Travass, TMNTMentalistTLK lover, Snowflakexx and Turned - By - William AKA Spike; thank you all for the reviews. Yeah, I agree last chapter was pretty sad and you're right, poor Kiara. Sorry about the late chapter, a new one will be up very soon.

Vitani followed Thalia towards the watering hole that was nearby. The light tanned lioness sat and watched the older lioness, her suppose aunt drink from the water source. She had a lot of questions, she just didn't know which one to ask first.

Thalia walked over and sat in front of her niece. "You have a long history of your family but I know you want to get to your friend's cub."

Vitani looked up with concerned electric blue eyes. "Is Jasiri alright?"

Thalia nodded. "She's with some of the pride's cubs. Like your cousin."

Vitani stared at Thalia like she grown an extra head or something. "My cousin?"

The pale green eye lioness nodded with a smile. "Kion."

Vitani's eyes widened before she snarled and bared her teeth. "How am I related to Simba's brat!" the golden lioness looked at her niece. The light tanned lioness realized her mistake and sighed as she lowered her head. "Sorry. Bad habit."

Thalia understood, she has been around Zira all her life. She knows what the pale tan lioness is like, so being raised and taught to follow her hateful ways isn't pretty. "Maternal." when the younger female looked at her, her electric blue eyes full of confusion, she took a deep breath. "I'll give you the short version. Sarabi is your great grandmother, before she became mates with Mufasa she was originally intended to a young lion in the pride. But when Sarabi became pregnant, he left. Later she gave birth to two females, my mother and aunt. When they were teenagers, Mufasa had tooken Sarabi as his queen and by then they were expecting their cub..."

Vitani put it together. "Simba."

Thalia nodded before continuing. "Around the time of Sarabi's pregnancy, my mother and aunt became pregnant. My mother gave birth to triplets as my aunt gave birth to twins. Out of the triplets was me, your other aunt and father."

Vitani couldn't believe this but something wasn't right. "Is Zira even my mother?"

Thalia snorted. "Unfortunately."

Vitani stared at the golden lioness, she was slowly taking everything in. "What made her mate with a younger lion?"

Thalia in haled and exhaled before answering. "After Nuka was born, Scar disowned him. Your mother wanted a suitable heir to please Scar but there was a problem-"

"Auntie Tani?"

Vitani looked from her aunt to see a rusty brown cub. "Jasiri." the light tanned lioness pulled her adopted niece close and nuzzled her.

Jasiri held on to the light tanned lioness' foreleg before looking up with wondering brown eyes. "Where's mother?"

Vitani looked up from Jasiri to Thalia, the golden lioness smiled sadly before apporching the two. "Young lioness, I'm afraid your mother can't be with you anymore."

Jasiri knew what that meant, she lived between life and death too long not to. The rusty brown cub buried her head on Vitani's leg and cried.

-O-

Kiara never left Seth's side, even though she wasn't there right away. But it was for her, Seth and the unborn cub's best interest that she calmed down first before being there. It killed her from being away from her son but the stress wasn't what she needed and neither does Seth. It's been a week since the attack and her precious prince hasn't changed. He looks like he's lifeless but his chest is rising, barely. Kiara shut her eyes and let the tears fall before her ears flickered at the sound of paws apporching. The golden orange lioness opened her orange eyes and looked towards the sound to see Amia heading towards her.

"Nothing?" the creamy beige lioness asked her dark green eyes on the golden cub that laid in a coma.

Kiara shook her head before looking back to her son. "I'm just thankful Kavan got there when he did."

Amia giggled which caused the golden orange lioness to look at her with a raised brown eye brow. The creamy beige lioness stopped giggling and grinned. "Nadra and Chloe called it."

Kiara looked at her friend, completely confused by it all. "Called what?"

Amia shook her head before grinning. "That you'll fall for Kavan."

The Royal pride queen's orange eyes widen in shock. "That's ridiculous! I'll never fall for another Outsider!"

The creamy beige lioness didn't buy that. She and the others noticed that over the course of the week since Prince Seth's attack, Kavan and her cubhood friend, more like her sister has gotten close. Closer than when the light cream lion joined the Royal pride or Rebel pride as the outsiders like to call them. "Why is that?"

Kiara scoffed before going through the reasons in her head, even though she couldn't find any. "Um..we have nothing in common?"

Amia frowned before lowering her head but her eyes stayed on her friend. "You hesitated."

Kiara glared before standing and walking towards the den entrance. "Whatever. Kavan and I, will never be for the fact I don't have feelings for him."

Amia raised her head and gave the golden orange lioness a knowing look. "My mother used to say that denial isn't just a river."

Kiara rolled her eyes before turning her back to the few months older female. "I'm in denial, if it's true." Isn't it? She thought, surely it has to be. She couldn't handle another betrayal by a male she gave her heart to.

Amia shrugged before standing and stretched her stiff muscles. "I guess it wouldn't matter to you that Kavan left."

Kiara spun around with wide eyes that showed what she was truly feeling. "What do you mean he left!"

Amia stood straight before facing the golden orange lioness. "Rafiki told us about a rare flower that will help Seth. Kavan went to get it."

Kiara was trying to keep calm but she was failing miserably. "Where is he going?"

Amia frowned, she knew that Kiara had some point fallen for the older lion but she'll be really devastated. She looked in her friend's eyes and seen the longing. "He's going beyond the oasis. That's where the flower suppose to be."

Kiara sat, she couldn't hold herself up as her head lowered. Amia was right, she was being in denial. She has been afraid to love, she didn't want her heart to be stomped on. Might as well just kill her, but she couldn't stop the feelings for Kavan, no matter how much she tried. Now he'll be gone for four months. A long time for her baby to be close to death and long time she'll see the lion that made her smile in the darkest moments again.