A/N thingsareweird: yeah poor Taka has a lot more pain coming to him unfortunately. As for who screamed you will find out soon. And he may or may not be redeemable you will have to wait and see. Thanks for reviewing.

clay342: thanks for the advice I'll keep it in mind. As for when ThatTexasKid will update I don't really now you'll have to ask him. Anyways thanks for reviewing.

GuardianSaint: no worries I get that things happen. And yes Mufasa is very angry and for good reason too. And Uru will find out in this chapter. And yes I feel bad for poor Taka too. Thanks for reviewing.

SLHGOUATTLKFAN: yep the cliffies are back and be prepared for more to come lol. But Sarabi told Mufasa in order to help Taka. But rather or not that'll do any good is yet to be determined. Thanks for reviewing.

Zoe: don't worry Ahadi will be exposed as the jerk that he is but that may or may not do any good though. But there may still be hope for Taka yet. Just keep reading and you shall find out. Thanks for reviewing.

Here's ch 3 for you and as always see ch 1 for disclaimer.

Ch 3 The Aftermath

Mufasa and the others turned and saw Sarafina standing there her blue eyes wide with fear. "Sarafina for goodness sake what's wrong?" Sarafina's mother, Fura asked running over to her daughter and nuzzling her.

"I..I.." Sarafina stammered, too terrified to speak. "I just don't want anyone to get hurt." By now Sarafina's voice was low and she looked at the ground as she spoke.

"Honey what are you talking about?" Fura asked clearly confused.

"I..uh," Sarafina began. The creamy cub looked at Taka, who shook his head. Then she looked at Ahadi, who was giving her a cool look. "Uh nothing," Sarafina said quickly. "I don't know why I said that. Heh just forget I even said anything."

"You don't have to be afraid of him 'Fina," Mufasa said, knowing Sarafina knew his brother's secret.

"Afraid of who Mufasa?" Uru asked looking at her oldest son.

"Afraid of him," Mufasa said roughly whipping around to face Ahadi, whose green eyes went wide with surprise.

"Mufasa what are you talking about?' Ahadi said roughly.

"I'm talking about how everyone is afraid of you because you're a big bully!" Mufasa shouted, glaring at his father. Ahadi opened his mouth to respond but Mufasa quickly cut him off. "Save it Father! I know what you've been doing to my little brother and I am pissed off about it!"

"Ahadi," Uru said looking at her mate. "What is Mufasa talking about?"

"I have no idea Uru," Ahadi lied.

"Liar!" Mufasa snarled. Even though Mufasa was only nine months old he still managed to produce a forceful growl. Then the golden cub turned towards his little brother and said, "Go on Taka tell everyone what Dad has been doing to you."

"Mufasa I.." Taka stammered looking nervously at Ahadi, who was glaring at him. Mufasa noticed this and said, "He will never stop hurting you unless you tell. Please Taka."

"Have you been hurting my son again?!" Uru snarled glaring at her mate. "I warned you what would happen if you touched him again!"

"I did no such thing Uru!" Ahadi declared, pretending to be outraged. "Go on Taka tell your mother and everyone else that I haven't hurt you."

"I..I.." Taka stammered. He looked at Mufasa and Sarafina who both nodded. Then he felt a nuzzle and saw Sarabi next to him smiling. "Tell them the truth Taka," the tan lioness whispered. "You can do it." By now Mufasa and Sarafina were also beside Taka. This gave him courage enough to confess. "It's true,' he whispered. "Dad has been hitting me again."

"What?!" Uru snarled. The brown lioness charged towards Ahadi a swiped his face causing the golden King to roar in pain. "You bastard!" Uru roared. "You unbelievable bastard!"

"Uru..." Ahadi began. But he was silenced by another hit to the face. "Damn it Uru stop that!" Ahadi roared rubbing his face.

"I will not stop it!" Uru roared glaring at her mate. "How could you do that to your own son?! Answer me Ahadi!"

"He deserved every strike I gave him!" Ahadi roared back. "And I'm not sorry I did it. And I'd do it again too."

"Bastard!" Uru roared. "I'm done with you! Get out! Now!"

"Oh Uru you're forgetting something here," Ahadi said coolly. "I'm King around here. More importantly I'm the one with Royal blood. So if anyone goes around here it's you."

"Fine," Uru hissed. "Come on boys we're leaving."

