Chapter 33

Kita sighed and looked back to pride rock. Eshma was right. Kamania was an adult now. And yes, Kita was her mother. Kita shook her head to clear it. She refused to cry. Crying would do nothing. Kita took a deep breath and then walked back toward pride rock, intending to tell Mohatu and Kicku that Eshma had headed back to the spirit lands and talk to Kamania...

Maya stopped crying after a while. Mohatu and Kicku had left the den to go talk. Maya looked around. After a minute or so she saw Kasoni bathing himself in a corner. She walked over to him. "Kasoni?" she said. Kasoni put his paw down and looked at her. "Yeah princess?" he said. Maya flinched at the word.
"You were a prince once weren't you?" she asked. Kasoni nodded. "Yeah, why?" "So technically you could become King right?" Kasoni sighed. "Maya, I can see where you're going with this. My father stepped down, and by stepping down; he had us step down to. You're next in line Maya. YOU are the future queen of the pride lands."
Maya pinned her ears. The tears welled up again but she turned her head to the side. "Thanks for nothing," she murmured under her breath as she walked off. She headed toward the front of the den, but saw Mohatu and Kicku near the tip of pride rock. Being as quiet as she could she snuck down off of pride rock and went off to find Bailey.

Kamania walked slowly through the tall grasses. Over the past few months she had thought about Nearu and the words she had said. "A mother's love can do great things." Kamania shook her head. If a mother's love was so great, how come Kita had pushed her into the storm?
Not far away, Kita saw her daughter walking. She sighed. It was the perfect time to talk to her, Kita told herself. She sighed. Telling the King about Eshma would have to wait. Eshma would want her to talk to Kamania anyway...

"Kamania," Kita called as she neared the young lioness. Kamania looked up. When she saw it was Kita she sighed. "Yeah?" she said. Kita tipped her ears back. "Kamania I um," she sighed, trying to think of a way to put it. Kamania sat and looked at her mother. "Tiaru and I are planning on going home Kamania." Kita said finally. Kamania said nothing, but her face took on a clouded look. "You're an adult now Kamania. I can't make your decisions for you. I just want you to know, that no matter what you do, I love you, and you're always going to be right here," Kita put a paw to her heart.
A few tears fell down Kita's face. "I hate myself for what I did to you Kamania. I really do, and the only way I can think of to make it up to you, is to let you decide where you want to be. I know how much you bonded with Eshma. So if you want to stay here, I won't stand in your way. And like I told Taka, our den is always open." A few more tears slid down Kita's cheek as she turned and left, leaving Kamania dumbfounded and realizing what Nearu had meant when she had said "A mother's love can do great things."

Alright review time! What do you all think? Hope you all like it, and to tell the truth, I was almost in tears while I was writing this...don't ask why.... just in one of them moods I guess...well review and hope you all liked it!