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At Pride Rock, the king paced back and forth as he waited for his daughter's arrival. "What is taking her so long?" he asked no one in particular as his worry began to grow. He couldn't imagine his daughter being in danger but flashbacks flooded in his mind when him and Nala were attacked by hyenas when they were cubs. He knew that Kiara was just in her adolescent years but he was still worried about her safety.
"Simba, I'm sure she's fine," Nala assured him. "You should know that this is her first time hunting by herself."
"I know, I know," Simba said as he let out a sigh. He looked up to the sky as if his father was going to show him where his daughter was. He turned around and walked towards Nala. "I just want her to be safe," he whispered as he gave her a nuzzle.
"She'll be fine," Nala chuckled at his nuzzle, "she knows where to go and where not to go."
Simba smiled at his mate. She was right. Maybe he was just being paranoid about the whole thing. He heard wheezing behind him. He turned around and looked as he saw Timon and Pumbaa climbing onto Pride Rock. Timon collapsed on the ground while Pumbaa tried to catch his breath. Simba ran over to them. "Was she okay?"
"We-" Pumbaa was about to say but Timon quickly put his hand on Pumbaa's mouth.
"She is fine!" Timon "enthusiastically" said, "nothing wrong. She didn't run away as she said she would, no siree! She is still around the Pride Lands, ha, ha," he smiled nervously when he saw Simba glaring at him. "We lost her," he finally told the truth.
"You what?" Simba asked as his eyes almost popped out of his head.
"She was upset to find out that you sent us to look after her and she ran away," Pumbaa said.
"We tried going after her but that girl can run!" Timon exclaimed as he put his hand on his chest where he felt his heart beating rapidly.
Nala sighed as she turned her head to the side. She couldn't believe Simba hadn't kept his word. "I understand why she is upset," she said as she stood up on her paws and looked at Simba, "she's upset that you didn't keep your promise. She wanted you to trust her."
Simba turned his head and looked at Nala. "I do trust her," Simba said, "but I just want her to be safe. Do you remember that she got herself in trouble?"
"She is not a cub anymore," Nala gently said, "all she wants from you is to trust her."
Simba wanted to trust his daughter. He did but he wanted her to be safe. Safety first he thought. "Zazu," he called as the blue majordomo bird flew over to Simba and bowed his head to him.
"At your service sire," he said.
"Scour the Pride Lands and make sure that Kiara is still around," he told Zazu. Nala rolled her eyes and shook her head at Simba's decision. If she was in Simba's place, she would believe in her daughter and let her hunt in peace.
"Will do," Zazu said as he took off to the skies in search for the princess.
Amber stopped dragging her meal as she sat down and panted. "Man this is heavier than I thought," she said as she stared at the carcass. One antelope was not enough to feed the whole clan. She had seen the hyenas and they were dangerously thin and on the verge of dying. She thought of her parents, at how they left the largest scrap of food for her and they ate the smallest portion. "If I caught one antelope, maybe I can catch another," she said as she looked back at the Pride Lands. She was a little bit far away but she knew that the antelope would graze anywhere the grass was green. She scooped the carcass in her mouth and dragged it to a place where she hoped no one would steal it. If they steal it, they're dead! she thought as she ran back to the Pride Lands.
She hid underneath the grass, trying to blend in with her surroundings, as she saw an antelope grazing nearby. She slowly crawled through the grass, doing her best not to snap anything under her paws. She saw as the antelope rose its head and looked to see if any predator was around. It went back to grazing.
"Phew," Amber whispered. Her shoulder blades moved as she prepared herself to attack. She jumped in the air and sunk her nails and teeth onto the antelopes neck. The antelope bellowed from fear and pain as it tumbled to the ground along with the hyena. The antelope wildly kicked and squirmed but Amber had her teeth and nails locked onto it.
Zazu looked around and then was shocked to see an antelope kicking in the air. He flew down to see if the poor thing was trapped from something but as he flew down, he saw the gray hyena killing it. He couldn't let this unwanted beat kill the antelope. He knew that this was a risky thing that he was doing, but it was for the best. He circled over the antelope and the hyena and gave her a hard peck on the head.
"OW!" Amber yelled as she unattached herself from the antelope and rubbed her head with her paw. The injured antelope ran away from the hyena. Amber looked around to see who or what was that. She saw Zazu flying above her. Her yellow eyes flared as she quickly swiped her paw at Zazu.
