Hey guys! I'm back with another chapter! Sorry I haven't uploaded in more than a month. The reason why is that I was in Europe the whole time. Man, was it fun! Well now that I'm back I will go back to my old schedule, so expect more chapters soon! The Lion King is owned by Disney. I do own my OC's. On to the chapter!
It has been two years since Simba and Ajani have been rescued by Timon and Pumbaa. They have grown quite a bit. They now have full manes and have bulging muscles. Timon and Pumbaa were currently on their daily quest for grubs, so that left Simba and Ajani to themselves. "Are you sure Timon and Pumbaa are fine by themselves?" Ajani asked.
"Of course they are!" Simba said. "Why the sudden worry? They've always went looking for grubs by themselves."
"I don't know, I just have a bad-"
"AHHHH!" Ajani was cut off by Pumbaa's scream. Simba and Ajani glanced at each other for a moment, then bolted in the direction of Pumbaa's scream.
Currently, two lionesses were chasing after a warthog This wathog happened to be none other than Pumbaa, and the lionesses happened to be the much more mature Nala and Sapphire. They left the Pridelands to find help because they couldn't take it anymore. Everything was horrible. Scar had reduced the Pridelands to absolute dust. They needed help. And fast.
The two lionesses were closing in on Pumbaa, and right as he was about to escape, he got stuck under a tree root. Just as they were going in for the kill, two full grown lions jumped over the root and started to fight them. As Sapphire was engaging with the dark brown lion, she couldn't help but think he was familiar. She clawed at his face than pounced at him, but the lion anticipated this and grabbed Sapphire and pinned her to the ground. Sapphire noticed that Nala pinned the golden brown. Somehow, the lion knew her name because the only thing he said was, "Nala?"
She backed off of him and the dark brown lion backed off of Sapphire. "Sapphire?" he asked shockingly. "Is it really you?"
"Who are you?" both lionesses asked.
"Its us, Simba and Ajani," the golden brown lion said.
"Simba? Ajani?" they both asked. The two lions nodded.
Everything was silent for a moment, then Nala and Sapphire broke the silence. "WOAHHH!" they both screamed enthusiasticly. The four lions started to bump heads and bombard each other with questions.
"What're you two doing here?" Ajani asked ecstactically
"What do you mean what are we doing here? What are you doing here?" Sapphire asked happily.
Before Ajani could answer, Timon butted in, "HEY! What's going on here?"
"Timon, this is Nala and Sapphire," Simba said. "They're our best friends!"
"Friends?" Timon asked confused.
"Yeah. Hey Pumbaa! Come over here!" Pumbaa squeezed his way out from under the root and walked over to the two lionesses. "Nala, Sapphire, this is Pumbaa. Pumbaa, this is Nala and Sapphire.
"Pleased to meet your acquaintance," Pumbaa said.
"The pleasure is all ours," Nala replied.
"How do you do- WAIT! Timeout!" Timon yelled. "You know them, they know you, but they want to eat him," Timon gestured to Pumbaa. "And everybody is okay with this?... DID I MISS SOMETHING?!" Timon yelled.
"Relax Timon," Ajani said to his very confused friend.
"Wait 'till everyone finds out you two have been here all this time," Nala said. "And your mothers. What would they think?"
Sapphire decided to cut in so Nala wouldn't get any more touchy on the subject, "Hey Ajani, we've got something very important to tell you."
"Really? What is it?" he asked curiously.
"We know who your father is!" Nala said happily.
"Who is it?" Ajani asked excitedly.
"Well let me put it this way," said Sapphire. "You knew him when you were a cub and you and Simba were almost always with him."
Ajani and Simba looked at each other with wide eyes. "You mean.."
"Yes Ajani," said Nala. "Mufasa is your father."
They both were silent for a moment, then exploded with emotion. "Hey Simba, this means we're brothers!"
"I know! I guess you inherited your dark fur from your mother."
"I guess so. This is so cool!"
"Well now that the brotherly love is out of the way," Sapphire laughed. "We need to let everybody know you guys have been here all this time."
"They don't have to know," said Ajani. "Nobody has to know."
Nala looked confused. "Of course they do! Everyone thinks you two are dead!"
"They do?" They both asked at the same time.
"Yeah," Nala said sadly. "Scar told us about the stampede."
"He did?" Simba asked. "What else did he tell you?"
"What else matters, you're alive. And that means... you're the king!
Timon laughed, "Simba? The king? Lady, have you got your lions crossed."
Pumbaa gasped and knelt before Simba. "The king! Your majesty, I gravel at your feet." And he started to kiss Simba's paw.
Simba pulled away "Stop it," he said
Timon walked up to Pumbaa. "No, no! It's not gravel, its grovel, and don't! He's not the king." Timon looked up at Simba for reassurance. "Are ya?"
"No," Simba said.
"Simba!" Nala and Sapphire gasped.
"Maybe I was gonna be, but that was a long time ago."
"Let me get this straight," Timon said. "You the king? And you never told us?"
"Look I'm still the same guy."
Timon held up a fist. "But with POWER!"
Nala bent down to Timon's height. "Could you guys excuse us for a few minutes."
Timon looked at Simba. "Hey, whatever she has to say, she can say in front of us. Right Simba?"
Simba sighed. "Mmm, maybe you better go."
Timon's jaw practically fell to the ground. "It starts," he said flatly. "You think you know a guy." He and Pumbaa then walked off into the jungle.
"Timon and Pumbaa," Simba laughed. "You learn to love 'em." Nala then turned away from him. "What?" he asked. "What is it?"
A tear rolled down Nala's eye. "It's like you're back from the dead. You don't know how much this will mean to everyone. What it means to me."
"Hey, its okay," Simba reassured.
"I really missed you," Nala said as she started to nuzzle him.
He nuzzled back. "I missed you too."
Realizing they wanted to be alone, Ajani whispered in Sapphire's ear, "I think they want some alone time." Ajani winked.
"Okay, let's go," Sapphire said. With that, Ajani and Sapphire left to go catch up.
How was it? Please remember to review! Again, I am so sorry it took me this long to update. The next chapter should be up soon!