Description
The little lioness was approached by her brother. She had been a little down, so he tried to light her spirits up
"C'mon Kito, let's play hunt! I can be the prey this time"
A silly game of tag usually made Kito happy as she loved running, but she seemed uninterested.
"I'm just a little tired. Why don't you go play with dad?"
Last night the little lioness had stayed up at night. She wanted to show her dad the little mouse she hunted on the field, and was so excited she could barely pretend to be asleep. However when her father entered the cave, he was immediately confronted by her
"Rabsha, why are you ignoring Kito so much? She's your cub too you know? She idolizes you, and you keep disappointing her" Her voice was low, truly annoyed.
"I need to train Kwanza. He still has much to learn. I don't have time to waste playing with a cub"
"Well why don't you take her on his lessons too? I'm sure she'll be well behaved"
"Don't be silly Malkia, royal training is no place for her"
"She's a royal as well! She's your daughter! And our firstborn! Doesn't she deserve a little bit of respect as well?"
Kito's ears perked up, almost revealing her hiding place "I'm the firstborn? Doesn't this mean Im supposed to be the queen?" She though to herself, confused. Then why they never told me that...
"She's a lioness. A lioness's job is to hunt and take care of cubs. She has no business being a queen"
Kito ears dropped. She'd never heard her father talk like this before. Her heart felt heavy. She couldn't be queen? Even though she was the first one? Just because she wasn't a boy?
When the adults apporached she laid next to Kwanza and pretended to sleep. However she couldn't ignore the thoughs who kept coming back into her head, and soon she felt tears rolling down her cheeks.
Kwanza excitedly approached his father
"Dad! Let's play hunt!" She took a look at his face, serene and satisfied, nothings like last night
"Since you're so excited, what do think of another ruling lesson?"
She felt her heart pull again. He would never ask her that
"Dad..." she spoke without realizing, the question escaping her mouth before she could stop herself "Why don't I get lessons too?"
Rabsha gave her a concerned look, as if she was reading his mind
"Because" he glared at his wife, which looked surprised as well "Kwanza is the rightful heir
"And this means I'll be king! Right dad?
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A little story this time! I tried writing this one directly in english without translating, I hope is ok!
Also don't worry about Kito, she has a happy ending ^^
I tried to mimic a movie screen like I did in this drawing: Proud