(OK here it is.sorry for the long wait, I don't' have a computer I can use
at home right now, so I have to resort to school computers..( no fun!
Neway hope you enjoy it, the next chapter will be up soon.hopefully..)
Chapter 3: Homesick
"What're we going to do?" Nala asked Kiara the next morning. "I don't know. They were betrothed, but." Kiara trailed off. "But nothing, they are betrothed and they will rule." Simba interjected. Kiara sighed. "Let's wait, Kita will come home. And when she does, we'll see what she says." Simba shook his head. "Fine." He said and turned and walked off.
Kiara left the cave and walked down to the watering hole. There she looked down at her reflection. She could still remember the time she'd looked down and only seen half of her staring back. She sighed, happy that this time everything was there. She stepped in the water and her reflection shattered. She looked up at the skies and asked the great kings of the past, "What do I do?"
Kita awoke to the sound of rustling. She opened her eyes and looked around. Tiaru was beside her, sleeping quite peacefully. Carefully, so as not to wake him she got up and walked off. She decided she wanted to see the source of the rustling. She looked around. Seeing nothing she sighed and turned, coming face to face with another lioness. Gasping she jumped back and looked at the lioness standing before her.
The lioness had sad drooping eyes and she looked tired and worn out. She was definitely an older lioness. "Who are you?" Kita asked. The old lioness sighed and then smiled. "I am Tili, your grandmother." She said. "What? But how do you know who I am?" Tili smiled. "You are a very special lioness dear. I saw you when you were only a cub. But you have a lot of your mother's qualities." Tili smiled. "You definitely have her face." Kita smiled, and for some odd reason, she felt like maybe this really was her grandmother.
"So if you really are my grandmother, could you tell me what my mom was like?" Kita asked. Tili smiled. "She was a very energetic cub, always the one to take the lead. Then Howler came along. She was so scared of him that she didn't want to do anything anymore. She would just sit in the grass all day. I think she feared that if she did even the slightest thing wrong Howler would kill her." Tili paused and her face took on a clouded look. "When her brother got old enough he challenged Howler." Tili shook her head and Kita filled in the rest by herself. "Nearu couldn't take it anymore. She left with her best friend, your father. When she came back, all she had left was you." Tili sighed. Her eyes filled with tears.
"I wanted so badly to know you, but Howler said he was going to kill your mother and you. I kept him off of Nearu long enough for her to get away.I never saw you again after that. Until now." Tili looked up at Kita and smiled once more. Kita smiled. "I'm not going anywhere." She answered the silent question burning in Tili's eyes. Tili smiled again. "I'm glad." She said.
"Tili!" A female voice called from behind them. Kita turned and saw a young lioness about her age coming towards them. The lioness was lean and had a square face with blue eyes like Vitani's. "Oh hello Chloe, what's wrong?" Tili asked the young lioness. Chloe growled. "I'm starving and I can't bring down anything." Kita smiled. The young lioness was fiery, that much she could tell. "Keep practicing Chloe, you'll get it soon enough." Tili said. Chloe sighed. "No I won't." she said.
"Kita there you are!" Tiaru called. He trotted up and rubbed cheeks with Kita. Tili smiled at Tiaru and questioned Kita with her eyes. "This is Tiaru, my mate." Kita said. She smiled at Tili. Tili nodded. "This is Chloe, she's a pride member. Or.used to be." Tili trailed off, indicating that without Howler, they were no longer a pride. "I'm Kita and this is my mate Tiaru." Kita said, introducing herself and Tiaru to Chloe. Chloe nodded. Chloe turned back to Tili, "Have you caught anything?" she asked. Tili sighed and shook her head no. Chloe dropped her head.
Kita sighed. She wondered what was going on back in the pride lands? Had Miku gotten home safely? Did Kiara worry about her? Her heart ached at these thoughts. She thought a moment. "Tili, every time I try to catch something, something else gets in the way."
"What did you say?" Kita asked. "How do you hunt exactly?" Chloe looked puzzled. "I go for the sick or young or weak. But when I'm about ready to pounce the other herd members block me." Chloe explained. Kita smiled. Miku needed hunting lessons to. This was the answer. She nodded her thanks to Chloe and then turned to Tiaru.
"I want to go to the pride lands." She said. "Why?" Tiaru asked. "I have to make sure Miku went back safely, and," she paused. "I want to help Chloe and Miku learn to hunt." she winked at Tiaru, hoping he'd get the message. Tiaru smiled and shook his head. "Alright." He said.
Kita turned. "Chloe, would you like hunting lessons? I could help you. I have a brother who needs help in hunting to," Chloe thought a minute. She perked up. "I'd love to. Could I Tili?" She asked, turning to Tili once again. Tili smiled and Kita and then at Chloe. "I have no control over your life Chloe, you are free to do whatever you wish." Tili said. Chloe beamed. "It's off to the pride lands then." Kita said. "Pride lands?" Chloe asked. "That's where they're going to take place." Kita explained. Chloe shrugged. "Ok, let's go!" Kita smiled, said goodbye to Tiaru and led Chloe towards the pride lands, unknowing of the secret that lay in the pride lands.
