The PrideLands

Danira felt a sharp pain in her back. She roared and cried in agony. Once the young lioness turned around, she found the mature buffalo leader's horn pierced into her back. The massive buffalo called his pride and they began to flee, stuffing their massive hoofs into the beautiful grass that swayed.

The place was empty, now and Danira felt she was near death. "I.. must.. go.." she muttered. The creamy feline pushed herself, she had to get to the Pride Lands. She was in pain, but she'd be in much more pain after the birth of her cub. After approximately two days, Danira approached the Pride Lands. Butterflies flew in every direction, herds took their place in the Savannah, elephants bathed in the watering hole and there lay a great rock right at the back.

Danira moved forward, her belly large and heavy. She could feel it, now. Her cub would be born in less than four days. She pushed herself, again, galloping and charging to the great rock.

There was a crowd of lionesses, a male and of course the king and queen. The king approached her with a snarl.

"Who are you? State your business here." the king snarled. His mate seemed to be more comforting.

"Kovu! Don't edge her, she needs to rest. Look at that scar on her back.. and her belly? What if she's expecting a cub." she turned her head to Danira. "Come, you shall rest in peace inside our cave, Pride Rock."

The queen helped Danira inside. As the wounded lioness lay on the cave floor, she smiled at the queen. "Thank you.. thank you for making me comfortable."

"My pleasures... now, if you would be so kind, what brought you to the Pride Lands?" the queen asked Danira.

"My old Pride hadn't any food and my last cub died of starvation. I'm expecting a cub and I can't bear for that to happen, again. My firend told me a Pride Lands was a good place, so I journeyed here."

"And... the scar?" the king chimed in, glancing the massive two marks on her spine.

"I was wounded by a buffalo on the way here." Danira replied.

"Poor you... Kovu, go and get Rafiki!" the queen demanded.

"I'm Danira, what are your names?"

"Oh, my apologies, I'm Queen Kiara and this is my mate, Kovu." smiled Kiara.

After a few minutes, a baboon entered the cave, a stick clutched in his fist. He pulled on a face and examined Danira.

"Your cub will arrive in a few days, but it is possible you may not survive. Your wounded back will cause you some trouble, but your cub will be fine." he stated. Kovu nodded and the ape left. Soon, another lion and lioness arrived.

"Who are you?" one with red mane snarled.

"Father! She is Danira! She is part of our Pride now, she's expecting a cub and she's been wounded by buffalo. Rafiki says she might not make it." Kiara protested at her father.

"Oh, poor you. You must be scared. What's your name?" asked a beige lioness. She was rather pretty; blue eyes and a pretty face also very kind.

"I..I'm Danira." Danira shivered.

"I'm Nala and this is my husband Simba. Nice to meet you. Just to let you know, our home is your home." the beige lioness replied.

"Thank you."

Just then, a tanned lioness ran in. Her eyes were a piercing bluish-purple and she had a long tuft on her forehead.

"Who is this lioness?" she asked.

"This, Vitani, is Danira. She is now a member of our Pride." explained Simba who was almost an elder. He had streaks of grey on his mane and his fur was too. Nala's white nose gradient had turned into a light grey; this signaled she was getting old.

"Oh. You just let her in like that?" Vitani snarled. She was irritated and she didn't know why. It took a battle to let her into the Pride Lands, a battle in which her mother was lost in - or so she thought.

"Vitani, we let you in just like that.. remember? It was a year ago." stated Kiara, slightly offended by her comment.

"Vitani.. calm down. Are you saying we're not good at defending our Pride? We've defended this Pride since Mohatu ruled which was many years ago. Yet here we stand, ruling this Pride." Simba said, calm yet angry.

"Um.. I think I need to speak with my sister.." said Kovu, barging his sister out in a dignified manner.

"Oh, I don't mean to cause any harm. If you want me to leave.." Danira was cut off by Nala.

"No, darling. You need to stay here. Your cub could be arriving soon, as Rafiki said." Nala pressed Danira's shoulders down with her muzzle.

What a sweet family; apart from someone not wanting me to stay, everything is fine.

So, what did you think? This was chapter 2! Next part, Danira's cub will be born but also something very tragic as you all now know :'(

But thank you for reading! All the new characters introduced here (e.g. Kovu, Kiara, Simba, Nala, Rafiki..etc..) here are made from disney - apart from Danira - Please Review! Chapter 3 may be posted later this afternoon or tomorrow.

Please checkout some of my other stories. This was very detailed and like I said, I do spend time writing this and some other stories. I'm very proud of it! :D

Stay tuned for chapter 3! :3