The Coming of Meersha
By Baby Fire Wolf
This is the tale of one lioness. Just one, who brought forth a greater part in the royal pride. An anecdote, taking place under King Ahadi's reign, but joined in the royal pride beneath the Kingdom ruled by Mufasa.
Part I: The cub
OK, so there's a King named Mufasa. He has a son called Simba who is the cub of a lioness named Sarabi. But later, Simba becomes a mate with a lioness named Nala, who had grown up in the same pride...Now, either they're half brother and sister, or cousins...so, whatever...But where did all the other lionesses in the royal pride come from? They couldn't all have been results of inbreeding...could they? Anyway, this is a story I wrote about just one lioness who had joined the royal pride. Each lioness should have a story of her own about how she came to be in the Pride Rock Pride, but this is only one.
In my fan-fictions, I try to make them, "Lion Kingy"...you know, PG rated, in a way. Alas I cannot get past the dying of generations, (old age, murders even, etc.) and other things such as hunting, eating, mating, and more. But I try to be light in all the fan-fictions that carry on each generation (for example, TLK V or TLK IX). It's the other short stories on the side that I find I can use more of the "non Lion Kingy" ways. What I'm trying to say is, for this story, as well as any other side stories, there might be strong use of language or violent acts, ya know, stuff like that.
Anyway, hope you enjoy!
Note: The characters Mufasa, Sarabi, Simba, Rafiki, Scar, Nala, Timon, Pumbaa, Zazu, Ed, Bonzai, Shenzi, Kiara, Kovu, Zira, Nuka and Vitani have been created by Disney. The characters Meersha, Kasha, Banjija, Kinara, Ashuma, Bayna, Lusala, Pashi, Chusuka, Toga, Tambi, Shashi, Dashu, Kuda, Tanda, Helalu, Gatu, Tokto, Shap, Daba, Naynana, Bondu, Kiku, Chaska, Gali, Unaro, Natira, Ahadgna, Yawnda, Gonra, Bahashi, Ignu, Chioke, Kumba, Uhawku, Hawkna, Kikaru, Zarazu, Izegbe and Rombu have been created by me and are not allowed to be used without my permission. I appolgize if any are the same in other fan-fictions, so email me, or I can do nothing about it. Any comments, then email me as well.
Warning: You obviously won't get this if you haven seen Disney's The Lion King, (you should also watch The Lion King II: Simba's Pride and The Lion King 1 1/2 (A.K.A III).
My Characters
Meersha (Daughter of Kinara and Ashuma, litter-sister of Kasha, Banjija, half-sister -younger- of Chusuka)
Banjija (Son of Kinara and Ashuma, litter-brother of Kasha and Meersha, half-brother -younger- of Chusuka)
Kasha (Son of Kinara and Ashuma, litter-brother of Banjija and Kasha, half-brother -younger- of Chusuka)
Kinara (Lioness of White-Feather Pride, mother of Meersha, Kasha, Banjija and Chusuka)
Ashuma (Leader of the White-Feather Pride)
Bayna (Lioness of White-Feather Pride, mother of Lusala and Pashi)
Lusala (Daughter of Bayna and Ashuma, sister of Pashi)
Pashi (Daughter of Bayna and Ashuma, sister of Lusala)
Chusuka (Lioness of White-Feather Pride, daughter of Kinara and Tambi, sister -elder- of Kasha, Banjija and Meersha, mother of Toga)
Toga (Son of Chusuka and Ashuma)
Dashu (Once leader of White-Feather Pride, father of Kinara)
Tambi (Once leader of White-Feather Pride, father of Chusuka)
Shashi (Lioness-shaman of White-Feather Pride)
Kuda (Lioness of White-Feather Pride)
Tanda (Lioness of White-Feather Pride)
Helalu (Lioness of White-Feather Pride)
Gatu (Lion cub in White-Feather Pride)
Tokto (Lion cub in White-Feather Pride)
Shap (Lion cub in White-Feather Pride)
Daba (Lion cub in White-Feather Pride)
Naynana (Lion cub in White-Feather Pride)
Bondu (Lion cub in White-Feather Pride)
Kiku (Lion cub in White-Feather Pride)
Chaska (Rogue lion)
Part I:
The Cub
I
New Ones
The sun was shining high as a lioness poked her head carefully out of a den in the swaying, yellow savannah. Her pink nose twitched as she sniffed the dry air and her ears kept perked. For a few minutes, she examined the enviornment, before climbing out and padding quietly around. She sniffed the ground and the crisp blades of the long grass, feeling more confident at the fresh scent of near territory marking. The lioness continued to examine the surrounding land before coming back and looking inside the den once more, smiling down at three little fur balls of gold. They looked hopefull at her but she shook her head and replied warmly to their questioning expressions, "Not yet, my loves." The litter mewed in protest, but she hissed once, and they all fell silent. She turned back around and headed straight for the middle of the territory. Atop a near hill sat a great lion, his gold/red mane swaying freely in the wind. She climbed the Great Knoll - it was called just that - and quickly and nuzzled her mate.
