I just wanted to thank who ever took the time to read my Fan-Fic, "Zira's Family''! I hope you find it very entertaining! Please tell me your thoughts or opinions of my story after you have read the story!^^.
Chapter 1
It was a cold night inside the African Savannah. The winds were cool, blowing its cool breeze among the soft grasses in the Grasslands. Inside the Grasslands stood a herd of gazelles and zebras, who were all mowing on the grass like lawnmowers. Nearby was a small hunting party of lionesses, who were from a close by pride called, "The West Land Pride". The leader of the group, "Chuki" had her eyes locked on one of the young zebra foals. She crouched down below the tall grass quietly, followed by her pride sisters who also got down as well.
"When do we attack Chuki?" asked one of the lionesses.
"That would be now my pride sister, let's go!" she replied and ran straight towards the center of both herds.
The rest of the hunting party ran behind as if they were chasing Chuki around the Grasslands. Both of the herds sensed danger and something about their instinct had told them to run away quick. Chuki growled underneath her breath and continued to run after the young zebra foal, sticking out her sharp claws and fangs. At some point, the young foal had got separated from its mother and tried calling her name. There was no response from its mother sadly and eventually Chuki brought it down with all her strong strength, going for an easy kill.
After putting the young foal to its death, the other lionesses had came up with a large male zebra for the whole entire pride. Chuki smiled, giving her pride sisters a nod and led the way back home towards the pride.
When the lionesses had made it back home into the West Land's territory, a ceremony was about to go on. It seems that the King and Queen of the pride had just given birth to their very first son or daughter. Actually, they have given birth to two cubs! Both were girls and had each of their mother's beautiful looks. The hunting party walked up inside the royal den where the royal family had slept and sat the male zebra in front of them. Before each lioness had left, they all bowed their heads and then left the King and Queen alone with their newborn cubs.
Sauda, queen of the West Land pride gave both of her daughters's a soft warm lick on the head. Hearing her two daughter's purr made her look up at her mate with a warm smile. "Oh Zuhri, the cubs are beautiful!" she smiled.
Zuhri, king of the West Land pride had walked up towards his mate and looked down at the cubs for the very first time. He was a little disappointed and wanted a son, someone who could be king after him when he passes. But after all, he was glad that he was able to have children by his beautiful mate. He smiled, "Yes, indeed my queen, they're pretty beautiful!"
"I was thinking about naming this one Saada! It was the name of my grandmother…" said the queen, who happened to look down at the light blue-eyed cub.
The king nodded while lying beside her, "Okay and what about the other one? I think I'll name her Zira!"
The queen gave her mate a soft warm nuzzle and laid her head against his bushy mane, "I love it!"
Zuhri smiled after licking the top of her forehead and glanced down at the cubs. But which one should be the feature queen? He thought.
Zuhri happened to look towards the mouth of the cave, seeing a brown monkey as if she was stalking them the whole entire time. Before walking in, she cleared her throat.
"May I enter your highness?" she asked kindly. "It's time to begin the ceremony!"
Zuhri stood up with a nod, "Yes, you may Anisa!"
The brown monkey entered inside the den with a few supplies inside her hands. She was ready to mark the cub that was chosen to follow after its parent's paw-prints as queen or king. She gave the queen a hug and then looked down at the cubs with a smile. "I heard both of the cubs are females?"
The queen nodded, "Yes, we named them Zira and Saada!"
Anisa smiled, "Beautiful names for beautiful cubs! Now, which one will be chosen to be the next feature queen?"
"We haven't decided just yet..." said the King.
"Well, pick now, the ceremony will be starting in just a minute!"
Sauda knew this would be a hard decision, so she left the decision for her mate to decide. Zuhri glanced back down at the cubs. He figured since Saada was smaller than Zira, Zira could be much stronger. So he chooses Zira to follow after his paw-prints.
"I pick Zira!" replied the king. "She seems bigger and stronger than her sister Saada".
Sauda nodded, "I agree".
"Alright then, Zira it is!" smiled Anisa as she began to spread some kind of clay marking on top of Zira's forehead.
Zira happened to be in a playful mood and bit one of Anisa's fingers with a growl.
"Och! This little one is pretty strong!" Anisa chuckled.
Zuhri had chuckled as well.
"I'm so sorry about that Anisa!" the queen apologized after feeling embarrassed.
"No worries my queen! Now, I need the cub so I can begin the ceremony!"
The queen nodded and handed the cub, as she watched Anisa take Zira away and walked outside the cave. Zuhri quickly followed behind while Sauda stayed inside the cave with her other young cub Saada.
"Someday, I know you'll make me proud too!" she smiled and gave Saada a lick on her head while she was asleep.
Outside the cave, Zuhri stood on top of a rocky cliff with Anisa holding young Zira in her warm hands. Zira wanted to play fight as she pawed at Anisa's furry face.
"You're a playful little cub huh?" she chuckled before starting the ceremony.
Once all the pride members and other animals had Anisa's attention, Anisa began to hold Zira into the air like Rafiki does the other royal cubs inside the Pride Lands. The pride member's roared as the other animals cheered, accepting Zira as the feature queen of the West Land territory. Zira began looking over the land as being held into the air by Anisa. She could see everything high up with her young curious red eyes. She then giggled with a smile after a small leaf had flown pass her, tickling her small black nose. Another new Circle of Life has just started inside the West Land Pride.