I don't own Kingdom Hearts and Descendants. Only thing I own is the idea of Sora, Riku and Kairi being related to Disney characters(I did this as a last minute thing in Big Four's Adventure with Sora to Sora and Kairi but I'm not sure if people noticed.) If you wanna know the reason, go to the first announcement chapter of Kingdom Hearts Descendants.
Every world will be a chapter with multiple povs unless they're short.
I know there are no purple lion cubs but since Sora has his spiky hair as a lion cub, I'm gonna make Mal be a purple lion cub.
Chapter fourteen: Pride Lands(part one)
Mal's pov:
We got to a new world and landed there. "Hey! Check us out." Jay said as the six of us each checked ourselves out.
"Yeah!" Donald said.
"I'm a purple lion cub. I can deal with this." I said, smiling.
We looked around us and our smiles faded. "This place is kinda creepy, though." Sora said.
"Uh-huh." Donald said.
"Ooh." Goofy said, causing us to look behind us and saw a hyena there in front of Goofy then we looked around us again and saw that we were being surrounded by hyenas.
One gave a crazy laugh then snarled at us. "Heartless?" Ben asked.
"I dunno, Ben. I get the feelin' they might live here." Goofy said.
"Don't mind us! Just passing through. We won't be any trouble." Donald said.
"Yeah, that's right!" I said.
"Don't be silly. We'd love you to stick around for lunch." One hyena said as the six of them circled around us.
"Um...we didn't bring anything to eat." Jay said.
"That's not gonna be a problem!" A second one said.
Goofy gulped. "Gawrsh, Jay- I think WE'RE the lunch!" He said.
Donald yelled and the six of us split up from each other. I ran then tripped over my own feet and fell onto my back. I was near Sora. "Going somewhere?" The second hyena asked Sora. All of a sudden, a roar echoed to here, causing the second hyena to looked to the side. "Man, that Scar's got the worst timing." He said.
"Just let him roar." The first one said.
"Nah, we better go see what he wants. Sounds like he's grumpy enough already." The second one said.
The first one sighed. "Fine..." She said then the hyenas ran off.
We watched them run off after we each got up then faced each other. "I dunno what that was about, but I'm glad it's over!" Sora said, causing Donald and Goofy to each sigh in relief.
"Everything's harder on four legs..." Ben said as we went over to Donald and Goofy.
"Better start practicing!" Donald said.
"I found a trick to it. Here, lemme show y'all." Goofy said. He showed us how to do it and we followed his directions.
After a while, we left the area and got to another area to what appears some kind of graveyard. We stopped and looked to the side. That was when we saw a lioness running from something. She stopped and growled a bit then ran off again as she was being chased by two giant Heartless. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" I asked.
"Heartless!?" Donald asked.
"What do we do?" Goofy asked.
The four of us ran over to help the lioness out and we stood between her and the two Heartless. "Stay back!" Jay said.
We fought the Heartless and defeated them. "Definitely Heartless." Sora said.
"Thank you. You really saved me." The lioness said, causing us to turn around and face her.
"We're just glad you're okay." Goofy said.
"Did you see any other Heartless around here?" Ben asked.
"Heartless... Is that what they're called? I'm not sure if there are any others... I don't usually hunt outside the Pride Lands." The lioness said.
"Pride Lands?" Donald asked.
"Hey, do you know if a guy named Riku and a girl named Evie are there? Or some bad guys in black hoods? Or maybe this really big bully named Pete?" I asked, walking over to her. She shook her head no and I sighed as I looked down a bit then looked back at Donald, Goofy, Sora, Ben and Jay. "Oh well, we might as well take a look, anyway." I said, causing the five of them to nod at me.
"Wait- the Pride Lands are dangerous. Scar and the hyenas have made things unbearable for everyone. There's no food left. They've driven off the prey. We're about to starve." The lioness said, causing me to look back at her then she turned around.
"We can handle a little danger. You just saw us beat those Heartless, didn't you?" Jay asked, walking over to my side then went past me a little.
