Now that I'm done with To The Unknown FINALLY, I'm ready to do this story, which is The Lion King based story. About a year ago, I was listing story ideas based off of movies I really liked and think would be great with Yu-Gi-Oh. It was when I decided to write Yu-Gi-Oh fan fictions from now on. Most of those movie based stories were denied since then, due to me not being interested or not figuring out the plots. I did leave two of those listed ideas: this one and another one that was The Parent Trap based. I normally would've tried the other one, since it came first, but there are two reasons why The Switcheroo is not going first. 1. I already made two Parent Trap based stories and I'm bored with fan fictions I've already done in the past. 2. I haven't come up with a complete different storyline to it from the other two I made. So, there you have it! I came up with this idea, due to the fact that the last season of Yu-Gi-Oh, Memory World, reminded me so much of The Lion King. Every aspect of it seemed to point out to The Lion King and even Littlekuriboh made a joke about that in his video Pharaoh's Throne and no, this idea did not come from that video. This story idea was on my profile for over a year, so that wouldn't make any wick of sense. You can ask Aqua Girl 007 if you don't believe me. I talked to her about this story before the video even came out. Without farther ado, let's get started on this story, based off of The Lion King. Review please!
Aknadin was the high priest of the Pharaoh's court and the king's brother. For so long, he had been with his brother through thick and thin, even through the war. Pharaoh Aknamkanon was the king of Egypt and a noble one too. Everyone knew of him and how he would fight for peace throughout Egypt. Though, war would break and he would have to fight to protect his people.
During the war with the Persians, Aknamkanon discovered the most shocking news: his wife was carrying a child. The king was most pleased with this news, including the possibility of twins being involved. Aknadin found his way to the throne starting to become farther and farther away, especially if this were to involve twins in the matter. Still, Aknadin stood by his brother's side, seeing this was no time to be worrying about gaining the crown or not. He would worry about that later.
It was not long before Aknamkanon finally reunited with his beautiful wife and now newborn son. His wife Hathor had been through so much during the war, especially with having to run from the enemies, who were gaining closer to her. She had to run through the lands of Egypt while carrying her son. She had mentioned this to the king, showing a hint of sadness about something. Nobody really could tell what the two would be sad about, since they had just given birth to their new baby.
There was a ceremony, celebrating the birth of Prince Atem. Aknadin was at home with his wife, who was giving birth to a son of their own, Prince Seth. The brother of the king was not really interested in attending the ceremony of Prince Atem anyways. It was already enough that he had to deal with the fact that he would never take the throne and the young Prince was now taking that spot. Aknadin found this to be very unfair indeed.
After the birth of Prince Seth, helping his wife going through labor, Aknadin walked through the garden of the palace. He needed to take his mind off of things for a while. Shimon was found making his way to the Pharaoh's brother. Aknadin rose two eyebrows, wondering what Shimon had to say. He didn't really like the older priest, so to speak, for reasons never mentioned in the presence of the public.
"Hello, Priest Aknadin, I'm here to announce that the Pharaoh is on his way, so you better have a good excuse for not attending the ceremony!" Shimon glared displeased.
"I have my reasons, Priest Shimon! You can be sure that it was of mere importance!" Aknadin said plainly.
"I sure hope so! It is your nephew afterall and you know very well how important this is to your brother!"
"You mean half brother or is your memory dying?" Aknadin asked as Shimon's eyes darted another direction, then narrowed his eyes.
"I know you have every right to hate me and I made a terrible mistake in the past, but we must let it die. Don't let this effect the relationship of your brother. He loves you with his dear heart."
"Shimon!" The Pharaoh called out, not hearing the previous conversation Shimon had with Aknadin. He turned and bowed to the king. "Is everything okay?
"Everything is fine, sir! I'll let you two talk," Shimon said and with that he left. He always had known of Aknadin's hatred toward him, not that he didn't think he deserved it. Shimon carried a dark secret that was only known to Pharaoh Aknamkanon and Priest Aknadin. In truth, when the Pharaoh before Aknamkanon ruled, he would continually neglect his wife every day. Shimon felt sorry for the woman and comforted her when her husband was gone. Shimon did the unthinkable for one time to the young queen and she carried a son not too long after that. Aknamkanon was the first to figure out this horrifying discovery, that Shimon was his true father at age 15, and told his brother, who never forgave the old priest after that. In truth, Shimon greatly regretted for what he did and even had a hard time forgiving himself, but still loved Aknamkanon as his own blood son, which he was.
"Hathor and I never saw you at the ceremony!" Aknamkanon said displeased, after Shimon left
"That was today? Oh, my king, I feel so awful! With my wife giving birth, it must've slipped my mind!" Aknadin lied, acting like he cared.
The king sighed and said, "I suppose I can forgive you, but you must understand your priorities and responsibilities!"
"Of course!"
"I would let this slide, but you've been delaying your responsibilities as the high priest! You are the future king after all! I hope you understand this!"
"I do, Pharaoh! We've never always agreed on the same terms, but when it comes to loyalty, I'm always by your side!"
Aknamkanon sighed deeply, then showed a smile on his face before saying, "congratulations on your child's birth."
"Same to you! I'm sorry I couldn't make it. I know my son will make a loyal companion to the future king!"
"I hope so, my brother! Co'mon, let us eat!"
"Yes, my Pharaoh!"
"And Aknadin, I know you're still angry at Shimon, but we must put the past behind us and move on. It maybe hard, I know your ways, but if you don't forgive Shimon, you will find yourself in a dark void of no return. Do you understand?"
"Yes, my Pharaoh," Aknadin replied, still scrunching his eyebrows together before his brother nodded. He followed the Pharaoh to the dinning room of the palace.
