A Prince's Wish

[Ushujaa]

i know it will seem really long but if it's a good story that won't matter and it definitely is a good story...

[divsalley]

Thanks for the input!!! Will try to incorporate this into the upcoming chapters...

[TheWhistlerify]

I've just finished reading 'The Tales of The Great Kings' and I really, really, enjoyed it! You're a very good writer and that was one of the best reads I've ever read!

I'll read 'A prince's Wish' now! Keep the awesome work up!!

[divsalley]

[quote="TheWhistlerify"]I've just finished reading 'The Tales of The Great Kings' and I really, really, enjoyed it! You're a very good writer and that was one of the best reads I've ever read!

I'll read 'A prince's Wish' now! Keep the awesome work up!![/quote]


Glad you enjoyed them!!!

[divsalley]

Chapter Four: Shocks and Surprises

Mohatu slowly made his way back to the meadow where he found Tahiti alone. He walked up to her hesitantly. She didn't even seem to notice he was there!
"Hi," he said slowly. Tahiti looked at him for a second and then turned away.

"Look, I... I guess we got off the wrong paw, here... I didn't mean to sound all high and mighty... I'm sorry. I'm just a cub who needs a friend... just like you!" Mohatu finished.

"You already have friends!" Tahiti said with a laugh.

"I want you to be my friend, too," Mohatu said as he looked at her and smiled hopefully.

Tahiti smiled at him and said, "That's how you get someone to be friends with you."

Mohatu's face lit up as he said, "Wanna go see an old friend of my dad's?" he asked her. Tahiti raised her eyebrows at this.

"Oh come on! You'll love Tembo! He makes the best waterslide in the jungle!" Mohatu said. A mischievous smile adorned Tahiti's face as she followed him to the waterhole.

Tembo was taking a relaxing swim in the waterhole when he heard someone call out to him.

"Hey, Tembo!" he heard Mohatu say.

"Mohatu! You're just in time! And who's this new friend of yours?" he asked Mohatu.

"Oh... This is Tahiti. She's new around here... So I thought I should get her here for the waterslide!" Mohatu said excitedly.

Tembo laughed at this as he said, "Great idea! Now I know you're your father's son! Hop on!"

Mohatu climbed on Tembo's lowered back immediately. Tahiti looked a little apprehensive.

Mohatu noticed this and said, "Come on, Tahiti! Trust me! Tembo won't let you fall. I won't let you fall!"

Tahiti smiled and got on. Soon, Tembo was standing up in all his glory. Tahiti looked down and shivered a little. Then she looked at Mohatu who nodded at her reassuringly.

"Alright! Are you two ready?" Tembo asked them.

Tahiti gulped as Mohatu said, "Yeah!"

Tembo lowered his head and dipped his trunk into the water.

"That's our cue!" Mohatu said and they slid down Tembo's trunk towards the water. But just as they were about to reach the end, Tembo raised his trunk and flipped it. The cubs were in the air and dropped into the water with a loud splash. They resurfaced laughing hysterically. Tembo was laughing too.

"You're right," Tahiti said after she was done laughing. "He does make the best waterslide in the jungle!"

Mohatu looked at her and said, "I'm glad you enjoyed it."

Time passed and Mohatu and Tahiti became very close friends. They would usually spend a lot of time together, and mostly on their own. Makani and Busara weren't surprised, but Zahara didn't like this one bit. She didn't want anyone to steal Mohatu from her. Least of all a lioness who wasn't even born to someone in the pride. She didn't realize the fact that Makani felt very sorry for her and didn't have the heart to tell her to forget Mohatu and spend more time with him... Busara, on the other hand, felt a little left out. Although Mohatu always found time to play only with his siblings every day, she was no longer the only lioness in his life... Even when he was with Zahara things were different, because he had never wandered off to spend some time with her alone. But that was all he ever wanted to do with Tahiti.

So one day, when Mohatu had just returned home from a refreshing swim with Tahiti, Busara decided to pluck up the courage to ask him.

"Mo... can I ask you something?" she began.

"Sure, sis... Go on," Mohatu said encouragingly.

"Why do you spend so much time with Tahiti?" Busara asked sadly.

"Come on, sis! You know how much I love you! You'll always be my little sister! No one can ever take your place! Not even Tahiti," Mohatu said affectionately.

"Your brother's right," they heard their mother say. "Tahiti is only his friend... You are his sister. Your brother will always care for you."

