Awena Prays

DAMN AM I PROUD OF THIS ONE! Owo

The lighting is perfect, the shading is top notch, the emotion is BRILLIANT! And FOR ONCE! FINALLY!! I WAS ABLE TO DRAW A LION AGAIN! This had to be the best image and emotional drawing I have EVER had!

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Awena lied down at the edge of pride rock. Her face was long over the thought of her family. Thoughts clouded her vision. Where is Bahari? Why did father have to kill mother? Why did Tamasha have to go? Why did the cubs arrive so suddenly? Why everything... Just... Why? A small bird with a colorful beak flew next to her. "Your highness, why are you awake? You should be in your den, resting."
This bird was Amiri, the son of Zazu. He was nearly juvinile, but he was respectable and old enough to serve the royal family. Awena looked at Amiri and said, "I'm just thinking about the disappearance of the King, my sister, my mother... My father... And I'm thinking about the arrival of my cubs."
"Where is the King, anyway? Don't you know?" Amiri asked. "As your husband, shouldn't he have told you where he was off to?"
Awena lied her head on her paws and said, "He didn't say anything before he left."
"And right as you gave birth?"
Awena nodded sadly and huffed. "I wonder where he's gone to. I wonder where Tamasha is. I wonder why mother and father had to die."
Amiri waddled in front of her and said, "My queen, you must not fill your head with so many depressing thoughts. Right now, you have a daughter and two sons to look after."
Awena lifted her head. "You're right, Amiri."
"Now go inside, you'll catch your death out here." Amiri then turned around and spread his wings. "I will send out a search party as soon as you are asleep. All of the lioness' will be out and searching for Bahari."
Awena stood up and walked away into the cave of pride rock. The fluttering feathers of Amiri sounded from the back of her. As she lied down next to her three cubs, she looked down at her children and whispered, "Mother, as much as I am aware you do not carry the royal blood in me, I must ask you to answer my prayers. Watch over my children. Watch over my Bahari. Watch over my kingdom... I cannot do this on my own, for Tamasha is gone and cannot assist me. Do as much as you can to save me from the depression I slowly feel myself falling into." And as she closed her eyes to fall asleep, a swift, gentle wind sweeped across her and her cubs.

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All characters are mine but the concept belongs to Disney.