Shraga's POV

I do not mind telling my story. It has haunted me all of my life. When Simba's messengers contacted us both my mother and I were afraid to go but we were assured by the cheetahs that we would not be harmed. When my mother and I were taken to meet Simba , he simply wanted to know if we could tell him anything about the death of his son. Simba reassured us that he does not hold my mother or I responsible for Kopa's death. I am grateful for this opportunity because it gives me a chance to clear my father's name. When I was a cub and I was friends with Kopa and Vitani, Father had managed to get permission for the three of us to live in the Pridelands He wanted us to stay and make a new clan .He was happy that I was friends with Kopa but outraged when he found out that I knew Vitani. He thought Zira might want to harm me. My father said that she was an evil lioness who hated leopards. The day that Kopa was murdered he wanted me to cancel my meeting with the two lion wanted me to tell Vitani goodbye. Then he was going to move us near another area in the Pridelands closer to Pride Rock. The day that I was supposed to meet with Vitani and Kopa dawned. My mother and I sat on top of our den but we saw a large lioness coming towards us. She was black and had red eyes. My mother was alarmed. We raced up into the tree beside our den and hid there. The leaves of the tree were big and dark and covered our fur. Mother warned me to be quiet. Kopa and Vitani showed up. The black lioness hid in our den. Then she pounced on the two cubs. She attacked Kopa first and knocked him down. Vitani yelled at the black lioness. "Why are you hurting my friend, Mother?" She recognized the black lioness as Zira. Zira knocked her down and started slashing at Kopa. But Vitani fought back to protect her friend. She bit off a chunk of Zira's ear and sunk her teeth into Zira's paw. Zira outraged knocked her down again and slashed at her neck. Then she went to finish off Kopa. She slashed Kopa's spine. The wound was so severe that Kopa was losing a lot of blood. Vitani attacked Zira again but this time Zira knocked her down and stood over her ready slash her claws into Vitani's neck and finish her off. By this time my father showed up on the scene. My father was frightened so he asked Zira what happened to his family. "I killed them" Zira told him. "Just like I disposed of the prince and just like I am going to kill my daughter right now." My father was horrified. I wanted to jump from the tree but Mother made me be quiet. She even put her paw over my mouth. We were no match against Zira. My parents and I were very small leopards at the time. My father attacked Zira then and knocked her off Vitani. Then a male lion showed up and picked up Vitani. My father was still battling Zira but he never stood a chance. She pinned him down and bit into his neck. He died soon after. Then the male lion and Zira started arguing about Vitani. The male lion dropped the cub. Vitani crawled over to Kopa's body and fell asleep. Zira and the male lion made her get up and stand. Then Zira told her that my father had killed Kopa and wounded her. Zira also said that Vitani's friendship with us caused Kopa's death and that she would be blamed for luring Kopa to his death. I started to cry but there was nothing I could do. Then the lions went back into the Outlands. As soon as the lions left, my mother said we had to flee. If the Pridelanders found us we would be blamed for Kopa's death. If the Outsiders found us, we would be killed for witnessing the murder. We jumped into the river bordering the Pridelands and the Outlands and swam to the Kingdoms of the South. We did not want any lions tracking our scent. For years we wandered as rogues. Then we came to the jungle oasis and joined the leopard clan there. My mother also corroborated my story.