Diata and Elsa were walking up to the top of a hill. Diata gazed down the steep way where she saw a nesting ground for a family of gorillas. Down below the white lioness could see a few of the apes through the small clearing of trees below. She knew the family was of twenty members. Some of them must have build their nests somewhere in the tress or below under the cover of their leaves.
"We're here." She said, looking back to her adopted daughter.
Elsa brought her left leg over and slid off her mother's back. She walked just a few steps forward as she looked down the hill.
"Gorillas." The girl said, looking to her lioness mother.
Diata nodded her head.
"Yes, Elsa." she said as ashe looked back to the tribe.
"This is Kercheks tribe. They are one of the very few tribe of gorilla's who live here in this part of the jungle."
"Why aren't there more?" Elsa asked curiously.
Diata turned to Elsa. The question was with very unclear answers. In the far past, there had been more. However some of those past tribes had all but moved on to new territories or had disappeared with the presence of man being the reason for what were their asummed deaths.
"There once was." Diata said as she turned to Elsa.
"There were several tribes before I was born. But some of them moved on to find new places to live. Kercheks has been the only one to have remained here for generations. Not to mention, if there were any more then it would mean no room for us other animals."
Elsa chuckled, knowing what her mother meant. If there were anymore tribes of primates here in the jungle, then they might take up to much of the jungle. It would be so crowded with gorillas, not enough places for her, Simba or Nala to play.
"Yeah." Elsa said in agreement.
"It would be way too crowded."
Diata also gave a light bit of laughter. She could only imagine what it would be like if there were so many Gorilla families here in this jungle. Not only would it be crowded, and then it would mean hunting would be hard to do. Prey would be somewhere far in the jungle, out from their reach.
"It should would be." She said in agreement.
"Come now."
Diata turned and started to walk down the steep hill. Elsa followed her lioness mother, walking at her mother's side; her hand was placed upon her back so she could keep up to her.
Down below in the dense jungle, the tribe of apes were settled in to their new territory. Some of the tribe members were sitting in the trees above. Some of them eat some fruit that grew from the tree many branches, while others were social grooming one another and picking lice from each other's fur. All the while, the other gorillas were down below the trees, sitting amongst the lush vegetation that grew upon the ground.
At the very end of the nesting ground, a female Gorilla with brown fur climbed up a tree for some of the fruit that hung above. The gorilla came up to the trunk to where the fruit hang over her head. She reached hand up and took hold of the round orange fruit above and plucked it from where it hung. She then climbed down the tree to the jungle floor below. Once at the bottom of the tree, she turned and sat down before the tree. As she faced in the direction, her eyes gazed ahead where she was met with the sight of a white lioness waking toward her through the lush vegetation.
While it may have served to be the sight of the predator, the she-ape was not alarmed by the lioness, nor was she consumed with fear of attack. Instead, the she ape was untroubled and instead filled with joy to see her. However it wasn't the only thing to be seen. The she ape then saw something walking beside of her. It was this strange ape-like creature that was walking right next to her.
"Diata." she said with a grin of happiness.
Diata looked toward the female ape.
"Kala." she said back.
The gorilla set her fruit down beside her and got upon all fours. The she ape began walking up toward the white lioness. However as she approached her childhood friend, it was then a startling surprise followed. By the lioness's side, the she-ape sight revealed a strange ape-like creature walking beside Diata. Kala the stopped and gazed to the girl. Her smile then faded to a look of curiosity.
Elsa gazed back at her; a small look of nervousness was upon the girls face. Diata and her stopped where they had come to stand. Diata looked to her daughter. Elsa looked to her.
"It's alright, Elsa." She assured the girl.
"This is my friend Kala."
Elsa looked back to the she-ape, as she looked to her with curious eyes. Slowly the young girl began taking a few steps forward from her mother side. However as she passed her mother's head, she stopped and gazed back to her. Diata was looking with a smile and nodded her head, reassuring her from the shyness and intimidation she felt. As Kala looked back to Kala, the she-ape began approaching the girl slowly. Elsa stood where she stand, never once did she allow for her shyness to get the best of her. It was a short time before she came face to face with girl gazed up to the she-ape that stood taller than her. Kala shifted her head as she looked down upon the girl.
"Kala." Diata said.
"I want you to meet my new daughter, Elsa."
Kala looked to the white lioness.
"Your daughter?" She asked curiously.
Kala looked back down to Elsa. The sight of the young girl the she-ape could see that she looked to be nothing like a lion cub. However, she looked to have some similarities to an ape. However she stood upon her two hind legs and barely had a single strand of fur upon her body that is except for the top of her head which was covered in bleach long hair that hung from her back. Also there was the blue loincloth that she wore.
Slowly the girl raised her hand up to where she gave a small wave to the she ape.
"Hi." She said in a dimmed voice.
Kala looked the girls raised hand. From what she saw, she looked down to her own hand. Both of them looked to be of similar in shape. As Kala gazed back to the girl's hand, she slowly began to draws her close to the girls. Elsa saw the she-ape slowly reach out to her. Out of her curiosity, the girl allowed for whatever was to happen next. Slowly she felt the gorilla's hand touch against hers. Kala then came and set down before the girl. Elsa stood as she looked to both their hands lying against one another, each of their fingers flat against each other.
She gazed up to the she-ape as she looked to her. She saw Kala stare back at her, slowly she began to smile at the girl. Elsa in turn did the same back to the she-ape. For here it looked as if she was becoming friends with the she-ape, that being seen by Diata.
