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The Sovereign Of The Sunrise Kingdom
Chapter 1: Circle Of Life
In a vast glorious African Swahili kingdom known as the Sunrise Kingdom, the shining red sun rises over the glorious savannah of the Serengeti Plains, and once the crack of dawn has came to the entire Serengeti Plains, many animals who serve as the inhabitants of the kingdom witness the shining red sun in the morning sky together at the Serengeti Plains such as a rhinoceros, an elephant, several topi, several giraffes, a colony of meerkats, and a troop of baboons.
Elsewhere at the Serengeti Plains, a cheetah pauses on the edge of a ridge within the savannah while its tail was lashing, a buffalo pauses within the savannah while eating some grass, a honey badger pauses within the savannah while it poked its head from underneath the grasses, a warthog pauses within the savannah while climbing out of a nearby mud pile, a vervet monkey pauses within the savannah while climbing off an acacia tree, a group of ostriches pauses within the savannah while some of them took good care of their nests in the ground, a group of cape hares pauses within the savannah while they came out of their dens in the ground.
At a vast valley known as the Ngorongoro Valley during the morning, a flock of storks walk through one of the shallow bodies of water within the valley and they stare at each other for a moment until they begin flying up in the sky together, a large flock of flamingos in a large lake drank some water together until they begin flying up in the sky together, a flock of lovebirds in one of the acacia trees took good care of each other in each of their nests until they begin flying up in the sky together, a flock of ducks swam with each other in another lake until they begin flying up in the sky together, and a flock of bee-eaters ate some bees together in the air until they began flying together as well.
At a giant beautiful waterfall known as the Udzungwa Falls, a flock of birds past through it while a large troop of red colobuses and a large troop of mangabey monkeys began traveling throughout the tropical rainforests of the Udzungwa Falls together just as the shining sun continues to rise in the morning sky. Also, some of the red colobuses ate some bananas from some of the trees and some of the mangabey monkeys ate some of the mangoes from some of the trees.
At a large inactive volcano known as Mount Kilimanjaro, many numerous herds marched past right through it such as a large herd of elephants, a large herd of zebras, a large herd of giraffes, a large herd of buffaloes, and a large herd of wildebeests while the shining red sun continues to rise in the beautiful dawn of the kingdom, while another flock of birds flew right past through Mount Kilimanjaro as well.
At a landscape of many hills and some sparkling lakes known as the Arusha Hills, another flock of flamingos fly over the many hills and many lakes of the area, and more of and more of the flamingos join in with the other flamingos while they all flew in the same direction in the morning sky. Also, while all of the flamingoes flew together, a troop of blue monkeys swung through the trees of the area, another herd of giraffes walked through the area, and another herd of zebras walked through the area.
At another landscape filled with many flourishing and beautiful flowers known as the Kitulo Meadows, a family of zebras spend some time together until they leave the area together, a family of ostriches spend some time together until they leave the area together, a family of giraffes spend some time together until they leave the area together, a family of bee-eaters spend some time together until they leave the area together, and a family of buffaloes spend some time together until they leave the area together.
At another vast savannah known as the Ruaha Fields which is covered in mist during the morning of the kingdom, a herd of springbok prances together throughout the mist. Also, a group of cheetahs raced together throughout the mist of the savannah together, a pod of hippos walked throughout a river together, a herd of sable antelope walked throughout the savannah together, and a herd of giraffes also walked throughout the savannah together.
At a grove of baobab trees known as the Tarangire Grove, a large herd of elephants walked throughout the roads together while the sun kept rising in the morning sky. Also, a group of mongooses get finished with eating some termites from a termite mound and began traveling throughout the roads together, a group of caracals come down from some acacia trees and began traveling throughout the roads together, a herd of waterbuck get finished with drinking from one of the rivers and began traveling throughout the roads together, a troop of vervet monkeys climb down from some baobab trees and began traveling throughout the roads together, and a group of honey badgers come out of their dens and began traveling throughout the roads together.
At a vast lake known as the Manyara Lake, a herd of zebras swam through the lake together while the red shining sun in the morning sky continued to rise over the entire kingdom. Also, another flock of flamingos walked throughout the lake together for a moment until they flew up into the sky together, another pod of hippos stared at each other in the lake for a moment until they began to swim throughout it together, a flock of pelicans swam throughout the lake together until they flew up into the sky together, a herd of thomson's gazelles leaped throughout the savannah together as well as over some of the water, and another flock of stork walked throughout the savannah and flew up into the sky together.
