Hey guys! I told you I would upload faster! Now it's time for the scene that we all hate so much. It pains me to write this. Oh well. Enjoy the chapter!
Starting Over Chapter 7
"Little roar, puh!" Simba pouted. Simba then saw an iguana walk in front of him. "Hey 'Jani, let's try to scare this off with our roars."
"Ok," Ajani replied.
They both went up to the iguana and let out the same yowls they did back at the elephant graveyard. The iguana was unaffected. They let out another yowl and the iguana was still oblivious to what they were doing. Finally, both the cubs sucked in a gulp of air. "ROOOAAARRR!" they let out a big roar and scared off the iguana. "Yes!" they both shouted. But their happiness was short lived because the ground started to tremble underneath them. They looked up to see hundreds of wildebeasts headed straight for them. The two cubs froze for a second, then bolted in the other direction.
Ajani and Simba were now only inches ahead of the stampede. Ajani spotted a lone tree a few feet ahead of them. "Simba! We can get on that tree to avoid the wildebeasts!" Ajani shouted. "Let's go!" The dynamic duo sprinted towards the tree and climbed to the top of it, holding on for dear life.
Suddenly, the cubs saw a blue blur fly towards them. It was Zazu. "Zazu, help us!" Simba pleaded.
"Your father is on the way! Hold on!" Zazu yelled back.
"Hurry!"
Ajani cast a look at Simba. He had a look of complete fear in his eyes. Who could blame him? They were dangling above hundreds of wildebeasts. If they slipped, it would be the end for both of them. Suddenly, a wildebeast ran right into the tree and it snapped, flinging the cubs up into the air. "Ahhhhh!" they both screamed. Ajani could feel his life flashing before his eyes. The day him, Nala, and Simba became friends, the day he met Sapphire. Ajani knew that if something happened to him and Simba, it would break Nala and Sapphire's hearts.
Ajani snapped out of it when something caught both him and Simba. It was Mufasa! Mufasa started to weave in between the wildebeasts so he and the cubs could get away safely. Suddenly, Mufasa accidently ran into one of the wildebeasts, which made him drop. Simba and Ajani, leaving them stranded in the middle of the stampede. Then, out of no where, Mufasa emerged from the stampede and grabbed Simba and Ajani before a wildebeast trampled over them. Mufasa found a gap in the stampede and ran to the edge of the gorge and set the two cubs down on a rock. Then, Mufasa stared into the two cubs' eyes before being swept away by the wildebeasts. "Dad!" both the cubs screamed. Ajani didn't care if Mufasa wasn't his real father or not. To him, Mufasa was his real father.
The two cubs stood helplessly on the rock. Their eyes were scanning the stampede for any sign of Mufasa. Suddenly, Mufasa leaped onto the side of the cliff, with his claws digging into it. Slowly, he start to make his way to the top of the cliff. He was out of Simba and Ajani's sight, so the two cubs ran up to the top of the gorge to meet him at the top, thinking everything was going to be ok.
Mufasa was at the top of the cliff, clinging for dear life. He saw his brother staring at him with cold eyes. "Scar! Brother, help me!" he pleaded.
Scar just stared at him for a moment, then lashed out his claws and latched onto Mufasa, muttering the last words he would ever hear in his life on Earth. "Long live the king!" Mufasa stared at Scar with his eyes widened, then Scar threw him off the cliff leaving Mufasa screaming as he fell to his death.
"No!" Simba and Ajani both screamed. Both cubs ran down to the bottom of the gorge. It was now completely deserted. Then, both cubs heard something coming their way. Thinking it was Mufasa, they both whispered, "Dad?" To their dismay, it wasn't Mufasa, but a lone wildebeast trying to catch up to the rest of its herd. When it ran ahead of the cubs, it revealed something under the same exact tree the cubs had been on not that long ago.
The cubs moved a little closer to get a better look. They soon realized it was Mufasa. When they walked up next to him, he looked lifeless. Figuring he was just sleeping, Simba tried to get him to wake up. "Dad? You gotta get up. Dad, we gotta go home," Simba said starting to get worried. Both cubs started to tug on his ear, as this was their way of getting him up in the morning, which usually worked. But not this time. Simba and Ajani now knew that Mufasa was not sleeping.
They ran to the middle of the gorge. "Help!" they both screamed. "Somebody! Anybody! Help." Both cubs started to break down crying. They both walked back to Mufasa. Simba scooted his way under Mufasa's paw and Ajani climbed onto Mufasa's back. The two cubs continued to cry. That is until a dark figure showed up behind them.
It was Scar. "Simba. Ajani. What have you done?"
Simba moved out from under Mufasa's paw. "There were wildebeasts... and he tried to save us... it was an accident... we didn't mean for it to happen," he said between breathes.
Scar pulled both of the cubs close to him. "Of course, of course, you didn't mean for it to happen. No one ever means for these things to happen. But the king IS dead." When he said that, both the cubs looked up in shame. "And if it weren't for you two, he'd still be alive. Oh! What will your mothers think?"
Ajani looked at Scar. "What're we gonna do?"
Scar looked at both of the cubs. "Run away. Run away and never return." The cubs cast one last look at their dead father and ran away. Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed appeared behind Scar. He only said two words,"Kill them." With that, the trio ran after Simba and Ajani.
The two cubs kept running, then they realized they were being chased by the same hyenas that almost killed them in the elephant graveyard. The cubs came to a stop at the edge of the cliff. The hyenas were closing in on them. They decided to take their chances and they jumped. They rolled down the side of the cliff and fell into a field of thorns. They managed to get out safely and the two cubs ran off into the distance. They could only hear the last part of the the hyenas were saying.
"...You ever come back, we'll kill ya!"
Well, that was the hardest thing I ever had to write. I almost cried while writing this. Oh well. Things can only go up from here. The next update will either be tomorrow or Sunday. Tune in next time to see Ajani and Simba meet our favorite meerkat and warthog!
