Lion King 3: Vitani's Sisterhood

Chapter 8Kiara: POV-

I woke up at early dawn only to hear Lerana whispering to Kuro. " Shh kids. The lions are trying to sleep". Lerana looked apologetically at me and whispered " Sorry , mom!". Kuro looked at me after Lerana fell back asleep and said " Mommy, Who's going to rule the Pride Lands?". Oh no… Well I should have been expecting it someday. "Lerana is , dear, she is the oldest.". I really didn't want to get him jealous. Just look what it did to Zira, especially Scar! " But I thought males were supposed to rule!" He said defensively. " Well, Kuro, the only exception to that is if she was older than you. And she is. I'm sorry Kuro.". He looked down at his paws and sighed. " I guess you're right. Thanks for telling me." He curled up against his sister and fell asleep. I can't help thinking as if they're still little cubs. They're heading into being adolescents. I couldn't keep the choice from them forever.

It was little after dawn when I heard Vitani outside. She wasn't with anyone. I got up and walked up to her. "Hey, Vita- Wait who are you?" I realized this was a completely different lioness. She had the same blue eyes and tuft of hair, but she was grey. Dark almost black grey. " Oh you must be Queen Kiara!" She said with great respect in her voice. " I am Tiaret. I am looking for Vitani". I looked at her puzzled. "Uh, you know Vitani?" I asked in a daze. " Well, sort of, well. no not really." She honestly replied. I asked her to stay where she was while I got her.

"Uh Vitani?" I whispered in her ear. "Huh? What did I miss?" She asked me. " No we have a visitor for you follow me." When we arrived, which was a while after I told her to stay because of Vitani's broken leg. Vitani turned her head to the side and asked " Who the heck are you?" to Tiaret. "May we speak alone your majesty?" Tiaret asked me. Hmm…Should I trust her…She seems nice enough… "Okay." I said unsurely.

Chapter 9Vitani: POV-

Seriously. Who is this chick? " Who are you?" I asked. " I am Tiaret. Daughter of Zira. Her second cub. And you are Vitani. Daughter of Zira. Her Third cub. You see we are twins except for our fur colour apparently.". "Okay you are creeping me out. You couldn't have been I would have remembered you!" My head was spinning again. "No you wouldn't have Because they day we were born, Zira thought I was dead because my vital signs were low so she dumped me with the hyenas who were able to keep the secret that I was still alive. I escaped when I was about 3 months old I joined another pride. I was loved there.".

"Why'd you leave?" I asked with pure curiosity. "Well, one of they hyenas. Shenzi I believe? Told me about you. I was just as confused as you are now. So I decided to come and find you. But before I left to find you I was wandering alone as a rogue because my pride. My pride… was killed… I had a cub his name was Faru. And a mate Shentai. We had a horrible drought and were weak when another pride attacked. Faru and I were left. But he couldn't hold on much longer because he was becoming so skinny. He eventually died off. After that I was in a deep depression and that's about when I found Shenzi…." she trailed off. "Wow I'm so sorry. It must be so hard living with the memory of them." I said with heavy sorrow in my voice. " Yeah, but it's all fine now." she said.

"Wait. So why did you want to meet me?" I asked cautiously. "Well…I wish to join you in your pride, I have no where else to go." She smiled weakly and then looked over at the rising sun. "I am pretty sure it'll be fine for a new lioness to join. But you have a lot to catch up on. Including deaths, peace, and love." I smiled widely and then realized the shock on her face. I said death didn't I. Nice one Vitani.

Chapter 10Kiara: POV-

I went back into the cave, to find some of the lionesses were waking up. I told them about Tiaret and Vitani. They were shocked. I told Kovu and Lavi too, as well as Daddy when he woke up. So now everyone knew. Kovu agreed to allow her to join the pride. Just then Vitani and Tiaret walked in smiling wickedly. "Hello Tiaret. We were talking. And if you wish to join this pride. You are allowed to." I said with a huge grin. "Well Kiara. I have news for all of you!" Vitani said. "We, Tiaret and I, are long lost twins." Vitani said. Everyone froze. All you heard was the buzz of the silence. "Well. That's a nice reaction!" Vitani said sarcastically. We were all still mouth gaping, wide eyed, spazzing freaks. "Whoa!" Lavi said as the first to break the silence. "Yeah Vitani. Wow. This is so…Amazing!" I said.

That night I spent with Vitani and Tiaret. Vitani was catching her up on everything. She told the story about Scar. And how Daddy saved everyone from death. Then she said how she grew up and told her about Kovu. Then she tried to skip over Tiaret's question of where Nuka was. She had to explain about his painful death. She told him about Zira's hatred for Daddy and Kovu. Eventually she couldn't hold it out and had to tell her about Zira's death. Tiaret was understanding it all now. Her mother was evil and wouldn't have cared for her. Then the ending of the catching up was coming to a close after the story of her broken leg. "…And that's how it was broken." She finally came to a close. "Wow…So much to tell compared to me!" Tiaret said. That night Vitani and Tiaret fell asleep together after talking the night away. I finally closed my eyes for the night. Ah…Sweet relaxation.

Chapter 11Vitani: POV-

That night for the first time in a long, long time, I slept dreamlessly. I awoke at noon. I guess I was even more tired than Tiaret, she must had already left for hunting patrol. Oops. "Good afternoon, Vitani." Lavi said mockingly from behind me. "Yeah, yeah, yeah. I get it I woke up late." I said drowsily. "Has the hunting patrol already come back?" I asked." Yeah." he answered me. "Well where's Tiaret?" I asked. " I don't know, where was she last?". I glared at him. "Okay, okay, I'll go ask around." He replied.

Where could she be? I thought to myself. And that's when all chaos broke loose. About 5 of our lionesses were running away from the gorge. That's when we saw a pack of maybe 20 lions on the northern end. Kovu ran out of the den to see what the problem was. He roared to call all the lions, and even cubs, to pride rock. He said "Everyone! Please calm down.". everyone still kept bickering. "Silence!" Kiara roared. "Zira is not dead! She is back for a vengeance. And who will break her down? Us! We need to stop her before she can hurt our pride. Gather all the cubs, they will be sleeping with the royalty tonight to ensure safety. All the pregnant lionesses will need protection as well. Make sure everyone is under close surveillance at all times!" Kovu spoke with wisdom and confidence.

"Kovu! We can't find Tiaret!" I screeched. Everyone looked at me. "I know she went on hunting patrol this morning but we haven't found her!" Lavi said. "Vitani. Did she have any intentions of betrayal?" Kovu asked. "Not as far as I know!" I said. No, not Tiaret. Not her. Anyone! Anyone but her! "No. No. No more betrayal. Not again." I was going into hysterics. I broke down. It was a matter of 2 days before the other pride got here. We would see then, where Tiaret was. This is just a tragic life lately. Why me lately?