• Published 13th Jan 2019
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The Big Cats of Bakula - PantheraMan



The Equestria Girls are stranded in Bakula, a land ruled by big cats, but what felines do they encounter? What are the unique adaptations of these mighty predators

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Chapter 6: The Bakulan Lion

After many hours of building the new boat, it was starting to get dark. They had to find shelter for the night, so they went into a cave, while again, not the most comfy place to sleep, but it was better than nothing.

"Well goodnight girls." Said Banda

When they were sleeping, something else was happening, when they first entered the cave, they never noticed a human rock carving in the cave wall, it had two red rubies as eyes, and they were glowing, a red aura covered the gang, and they all of a sudden disappeared. When they woke up the next morning, Sunset Shimmer woke up, seeing that something wasn't quite right. She went to the cave entrance, and now her face was as red as a cherry.

"ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" shouted Sunset Shimmer

This was loud enough to wake everyone else up, which it did.

"I didn't do it! I didn't do it!" said Tulu as he woke up from his dream

"Sunset darling, what's with the yelling?" asked Rarity

"Come and see for yourself." Answered Sunset Shimmer

They went to the cave entrance, not to see the jungle, but an entirely different place. This place was much more wide open, and haw some trees here and there, but it was mostly grassland. They also saw herds of wild horses, bison, camels, pronghorns, elk, caribou, even a herd of Columbian Mammoths.

"Now how in the hay did we even get here? And why can't we just build a boat without anything bad happening!?" asked Applejack

"I don't know Applejack, we just have to find a river and then get supplies for a new boat. We'll split up into two teams, Kama, Twilight, Pinkie Pie, and Sunset will go west while Tulu, Applejack, and Rarity will go east, while Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and I will go north." Answered Banda

"We can just make a signal fire like we did back in the first place we were in." Said Applejack

All three teams went their ways to find a river, while they were traveling, they tried to avoid any bull mammoths after the incident with the bull in musth. Though, Sunset still couldn't get Kama's relationship with Banda out of her head.

"So.....you know Banda?" asked Sunset

"Yes, why do you ask?" asked Kama

"It's just so weird, you say you've met him, yet he claims to have never seen you in his life." Answered Sunset

"Yeah, it's so weird." Said Twilight

"Well you see, it maybe hard to believe, but at one time....." Said Kama

Before she could finish her sentence, Pinkie felt her Pinkie sense kicking in. This time, it was a shaky head.

"What in the wild is up with her?" asked Kama

"My Pinkie sense is telling me that something's watching us!" Answered Pinkie Pie

"Pffffft yeah right." Said Kama

"Well may I remind you that we're traveling with a talking hyena and a boy who's part tiger." Responded Sunset Shimmer

"Good point." Replied Kama

"And what's after us THIS time? A sabertooth grizzly?" asked Twilight

"Nope, just turn around." Answered Sunset Shimmer

They turned around, and they saw a coalition of three huge male lions. These were the biggest lions they ever saw, and the minute Kama saw them, she turned and ran for her life. This was a big mistake because that kicked in the lions instincts to give chase. Twilight ponied up and flew and lifted Sunset and Pinkie and put them in the nearest tree. Kama climbed up the same tree as fast as she could. The lions were now under the tree, waiting for the girls to come down.

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH"

"Kama, why on earth did you just run off like that?" asked Sunset

"Did you seriously just ask me that question? And like YOU wouldn't do the same thing? Besides, it's in my instinct to run at the sight of a lion." Answered Kama

"But you lived in a place without lions, how can that be in your instinct?" asked Twilight

"Wait, how do you know they're aren't any lions in the jungle we were just in?" asked Sunset

"Because the jaguars wouldn't be hunting buffalo in that jungle." Answered Pinkie Pie

"Huh? How did...." Said Kama

"It's Pinkie Pie, don't question it." Answered Twilight

Meanwhile, Banda's group was searching when they heard a pretty loud growl, only to find that it was Rainbow Dash's stomach making those noises.

"Before we search any further, could we get some breakfast?" asked Rainbow Dash

"Sure thing, I can track something down, it'll be weird hunting without Tulu around." Answered Banda

