The Lion Guard: The Purest Wolf and the Fiercest Lion

Pain Comes Before Healing

Hello, y'all! I'm back and with the lovely Co-Author, 12112685a, with another installment of the Purest Wolf series. This one will get a bit sad, so I suggest at least sitting down and grabbing a blanket. With that said, onto the story.

It was like any other day for the Lion Guard and Witches Coven, yet there seemed to be more joy in the air. The two groups were hanging out by the Tree of Life with the Night Pride on a beautifully bright and sunny day, formally introducing Alice and Kion's newborn babies.

"They're so cute!" Langara cooed at the cubs, dying from their intense cuteness. "Interesting. The two oldest look like your everyday Lion and Wolf, yet the other two are hybrids of the two. Intriguing." Surak observed the cubs/pups. "Maybe that's another work of Mama's magic," Snow merely shrugged it off, enjoying that she had little siblings now. "Whatever it is, I'm glad that they're here." Fehda pointed out, nuzzling her new brothers and sister. "So am I," Rani agreed with the silver-furred cub, happy for the odd family's new additions. "I'm an uncle now! I'm gonna spoil your children rotten, Kion." Bunga exclaimed happily to his best friend. "Hopefully you won't get them into dangerous situations like you used to get yourself into," Fuli teased the Honey Badger with a smirk. "Pfft. These little angels? Trouble? They'll be just fine." Bunga scoffed playfully, picking up Scarlet to hug her to him. "No, wait, Bunga don't-" Alice tried to warn the Honey Badger.

"OW!" Bunga yelped when he felt Scarlet bite down on his arm, siphoning up a few sips of blood. Kion approached his best friend and grabbing his daughter by her scruff with his teeth. The little Lion pup immediately released the Honey Badger at the feeling of her scruff being picked up. "Sorry, Bunga. They haven't yet learned the difference between friend and food." Alice apologized for her cub. "It's okay... I guess everyone's like that," Bunga dismissed, wincing as he held his injured arm. Everyone shared a laugh at that for a moment before Langara and Dali were tackled by their Jaquin friends and the others.

"Hey, guys!" Dali greeted their friends with a wag of her tail. "It's been a while since we've hung out. What's been going on with you guys?" Melody asked as she swayed her pink tail now and again. "Well, we welcomed Alice and Kion's new babies into the world," Langara explained to her friends. "Really?... Oh my God! Look at them!" Mina, despite her reserved personality, couldn't help but to coo at the sight of the cubs. "Aww... three boys and one girl!" Melody squealed as she gazed down at the playful babies. "Yeah. It would've been nice if they had more girls, but that's alright. Plus, that just means more girl time for Scarlet. Right, Troy?" Giza said to the black tiger cub. However, Troy didn't look like he had heard that. He was busy looking at Alice with many emotions written in his eyes.

"Troy? Are you okay?" Alice asked curiously. The tiger cub held back a growl at the Wolf and tried to grin as though everything was okay. "No problems here, ma'am." He assured her in a forced cheerful voice. "... Troy?" Giza called to him again, able to see the conflict and anger in his eyes. "Yeah, Eagle-eye." Troy replied as he gave the Winged Jaguar his full attention, making sure that his sly grin was at least genuine for her. "Are you sure you're feeling okay? Do you need to talk?" Giza asked her friend in concern, knowing that something was up with him. "I'm fine. And besides, there's nothing to talk about. Everything's okay." Troy told Giza with a wave of his paw, dismissing the conversation. "But-" Giza wanted to push but was interrupted. "He's fine! Look at him. Same old Troy he usually is." Fig said as he swiftly climbed up onto Giza's head. For once in his life, Troy internally thanked his ferret friend for interrupting.

But Giza wouldn't let that deter her from finding out what was going on with the Black Tiger cub. Instead, she decided to be smart about this. "Hey, guys. Why don't we all go find somewhere to play?" Giza suggested it to her friends. "Yeah! Mama, can we take our siblings with us? Pleeeease? We promise we'll watch them the whole time." Snow pleaded to her Wolf mother. "Well... I don't know..." Alice hummed to herself. "Pleeeeeease." Both Fehda and Snow pleaded with her simultaneously, offering her two cute grins. "Well... all right. But you're to stay with them at all times, or there will be no magic lessons for a month. Do you hear me?" Alice told them sternly. "We promise!" The Twins cheered happily and ushered their younger siblings to come with them. Scarlet tried to catch Snow's tail with a growl and a bark while Jax followed after Fehda, nuzzling into her with a purr.