Well, here we go again.
169 views on the first chapter, you people sure wanted a sequal to Life in the Pridelands. Well, I am happy to give it. It will be a slow procedure but it will be done with time. This chapter was delayed due to school, but I am having a small vacation now and can write again, yay.
We will be introducing a new character in this chapter. By the way, did you guys know Leopard's purr?
Well, let's get going.
A leopard cub is lying on the ground. He is enjoying a time on his own, licking his paw to use it to rub his head with it. The usual morning cleaning most cats do. Unknown to him, a smirking face looks at him cleaning his body.
Right beside the leopard lies a very slim feline. She has spotted fur, her paws have retractable claws, and she has a bigger body than most of that age. Her tail is firm and soft, but her paws are fluffy and rough. She smiles as she watched the unsuspecting leopard. She decides to get closer, she decides to get into pounce distance. And pounce she did.
She jumped from her bush without making a sound. Her paws made impact with the leopard, who did not know what was happening before the little huntress was on his back. He was startled, but soon faced his attacker, the two of them wrestling on the ground.
They wrestled on the ground, one laughing, the other trying to figure out what is going on. They keep up the fight and none of them notice that they have gotten close to edge of the hill. Both begin to roll down the hillside, until they reach the end, rolling straight into the river. For some time, there is no movement, but suddenly we see a leopard jumping out of the river, shaking off the water.
The leopard led out a loud sigh as he looked at his fur.
"Awhh mann… now I have to clean my fur again"
His head snaps towards the water as he hears a faint giggling noise from the water. He lets out a frustrated growl before sighing again.
"Why are you always ruining my fur Kiali?"
"Relax Mpenda, you and your precious fur will be clean in no time once you get dry, besides it is so funny to see you clean yourself all… day… long. Haha"
Kiali jumps out of the water and lands next to the leopard. She shakes her body and all the water on her is thrown off her body and hits the leopard next to her, who in return gave her a very annoyed look. She laughed at him before tapping him with her paw, running into the distance.
"Tag your it!"
Fuli smiled as she watched her daughter play with her best friend from the distance. It reminded her of the fun she used to have in the past with Kion. Fuli let out a sigh as she laid down on the ground. She is lying on top of a hill overlooking the river her daughter played at. She frequently comes to this place as it is where she and Kion watched the sunrise for the first time together a couple years ago.
Fuli let out a major sigh.
"I sure miss him. All the sunrises we have missed"
A voice speaks up behind her.
"Missed sunrises?"
Fuli looks back and spots Kiara walking up the hill. She sits next to the cheetah and smiles down at her. She looks out over the river, grinning as she spots the two felines playing at the river, playing a game of tag. Now Kiali is chasing Mpenda .
"Hmm doesn't this look familiar"
Fuli raised her eyebrow at Kiara. Kiara noticed this.
"Well, all the cubs usually play in this area. I remember chasing Kion, I even remember you two chasing each other in this area"
Fuli nodded and smiled, her face fell for a moment but her smile returned, when she thought of the good time she had in the past, and how much fun her daughter was having. Something caught Fuli's attention though as she looked at her daughter. She rose to her feet and rushed down the hill.
Meanwhile Mpenda had managed to beat Kiali in a brawl and pinned her down under him. Both laughed in their play, letting out loud laughs. Both snap their head right as they hear someone clearing their throat.
"Well well well, if it isn't my stupid little brother and his freak friend"
A leopard and a cheetah stands in the distance. Both are older than Mpenda and Kiali. Mpenda is the first to the react.
"Go away Mosi or I'll-"
"You'll what? Tell dad? Who do you think he believes the most, his first-born or the runt of the family?"
Mosi would speak with such venom in his voice that it is impossible to miss. Mpenda glares at him and sighs before turning around, showing his brother his back.
"Come on Kiali, we do not want to speak with these idiots"
Mpenda walks a few steps before he is pinned to the ground. Mosi had run the moment Mpenda turned his back and jumped on the exposed back of his little brother. Mpenda tried to shake him off but the older leopard easily pinned down the younger one. Kiali is about to react, but the cheetah stands between her and her pinned leopard friend.
"Move it Duma" she growled at the cheetah who only laughed down at her.
"I do not think so freak, you are not strong enough to push me away"
Kiali is about to pounce as she growls at the older cheetah, but is stopped when she hears the voice of her friend in need.
"Do not pounce Kiali. You'll just make it worse"
Mpenda says and Kiali listens, but she lets out a major growl when Mosi speaks afterwards.
"Yeah freak, listen to your weak boyfriend here, haha!"
The claws sprang from her paws and she immediately jumped at Mosi. Her jump was faster than Duma could ever react and long before he could warn his friend, was the smaller feline already on the back of Mosi, clawing and sending him to the ground. He retaliates and the two of them wrestle, where Mosi seems to be at a disadvantage.