Chapter 3: Homesick
"What're we going to do?" Nala asked Kiara the next morning. "I don't know. They were betrothed, but." Kiara trailed off. "But nothing, they are betrothed and they will rule." Simba interjected. Kiara sighed. "Let's wait, Kita will come home. And when she does, we'll see what she says." Simba shook his head. "Fine." He said and turned and walked off.
Kiara left the cave and walked down to the watering hole. There she looked down at her reflection. She could still remember the time she'd looked down and only seen half of her staring back. She sighed, happy that this time everything was there. She stepped in the water and her reflection shattered. She looked up at the skies and asked the great kings of the past, "What do I do?"
Kita awoke to the sound of rustling. She opened her eyes and looked around. Tiaru was beside her, sleeping quite peacefully. Carefully, so as not to wake him she got up and walked off. She decided she wanted to see the source of the rustling. She looked around. Seeing nothing she sighed and turned, coming face to face with another lioness. Gasping she jumped back and looked at the lioness standing before her.
The lioness had sad drooping eyes and she looked tired and worn out. She was definitely an older lioness. "Who are you?" Kita asked. The old lioness sighed and then smiled. "I am Tili, your grandmother." She said. "What? But how do you know who I am?" Tili smiled. "You are a very special lioness dear. I saw you when you were only a cub. But you have a lot of your mother's qualities." Tili smiled. "You definitely have her face." Kita smiled, and for some odd reason, she felt like maybe this really was her grandmother.
"So if you really are my grandmother, could you tell me what my mom was like?" Kita asked. Tili smiled. "She was a very energetic cub, always the one to take the lead. Then Howler came along. She was so scared of him that she didn't want to do anything anymore. She would just sit in the grass all day. I think she feared that if she did even the slightest thing wrong Howler would kill her." Tili paused and her face took on a clouded look. "When her brother got old enough he challenged Howler." Tili shook her head and Kita filled in the rest by herself. "Nearu couldn't take it anymore. She left with her best friend, your father. When she came back, all she had left was you." Tili sighed. Her eyes filled with tears.
"I wanted so badly to know you, but Howler said he was going to kill your mother and you. I kept him off of Nearu long enough for her to get away.I never saw you again after that. Until now." Tili looked up at Kita and smiled once more. Kita smiled. "I'm not going anywhere." She answered the silent question burning in Tili's eyes. Tili smiled again. "I'm glad." She said.
"Tili!" A female voice called from behind them. Kita turned and saw a young lioness about her age coming towards them. The lioness was lean and had a square face with blue eyes like Vitani's. "Oh hello Chloe, what's wrong?" Tili asked the young lioness. Chloe growled. "I'm starving and I can't bring down anything." Kita smiled. The young lioness was fiery, that much she could tell. "Keep practicing Chloe, you'll get it soon enough." Tili said. Chloe sighed. "No I won't." she said.
"Kita there you are!" Tiaru called. He trotted up and rubbed cheeks with Kita. Tili smiled at Tiaru and questioned Kita with her eyes. "This is Tiaru, my mate." Kita said. She smiled at Tili. Tili nodded. "This is Chloe, she's a pride member. Or.used to be." Tili trailed off, indicating that without Howler, they were no longer a pride. "I'm Kita and this is my mate Tiaru." Kita said, introducing herself and Tiaru to Chloe. Chloe nodded. Chloe turned back to Tili, "Have you caught anything?" she asked. Tili sighed and shook her head no. Chloe dropped her head.
Kita sighed. She wondered what was going on back in the pride lands? Had Miku gotten home safely? Did Kiara worry about her? Her heart ached at these thoughts. She thought a moment. "Tili, every time I try to catch something, something else gets in the way."
"What did you say?" Kita asked. "How do you hunt exactly?" Chloe looked puzzled. "I go for the sick or young or weak. But when I'm about ready to pounce the other herd members block me." Chloe explained. Kita smiled. Miku needed hunting lessons to. This was the answer. She nodded her thanks to Chloe and then turned to Tiaru.
"I want to go to the pride lands." She said. "Why?" Tiaru asked. "I have to make sure Miku went back safely, and," she paused. "I want to help Chloe and Miku learn to hunt." she winked at Tiaru, hoping he'd get the message. Tiaru smiled and shook his head. "Alright." He said.
Kita turned. "Chloe, would you like hunting lessons? I could help you. I have a brother who needs help in hunting to," Chloe thought a minute. She perked up. "I'd love to. Could I Tili?" She asked, turning to Tili once again. Tili smiled and Kita and then at Chloe. "I have no control over your life Chloe, you are free to do whatever you wish." Tili said. Chloe beamed. "It's off to the pride lands then." Kita said. "Pride lands?" Chloe asked. "That's where they're going to take place." Kita explained. Chloe shrugged. "Ok, let's go!" Kita smiled, said goodbye to Tiaru and led Chloe towards the pride lands, unknowing of the secret that lay in the pride lands.