AN: Yeah CSIMentalistTLK lover, it was sad. I cry every time. Here's chapter ten, enjoy!

Sherise woke to the sound of voices. The golden cub blinked her eyes open and looked to cave entrance to see her mother talking to a light yellow golden lion with a muddy brown mane and green eyes.

Sarabi looked from the male and smiled, "Morning sweetie"

Sherise walked over to her mother and nuzzled against her chest, "Morning morning mommy"

The lion smiled, "How's my favorite niece"

Sherise smiled lightly, "Ok, Uncle Kesi. Miss Simba and daddy"

The lion nuzzled his niece, "I do too"

"Sherise why don't you go play with your friends"

Sherise nodded and walked to the back of the nursery cave with the other cubs.

"Rabi, you know Sherise's in danger"

Sarabi sighed, "I know Kesi. Since Scar took the throne Sherise has no claim"

Kesi growled, "Yes she do! She's in line after Simba!"

"That's why I bethroled her to Kendall. Scar can't do anything then"

Kesi shook his head, "I don't know what got into my brother. I used to look up to him"

"Yeah I know. You and Ni use too" smiled Sarabi thinking about the past. Where did things go wrong?

Kesi got up and stretched, "Well I have to go patrol. I'll see you later, Rabi"

Sarabi nodded before watching her brother in-law exit the cave.

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"Hey Princess"

Sherise sighed, "I'm not a princess anymore. Tama's the princess"

"Well I'm the future king!" Kendall boasted

"Yeah and we're not happy about that either!" Logan growled

"Hey!"

Sherise walked over to a corner and laid down.

"You ok?"

Sherise smiled lightly, "Just miss Simba and my dad"

Nala laid next to her friend and nuzzled her, "I do too" before lying her head down

Sherise nuzzled her creamy friend before lying her head down also. Not really into the mood of playing, so she closed her eyes.

"Hold on Sherise!"

In the gully, a wildebeest rams the tree Sherise's on, nearly breaking it.

"Ahhhh!"

Mufasa runs out into the herd, joining the stampede.

"Oh Scar, this is awful. What will we do? What will we do? Hah ... I'll go back for help, that's what I'll do, I'll go back for he-oomph!"

Scar backhands Zazu into a rock wall, knocking him out. Scar then follows Mufasa's progress from the lip of the gorge, his shadow cast mysteriously from the bottom of the gully. Mufasa runs with the herd till slightly past the tree. He whips around the front of some wildebeest and runs into the herd towards Sherise's tree. He gets rammed head-first once, throwing him to the ground. A wildebeest hits Sherise's tree, throwing Sherise into the air. Mufasa gets up in time to catch Sherise in the air with his mouth. He gets hit again and accidentally throws Sherise. Sherise dodges a few oncoming wildebeest. Mufasa runs by with the herd and grabs Sherise. He jumps up to a near rock ledge and sets Sherise down, but is immediately struck by a wildebeest and carried off into the stampede.

"DADDY!"

Sherise watches in horror as she cannot find her father in the swirling mass of wildebeest below her. At the last second, Mufasa leaps out of the herd and starts to climb with great difficulty up the sheer rock slope. Sherise turns and starts to climb up to the top of the gorge. Out of Sherise's sight, Mufasa reaches a point right below a ledge where he can't climb due to the steepness. His claws are scraping and his back paws have no traction. Above him on the ledge is Scar.

Scar! Broth-" slips, barely hangs on, "Brother! Help me!"

Scar looks disdainfully down, and then suddenly latches onto Mufasa's forepaws with claws extended. Mufasa roars, primarily from the sudden pain of Scar's claws, but no doubt also due to the sudden flash of realization. His expression slowly changes to one of horror as he recognizes Scar's intent.

Slowly and evilly, "Long live the king."

Scar throws his brother backwards. Mufasa free-falls, back first. The camera follows Mufasa down from under him, then from above him, showing the stampede raging below.

"Aaaaaaahh!"

Sherise is watching her father hit the ground.

"Nooooooo!"

The herd passes. Everything is clouded by dust. Sherise bounds to the canyon floor. Mufasa is nowhere to be seen.

Sherise coughs, "Dad!", Quietly, "Dad?"

A stray wildebeest run past, the source of the sound. The wildebeest curves around a log further down the gully. Under the log is Mufasa, laying on his side. He is not moving or breathing. Sherise approaches the body.

Hopefully, "Dad? ...Dad, come on." She rubs up against Mufasa's cheek. The head merely rolls back in place after the rub, "You gotta get up." She places both forepaws on her father's cheek and pushes, "Daddy. We gotta go home" She tugs at Mufasa's ear. Again the head limply moves back in place. Sherise runs off a bit, obviously very scared. "HEEEEELP! Somebody!" Her voice reverberates hollowly off the sides of the gorge. "Anybody... help."

She cries. Sherise turns back to the body. She nuzzles up under the limp paw so that her father is embracing her.

Scar appears through the dust.

"Sherise. ...What have you done?"

Sherise jumps back, crying, "There were wildebeests and he tried to save me... it was an accident, I... I didn't mean for it to happen."

Scar embraced Sherise, yet still distant, "Of course, of course you didn't. No one... ever means", pulls Sherise closer; Sherise hides her face on Scar's foreleg, "for these things to happen. ...But the king IS dead." looking with mock regret at Sherise, "And if it weren't for you, he'd still be alive.", Sherise is crushed, believing her guilt. Another thought "occurs" to Scar. "Oh! What will your mother think?"

Sherise sniffing, "What am I gonna do?"

"Run away, Sherise. Run... Run away and never return."

Sherise runs off blindly, obviously broken. Three hyenas appear behind Scar.

"Kill her."

The hyenas take off after her; Scar stands motionless.

Sherise woke with a scream.

"Reese what's wrong?"

Sherise looked to her right and seen Logan cuddled with her.

The golden took a deep breathe. "Nightmare?"

Logan pulled his friend closer and nuzzled her, "Its ok. It was just a dream. Nothing's going to happen to you, promise!"

Sherise smiled lightly before lying her head down. Logan followed suit and inched closer before closing his eyes.