At a vast and glorious forest known as the Biharamulo Forest, another troop of baboons swing through the vines of the many trees together, a large herd of giraffes walked throughout the roads together, a flock of martial eagles flew throughout the sky together, a troop of red colobuses swing through the vines of the many trees together, a large herd of hippos walked throughout the roads together, and a flock of storks flew throughout the sky together.
A giraffe couple walks on a hill along with their children at the Serengeti Plains, and the children step into the sunlight of the red sun, and they close their eyes against the radiance of the red sun. Also, the family of giraffes quickly notices a large group of animals moving across the savannah of the Serengeti Plains, and they walk down the hill and join the large group of animals and begin moving across the savannah along with them. While they did so, the shining red sun has risen over the entire Sunrise Kingdom and it's the morning.
On one of the acacia trees of the Serengeti Plains, a group of ants carries leaves while they march on one of its branches together while a herd of zebra frolics below the tree and flock of lovebirds flew throughout the sky above the tree, a group of squirrels carries their nuts to another acacia tree while a herd of thomson's gazelles leaped below the tree and a flock of flamingos flew throughout the sky above the tree, and a troop of black and white colobuses ate some fruit from another acacia tree while a herd of rhinos walk throughout the savannah below the tree and a flock of ducks flew throughout the sky above the tree.
Elsewhere in the Serengeti Plains, a flock of guinea fowl travels throughout the roads while a herd of elephants slowly traveled on the roads right behind them, and one of the guinea fowls nearly got trampled by one of the elephants. A group of ostriches travels throughout the roads while a herd of topi travels on the roads along with them, a herd of rhinoceros travels throughout the roads, a group of hares travel throughout the roads, a herd of able antelopes travel throughout the roads, and a group of cheetahs travel throughout the roads.
The shining red sun reflects in a river within one of the areas of the Serengeti Plains, and the reflection of the red sun is quickly shattered when a group of animals began crossing it such as a herd of zebras, a herd of elephants with birds such as lovebirds, storks, bee-eaters, ducks, weavers, and pelicans, a herd of wildebeests, a pod of hippos, a herd of thomson's gazelles, a herd of rhinoceros, and even a float of crocodiles.
Suddenly, while all of the animals kept traveling throughout the many locations of the Sunrise Kingdom such as the Arusha Hills, the Ruaha Fields, the Kitulo Meadows, the Ngorongoro Valley, the Tarangire Grove, Manyara Lake, Udzungwa Falls, Mount Kilimanjaro, and the Biharamulo Forest, they all arrive at the Serengeti Plains together. Since they all have arrived there during the beautiful morning of the kingdom, something very important was about to happen, and some important things that happened in the kingdom usually are held at the Serengeti Plains sometimes since it serves as the main capital of the kingdom.
All of the inhabitants of the Sunrise Kingdom continue to travel throughout the vast savannah of the Serengeti Plains together, and soon they arrive at a magnificent ancient rock formation known as the Royal Kopje Of The Shining Sun which serves as the home of a royal family of lions known as the Sunrise Kingdom Royal Family and their lion pride who are known as the Sunrise Pride, and most kingdoms in Africa are usually ruled by a royal lions while some kingdoms in Africa are ruled by some other royal-blooded animals.
Also, the one who rules the Sunrise Kingdom, be in charge of the Sunrise Kingdom Royal Family, and lead the Sunrise Pride is known as the sovereign, and the sovereign is usually a king regnant who is a male lion and a queen regnant who is a lioness. Since the kingdom is being ruled by royal lions, it was founded by lions thousands of years ago and they were the ones who built the Royal Kopje Of The Shining Sun with help of some animals which took a very long time to build and it was a lot of hard work. Also, the symbol of the royal family and their pride as well as the entire kingdom is a shining red sun, and it explains on the front of the very tall summit of the Royal Kopje.
While all of the inhabitants of the kingdom gather around the Royal Kopje for the very special event that is very important, the current sovereign of the kingdom and the current leader of the Sunrise Pride who is a male lion named King Mufasa was standing on the peak all by himself. Also, a hornbill named Zazu who serves as the leader of the Royal Advisory Council of the Sunrise Kingdom flies towards the Royal Kopje and arrives at the peak where he bows to Mufasa who glares at him for a moment until he quickly smiles at him.
