Chapter 1: "I'm on my way!"

Danira had to leave now, for the safety of her cub. She heard the Pride Lands was a good place to raise cubs and so she would head there and give birth to her unborn cub, who yet hadn't a home.

"We're almost there, my child." she stated, looking forward as she walked. It was a week's journey and had a few nights ahead of her, yet she hadn't any water or food. She was on her own, she couldn't hunt. Danira was rather pretty; she had cerulean blue eyes and it was possible her cub was to have them, too. She was creamy though her mate was dark and grey; a rare color amongst the lions.

She had been travelling for seven days and she was very weak. "I cannot fail." Danira said. Before the birth of this cub, Danira had another cub named Namiya to which this cub died of starvation. Danira left her old pride, a pride called 'The Arosen Plains.' The Arosen Plains were given this name because there were so many hils; barely any flat surface - which didn't attract many herds so there was barely any food for that pride. This was the reason why Danira left. Others also considered this as a Forest Pride as it had many forests - great for hiding.

Though Danira was the Queen, she left anyway. Her mate was the strong and powerful king, whose kingdom was soon to be abandoned by the rest of his pride. He wanted to make sure all of the pride left to safety first before he left, then he would go over to Danira in the Pride Lands - if she made it.

Danira approached The Grass Walls, a place where the buffalo would stay if they approached near the Pride Lands; the place where Danira was determined to raise her child.

There were many buffalo and the young lioness couldn't resist. "I'll hunt just one.. just one and I'm off to the Pride Lands. What could happen? There's probably calves and wounded ones.. what could happen?" But some could happen, something very dangerous yet she didn't know it. Lionesses weren't suppose to hunt when expecting but there was nobody to hunt for her. It wasn't like a buffalo would approach her a say: "Hi! I'm full of meat, would you like to eat me?"

She moved quietly, yet quickly and prepared for the choice. There seemed to be very few calves and they were all surrounded by tough buffalo. The leader of the herd had spotted her and moved in for the attack. Danira didn't notice, for she was preparing to pounce onto a wounded one alone on the side.

She suddenly felt something on her back. It felt very sharp and cold. Almost felt like metal - to a human. What was it?

This is a new story somebody requested me to write and I'm glad that person did. I do keep my promises and I do read all the reviews! Please post a review; tell me what you think! It's very detailed because I spent some time on it, but I enjoyed writing it!

Characters

Danira - isn't exactly my character in this story. She belongs to someone called FabulousMarony (the person who requested this story). Danira was from a Pride : A forest Pride which didn't have a name yet so I decided to add a name (The Arosen Plains). She was the queen along with her mate, Anara (who I didn't mention yet because this is just the beginning but the next chapter will mention that.) Danira had three cubs before the cub she is expecting and they were all Simba's age when Mufasa died.

Anara - Anara is also FabulousMarony's character. He is the mate and King of The Arosen Plains. I decided to make him responsible by making sure all his pride left first - since there was no food. He is powerful and strong and grey. Danira was the only character in this chapter since this was too much to take in, but Chapter 2 will mention more about Danira's family.

On the bit that says : It wasn't like a buffalo would approach her a say: "Hi! I'm full of meat, would you like to eat me?", I kind of threw that bit in, just to add a bit of humor. Maybe in Chapter 3, Danira's new cub will be born because Chapter 2 will be about the buffalo and Danira's family and her journey.. etc.. but stay tuned! Chapter 2 may be tomorrow, perhaps Saturday or the day after.. but school starts on Monday so I may not be posting chapter's then. If not, maybe during the week or on Friday/ Weekends.. so stay tuned. Thanks for reading! Hope you liked it!