Chapter 4: The fall of Shetani
Three years later Kutisha was now fully grown and the most of the pride had recovered from the attack but a few days after the the fight Hadhi died from the wounds. Shetani's leg had gotten worse. It was still crushed, in fact it was infected yet some how Shetani still lived. For the moment anyway. Kutisha was no longer skinny and scruffy. She was now quite well built and had become a great hunter. She even had some friends, but her parents still treated her like nothing. She was fed up of it too. Today the pride was going out on a hunt. Shetani insisted on going not that anyone dared to object.
They set off in search off food leaving . Kutisha led the pride. Shetani noticed this behaviour and decided it was time to 'put her daughter in her place'. She halted everyone.
"Your highness why have we stopped?" asked a lioness.
Shetani ignored the pride member. "YOU!" she hissed at Kutisha.
Kutisha turned around shocked at the tone of her mother's voice.
"Come here!" She demanded snarling loudly.
"Yes Shetani?" Kutisha gulped.
Shetani slammed her paw into Kutisha's face.
"How dare you take my place in the hunt!"
Kutisha got up. She'd had enough
"What did you do that for you arrogant dog!"
"HOW DARE YOU SPEAK TO THE QUEEN LIKE THAT!" Stammered a lioness in shock.
Shetani went to hit her agian but Kutisha was having none of it.
"I'm not a little girl anymore!" She roared "I'm not a weakling!"
Shetani stepped back
"You put me through HELL!" Snarled Kutisha "You were the WORST PARENT EVER!"
Shetani's body started to shake, but it wasn't out of saddness or regret just anger. Without warning she launched herself at her daughter. Kutisha didn't back down. She sunk her teeth deep into her mother's neck and shook Shetani hard. She squealed and tried to loosen Kutisha's grip. Kutisha threw her mangled body on the floor. Shetani coughed, spluttered and gasped for air. She tried to get up but Kutisha hit Shetani in the face. Shetani fell down again.
"I'm not sorry..." She said quietly to Shetani.
Shetani's eye's widened in horror as Kutisha sank her teeth into her throat. Shetani slipped away into the darkness. The pride did nothing.
Blood frothed out of Kutisha's mouth she glared at the pride and walked off leaving her mother lying lifeless in the dirt. Vultures started to circle her. As she walked away the pride followed her.
"What are you doing? Go home!" She growled.
"You forget you are next in line for the throne" Said a lioness. "You are royalty"
Kutisha laughed bitterly "didn't seem like it when I was younger now did it?"