Author's Note: So this is the inside story for my OC...well my friend's OC Jua and her mother. This takes place a few weeks after Scar takes the throne.
Her apple green eyes stayed on her target. An old antelope. She moved her head in the direction of her friend who took off in a quick dash. The small deer didn't have a prayer as a dark beige lioness leaped on the prey's back and bit into the animal's neck until it went limp.
"Sarabi are you ok?" asked a dark cream lioness her apple green eyes full of concern
The dark beige lioness nodded before looking around til her orange eyes spotted something.
"Zira!"
A teen pale tan lioness stood from the tall golden grass with a sheepish look. "Yes, Auntie Sarabi"
"You were so post to catch that!"
The teen cringed at the sound of the new voice. Before a dark beige lioness walked up with burning orange eyes. The new lioness and the teen share the same dark brown stripe that goes down their backs.
"Your aunt wasn't so post to catch that. You were!"
"Naanda...cool. We have dinner" the dark cream lioness tried to reason with her friend's sister
Sarabi sighed before looking at her friend. "Sarafina you can return to Pride Rock. I'm going for a drink"
The dark cream lioness took a glance at Sarabi's sister and niece who was bickering again. With a short nod the lioness turned and trotted off. Sarabi took a long glance at her sister and niece before doing the same. Sarabi stopped to a slow walk when she got to the watering hole. The dark beige lioness bend down and lapped up the cold water. After her fourth time lapping at the refreshing liquid her dark brown rimmed ears twitched. Sarabi lifted her head and looked around. Where her ears twitched again. Slowly and quietly the dark beige lioness moved towards a thicket. Behind it made the lioness was a rich cream cub with sad pale golden eyes.
"Hello little one"
The cub jumped before looking up to see a dark beige lioness looking at her with bright orange eyes.
"Oh...hello"
Sarabi looked around before looking back at the cub. "Where's your mother, sweetie?"
The cub looked around before sighing. "My mother said she was going to hunt and never came back"
Sarabi's eyes widen. "How long was that?"
"A couple of days"
Sarabi sighed deeply, she didn't want to tell this cub that her mother wasn't coming back. But some how the cub senced that.
"Miss...my mother isn't coming back...is she?"
Sarabi nodded as tears started to fall from the cub's pale golden eyes. Sarabi felt tears start to form in her eyes. Before the former queen knew it she reached down and nuzzled the cub.
"Don't cry. I'll look after you"
The cub looked up with hopeful eyes. "Really?"
Sarabi nodded before nuzzling the cub again. "Now can you tell me your name?"
The cub nodded. "Mheetu"
Sarabi smiled warmly. "Well Mheetu, I'm Sarabi"
Mheetu smiled back before a big yawn escaped her small muzzle. Sarabi smiled before picking up the cub and headed for Pride Rock so the cub could get her much needed sleep.