"I guess you're right... You four could just what the kingdom needs. Maybe you can help us." The lioness said, facing him.
"Ya mean take on this Scar guy and all those hyenas?" Goofy asked.
"Scar?" Donald asked.
"He took over when our last king, Mufasa, died." The lioness said.
"So you're saying that this guy is your king." Sora said, walking over to the three of us.
"You want us to take down your king?" Ben asked, walking over to us too.
The lioness nodded a bit with a smile. "Wait just a minute." I said and the four of us ran over to Donald and Goofy.
"We can't just go around knocking kings off their thrones." Jay said.
"Then again, if they see we're stronger than their king, maybe they'll ask one of us to be their next ruler!" Sora said.
"Sora..." Goofy said.
"We'd have to refuse, of course. Especially when I'm already king of a kingdom." Ben said.
"Still, we'd like to see the Pride Lands, so you guys don't mind lending 'em a paw, do you?" I asked then the four of us ran back to the lioness and talked to her.
The lioness named Nala nodded once at us then ran off. We faced Donald and Goofy again. "She's gonna go on ahead and tell the other lionesses. We're supposed to meet her at a place called Pride Rock." Jay said as the six of us watched her run off.
After a while, we found our way to Prick Rock and got there. We walked past some other lionesses when we saw Nala walking over to us with a monkey. The two stopped walking after we stopped walking. "That's them." She told the monkey.
The monkey walked over to us and inspected the four of us closely. "Uh...what?" Sora asked. The monkey looked at Donald and Goofy next then went back to Nala and whispered something in her ear which made her look at him then look down after she saw him shake his head.
We watched the monkey walk back the way he came. "What is it?" Sora asked.
"I told Rafiki you four might be able to help us force Scar and the hyenas out of the Pride Lands. But he says it won't work. You see, whoever saves the Pride Lands will be our next king...and he has to have the right qualities." Nala said.
"Meaning..." Ben asked.
"I think she means you four are each not cut out for the job, Sora, Ben, Mal and Jay." Goofy said, causing Sora, Jay and I to each sigh.
"That's fine with me though because one kingdom is good enough for me." Ben said.
"I'm sorry you four came all this way." Nala said.
"Hey, no- it's okay." I said.
Nala came close to us a bit. "You'd better go before Scar finds out you're here. I'm really sorry." She whispered a bit.
We turned around and started to head out when we saw the hyenas from before blocking our way. "Hey- a snack." The second one from before said as they came close to us.
"Snack? Nah, we got us a three course meal; two for each course." The first one from before said as the third one just laughed.
All of a sudden, we heard the roar from before and it made the three hyenas look up from behind us. "Look at that, here comes Scar- the king." The second one said then laughed as we turned around and saw two lions there.
"And Pete!" Jay said.
The first lion jumped down skillfully then walked over to us. Pete, however, tried to do what the first lion did but ended up on his side. We just shook our heads a bit at the sight. "My back..." He slightly muttered.
"What are you doing here!?" Sora asked.
"Aww, the cute li'l kitty's worried about me. If I were you four, I'd be more worried about my friends!" Pete said, causing us to turn around a bit and saw the hyenas surround Donald and Goofy.
"Sora! Ben! Mal! Jay!" Donald said.
"We're surrounded!" Goofy said then covered his eyes.
"Go on, ladies- you've got some hunting to do." The lion said, looking at the lionesses from the side.
"The herds have moved on, Scar. We can't hunt in a land with no prey." Nala said.
"No prey? Then what do you call this?" The lion named Scar asked, pointing at us as he looked back at us.
"We're not prey!" Ben said.
"Oh. Nice and fresh, too." Scar said.
"Well, they're all yours, Scar." Pete said and took off as Scar watched him a bit.
Scar looked back at us and was about to pounce at us when Nala stopped him. Nala looked back at us. "Run!" She said. We turned around and ran back the way we came. "Follow me!" She said as she ran past us. We followed her to get out of Pride Rock. Once we were away, we stopped walking and looked at her. She was looking down. "I'm sorry I got you four involved in this." She said.