Mohatu's face flushed a little at this, but he didn't want to say anything just yet. He'd begun to think that he liked Tahiti more than he'd normally like anyone... But no one else had to know that.

Mahiri looked at Busara and said, "You never felt this way when Mohatu was friends with Zahara... He still spends a lot of time with her, too..."

"Yeah, but this isn't the same! He sneaks her away and they go play on their own!" Busara complained.

"That's coz i like spending more time with her! Look, sis... I try my best to make time for you and Makani... If that's not good enough, then I let me know what I can do to fix that!" Mohatu said.

Busara nodded and said, "No, you're right... It's ok... I'll just have to get used to it."

Mohatu nuzzled her and watched her go to her usual corner. Then he looked at his mother and asked, "Is she gonna hate me?"

"No, Mo... She'll be just fine. She just needs time. And is this true about Tahiti?" Mahiri asked her son.

"Well," Mohatu began, "I do like her better than most of my friends."

"Better than Zahara?" Mahiri asked him.

"In a way, yeah... Zahara's fun and all, but she listens to me too easily. Sometimes I need someone who can honestly tell me I'm wrong. Zahara doesn't do that!" Mohatu said.

Mahiri sighed as she said, "I see... But Mohatu, I want you to make sure you don't neglect your siblings or your friends because of Tahiti."

"Why're you asking me all this?" Mohatu asked.

Mahiri hesitated for a minute, but then she said, "Your father and i will let you know soon enough... When he returns, both of us will tell you and Zahara about it. I guess Gaea already knows about it, but still... We should be the ones telling you."

And with that, she turned and walked out of the den, mostly to find Dhahabu. Mohatu wondered what they had to tell him. He looked at Zahara briefly. She was sleeping. Soon, he saw his parents come in.

Dhahabu came up to him and said, "Your mother tells me you want to know something about your future?"

"My future?" Mohatu asked incredulously.

"Yes, Mo... You have to know why we decided this for you... And how we came to that decision," Dhahabu said.

Mohatu didn't like this at all. "What have you decided for me?" he asked them.

Dhahabu sighed and said, "Gaea, can you come here with Zahara, please?" Gaea and Zahara walked over to them and the young cub sat beside Mohatu as she smiled at him.

"Alright Mohatu," Mahiri began, "When the two of you were born, we knew you'd be good friends." Mohatu and Zahara smiled at each other at this.

"So we decided, since you were Crown Prince, Mohatu, that you two rule these lands as King and Queen when you come of age!" Dhahabu said. Mahiri and Gaea were smiling at them, but the two cubs were confused.

"Huh? What does that mean?" Mohatu asked them.

"It means that one day, you two are going to be married," Mahiri said happily. Mohatu and Zahara looked at each other, surprised. But in a second, the look on Zahara's face turned to that of happiness, but Mohatu's eyes were still widened in surprise.

[TheWhistlerify]

Oh man, this is cool =P

Hey, is there another word from nuzzling? =o I don't want the story I'm writing at the moment will look like a rip off of yours... unless you dont mind I use it?

[divsalley]

The word nuzzling is commonly used in case of felines... Especially lions... They nuzzle each other to show affection... I haven't patented thr word!!! So unless you mean anything else, go ahead and enjoy writing your story! More chapters will be coming up soon!

[TheWhistlerify]

That's not what I meant! I mean you just use it alot so I thought there might be another word for that. My story is set in Kiara's time anyway so no worries 0=0

[divsalley]

Chapter Five: High Hopes

Mohatu's mood was quite off for the next few days. He didn't feel like talking to Zahara or Tahiti. Both of them were worried about him, but didn't mention it to him. Every time Zahara came to him for a talk, Mohatu always tried to make an excuse to get away. It was saddening for his parents to see him this way. Makani and Busrar were trying their best to cheer him up, but nothing worked.

So one day, Mahiri looked at him and asked, "Will you walk with me, Mohatu?" Mohatu nodded at his mother and followed her. She took him to a beautiful valley at the northern border. Then she sat him down and looked at him calmly.

"Why'd you bring me here?" Mohatu asked her.

"I wanted to talk to you, Mohatu... You seem really upset about the news we gave you," Mahiri said. Mohatu looked down at the grass sadly.

"It's not like I don't like her, mom... It's just that... I'm not sure if I want that decided for me," he said finally.

