A/N I wasn't planning on making a sequel, but one just came to mind. So I decided to make one. Instead of being about Scar's pride, this one is about Little Rose's.
I don't own Scar or Nuka, or any other Lion King characters; they all belong to Disney. I do own the rest of the lions though. Also, I'm busy with other stories, so this may not be updated much.
Mysterygirl145: Thanks :D He IS a cutie :3
Warriors-Horseland-Gal: THAT won't be revealed until later ;)
As foretold, in a little over a week, Moses' eyes opened. They were red-orange, looking like a mixture of Nuka and Bora's eyes. As soon as he was walking around, he loved playing with his cousins. He seemed to be best friends with Taka. I thought it was cute to see them wrestling in the grass. Uru seemed to prefer to be alone, pouncing on bugs and rocks. Sometimes Uzuri would come over to see what she was doing, and would trip and bump into Uru. They'd laugh about it though. The twins liked playing with the boys more than with their sister, but Uzuri didn't seem to mind.
One day, Daddy approached me with a solemn expression. "Little Rose, may I have a word?"
I nodded, sitting down. Zoe flew onto my shoulder after Daddy nodded, saying she could listen as well. "I've been thinking about it, and I have decided that before I get too old, I ought to tell the cubs—namely Taka, Uru and Moses, since they are family—about my past. They can tell their friends when the time is right, and their parents agree."
I felt sad when he mentioned getting too old, but I listened to the rest as well. I nodded in agreement; the cubs needed to know the whole truth about their grandfather. "Shall I gather them here, Sire?" Zoe asked; even when Dogo took the throne, she still called Daddy "Sire" out of respect.
"Yes, please." He nodded, turning to go to his tree. "Bring them to the old tree."
Nodding, Zoe took to the skies to gather the cubs. Remembering I was to attend the hunting party, I nuzzled Daddy and left.
Third person POV
A few minutes after Scar had lain down under his tree, Zoe came flying up and landed on a branch in the tree. The cubs trotted up to Scar. "Zoe said you wanted us, Grandpa Scar." Moses stated.
"Are you gonna tell us a story?" Uru asked, eyes shining.
"Yes, I am. But I need all three of you to only listen, and to not speak until I am done speaking. Do you all understand?"
Seeing the seriousness in the old lion's tone and face, all three nodded silently.
"As you all know, I once lived in a place far away from here: the Pride Lands. I was born to Ahadi and Uru the first; my brother was Mufasa. Because of tradition of the eldest becoming king, Mufasa was named heir to the throne; I was left alone. Father spent most of his time with Mufasa, teaching him to be king; Mother taught me some of those lessons in case I was able to become king as well or instead. Father stayed faithful to the tradition though.
"Mufasa and I had two friends; one was a light brown lioness named Sarabi. She ended up becoming Mufasa's mate, and they had a son, Simba. The other was a cream-colored lioness named Sarafina. She mated with a rogue and had a daughter, Nala. But that's all in the future. Anyway, we were all friends. I also had three hyena friends who live outside the Pride Lands. Father told me it was forbidden to be friends with hyenas, but I disobeyed him.
"During my adolescence, there was a rogue lioness living in the outskirts of the Pride Lands. I thought if I could drive this lioness out, Father would make me king alongside Mufasa. But I couldn't beat her. I am still alive because Mufasa and Father overheard my screams and rescued me. The scar on my eye was a result of that foolishness. Everyone else called me 'Scar', so that became my name instead of Taka.
"A year later, Mother and I were walking in the Pride Lands, alone, and that lioness from before attacked us. I was much stronger, so I was able to assist Mother. But although I managed to kill the rogue, Mother didn't make it. To my surprise, in a nearby cave, I found a tan adolescent lioness with red eyes and a peculiar brown stripe that ran from her forehead down to her neck.