"Ahh!" Zazu yelled as he dodged her attack.
"You stupid banana beak!" Amber yelled at him, "you made me lose my meal!"
"I could care less!" Zazu said as he kept his distance away from her, "I am sure that you are very well aware that creatures like your kind are not allowed to step foot in the Pride Lands."
"Who are you? The king?" Amber asked as she rolled her eyes.
"I madam am the king's majordomo," Zazu explained.
"A 'domo' is right," Amber laughed, "and you're dead!" she yelled as she pounced in the air to grab him.
Zazu quickly moved away but Amber had managed to swipe his wing. He saw as some white feathers fell on the ground. To his shock, he didn't see where Amber was. "Oh no," he said to himself.
"HA!" Amber yelled as she jumped out from a bush and pounced on Zazu. She pinned up to the ground and gave him a smile. "Now I've got you," she said as she bent down to grab his knock.
"Wait!" Zazu screamed as he held his feathered wings in front of his face, "surely a hyena cannot eat birds. They are tough and gamey."
"Hey if its meat, we are satisfied," Amber told him, "and you owe me for making me lose my prey banana beak!"
"Oh dear," Zazu said as he felt himself being lifted from the ground by his tail.
Amber walked back to the bushes where she had hidden her meal. Luckily, it was still there. She dropped Zazu to the ground and dragged her meal out. Zazu turned around and tip-toed away but he stopped when Amber stomped her paw on his tail, "you are not going anywhere," she said, "get in front of me so you won't fly away."
Zazu obeyed as he walked in front of her. "Where are you taking me?" he asked as he felt her paws on his feet.
"You'll see soon enough," she said as she kept her teeth on the carcass.
The hyena and the majordomo walked for miles when they finally arrived to Amber's clan. Zazu gasped as he saw the place filled with hyenas. "I thought that were dead," he said.
"Oh some of them are," Amber said to him, "but the others were smart enough to run away before they were killed in the fire. That's what my mom and dad told me. Hey uncle Ed!" she yelled as she saw her dim-witted uncle who was staring at a rock. "Look at what I got!"
Ed ran over to her and saw the carcass that she had gotten. Amber pushed it towards him with her nose. "Get mom and dad, I have another surprise to show them," she said as she kept her hind foot on Zazu's tail who was hiding behind her.
Ed ran into a cave where he later came back with Banzai and Shenzi. "What is it now?" Banzai complained, "I was about to fall asleep!"
"Look," Shenzi said as she pointed in front of her, "Amber is back!" the two hyenas ran to their daughter.
"This was all I could get," Amber said as she looked down at the carcass, "I went to get another one but a major doofus ruined it!" she said through gritted teeth.
"Well," Banzai said as he looked at the antelope, "we're eating good tonight."
"Exactly," Shenzi nodded.
"And I have a specific bird for dessert," Amber said as she threw Zazu in front of Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed.
"Hey its Mufasa's stooge," Banzai said as he pointed to Zazu.
"He was Mufasa's stooge," Shenzi corrected his past tense, "now he's Simba's."
"Or was," Banzai said.
"Hey guys," Amber said as she called over a group of hyenas, "dinner and dessert is served," she said as she and the other hyenas stalked towards the carcass and Zazu.
Zazu fidgeted with his wings. He couldn't fly because if he did, one of them would jump up and grab his tail and he knew that would be the end of him.
"Wait," Shenzi suddenly said and everyone stopped.
"Come on," Banzai said as his stomach began to growl. He had anticipated for Amber to get back with something and she did, but why was Shenzi delaying it?
Shenzi looked down at Zazu. "You are Simba's watch bird right?" she asked him as Zazu immediately nodded. "You have two options," she said as she began to circle around him, "get eaten or be on our side."
"I most surely will not be on your side," Zazu told her.
"Have it your way then," Shenzi said as she bared her canine teeth at him that were dripping with drool. She bent down to scoop his neck and kill him when Zazu quickly wrapped his wings around his head.
"Okay, okay, okay," Zazu yelled as his small body began to shake, "I will be on your side." He hated doing it, but he wanted to be alive rather than dead.
"Good," Shenzi calmly said, "I can be a considerate hyena, but if you go against us by any means, you are going to be a cooked chicken!" she warned him as she pushed him with her paw. "Now," she said as she sat down and stared at him, "Banzai is going to prepare a nice little prison for you where you are going to stay unless we need you, got it?"
