lion king Kiara's reign

chapter 3

Leah and Asha played for what seemed like hours, they laughed and chased each other Leah only tripped twice, which was quite good for her. Leah caught Asha off-guard and was able to pin her down. Asha laughed and tried to get up, but Leah held her down, with a very smug look on her face. A drop of rain landed on the back of her head. She got off of her sister and stared up at the gray sky. Asha got up and looked up at the sky as well. Her expression was troubled. Leah looked off to where the others had to run off maybe 20 minutes ago. She looked at Asha, who still looked troubled.
  "Shouldn't they be back by now?" Leah asked her sister. Asha met Leah's concerned gaze. "Yeah and the Ravine gets petty dangerous in the rain." Asha replied. She glanced over at her mother, who had dozed off on the rock with Nala and Aunt 'Tani. The trees branches sheltered them from the now pouring rain. Asha and the others were told to stay at the water hole, so Koda and the others would be in big trouble if Kiara found out that they left. As angry as she was with her brother, she couldn't let him get in trouble.
  "Let's go get our moronic brother, shall we?" Asha said, following the tracks left by the others. Leah nodded and limped after her.
  The rain hammered down on the sisters as they follow the paw prints in the mud. They entered through the long grass; the sound of rushing water got louder and louder. They were almost at the ravine. Asha had a horrible feeling in her gut as she emerged from the grass, Leah right on her tail. Thunder boomed overhead as the rain continue to pour. Asha squinted through the rain as she saw the cubs leaning over the edge of chasm, they were screaming and calling a name. Asher ran up to them. Asante, Akila and Dogo were there, but Koda was nowhere to be seen. Leah looked over the edge. Her heart leaped up into her throat as she saw Koda, dangling halfway down the Ravine, his teeth were clench onto a rotting vine that stuck out of the rocky wall. The river rushed below him.
  "KODA!" Ash's screen down on him. Koda stared up at her. His eyes were wild with fear. The vine was starting to split apart. Asha turned around to face dogo, Asante and Akila. She had a mad light in her eyes.
  "Go get my parents and bring them here immediately!" She ordered. Asante exchanged a glance with Akila.
  "But then they'll know we were-" dogo started. "GO!!" Asha screamed. The three cleared out into the long grass.
  "Leah, quick, we need to-" Asha started, turning back towards Leah, but leah wasn't there anymore. Ice formed in Asha's stomach as she quickly looked over the edge to see Leah down on a narrow ledge, now holding the other end of Koda's vine. She had caught it before Koda could plummet any further down the crevice. 'How did she get down there?' Asha thought. Lighting flash overhead as Leah try to pull Koda up. the ledge she was standing on started crumbling under her paws.
  Asha saw what was coming. She sprang down the ravine, somehow finding foothold like a mountain goat. The ledge gave way as Leah tumble down. Asha dug her claws into the rocky chasm wall and snapped her jaws down onto the middle of the vine, stopping Koda and Leah's fall. Asha strained against her weight. Her paws were bleeding from scraping against the rocks. Koda dangled from one end of the Vine, Leah dangling on the other end.
  Leah could see the side holding Koda was fraying, soon it would snap again. She looked up at her side; it was fraying as well. She could see Asha starting to shake, trying to hold them both up. Leah's heart pounded, as she saw Asha's grip on the rocky wall loosening slightly. She couldn't save them both. Tears streamed  down Asha's cheeks.
  "Asha!" Leah shouted up to her sister through her teeth, "the vines snapping!"
  Asha's eyes shut, as she tried to pull once again. Her entire body was shaking Koda's vine was frayed halfway through. Leah knew there was no more time.
  "Asha you can't save us both!" Leah screamed through her teeth. Asha's eyes widened, "Let me fall, and save Koda!"
  "No leah! I will never let you fall!" Asha screamed back, her teeth tightly clenched on the vines middle. Leah knew this was coming. "I know you won't." She said, in a tired tone. Koda's eyes darted to his sister. Asha's eyes were locked onto her sister. Her heart nearly stopped after what happened next
  Leah released her bite on the vine and let herself drop down into the turbulent waters below. 'NOOOOOOOOOO!!' Asha screamed in her head. She almost  screamed out loud, but then she remembered that she still had her brother on the other end of the vine. She heard distant calls above the ravine; she knew it was her parents. She felt a surge of adrenaline run through her limbs as she tried once more to pull him back up. Her sister sacrifice was not going to be for nothing.
   Asha's muscles screamed in protest as she slowly made it up the wall of the ravine. The rain was still hammering down, making the rocks slippery. Asha  almost made it to the top of the ravine wall, when the foothold she had broke apart. She and her brother would've  fallen to their deaths if it hadn't been for the set of jaws that manage to catch the scruff of her neck. She and her brother were pulled out of the ravine to the safety of the ledge. Koda and Asha tried to catch their breath. Asha felt like she was about to pass out as she gazed up at her rescuer. A large dark furred lion with a big mane and a scar over his left eye stood over her, it was her father, Kovu. Behind him were Kiara, Nala, Simba and Vitani. They all had worried looks on their faces.
  Kovu's face had a mix of worry and anger on it. Kiara stepped over to her Cubs.
  "Are you two alright?" She asked, her voice shaking, "where is Leah?"
  Asha exchanged looks with Koda. He was grief stricken.
  "Where is Leah?" Kovu repeated. Asha stared up at her father and burst into tears.