Title: While Simba Was Gone
Summary: A VERY different plot! Nala gets married to a rouge lion, while Simba was in the oasis! Then when the Pride finds out Simba is alive, they must reunite Nala and Simba if there is any hope of the Pride surviving! Many twists planned! Read & Review!
WARNING: Alternate pairing, Nala/and my original character, Kali. May change later in story, not sure yet. Might be Scar or Simba or even Mufasa back from the dead. Whatever my little heart desires =P
I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE ORIGINAL CHARACTERS! THE ONES THAT AREN'T IN THE MOVIE ARE MINE! THIS GOES FOR ALL OF MY STORIES! I AM IN NO WAY ASSOCIATED WITH DISNEY OR THE LION KING!
And, ghost pride is like ghost town.
Chapter 1: Barren Lands.
Nala twisted away from Kali, laughing. "Get away from me, cub," she said still laughing, jokingly. Kali drew back as Nala hit him with her paw lightly. "Who you calling a cub?"
"You!" she laughed, licking his cheek. It was the only time she was happy, being with Kali, now that Scar's reign as King had destroyed to Pride Lands to little more then a ghost pride. One of the older lionesses, Tika, had dropped to the ground to her death from lack of food. Nala looked around, as she always did, hoping to see a lone animal, a rat, anything.
They had been hunting the little savannah mice, to keep away from the starvation that was slowly claiming the Pride. But now those, too, were gone, leaving nothing but grass. Now nothing was left. It was just barren land, waiting for the Pride to move on, with the herds.
But Scar was not only a tyrant, but he was also incompetent as King. He refused to see any lionesses, knowing they would only beg to move with the herds, and chose to become a recluse in the lion's den, coming out only to order the hunting party out or to talk to the few hyenas who still liked him.
The hyenas were getting angry with 'their' King. The food they had been promised for their loyalty was not in steady supply anymore, as all that was left were a few birds that made sure to keep high in the air, out of the reach of the hunting party, knowing they were desperate.
Nala was brought from her thoughts when Kali rubbed against her, sitting down by her side. "Mind telling me what's in that mind of yours?" he asked, staring into her eyes, the eyes that always mesmerized him.
Nala took a deep breath, sighing. "Just thinking about how the Pride Lands have changed since I was a cub," she said softly, staring out, as he did also. She started thinking at how once, she was intended to be with Simba. Her mouth instantly turned into a sad frown. She remembered how she had said it was gross, even though deep inside she was excited to be the future Queen, and Simba's mate.
"I remember it. My mother took me to visit here once, I remember thinking how plentiful it was. There were many, almost too many, herds."
"There were never to many. It was perfect, just as I thought it always would be." Nala replied, cleaning her paw.
"Nala, would you, um, want to be married to me?" Nala perked her ears in interest.
She smiled, blushing a bit, "Yeah. That would be nice." Kali smiled to, his eyes shining. "Well then lets!" he exploded.
But Nala was still sullen. "Scar will never accept the marriage, or perform it. He want's," she sighed, "for me to have his cub. He already announced that he would impregnate me, even though I'm far from my date." By then, her ears were pinned.
"He can't do that!" he declared, "It's against the Law of the Lands, I'm sure!"
"It is, but he can change them. He's king," she gently reminded him. She rubbed the top of her head under his chin. "We'll find a way, we will," she said soothingly, watching the stars. She found herself wondering if Simba was up there, because he didn't even get the chance to be King, and she was sure he would've been a great King, a King to be remembered.
Sarafina swallowed, watching Scar anxiously, as he went to the tip of Pride Rock, hoping he wouldn't call for the hunting party, as her eyes searched for Nala.
Sarabi walked to her side. "Have you seen her?" She shook her head, still watching for her only cub, who was anything but a cub now. Lions had noticed her, even some who already had mates, and she had been taking a interest in one in particular - Kali. She saw the grass move on the other side, where Scar couldn't see her.
"Nala?" she hissed.
"I'm here, I'm here. Am I in trouble from Scar?" she asked. Sarabi shook her head. "He's about to call for us, now, though. Where were you?" Nala smiled.
"You were with Kali again, weren't you?" Sarafina smiled. Nala smiled also.
"I don't know what to do. He asked me to marry him today, and I want to, but Scar will never agree."
Sarafina frowned, but here eyes were sparkling. "I know what you have to do," she swallowed, "You have to run, run away with him. You won't ever be married, because the lioness must be married by her Pride, but you will be mates in your heart. That is the only way." Sarafina licked Nala's cheek, comforting her.
