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Reasons in the Moonlight

The sky was dark as a crow's feathers. The twilight winds blew softly causing leaves and branches of trees to wave and bend. The crescent moon in the sky shone the watering hole.

Florrie sat near the pond; watching her reflection in the water. Her falling tears made splashes and ripples in the glittering water. She embraced her knees against her chest, hoping that all of this was a dream. She had a tough night. Knowing that she was already engage with a lion that she didn't know about.

Suddenly, she heard a cracking noise. She turned towards the sound just to found out it was her mother. She turned back; she didn't want to see her face right now.

"I don't want to see you right now! Leave me alone!" Florrie demanded.

"Florrie sweetie," Mona took a deep breath, not following her daughter's plead, "I'm sorry if that shocked you."

"If it shocked me? Of course it shocked me!" Florrie's anger began to unravel, "You arranged a marriage for me without even discussing with me first!"

Mona looked down, she knew what she did was wrong, "I know. I'm sorry."

"But I have a reason why I did it," she added.

Florrie blocked her anger for a bit. She wanted to hear her mother's explanation before she burst it out again.

"Zolo came to our cave the other day. He said he wanted a nice lioness that makes a good bride for his son. He asked us to make an engagement between you and his son," Mona explained to her daughter.

"At first, your father disagreed to the whole plan. But Zolo insisted that he wanted you to be his daughter-in-law. After much deliberation, we decide it was for your best to get married sooner. We thought that you would be happy if you had a mate," she ended.

Florrie was listening all the way. She didn't get why it was the best for her to get married soon. She is old enough to get married, but why now? Why they wanted to arrange it now?

"But I'm happy just the way I am," she said, "I don't need a mate to be happy."

"Florrie, look at your self. You're at your prime now. Don't you think you should start building a family?"

"I know that! I'm just not ready for that kind of commitment," Florrie made her statement, "And how do I know that he's the right guy for me?"

"C'mon, give him a chance," Mona patted her daughter's back, "You'll never know, unless you get to know him."

Feeling defeated, Florrie agreed to go with her mother's whims. A small smiled was carved on her face. She hugged her mother and started crying again. She decided to know more about this Zuba person a little rather than blaming fate.

"I'll try mom… But I'm not promising that I will fall in love with him," Florrie sniffled.

"That's all that I need to hear right now," her mother hugged her even tighter. Her fur was a little wet from her daughter's tears.

The quietness broke when another roar resounded.

Nightfall continued. Dark clouds covered the moon leaving the stars to give light to the animals. From a far, the sounds of the river flowing and splashing can be heard.

On the other side of the watering hole, another family was having the same fight on the same subject.

Zuba was furious when he learned that his dad made an arranged marriage between him and a lioness named Florrie.

"What were you thinking, dad!?" Zuba asked angrily, "I never asked you to arrange an engagement for me!"

"It's for your own good, son," his father, Zolo answered calmly ignoring the scattered food Zuba threw just now.

"How can it possibly be good for me?!" Zuba's ear twitched.

"You're the one who said that you wanted love to find you," said the alpha-lion, "I just helped it out a bit."

Zolo paused for a second, "Ever since your mother died you've been very lonely, grumpy and get pissed off by the smallest things."

Zuba held his anger. His father was right; he had been not himself lately, after his mom passed away. He was rather unwilling to have a mate. He didn't want any other lioness. He just wanted to see his mom back.

"Listen, you need someone that you could hold on to," his father got up and walked up to him. Gradually, he rubbed Zuba's back and sat down on the ground.

"I have you, don't I?" Zuba replied to his ageing father.

"But I won't last long enough to be there for you," Zuba's ears twitched again; surprised to hear his father saying that. Zolo looked up the sky, picturing his wife's face with the stars, "When the time comes, my title as alpha-lion will be yours. Many other lions would want to take that from you."

Zuba paid attention to what his father was going to say. Gazing at his hand, the mark on his palm symbolized that he was the heir to take his father's place. He never thought about what he will do when it was his turned to be alpha-lion. The only thing he thought about was himself and his mother.

"They're going to use your weakness against you," Zolo's voice began to break. "That is why you need someone by your side. Someone that could give you warmth and comfort when I'm not around."

"But what if 'this Florrie' won't like me?" defeated Zuba leaned his head against his father's shoulder. "It's not like I could make her fall in love with me just like that. And I dunno if I would even fall in love with her."

"Don't worry. You'll be given a week to get to know her," Zolo put an arm around his son, "With my help, you'll find a way to get to her heart."

The father and son chuckled for a while. They took the time to stargaze. Zolo fell asleep a few minutes later. As Zuba sat together with his dozing father, stargazing, Zuba closed his eyes and made a wish to his mother, "Mom, I hope you're happy right now. I know I'm not…"

His wish echoed away to the skies. One from a million stars twinkled brilliantly as the echo faded away into the abyss.

Suspense much!? I already killed two people from the last chapter! JK... Review more and you might get what you want! MuaHAHahaHAahaAHA... *cue: lightning*