I was humming. My unborn cubs liked it when I hummed to them. It was perfectly fine when I had the twins and Nuka, but now the lionesses looked at me. They were wondering when I'd go into a total breakdown. I would have laughed at them. But I couldn't do that either. If I hummed, or laughed, or acted happy, they watched me to see if I would snap. If I was sad, I was automaticlly labled depressed. If I got the slightest bit angry, they blamed it on the other maddness. And stayed out of my way. I no longer talked to myself, I barely talked to anyone. Except the hyenas. Shenzi had stayed with me, probably a feeling of repaying my Mother. And, naturally, Banzai and Ed stuck around.

"How ya feeling today Afina?" Shenzi asked me. I laughed "Everyone asks me that now. Who knew I had to go insane to get a little attention?"

"Your not crazy Afina." Shenzi repeated.

"I know."

"Then why do you say you are?" Banzai questioned me.

"Because they tell me I'am. If I deny it, I look more crazy. You don't know the looks people give you when they think you've snapped." Ed nuzled against me. "Thanks Ed."

"So, when are ya due?" Banzai changed the subject. Can't blame him. "Ya know to birth and stuff."

"Anyday now." I responded. Smiling to myself. I was really going to have cubs. "Guess Scar wasn't useles huh?"

"Ya miss 'im?"

"Of course." I sighed. I missed all of them. My cubs more than anything. "They won't let me search for Nuka and Layla."

"Well are they looking?"

"No. They've decided for themselves it's better for everyone. Who wants to bring a crazy Mother's child to her?"

"Stop calling yourself that." Shenzi muttered.

"Why deny it? Wh-" I stopped. My water broke.

"What's wrong?" Banzai asked, looking from me to Shenzi.

"Thier coming. Right now." The trio looked at me with pure shock. "But before I have them, promise me something."

"Your gonna hold them in?" Shenzi wasn't an expert, but knew that wasn't recommednded.

" Promise me. If I'm too mad to take care of them, will you do it? Take care of them and let them know I love them?"

"I promise Af'" Shenzi replied. Banzai and Ed nodded in unision.

I didn't care if they just said it so I would hurry up and have them, or if it was geniune. But I felt better and delivered my cubs. Three of them, one boy two girls. Banzai and Ed had left, leaving Shenzi with me. She was amazed at the process. Her Mother had never explained such things, not that she would have listened anyway.

"Their cute." She commented.

"Thank you." I licked the last born, smile of pride forming on my mouth.

"Whatcha thinkin' of callin' 'em?"

"I think I'll name the girls Kindu and Rhindu." The cub I was licking lifted her head at the latter name.

"Huh. Interesting. What 'bout the boy?"

"You have any ideas?"

"What?" Shenzi shook her head. "Naming something? No way." She thought.

"I'm open to suggestions."

Shenzi shrugged and took a hard look at the middle born, my son. He had the darkest spots of the litter, and was licking his paw. "How 'bout...Ghubari?" She had honestly pillued it out of nowhere. It ment rain cloud in our laguage. I bit my lip gentley. "I like it."

"Woah. Really?"

"Yes. It's near perfect." Two girls, one boy. Exactly what I had at Priderock. "Wanna bring Ed and Banzai back to meet their Godcubs?"

"Sure. Wow, I'm a Godmother. How strange is that?" Shenzi left me alone with them. It was mid afternoon. A cold afternnon. I licked the first born, the one I named Kindu. She turned her head, sniffing her siblings. A horrifying flashback came to me in that moment. Over her left eye, was a birthmark. A birthmark resembling Scar's scar.

I felt like this chpter was a little rushed :/ Hope you liked! Thanks to Loco Elote and Grey dog for reviewing.