"It's no big deal." I said.
"Aw, it's not your fault. Sora, Ben, Mal and Jay wouldn't be good rulers." Donald said, causing the four of us looked at him.
"Hey! We had to give it a try, right?" Sora asked.
"So you four DID want to be rulers! What about your royal vizer position, Jay?" Goofy asked.
"Well...you know..." Sora started.
"Oh, yeah. I forgot about that. I'm good then." Jay said.
"I'm fine where I'm at." Ben said.
"And being a ruler can be a bit overwhelming to me anyway." I said.
"Uh, Nala, isn't there anybody else who could be king?" Jay asked.
"There was...but he died...when he was just a cub. He was the son of our last king, Mufasa. If only Simba was here..." Nala said.
"Simba!? But Simba's just fine!" Sora said.
"He was fighting right beside us not that long ago." Ben said.
"You mean Simba's alive? But where is he?" Nala asked.
"That... We don't know." I said.
"Still...Simba's alive! I can't believe it... Please- tell me more about him." Nala said.
"Of course!" Jay said.
"But first, we should get away from Scar. We'll go through Wildebeest Valley. He won't follow us through there. He won't follow us there." Nala said, causing us to turn around and look at the direction she was looking at.
We ran to the valley that Nala told us about and we got there. We walked to an edge and looked down. "Whoa..." Sora muttered.
After a while, we noticed Nala back up then she ran past us and jumped to the other side of the area. "Wow!" The six of us said at the same time as we watched Nala.
We looked back down at the edge. "What's wrong?" Nala asked.
"We're never gonna make it." Ben said.
Nala muttered something but we couldn't exactly hear her. "What?" I asked.
"Never mind. It's not important. Here, I'll show you guys how. You guys can do it!" Nala said. We made it over to her side and the seven of us walked. Well, the six of us walked while Donald was flying. "When Simba's father, King Mufasa, died, we were told that Simba died alongside him." She said.
"Who told you that?" Jay asked.
We noticed Nala stop after a little while so we looked at her and saw her look down a bit. "Scar." She said.
We noticed something else from the corner of our eyes so we turned to the side and saw the monkey from before named Rafiki. He walked up a slope that was next to us then stopped at the edge of the slope and looked at the direction that was now behind us. "It is time." He said then pointed his staff towards the direction, causing us to turn back around towards that direction. That was when we heard a faint roar of sorts.
"It must be Simba! Sora! Ben! Mal! Jay! Hurry!" Nala said and ran off towards the direction.
"Wait up!" Sora said and we ran after her.
After a while, we came across a jungle and ran through it then got to what appears to be an oasis and saw Simba surrounded by six Heartless; three in front of him and three behind him while he was on a log bridge. One started getting close to him and Simba roared at it. The six Heartless disappeared shortly after. "Simba!" Ben said, causing Simba to look over at us as we ran over to him a bit.
Simba got ready to attack us which caused us to stop running. "I-it's us- Sora, Ben, Mal and Jay! Donald and Goofy are here, too." I said.
Simba walked off the bridge and walked over to us. "Sora! Ben! Mal! Jay! Donald! Goofy!" He said, happily then he happily pounced Sora and rubbed his stomach a bit which caused the five of us to laugh. Simba looked at us then back at Sora. "What happened to you guys?" He asked.
Jay was about to answer when we heard a scream, causing us to look over at the direction of the jungle. "Help! Simba! Heeelp!" A voice said as Sora got up while we kept looking at the direction of the jungle.
"She's gonna eat us!" A second voice said.
"Timon? Pumbaa!? Something must have happened in the jungle! I have to go help my friends!" Simba said and took off into the jungle.
"Okay, we'll go back you up!" Jay said and the six of us followed Simba into the jungle.
Once we got back to the jungle, we saw Simba and Nala fighting. "Simba! Wait!" Sora said.
