Until you were gone
By
James95
Hi guys. Special thanks to my friend Renaissance Rose for putting in the first review and for HowlingDomain for being the first person to put this on alert. Today's music for this chapter is "Mean" by Taylor Swift. It very much focuses on the majority of this chapter.
Chapter 2: The oasis in the wasteland
"Stop, please!" the young cub shouted as the big browed hyena swiped at him, knocking the cub to the floor.
"And miss out on some fun? Yeah right" Banzai laughed before licking the cub's face, "you taste good and us hyenas aren't eating right"
"Watch yourself Banzai" a young voice said behind the two, revealing the owner to be a grey furred lion cub with bright red eyes smirking at the hyena; This was the son of King Scar and queen Zira, Prince Nuka
"Well well, if it isn't Prince Nuka" the hyena cackled, "sorry, but a guy's gotta eat"
"Oh really?" the grey furred cub smirked as he side stepped towards the edge of the rock, "then you should know that my father doesn't play nice with those who push his cubs off of Pride rock"
"But I'm no- wait, you wouldn't dare" Banzai said. The first cub was scared to because Nuka didn't look like he was kidding so Banzai finally caved in a ran away, "you two punks got lucky today, you hear me? Lucky"
"That idiot" Nuka smirked as he went over to the other cub, "what's wrong with your eyes"?
"It's how they've been since I was born, one blue and one green" the honey gold coloured cub replied, "my dad's like that as well"
"Oh, you're Mwaloni's son?" Nuka realized, "small rock"
"I'm Mlinzi" the cub said. Mlinzi's father was one of Scar's non hyena guards beside queen Zira and was used as a decoy whenever Scar had to go outside of Pride rock. They looked near identical except Mlinzi's father was bigger, stronger and a good deal nicer but the cub didn't feel like pointing it out, "thanks for saving me back there your highness"
"No big deal" Nuka smirked, "you know I didn't expect you to be a coward"
"I beg your parden"?
"Well you didn't stand up that bozo just lay there cowering like some little baby" Nuka replied as he taunted him. Now Mlinzi had had enough. He was tired of people insulting him about his eyes but this was personal. Nobody calls him a baby and so he pounced.
Nuka was very surprised but ready as he wrestled with the weird eyed cub with the both of them pulling fur, growling and everything that summarised a catfight but it was evident that Mlinzi was stronger and bigger and within a minute of fighting he'd pinned the prince to the floor before retreating. He remembered Scar didn't like anyone beating Nuka who was now wearing a shocked expression.
"Oh no, I am so sorry I didn't mean to do it" Mlinzi gasped to find Nuka laughing like a hyena.
"That. Was Awesome!" the prince cheered, "I was getting so sick and tired of everyone letting me win, it feels so good to be in a fair fight, even though I lost"
"You do have some good moves your highness" Mlinzi assured him.
"Just call me Nuka when we're by ourselves" Nuka chuckled, "I like being the future king but it feels weird not hearing people call me by my real name"
"Yeah and it pays to be friendly with others" Mlinzi replied as he looked out to the pride lands. There was virtually no sun, just a constant swarm of grey clouds. Bones littered the ground which had turned black from grief. There was little water, grass or animals left, food was now as much of a luxury as the time when his mother had once brought home an antelope the size of a zebra. The land was a skeleton of its former self.
"Couldn't agree more" Nuka said, "so I hear you got yourself a sister a few weeks back"
"Yeah, Neema" Mlinzi replied, "she's quite a handful, are you expecting a brother or sister"?
"I don't really know" Nuka sighed, "but I might like a baby sister, someone to have fun and mess around with when mother and father are busy"
"That'd be nice" Mlinzi sighed, "ever since the hyenas have fully moved in our mothers have had to take longer to find food"
"Luckily we get the lion's share" Nuka grinned, causing the other cub to laugh as well, "you wanna hang out again sometime"?
"Yeah, I'd like that" Mlinzi replied as he left for home, "see you later"
"See ya" the prince replied as he went over to the edge of pride rock and shouted, "I'm king of the world"!
And that was when Mlinzi first met Nuka. It seemed so strange that because of that weird hyena that he found his best friend but reminding himself of the scrawny lion made him sad because he can only visit him now in his memories and those memories will fade and distort as time went by.
"Try to cheer up bro" Vitani sighed as she slowed down to walk beside the male lion, "we're almost there"
"Almost home" Mlinzi sighed as he saw Pride rock get ever closer.
Okay, so that's how they met and maybe this answered a few questions and perhaps confused you even more. There's a poll on my profile which is very crucial to the story. Read and review folks!
