Chumvi woke up, and was once again at the oasis that he met Haru. In fact, he was also a cub again, which annoyed him to no end. The Spirits must like cubs, Chumvi thought as he looked himself over again and checked his reflection to confirm that once again he was indeed a cub. However, as he was looking at his reflection he saw two other cubs on both his right and left side. To his left was Haru, who's pelt was as gold as his eyes were red, just as they were the first time he appeared to the current Leader of the Guard. However, to his left, was a caramel-orange lioness cub. Her red eyes seemed to match her perfectly groomed fur, and Chumvi swore that she could not have possibly lived in the natural world, for she was more beautiful than any lioness currently living, and this is taking his friends from the Kuatan Jungle into consideration.
"Uru?" Chumvi rather dumbly said, and the giggle she emitted made Chumvi wish he could stay in this dream forever. Although they were cubs, Uru had traits of what she had definitely looked like as an adult, and one of those traits had definitely been the ability to seduce most males into doing anything she wanted. Again, much like his friend from the Jungle. "I'm glad you still recognize me, Chumvi." She said, still giggling at how awestruck the young male was of her. She then led him and Haru back to the water's edge. "Look closer." She instructed, and though Haru had already seen this before, he still winced at what he knew was coming. And if Chumvi had noticed that, he would not have looked into the water.
For what he saw was an image of what he believed to be Pride Rock, until he realized that despite the very lush and beautiful surrounding area, this towering pillar was not at all Pride Rock but in fact an enormous termite mound that stood even taller than Pride Rock itself. As he wondered how that could be possible, he watched as the scene began to unfold and display a battle taking place just outside of the termite mound. A clan of 80 hyenas were fighting against Haru's entire Pride, with himself and his Guard at the forefront of the fighting. Although the hyenas fought fiercely, and managed to even defeat some of the lionesses using strategy, this only delayed the inevitable as Haru and his Guard simply became more determined to destroy them for it. Chumvi looked away to ask something of his other spirit adviser, yet he saw Haru with his back turned to the spectacle, his body being wracked with what could only be silent sobs.
"BASTARD!" Chumvi heard, redirecting his attention back at the battle being shown. It was Haru, who had made it to the foot of the termite mound that clearly served as a den. He called out again. "BASTARD! SHOW YOURSELF! FACE ME LIKE A LION!" And so it happened. As soon as Haru was finished speaking, a dark yellow, brown-maned lion exited and stood before him and the rest of the Lion Guard. Although he definitely did not possess any such divine powers, and was clearly smaller and weaker anyway, he smugly smiled at the Fiercest of the Lion Guard. "Makoto." Haru more growled then said, as though his very name was an accusation of a horrific and heinous crime in itself. The rest of Haru's Guard, especially the Bravest and the Strongest, seemed as though they wanted to skip the formalities and tear the offending lion apart. And might have done so if not for the appearance of a beige lioness beside him. She was beautiful beyond any words, and could perhaps calm even nature itself if she just batted her eyes. But not on this day; for as soon as she exited the termite mound, Haru's red eyes filled with tears and his voice betrayed his heartbreak.
"Amari? H-How could you? I thought you…" Haru couldn't finish his sentence, so instead he gave the order to his Guard and his remaining pride of lionesses to attack. He clearly didn't care whom they attacked, he just wanted the offending lions dead. And just as soon as he did, the situation turned against them. For out of that termite mound came a younger-looking Rafiki and 4 of what was clearly his most trusted members of his troop, and each one of the subordinates was armed with what Chumvi knew was the same type of staff that Rafiki used. The Warlord himself wielded a much more elaborate weapon, as he fired the first shot of energy at a lioness who was unfortunate enough to be in front of the Bravest of the Guard. Her body was turned to ash as soon as the energy ball made contact, and Chumvi had to look away as the 4 other primates fired similar blasts of energy from their own staffs, raining havoc and casualties upon Haru's Pride.
Seeing that he had very few options left, Haru did the one thing he could think of. The one thing left to do. He roared, unleashing the Roar of the Elders as he did. Rafiki, as though he had seen this before, countered with a fierce golden blast of energy that very closely resembled a lightning bolt. And as soon as the power of the Spirits collided with the unholy, pretending energy that Rafiki had fired, absolute disaster ensued. The largest explosion Chumvi and perhaps any other lion before him had ever seen was set off, and Rafiki laughed, a much more maniacal and deranged laugh than Chumvi had ever heard, even from the hyenas. For the Warlord knew exactly what he was doing.
The explosion was directed away from the termite mound and right at Haru's Pride. Although Haru and the Keenest of Sight had managed to avoid it, the rest of the Lion Guard and the lionesses present weren't so lucky, and they were wiped away alongside the rest of the vegetation as a consequence of the supernatural explosion. When the smoke cleared, the beautiful savannah had been turned into the barren, yet familiar wastelands that Chumvi could now identify as the Outlands. And just as barren of hope and joy was the faces of Haru and the Keenest of Sight, as the skeletal remains of their teammates and Pridesisters were all that was left. Fortunately, the waters of the oasis rippled, signaling the end of the vision.
"That… That was…" Chumvi didn't know what to say about what he just saw. "Yes, it was horrific, and the consequences of this battle is still being felt to this day." Uru said what Chumvi could not articulate, and at this point Haru found his voice, even if it was wracked with sorrowful guilt.
"During my time as Pride Leader, I had taken a mate, and as you saw she was the very definition of beauty. Unfortunately, that beauty had attracted more than just my attention. Although I was faithful to her and cherished her more than anything else in the world, she still betrayed me for one of my rivals. Although Makoto was one of the most selfish lions I had ever known, Amari still saw fit to betray me for him, and as a result of my wounded pride, I instigated a war with him and his birth pride. Although you saw my Guard and half of my Pride decimated there, perhaps that was the Spirits punishing me for unleashing the Roar in anger towards those whose only crimes were siding with someone who did wrong to me. Makoto's Pride was avenged that day, and all because I couldn't bear the thought of losing someone so beautiful." Although Chumvi understood the point of this vision, there was one thing that perplexed him. And it seemed Uru knew exactly what it was.
"In the coming days, you shall find yourself in this exact position. You shall encounter a lioness of great beauty, but she will bring disaster upon your Pride with her presence alone. Will you be ready to face it? And will you avert Haru's mistakes?" As the world around him flashed white, Chumvi lacked any answers to this revelation.