The two kept fighting. "Stop!" Donald said.
"It's Nala! Don't you recognize her?" Ben asked.
The two kept fighting until Nala pinned him down, which surprised Simba. "Nala?" He asked. Nala kept growling at him then stopped and got off. She was away from him while looking at him. Simba got close to her a bit. "It's me, Simba!" He said.
Nala stared at him a little more then a smile appeared on her face. "Simba!" She said and the two did some kind of secret shake of sorts. "You are alive!" She said as they circled each other.
"Hey! What's goin' on here!?" The first voice from earlier said as we walked over to a meerkat and a warthog. The two turned around, saw us, screamed and ran away from us. One hid behind Simba's paw while the other one was covering his head with his back towards us.
Simba looked down at the meerkat with a smile. "Don't worry. They're all friends of mine." He said.
"So that means...nobody's planning to eat anybody else for lunch, right?" The meerkat asked.
The six of us each nodded once at the meerkat. The warthog was still covering his head in fear. "Are you sure they don't wanna eat me like I'm some kinda pig!?" The warthog asked.
"We won't...but you are a pig, right?" I asked.
The warthog quickly faced us with a glare. "Call me Mr. Pig!" He said. All of us except the warthog laughed.
After a while, Simba stopped laughing and looked back at the meerkat. "Could you guys excuse us for a few minutes?" He asked.
"Why am I not surprised?" The meerkat asked as he was looking at Simba. The eight of us watched Simba and Nala walk away. The eight of us got into a straight line and the seven of us followed the meerkat named Timon. Sora was behind Timon, I was behind Sora, Ben was behind me, Jay was behind Ben, the warthog named Pumbaa was behind Jay, Donald was behind Pumbaa and Goofy was behind Donald. "Hakuna!" Timon said.
"Matata!" The seven of us said at the same time.
"Hakuna!" Timon said.
"Matata!" The seven of us said.
We stopped as we saw Nala walk towards us a bit. "He's not the Simba I remember. Something about hakuna matata..." She said as she walked past us and back into the jungle to head back to Pride Rock.
It was nighttime and as I was going to sleep, I noticed Simba getting up and walking away. I silently followed him, not noticing that Sora and the others followed me until I slightly saw someone next to me. I looked to the side and saw Sora there. I shook my head at them when Sora was about to say something so they could stay quiet then I looked back at Simba. "My father's dead. And it's all because of me... It's my fault. I can't go back... It won't change anything." Simba said then looked up at the sky. "Father...are you there?" He asked.
After a while, we saw clouds forming in a circle then a ghostly image of a lion in the middle of the circle of clouds. "Simba...you have forgotten who you are. You must take your place in the Circle of Life." The ghostly lion said.
"How can I go back? I'm not who I used to be." Simba said.
"Remember who you are." The ghostly lion said then disappeared.
"You can all come out now." Simba said. We came out and looked at Simba as he was looking at us. "I'm going back to face my past. I could use your help." He said.
"He really is a king..." Timon said as the sun was rising from the horizon that was behind Simba. We walked back to where the Pride Lands were with Simba, Timon, Pumbaa and Nala. "Wait a minute. We're gonna fight your uncle for THIS?" He asked, causing Simba to look at us from the left.
"Yes, Timon. This is my home." Simba said, looking back at Pride Rock.
We got to Pride Rock. Scar looked up, saw Simba and got scared. Simba jumped down to Scar. "Simba! You're...alive!" Scar said, backing up.
"This kingdom doesn't belong to you." Simba said as the nine of us walked near Simba.
"Simba's the rightful king." Nala said.
"The choice is yours, Scar. Either step down or fight." Simba said as he walked towards Scar while Scar backed up to the side of the exterior of a cave.
"Must this all end in violence? I'd hate to be responsible for the death of a family member, Simba..." Scar said, walking past Simba and towards us a bit.
"I've put the past behind me." Simba said, glaring at Scar.
