In the pride land, there was a small family lived there. A lion, a lioness and two cute little lion cubs having their happiness together somewhere at the edge of the pride land. It was a small and quiet place but they loved it as they dislike the noise and prefer the quietness. Peacefully and happily they lived there. The lion named Ringo was the head of the family and a best friend of Simba and Nala. He was a great helper for them beside Zazu as he helped to protect the pride land. He always thought that he was lucky to have king Simba and Queen Nala as their friends, Linda as his wife and two beautiful lion cubs named Shake and Shane.
Since king Simba had two kids and so was he, they had a promise to each other that when the kids had fully grown, they would wed the kids together. Ringo had not told their decision to the kids since they were still so young, so fragile.
It was just another ordinary day and the kids were rolling together in the mud ignoring their mom who was yelling at them to get shower. After all, their four legs were covered in mud, their back fur was decorated with dots of mud, worst of all, one of their eyes had covered in mud as well blinding them from the view ahead of them. It was such a muddy but hilarious scene to Ringo. After a few yelling, Linda gave up and went back to their home with rage. Ringo could see the smoke coming from his lovable wife and a crimson redness appeared on her face."
Shane, Shake, go to shower now. Your mom was furious than the Queen Nala already." Ringo said. "Awwww." The siblings whined. Hesitated, but after a few more rolling, they finally fed up and agree to shower. The kids loved their mom but when their father said something about mother was furious than Aunty Nala, that would be the time they stopped their fun for their sake. Its no wonder for their mother to be so angry and strict towards their clean because they were going to have lunch with Uncle Simba and Aunty Nala. Shake was so excited to meet Kion while Shane trying to maintain his cool but still could not help but to feel excited a bit. They had been friends for sometimes and they could not wait to meet Kion and Kiara again especially Shake who had some crush on Kion.
The moment they had perfectly groomed themselves and ready for the lunch, a wave of fear washed over Ringo as Zira, the enemy of pride land with a few more lions beside her appeared. The sun which appeared in the sky a moment ago, soon surrounded with a pile of grey cloud and the sound of thunder was heard. A gush of strong wind blew their fur behind with the grass in the field swayed in the same direction. The sudden changing of the weather was not a good sign sending a shivering of fear to them. Ringo and Linda instantly alert and warned the kids to stay behind of them. Confused, but Shane and Shake followed their parent's order.
"You guys, go to the pride rock without us. Your mom and I going to draw the enemy back to their own pack. Not letting them enter the pride land." Ringo ordered with a harsh tone. The kids felt afraid by their father's sudden change of tone but they did not want to leave their parents alone especially without other followers. They scared that their parents would lose the fight, at least that's what Shane thought. "But dad, we want to help you. At least I can, I'm old enough." Shane pleaded. Shane pressed his forehead against his father's strong leg and licked a bit to persuade Ringo more.
Ringo's gaze met Shane's and realized Shane's eyes was so much similar to him. His body was still a cub but his eyes was a lion which made him feel proud to have Shane as his son. "When you are old enough, I will let you protect the pride land with me but now, you must protect your sister. Promise me, you will do a good job in protecting your sister." Ringo said. Shane's eyes shimmering with excitement as if he was given an important mission like dad. However, he still could not shake off his worried.
"I promise. Dad, mom, promise me you will be careful and come back to us."
"Oh come on, this was not the first time already. We will be fine and quick. We still need to have lunch with uncle Simba and aunty Nala after all."
"Promise?"
"Promise." Ringo chuckled by Shane's sudden fear. They had been perfectly fine after fighting with Zira few times. They thought it was just a childish fear from Shane. However, they did not know that Shane for the first time was actually afraid of their parents fighting with Zira and her followers. He just had an unknown disturbed feeling that something was off this time. Ringo's statement was not even enough to let him relax but Shane knew that his father would never break his promise and so he heaved a sigh of relief. He just hoped that it was just his weird imagination.
"Come on, Shake. We better go." Shane said and his turned towards his sister, receiving a nod from her. His sister, Shake was much younger than him. She did not really know anything right now but she did know that her parents were fighting the enemy again. Unlike Shane who was sometimes a bit paranoid, she always idolized her parents about protecting the pride land but she did not know the dangerous her parents might end up with. "Dad, mom, we will wait for you! Go kick those bad lions' butt!" Shake shouted in low tone. Their parents licked the kids and went into the bushes.
However, they did not know that it would be the last time they talked to their parents.
So sorry for the long wait guys, recently with the mco, Covid-19 and my university exam, I almost lost the idea of this story but I have more ideas and inspiration now, and I will post more in few weeks. Thank you everyone for being very patient with my story and support my story till the finale chapter. Spread this story with love!!