Soon, all of the inhabitants had gathered at the Royal Kopje for the special event, and Mufasa smiled at all of his loyal subjects. Also, within the large crowd of gathering animals, a bat-eared fox named Bahati, a hyrax named Elewa, a galago named Mwanga, an aardvark named Afua, and a turtle named Damisi who are members of the royal council arrives at the Royal Kopje and also arrives at the peak where they also bowed to Mufasa who also smiled at them. Once everybody has gathered at the Royal Kopje, a mandrill carrying a staff named Rafiki who serves as the royal shaman of the kingdom walks past through the crowd and arrives at the Royal Kopje while they all watch him and make way for him.
Mufasa witnesses Rafiki's arrival at the Royal Kopje just as he smiles at him, and Rafiki climbs up to the peak and warmly greets Mufasa while he warmly greets him back. Also, Mufasa is really close friends with Rafiki, even during his younger years when he used to be the crown prince of the kingdom during his predecessor's reign over the kingdom which is his own mother Queen Uru, and the two best friends warmly embrace each other.
Then, Mufasa and Rafiki turn to the other members of the royal family, and they are Queen Sarabi who is Mufasa's wife and the one he has been betrothed to be married during his younger years when he used to be the crown prince and his mother Uru's heir, Princess Zahara who is his younger sister, Prince Ushindi who is brother-in-law and Zahara's husband, and Princess Wepesi who is his niece and Zahara and Ushindi's young daughter as well as the members of the Sunrise Pride who are many other male lions and many other lionesses who sat in the background of the peak on some rocks together.
Mufasa walks up to his family and warmly greets them, and he warmly nuzzles Sarabi. Also, Sarabi is holding a golden bundle and a tan bundle in her paws and she gently licks the two bundles while she and her husband smiles at both of them, and the two bundles turn themselves around and reveal themselves to be the newborn son and daughter of Mufasa and Sarabi who are named Crown Prince Simba and Princess Amani and they are twin siblings. Also, Simba is Amani's older twin brother within seven minutes and Amani is Simba's younger twin sister within seven minutes, meaning that since Simba is the oldest, he is the current heir to the throne of the Sunrise Kingdom while Amani is currently second-in-line to the throne.
Rafiki then walks up to the royal married couple and smiles at both the infant Simba and Amani, and he begins performing the ritual for Simba since he's the rightful heir to the throne of the kingdom while he also did some rituals for Amani since she's second-in-line to the throne. First, he shakes his staff over the infant and they paw at the gourds on the staff together. Next, Rafiki removes one of the gourds off of his staff, breaks it open, dips his thumb in the juice, and marks Simba's forehead just as he anoints him as the rightful heir. Next, he picks a beautiful flower from his staff and puts it on the side of Amani's head to honor her as second-in-line to the throne as well as anointing her just like her twin brother. Then, he grabs a handful of sand and sprinkles it over Simba which caused him to sneeze while Amani giggled.
Mufasa and Sarabi watched their two newborn children being anointed and honored by Rafiki just as they both smiled at them and warmly nuzzled each other, and Zahara, her husband Ushindi, and their only young daughter Wepesi witness their newborn twin children process of their anointment and honorings just as Zahara and Ushindi warmly nuzzled each other as well and Wepesi smiled at the whole thing and then her parents warmly nuzzled her. Then, Rafiki picks up Simba from Sarabi and begins carrying him to the peak in his arms while Mufasa and Sarabi stare at each other with joyful expressions while Amani stared at her mother and father in a joyful expression as well, and even Zahara, Ushindi, and Wepesi had joyful expressions of their own.
Just as Rafiki walked down the peak with the infant Simba in his arms, the large crowd of animals watched him do so. Then, Rafiki arrives at the ledge of the peak and lifts Simba up into the air for all of the inhabitants of the Sunrise Kingdom to see, and everybody began cheering for their future sovereign with complete joy while Simba stared at them in complete surprise.
A herd of elephants raise their trunks in the air and make some trumpets, a troop of vervet monkeys cheered while they jumped up and down on the ground, a herd of zebra stamp their feet on the ground, a flock of lovebirds flew around in the air in complete joy, a herd of buffaloes smiled with joy, a group of cheetahs cheered wildly, a troop of baboons clapped their hands, a herd of thomson's gazelles smiled with joy, a flock of flamingos flapped their wings in joy, a pod of hippos cheered wildly, a group of honey badgers clapped their hands, a herd of rhinos stamped their feet on the ground, a group of ostriches cheered wildly, a herd of wildebeests stamped their feet on the ground, a flock of ducks waddled their feet wildly, a group of hares clapped their hands, a and herd of giraffe necked each other in joy.
