The sun was high in the Africa bright blue sky. Her golden rays warmed the plains as the sound of children laughter rang through the savannah.
"Ha. Try and catch up slow pokes!" shouted a red-brown cub with a black mane tuff on his head.
"You will eat those words, Dimitri!" a creamy cub playfully growled.
Dimitri laughed before closing the distance to the finish line. With a mighty pounce the red-brown cub leaped over the finish line. Soon after the creamy cub race across before sliding to a stop. He was breathing heavy, trying to regain his breath.
"What does auntie Reese feed you?"
Dimitri giggled before smirking the same smirk his father is famous for. "The same same thing auntie Asteria feed you and Adrian."
Heavy breathing made the cousins look to see a light beige cub with a gold mane tuff on his head.
"I beg to differ.."
The creamy cub and Dimitri shared a look before busting out laughing.
"What's so funny this time?" asked a light brown cub walking over with a gold cub with a messy gold tuff on his head in tow.
"Nothing Demetria. Just Adrian and Aiden are slow turtles as well as you and your buddy."
The light brown cub rolled her green eyes at her little brother. "Your ego is going to get you into alot of trouble one day."
Dimitri rolled his dark brown eyes before sticking out his tounge. "You sound like mom and dad."
"Good. Now come on you four, our parents want us to show Skye around. Let's go!"
Demetria turned and headed from the large shady tree towrads Pride Rock with the gold cub and the twins brothers following.
Dimitri groaned before running over to walk at his sister side.
"Tell me again why we got stuck babysitting?"
Demetria glared at her brother. "This isn't some cub, she's newest our cousin. So be nice."
Dimitri grunted before contining to Pride Rock with his sister and friends.
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A golden cub stood at the peack of her home as her amber eyes roamed the kingdom. A deep sigh escaped her lighter gold muzzle as she looked for something or someone.
"Don't worry they"ll come."
Another sigh left the small cub's muzzle. "Are you sure, nana?"
Kiara chuckled before nuzzling her youngest grandcub. "Positve. As your tour guide has no choice."
The cub frowned at the golden lioness."But I can explore on my own!"
"You're just like your uncle."
"Uncle Jesús?"
Kiara nodded with a smile. "He was just like you when he was young."
The golden cub smiled up at the queen before looking down from hearing her name being called.
"Skye!"
The golden cub looked and seen five cubs. Skye looked from them to Kiara who nodded. With a huge grin the golden cub ran down the stone slope as best she could without falling. But on the last step, the golden cub tripped and fell face first to the ground.
Dimitri couldn't help the snickers that escaped his muzzle. After spitting out some dirt Skye looked up to see a pair of green eyes of a light brown cub looking down at her.
"Are you alright, Skye?"
Skye blushed before nodding."Um...how do you know my name?"
Demetria giggled before helping the slightly younger cub up. "We're cousins. I am Demetria." then the light brown cub looked at a nearby gold cub. "That's my good friend, Elijah." then she moved her green eyes to the twin brothers. "These are our other cousins, Adrian and Aiden." with a sigh she looked at her brother. "And this pain in the tail is my little brother, Dimitri."
The red-brown cub glared at his sister. "Only by a few mintues!"
Skye smiled sheepishly before looking around at the group of cubs. "What now?"
A mischievous smile formed on Dimitri's muzzle. "Why, we play of course!"