Disclaimer: Disney owns the lion king and the original storyline and everything. I am merely expressing a story of relation to the lion king.
Note: I have decided to reignite my passion for writing, but need to start out slowly, so I figured I'd give you all a surprise and write a sequel to "Outcast from Birth" since a few of you had said you wanted me to continue. You may have to give me ideas along the way, but hopefully you'll enjoy this story as well as you did the first. For now, enjoy chapter 1! ;)
Chapter 1
"I can't believe you're pregnant, Kam..I just can't." The white lioness sighed, shaking her head. It seemed only yesterday that her only daughter had been a cub, asking questions and following her around all the time.
"Mother, I'm an adult now. I've been an adult for a while ya' know."
"Oh babygirl, I know. It's just hard. Seems like just yesterday I was staring down at you and your brother, scared half to death that I'd fail you,"
"Momma! You would never fail us, how could you?"
"I'd been through so much by the time I'd had you, I thought for sure I'd never be a good mother, and there were times you two scared me so bad I though I'd lose you forever. Becoming a mother is a scary thing Kam, and I think for me, it was ten times scarier…" The white lioness continued, a few tears gathering in her eyes.
"Tell me the story Mom, I mean..of course I know it, I lived it!" She laughed, bumping heads with her mother. "But tell me your side of it, let me see it through your eyes…"
The young lioness lifted her head from the bushes and let out a long sigh, rolling her eyes skyward and taking deep breaths. A shudder passed through her and slowly she made herself stand. She had no idea what was wrong with her, but knew that she was getting sick, and she was not enjoying it.
Sharra, the white lioness, stood on shaky legs and then began to make her way to the shaman's tree, knowing he would surely be able to help her. At the base of his tree, she was just gathering the strength to call to him, when Ashka appeared beside her. She sighed and shook her head. "Shoulda known," she said, shaking her head.
The old baboon merely laughed. "How long has it been?"
"A week or two," Sharra replied, knowing he knew why she was there.
The baboon shook his head. "Only in de mornings? Or certain tings you eat? Or smell?"
Sharra shook her head. "Yes, zebra turns my stomach inside out…Ashka, what's wrong with me? Am I getting sick, and what? Why are you laughing? Zebra never used to make me sick…" She said, shaking her head in confusion.
"Chile' you're not getting sick. You're fine. You're just pregnant," Ashka said, laying a gentle hand on Sharra's shoulder.
Sharra's eyes widened and her legs went numb. They felt like jelly and slowly they slid out from beneath her and she slid down into a laying position. Her ears tipped back and she felt the waves of nausea return until the savannah seemed to be spinning around her. Pictures of her past played a slideshow in her head.
Finally she looked up at Ashka and found tears running down her face in little uncontrollable rivers. "I'm going to be a mom?" She asked, her voice wavering on hysteria.
Ashka sighed and sat down beside her. "Yes, but don' worry. You'll be a wonderful Moder'."
"Ashka…How do you know that? I-I'm so confused..I'm scared, what do I do?"
The old baboon simply laughed. "Oh Sharra, you love dat cub. You love it as dough it's de most precious ting in de world. You'll do fine," He gave her a hug then and Sharra sobbed into his shoulder.
"Wow, I didn't know that," Kam said, watching her mother stare at the ground between her paws.
"No, not even your father knows that. Oh Kam, I was so scared, so scared that I wouldn't be fit to be a mother. After all, my Mother didn't really give me a good example." Sharra explained.
"I know Momma,"
"After I got my crying out on Ashka, I did a lot of thinking on my way back to the den. The more I thought, the less scared I became. I knew that I did not want to be like my own Mother, and I vowed that I would not be. I told myself I would do just as Ashka said, that I would love you, and your brother, as no one else would. By the time I got home, I was as excited as you are now…"
A/N: I know that this is short, but bear with me…I need to come up w/ ideas for what happens next and it's late and I wanted to get this posted. Hope you enjoyed it though, and please review, let me know what you think!