I see everyone's worried for Sherise. Don't worry, you'll find out what happens soon. Enjoy.
Nearby there watering hole, lying under a shaded tree was a very content Leila. She was currently watching her daughter chase Kion's son, Kiran around.
Leila beamed with joy and pride. Zendaya was growing up to become a wonderful lioness. That she couldn't be prouder of.
A clearing of a throat caused the light beige lioness to look from the cubs to see a familiar tannish lioness with a tannish tuff on her head.
"Vitani," Leila smiled. "What brings you out here?"
Vitani sighed heavily before sitting by the light beige lioness. "Kion brought something to my attention. And I wanted to talk to you about it."
Leila frowned before placing a paw on Vitani's shoulder. "What is it?"
Vitani inhaled and exhaled. "What do think about bethroling our cubs?"
Leila was shocked to say the least. She didn't really have a problem with it. Since Zendaya and Kiran were very close, like she heard the King Father and Queen Mother was when they were cubs.
Before Leila could answer, Vitani and Leila's attention went to the fast approaching Heidi.
"Heidi?" Leila was confused as well as concerned. So was Vitani. "What are you doing out here?"
"Leila! You must come quick. Stamped in the gorge!"
Leila was about to return to her conversation when the dull brown lioness' last words sent unpleasant shivers down her spine.
"Sherise's down there!"
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Leila ran as fast as her legs could run. She had to save Sherise, she just had to.
After leaving Vitani to take their cubs back and informed Kiara what's happening. The light beige lioness ran into Kiara's majordomo.
Ono flew ahead Leila continued to the gorge. When she got there Ono was already flying back.
"Ono, did you see her?" asked Leila with concern laced in her voice.
Ono pointed a dark yellow colour tipped wing in the gorge. "Down there."
Leila looked down and gasped as she seen Sherise holding on for dear life. Time seemed to freeze as a wildebeest rammed into Sherise's save heaven.
Leila, immediately hurled herself into the fray. Another wildebeest rammed into Sherise's tree, this time snapping the old thing in half and sending the dark brown cub soaring into the air.
Leila didn't think she just jumped up and gracefully caught her. Just before being rammed by a passing wildebeest. Sherise fell out of the former princess' muzzle and across the gorge floor. Sherise looked around dazed with blood dripping from her tannish colour muzzle.
"Leila!"
Leila perked her ears at the cries of Sherise, before weakly rising to her paws and running in the direction of the chosen heir's distress. Before the dark brown cub could get a hold of what's going on, she found herself being grabbed by the midsection and lifted up on a ledge.
Just as Leila looked into the young dark purple eyes that was full of fear. The light beige lioness was carried back into the stampede by a passing wildebeest.
"Leila!" Sherise cried as tears swelled up in her eyes as she scanned the sea of black and brown.
But the light beige lioness didn't come up. Sherise refused to believe that the lioness, she felt the closest besides her mother and great grandma Sarabi, was gone.
When the stampede cleared Sherise jumped down from the ledge and searched for the lioness, that she seen as a aunt.
"Leila!"
Sherise started coughing from the dust before looking up at the sound of someone approaching. It was only a stray wildebeest, after it passed by Sherise seen a figure lying in the dust. Holding back her tears she ran over to see the light beige lioness' bloodied, battered body.
Sherise pinned her ears as she moved closer. "Leila?"
She didn't move. Sherise pulled on her ear but Leila still didn't get up. Realising that Leila was gone, Sherise ran off screaming as tears fell.
"Help! Somebody, anybody! Help..."
With tears falling like a waterfall, the dark brown chosen princess turned and walked over to the dead lioness and snuggled up under one of her limp paws.