"Elsa?" Kala said, never hearing of any name like that.
"I've never heard of such name before. But it sounds quite nice to be called."
The wild girl nodded her head in agreement with the she-ape.
"Thank you." Elsa said, smiling.
Kala nodded her head to the girl. She then turned to Diata. The white lioness knew all to well as to what her question of Elsa would be. It was of course very obvious for what lies in the she-apes curiosity of her new daughter. However, the answer was not one that she herself wished to tell. The truth was all too great of pain and sorrow, something she wished not to bring upon Elsa again.
"I found here a few weeks ago." Diata said.
"In the far west of the jungle."
"Was she...?" Kala asked.
Diata knew what word was to follow. She simply nodded her head yes. Elsa looked to one another, hearing the conversation they were having of her.
"Yes, she was." Diata answered.
"But now I'm part of the pride." Elsa said, entering the conversation.
Kala looked down to the girl.
"Really." She said.
Elsa shook her head yes.
"The King and Queen said that I can stay here in the jungle with mama."
The she-ape was all too well familiar of the great actions of King Mufassa and queen Sarabi. They were kind and above all great rulers to this land. She herself was glad that they allowed for Elsa to stay here in the jungle with them. For what would happen if not, Kala wished to never know what consequences that would have.
"Well, I'm glad that they did." Kala said.
Diata felt some pride when she heard Kala's words. She knew no better friend then here, for she had great loyalty and above all care to all the ones that she loved.
"As do I." Diata agreed.
Kala nodded her head to her friend. She then gazed back down to Elsa.
"Now, would you both like to join me for some fruit?" Kala asked curiously.
"Okay." Elsa said, smiling.
Elsa then turned to her adopted mother.
"Can we, mama?"
"Of course we can." She said.
Kala turned and began walking back toward the tree with Elsa and Diata following her from behind. As they came before the tree, Kala picked up the round fruit that she had picked from the tree. She turned to Elsa, who came up to her.
"Here." The she-ape said, handing the girl some fruit.
"Would you like to try it?"
"Sure." The girl said as she took the round orange fruit that the she-ape had so kindly offered her.
Elsa sat down upon the ground and took a bite from the surface of the fruit. As she chewed upon the piece she had bitten from the fruit, she could taste such sweetness and juice within her mouth.
"Mmm." The girl said just before she swallowed.
She looked up to Kala.
"It's good."
From the nesting grounds, one of the other females of the tribe sat grooming her young. As she picked through the fur that covered his body, the young ape turned and looked in the general direction of Kala. The young little ape began to wheal out, pointing out toward Kala's general direction. The young apes beside him all looked and began making their way toward the edge of the nesting ground. The females all stared in curiousness from their young's departure from them. As they gazed upon the way they were going, they looked up to where Kala was. However their sights revealed more then what they expected they would.
There with Kala, they could see the white lioness, Diata and also a strange creature a sitting amongst them. They each got up on all fours and stared toward the three. Each of them whispered to one another over what strange thing was their sitting with Kala and Diata. Slowly they began to move toward the she-ape.
As Elsa took another bite from her fruit, she suddenly heard some ape grunting coming from ahead of her. The girl looked up to see several young apes rushing toward her. Both Kala and Diata looked to see the young apes coming up to them.
"Oh, looks we have some company." Kala said as she saw the young apes.
The three all came to a stop as they came before the wild girl. They each looked curiously at Elsa, grunting and making all the sounds of an ape to her. Elsa smiled and set down her fruit. She came and got down upon her knees.
"Hello." She said.
One of the young came forward to her. He grunted to her as he stood up on his two hind legs and raised his arms high in the sky and came down to the ground. Elsa chuckled at the young ape. Diata did so as well.
"I think he likes you." She said.
Elsa looked back to her mother, smiling.
"Yeah."Elsa said in agreement.
As she turned back, Elsa then saw several gorillas were walking up from the nesting site. They all gathered around her, Diata and Kala, each of them. She could hear them all talking and whispering to one another. As of what they were saying, the girl could hear them pondering. There were questions that consisted of
"What is it?"
"It looks like a hairless chimp."
Elsa stood up and faced the crowd of apes that faced her.
"Hello." She said to them.
"My name is Elsa."
Each of the apes all stared with shyness at the girl. Never before had some of them seen human before, let alone a girl cub. She was a stranger to them, therefore raised much suspicion.
"Don't be afraid." The girl insisted.
"I won't hurt any of you."
It was then that Kala stepped in.
"Everyone, it is all alright." She said to them.
"This is Diata's new daughter."
Each of the apes looked to one another in shock. For none of them could make of what they had all been told. This stranger that they come to see was the daughter of Diata? As Elsa watched them ponder, the girl slowly began to frown. She looked back to Diata who came up beside her. She felt a bit upset with the reactions that the tribe was giving two of them looked to be in any sort of belief that she was of any cub of Diata's. This was a reaction that Diata had not counted on.
As Elsa looked back to the apes, it was then the crowd looked to be departing to separate sides. Through the gap between them, it was then the girl was met with a large silver back Gorilla who was known to be Kerchek.
(That's all for now, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. There is still one last one to go and it I'll be the last one for this short story. Also on a side note my eighteenth birthday is this Friday and I'll be off the site for the day, hopefully I can get you the next chapter by then. Until then, ple3ase comment and review!)