Welcome back to the long awaited second chapter of Innocence. Thanks for the reviews and follow.
Here's chapter two, enjoy!
The sun has rose signalling another day has begun. Animals had started their daily routines as the sun rose higher in the bright blue sky. Queen Sarabi blinked her orange eyes open with a yawn. The sound of someone entering the cave caused the dark beige lioness' dark brown rimmed ears to perk before she moved her eyes up to see her mother in law walk over towards her.
"Morning dear. How did you sleep?"
Sarabi yawned, which was like a small yawn before looking back at the dark gold lioness. "Like a cub. I can't believe that I slept through the whole day."
Uru sat in front of her daughter-in-law and smiled. "Actually day and in a half."
Sarabi frowned before looking towards the cave entrance and seen that the sun was pretty high noting that it was a bit before the afternoon. "Why didn't anyone wake me?"
Uru sighed. "Mufasa wanted you to rest."
The queen's frown deepened. "Why?"
"We have new guests. At least until Mufasa passes judgment." Uru turned her amber eyes on her grandcubs when they started to stir. "I'm not really surprised that they are just waking."
Sarabi and Uru looked at the princes just as they started to open their eyes.
The cubs were had bright yellow eyes when they were born like many newborn cubs. And like most newborns after a few hours their eye colours change, so the two lionesses were excited to see what colour the brothers' eyes were.
Simba was the first to open his eyes to look at the two lionesses with his mother's bright orange eyes. A moment later after a tiny sneeze that made his mother and grandmother smiled and awe, Askari blinked his eyes open to reveal dark brown eyes.
Uru gasped before stepping back, her eyes narrowed and her sharp white teeth bared as a growl ripped from her yellowish throat. " Akan..."
Sarabi was more than confused as she looked at her mate's mother. "Uru...what's wrong?"
The former queen slowly backed up before bolting out of the cave almost running into a light golden lioness who had a small amount of light golden fur sticking up on her head. She stepped aside to avoid a collision, she moved her light brown eyes from the retreating lioness to the confused queen as she entered the cave.
"What was that about?"
Sarabi shook her head, she was just as confused. "I have no idea. She called Askari, Akan and ran out."
The light golden lioness salmon nose twichted. "Akan? Doesn't that means demon?"
Sarabi sighed heavily. "Yeah it does but why did she call her grandson that?"
The light golden lioness shrugged. "If anyone might know it would be my mother and Eshe."
Sarabi nodded but pushed that aside for later. "Athalia, do you know why Mufasa wanted me to rest?"
Athalia nodded with a small smile. "Besides the fact you gave birth to twins? Of course. Yesterday if Uru mentioned, Mufasa let some guests in the Pridelands." Sarabi did remembered Uru saying that they had guests. When Athalia saw the look of understanding she continued. "Well two of them gave birth early this morning. Plus someone has been asking for you."
Sarabi tilted her head with a raised dark brown eye brow. "Who?"
"Me." Sarabi and Athalia looked towards the cave entrance to see a pale tawny lioness walk in with a small light cream cub towing behind. When Sarabi flattened her ears the pale tawny lioness sighed heavily. "It hurts that you don't remember your bestest friend."
Sarabi looked at the lioness before a smile grew. "Sarafina!"
The pale tawny lioness giggled before running over and head bumped the queen. "It's good to see you. But we'll catch up later. There's some friends of mine that would like to meet you."
Athalia moved the princes over to her as she smiled at Sarabi. "Go ahead. I'll bring Simba and Askari to the bottom den."
Sarabi nodded before standing with a stretch. After Athalia left with the princes dangling from her muzzle Sarabi and Sarafina headed for the cave next to the one they were in.
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A small four week old brown cub with a black stripe on her head going down the back of her neck, was playing with the dark brown tail tuff of a light brown lioness as her tail swished. When she caught the tail she bit it with her tiny teeth causing the light brown lioness to roar in the cub's face, startling her.
"Sira!" a goldish lioness scold quietly before casting her golden eyes to the the light gold cub nursing at her side. Seeing her cub wasn't disturbed she turned her attention back to the light brown lioness. "Sira, you need to be more nicer to Amina. Especially now that you are pregnant again."
The light brown lioness rolled her purple eyes before glaring at the goldish lioness. "I don't need your preaching Cala!"
A small mew caused a orange lioness to growl at Sira before moving her blue eyes towards her fusing tan cub. "Shhh. It's okay my little one."
"Hey girls!"
The lionesses looked towards the cave entrance to see Sarafina with a dark beige lioness at her side. Sarafina smiled at the dark beige lioness before turning her light green eyes to the looking lionesses.
"Girls, this is my best friend I was telling you about. Queen Sarabi."
Sarabi pawed her friend's side with a blush on her cheeks. "Please just Sarabi will do."
"Oh gee. Royalty who can't stand formality." Sira sneered annoyed.
Sarafina sighed as well as the other two. Before the orange lioness smiled lightly at the queen. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Sarabi. My name is Aqila."
The light gold lioness bowed her head. "As well as I. I am Cala, the grouch is Sira. She's due any moment now."
Sarabi nodded in understanding. "I know what you mean. I gave birth to twin boys yesterday morning, during the pregnancy I nearly took off my mate's head." Sarabi and the lionesses laughed, minus Sira. The sounds of mewing caught Sarabi's attention. She stepped closer to Cala and Aqila and smiled at the two cubs at mother's sides looking at her with wide yellow eyes. "What are their names?"
Cala smiled at her cub before looking up with a proud shine in her eyes. "Malka. I know that it's a girl name but I just love the name and had to name him that."
Aqila giggled before nudging her cub. "Tojo after my father."
Sarabi smiled at the cubs. "They're handsome. You all must be hungry, I'll organise a hunting party and be back with my sons."
Sarafina, Cala and Aqila smiled before Sarafina laid by the light gold lioness while Sira stood and followed Sarabi out. She stood by the slope and out into the Pridelands just in time to see the dark beige lioness nuzzle with the king lovingly.
Sira narrowed her eyes and growled before heading down the slope, with one thing in mind. Find Quade.