Chapter One
Scar's Queen
Months passed and a young pregnant female padded into a cave. She walked over to another lioness who looked like her and was also pregnant. "Hello Mother." She sighed. "You've been working hard, Nala, sit down with me." Sarafina smiled. Nala yawned and sat down next to her mother. "So how was the 'queen'?" Sarafina asked, looking over at Sarabi, who was cleaning her own small cub. "Zira's fine. She's getting very near to her due date. Poor little mite. Stuck with Scar as his father." Nala shuddered. "Don't forget that Scar is also your own cub's father." Sarafina reminded Nala. Nala nodded. "I know, and yours as well. But at least our cubs won't have to be with him every second." She replied. "That is true." Sarafina agreed. Sarabi got up and joined the two lionesses. "Hello Nala, Saffy." She smiled at them. Sarabi put down her son. "Sarabi." Nala said, nodding at her old queen. "How is little Bandit?" She asked. "He's fine. I just wish that he wasn't Scar's. But I love him still." Sarabi sighed. She smiled as her 4 day old son pawed at her tail. Bandit's fur was the same as Scar's and his nose was black, but his eyes and tail colour was the same as Sarabi's. He looked a bit like Simba. Nala looked at the small cub and began to think of her friend. It seemed so long ago that he had been playing with her in the savannah and getting her into trouble. Now he was gone, Mufasa with him. It wasn't fair. They had been so close, they shared everything together. Now they would never do that again. "Nala. NALA!" Sarafina yelled. Nala snapped back. "Yes?" She asked. "Mist is here." Sarafina told her daughter. Nala looked round and came face to face with a grey lioness with brown eyes. "Oh Mist, hi." Nala smiled. Mist smiled at her. "Zira needs us, again." She said, rolling her eyes. Nala giggled and got to her feet. "Why? Whats going on?" She asked. "Zira's gone into labour." Mist sighed. "Again. She said this last time. It was indigestion, remember?" Nala sighed. Mist nodded. "But this time it's the real thing, her waters have broken and everything." Mist protested. Nala gasped and leapt to her feet. "Lets go. Sorry mother, Sarabi, but I have to go. I've got to supervise the birth of Scar's brat." Nala smiled. Sarafina looked at her daughter with pride. "Don't say it's a brat. That's not fair. It's not the cub's fault his dad is an utter creep." Sarabi scowled. "I know, I know. Look, I have to go. See you later." Nala yelled running off after Mist.
A few momments later and they arrived at the main cave. A few other lionesses were already there. Some were Scar's loyal followers, others were midwife lionesses. Followers and Midwifes alike all tried to calm Zira, whom was roaring and swiping at everyone. Nala approched a dark red lioness. "Hi Lina, how far long is she?" She asked. "Not very far along. It's gonna be a long day, for all of us." Lina answered. Nala sighed. "Well I know what I'm going to be doing for the rest of the day then." Mist walked over to them. "Well?" she asked. "We're going to be here all day." Nala replied. Mist moaned and led down. "I was meant to meet Boyta later." She muttered. Nala gasped and led down next to her. "Who's Boyta?" she asked. "He's a male that I know. His mother managed to sneak away from here when Scar was about to kill the males. They live on the border. The cub I'm carrying isn't Scar's. It's Boyta's." Mist explained. "Whats he like?" Lina asked, lying down and joining the conversation. "He's so kind. He's got a black mane with some ginger in it and he's brown with green eyes, a bit like Scar's eyes. But he's nothing like Scar." Mist sighed, thinking about Boyta. An elderly lioness walked over. "Are you three going to help or not?" She asked, curtly. Nala, Lina and Mist all exchanged looks and got up to help. They walked over. Now Zira was very close to having her cubs and it suddenly looked like they would leave very soon.
It seemed like years had passed before Zira finally had her cubs. There were three. Two girls and a boy. Nala knew that only the boy would be shown to the kingdom as he was the son of the king. The girls would be ignored, unless Scar said so. Nala bowed to Zira and went to leave with her two friends. "Wait! Nala, go tell Scar of the birth of his cubs." Zira demanded. "Why me?" Nala asked. "You are the last person in the cave." Zira said, as if it was obvious. Nala looked around her. Mist and Lina were at the cave enterance but she was in the cave. "NOW!" Roared Zira. Nala bowed again and ran from the cave. Lina and Mist followed her. They reached a huge tree round the back of Pride Rock. Sat underneath it was Scar. "Scar, your Queen has had three cubs." Nala said, bowing to Scar. Scar sat up a bit. "Boys or Girls?" He demanded. "Two girls and a boy, my king." Nala told him. Scar nodded and ran past the three lionesses. "Come on, lets go." Nala sighed. It had been a long day.