Midnight became nervous. "Xander hates her. She has it worse than any of us. She only gets what we can get to her, and that isn't hardly anything. If she makes a sound, he beats her" she said softly. "He never lets her out of the pit" Midnight became frantic, his tail lashing. He ran to the wall and began to dig at it. Zenaya lay in the pit, burrowed in the mud. She couldn't stand.
Midnight shook his head. A rabbit fell out of his mane and hopped around. He ignored it and kept digging. Zenaya made a weak effort at digging, but didn't get anywhere.
(Me too. He keeps everything in it! Herbs grow in it. He has a magic mane...)
He finally reached the pit. Zenaya looked at him, terrified, but couldn't move. He gently grabbed her scruff and pulled her through the tunnel into the main pit. She lay on the ground, terrified, her emaciated frame gasping for air as she saw all the lions.