Just as all of the inhabitants of the Sunrise Kingdom cheered for Simba as their future sovereign since he's the royal heir to the throne of the kingdom, Simba just stared at them in complete confusion while his parents Mufasa and Sarabi were very proud that he has been anointed as the rightful heir to the throne and his younger twin sister Amani kept smiling at him just as Mufasa and Sarabi were also very proud that she is second-in-line to the throne, and Zahara, Ushindi, and Wepesi are very proud of the same thing.
Suddenly, something amazing happened in the morning sky of the Sunrise Kingdom, and a group of spirits appeared within the clouds of the sky which turn out to be the spirits of the male lions and lionesses who serve as the former sovereigns of the Sunrise Kingdom who had ruled way before Mufasa in the past, and the sovereigns of the past are Queen Uru who is Mufasa and Zahara's mother, King Mohatu who is Uru's father, King Hekima who is Mohatu's father, Queen Tumaini who is Hekima's mother, Queen Rehema who is Tumaini's mother, King Ukweli who is Rehema's father.
Also, a single beam of light from the shining red sun appears through the clouds shines over the infant Simba while the large crowd of animals bow to Simba as their future sovereign while the spirits of the past sovereigns of the Sunrise Kingdom in the clouds in the sky smile at Simba for being the rightful heir to the throne of the kingdom, and even Mufasa, Sarabi, and the infant Amani were very proud of Simba's status as the rightful heir while Zahara, Ushindi, and Wepesi were very proud of Simba as much as his parents and younger twin sister are. Also, Zazu, Bahati, Elewa, Mwanga, Afua, Damisi, and the members of the Sunrise Pride bow to Simba as their future sovereign just like everybody else did.
Later on that day at the Sunrise Kingdom, the presentation of Simba as the future sovereign of the kingdom has ended, and all of the inhabitants have returned back to their homes in each of the locations of the kingdom and they did what they usually did at each of their homes. At Udzungwa Falls, a troop of red colobuses witnessed the large rushing waterfall together on some of the trees in the woodland area of the area.
At Tarangire Grove, a herd of elephants drank some water from one of the rivers. At the Kitulo Meadows, a group of hares pick some flowers and make some flower crowns out of them. At the Ngorongoro Valley, a herd of zebras eat some grass from the savannah. At the Ruaha Fields, a flock of lovebirds flew throughout the savannah. At Manyara Lake, a herd of wildebeests are relaxing themselves at the savannah right beside the lake. At Arusha Hills, a herd of giraffes frolics throughout the hills together. At the Biharamulo Forest, a flock of martial eagles took good care of each other in some of the trees. At Mount Kilimanjaro, a herd of topi frolics across it in the savannah. And at the Serengeti Plains, a group of cheetahs race each other throughout the savannah.
Also, at the Royal Kopje Of The Shining Sun which is located within the Serengeti Plains, King Mufasa and Queen Sarabi are at the throne room of the royal sovereign and the royal consort of the sovereign, and both of them sitting on their thrones together while they both watch the infant Simba and the infant Amani are playing together on the floor by tussling each other, and Princess Zahara, Prince Ushindi, and Princess Wepesi watch them play together as well along with the members of the royal council, some male lion courtiers who serve Mufasa, and some lionesses ladies-in-waiting who serve Sarabi. Simba and Amani's parents joyfully chuckled together while they both playfully tussled each other on the floor, and everybody else had joyful expressions about it as well.
"So, Uncle Mufasa and Aunt Sarabi, they're names are Simba and Amani?" asked Wepesi.
"Of course, and we've just decided to name our brand new son and daughter those things once they've been born a few days ago," said Mufasa.
"Also, before we've named our children Simba and Amani, we've been considering naming them after one of the past members of the royal family," said Sarabi. "We've been thinking that Amani should be named after Queen Nyota who has been the first queen regnant of the kingdom."
"And we've been thinking that Simba should be named after King Jua who has been the very first king and sovereign of the Sunrise Kingdom." said Mufasa. "And the one who has founded the kingdom, the one who has built the Royal Kopje Of The Shining Sun, and the father of Queen Nyota. But we've eventually decided that we should just name them Simba and Amani, and we really like their names."
"We like their names too, and it suits them both pretty well." said Wepesi.
"Mufasa, Sarabi, we've really enjoyed ourselves during your son's presentation as the future sovereign and how your daughter got anointed as the second-in-line to the throne." said Zahara.
"We really congratulate them for being the two heirs to the throne together just like everybody else in the Sunrise Pride and everybody else in the kingdom does." said Ushindi.
