the same age as Joshua wearing a fancy white suit and charcoal grey fedora.

“Did you need to reveal my presence there?” The new kid asked.

“yes! You’re the reason this happened!”

“I stopped it from escalating into an epidemic. I knew you could handle this little thing with your blessed robes, but remember this.” He said pointing a finger toward the door; through which you could see Lioness trying to sneak away from a few members of the order. “This is the last time I save your skin, I can’t let it escalate but if this happens again I won’t bring Lioness out of harm's way.” He looked into Joshua’s eyes. “You’re on your own on that front Josh.”

Joshua sighed. “This is Gavros, despite his current demeanor we are good friends. He has helped me out on more than one occasion.”

Gavros smiles and throws his arm around Joshua’s shoulders. “Well yeah, I was the one who got you on this adventure.” He paused. “Speaking of, What’s the current tally on the follower count?”

Joshua then waved one of the cultists in and asked him for some papers.

A lot of papers, full of tally marks.

“Let’s see… We have around three hundred worlds, and average about three point four billion followers every world, for a grand total of around… One trillion and twenty billion roughly, huh, if that’s the case then why isn’t Lady Lioness back to normal?”

“Wait, what?” I asked.

A god’s power is determined by how many not only believe in them but actively worship them, if we obtain enough followers it should make Lady lioness strong enough to break the curse on her own.” Said Joshua.

Gavros then added. “I determined that it would require one trillion followers and no I didn’t misspeak just now, we are from another world, we can travel to as many alternate earths as we want.” Gavros said, then turned to Joshua. “And as for you, I think I know what’s happening, these people aren’t following Lioness, They’re following you, Joshua, it was your charisma and promises that brought them together.”

“But I don’t have any power… Unless… Back before the curse, Lady Lioness tasked me with creating nine artifacts. The final artifact I created known as the Tiara of Lioness was meant to enhance Lady Lionesses power but instead gave whoever wore it Lionesses power.” Josh said. “I deemed it too dangerous after experiencing some… Side effects.”

Gavros nodded knowingly. “Probably should get that then, time to head to Animus?”

Josh nodded and turned to us. “Again I’m very sorry about what happened.”

I gesture for him to stop. “It’s fine, honestly it was kind of fun, felt like I was reliving my childhood for but a moment.” The others agreed.

“Thanks, remember that the Order will always be accepting new followers.” And with that Joshua left through the door and Gavros vanished in a flash of green.

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“So you’re heading home?” One of the local priests asked me.

“Yes, the final piece of the puzzle is back in Animus and I’m going back there to get it, send word to high priests Alice, Alysha, Michael, and Brian, tell them to wait for me at their respective temples.” I said.

“Wait why do you need them?”

“Because the artifact I need was something I locked away with the intention of never bringing it out again, that seal is practically unbreakable as you would need the eight other artifacts I created to break it. considering that I only kept five, I gave one as a gift, and the rest are hidden away to make sure that the seal was never broken, you can see why I’m going to need help on this. because it’s been awhile since I’ve been back home, and not only have I forgotten where I hid the two artifacts, The rest may have been taken and spread around.”

“In other words, you don’t know what to expect.”

“Exactly, plus Animus is not exactly someplace you want to travel across alone; back when I was traveling it, I never traveled on the main roads between the kingdoms capitals, as that was where bandits targeted lone travelers, I always used the smaller country roads as the bandits were fewer and more interested in big fish, I never had much more than a canteen on me so I was never a target.” I explained. “But even still, you should never travel alone!”

“I understand, I’ll go tell them immediately.” The priest then went over to a device that a friend of mine made to make communication between sects easier and sent out my request.

Alright, I should go gather everyone, keep up the good work, you shall all be awarded very soon.

With that, I generated a portal to my first stop, looking at the shape of it, the Symbol of Lioness; a diamond with a square set within it, the square in the center represents a human eye, while the diamond represents a cats, it’s the union of the two to become one.

I’m going to make this symbol reality, just you wait lion king, I will make Lionesses and my dream reality.

To be continued in The Legend of Lioness
In the next exciting chapter of
The Chronicles of Lioness.

Description

It was only a few moments when everyone else woke up and Joshua get’s started on his little story.

“Okay, so Lady Lioness is a cat goddess who was cursed with the mind and body of a five-year-old, and this curse is contagious as you experienced. My order was made to lift the curse and restore Lioness to her true form so that she can bestow upon all of us her blessing.”

Joshua then turned to where we were all sitting. “does that explain everything?”

“Pretty much, but there are a few questions I’d like to ask.” I said.

“Ask away.”

“First off, I saw you earlier today… Or was it yesterday? How long were we… You know.”

“The transformation sticks around for about one minute for every hour, so about two hours.”

“Okay, so as I was saying, I saw you earlier at the plaza and Lioness got away from you pretty easily. Considering how dangerous she is; why not lock her in a room and not worry?” I asked.

