Shetani's Story Chapter II

Disclaimer: Lion King belongs to Disney, Shetani, Kaera, and Kamara belong to me

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Shetani's POV

I woke up early, before the sun made it's first peak over the horizon. I knew now would be my best chance to leave unnoticed. I still wasn't quite convinced that I wasn't dead, but if I was really alive there's no reason for me to be anywhere near royalty, I didn't deserve it, not one ounce.

I shifted my weight over my front paws and gave a light push up. Something was holding me down, so I let my weight drop again. It seemed I would have to go about this another way. I turned halfway to see what was holding me down.

Kaera… I sighed and shook my head silently. I gingerly moved his paws off of my back.

That should be enough I thought to myself, slipping out carefully from under him. I turned around to make sure he was still asleep and backed away from him, careful not to disturb the lionesses nearby. Once I was sure that I was safe I turned and made a silent dash down Pride Rock.

I headed out through the grasslands, stopping here and there for a rest. I was a secret place that I had found when I was younger, it was a small waterhole but it was under the most cover. I entered the small oasis and stopped.

How long had it been since my mother let me out of her gaze long enough to come here?

I pressed my nose to the water, it was cool, like I remembered it. I lapped a few drinks before setting to work. I didn't want to get caught, the only place where I could let out the secret of why my name was Shetani. Why my whole life I've been called a demon.

I turned my head and nipped at my shoulder until I found the spot I was looking for. I bit down and gave a tug. A long feathered wing unfolded itself, the feathers were the same color as my fur and white if the sun hit them at the right angle. I turned my head the other direction and pulled the other wing loose from it's hiding spot.

I flapped them gently, they were sore and stiff from staying in the same position. I stared at my reflection in the watering hole.

"Such beautiful things," I frowned "were they on a bird." I hit my paw against the water, making my reflection momentarily disappear. I hated them. I hated them for their beauty. They belonged on a large crane, not a pathetic excuse for a lion like me. I would rip them out myself, were I not a coward. I placed one paw on the feathers of my right wing. Without them… would I have been accepted? Would my mother have named me something else? Something pretty like Aisha or Shani.

I looked at the sky, it was now a light blue. I sighed and folded my argumentative wings back to their positions. They liked their freedom, yet I knew the little bit of time that I let them out was all I could give them, they would never flap against the clear blue sky.

I padded back out of my oasis and into the tall grass.

"SHETANI!"

I looked up and saw Kaera's dark body as it ran through the tall grass toward me. He was quick, had I actually been trying to leave the Pride Lands, I had a feeling I wouldn't have made it far.

Kaera's POV (from the beginning of this chapter)

I reached a paw out blindly in my sleep and hit nothing but cool rock. My eyes shot open instantly. Where was Shetani? I stood up, careful not to wake the lionesses or my parents and walked to the very edge of Pride rock.

In the distance I could see Shetani, she hadn't gotten far, I smiled. There was absolutely no way I was going to let her disappear so easily.

I leapt down pride rock and caught up with her trail before it had disappeared. I tilted my head in confusion. She was staying in the Pride Land boundaries, I wasn't expecting that, I was sure she was going to try to make another run. I kept my pawfalls quiet as she neared a small enclosure of trees and tall grass. It was a waterhole I hadn't noticed before. She sat by the water, pressed her nose to it, and took a few drinks before preening at her fur.

She snapped her head back suddenly with it followed what looked like most of her side. The cream colored patch then unfolded as she did the same thing she had before with the other side.

I stared in wonder at the wings that flashed cream to white as they flapped on either side of her. They were beautiful, and I thought they fit perfectly on Shetani. She stared at the water at her feet in disgust. I could practically read her thoughts. She hated them, I was sure.

She placed a paw on her wing and looked at the sky, and then deciding something unheard she folded her wings back to her sides and they disappeared from sight. I backed up silently, I couldn't let her know I had seen. I retraced my path a kilometer or two and once I had seen her exit the watering hole I dashed towards her as if I had just found out where she was.

"SHETANI!" I called, I didn't know if she could hear all the messages that were hidden in that word, but I was okay with that.


n.n Sorry for the short chapters. I hope none of you mind, and I hope you enjoyed it. I promise to fix all my minor mistakes in chapter one soon. Review if you liked as always. n.n