A New Addition to the Family

Nirmala: "Believe me, Nya if that was the case I wouldn’t have brought you back here for the  meal you deserve or a warm bed for you to rest your little head. Besides a family of tigers does live here and the cubs are just a little bit older then you are now. I'm sure their mother, Varya wouldn't mind if you got well acquainted with her cubs."

Nya: "I would love to get to know them what are their names?"

Nirmala: "Feliks, Polina, and Pasha. You'll love the three of them I can guarantee you that much."

Nya: "I'm looking forward to meeting them."

Nirmala: "That's not all just wait until you meet Baraka."

Nya: "Baraka?"

Nirmala: "You two have much more in common then you think. You'll meet him later but first lets head back to my den and I'll fetch you some food."

Nya's stomach growled as she blushed of embarrassment.

Nirmala: "Perhaps your stomach agrees. Come and I'll grab you some food."


~ Back at Nirmala and Surak's Den... ~

Maua and her younger brother, Sahasi where hanging around their den with Sahasi sunning himself under a large sunny spot while Maua was gathering new stocks of herbs while cleaning out the dead and dried up old ones inside the den all at the same time. As Maua was looked over to her brother she rolled her heterochromia eyes before shooting Sahasi a dirty look.

Maua: "Hey! Can't I get some help? Stop lazing about and lend me a paw already!"

Sahasi: "We've been over this, Maua! Herbs and healing methods is yours and Mom's thing."

Maua hissed as she gritted her teeth in annoyance at her brother's childish response.

Maua: "You don't have to be an expert like me to clean out the den now get over here and--"

Nirmala: "Hello? Anybody home?" 

Maua and Sahasi stopped their bickering at once they heard their mother's voice breaking through the trees. 

Maua: "Hi Mom!"

Sahasi: "Afternoon Mom! How was the patrol?"

Nirmala: "Well I didn't find any sign of Banya's goons and no Winter Pride stranglers where lingering around our edge of the boarder but I did find someone wondering alone near the boarder."

Maua: "Oh yeah? Who is it Mom?"

Nirmala: "You can come out now!"

A little orange form with stripes came out from behind Nirmala's legs as she looked around carefully then she spotted Maua and Sahasi as the siblings stared at her in shock.

Sahasi: "A female liger!"

Maua: "Not a liger, Sahasi but a tigon."

Sahasi: "What's the difference? Baraka is one of her kind so why would it make a difference?"

Maua: "It all comes down to the parentage, brother. Where as Baraka's father was a lion and his mother was a tiger this young female has a tiger for a father and a lioness for a mother."

Sahasi: "Is this true, Mom?"

Nirmala: "What your sister says is true, son. That's the very difference between the two types of hybrids. Now Nya why don't you go and get something to eat then we'll go see the king and queen."

Nya only nodded and went to the corner where Nirmala's family kept their stock of meat handy. She grabbed a mountain goat leg and took it over to a tree where she munched on it hungrily. While the cub was eating Nirmala turned back to her own two cubs.

Nirmala: "Hey you two how would you feel about having another sibling?"

Maua: "Mom are you--"

Nirmala: "No I'm not expecting, Maua! I was however thinking of adopting this young one into our family."

Sahasi: "Where are her parents, Mom?"

Nirmala: "She told me her mother has went to see the Great Kings and Queens in the stars. Her father she had never met before but she tells me she has no other place else to go. I took great pity on her and I haven't brought the offer up to her yet but how would you feel about adopting Nya here as your younger sister of course I will speak to your father when he returns from his own patrol but I just wanted to grab both of your inputs on the idea before I ask her to join our family."

Maua: "I've always wanted a little sister to look at me as a role model. What do you think Sahasi?"

Sahasi: "Eh... You can be a thorn in my side at times, sis but after hearing Nya's situation I would be happy to take her in with open paws and call her "my sister"."

Nirmala: "Excellent then after we meet with Kion and Rani I'll make the offer known that she will be welcome to join our family if that's what she wishes."

Nirmala glances back at Nya as she's still munching on her meal in silence. While Sahasi and Maua share an look of excitement about getting another sibling. Nirmala's mate, Surak would need a little more convincing yes he was known to be calm and likes to think before he acts but he also was known to be very stubborn with his views too. Yes he would take pity on Nya's story but Surak was one of the lions who voted to kick Amela out of the tree and into exile. So hopefully Surak would accept Nya as his daughter and would protect her with his life if he ever had too.

Nya belongs to  while Sahasi and Banya belong to and Baraka belongs to both of them I've been granted permission to use both of their characters in my stories just as they have permission to use my characters in their stories. 

All bases I used today are made by ~  ~ Kion and Rani Base 10, (Request) Kiara and Nirmala Base