“Because she can effectively teleport when nobody's looking, leaving her alone is guaranteed to cause problems, or at least more than normal.”

“Define ‘normal?’” Anthony asked.

“Unanimous blinking.” Joshua said with a deadpan tone.

“What?” We all said unanimously.

“Yeah, she can do that too.” He said. “Luckily she never goes too far as she generally hides nearby or in a crowd so she can play with whoever catches her eye.”

“Wait then why did she come here?” I asked.

Joshua then looked toward the opposite corner of the room. “Come on out Gavros, I know you’re there.”

A green glow then formed across the entire room and coalesced into the opposite corner before fading to reveal a boy the same age as Joshua wearing a fancy white suit and charcoal grey fedora.

“Did you need to reveal my presence there?” The new kid asked.

“yes! You’re the reason this happened!”

“I stopped it from escalating into an epidemic. I knew you could handle this little thing with your blessed robes, but remember this.” He said pointing a finger toward the door; through which you could see Lioness trying to sneak away from a few members of the order. “This is the last time I save your skin, I can’t let it escalate but if this happens again I won’t bring Lioness out of harm's way.” He looked into Joshua’s eyes. “You’re on your own on that front Josh.”

Joshua sighed. “This is Gavros, despite his current demeanor we are good friends. He has helped me out on more than one occasion.”

Gavros smiles and throws his arm around Joshua’s shoulders. “Well yeah, I was the one who got you on this adventure.” He paused. “Speaking of, What’s the current tally on the follower count?”

Joshua then waved one of the cultists in and asked him for some papers.

A lot of papers, full of tally marks.

“Let’s see… We have around three hundred worlds, and average about three point four billion followers every world, for a grand total of around… One trillion and twenty billion roughly, huh, if that’s the case then why isn’t Lady Lioness back to normal?”

“Wait, what?” I asked.

A god’s power is determined by how many not only believe in them but actively worship them, if we obtain enough followers it should make Lady lioness strong enough to break the curse on her own.” Said Joshua.

Gavros then added. “I determined that it would require one trillion followers and no I didn’t misspeak just now, we are from another world, we can travel to as many alternate earths as we want.” Gavros said, then turned to Joshua. “And as for you, I think I know what’s happening, these people aren’t following Lioness, They’re following you, Joshua, it was your charisma and promises that brought them together.”

“But I don’t have any power… Unless… Back before the curse, Lady Lioness tasked me with creating nine artifacts. The final artifact I created known as the Tiara of Lioness was meant to enhance Lady Lionesses power but instead gave whoever wore it Lionesses power.” Josh said. “I deemed it too dangerous after experiencing some… Side effects.”

Gavros nodded knowingly. “Probably should get that then, time to head to Animus?”

Josh nodded and turned to us. “Again I’m very sorry about what happened.”

I gesture for him to stop. “It’s fine, honestly it was kind of fun, felt like I was reliving my childhood for but a moment.” The others agreed.

“Thanks, remember that the Order will always be accepting new followers.” And with that Joshua left through the door and Gavros vanished in a flash of green.

*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*

“So you’re heading home?” One of the local priests asked me.

“Yes, the final piece of the puzzle is back in Animus and I’m going back there to get it, send word to high priests Alice, Alysha, Michael, and Brian, tell them to wait for me at their respective temples.” I said.

“Wait why do you need them?”

“Because the artifact I need was something I locked away with the intention of never bringing it out again, that seal is practically unbreakable as you would need the eight other artifacts I created to break it. considering that I only kept five, I gave one as a gift, and the rest are hidden away to make sure that the seal was never broken, you can see why I’m going to need help on this. because it’s been awhile since I’ve been back home, and not only have I forgotten where I hid the two artifacts, The rest may have been taken and spread around.”

“In other words, you don’t know what to expect.”

“Exactly, plus Animus is not exactly someplace you want to travel across alone; back when I was traveling it, I never traveled on the main roads between the kingdoms capitals, as that was where bandits targeted lone travelers, I always used the smaller country roads as the bandits were fewer and more interested in big fish, I never had much more than a canteen on me so I was never a target.” I explained. “But even still, you should never travel alone!”

“I understand, I’ll go tell them immediately.” The priest then went over to a device that a friend of mine made to make communication between sects easier and sent out my request.

Alright, I should go gather everyone, keep up the good work, you shall all be awarded very soon.

With that, I generated a portal to my first stop, looking at the shape of it, the Symbol of Lioness; a diamond with a square set within it, the square in the center represents a human eye, while the diamond represents a cats, it’s the union of the two to become one.

I’m going to make this symbol reality, just you wait lion king, I will make Lionesses and my dream reality.

To be continued in The Legend of Lioness
In the next exciting chapter of
The Chronicles of Lioness.