"Are they out? Is it time?" asked the lion eagerly, turning his giant head to look at the lioness.
She shook her head and exclaimed gently, "Have patience, Ashuma. They have yet to come." and she purred.
He nodded. "I've gone through this before..." Ashuma heaved an anxious sigh. "And every time I feel they should come too soon, Kinara."
"It's all right. A good father should be like that." she exclaimed with a grin.
Before long, another lioness turned up, leading but two small lions behind her. Ashuma jumped up and cried, "The first ones out!"
At this abrupt shout, the lioness crouched protectively in front of her young ones, hissing out and growling warningly, fur bristling. The leader shook his mane, and couldn't help a chill snake up his spine and the fur on his back stand slightly. He growled an apology and waited. The slim lioness of pale yellow soon accepted, and he walked slowly over to her and the other two, down the giant hill and on flat land once more. Kinara watched her leader go to the other mate and greet her with a warm, grumbling roar before picking up the scent of the cubs. He sniffed them both and licked each one, finding out they were each female. Proudly he stood over his offspring.
The lioness laid down and began to groom both, just as a third female came up from a near hill, one small cub in her mouth and four others toddling near her, nervously. Ashuma - taking more caution for his first impression - carefully padded over and greeted them all into the world.
"He does that all the time," the first lioness said annoyed, as Kinara came over to her and her cubs.
"He is just anxious each time." she exclaimed, with a chuckle.
"Ashuma has done it two times...this is the third now. He does it each time to me."
"And each time you're the first one out, Bayna."
Bayna shrugged, after grooming her second cub and asked, "Where are yours? Waiting for the last moment again, I see."
"As always," Kinara said, with a grin. "Actually," she then whispered, leaning down to Bayna's ear as it twitched. "If this is Ashuma's last time in bearing cubs here, then we must take extra procaution."
Indeed Ashuma had been leader of this pride for a few years now, and this was the third time he gave cubs to his mates. He was almost over his prime and zenith, but he still remained buff and strong, looking somewhat like a cross between Mufasa and Simba. Bayna nodded, watching her little ones play as they tumbled over each other, mewing and meowing.
"They're beautiful, Bayn. What do you call them?" asked Kinara.
"I call this one," she nosed the first who came over to suckle. "Lusala. And the other, Pashi."
Kinara nodded.
"What of yours, Kinara? What have you named them?"
"The first two were males. I named them Kasha and Banjija. The last was female, and because these litters are probably Ashuma's last, as he is getting old, I will let her father name her."
Pashi soon joined her sister as her mother nodded.
"When do you think you shall take them out?" Bayna then questioned, curiously.
Kinara shrugged. "I'm not sure. Probably within a couple suns. But look around you, lioness! More than half the pride's mothers have not yet let their cubs out."
Bayna sighed. "Yup. I'm just an early one. Almost as excited as Ashuma."
"And why shouldn't you be?"
Bayna smiled.
For the rest of the day, more cubs popped their heads out of the dens for the first time. Another sun and the rest were out. All except Kinara's cubs.