by Buffy » October 25th, 2009, 3:01 am
The morning came as quickly as the night had come the day before. The earth was still a bit wet from last night's storm but the morning sun had Pride Rock dried up in no time. That was probably the good thing about being a rock in Africa, you would easily get dry from the storms they sometimes had. But there had to be bad things about being a rock, probably more bad things than good. For starters everyone would trample over you and if a rock had feelings it would probably feel humiliated. But not lions. Lions and lionesses are full of pride. And they use the word pride, with pride. The pride is strong, confident and true. But not all prides were feeling that way lately. Simba, their king, had died recently. Everyone was in mourning, mainly his mate Nala and his daughter, Kiara.
Buffy went out to the edge of Pride Rock and gave a stretch before looking out over the pridelands. Something so beautiful, which had been through so much, and now going through a new challenge. A new king. Of course, Kovu is king. But Buffy was worried, she didn't know about Kovu's royalty skills thinking about the way he was raised. She gave a long, sad sigh before turning to head to the waterhole, but before she even started the climb down Pride Rock a voice behind her made her stop. "Hey! Where are you off to?" She turned around to see no one but her best friend, Vitani. Vitani had only been in the pride ever since Simba let the outsiders join back in, but she and Buffy were instant friends. "I am just headed to the waterhole. Need a morning drink you know." Buffy told her and smiled. "Care to join?" Buffy offered and Vitani smirked. "Why even ask? You KNOW I will come along no matter what!" And there she went, Vitani trotted ahead of Buffy who simply shook her head and smiled, "very true", she said to herself and trotted after Vitani. They were both completely unaware of what was happening in the Outlands.