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Gabe slunk through the drenched grass. At least the mud hid his scent from the pride land animals. He was on another hunting expedition. He saw a single zebra calf. He guessed it lost its mother in the storm.

He crept forward. He waited a few moments, then chased it. He was running after it, when it suddenly took a sharp turn and ran the other way. He fell in the mud ungracefully. He growled to himself. He didn't have time to chase it, he had to get back to training.

He sloshed back to the outlands. He entered the cave, where Vitani and Nuka waited.

"You take such great pride in your appearance," Nuka muttered sarcastically.

"Let me show you how I had it done," he walked near Nuka, and shook mud off his fur, and onto him. Nuka growled at him.

"You are so lucky mother . . ."

"Nuka," his mother's voice rang out. He had a nervous expression on his face.

"You were saying?" Gabe smirked. Zira walked up, with Kovu following behind.

"Enough of this horseplay, both of you," she ended their squabble.

"You two will be sparring today . . . claws unsheathed," Kovu and Gabe cast weary glances at each other.

They assumed proper positions. They circled one another. He tried his best not to focus on Vitani. They were about to attack, when someone interrupted.

"Zira!" A lioness's voice rang out "pride landers are here."

Zira left them, and went outside. They all decided to follow.

Zira walked to the border to meet them. He recognized Nala, but the other two he didn't recognize.

"Nala," Zira gave a disdainful sniff.

"Zira, there has been a recent line of thefts of our prey," Nala reported. Gabe gasped sharply. Vitani and Kovu looked at him. He smiled sheepishly.

"I know nothing about these accusations."

"Just know if any of your lions are caught, they will be dealt with harshly," she warned.

"I can say the same for you," she shot back. Gabe noticed one lioness staring at him weirdly.

Zira turned around and walked off.

"Adana," Nala called.

"Coming," she responded and ran after her. Gabe heard her name, but didn't recognize her.

He walked up closely to Zira.

"Uh, Zira, what do you think would happen if someone were caught over there?" he asked, trying to hide the fear in his voice.

"They're not as ruthless as we are, but we need not fear them," she told him, but this only comforted him a little.

"Why can't we just share everything?" he asked.

Nuka, Vitani, and Kovu all stared at him, eyes wide.

"You three go back into the cave and wait," she ordered. She picked him up by his midsection, and carried him off into the outlands. He quivered in fear of what she would do. She set him down once they were in the outlands.

"It was Simba's fault that Scar is dead," she unsheathed her claws, and raked the ground angrily.

"Zira, I didn't mean to . . ."

"Then they banished us to these outlands," she continued. He listened silently.

"I just meant that . . ." he mumbled.

"So you wonder why we can't just share everything?" she turned her gaze on him.

"It's because the pride landers are, murderous, deceitful, traitors!"

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Adana sat down beside Amare. She sighed deeply.

"Something troubles you?" He asked. She looked into his eyes sadly.

"I saw him," she mumbled. He instantly knew who she referred too. Amare expression was stoic.

"We need to get him back," he decided firmly.

"It's not that easy, Amare, he's probably loyal to the outlanders by now," she pointed out. He sighed heavily. She looked at him uneasily.

"Will we ever get him back?"

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Vitani wandered aimlessly. She was extremely bored, until something caught her eye. No, someone.

She spotted Gabe stealthily slink into the pride lands. She quickly retreated into a log to watch.

"Oh, Gabe, what are you doing now?" She whispered desperately. She knew how much trouble he'd be in. She knew, as kind as his mother could be sometimes, she would be furious. Not to mention her mother!

While lost in thought, she almost failed to notice Gabe coming back a few moments later. His mouth was stained with blood, and he had a content look on his face. Vitani gasped as he realized that Gabe was the thief. Gabe suddenly stopped. She lowered down in her log. He went to a pile of wet leaves and rolled in them.

Masking the scent she thought. She was unnerved by the fact he was so good at this. The biggest thing wasn't that he stole a gimpy gazelle.

He could start a war between the two prides.

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