[Closed] The Previous Generation

[KingKovu44]

Title: The Previous Generation

Story: This is an improved version of the story of "The Brightest star" in which, as I said above, Ahadi is the son of Mohatu and Uru is the daughter of the Selfish Lion. Mohatu has made the law regarding how much the animals can drink during the drought, and Ahadi, notorious for his hotheadedness, attempts to enforce this rule. It is during the course of these attempts that he meets Uru, who he learns is the daughter of the selfish lion that Mohatu has recently confronted. During the course of these events, Ahadi and Uru begin to fall in love. Ahadi asks Mohatu to get her as his mate and future queen, but he refuses upon learning who her father is. When the Selfish Lion begins to challenge Mohatu for the throne, it is up to Ahadi and Uru to stop the fighting. The story continues as Ahadi and Uru grow into adults, begins to wrap up with the birth and presentation of Mufasa and ends with the birth of Taka and Ahadi's rejection of him due to him being born scrawny and sickly.

Cast:

Ahadi- KingKovu44

Uru- TheWhistlerify

Mohatu- TheDoctor

Harufu (Mohatu's mate)- Kopalover

Choyo (the Selfish Lion)- KingKovu44

Mahiri (Choyo's mate)- KingKovu44

[KingKovu44]

Ahadi climbed up Pride Rock and headed for the den to see his parents, King Mohatu and Queen Harufu. A drought had gripped the Pridelands, and now the waterhole was beginning to dry up. Ahadi greeted his mother and then turned his attention to his father. "Father, there is trouble at the waterhole. It has dried up almost to a puddle and the other animals ask for your help," he said.

[TheDoctor]

OOC: Sorry I didn't reply yesterday - I was so busy packing for my move that I just never had the time to properly sit down and write D= Also, what age is Ahadi when we begin?

IC: King Mohatu's sleep had been troubled. With this draught and all the problems it was causing, it was difficult for the King to get some real rest... The river had dried out and the water hole was shrinking by the day. The green grass was gone and the trees were losing their leaves. If no rain came soon, his kingdom would be in the middle of a truly terrible disaster and this troubled the lion greatly. His beautiful Queen did her best to help him, but every night Mohatu fell into deep thought and the more he thought about his trouble, the greater it became. Every morning he awoke hoping that by some miracle the rains would have returned, but every morning he awoke to the same disappointment. And the herds were getting tired and thirsty. They looked to their King for guidance. What to do? He had an idea, but wondered if it could really work...

A familiar voice then caught his attention.

"Father,"

It was his son, Ahadi, coming to the den. Mohatu stood up and stretched thoroughly, hearing his joints creak, then walked up to greet his son. Ahadi did unfortunately not bring good news.

"there is trouble at the waterhole. It has dried up almost to a puddle and the other animals ask for your help,"

Mohatu's face took on a stern expression and he looked past his son, out through the den's opening, to the dry plains. They were golden orange in the morning light, still wrapped in the night's mist. He sighed and looked back to his son. There was nothing else to it, they had to try. "I have thought of a new law, to help us until the rains return." he said. "Each animal will have their own ration of drink for the day, that way we'll save water. We lions will drink last, because we can go for days without water..." This had never been done before, but desperate times called for desperate measures. And this would calm the animals until he had thought of something else, or until rain came and the Zuberi river started flowing again. "Help me assemble the animals, Ahadi. I will announce the law to the kingdom at midday. I will give the Call, but it's important that we find everyone, so I want you and the pride to help me go out and tell them to come."

The great lion then ascended to the edge of Pride Rock and let out two mighty roars. It could be heard for miles around and was the signal that the King had an important announcement to make that required his subjects to gather...

[KingKovu44]

OOC: It's Ok. I understand. As for Ahadi, he's an adolescent at this point.

Ahadi joined his father at Pride Rock's edge. He watched all the animals of the savannah gather below them. It was then that he spoke. "Residents of the Pridelands, your king has created a new law regarding the water situation," he said.

[Kopalover]

Harufu watched her almost fully grown son make the announcement. *Ahh my son, the future King!* She thought happy thoughts, mainly around that topic.

[KingKovu44]

Ahadi could tell from his mother's expression that she was proud of him. He gave her a quick nod of acknowledgment and then turned back to the assembled throng of animals, waiting for his father to speak.

[TheDoctor]

The sun was high and the animals had gathered. Now they all stood below, waiting for the King's announcement. Mohatu surveyed his subjects. Yes, they all seemed to be here. The pride's effort to assemble them all seemed to have been successfull and the great lion stepped forth. "Thank you, son." he said to Ahadi and nodded respectfully. "My friends," he continued, now addressing his subjects "this draught has taken a heavy toll on all of us. I know this as well as you. I do not know when the rains will return and as our water supply is quickly depleting, I have made a new law to ensure that the water lasts for as long as possible. Until a new solution is made, each and every one of you will have a certain ration of water every day." A murmur of surprise, and questioning, went through the crowd below."Now, I know this will not be easy, but we must preserve all the water we can in these desperate times..." The King then went on to explain how much every animal would be allowed to drink every day and in the end he thought it seemed like most of them agreed. "We must help each other through this. Remember, we are all in this together and if we are to survive, everyone must co-operate."

After the announcement had finished the animals scattered across the dry plains once more, excitedly chattering away about the new law. It was a brand new idea that had never been done before, but they all agreed to try.

Mohatu had descended the great rock to answer questions from some animals that had stayed behind and then watched them as they left. Would this work? Maybe. It required patience and co-operation from everyone and while he knew he could trust a lot of his subjects, there were some that he had doubts about. He hadn't seen Choyo at the assembly, for example...

Once on top of Pride Rock again, he turned to his mate and son with an almost sheepish grin. "So, do you think this will work?"

[KingKovu44]

"I hope so, Father. If you like, I will go down to the waterhole and make sure the rule is obeyed," Ahadi replied.

[TheDoctor]

Mohatu nodded. "That sounds like a very good idea, my son. The animals will probably need guidance, especially now in the beginning. If you'd like to take first watch, we could take turns in watching over them." The king looked towards the faint glimmering patch of silver in the distance that was the water hole. It was indeed a lot smaller than usual and it was only a matter of time before it would fade to nothing. What to do, what to do... He then realised he was going into one of those 'deep thought' moments and snapped back to the present. "I'll come and relieve you later. If trouble arises, you know where to find me. Good luck, son." Mohatu said and smiled. Ahadi would do well, as long as he didn't get into one of those tempers. Best to stay on the alert, just in case.

[KingKovu44]

OOC: This is Uru's first appearance.

Ahadi bowed his head. "I won't let you down, Father," he said. Following that gesture, he left and headed to the waterhole, explained his purpose and got to work. Each of the animals came to drink what little remained of the water. After he had been there some time, a lion with pale brown fur and a reddish-brown mane arrived on the scene and went to the water and started drinking, before the lions were supposed to, as well as drinking more than his fill. This angered Ahadi and he went over. "You are breaking my father's law," the prince began. The new lion looked up at him with a snarl. "Who are you?" he said. "I am Ahadi, son of the king. You are not supposed to be drinking at this time," Ahadi replied. "Well, I am Choyo, and I care nothing for the king or his laws," the lion said before stalking off. Ahadi snarled. Just then, however, he saw an attractive young lioness step out from behind some rocks. Ahadi was instantly smitten with her. "What do you want?" he asked the lioness in his most polite tone.