Chapter 28
As Kivuli and Zakia continued to walk Kivuli couldn't help but feel as if they were being watched. "Zakia, I have a strange feeling?" Kivuli asked. "What's wrong?" Zakia asked.
"I don't know. I just have this strange feeling in my stomach." Kivuli said.
"Could it have been the zebra you ate?" Zakia asked.
"No it's not that type of feeling. I almost feel like we are being watched." Kivuli answered. Zakia looked around. Not a single animal was seen until a nearby brush moved. His entire body turned around and he crouched ready for a fight.
"Who's there?" he said between his teeth. Out walked a lanky lioness with two hyenas at her flank.
"Well, looks someone is trespassing." Said the lioness.
"We aren't trespassing. This is open territory." Kivuli said.
"Think again princess. These are my lands and there is nothing you can do about it." The lioness said.
"Oh come on Ella. Enough chit-chat. I'm ready to fight." Said one of the hyenas.
"Calm down you fool. These two might be useful to us." The lioness Ella said.
"What do you want?" Zakia said.
"There's a small pride just east of here. A little Pride lander and his new family. I want it." Ella said. Zakia thought for a moment then realized what the lioness was talking about. He leaned over a whispered to Kivuli.
"She's talking about our pride." He said.
"But my dad isn't a Pride Lander. He couldn't be." Kivuli whispered back.
"Oh come on Ella! We tried this already. No one is giving up their lands. The Pride Landers didn't. What makes you think King Ari will?" The hyena complained again.
"Hush!" Ella snapped harshly.
"How do you know about King Ari?" Zakia asked.
"Oh please. That little jerk nearly killed one of our best lions. That fight was brutal and that Ari wasn't about to give it up either." The hyena said.
"So, you're saying that Ari was a Pride Lander?" Kivuli asked.
"Born and raised there." Said the other hyena.
"Is story time over now? Because I would like to move on." Ella said. The two hyenas shut their mouths and stepped back.
"You look very familiar to me." Ella said to Kivuli.
"Why?" she asked.
"Just wondering. Your mother's name wouldn't happen to be Imani would it?" Ella asked. Kivuli's heart began to race. She was nervous and didn't know what to say. Suddenly, more and more hyenas began to appear. Ella smiled evilly.
"Get them." She said.
In the Pride Lands…
As Jacie began to get to know everyone in the pride King Kovu walked out of the cave and right up to her.
"Hello." He said.
"Hi." Jacie replied.
"Jacie, this is Kovu. King of the Pride Lands. " Jahleel said.
"You look very familiar to me. Your eyes. They remind me of someone I know." Kovu said. Just then a golden lioness walked over to them.
"Kiara, her eyes. Don't they look like," just then Kovu was cut off.
Two lions were seen coming towards the boarder. Jacie turned and looked at them. One seemed familiar to her.
"Is that? Zakia?" she asked herself.
Jacie took off running along with two others. They reached the boarder to see a young male lion with a severely injured lioness on his back.
"Jacie?" Zakia asked.
"Zakia. What happened?" Jacie asked.
"We were attacked. About six hyenas and two lions. We were chased all the way here." He said short of breath.
"Jacie, do you know them?" asked Zuri as she approached the scene.
"Yea. It's my twin sister and our friend from our pride." Jacie answered. Kivuli coughed and looked up.
"Jay?" she asked.
"Ki, I'm right here." Jacie said going to her sister's side.
"Dad was a Pride Lander." Kivuli said.
"What? No he's not. He's a traveler." Jacie said.
"No Jay he wasn't. Your dad was born and raised in the Pride Lands." Zakia said.
"Where do you two think you are?" Jacie said.
"This is the Pride Lands?" Zakia said.
"Yes. Is there anyone that can help my sister?" Jacie asked towards Zuri.
"Yea." Zuri looked over at the other two lionesses.
"Take her to Raffiki and Shakira." Zuri said.
"You can visit your sister tomorrow. For right now she needs to rest." Zuri said.
"Is she going to be ok?" Jacie asked.
"Of course. Our Shaman is the best." Zuri answered.
"Ok. Good. Thank you." Jacie said.
"You're welcome. So, what's this about your dad?" Zuri asked.
Before Jacie could answer Kovu and Kiara came over with another male of red hair and golden fur color.
"Oh right. Zakia, you said my dad was a Pride Lander. How do you know?" Jacie asked.
"We had an encounter with a not so happy lioness. They talked a lot about you dad." Zakia replied.
"Wait, what is your father's name? Maybe I know him." Kiara said.
"My dad's name is Ari and my mother's name is Imani. Kiara and Kovu looked at each other than at the red manned lion.
"Do you know him?" Jacie asked. Kovu looked up and smiled.
"No wonder why you look so familiar. Your father is my nephew." he said. Jacie's eyes grew wide with shock.