"Got it!" Zazu immediately answered.
"Good," she said as she looked at her mate.
"Ohh," Banzai groaned, "why do I have to do all of the work?"
"Go," Shenzi told him and him and Ed took Zazu to their cave where they were going to keep him prisoner. Shenzi turned her attention to Amber and licked the top of her head, "you did a good job."
Amber smiled.
Scar and Zira arrived at their home where they were welcomed by Vitani, Kovu, and an excited Nuka. "Did you get her? Did you get her?" Nuka asked as he jumped in the air. He laughed when he saw Kiara on Zira's back.
"Shhh!" Vitani shushed him, fearing that he was going to wake up Kiara.
Zira bent her body to the ground and moved her body to one side and Kiara rolled off of her. She watched Kiara taking a couple of breaths. "Where am I?" she asked as she looked at her surroundings.
Scar smiled as he walked in front of her. "You are certainly not at home," he said as he bend down and looked at her with his green eyes. He watched her red eyes widen when she saw him. He mentally laughed at seeing how frightened Kiara was. Stupid child he thought. "Haven't your parents ever told you not to run away from home?" Scar continued as he circled around her.
Kiara stood up on her paws. "Why did you bring me here? Who do you think you are?" she asked in a harsh tone of voice. She thought that if she used a harsh tone then he would let her go. How wrong she was.
"You better watch that tongue of yours," Scar snapped as Kiara backed away from him. "But to answer you question, I am your great uncle."
Kiara furrowed her eyebrows as she took a good look at him. The last time she had seen him was when she was a cub. She gasped as realization hit her. It was him and she remembered very well that he had mentioned to her father that he was related to her. "What do you want with me?" she asked.
"All of your questions will be answered soon enough," Scar said, "once I'm king of the Pride Lands!" he yelled as he let out a roar. "And also my queen," he said as he looked over at Zira who smiled at him.
"Woo-hoo!" Nuka yelled as excitement filled up inside him. Vitani and Kovu only smiled.
"That is not going to happen," Kiara said as she shook her head, "my father is tougher than you and he will take you out," she said.
"Oh dear," Scar dramatically said as he put a paw over his eyes, "I am shaking. My nephew is going to kill his big bad uncle, boo-hoo," he said as Kovu, Vitani, Nuka, and Zira started to laugh at her.
Seeing that they were distracted, Kiara thought that maybe this was her chance to escape. She ran right past them. "Hey!" Scar yelled as he ran behind her.
Vitani, Zira, Kovu, and Nuka spread out as they surrounded her. "Going somewhere princess?" Nuka asked as he blocked her path.
Kiara raised her paw and pushed him to the side where he fell to the ground.
"Pathetic," Scar said as he looked at Nuka.
Vitani jumped in front of her and swiped her paw at Kiara. The paw smashed against Kiara's face with a lot of impact and Kiara fell to the ground. Kiara felt some blood seeping out of her cheek. "Uhh!" she grunted as she felt two heavy paws on top of her shoulders and she was pinned to the ground.
Scar leaned closer to her and whispered in her ear. "Don't you dare do that again," he said as he slowly got off of her. He looked at Kovu, Vitani, and Nuka at nudged his head at Kiara.
"Get up," Vitani said as she gave Kiara a harsh push. Kiara got up and walked over to a cave where the two lions and lioness took her. She was backed over to a wall and she saw Kovu, Vitani, and Nuka looking at her. "Now you won't escape," Vitani sneered.
"Yeah," Nuka added. "This is my moment of glory!"
"What glory?" Vitani asked as she looked at him, "you did nothing!"
"Hey!" Nuka yelled, "I jumped in front of her but she attacked me."
"Ughhh," Vitani said as she shook her head again. The more she argued with Nuka the worse the argument became.
"So," Nuka began as he dragged out the word, "when Scar said that we are guarding her does that mean that we have to do this all day and all night?"
"That's what guarding means!" Vitani told him.
"Well, this is going to be boring," Nuka said as he lied down on the ground and rested his head on his paws and closed his eyes.
"Or we can take turns," Vitani suggested, "this princess is too stupid enough to leave, let alone walk away from her pride," she said as she smiled at Kiara who only glared at her. "I'm not going to guard her today."
"Me neither," Kovu said as he shook his head and followed after his sister.
"Aww," Nuka moaned as he figured out that he was the one who was going to guard Kiara. Oh well.