Chapter 4: "Tragic and Happiness."
The two days came quickly. One afternoon, Kiara, Danira and Vitani were lounging in the shade.
"I'm glad you two are friends." said Kiara, smiling at her sister-in-law and her best friend.
"Yeah." agreed Vitani, smiling back. Danira was still a little upset that she would die, but she was even happier she had such a great friend to look after her cub.
"I was thinking about going to the waterhole. Do you guys want to come?" asked Danira, stepping off of her rock.
"Sure." agreed Kiara, also stepping off of her rock.
"I hate to be a party popper, but I'm not going!" replied Vitani, feeling the fur on her chest.
"Oh, come on, Vitani!" Kiara giggled. "You need air.. do you want to be here all alone with the other females? Or with anyone you don't really get along wit-"
"Okay! Okay! I guess I could use some fresh air."
"Great!" smiled Danira. And with that, the three lionesses journeyed to the waterhole. Once they reached the waterhole, the three lionesses were satisfied. Their throats no longer moaned for water.
"I guess we should head back now." said Vitani, eager to get back.
"Can't we just lay here and talk? Just for a few minutes?" Danira pleaded.
"Yeah, I would love a good chat!" Kiara agreed.
'Fine, at least I not surrounded by miserable lionesses.' thought Vitani, she had to give in.
"Fine!" she yelled, laying down on the hot grass. "Yikes! This grass is hot!"
Her friends chuckled and laughed.
"Oh, Vitani! It's good to have you around for humor." Danira said. Suddenly, she felt pain. "It's coming! The cub's coming!"
Vitani and Kiara rushed the pained lioness back to Pride Rock. She was then sealed with Rafiki and only Nala, Kiara and Vitani were allowed in.
"I feel sorry for her." said one lioness. "This is our last moment with her,"
"I know." agreed another. "I would scream if that happened to me."
Kiara could help but cry. "Mother, I'll miss her." she cried into Nala's fur.
"She'll be alright. She'll be in the heavens, watching us," Nala comforted her daughter. Simba and Kovu sulked, so did the other lionesses; some cried.
After two hours of birth, Rafiki finally came out with a newborn cub in his arms. Kiara, Vitani and Nala bolted in to see the lioness near death.
"Please take care of her." Danira coughed at her friends. "I love you guys."
"We will."
"We love you, too." said Kiara. They didn't 'love' each other as mates; they loved each other like best friends.
The cub had sandy fur and cerulean blue eyes, just like Danira.
"She's beautiful," said Nala, almost in tears.
"My husband, Anara will visit you.. tell him I love him.. and that you'll take care of the cub." said Danira closing her eyes and falling into the peaceful endless sleep.
In Anara's Pride, Anara was journeying his way to The Pride Lands. He didn't know about his wife's death.
"I'm going to have a new cub!" he was happy about having another cub. "A new heir!"
He came across The Grass Walls, where his mate was wounded by buffalo. There were two blood marks on the ground; they were Danira's but Anara didn't think they were Danira's.
He finally came across The Pride Lands, seeing the lions of Pride Rock right at the foot of the massive kopje, mourning the loss of Danira. Kiara realized who it was and came running up to him, Kovu and Vitani on each of her sides.
"Are you the Queen of these lands?" he asked Kiara.
"Y-Yes." Kiara couldn't speak properly, for her voice sounded all sad and broken.
"Do you know where Danira is? She was suppose to arrive here and give birth to a cub."
"I'm so sorry to say this.." Kiara began, but Vitani finished her sentence for her.
"But Danira is gone..." Vitani said, lowering her head.
Anara's eyes widened. His blue eyes turned dark and sad. Never did he feel so depressed.
D: I had to stop and cry a few times whilst writing this :'( But.. *sniffle* here's chapter 4.
Next *sniffle* ... next chapter is... arriving soon! The only happiness in this is that the cub is here...
Stay tuned.. *sniffle*. Please... review :'( D:
Thank you for reading...