"I see... And what's so bad about that?" Mahiri asked her son.

"Well, you guys are going to leave me alone someday... and if you decide to get me married off to Zahara, you're not going to be with her forever, but I have to!" Mohatu said.

"Mo, please try and understand... We only did that because you liked spending time with her... And she knows our land and this pride. She will make a good head huntress. Those are very important attributes that a King dhould seek for in his Queen," Mahiri said.

"But shouldn't a King also have a Queen who will question his decisions?" Mohatu asked her.

"Well, yes... That's true... A King does need someone to guide him when he goes astray," Mahiri admitted.

"Then Zahara is nothing like that! She'll go along with whatever I say!" Mohatu said sadly.

"Mo, I understand how you feel now... But you must promise me to give her a chance. Wait until you're both grown up... If, even then, you feel the same way, I promise you, I will accept your decision, whoever it is you choose as your mate," Mahiri said.

Mohatu sighed and said, "I promise, mother... I will think this over."

Mahiri licked her son's cheek and said, "Thank you, Mo... Now we must go home... Nyuni said she has some news for us." And so they walked back home to Pride Rock. Nyuni was waiting for them. But flying around Makani and Busara was another little hornbill.

"That's my daughter, Zuzu," Nyuni said proudly. Mohatu ran to see little Zuzu. She had blue eyes and an orange beak. She was incredibly cute. She smiled at Mohatu and nibbled gently at his ears with her beak. Mohatu smiled at her.

"She's cute!" Mohatu told Nyuni.

Nyuni smiled proudly as she said, Ï'm glad you think so, Young Prince, because she's going to be your majordomo someday! You're going to have to bond with her. The two of you will have to work together to accomplish any goal!"

Mohatu's face turned sullen as he said, "Oh... Alright, then... I'll see her around." Then he walked away as Dhahabu looked on in surprise.

Then he looked at little Zuzu and said, "She's precious, Nyuni... Just keep her safe until she's ready to take care of herself. I'll be right with you in a bit." Then he walked inside and watched as his son sulked over something.

"What's the matter, Mo?" Dhahabu asked his son. "You've been quite down, lately. And frankly, we're all worried about you."

"Is this what my life is going to be like? With everything decided for me?" Mohatu asked angrily.

"What has already been decided for you?" Dhahabu asked with a smile.

"I found out that I'm going to have to marry a close friend... And that a little hornbill is going to be my advisor! It's not that I don't like Zuzu. I just don't like the fact that my opinion isn't even considered!" Mohatu said angrily.

"Mo, look at me," Dhahabu said calmly. Mohatu looked at him with his scarlet eyes, waiting for an answer. "You have to understand why we decided those things for you. We thought it was best for you because you seemed to like Zhahara and we thought you'd be happy together! If you're this unhappy about it, then there's no need for you to abide by this decision. You are free to choose whoever you think is worthy. But as your mother said, give it some time. You might feel differently when you grow up! Don't reject an idea just because you don't like it at first. Things may change. And I promise you this, Mo. If, even after you grow up, you decide not to marry Zahara, I will support your decision. We just want you to be happy. If this doesn't make you happy, then it wouldn't be fair of us to ask that much of you. But for now, please be patient, and let nature take it's course. Can you promise me that?" Dhahabu finished.

"You and mom are gonna drive me crazy!" Mohatu said with a laugh. "But yes, I promised mother I'd give this some time. And I'll tell you the same thing. I will wait until I'm grown up to decide."

Dhahabu smiled and asked, "So tell me, what does a lion do when his son actually is a cute little furball like you?"

Mohatu smiled innocently and said, "Let him explore the whole Kingdom by himself without Nyuni watching his every move!"

Dhahabu raised his eyebrows and said, "Young lion, you just turned from cute to mischievous!" Then he picked his son up and gave him a big hug. "Go get your brother and sister. I need to play with all three of you! It's been a long day, and I could use some cheering up," Dhahabu finished. Mphatu nodded excitedly and ran towards his siblings to get them. They came to their father as soon as they could and palyed with him until sunset. For the time being, Mohatu was happy with these arrangements. Besides, his hopes hadn't been squashed by his parents, but they'd been boosted. They would definitely support him. But then again, what if he'd never be able to decide? He didn't want to think about it just yet.

[Ushujaa]

i'm all caught up, and i'm glad you took my advice it made reading the dialog much easier,

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