Chapter 10

The next morning, Adin was awake and saw that his mother was gone. He wondered where she was so he woke his friends up. They walked out of the den and down the rocky path.

"Adin, why did you wake me up? I'm a girl I'm not supposed to wake up early." Said Tara as she yawned. Shanni agreed with her friend.

"Well you two can go back in the den and sleep. Ari, do you want to come with me to find my mother?"

Ari stretched his legs and said, "Sure D. I will go with you."

At that moment, Tara and Shanni stretched and said, "Fine we'll go."

So the cubs set off in the direction of the watering whole since that is where everyone seems to go. And that is where they found Kiara. Adin crouched down low and pounced hoping to land on his mother's back. He was wrong. Instead he landed in the water in front of her. Kiara was then splashed with water.

"Adin!" she shouted. "What are you doing?"

Adin didn't answer since he was drenched in water. Kiara helped her son out of the water, the licked his fur to clean him.

"Sorry mother. I was trying to land on your back."

Kiara raised her eyebrows. "Well next time, make sure you position yourself right."

the young cub agreed.

"What are you doing up so early auntie Kiara?" asked Shanni as she walked past her dripping cousin.

"Well I was thirsty and I wanted to come back to where I made my first hunt."

"Was it hard?" asked Tara.

Kiara then thought back to when she didn't succeed.

"Ok, I'm not going to lie but yea it was hard. You just have to have patience." Said the queen smiling at the curious cubs.

"Can you teach us how to hunt mom?" asked Adin.

"Yea auntie can you? Please!" said Ari and Shanni at the same time.

Kiara wasn't sure on whether or not the cubs were ready to be trained in hunting yet. Then, she gave in.

"Alright. I will teach you how to hunt. But Shanni, Ari, and Tara you three little ones have to ask your mothers."

And so they did. Vitani and Camilla both agreed. They trusted their queen so they did not worry at all. After a forty-five minute practice run, she put them to the test. They hid in the tall that camouflaged them. When Kiara shouted three, they all took off running. Their target was a big wildebeest. They ran and ran and ran. As they did, Kiara couldn't believe her eyes when she saw how fast the cubs were running. Then Adin and Ari jumped on the animal's back. Kiara helped by bringing it down by chocking it. And with Tara and Shanni biting at the wildebeest legs, it was easy to take down. The cubs' first hunt was a success.