"I took Mother's body back to Pride Rock and explained what happened, leaving out the discovery of the rogue's daughter. After the funeral, I went back to the cave. I told her I found her mother dead several yards away from the cave. I lied to her because I thought I could gain her as an ally. We met periodically." Scar paused before sighing; this was one of the hard things to tell his grandcubs. It was just as hard as it was telling Rose. "I was still upset Father chose Mufasa over me to be king. I was jealous. One day, I told Mufasa I was going to the Elephant Graveyard, which is where the hyenas live. He told Father, who followed me there. I had plotted with the hyenas, and they played their part of the plan: they attacked Father…and killed him.
The cubs' eyes widened, but they kept silent. "I made it seem as though it was an accident so I wouldn't get blamed. Mufasa became king, and Sarabi his queen. They had Simba; a few weeks earlier, Sarafina had Nala. The cubs were betrothed; that means in the future, when Simba would be king, Nala would be his queen. When Simba came, he was another roadblock to me becoming king. So I decided to try and eliminate Simba. I enlisted the hyenas' help again, but they failed to kill him. So I decided to try again; this time, kill both Simba and Mufasa. That way, no one would be in my way to be king.
The cubs listened on with wide eyes. "It was a stampede in a gorge. I left Simba down there, telling him Mufasa had a surprise for him; that, of course, was a lie. Mufasa jumped in and saved him, and had to climb up the side of the gorge. When he asked for my help, I pushed him in. Once the stampede cleared, I found Mufasa's body by a broken tree; Simba was beside him. I told Simba the stampede was his fault, and that he was to run away. When he did, I told the hyenas to kill him. I only assumed they did the job. With both Mufasa and Simba gone, I took over the throne, and took the hyenas into the pride. I also invited Zira as my mate, which she accepted happily.
"B-but if Z-Z-Zira's your m-mate, h-how'd you me-meet G-Grandma Rose?" Taka asked, forgetting to be quiet.
"I'll tell you that when it comes," Scar said patiently. "Just listen. When I became king, and Zira my queen, I'll admit, I wasn't a very good one. I worked the lionesses too hard, and set the hyenas on them as guards, suspicious that they may try to overthrow me. There was a drought, so that made things much harder. Zira eventually bore me a son: Nuka. But he wasn't quite healthy, what with the drought, so I felt he wouldn't be a good king." He sighed bitterly at his foolishness and blindness. "While Zira was pregnant with another cub, I tried to seduce a young lioness, Nala, to have a cub with me; I was hoping she would bear a strong heir. She scratched me and ran away. I never told anyone that."
"Zira soon gave birth to a female; she was cream in color with blue eyes, and a fluff of fur on her forehead, like Kenya, Adui and Uzuri. I still didn't have the heir I wanted though. One day, Zira found a small brown cub alone in the savannah. We adopted him and named him the heir; his name was Kovu. One night, I was berating Sarabi about the lack of food the lionesses brought. A lion with a red mane came down; it was Simba, all grown up. Nala had found him and brought him to Pride Rock to overthrow me. I tried, once again, to pin the blame of Mufasa's death on him, but when I had him dangling off of Pride Rock, I foolishly told him I killed Mufasa. Simba pushed me back onto Pride Rock and forced me to tell everyone I had killed my brother.
"There was a fight; a fight I knew I would lose. So I ran to the Elephant Graveyard. It was there I was captured and taken here. And you know the rest."
"You met Grandma Rose, had Mother, and lived happily ever after." Uru smiled widely.
"Well, not quite. Remember what I told you before Moses was born? About Rose?"
"What happened?" Moses asked.
"Daddy's dad, Devil, pushed Grandma Rose into the Rock Pit, and she died." Uru explained.
"Yes, that is how it went." Scar nodded sadly. "Devil was obsessed with Rose, and he hated me for 'taking her from him'."
"Where is he now?"
"M-Mom killed him." Taka declared proudly. "Sh-she pu-pushed him in-into the r-r-river. By a-accident, that is."
