The next morning I walked out of the cave. Simba just got back yesterday and already the Pridelands looked better. Then I remembered something, Vitani. I haven't seen her since I left her with Zira. I looked down and saw Zira down at the waterhole. I glared down at her. I run down to her. "Zira." I growl.
"Hello Nala." She says sarcastically.
"Where is Vitani?" I ask her.
"Why should I tell you, you gave her to me remember?" She says smugly.
"I didn't give her to you I wanted you to watch her while I was away." I remind her.
She smirks and runs away. I glare in the direction she ran in. "Pssst." I hear a voice say. I look around but don't see anything. "Pssst, Nala, over here." I look to where the voice is and I see Nuka. Nuka is almost a teenager.
"Nuka, what is it?" I ask him.
"I can't get Vitani back to you but I can tell you she's just fine. She misses you very much, but she's ok." He says.
"Thank you Nuka, I really appreciate it." I tell him.
He walks away. "Hey Nal." I hear a familiar voice say.
"Hey Simba." I say smiling.
"What are you doing here all alone?" He asks.
"Oh you know, just hanging out." I say deciding not to tell him about Zira and Nuka.
"Mind if I join you?" He asks.
"Be my guest." I say.
"So how have you been?" He asks.
"I'm fine." I say. I'm really not fine because I can't stop thinking about Vitani, and how I think the nightmares of Scar might come back.
"Nala, please, tell me the truth." He begs.
I can't tell him what Scar did but I'll tell him something that's sort of the truth. "It's just, when Scar was king things were really bad here, our moms were so weak I was so scared i might loose them." I say with tears forming in my eyes.
"It's ok Nala, I'm here now, I won't leave again." He says nuzzling me.
We sit there talking for a little more when my mother calls me over. "Nala, if you want to hunt with us you'd better come now."
"Ok mom." I call over to her. I turn back to Simba. "See you later."
"Bye." He says.
I go to the hunting party with a smile on my face. "Oooooh that's a big smile. Somebody has a crush." Tama said in a teasing voice.
"You already knew that Tama." I tell her.
"I know but it's fun to tease you about it." She laughs.
I giggle and then growl because I see Zira coming this way. "What are you doing here?" My mother growls at her former best friend.
"Hello Sarafina nice to see you too." She says sarcastically. "I just think you should know, Simbas time has passed. And so have all of yours." She says.
"What does that mean?" Kula asks nervously.
"It means if you were smart. You'd help me take down Simba, like the other half of your pride." She smirks.
"We will never join you." I growl.
"Have it your way. Lioness's." Zira calls and her new pride shows up. "Attack." She says and we fight.
A lioness named Kala who was born after Simba left jumped on me. I remember the day she was born. She was the most adorable cub I've ever seen. I throw her off me. I look around and see my mother fighting a lioness name Dotty. Tama fighting a lioness named Camy. Kula fighting a lioness named Jayna." And Sarabi fighting Zira. Kala jumped on me again. "Nala, I thought the two of us were friends." She says.
"We were friends Kala. When you chose Zira that marked the end of our friendship." I growl.
"Oh right you're loyal to your little boyfriend." She smirks.
I swipe at her. Then we here a roar. It was Zira. Everyone steps back Zira and Sarabi are circling each other. Tama and Kula hold my mother back so she can't move and get herself killed. I run to go find Simba. I see him walking back to Priderock. "Simba." I yell.
He smiles when he sees me. "Hey Nal, I was just-" he starts.
"Simba, you remember Zira right?" I ask interrupting.
"Yeah, why?" He asks.
"Well Zira turned half the pride against us, we were just fighting, and Zira's trying to kill your mom." I said quickly.
"WHAT?!" Simba yelled as the two of us ran back to where we were. We got back just in time to see Zira lunge at Sarabi. Simba jumped on Zira and tackled her. Zira flipped Simba and Sarabi jumped on Zira to keep her from hurting her son. The three of them kept fighting until this happened. Zira backhanded Simba sending him flying head first into a rock making him unconscious. I ran to his side and started shaking him trying to wake him up. I heard my mom scream to see Zira scratch Sarabi and run. This scratch wasn't just any old scratch. Sarabi has been scratched in that same place so many times. She was loosing so much blood. Simba finally woke up and gasped when he saw his mother. "Mom." He whispered.
"Simba, I'm sorry my son." She whispered.
"No mom I'm sorry, I've failed you." Simba says tears streaming down his face.
She lightly chuckled and says. "You didn't fail me Simba, you're just the son I've always wanted, the lion I've always wanted you to be. Just do me three favors." She asks.
"Anything." He says back.
"Don't kill Zira, banish her, also do you love Nala?" She asks.
"I do." He whispers. I gasp.
"Nala do you love Simba?" Sarabi asks me.
"So much." I tell her.
"Simba, take her as your queen." Sarabi tell him.
"I would even if you hadn't asked me." He says.
"Last, if you and Nala ever have a daughter, please name her Kiara. It was my sisters name who died saving my life." She says.
"Kiara, will be our daughters name." I whisper.
"Thank you Nala." For being the daughter I never had." She says.
"Thank you for being like my second mother." I tell her nuzzling her.
"Sarafina, thank you for being my best friend." She says to my mother.
"Thank you for being mine." She says crying.
"I love you, all of you. Tell Vitani even though she isn't my daughter, I love her too" She whispers. I'm glad Simba doesn't ask who Vitani is.
"Say hi to dad for me." Simba asks her.
"I will, I'll say hi to Runju for Nala and Sarafina."
"Thank you." We whisper. Runju was my fathers name.
Sarabi smiles one last time before she takes one more breath and goes limp.
I nuzzle both Simba and my mother. "I'm so sorry."
"I won't kill Zira, I'll banish her, along with anyone else who took her side." Simba says.
"Ok. But if you ever want to talk or even have a shoulder to cry on, I'm always here." He nods and I walk away to let him be alone.
End of part 13