Disclaimer: The Lion King is property of Disney. However, I do own my original characters of Kicho, Kito, Kipenzi, Almasi, Sadiki, Hatari, Fela, Zina, Makini, Safia and Safina.
In Swahili, Kicho means 'reverent'; Kito means 'a jewel'; Kipenzi means 'darling, favorite, loved one'; Almasi means 'brilliant, diamond'; Sadiki means 'trust, believe'; Hatari means 'danger'; Zina means'a beauty'; Makini means 'calm and serene' and Safina means 'beauty one.' In Nigerian, Fela means 'warlike.' In Arabic, Safia means 'Lion's share, pure, best friend and untroubled.'
Chapter 10: Discovery
The sound of cubs' giggling and laughter could be heard throughout the Pride Lands. The young princess, Almasi, loved playing with her friends and cousins. "Hey! Hatari," she said as he splashed water at her. She splashed water back the golden cub. Almasi's cousins joined in the fun. She had three cousins; a dusky-brown female cub named Fela, a tanish-brown female cub named Zina and a dusky, reddish-brown male cub named Nuka. They splashed water at each other as her other friend joined in. A gray female cub with a silver stripe down her back splashed Zina. "Hey, Makini," she said. Two goldenrod female cubs laughed as they splashed each other. "Safia," one cub exclaimed, one of the two cubs; who had a hair tuft stopped. "Safina," another said, the other cub looked in that direction. "I told you that wasn't Safina," said the one cub. "Well, I still can't understand how you tell them apart," said the other. "I know what my best friend looks like," Almasi said as she walked up to Safia, "even when she is sitting next to her sister." "Hey, Almasi," said a voice that came from behind her. She turned around to see Mheetu standing behind her. "Oh…," the young princess said blushing, "Hi Mheetu." "What are we playing," he asked. "We're playing in the water," she replied. "Hey,"Makini said as she backed into Mheetu after being splashed. Mheetu falls and roll down on top of Almasi. Both of them become bright red and Mheetu gets off of Almasi. "Sorry…," he said. Almasi quickly replied, "No… It's ok. It was an accident." "Well, I should get going," she said changing the subject. "See you later," he said. "Bye," she said.
Almasi's face was still pink after saying good-bye to Mheetu when Makini and Safia walked up to her. "I'm so sorry about knocking into Mheetu," Makini said. "It's ok, accidents can happen," Almasi said. "It looked like you both were really embarrassed," Safia interjected. "What," Almasi asked as she felt her face go from pink to bright red. "You know what, I think Safia right. You two did look embarrassed," Makini stated. All of sudden, it clicked with Safia, "Wait…," she started. "Do you….. Like him," she asked excitedly. Almasi went from bright red to dark red. "What," Makini said. "You have a crush on Mheetu," she exclaimed. "Well…. you see we are really…. good friends," Almasi said shyly. "But, you think of him as being more than that," Safia said. "I think he feels that same way about you," she finished. "You really think so," Almasi said. "Yes, definitely," her friends said together. The young princess smiled at her friends and began to walk back to Pride Rock.
Sorry that it has taken so long to put this chapter up, I've been thinking about future chapters and how it will line up with the plot. I was originally going to have Almasi with Mheetu, but then I started to get ahead of myself with thinking of the future.
I will try to get the next chapter up soon.
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