"Oh no you don't," Ahadi said grabbing Mufasa and Taka and scooping them away from their mother causing them to voice their protests. "You may leave if you wish Uru but the boys stay here."

"The Hell they do!" Uru snarled. "My sons are coming with me."

"Oh no they're not," Ahadi said. "They are my sons and as I am the one with Royal blood they as my heirs stay with me. That's what the law says Uru."

"If you think we're going to stay with you you are dead wrong," Mufasa growled.

"Yeah," Taka said. "We'll just run away."

"Do that and it's death," Ahadi said. "And I don't mean yours. I mean your mother's. She'll be charged with kidnapping which is an act of treason and punishable by death."

"You wouldn't dare," Uru growled.

"I don't want to do it Uru," Ahadi said. "And if you stay I won't have to do it. But it's your choice. You can either stay here with your sons or leave without them. It's up to you."

"Damn you Ahadi," Uru growled. "Fine I have no choice. I'll stay. But I hate you Ahadi. I really do."

"I'm sorry you feel that way Uru," Ahadi said. "But like I said it's your choice rather to stay or not."

"Come along boys," Uru said still glaring at her mate. "We're sleeping on the other side of the cave. As far away for him as possible." With that Uru, Mufasa and Taka walked over to the furthest side of the cave and layed down for the night. But before they went to sleep Sarafina and Sarabi approached the brown coated Prince and pulled him off to the side.

"Taka I hope you're not mad at me," Sarabi said softly.

"Why would I be mad?" Taka said the sarcasm dripping. "You only broke a promise not to tell anyone. No biggie."

"I did it for your own good Tak'," Sarabi said.

"Hmph," was all Taka said.

"Hey think about this," Sarabi said, trying to figure out something she could say to make her friend not be angry with her. "At least your Mom knows now and she'll be able to protect you better."

"Yeah," Sarafina chimed in. "And who knows? Maybe your dad'll leave you alone now."

"I doubt that will happen," Taka said with a sigh. "But I'm not mad at you Sara'. Actually I'm kind of glad Mufasa and my mom know. Now I don't have to hide it when my dad hits me."

"Well I'm just glad you're not mad at me," Sarabi said with a smile. Just then Selena called Sarabi and told her to come to bed. "I gotta go," the tan lioness cub said. "Goodnight Taka."

"Night Sara'," Taka said with a smile. "Night 'Fina."

"Night Tak'," Sarafina said as she too joined her mother for bed. Taka went and layed down beside Mufasa and snuggled into Uru's fur. Taka closed his eyes and went to sleep hopeful that things would be better tomorrow. Little did he know how wrong he was and how bad things were about to get for him.

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The next morning Taka was awakened by someone roughly grabbing him up. "Hey," Taka began but a paw was roughly clapped over his mouth making his protest a muffled cry. Terrified Taka let out a small whimper as he was carried outside the cave to the top of Priderock where he was roughly dropped to the ground. Taka turned around and to his horror he saw Ahadi standing there glaring at him. "Wha-what am I doing up here?" Taka stammered shaking with fear.

"You really messed things up for me boy," Ahadi growled. "I warned you Taka. I warned you what would happen if you told anyone."

"Bu-but I didn't," Taka said backing away from his father. But soon Taka found himself at the edge of Priderock with nowhere to go but down.

"DON'T YOU DARE LIE TO ME TAKA!" Ahadi roared. "I know you told your little friend Sarabi. She's the one who told Mufasa. Selena told me this last night."

"I-I'm sorry Dad," Taka stammered tears coming to his eyes. "Please don't kill me."

"Kill you?" Ahadi said with a sneer. "Oh Taka I'm not going to kill you. That would be pointless. I am however going to see to it that your life is miserable from now on."

"Please don't," Taka began. But the little brown Prince was quickly silenced by Ahadi's paw making contact with his face. One of Ahadi's claws caught Taka in his right eye causing him to cry out in pain. Taka staggered backwards and almost fell off the side of Priderock. But Ahadi caught his son before he fell and roughly threw him backwards causing Taka to hit the ground hard and roll several feet. "Let that be a lesson to you boy," Ahadi said roughly. "Never cross me or you will regret it." With that Ahadi gave Taka another hit to the face which knocked him out cold. Letting out a snort Ahadi turned and walked back towards the cave leaving his youngest son bleeding and injured at the top of Priderock.

A/N well there you are folk ch 3 complete. Did you all enjoy it? I hope so and as always please review.