Chapter 43
When Shanni and Melody reached Pride Rock's den entrance, blood was everywhere. Tasha, Mason, and Ella had gone and the entire pride was circled around someone. Shanni and Melody couldn't tell who it was, so they walked further in the den to get a closer look.
"Shanni, Melody, where are the cubs." Asked Vitani as she noticed the two girls.
"Dad is with them. He has them behind Pride Rock. Not too far from here." Replied Shanni.
"Ok. I'm on my way out to find them." Said Vitani.
"Wait, Vitani, whose roar was that?" asked Melody.
Vitani looked at the girls at the girls with sadness.
"Go and have a look for yourselves." Said Vitani.
After Vitani had left the den, Shanni and Melody looked at each other.
"You don't think?" asked Shanni.
"I hope not." Said Melody.
"Should we look?" asked Shanni.
"After you." Said Melody.
Shanni took the first step towards the pride. Melody followed behind. As soon as Shanni got a glimpse of who the injured lioness was, she gasped.
"What?" asked Melody.
Shanni looked at her friend.
"Who is it?" asked Melody again.
"It's Tara." Said Shanni with tears falling from her face.
Melody's eyes grew wide. Not believing it, Melody took a look herself.
"Tara." She said silently.
Tara looked pretty bad. She had blood coming from her back leg and well as her shoulders. A bad scratch lined her back. But of all things, a scar crossed her left eye. Imani walked over to the other girls with tears in her eyes.
"Imani what happened when we left?" asked Shanni crying.
"Tasha got to her. She knew that the cubs, as well as us, are the prides main concern. As soon as she saw Tara going for Ari, she attacked." Said Imani crying.
"Is she dead?" asked Melody.
"No. she's just badly injured." Said Kiara as she walked over.
The girls looked down with sadness.
"Don't worry girls, my dad will take her to Rafiki's tree for treating." Said the Queen assuring.
As soon as Kiara had said Shanni ran out of the den, the rocks, and out in the savanna. Tears were falling left and right from her face. All of a sudden, anger began to fill up inside of her body, her eyes turn a bloody red, and she loud and proud roar escaped her lungs. Imani and Melody heard and ran after her.
"Shanni, its ok." Said Imani.
"Yea Tara is going to be alright." Said Melody.
"The next time I see Tasha, I'm going rip her eyes out, give her a scar over her eye, and rip the fur off her tail." Said Shanni angrily.
"Shanni calm down. Tara isn't going to like you saying that kind of stuff." Said Imani.
"Imani is right. Relax." Said Melody.
Shanni had calmed down a little bit. Her eyes grew purple again but the rage still lingered in her body.
"You guys are right. If Tasha wants a fight, she's gonna get one." Said Shanni.
After that, Shanni began to walk home. Imani looked at Melody.
"You we're gonna have to calm her down somehow right?" asked Imani.
"Oh yea. This girl has problems." Replied Melody.
"But you gotta love her." said Imani.
"Yea. Come on let's get home. The sun is setting and I don't want to be out here at night." Said Melody.
"Yea. Hopefully Tara is alright by tomorrow so Shanni can calm her tail down." Said Imani with a smile.
"Oh yea." Said Melody.
When everyone returned to the den, they all began to settle down. The cubs had returned to their mothers and everyone drifted off into a nice peaceful sleep.
OK GUYS, NEW CHAPTER. Hope you like them. another thing, pictures of Ari and Imani will be up soon. they are becoming my favorite characters in this story. hope you like them. By the way, this story is copyrighted. as well as MY pictures.