Chapter 15 Zira

The next day, the clouds above the last day had move on from the sky's. The sun was rising up over the savannah, its bright light pushing away the darkness of the night. Inside the lion's den, the pride was still in a deep slumber. Jay who was still sleeping on Sarabi's side, gave a moan waking up from his dream. His two blues eyes began to open for another day.

"Mom?" he said.

Jay's vision cleared to show he was laying up against something with tanned fur. He leaned up from Sarabi, rubbing his eyes. He then took his hands away and looked to see a cave full of sleeping lionesses. Jay was shocked and a bit saddened as well. He was hoping that all that had happened was just a bad dream, maybe he just fell asleep on the way back to the city.

But it wasn't. It was all for real, everything that had happened yesterday was no dream.

He then heard a lion-like yawn from behind.

He turned and saw the large male lion from last night. His big wide jaws opened for a few seconds before closing. He then stood up on his four legs stretching them out. Mufassa then looked to the little boy who his wife had brought home last night.

Mufassa still wasn't sure about this whole idea. Letting a human be apart of the pride. Even if his queen Sarabi wanted him, he would never think of Jay the way she does. He loved his son very much and he wasn't going to just replace him with a man cub.

The boy only looked back at him, nervous and scared of the alpha lion.

Mufassa then looked away and began to walk to the cave entrance. He leaped down from the flat rock platform and began walking to the entrance. Jay watched as the alpha lion walked out from the cave. Jay frowned and laid back down on Sarabi. There was no way back to when things had been, he was now forever a lost child in the wild. No way home, no way to find his way back. Jay was just laying there trying to fall back to sleep.

Meanwhile, outside the cave. Mufassa came out from the cave. He looked back toward the entrance. The human boy was still fresh on his mind. He thought perhaps he was a bit hard on him. He was just a cub, but it still didn't excuse that he was a human. He wasn't opened arms to him after what they had done in the past. And to welcome one into the pride was basically like bringing the prides most dangerous threat to where they sleep.

Just then, a blue bird flew in.

"Good mourning, your majesty." he said as he landed before the lion king. He then bowed to him.

"Good morning Zazu." Mufassa said back to him.

"I take it things are getting sorted out after the... Accident."

Mufassa nodded his head yes.

"Indeed they are." he said to the small bird.

"Has there been anything to report?"

"All is well in the pride lands, your majesty." said Zazu having to check the lands for himself.

"Nothing out of the ordinary."

"No other humans?" asked the lion wondering if there were any others like Jay around

"Other humans?" asked Zazu curious to what he said.

"What do you mean other humans?"

Mufassa realized what he said. He knew that Zazu didn't know about Jay. He looked back at the cave entrance. He wanted to know if perhaps the boys true family were looking for him. Maybe he could find them and reunite the boy with his true kind. But he shouldn't tell Zazu, he'd freak if he knew a human was here.

"Uh, never mind." he said.

"But are there any humans around in the pridelands?"

The bird nodded his head no.

"I haven't seen any humans in the pridelands thankfully." said Zazu.

"We already have enough trouble with hyena's scavenging."

It wasn't what news Mufussa was hoping to hear. Though he couldn't believe that he thought about that. He felt guilty trying to attempt to find humans just to give that boy away. Sarabi was happy to have him, and he was just going to take it away.

"Good." said Mufassa narrowing his eyes.

"Are you alright, Sire?" asked Zazu seeing the look the lion was giving.

"I'm fine." he answered.

"I'll go and see if there's any trouble that must dealt with."

Mufassa began to walk toward the path leading down to the pride lands. As he walked down the path, he pondered to himself about Jay. Maybe it was best that the boy stayed with them. But he couldn't be apart of this not after his son, and not after the crimes they had done.

As the sun rose higher in the sky, Jay continued to lay by Sarabi's side. He was still awake and still thought of his troubles. The cave was mostly empty, some of the lionesses left the cave. Including Sarafina and Nala. Only four others were int the cave with him and Sarabi.

He suddenly felt something wet slide across his neck. He turned to see Sarabi was looking back to him. She then nudged him, wanting to get up. She then got back on her four paws and stood up. Jay leaned up, still sitting down.

Sarabi turned around to face the boy.

"Come mtoto." she said kneeling down so he could get on.

Jay knew what she wanted him to do. He came up and climbed up on her back. The lioness then stood up and looked back her adopted son.

Once she saw he was okay she looked forward and began to walk to the cave entrance. The lioness leaped down from the stone platform. She began walking to the hole leading outside.

The two came out of the cave and into the warm and bright morning. Jay looked out over the pride lands. It was in plain grass and umbrella trees. There were many hills as well. Sarabi came to the path. She walked down to the lands below.

Once she at the end of the trail. She began to walk away till something crossed her path. Sarabi looked and saw a sleek brown lioness with a red eyes and a hole at the tope corner of her right ear pass by. She was carrying a brown cub with a dark brown mow hawk mane on his head in her jaws. The lioness looked to Sarabi with a stern look. She mainly looked to Jay. Disgusted by the fact she was caring for this... thing.

She set her cub down and looked to Sarabi.

"How can you even care for a thing like that?" she asked the lioness queen.

"Excuse me?" said Sarabi having to be questioned for her choice.

"You letting this human in the pride." she said.

Sarabi glared at her.

"He's my son, Zira." she argued.

"Son?" said Zira as she just smirked.

Zira was the mate of Taka and the mother of their son, Kovu. She was different unlike the others. She was ruthless and aggressive. She also hated humans with a passion. So as you may guess, she wasn't at ecstatic when Taka told her that Sarabi was taking in a human boy.

"So desperate to replace you precious son, Simba."

Sarabi began growling at the very mention her long-lost son. She didn't try to replace her son, she did it to move on.

"That's enough, Zira" she said in an angered tone.

"I'm not trying my son, I'm moving on. This child is now my son and I expect you to treat him that way."

Zira just glared back at her. Sarabi turned and began to walk away.

Jay just sat on his mothers back as they moved away. He then looked back toward the small brown cub who was looking back at him. He stared curiously at the boy. He tilted his head giving a confused look. It looked like a white hairless monkey on her back.

Jay only looked away from him and looked back ahead.

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