KawaiiCutie12; Definitely.

TMNTTLK lover; As I was writing, I thought the same.

I'm glad you guys like Sherise. Here's the next chapter of Delicate.

The cool rain poured down from the grey skies, damping her goldish-orange pelt. But that was the least of Queen Kiara's problems. It's been a little more than a year since her father stepped down.

But it seems that since becoming queen brought nothing but heartache.

A few months into ruling, she nearly dies, loses her unborn cub. Received devastating news that she can't ever conceive again. On top of it all, loses her mate to someone she really trusted and thought was a friend.

Adopting Sherise has been more than she could ever hope for. But then Kovu had to go and attack their daughter. No matter how he disagreed, as her mate he's titled as Sherise's father.

And right now, Kovu's actions has left her daughter scarred for life.

But that's partly what has her depressed. After marrying Kovu, she dreamed of having at least three cubs. But now she can't even have two.

And that's what she wishes every night. To be a mother again.

With a heavy sigh, she lowered her head. With a deep breath, Kiara stood and headed down the stoned slope.

It was still early in the morning, the pride wasn't up yet. The animals was starting their day, the herds grazing on the green grass. It was calming to stroll through the Pridelands and not think about the troubles she was dealing with.

Kiara shook her head to clear the depressing thoughts. She was near the Maputo river, on the eastern side of the Pridelands when a small cry reached her ears. They flickered before she turned and walked towards the bank. What she saw made her brown eyes widen, she moved closer and sniffed it.

Sure enough, it was a cub. Kiara took a paw and wiped away some of the dirt, the cub looked up with fearful emerald green eyes.

"It's okay. What's your name?"

"I don't have one..." the cub replied softly.

The cub was a male, a least a month or a bit less. Kiara scrunched up her nose in disgust. Wondering who could be so vile?

With a shaky breath Kiara bend down and got eye level. "Where's your parents?"

The cub looked away, the dirt that clung to his fur started to fall. The goldish-orange lioness could see freshly given wounds, claw marks on the cub's side and a wound on his light cream muzzle. "Mama disappeared. Large male...threw me in the river."

Kiara looked up as thunder roared, the rain had eased but now started again. She couldn't leave the cub out here, he'll die. Blinking her own eyes to get rid of the clinging water, Kiara gently and slowly grabbed the cub and bolted towards priderock.

...

Everything was a blur. All the excited talking, the smiles and laughter.

But she couldn't bring herself to join in. As she was worried on numerous occasions. What if this new sibling become queen or king? Or what about her mother? Would she love her less now? Or if the new cub is a male, and like Zayden have said that only males can be heirs, so what if her mother disown her? She shuddered before lowering her head as her ears folded back.

Jesùs was by Princess Sherise's other guard, Francisco when he saw his friend crying. The tears were clear as they ran down her face, making dark marks on her soft dark brown fur like a cheetah.

The red-brown lion stood and walked over to his friend. "Sherise? Are you okay?"

Sherise embraced her the older lion's foreleg and sobbed. "My mother is not going to want me any more!"

Jesùs looked at his aunt who has been more of a mother than his actual one. The dark red lioness was looking at them as she had just entered the main cave.

Jesùs rubbed his paw on Sherise's back. "Don't be ridiculous. Queen Kiara will love you and the new cub just the same. How do I know?" Jesùs moved his dark brown gaze towards Amanda who was playing with a lioness named Nadine daughter, Joyce who was also Sherise's two closest and unfortunately her only female friends.

With a small smile Jesùs turned his eyes back to his young friend."My aunt love me and Amanda equally. And there's nothing I wouldn't do for Amanda. She's like my little sister and we love one another just as you and this new cub will."

Sherise looked up with teary dark purple eyes. "You sure?"

Jesùs nodded with a wider smile. "Promise."

Just as Sherise gave a small smile in return, Julia walked over and smiled at the princess.

Julia bend low and nuzzled the dark brown cub. "Your mother is waiting for you."

Jesùs stood and picked Sherise by her scuff before heading out of main cave into the small cave near the slope with Julia following.

There in the small cave, Queen Kiara was being nuzzled by Simba before she looked up to see one of her good friends with her nephew and Sherise.

After Jesùs placed Sherise down, the princess took a deep breath before walking over to her mother where her ears perked at the sound of soft snoring. Sherise looked at her mother's side to see a cub about four months or so younger than her resting there. Covered with dark cream fur and had black earrims.

Queen Mother Nala smiled lovingly at her granddaughter. The tawny lioness nuzzled her granddaughter. "Go on, sweetie. He won't bite you."

Sherise peered closer at her new brother before she looked up at her mother who was gazing lovingly at her. "What's his name?"

Kiara nuzzled Sherise before looking at Julia then turned her eyes back to her daughter. "After speaking with Julia I have decided to name him Desta. After the lion that saved us."

Sherise frowned for a moment as the horrible memory resurfaced before she smiled at her brother and laid by her mother but in front of her slumbering brother.

With a yawn she laid her head down in between her paws and closed her eyes.