"But I don't want to leave you! Sarabi, my friends!" Nala cried.
Sarafina lowered her head angrily to Nala. "Shush! Do you want Scar to hear," she hissed. Her eyebrows were scrunched in anger, concern, "I want your life to be full of something, I want you to live," her eyebrows lightened, "You will die if you stay here. There is nothing left for this Pride, and some are already dropping. Your bones jut out, a lioness so young like you should not be in this condition. You need to find a land with herds, dreams, and a mate." Sarafina smiled again, "I love you."
"I love you too," she whispered to her mother, leaning against her. "I will leave, during the hunting party. Say I was killed when I fell off a cliff or something."
"But he will want to see the body!"
"Tell him it was too mangled to see and then some hyenas ate it. Anything. Just," she sighed, "I still don't know if I should leave."
"Of course, you-"She was interrupted by the annoyed call of Scar's asking for Sarabi as he usually did, always wanting her to get the hunting party going.
"Sarabi, get food today. I mean it," he snarled, his voice getting lower, "Or perhaps YOU will be my next meal." Several gasps came from the lionesses, their ears pinned.
"There is nothing to hunt! Why don't you come with us one time, tell us how much you see for as far as we travel!" This earned her a cheeky grin from her king.
"I don't have to do anything I don't want," he said, still smiling, "I'm the KING!" Sarabi snarled at him, leaping off of a large rock to where the hunting party stood, waiting for her so they could go out.
"Let's go," she growled, still angry. The lionesses followed her, all with heavy hearts, knowing their last chance of a good heir - Nala - would be leaving for a better life.
Nala spotted Kali and smiled, as he came from his hiding spot in the long African grasses to her side. Nala rubbed against him, purring, but also starting to cry. He understood - she was leaving her family, and where she had lived all of her life. Nala looked toward her mother for support, but Sarafina was just staring at the ground, digging at it with one of her claws.
"Bye, everyone," she said softly, joining Kali, and running. Running away from Pride Rock, home of the starving lionesses, tyrant King, and barren lands.
A/N: What do ya think? OOO this story's gonna be good! Review!
Summary: A VERY different plot! Nala gets married to a rouge lion, while Simba was in the oasis! Then when the Pride finds out Simba is alive, they must reunite Nala and Simba if there is any hope of the Pride surviving! Many twists planned! Read & Review!
WARNING: Alternate pairing, Nala/and my original character, Kali. May change later in story, not sure yet. Might be Scar or Simba or even Mufasa back from the dead. Whatever my little heart desires =P
I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE ORIGINAL CHARACTERS! THE ONES THAT AREN'T IN THE MOVIE ARE MINE! THIS GOES FOR ALL OF MY STORIES! I AM IN NO WAY ASSOCIATED WITH DISNEY OR THE LION KING!
And, ghost pride is like ghost town.
Chapter 1: Barren Lands.
Nala twisted away from Kali, laughing. "Get away from me, cub," she said still laughing, jokingly. Kali drew back as Nala hit him with her paw lightly. "Who you calling a cub?"
"You!" she laughed, licking his cheek. It was the only time she was happy, being with Kali, now that Scar's reign as King had destroyed to Pride Lands to little more then a ghost pride. One of the older lionesses, Tika, had dropped to the ground to her death from lack of food. Nala looked around, as she always did, hoping to see a lone animal, a rat, anything.
They had been hunting the little savannah mice, to keep away from the starvation that was slowly claiming the Pride. But now those, too, were gone, leaving nothing but grass. Now nothing was left. It was just barren land, waiting for the Pride to move on, with the herds.
But Scar was not only a tyrant, but he was also incompetent as King. He refused to see any lionesses, knowing they would only beg to move with the herds, and chose to become a recluse in the lion's den, coming out only to order the hunting party out or to talk to the few hyenas who still liked him.
The hyenas were getting angry with 'their' King. The food they had been promised for their loyalty was not in steady supply anymore, as all that was left were a few birds that made sure to keep high in the air, out of the reach of the hunting party, knowing they were desperate.
Nala was brought from her thoughts when Kali rubbed against her, sitting down by her side. "Mind telling me what's in that mind of yours?" he asked, staring into her eyes, the eyes that always mesmerized him.
