Introduction: The Little Angel Sent from Heaven
Safiyah and her loving husband gazed down upon their beloved bundle with ardent warmhearted eyes, their cheeks aglow with the joyous prospect of parenting this dazzling little emblem of purity. The little newborn cub, did not wail and toss her limbs wildly about like most other newborn cubs did, but instead, had entered the world radiating with a sweet sublime look of innocence. She had been blessed with the rich velvety coat of her father, a rarity nonpareil and highly envied by lions/lionesses all across the lands. It really was an uncommon trait to have such a velvety coat like Jabari's, hardly anyone ever encountered one who possessed such. As the exhausted yet proud mother gently tried to nurse her daughter to sleep, Jabari's fiery orange orbs slowly took in all of his daughter's features in wonderment, pleased to see that she had inherited both of the pairs' greatest attributes. His extremely rare shade of coat, and Safiyah's exotic eyes, which had been once lusted after by countless suitors. And they, like himself, had all been hopelessly drawn into the unfathomable depth that they possessed behind them. Safiyah's eyes were a penetrating sapphire blue, filled with myriads of angular, keen streaks of lighter shades that contrasted exquisitely with her chocolate colored coat. The lovely couple had been taken quite by surprise when their little daughter had decided to unveil her burgundy shadowed eyelids to reveal a set of surreal glassy orbs, glancing in every which way to get a glimpse of the new world in which she would soon learn to become very familiar with. They somewhat resembled Safiyah's shade, yet possessed a crystallized sort of quality that neither Safiyah, nor Jabari, had ever encountered with before. Her eyes were much lighter than her mother's, with crystal icicle like hues spiraling alongside the ring of her iris.
"Sh-sh...she's like an angel sent from heaven" stuttered Safiyah, trying to grasp her wavering words at the first sight of her breathtaking daughter.
Jabari nodded his head in agreeance, equally stunned. Slowly, he turned his head to glance at his loving mate and blurted out with a cheeky grin, "Well, she's sure gonna be a heartbreaker when she's older, don't you think, Saf?"
Safiyah threw her head back to release a hearty laugh, mildly annoyed at the fact that Jabari had brought up such a thing in a moment like this, "Not our little girl!" she retorted back. "I want her to remain exactly the way she is now, an angel. Bari dear, I would like to name her Malaika."
"Malaika.." he muttered, testing out the sweet word on his lips. He tried to picture himself with his daughter, "Malaika, don't come home too late!" "Malaika, don't play with snakes!" "Malaika, stay away from lions you don't know." "Malaika, I love you my sweet princess, Malaika."
He slowly smiled to himself and whispered lovingly into his mate's black rimmed ears, "I think that suits her perfectly,"
And as the vast sky above them erupted into an explosion of effulgent golden flames, the happy family together as one basked in the burning warmth of their idyllic, life changing day, unbeknownst to what would be awaiting them in the future.
Ahhh...I have now completed the introductory segment of the story! That was quite some fluff. If you have any questions about the story and how it will proceed, I promise to answer you to the best of my ability at the beginning of each and every following chapter! Thank you for reading!