The hot beaming sun shined down on the dessert ground as two lionesses traveled through. They had been traveling for days, in search of a new home since everyone in their pride died of a wild fire. Now the two lionesses wonder through the wilderness.
"Mom, how much longer. My paws hurt" said a pretty pale cream teen lioness with dazzling dark reddish brown eyes
She's everything a male would want. Child baring hips. Strong and well build, she even has extra fur around her chest.
"I know dear..." An old light cream lioness with dark blue eyes started but stopped as an cough erupted from her throat
The young teen, since she just came from the cub stage, looked at her mother with concern.
"Mom...are you alright?"
The lioness smiled lightly, "I'm fine, Amelia. Just tire"
Amelia looked uncertain before looking around to find nothing but sand and more sand. With a sigh Amelia looked back at her mother who seemed to be dragging herself along.
"Mom, we should rest tonight and continue in the morning"
Amelia's mother nodded as she laid down on now the cool sand as the sun began to set over the dunes. Amelia laid down next to her aging mother and laid her head on her paws, that are over the other and looked up at the stars.
"Mom?"
"Hmm"
"What's the Pride Lands like?"
Amelia's mother looked up at the stars and smiled once she saw a star shined brightly.
"Its like heaven on earth. Beautiful green grass and plenty of prey and water"
Amelia's dark reddish brown eyes glistened as she was in awe. "Wow. I bet you could hunt whenever you want"
Amelia's mother chuckled, "No. That was one of the law of the land. To only hunt when needed. To hunt for sport was against the law"
"You know a lot about the land"
"I been their since I was a cub. I seen a lot of change before I left"
"What made you leave?"
The lioness looked at her daughter and sighed. "I left because a lion...I once loved became a tyrant"
Amelia looked down "Oh" before looking back at the stars, "You think dad's watching over us?"
"I'm sure he is"
A yawn escaped the young lioness' muzzled, Amelia's mother smiled warmly before giving her daughter a nuzzle.
"Rest, child. We have a journey ahead of us"
Amelia nodded and laid his head back on her light cream paws and closed her eyes.
~O~
She was in a hunting group with her mother awaiting the orders of the lead huntress before moving out when a large pale gray lion with a black mane and dark reddish brown eyes walked up.
"Good luck, my lovely lionesses"
Amelia giggled as she watched her mother and father nuzzled. Hopefully she could gave that.
"Alright, ladies. Let's head out"
Amelia and her mother followed the lionesses out to the hunting grounds.
~O~
Amelia woke to see the stars still shining brightly over head. She looked at her mother who slept peacefully. Too peacefully. Amelia nuzzled her mother's head, for it to only fall limp on the ground.
"No."
But it was as clear as day. Her mother was gone. She was alone. Amelia sat with her head bowed over her mother's lifeless body. With a sob, she turned and ran towards the way her mother told her earlier.
'Keep straight, till we come to a barren waste land where cracks lie all over. We keep straight til we see lush green grass. Keep south till we reach a large rock structure. There we had reached Pride Rock'