Young

Young padded silently along side with Mufasa. They where in a part of the sky Young had never ventured before. They had left the comfort of the clouds where Young and lived his whole life and now where traveling upwards towards a cluster of stars. Young almost regretted telling Mufasa how Kopa had seemed to have been insane last night. Because now he was being taken to the Council of Kings. A pit grew in Young's stomach at the thought of telling his story to the Council. Young had heard stories of the Council, they had a portal that laid hidden between stars and all of the greatest kings resided there when times grew dire.

"Just relax and tell them what happened." Mufasa told him a second before he vanished into the light that was the meeting hall of the Council. Young was stunned to see that he had made it all the way to the meeting hall without noticing it. He took a breath to calm himself before stepping in to the portal.

The seen that greeted Young made his breath hitch in his throat. The space he entered was immaculate. The ground under his paws was a glowing flawless white stone and wisps of mist hung swirling slowly in the air. At the far end of the hall Young saw a group of lions that had formed a crescent around a massive diamond. Young spotted Mufasa among the lions and he was beckoning Young forward. Young obeyed and stopped just before he reached the crescent. Mufasa made a movement for Young to talk so he did. He told the kings about the Kopa he knew. Strong, powerful, smart, quick and slightly muted, and repressed. Then he told them about the Kopa he witnessed last night. Crude, loud, angry, insane and overpoweringly evil. When Young finished the Kings started to murmur. Young was able to pick out a few words but the ones that stood out the most where Taka and Scar. Where they comparing his brother to Scar! Young was hurt like he had been physically struck. Kopa already had his whole pride believing that he was just as evil as Scar and know the Kings believed the same. Why. He doesn't deserve this hate, Young cried to himself.

Kopa

Kopa's eyes shifted under his heavy eyelids. His body ached. He moaned as a slight shift sent a bolt of pain piercing through his head. He stilled completely until the pain ebbed. He slowly sat up stopping every time the pain returned. It was a slow and painful process but when he was finally sitting upright he opened his eyes. He found himself in the all to familiar dark space of his cave. Kopa cursed under his breath as he found his pelt was covered in grass and dirt. His mind was muddied and sorting out last nights events was difficult. As he cleaned he went over last night. He remembered talking to Kuto as well as stalking the gazelle for what seemed like hours. He recalled the rush of the hunt and the overpowering sorrow of Simba's rejection. Just as he remembered the wave of the forgotten depression found him. His shoulders sagged under the force. But what had happened after? Kopa searched through last nights memories, only remembering racing away from Pride Rock before a stab of pain blossomed at the back of his head. Kopa winced. I can't go through the day with all this pain. Kopa knew that his sides felt like they had been rubbed raw and his head was pounding with a sharp needle-like pain, so he tried to focus on a small spot on his tail that didn't hurt as he crawled out of the darkness.

The light was blinding and seared Kopa's eyes as he left his cave. Adjusting to the light he found that the remains of last night's feast where still strewn about the rock. Oh how nice of them to leave all this for me, Kopa sneered to himself as he started to carry off the first of the bones. He managed to get a few small mouthfuls off the scraps, so Kopa didn't mind the work too much. As he came back from his last trip he saw Tanabi, Kuto and another cub bounding out of the cave. Kopa immediately started to back away silently. Maybe they wont see me.

"Hey." Tanabi called. Kopa winced and closed his eyes wishing to disappear. "Kopa." Tanabi's voice was edged with annoyance. Well there is no avoiding him now, Kopa sighed.

"Good morning." Kopa greeted as he padded over to the cubs with a fake smile. Kopa bowed when he reached them. "It is a pleasure to meet you, Prince Kuto and Princess Kinya." Kopa said raising his head. Kopa once again shoved all of his emotions in a far away corner of his being. "I am Kopa and I live to make your stay here in the Pridelands as wonderful as possible."

-Authors Note-

I hope you guys like it. I don't. But who cares what I think anyways. I swear I rewrote this chapter three times. Anyways I'll Keep this short and get to the point.

1. I have posted links to images of some of the cast on my profile.

2. I have a plot on my profie that I need you to help me with. It is VERY important to the plot of TPK

3. In case you're wondering Kopa, Young, Tanabi and Kinya are all about a 1 1/2 years old in lion years and about 11-12 years old in human years. Kuto is 2 years old so around 13-14 in human years.

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