So I'm working on the next chapter of Innocence II when the idea to write a prequel came up. So here's the first chapter of The First Sunrise.
Syrena traveled through the sorching desert. Her paws were blistered and her throat was extremely dry, but she couldn't stop. Even though she had no where to go. Her pride on the coastline was all she had, all she knew but she had to leave. She stopped walking and looked at the sky, the blazing sun seem to be blazing even more. Causing the reddish brown lioness to close her green eyes. Syrena tried to continue on, at least until she exit the desert but she couldn't take a step forward. The area seem to spin before she collapsed on her side and everything kept going in and out before it all went dark.
Syrena opened her eyes to the sound of blur voices. As her eyesight cleared, so did her hearing and she could make out the voices.
"Are you sure she's going to live? We don't need her to slow us down."
Syrena moved her green eyes towards the source to see two lions speaking in hush voices. When she had enough of listening to them she coughed causing the males to turn their eyes on her.
"You're awake..." a brownish beige lion said in a whisper but earned a glare from the grey-beige lion sitting across from him.
The grey-beige lion shook his head before looking at Syrena with a apologetic expression. "Sorry about Spartan. His heart is brighter than his head."
"Hey!" Spartan glared with dark yellow eyes.
Syrena smiled before a idea struck her. "Where am I?"
"We're at the Western pride. Before we head east to the land that no one has claimed."
The grey-beige lion shook his head with a sigh. "Spartan, you and your big mouth."
Syrena frowned before looking at the large grey-beige lion. "I won't tell anyone."
Spartan looked at the lioness with sorrow filled eyes. "He's more concerned with the fact that you're pregnant."
Syrena's eyes widened as tears fell, she was lost in her own sorrow that she didn't notice the hurt expression in Spartan's eyes. "No..." Syrena whimpered, even though she could feel life growing inside her, she couldn't believe it. After all, unciviled how the cub was conceived.
"Boys." Spartan and his friend looked towards the entrance of the cave they were in to see a creamy gold lioness. "What have I told you two about leaving things to the lionesses?"
Spartan lowered his head before heading out of the cave. "Come on, Jano. Let's leave the women alone."
Syrena watched the males leave before looking at the pretty creamy gold lioness. "Miss, you have to help me. I can't give birth to this child."
The creamy gold lioness raised a eye brow. "How come?"
Syrena looked down and didn't bother to fight off the salty liquid. "I haled from the pride on the coastline. The was the only thing I ever known and the only thing I had. My father was the lead male out of the four males running the pride."
The creamy gold lioness frowned, she didn't understand. "So why did you leave and why don't you want to have your cub?"
Syrena shook her head as more tears fell. "You don't understand...my home pride had a norodic government system. Because my father was lead male he had the right to mate with any lioness and envoke the force penalty. No matter who it is..."
The creamy gold lioness gasped as her light brown eyes widened. "You mean your dad is your cub's father?"
All Syrena could do was sob, her innocence was stolen from the very lion she thought would protect her. Now she's carrying his cub, but what's worst is that her mother didn't do anything. She didn't even want to go with her, some mother she had.
"I'm terribly sorry but perhaps the cub is what you need." the creamy gold lioness didn't get a response. She stood and headed out of the cave as the young reddish brown lioness sobbed loudly.