The cubs sat silently, taking in the story their grandfather had just told them. "Grandpa, why did you kill Mufasa?" Moses asked innocently.
Scar sighed softly. "I was jealous, Moses. I was jealous, and wanted what he had: attention from father as a cub, and to be king. And my jealousy blinded me. That is why it was important that Little Rose and Dogo choose the right cub to be heir to the throne; so there won't be a jealous cub, and history won't repeat itself."
"But I don't wanna be queen, Grandpa Scar," Uru said. "I wanna be lead huntress, like Grandma Kenya."
"And that is just fine, Uru." Scar smiled. He turned to Moses. "And what would you like to be, Moses?"
The brown cub didn't hesitate. "Dad told me he's Aunt Rosy's adviser. I wanna be Taka's adviser."
"That sounds splendid." Scar nodded. "Now, to steer away from the subject, I told you all of the bad things I did in the past. When I met Rose, she changed me. She made me see my sins, and how sorry I never knew I felt. How do you think of me now?"
The cubs glanced at each other in silence. Finally, Taka put his paws on Scar's foreleg and said, "I'm glad y-you met Gr-Grandma R-R-Rose and changed, G-Grandpa."
"Me too." Uru nodded; Moses agreed as well.
Scar slowly smiled at his grandcubs. "I am as well."
"I wonder what would have happened if you met Grandma Rose in the Pride Lands." Moses mused. "Maybe you would have been changed then too."
The other cubs nodded in agreement. "Now, Rose was much younger than me," Scar said. "I wouldn't have met her back then."
"But what if you were cubs together?" Uru asked. "Maybe she'd like you, and you wouldn't be evil. Or if you were evil, she'd change you. Maybe Uncle Nuka and Vitani would have been Grandma Rose's cubs too."
As the cubs chattered about what would have happened had Scar and Rose been cubs together, Scar found himself wondering as well. He tried to imagine how cubhood would have been with a black cub with fluffy ears and aquamarine eyes. He slowly smiled at the thought as the cubs, growing bored of talking, began to play with his tail and climb onto him, just as their parents had done as cubs.
Later, Matilda found Scar lying under the tree; the cubs had left for the camp by now. "Scar?" She prodded him with a paw. "Are you all right?"
Yawning and smacking his lips, Scar lifted his head. "I'm fine," He nodded.
"You didn't come for dinner," Matilda informed him. "Little Rose saved some for you."
"Oh, I slept for that long." He stood up shakily. "I've been quite tired lately."
Matilda stood beside him, letting him lean on her as they walked to camp. They found Little Rose and Dogo sitting in camp, looking worried. "Are you all right, Scar?" Dogo asked.
"I'm fine," He nodded, crouching by the piece of meat that was left for him.
Moving out of his hearing range, Matilda told Little Rose and Dogo, "He says he's been tired lately. He's very old, and he seems to be slowing down lately. He seems to prefer to lie under his tree." Pausing, she took a deep breath. "I'm afraid his time may come in the next few weeks or so."
Little Rose knew her father was very old. But it still hurt to think of him dying. She buried her face in Dogo's mane and began crying. He licked her head in comfort, and asked Matilda, "A few weeks, you say?"
"He may be growing weak in strength, but if I know him, he'll hang on until the last second." Matilda said. "I'm sure he'll when he feels it's time."
Dogo nodded as all three of the lions sat in silence; the only sounds were Little Rose's sobs into her mate's fur.
A/N So Scar finally tells his story to the cubs. It's also an accurate timeline for my theory of Scar and Mufasa's cubhoods. I had to fiddle around with the timeline, but I think I got it down :)
The cubs wondering how Scar would be had he met Rose when they were both cubs is a reference to a story idea I had in the past. I may or may not write that; we can only wait and see. But that's really something to think about, Scar and Rose growing up together...
I also wanted to address the fact that Scar is getting old. He was already a full grown lion when King of the Sanctuary first started, and now his daughter has her own cubs. He's getting very old :(