"Thank you very much, and Sarabi and I congratulate them for their current status as well since they are our son and daughter." said Mufasa. "Also, those two were born on the same day and it makes them twins. Simba is the oldest and Amani is the youngest, and Simba is the rightful heir to the throne while Amani is second-in-line."
"Not only the entire pride and the ones who live in the kingdom have attended the presentation, the spirits of your ancestors has been there too." said Zazu.
"That's right, and there have been a lot of your ancestors as well and they would usually attend the presentation of the brand new rightful heir," said Bahati.
"The past kings of the Royal Kopje who were in the clouds in the sky were King Mohatu, King Hekima, and King Ukweli," said Elewa.
"And the past queens of the Royal Kopje who were in the clouds were Queen Uru, Queen Tumaini, and Queen Rehema," said Mwanga.
"It was an honor for those guys to arrive at the ceremony as their spirits, and they've been proud of Simba and Amani as much as everybody else are." said Afua.
"And even though they're not around in the kingdom any longer, they will always be with the royal family, the pride, and everybody else." said Damisi.
"What you just said about our ancestors is absolutely right, and they will always live in each of our hearts even though they have died," said Mufasa. "And I've remembered that mother has always told me those things when I used to be the heir to the throne myself while my brother Taka used to be second-in-line and my sister Zahara used to be third-in-line."
"Mmm-hmm, and since you and Sarabi now have children, it looks like we'll be losing our chance at becoming the new sovereigns someday, Mufasa." said Zahara. "Even though that did happen, I'm okay with it as long as I am a princess and a member of the royal family. Also, my husband, our daughter, and I support your reign very well and we're very proud that your children are your two heirs."
"Well, speaking about hierarchy to the throne, none of us didn't notice our brother attend the presentation of our son this morning." said Mufasa.
"He was supposed to attend the ceremony this morning just like everybody else would, and he ended up missing it." said Zahara.
"Besides that his actual name is Taka, there is something else we would call him, and that is Scar." said Mufasa.
"Yes, and we've been always calling him the name Scar ever since that incident when we used to be young cubs." said Zahara. "That is when we've been going out hiking along with the other Sunrise Pride Scouts at the Ngorongoro Valley, he got into a fight with one of the other scouts and he scared his eye which got them both into a lot of trouble too."
"Hey, I remember that time when we used to be young cubs, and that fight was really out of control and it started when that scout said something offensive to your brother," said Sarabi.
"And I remember that day so many years ago during our childhood together as Sunrise Pride Scouts as well." said Ushindi.
"Since Uncle Scar didn't show up for the presentation this morning, then where is he?" asked Wepesi.
"He must be somewhere in the dens of the Royal Kopje, and I'm gonna have a word for him for missing the presentation of our son." said Mufasa. "Zazu, Bahati, and Elewa, go find Scar and inform him that I'm gonna have a conversation with him."
"Yes, sire." said Zazu.
"We can do that, your highness." said Bahati.
"For sure, your majesty," said Elewa.
"Zahara, I need you to be in the conversation with our brother as well," said Mufasa.
"Alright. Let's go see him right now." said Zahara.
"Sarabi, watch Simba and Amani along with the others," said Mufasa.
"Okay, Mufasa, and our children are gonna be alright." said Sarabi.
Mufasa then gets up from his throne, and he and Zahara begins leaving the throne room to go search for their brother Prince Taka, also known as Scar, for missing Simba's presentation of being next in line to the throne of the Sunrise Kingdom as well as missing Amani being anointed as the other heir to the throne since she's Simba's younger twin sister, and Zazu, Bahati, and Elewa went ahead of the two royal siblings to inform Scar about what he did this morning. While they did so, Sarabi remained in the throne room along with Ushindi, Wepesi, the other royal advisors, the courtiers, and the ladies-in-waiting, and she began watching the infant Simba and Amani along with them and they are still tussling with each other playfully.
Just as Simba and Amani continued with playfully tussling with each other, Sarabi then gets off of her own throne and approaches them, and she gently picks up both Simba and Amani in her paws just as she warmly nuzzle their heads and began adoring them both. Zahara, Ushindi, and Wepesi approached Sarabi and they also begin adoring the newborn twin prince and princess, and Mwanga, Afua, Damisi, Mufasa's male lion courtiers, and Sarabi's ladies-in-waiting adored the twins as well as the royal family did. Also, Wepesi got closer to the infant Simba and the infant Amani just as she smiled at them for being their brand new cousin and the two twin infants smiled back at her, and she warmly nuzzled her two young cousins.
End Of Chapter 1: Circle Of Life
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