Chapter 1: The difference between The Good and The Bad.

It was a dark gloomy day in the Marshlands. A large group of lions are awaiting the birth of a new member. It's the queen. The king is stood by her, his face full impatiance.

"One more push Shetani!" Said a tanned lioness.

Shetani pushed again and before long a small female cub was born. It had beautiful purple eyes and had yellow fur with white on her chest and face. The male frowned he pushed the cub on the floor in amusment.

"A GIRL!" He scoffed. "This is the next heir to the marsh lands? You've failed as a leader Shetani!"

Shetani growled at her cub "Look how horrible and scruffy she is!"

"Uggh she's horrible! so we'll call her Kutisha." Spat Shetani in disgust.

"A horrid name for a horrid cub" laughed the male.

"Exactly Hadhi" Smirked Shetani evily. "I won't disappoint you again my my king."

"You'd better not!" Growled Hadhi poking and prodding at the helpless small cub.

In a grassy area a few miles away a peach-coloured lioness too was giving birth. Her pride surrounded her. The Light brown male with a dark brown mane held her paw smiling at his mate. Finally a male cub was born. It was dark brown with a tuft of back hair.

"It's a boy!" Cheered a lioness. "Congratulations Fahamu!"

"Isn't he handsome Radhi?" Smiled Fahamu.

She licked her new born son cradling him im her arms. The male cub cuddled up in it's mothers arms gently purring.

"I think we should name him Hasini" Smiled Radhi at Fahamu.

"A handsome name for our handsome son."

The pride looked at their new heir to the throne excitedly.

Over the next few months, Hasini grew and played with his much bigger pride members and had some fighting and hunting lessons. He wasn't very good at it but always tried his best. His mother Fahamu always smothered her son with love and was constently watching him. Radhi however was always more laidback when it came to his son. One day he told Fahamu that their child of theirs was always smothered by her love too much. Fahamu simply rolled her eyes at the comment and continiued to watch her son, despite the fact that a pride member was never too far away.

Hasini often went off on long walks within the pride territory, learning about new sights, sounds and animals eveyday. He also

enjoyed swimming which his family thought was weird. Thats how Hasini got his nick name 'The catfish'. His mother often called him it as a bit of a joke.

Kutisha, however wasn't spoiled in love and kisses, Shetani and the pride most of the time ignored her. She always had to do everything 'the right way'. Once she had her foot in the wrong place, (in a very breif hunting lesson) and Hadhi starved her for a week. There was no fun for poor little Kutisha.

"Fun is stupid and overated!" said Shetani to Kutisha one day. " It makes you a stupid and sloppy and spoit! Not that you are that already!"

Kutisha had cried her self to sleep that night. Not one pride member asked what was wrong. They didn't care for poor little Kutisha. To make things worse Shetani announced she was pregnant again the next day. Kutisha had never felt so unwanted before. Her pride and parents hated her guts! She couldn't stay here any longer but if she escaped knowing her family they'd kill her, And how would she survive she wasn't tought how to hunt! (Except that brief hunting lesson), and she didn't know what interesting things where out there, or the dangers. Life had gotten worse for Kutisha...