Nala took a deep breath, sighing. "Just thinking about how the Pride Lands have changed since I was a cub," she said softly, staring out, as he did also. She started thinking at how once, she was intended to be with Simba. Her mouth instantly turned into a sad frown. She remembered how she had said it was gross, even though deep inside she was excited to be the future Queen, and Simba's mate.
"I remember it. My mother took me to visit here once, I remember thinking how plentiful it was. There were many, almost too many, herds."
"There were never to many. It was perfect, just as I thought it always would be." Nala replied, cleaning her paw.
"Nala, would you, um, want to be married to me?" Nala perked her ears in interest.
She smiled, blushing a bit, "Yeah. That would be nice." Kali smiled to, his eyes shining. "Well then lets!" he exploded.
But Nala was still sullen. "Scar will never accept the marriage, or perform it. He want's," she sighed, "for me to have his cub. He already announced that he would impregnate me, even though I'm far from my date." By then, her ears were pinned.
"He can't do that!" he declared, "It's against the Law of the Lands, I'm sure!"
"It is, but he can change them. He's king," she gently reminded him. She rubbed the top of her head under his chin. "We'll find a way, we will," she said soothingly, watching the stars. She found herself wondering if Simba was up there, because he didn't even get the chance to be King, and she was sure he would've been a great King, a King to be remembered.
Sarafina swallowed, watching Scar anxiously, as he went to the tip of Pride Rock, hoping he wouldn't call for the hunting party, as her eyes searched for Nala.
Sarabi walked to her side. "Have you seen her?" She shook her head, still watching for her only cub, who was anything but a cub now. Lions had noticed her, even some who already had mates, and she had been taking a interest in one in particular - Kali. She saw the grass move on the other side, where Scar couldn't see her.
"Nala?" she hissed.
"I'm here, I'm here. Am I in trouble from Scar?" she asked. Sarabi shook her head. "He's about to call for us, now, though. Where were you?" Nala smiled.
"You were with Kali again, weren't you?" Sarafina smiled. Nala smiled also.
"I don't know what to do. He asked me to marry him today, and I want to, but Scar will never agree."
Sarafina frowned, but here eyes were sparkling. "I know what you have to do," she swallowed, "You have to run, run away with him. You won't ever be married, because the lioness must be married by her Pride, but you will be mates in your heart. That is the only way." Sarafina licked Nala's cheek, comforting her.
"But I don't want to leave you! Sarabi, my friends!" Nala cried.
Sarafina lowered her head angrily to Nala. "Shush! Do you want Scar to hear," she hissed. Her eyebrows were scrunched in anger, concern, "I want your life to be full of something, I want you to live," her eyebrows lightened, "You will die if you stay here. There is nothing left for this Pride, and some are already dropping. Your bones jut out, a lioness so young like you should not be in this condition. You need to find a land with herds, dreams, and a mate." Sarafina smiled again, "I love you."
"I love you too," she whispered to her mother, leaning against her. "I will leave, during the hunting party. Say I was killed when I fell off a cliff or something."
"But he will want to see the body!"
"Tell him it was too mangled to see and then some hyenas ate it. Anything. Just," she sighed, "I still don't know if I should leave."
"Of course, you-"She was interrupted by the annoyed call of Scar's asking for Sarabi as he usually did, always wanting her to get the hunting party going.
"Sarabi, get food today. I mean it," he snarled, his voice getting lower, "Or perhaps YOU will be my next meal." Several gasps came from the lionesses, their ears pinned.
"There is nothing to hunt! Why don't you come with us one time, tell us how much you see for as far as we travel!" This earned her a cheeky grin from her king.
"I don't have to do anything I don't want," he said, still smiling, "I'm the KING!" Sarabi snarled at him, leaping off of a large rock to where the hunting party stood, waiting for her so they could go out.
"Let's go," she growled, still angry. The lionesses followed her, all with heavy hearts, knowing their last chance of a good heir - Nala - would be leaving for a better life.
Nala spotted Kali and smiled, as he came from his hiding spot in the long African grasses to her side. Nala rubbed against him, purring, but also starting to cry. He understood - she was leaving her family, and where she had lived all of her life. Nala looked toward her mother for support, but Sarafina was just staring at the ground, digging at it with one of her claws.
"Bye, everyone," she said softly, joining Kali, and running. Running away from Pride Rock, home of the starving lionesses, tyrant King, and barren lands.
A/N: What do ya think? OOO this story's gonna be good! Review!