Zira sat on her haunches waiting for Kovu outside the cave, growling angrily, Vitani was all so there waiting to see her nieces and nephews. Kovu ran over to Zira,

"Mother! Mother! It's happened! There are 5 beautiful-" Zira lashed out at Kovu, leaving a small scar on his chest (where his mane hadn't grown yet) Kovu yelped out in pain. Vitani gaped at her brother. Thali's head shot up, hearing Kovu's yell she ran outside the cave, to find Kovu, grasping his chest with his paw.

"You ran off when you where supposed to be training!" Zira snarled

"But… Thali and my cubs…" Kovu whispered,

"That's no excuse!" Zira snapped

"But Zira! He's a father now, and frankly I think you've been training them too hard!" Thali said strongly

"It was you who started all of this, wasn't it!" Zira growled at Thali

"No Zira! You're wrong! It was just-" Thali started

"It wasn't you! Then who was it! You fell in love with him didn't you!" Zira began to get closer to Thali

"Yes… I did but-" Thali began backing away

"And you carried his cubs!" Zira continued to get angrier and angrier

"Yes, but-"

"And you just had his cubs!" Zira snarled in her face

"Yes…" Thali hit the side of the cave. She was cornered…

"And it's not your fault? I think not!" Zira roared

"But Zira, surely you can remember what it's like to love someone…" Thali pleaded. And in fact Zira couldn't remember how love felt… She stopped and thought for a moment. Thali held her breath. Kovu stared, and Vitani remained still… Suddenly Zira began to run to the mouth of the cave, Rena then suddenly out of nowhere leapt at Zira

"Oh no you don't!" Rena swiped Zira across the face. Zira roared in pain

"Leave her mom!" Thali shouted

"Rena leave her!" Vitani yelled, they both continued. Thali couldn't stand it any more, Thali leapt in between the two lionesses, receiving a scratch on her pelt from Zira.

"STOP THIS NOW!" Thali shouted. Zira began to walk away slowly

"Leave my daughter alone…" Rena said coldly to Zira. Kovu then walked over them towering over them (He's taller than Rena)

"If you ever touch my mother again" Kovu said coldly to Rena. Thali froze

'Ever touch my mother… What about me… I got hurt more than she did. I've just given birth…Doesn't he care?' Thali thought… Kovu walked away.

"Kovu…" Thali looked at him; he turned back to her, giving her nothing but a hurt look. Rena nuzzled her daughter and then all so walked away. Thali turned back to the cave and walked over to her cubs. She nuzzled them. They didn't respond… She nuzzled them again, they lay still… Cold as ice. Thali's eyes welled up with tears; she started to cry she had lost her cubs. One of her tears fell onto one of the cubs; it mewed and opened its eyes in surprise. Thali gasped, she picked up the cub and put it by her side, where it began to suckle. After all of the events the moon finally raised into the sky, Thali looked sadly at her dead cubs. She sighed and laid her head on her forelegs. Suddenly she felt another warm body next to hers; she looked up hopefully for Kovu. But she was wrong no one lay next to her, she then looked down to her cub. There where two! Thali laughed with happiness. She then looked at her cubs and identified that the two alive were a male and a female. The male had her colour fur and two brown marks above his eyebrows in the shape of tears; he had his father's shocking green eyes and her nose.

"You're called Tear" Thali nuzzled Tear. Then she looked at her daughter, she had blinding yellow fur, like Thali's father, Craymaa, and his nose for that matter, she had Vitani's deep blue eyes and a black half moon shape in the middle of her forehead and seemed to be witty.

"You're called Moon" Thali licked them both. She was happy. But for how long?

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