"But what about your faithful subjects? Have they?" Scar asked.
"Simba, what's he talking about?" Nala asked.
Simba had a sad look on his face. "Go on. Tell them who's responsible for Mufasa's death!" Scar said as he circled around Simba a bit.
Simba looked down. "I am." He said, softly.
Nala gasped softly. Scar went towards Simba while Simba was backing up. "He admits it! Murderer! If it weren't for you, Mufasa would still be alive. Do you deny it?" Scar said.
"No! But it was an accident!" Simba said. We couldn't hear what Scar was saying to Simba then Simba fell but tried to hold onto the edge. Scar was saying something else but we couldn't hear it either. Out of nowhere, Simba jumped back onto the platform and pinned Scar down. "Murderer! Tell them the truth!" He said.
"All right. All right! I did it." Scar said.
"Louder!" Simba said as we got close to them.
"I...killed...Mufasa!" Scar said.
Three hyenas came out as one laughed and tackled Simba. Scar ran back into the cave as more hyenas surrounded Simba. The four of us ran over to Simba. "Simba! You get Scar! We'll handle these guys!" Jay said.
Simba nodded once then ran into the cave after Scar. The four of us were surrounded by the hyenas now. We didn't notice Pumbaa coming towards us with Timon on his back until we saw the hyenas being thrown up into the air. "'Scuse me! Pardon me! Comin' through!" Timon said then got off of Pumbaa's back and the two got ready to fight then ran into the cave in fear. The hyenas chased after them and we chased after the hyenas to save Timon and Pumbaa.
We got into the cave, fought the three hyenas and defeated them. They ran out of the cave through the entrance we came through from. "Where's Simba?" Sora asked, looking at Nala.
"He went up there." Nala said.
We ran up the slope in the direction that Nala was looking at. Once we got to where Simba and Scar were, we saw them going around in a circle. "Simba!" Donald said and started to fly over but Ben put his paw up towards Donald to stop him.
"This is his fight, Donald." Ben said.
We watched Scar and Simba fight then saw Simba being knocked back a bit. Scar started to pounce onto Simba but Simba pushed Scar off and Scar fell down. "You're okay!" I said, causing Simba to look at us from the side.
"Aw, that was just a sneak preview!" A voice behind us said, causing us to turn around and we saw Pete there. "'Cause this ain't over- not by a long shot!" He said then pointed behind Simba. We looked over and saw a paw there. "Anger and jealously turned the king of Pride Rock into a Heartless! Oh, your kingdom's gonna rise again... But this time, as the Pride Lands of Darkness!" He said as we saw Scar push himself up then was in front of the seven of us.
"That's what you think!" Simba said. We fought Scar and defeated him. We watched him walk towards us a bit then he glowed a bit and fell to the side. We went back down to the cave and left the cave. We watched as Simba walked to the edge and he roared. The lionesses roared with him then we saw the circle of clouds and the ghostly lion from before. He was smiling this time.
The four of us sealed the giant Keyhole when we saw it. "Hey, what's with the light show?" Timon asked.
"We have to say good bye for a little while." Jay said.
"I'll go tell Simba." Pumbaa said as we faced them.
"Aw, he's prob'ly busy. Just tell him we'll be back soon." Goofy said.
"Oh, that's right- he's king now. He's gonna be so busy he'll prob'ly forget about his two best buddies." Timon said.
"Well, you always got hakuna matata, right?" Sora asked after he got over to Timon and Pumbaa.
"Guess so..." Pumba said, causing Timon to face him.
"Whaddaya mean Guess so!? What if he forgets to tell the carnivores who we are? One look at you, and you're a pig roast." Timon said.
"That's MISTER Pig Roast." Donald said.
"Same thing! And I'm not sticking around to be anybody's pork dinner!" Pumbaa said and ran off.
"Pumbaa!" Timon said.
"You can never forget your true buddies." Ben said as we watched Timon run after Pumbaa. The six of us left to the gummi ship.
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