Kivuli had woken up late, tired from playing with the hyenas and Vitani for most of the day before. She had been having some trouble getting to sleep, mostly because her father was doting on Kovu, who was not even his son. If anything, he should be training one of his daughters to take over the pride, or better yet, his actual son. I have no clue what my father sees in Kovu, but I'm not sure how good a king Nuka would be. It was obvious to anyone that if one of Zira's children did end up as Scar's next heir, then she would act as if she was the top lioness, which would be awful for Kivuli, cause she would be out of the pride in no time, whether by exile or death, Zira would probably choose the latter.
If it were up to her, she would prefer that Nuka had been raised to become king, mostly because she felt bad for him. When she got up, she found Kovu and Scar talking, she flattened her ears and growled quietly as she glared at Kovu's back. As far as Kivuli was concerned, this cub that her father had chosen was an outsider, and should be treated as such. No matter what her feelings were though, she would never go against her father or his wishes. She padded up to her father, "Is there anything I could help with today." No matter what she thought of the cub, he was her father's choice, and she would do whatever she could to help him realize any dream he had.
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Pretty much most of the pride had woken up just as Vitani finally woke and she turned over on her side, seeing her mother still asleep. Vitani started to feel restless, so she stood and stretched while giving a big yawn. She noticed Kivuli over by Scar and the prodigal cub, Kovu, it made her cringe at what her mother would think if she saw that. Now that would be really bad if Kovu and Kivuli were to end up together, my mother would go on a rampage. Either way, it was not really Vitani's concern and Kivuli would more than likely never agree to that. It was irritating that her normal playmate was busy with the king, because there was no one else that she really got along so well with.
With a sigh, she headed out of the den, rolling her eyes and smirking as she passed Kivuli. It was not uncommon for Vitani to have to try and find something to do. She had lucked out for once, because Aminifu, one of the teen lionesses sitting by herself. Quietly, Vitani crouched down and focused on her target, without warning she leaped on Aminifu, knocking the expecting lioness to the ground. Vitani did not weigh much, but if you get caught off guard, of course you would fall down. It was weird that Scar had let any lion that was related to Mufasa live in the pride, but then again, Aminifu was a little bit too scared to say anything about her father, even claiming that she has no relation to him at all, saying her father was some lion that she had never met nor learned about. "Man, your face when I jumped on you was priceless!" Vitani found a certain appeal in mocking this specific lioness, though it was not as fun without Kivuli.
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Aminifu had been unable to sleep well, so she had gotten up a lot earlier than the rest of the pride and found a spot where she could just relax just at the bottom of Pride Rock. It was peaceful without anyone harassing her bothering her about her father. It did not matter who it really was, but she did miss the pride as it was when Mufasa was king, but she could never say that, she would more than likely be killed. She had no intention to admit it to anyone, and her mother Kongwe was the only other one that knew, that Mufasa was her father without a doubt. If that knowledge were to get to Scar, she would no longer have to worry about what anyone says, because she would not be around to know about it. Aminifu found it hard to keep this secret, and it was tearing her up from the inside, but there was no one that she could talk about it with, not even her mother.
As the pride had finally woken up, it was clear that no one actually cared to even pay attention to her. Perhaps I should just leave. But what could I do on my own. She sat up and hung her head in defeat, it was clear that no matter what, she was better off staying with the pride and dealing with the emotions she had locked up inside. Just then, she was caught off guard by Vitani and fell on her side as the young cub pounced on her. Vitani was laughing at her, "Just leave me alone please," she padded off, leaving the laughing cub alone. She had decided that it would be better to go see if there was anything she could find to bring back for food.