The Black Lion

By: Webcam875

Disclaimer: I do not own Lion King. I do own my friends that may or may not be shown in this Fanfic. I really wanted to use Amase's OCs, Kito and Aiehu, but seeing how he/she hasn't been on for like two years, I'm going to use it them anyway... AMASE... IF YOU ARE READING THIS, CHECK YOUR INBOX FOR MY MESSAGE!

Exclaimer: For those who don't like my story, don't read it...

Prologue

-_-Rio-_-

"Can't catch me!" Shenzi yelled as she looked back at me, smiling.

"Oh yeah? Watch this!" I yelled back as I picked up a sudden burst of speed. Little to our knowledge, we were both running straight for Adventurer's Cliffs. Shenzi managed to grab a hold of the ledge. I skidded to a stop right in front of her.

"HELP ME!" Shenzi screamed.

"HOLD ON!" I screamed back. (There was a heavy wind.)

"I'M SLIPPING!" Shenzi screamed before she lost her hold.

"SHENZI!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.

"Do you see what you have done, Rio?" A voice behind me said.

I was awoken by my mother, Ashia, shaking me with her paw.

"Rio! Wake up!" She said still shaking me.

"I'm up! I'm up! Why did you shake me?" I said.

"You were screaming in your sleep again. Honey, what's wrong?" Mother asked in a concerned voice.

"I've been having these reoccurring nightmares lately. It is always exactly the same thing."

"What are they about?"

"It starts off with me and Shenzi playing tag-" I stopped when I saw Mom staring at me with a raised eyebrow. "Mom will you grow up? Anyway, while we're playing tag, we don't look where we're going. We always head for Adventurer's Cliffs. Shenzi manages to stop herself in time to grab onto the ledge while I skid to a stop in front of her. When I try to grab her she loses her hold and falls to the bottom. But, right after I lose sight of her, and before I wake up, I hear a voice behind me that says, 'Do you see what you have done, Rio?' It scares me every time I see it. I'm afraid that it'll come true." I finished, basically in tears. Several other lionesses that were awake and were listening had a look of pity and concern. Ashia had a look of deep concern and pulled me closer and whispered in my ear, "If you want to go see Shenzi to make sure she is alright, you can. You can go have some fun too, if you want."

"I can?"

She nodded. A lioness walked in and asked, "Queen Ashia, may I have a word?"

Mother whispered in my ear again, "Run along and go see her, Rio. I don't mind."

I nodded and ran off.

-_-Shenzi-_-

I was awoken by a paw rapidly shaking me. When I opened my eyes I saw that Rio was the one doing it.

"Rio you should know to never wake a girl when she needs her beauty sleep." I said.

"Yeah you're right. I'll come back in 50 years and see if you're half-way done then." He teased before he took off.

I immediately jumped up and ran after him. I saw him laughing and running off towards the outskirts off the boundary. I followed him and quickly caught up. I noticed that he wasn't looking where he was going as he ran straight for Adventurer's Cliffs. I tried to yell at him to look where he was going, but he ran off the edge before I could get a word in. Please no! Not him! Anyone but him! I stopped at the edge and saw that he had a hold on the ledge. He had a look of fear and calmness in his eyes.

"Ya know I kept having nightmares about this. But you wanna know something?"

"What?"

"It was the other way around." He said before he lost his hold.

"RIO!" I yelled.

3 Months Before Scar's Rule...

"Rio!" I yelled as I jolted awake.

"Man, Shenzi! You need to keep them dreams under control. It's getting really annoying." Banzai complained.

"Sorry Banzai. It's just- it's always the same nightmare, over and over. I don't know why it's even here. I mean, I haven't even seen or heard from him in years."

"Who?"

"An old friend, by the name of Rio."