Banda sniffed the ground, and started tracking. He found a ton of tracks belonging to a herd of bovines of some sort. They followed the tracks, and instead of finding bison like they were expecting, they found a herd of Aurochs, huge members of the cow family with long tails, black fur, and long horns that curved upwards like a bull. These cows were massive, at least as tall as a man at the shoulder, and weighing more than a ton. An animal like this would be a formidable force to be reckoned with. However, Banda managed to single out an old bull in the herd, and began stalking. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy watched the hunt. Banda got close to the herd, he was no stranger to hunting buffalo, so he was going to use his experience in hunting buffalo to bring down this huge bovine. Once he was close enough to attack, he charged at the Auroch, the aurochs fled, Banda leaped onto the old bull, and tried to wrestle it down, but it was strong enough to buck him off. Now the old bull stomped the ground and snorted, meaning that it wasn't going down without a fight. The old bull charged at Banda, luckily Banda got out of the way, Banda tried to get at the throat, but the old bull used it's horns to toss Banda into the air. Banda was about to attack again, but the rest of the herd was charging straight at him. He knew that he was no match for a herd of angry bovines, so he retreated. However, he noticed that some of the aurochs were heading straight for the girls, he quickly ran for them, and tackled one of the bulls. This resulted in him getting thrown off by another bull, he got their attention and the entire herd chased after him. They chased him towards where the lions had Twilight's group in the tree. This caused the lions to run off, and Banda lost the herd by climbing on a boulder where he waited until Fluttershy came along.

"Ummm, excuse me, but could you let him get off that boulder please? I know that he attacked a herd member, but I think he's learned his lesson." Said Fluttershy

The Aurochs left, and Banda was finally allowed to get off the boulder.

"Thanks Fluttershy." Said Banda

"Your welcome, it's the least I could do after you saved us from getting trampled." Said Fluttershy

At sunset, a fire was made to get the groups together. And it did, as Tulu's group had come to join back up with the others.

"We found a river, and it's a big one." Said Tulu

"Great! then we can get the supplies in the morning." Said Twilight

"Now's the perfect time to hunt, let's go Tulu." Said Banda

"Just don't bother the Aurochs Banda." Said Fluttershy

"Fine, I'll probably get one of those hairy buffalo-looking things." Replied Banda

"Those would be called bison." Said Twilight

"Thanks for that, we'd better get going Tulu." Said Banda

"Couldn't agree more old friend." Replied Tulu

"Good luck handsome!" said Rainbow Dash

"Wait what?" asked Banda

"Uhhh I meant....good luck Banda." Answered Rainbow Dash

"Okay then...." Said Banda

Once the tiger boy and hyena were far enough away, the girls just couldn't help but talk about what just happened.

"Sounds like someone's getting fond of Banda." Said Rarity

"I've got no clue what you're talking about." Responded Rainbow Dash while she was blushing

"Come on now Rainbow, we heard what you said, besides, you're face is as red as an apple. You've got a crush on Banda." Said Applejack

"Oh alright, I'll admit it. I have a crush on Banda. He saved our lives multiple times already, I mean, he saved us from an angry giant elephant, saved us from a huge clan of hyenas, scared off a bunch of wild dogs to protect me, fought a crocodile to keep it from eating me, and he even saved Fluttershy and I from getting trampled by a bunch of aurochs. I mean, all that takes real guts. Also, he's nice, and he's pretty good looking too." Said Rainbow Dash

"Banda is a large, powerful male, capable of defending a territory. The perfect choice for a mate." Said Kama

The other girls just looked at her like she was just straight up weird, they never expected something like that coming out of a persons mouth.

"What? a suitable mate must be strong enough to guard a territory, so any cubs he has can grow to become adults." Explained Kama

Now Rainbow Dash's face was really red, after hearing what Kama just now said. Especially since they were all teenagers and not adults. Banda and Tulu finally came back, Banda had killed a make Auroch, which he told Fluttershy that this male was from a different herd. They dined on it, and when they were done, a pride of lions came onto the scene and ate the rest of the carcass. They got back into the cave, and once tired, fell asleep, hoping that tommorow would be better than today.

BAKULAN LION
Height: 4 ft tall at the shoulder
Length: 11 ft from the nose to the tip of the tail
Weight: Males are from 300-630 pounds while females are from 120-350 pounds

Lions are one of the most iconic cats in the world. Like their African and Indian cousins, they live in prides. These prides can have anywhere from 2-20 members. Males will form coalition from 2-4 lions. The males protect the pride from any other males, and when the current males in a pride are defeated in combat, the new males will kill the cubs to bring the females back into heat. The reason males have those manes is to get the ladies, and apparently, girls like the big black manes because black manes absorb light, and that can cause massive heat to get to a lion, and that is something only the healthiest and strongest males can handle. Females do most of the hunting, and with Bakulan lions, their diet consists of bison, horses, camels, aurochs, pronghorns, deer, and even young mammoths. Their competiton includes wild dogs called Gongers, which lions dominate easily, brown bears, which one on one, a bear can kill a lion, but not a pride, Miracinonyx, a cousin of the cougar with a cheetahs speed, which lions dominate completley, and a sabertooth cat called the Cotamuna. They are the lions worst nemesis, and the two species will hunt at different times to avoid each other.