Nekrara
Pampered, daring, smug
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Deuteronomy had always been a different cat from the rest. The insightfulness and spirituality that made him so loved by the tribe in his latter days was the reason he didn't fit with the rest when he was a kitten.
Back then, they valued strength over wisdom. While Deuteronomy was a corpulent cat, he couldn't hurt a fly, so many kittens his age excluded him.
Nekrara, on the other hand, was stoic and admired. Being the granddaughter of the Leader at the time, she was extremely respected. Unconditional respect which, eventually, got into her head.
Her mother rejected her when she was born, seeing uncontrollable powers in her. Her grandmother, and Leader of the tribe, gave her a chance nonetheless, pampering her in every way possible. She admired, rather than fearing, her abilities, and she even made the impulsive mistake of promising Nekrara the spot as a Leader once she was gone.
While the Leader blindly lover her protegee with all of her heart, she could see Nekrara didn't excel in the decision making area. As a matter of fact, all the kittens seemed very wild. All except one: Deuteronomy.
And so, she made Nekrara start hanging out with Deuteronomy, expecting he would help her go towards the right path. Only that, of course, Deuteronomy wasn't used to talking to other people his age (he mostly conversated with adults and elders, who did like his philosophical nature) and Nekrara was kind of a brat who preferred engaging in shenanigans (even tho she had recently lost her eye in one of those shenanigans).
Eventually, hours in silence with only uncomfortable glances between them were transformed into casual words and, then, into actual conversations. The Leader was right, Deuteronomy did make Nekrara reconsider what she did and thought. In return, Nekrara protected Deuteronomy and helped him engage with the rest of the kittens, tho they only tolerated his presence rather than accepting him.
They grew up with each others' company and, as in many "opposites attract" stories, they developed feelings. They met Gus, the theatre cat. Deuteronomy was closer to him than Nekrara was, and they started hanging out more without her. Without his friend by his side, she started to go back to her old questionable habits. Searching for attention in any way possible.
Adulthood was right around the corner, and Nekrara chose Deuteronomy as a mate. Nekrara's grandmother was got ill decided to announce her successor prematurely, guessing that she wouldn't be fit for the position soon and that she would need help.
She had promised Nekrara she would be the Leader throughout all of her life, but she realised Deuteronomy was more fit for the job. He was more mature, more spiritual and more calm.
So when the day of the announcement arrived and out of her mouth the world "Deuteronomy" came, Nekrara felt childishly betrayed, but also angry. Angry at herself for not proving she was worth it. Angry at Deuteronomy for being the right decision at the end of the day. Angry at her grandmother for giving her false hopes during all of her life and never letting her feel disappointment before.
Swallowing her pride, she took the position of "the leader in training wife". While the leader's mate has a good position and functions currently, in those days that title was more of a "you're sitting so high because of your spouse" and had no relevance to the tribe.
And that burned Nekrara inside. She aspired higher, but she felt like people looked down to her because "she almost got there". She had been spoiled all of her life,and she didn't know how to deal with being in someone's shadows and feeling forgotten.
She felt many emotions at once. She loved Deuteronomy, but also felt jealous and angry. Not only jealous of his position, also of the new kind of attention he was getting from other cats. And most know what happens when a magical cat losses control of their emotions, they also lose control of their magic.
Her magic had never been physical, but every time she wished something would happen to someone, weather it was good or bad, it would happen.
And then, her grandmother died and Deuteronomy became the official Leader. She was her only stable emotional support, so she felt destroyed.
One day, while she was at her emotional lowest, they had a fight and Deuteronomy said they probably needed space. That was her last staw; Nekrara decided to run away, not without first saying "I hope you never find love, and if you do I hope they don't last long".
Little did she know her magic acted upon those words and she essentially threw an accidental curse on him. Ever since that moment, Deuteronomy romantical partners never lasted for long. They either left, died or strated hating him.
Very shortly after leaving the tribe, Nekrara discovered she was pregnant with Deuteronomy's child. That son was heavily affected by her mother negative emotions during early gestation and he was born, in the lack of a better word, a cryptic. She regretted what she said and did, so she got taken in a smaller tribe in the opposite side of town. There she tried to change her ways.
After a while, other magical cats figured out that Deuteronomy had a curse that would last until Nakrara died. They considered that, from that moment, she was good as dead for them, since they weren't aware it was accidental.
Nonetheless, Deuteronomy decided to slightly change the system and give the Leader's mate more opportunities in the tribe (almost letting them being in the same position as the leader), following what Nekrara told him during that fight and taking in consideration her feelings.
(( @storyweaverofgondor @the-rum-tum-hatter @theimpossiblescheme I hope you don't mind tagging y'all, but it seemed like you guys expressed interest for my Deuteronomy's wives OCs.))