The sun had began to raise as the animals lifted their heads. A gush of wind caused the animals to start their journey across the green land. Birds of different colors took off to the lightening sky as the rest of the herds moved on. In the middle of this land stood a tall kopje. The main attraction; Pride Rock.
At the peak stood the King. His golden fur glowed as his black mane moved as a cold breeze brushed past, his emerald green eyes scanned the land as animals began falling into place. His head moved down to see a grayish baboon passing through the crowd.
As soon as the baboon climbed up, the King padded forward to greet him with a hug. Then they ventured into the cave where a rich brown furred lioness laid, on her side was a larger built lion with light rich brown fur and a dark brown mane with amber eyes.
In the queen's paws was a newborn cub. The little cub shared it's mother fur, his father's nose, and the two new parents were betting on the eyes. While the King wished to see his cub have his mate's amber eyes, the Queen hoped her cub would have her mate's emerald green eyes.
The baboon smiled before waving his staff over the cub's head after the Queen woke up her cub. The newborn tried to claw at it before lowering his paws back to his body while the Shawman cracked open a fruit to mark his head before sprinkling dust on his head. A sneeze was earned and the two parents chuckled before nuzzling while the Shawman picked up their son, walking over to the peak.
He thrusted the newborn prince up into the air and the animals cheered. Zebras and other herds stomped the ground, elephants trumpeted, the birds flew up with joy as the sun shined down brightly on the prince.
After the presentation, Queen Uru laid on the royal platform as the pride and family congratulated her. Beside her was her father, former King Mohatu, and on her other side was her loving mate, King Ahadi. Mohatu gazed down into her paws, smiling happily down at his grandson as he slept peacefully from his presentation.
"He's beautiful."
Ahadi chuckled before loving nuzzling his mate. "He'll make a remarkable King."
Mohatu laughed in reply as he licked his daughter's head. "What is his name?"
Uru shared a look with Ahadi before answering her father's question as she nuzzled her son. "Taka. Prince Taka."
Mohatu sighed peacefully. "How I wish your mother were here."
Ahadi's green eyes met with Mohatu's amber eyes. He felt bad because he never got to meet Mohatu's Queen. "I wish I could've met Queen Asali. She would've been an amazing grandmother to Taka."
Mohatu nodded his head sadly as he thought of his love. "She would've been an amazing mother-in-law to you, Ahadi. Would've treated you like you were her own cub."
Ahadi smiled as he bumped heads with his father-in-law before laying down next to his mate, giving his son a lick on the head.
**TP & TR**
Away from the Pridelands was another pride, that was having a not-so-happy moment as they mourned the lost over their princess and her cousin. The King of the lands winced every time he thought of his daughter and his mate wouldn't stop crying, his sister-in-law wept over the lost of her son and her mate comforted her the best he could.
But it didn't ease the ache.
"Kiango, she's getting worse with all this ache."
The white King moved his red eyes over to his brother-in-law and sighed heavily. "I know Abaju. Nzuri isn't getting better herself."
Abaju looked at his mate and winced. "I just wish I could help Kia. But the lost of our son... it's so much."
Kiango nodded as he thought of his late daughter. "Curse those leopards! Curse them for taking away Mhina and Uhuru!"
Abaju lowered his head, his dark mane falling over his eyes. "My dear son... I hope you're watching over your mother and I."
Kiango looked between his mate and Kia before looking at Abaju. "All we can do is be there for them."
What this land wouldn't know was in a short amount of time, they would soon find a new member of the pride. For not all happy times within each Land would last. But until then, they would be left in sadness until the fateful day when Abaju came across a rich brown cub.