Yahlula

Xhosa - Divided :)
Daughter of the Lead Huntress Jinni and the King Isokan.
Sister of Sabi, the twins Samada and Tsirkiya, and Eshu.
Aunt of Shabeel.
Great Great Granddaughter of the first lead huntress Isipho.
Great Great Granddaughter of the first King Loku.
5th gen.

Upon the birth of her two tailed daughter Jinni isn't quite sure what to make of motherhood. It doesn't soften her and neither do Isokans pleas to move them both into the royal den so he can watch his daughter grow. Even he knows better than to push Jinni too far.

"She will stay with me and train," she growls at him while nursing little Lula. "She is big and strong, with your Primal blood and my huntress heritage she will make a fine huntress!" Isokan says nothing, but still, wishes to be a part of her life as he is with Sabi, and Jinni reluctantly concedes that she will benefit from her father's company. "Don't be soft though," she snarls. "Yahlula must learn well from us both."

She is not as vicious as her mother and likes spending time with her father more than Jinni, but doesn't say so. She takes pride in her double tail, as both parents say that it makes her doubly special. But they both have different reasons for saying so. Her sister also likes to spend time with her, even though she comes across as a little odd, Sabi wouldn't have her any other way.

As Lula matures she learns to treat her mother with respectful indifference and keeps her distance as much as possible. This suits Jinni fine. To her Lula is just another huntress to train, and although she is proud of her daughter's progress, it hasn't made her any more maternal.

Jinni much prefers her younger daughter to Yahlula and makes no effort to hide it. Eshu especially loves to rub this in her big sister's face whilst sitting smugly between her mother's paws.

Luckily her newest younger sister doesn't rub things in, she thinks sourly. I am older sister to a future queen? She vents on her father, who isn't quite sure how to placate her.

"Yahlula found a pretty rock. You carry it to water and rinse it off for them, and they are delighted at how it now sparkles in the sun!" D'aaaaw :)

"As you approached Yahlula, her butt started wiggling, and she ended up slapping you in the face with her tails from excitement." Aaw :)