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A challenger she did receive – Kaelyn, a huria from the Firekin. She had nothing to lose at a place such as the stormborn, only ranks to gain and ladders to climb. And climb she would.

Burning orange eyes scanned the horizon of the new lands she eagerly waited to join. She held nothing against the pride she was from other than the fact that she had been cast from it due to coloring. If only they could have looked past the fur and seen her potential -- her father was a sad excuse of a lion but not her. She would move past blood and make a name for herself, even if it meant severing ties.

"You there," Kaelyn called out to the brown lioness at the border, stopping and standing tall and upright. All she had to do was prove her mettle? Consider it done.

"Fight me."

Kaelyn dodged, quickly moving into her opponent's space to throw her own attack her the lioness. She wasn't stupid, her opponent was a touch larger than herself, however, that didn't deter her in the least. Most of the firekin she had been around had been larger, heavier and more menacing to look at. She learned to move past it and hit the weak points.

Raising her right paw up, Kaelyn clobbered the brown lioness where the neck met the shoulder. Did it phase her though? Moving to hit the lioness again, she dare not stop and wait and see.

Kaelyn felt her blood boil, being told she fought like the firekin. Although most would be proud and she knew most were not like her father, only he appeared in her mind at that moment and boy did it ever give her a rush of energy.

Ducking away from the shoulder nudge, Kaelyn immediately launches her head upward, attempting to drive her skull through the opponent's jaw. Even if they were larger, they'd still fall over when she landed the move successfully.

"I might fight like a Firekin, but I will be a Stormborn!"

Kaelyn flinched at her opponents words --  She hadn't expected such a turn of events, though, she should have known taking into account how large a lioness she was and how skilled. Would she meet other huria members here in the Stormborn? It was certainly likely, but it wasn't a major concern of hers, winning however, was.

Sensing a sudden darkness, Kaelyn realized she had left her mind wonder too much. Her opponent was right over top of her, ready to pin her down. Reacting quickly, the lioness flung herself on her back, reading herself to receive the lioness and then toss her away.

"You are smart." Hissed the lioness, straining under the weight. "But I will triumph over you." Shoving her legs forward, Kaelyn put all her strength into tossing the cloaked female away from her. Only then would she be able to end the fight.

A chuckle erupted from the lioness  -- It didn't matter if her opponent had been trained to fight like a Firekin,  her father, as much as she hated him, taught her more moves than most. Some garnering her comments on how cheap they were, or how they didn't seem fair. After being out in the rogue lands, she realizes her father's moves were actually some of the best when you wanted to survive. They were dirty, nasty and down right deadly -- not exactly the sort of technique the Firekin wanted used on others while sparring. In battle, maybe, but they still had to know how to execute the technique.

"Mmm, I feel like our meeting might be drawing to a close." Smirking, Kaelyn picked up some dirt and chucked it at the reavers face, charging at her soon after. Countless times she had been told she could leap as high as a Leopard could climb -- She never really believed others until not. Flying high above the lands, her claws were completely unsheathed- really to dig through whatever they touched, landing on some part of the lioness below. Continuing with inertia, Kaelyn landed her jump, wondering just how well she had connected with her opponent and if this was truly would be over.

Kaelyn straightened up, breathy after the fight, had she really won? A feeling of excitement bubbled up from her stomach as tears threatened to sting her eyes. Why was she getting emotional now? Gritting her teeth, Kaelyn pounded the ground with her right paw. Taking a deep breath in, the dark lioness shoved her emotions deep within her, she could celebrate once she was settled in.

Nodding her head in appreciation, Kaelyn took her first steps forward, towards the direction of the dens then stopped. "My name is Kaelyn, I look forward to our next meeting."

With that, the dark chocolate brown Firekin shed her shell. No more a Firekin, no more.