Mosi swipes with his paw and hits Kiali in the side of the head. She is send backwards and lands on her back. She lands at the side of Mpenda and shakes her head. She looks up and immediately she knew it had gone a little too far. Both Mosi and Duma stood there with a frenzy look. Both slowly walks towards Mpenda and Kiali, but they suddenly stop. Both turn and runs away with their tail between their legs.
Both Mpenda and Kiali looks confused. They look at each other before looking at the retreating form of Mosi and Duma. Both hears paw steps behind them and turn their head, Kiali letting out a major sigh.
In the distance Fuli and Kiara are running their way. They soon stop by the two felines. The look on Fuli's face would clearly show her feeling at this moment. She was concerned about Kiali.
"What happened here? Are you okay Kiali?"
Both Kiara and Fuli focus on Kiali, completely ignoring Mpenda. He gives her a smile and sits down away from the three female felines. Fuli looks over at Mpenda and a glare is visible on her face.
"Why is your brother attacking Kiali What does your family have against mine!?"
Mpenda is about to reply, but is immediately interrupted by a yelling Fuli.
"Why do I even let you around Kiali!? You and your brother is nothing but trouble to us! Perhaps it is better if you just leave us alone!"
Mpenda would immediately back down and looks down on the ground, unable to make a proper reply to the angered cheetah. The leopard cub is visibly shaking, which Fuli ignores, but both Kiara and Kiali notices. Kiara is about to step in, but is beaten to it by Kiali.
"Mpenda is not a part of this mom. He tried to prevent this conflict even suggesting that we leave Mosi and Duma before they could do anything, but Mosi pounced Mpenda when we turned our backs to him"
Now Kiara stepped in, standing between Mpenda and Fuli. She shook her head at the cheetah even letting out a minor sigh.
"I think you overreact Fuli, just because one cub is an idiot, does not mean the other is the same"
Fuli relaxed for a moment and let out a major sigh. She looked past Kiara and found Kiali speaking to Mpenda. The boy had stopped shaking and was looking less scared now. She remembered when she and Kion first meet. Another cheetah who she has long forgotten kept bullying them, calling their friendship unnatural.
Mpenda is smiling at Kiali, who is returning the smile to the leopard. None of them notices the gaze from the elder cheetah.
"Thank you for aiding me Kiali, you were quite brave back then. I would never have dared to attack Mosi or Duma like that"
"He says you. You took their beating so they would not go for me, who is the true brave here?"
Mpenda blushed and Kiali grinned. Mpenda laughed and Kiali joined in the laughter, both forgetting the situation that had just occurred between them and Mosi and Duma.
"Mpenda"
Their laughter would come to a stop as they both heard Fuli calling for the leopard. Both turned to look at Fuli, both noticing she does not look mad, if anything she looks a little sad.
"Mpenda, I am sorry for yelling at you earlier. I hope you can accept my apology, and if there is anything I can do to make it better, please tell me"
Mpenda looked at Kiali for a moment before looking back at Fuli giving her a smile.
"Apology accepted, I could never be mad at any part of Kiali's family. But uhm.. I do have a request"
Both Kiara and Fuli raised their eyebrows at this, looking at each other before looking down at the cub who now seemed more nervous than before, even Kiali looked on with curiosity.
"You see, back at Home, mom and dad always support Mosi over me, he is the first-born after all. I would ask if I could sleep at your place for a little"
Kiara is the first to speak up.
"Wouldn't your parents be worried, not that we would say no to your request"
Mpenda simply shakes his head, looking at the ground.
"They rarely care for me, I will always be second to Mosi. They even hate that I am playing with your daughter"
The sadness in the cub's voice is easily caught. Both Kiara and Fuli looks at him with a sad look, meanwhile Kiali offers a chin and purrs, comforting her sad friend. Once again Mpenda blushes and could not help but let out a purr himself. He stops after some time and looks up at Fuli and Kiara.
"We will accept this request, you can sleep at pride rock for as long as you want and whenever you want"
The leopard nodded and immediately smiled. Both Mpenda and Kiali looked happy at this decision.
"Thank you. Thank you very much"
Fuli could not help but smile at them, very well remembering how happy she used to be when she had a sleep over in the past. She looked at the sky and noticed the sky beginning to turn orange.
"Well, the sun is going down. Let's return to Pride Rock"
With that all four felines turned towards Pride Rock and walked towards the place. Kiali and Mpenda would quickly turn it into a race, the cheetah side of Kiali would keep her ahead of Mpenda most of the time, but he did catch up to her from time to time. Both Kiara and Fuli laughed, both remembering the good old days.
Well, this was chapter 2. Hope you liked it. Next chapter will be the actual sleepover at pride rock so please, give me ideas/suggestions for the sleepover at pride rock.
Until next time, bye.