Chapter II
That afternoon, Rafiki came to his tree, which was on the border of the Pride Lands and the Outlands. There he found Vitani building a wall out of boulders-right on the border. He was quite unhappy to see that the lioness was acting just like Scar and was avoiding her niece and nephew's ceremony.
"Vitani! Why weren't you at the ceremony?" Rafiki demanded, once he got closer to her.
"Don't worry! I still had a good view!" Vitani assured the old baboon.
"But you are the king's sister!" Rafiki scolded. "You should have been right there beside your brother!"
"It's not like I didn't want to go." the lioness protested. "I had to work on this wall all day. Kovu said that there are hyenas nearby, so this wall will help protect us."
"Hmm…this is a very good idea." Rafiki muttered, examining the wall surrounding his home. "I guess Kovu will be a very good king indeed." He then turned to Vitani and said, "Well, if you've been working on this wall all day, then I don't think Kovu would mind if you took a break."
Vitani sighed and said, "Yeah, you're right!"
"Keep up the good work, Vitani." the monkey told her before climbing into his tree, while the lioness laid down and closed her eyes.
Vitani had only been asleep for a few minutes when three hyenas climbed over the wall. They all came up to her, and let their drool drip all over the sleeping animal. These disgusting creatures were Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed, Scar's old henchmen.
The female hyena, Shenzi, came up to the lioness' ear and whispered, "Hello, Vitani."
She opened her eyes and saw a familiar face grinning at her.
"Shenzi?" she gasped. She immediately stood up and growled at the hyena." What are you doing here?" Vitani demanded.
"We heard that Scar's heir is now king," the hyena told her.
"And I guess you work for Simba now!" Banzai taunted.
"Hee, hee, hee!" Ed cackled.
"Well, Kovu's nothing like Scar!" Vitani told them fiercely. "I'm not going to let you tear apart the Pride Lands again!"
"Then who's going to stop us all?" Banzai inquired. "You, Vitty?"
"Of course!" Vitani shot back, with a laugh. "It's not hard to get rid of three hyenas!"
"Three? Ha!" Shenzi laughed. She ran over to the wall and yelled, "Come in, boys!"
At that moment, Vitani saw a living nightmare. All at once, thousands of hyenas came pouring over the wall. They were different species of hyena, and they came from different countries throughout Africa, but they all came from different countries, but they all came to the Pride Lands for one thing-meat.
Vitani ran as fast as she could to Pride Rock. She didn't know what to say to the pride, but it was the safest place for now.