TMNTTLK lover, thank you for the review and your right about the trouble. Here's chapter fifthteen, enjoy.

"You got to heard the roar! It's mind blowing!"

"Anders!" Sherise bashfully yelled as she tried to shield herself from the peering eyes.

"Roar? What roar?" the light yellow cheetah cub narrowed his midnight blue eyes. "You think you are special because you can roar? Let's see it."

Sherise groaned before taking a deep breath and turned to face the ledge. "Okay. Stay behind me, I don't want anyone to get hurt."

Sherise closed her eyes and went to roar but instead of a ground shaking roar she let out a small mew. Sherise's purplish-blue eyes widen as she turned to face her friends to face Blaze laughing. It may seem cruel but that was how Blaze was. He had his departed aunt's spirit.

"Sherise!"

Sherise turned to see her mother with Ono flying over. "Mom! I just tried to use my roar-"

"Exactly why I knew you weren't ready." Kiara intrupted with a stern expression.

Sherise gasped as she looked at her mother with wide eyes. "You don't think I'm ready."

"No." Sherise strunk back but Kiara continued. "I asked you to assemble the guard. But here you are with your friends showing off your gift as if it wasn't dangerous. This is not a game." Kiara sighed heavily. "I wish you would take your responsibility serious like Torrent takes his."

Sherise sat with her ears against her head as she watched her mother head down the hill. "But I do take it seriously..."

Anders frowned as Sherise walked away. "Reese?"

Emmett shook his head. "I think Sherise should be on her own for a few."

Anders reluctantly agreed and sat to await his friend's return.

Further Into The Pridelands

Sherise didn't understand. Her mother felt she wasn't ready but...she sighed as she continued to head further into the Pridelands. "Mom wanted the best for the Lion Guard. But now, maybe the best isn't good enough? I just don't understand."

Sherise turned another directon not noticing the clouds rolling in, forming into a image.

'Why?

Why even trust me at all?

They say the Guard is my call

But then come tell me I'm wrong

Now what What should I do?

And who Who do I turn to?

Now everything feels so upside down

Deep down, maybe I knew

It was way too good to be true

With all my friends looking up to me

Some leader I turned out to be'

"Sherise..."

Sherise looked up towards the voice that called her name to gasp at the sight of a golden, red maned lion with glowing orange eyes. "Heyvi kabisa... Are you..."

The image nodded with a smile. "Yes, Sherise. I am your grandfather."

Sherise was stunned as she continued believe she's speaking with her grandfather. "Simba. I've heard a lot about you."

Simba chuckled with a smile. "And I've been watching you. You are about to embark on a great journey, Sherise, leader of the Lion Guard!"

Sherise sighed as she lowered her head. "I'm not sure mom is gonna let me lead the Lion Guard. She's worried that I can't handle it."

Simba took a deep breath. "Sherise. Kiara is worried. But she's worried because she loves you. Being leader of the Lion Guard will not always be easy."

Sherise turned away with her ears against her head. "Then maybe mom's right. Maybe I'm not ready to lead. Or use the Roar. I'm not even sure I can control it! First it's super loud. Then it's just a squeak. And I... I don't want to end up like Mundu."

"Don't be afraid, Sherise. Trust your instincts. The Roar will be there for you when you need it. And so will I. Until the Pride Lands' end..."

Sherise frowned as she watched her grandfather's image disappear. "Grandfather Simba. Don't go yet." when she realized it was no use she and thought what her grandfather said. "Trust my instincts. The Roar will be there when I need it."

Sherise sighed deeply as she gazed up at the sky.

'Maybe my journey is far from done

They need a leader and I'm the one

So now it's time for them all to see

The Lioness I was born to be

It is time

To take the lead on my own

It is time

For something bigger Than I've ever known

No need to wonder The choice is done

Now I believe I'm truly am the one

So is it time?

Is it time?'

Sherise looked at her right shoulder and saw a black mark of a lion head. "Yes."

'It is time'

"Sherise! Sherise! Janja! Jafar and the hyenas! They're attacking the gazelles!"

Sherise's eyes widened in alarm as she heard what her hyena friend said. "What? Oh, no!"

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On the hill Sherise left them on, Emmett, Oni and Blaze was watching Janja and his pack hunt with the aid of Mzingo.

"Mzingo's telling the hyenas which one to target next. Smart, in a devious sort of way." Oni pondered while perched on one of Emmett's tusks.

Emmett shook his head. "I don't get it. They've already scored a couple gazelles. That should be plenty for all of them."

Blaze nodded in agreement. "Yeah. Why are they still attacking?"

Sherise walked over with Anders following. "Janja and his clan will keep going until the whole herd is dead."

Oni's light brown eyes widen. "What?"

Emmett gasped. "No..."

"Don't they understand the Circle of Life?"

Sherise shook her head at the cheetah cub. "They don't care about the Circle of Life. They're not hunting for food. They want to throw the Pride Lands into chaos. And it's up to the Lion Guard to stop them!"

On a hill facing the commotion

Jaja, Kiara, Kopa, Kion, Torrent and Kipawa sat on the hill knoll watching Sherise and her team comfront Janja and his pack.

Janja apporched causing Anders to growl. "Well, if it isn't Sherise the lioness cub. You and your friends better leave now, before you get hurt.

Sherise narrowed her purplish-blue eyes before they began to shine like the stars. "We're the Lion Guard, Janja. We defend the Circle of Life. You and your kind are not welcome in the Pride Lands. Ever!"

The group on the hill knoll watching Sherise and her team comfront the hyenas saw the clouds gathering into lion heads as Sherise let out a loud roar that shook the foundation of the Pridelands. The force of the roar knocked the hyenas back.

Anders grinned as he thrusted a dark gray paw in the air. "Yeah! Now that's the Roar!"

Jafar groaned as he put a black paw to his head. "Oh..."

Jaja laughed as pointed her staff towards the team of young animals. "Did you hear that?"

Kopa heard it earlier that day but he along with Torrent was amazed. "Wow." father and son said at once.

"Whoa." was all the light golden prince could say as his pale green eyes held a bit more than a admiration.

Jafar growled. He wasn't going to be humilited by a damn cub.

"Let's go. Our fight is over." Janja looked back at the glaring Guard. "For now."

Jafar snarled before turning his golden eyes towards the young animals. "You win today, Sherise. Next time won't be so easy."

After watching the hyenas leave Jaja turned to the golden orange queen. "See, Kiara? You see? She is ready! It is time!"

Kopa nudge his head against Kiara's with a proud smile. "Kiara?"

Kiara nodded with a proud smile of her own. "Yes. Sherise is ready. It is time. Time for the Lion Guard."