I'm back with another chapter! Sorry for the wait. Starting up school, not to mention high school, didn't leave me a lot of time to write. I will try my hardest to update faster next time. I do not own The Lion King. I do own my OC's. Well, let's cut to the chase. Enjoy the chapter!
Ajani and Sapphire were walking deep into the jungle. Suddenly, Ajani's stomach growled.
"Someone's hungry," Sapphire laughed. A question came to her mind. "What did you eat since you couldn't hunt when you were a cub?
Ajani smirked. "Grubs."
"What's that?"
"You'll see. Follow me." Ajani led Sapphire to a fallen log. He lifted it up to reveal many grubs crawling around. He smiled at Sapphire, picked up a grub, then ate it.
Sapphire stuck her tongue out. "Eww!" she laughed.
"Wanna try one? They are actually really good! Slimy, yet satisfying."
Sapphire was a little reluctant, but she finally gave in. She grabbed a grub and swallowed it. After some time, she smiled. "Slimy, yet satisfying."
"There you go!" said Ajani. Both the lions broke out into laughter. After they settled down, Ajani thought of something. "Hey! How about we wrestle? Just like old times!"
Sapphire smirked and got into a fighting stance. "You're on!" she said.
Before Ajani could say anything, Sapphire pounced at him and smirked when she thought she pinned him, but Ajani was quick and flipped her over and pinned him. "I still got it!" he boasted. Sapphire then playfully slapped him in the face with her paw. "Ow!" he said.
"Don't rub it in!" They both laughed. Sapphire stared into his amber eyes and Ajani stared into her violet ones. Everything was silent. Suddenly, she licked his cheek and said, "I never stopped loving you."
"And I never stopped loving you. I thought of you constantly."
"Really?"
"Yes. Ever since I first saw you I knew you were the one."
Sapphire was crying tears of joy. "Oh, come here you big softie!" She pulled him down into a loving embrace.
They stayed in each other's embrace for a very long. Sapphire was the first to speak, "'Jani?"
"Yeah?"
"Forgive me for asking, but why didn't you and Simba ever come back to Pride Rock?"
Ajani sighed. He knew that question was going to come up sometime. "We never came back because..." then suddenly, Sapphire and Ajani saw Simba run into the open meadow with an angry expression. "Sorry, but I have to tell you later. I gotta find out what's wrong with Simba. Try and see if you can find Nala."
"Okay, I'll find her. Go to your brother." Sapphire said with a smile. "Thanks," Ajani said as he nuzzled Sapphire.
Ajani ran off to catch up with Simba. Once he was close, he saw Simba talking to a crazy mandrill with a stick. "Hey Simba, who's this?"
"I don't know. This crazy monkey keeps following me. I was just a about to ask who he was. "Who are you?"
"Oh, de better question is, who are you two?"
"We thought we knew. Now we're not so sure."
"Well I know who you are. Come here it's a secret," said the mandrill as he pulled on Simba's head making him come closer. "Asante sana squash banana we we nugu me me apana!" yelled the monkey.
"Enough! What is that supposed to mean anyway?" Simba asked annoyed with the monkey's antics.
"It means your a baboon, and I'm not," said the baboon while trying to control his laughter.
"I think you're a little confused," said Ajani as the two lions started to walk away.
"Wrong! I'm not the one who's confused, you don't even know who you are!"
"Oh, and I suppose you know?" said Simba
"Sure do. You're Mufasa's boys."
The two lions stopped, frozen and looked at the mandrill as he whispered, "Bye."
"Hey wait!" called the two lions as they chased the monkey through the night.
They came to a stop when they saw the mandrill on a perch, meditating. "You knew our father?" Simba asked.
The mandrill spoke in a robot-like voice. "Correction. I know your father."
"I hate to tell you this," said Ajani. "But he died. A long time ago.
"Nope! Wrong again! He's alive! And I'll show him to you. You follow ol' Rafiki, he knows de way! C'mon!" said Rafiki as he ran into the forest. Simba and Ajani ran after him. "Don't dawdle," Rafiki said from one of the tree tops. "Hurry up!" Both lions sprinted after the baboon. Just when they thought they got lost, they saw a hand come up to their faces. "Stop!" said Rafiki. "Sshh. Look down dere," he motioned towards a small pond. Both lions crept cautiously to the edge of the pond and peered over it. Only to see their two reflections combined into one face.
"That's not our father," said Simba. "It's just our reflection."
"Nooo," breathed Rafiki. "Look harder," he said as he used his finger to create small ripples in the pond, making Simba and Ajani's refection into Mufasa's own reflection. "You see, he lives in you."
Suddenly, a huge cloud formed in the sky and two names echoed from it, "Simba... Ajani.'
"The two lions looked up at the cloud and asked in awe, "Father?"
The cloud formed into the shape of a lion. That lion was Mufasa. "Simba, Ajani, you have forgotten me."
"No," Ajani said. "How could we?"
"You have forgotten who you are and so have forgotten me. Look inside yourself boys, you are more than what you have become. You must take your place in the Circle of Life."
"How can we go back? We're not who we used to be," Simba said sadly.
"Remember who you are. You are my sons, and the true rulers of the Pride Lands." The cloud started to fade back into the sky. "Remember who you are. Remember."
Simba and Ajani ran after the fading cloud. "Wait! Don't leave us! Father! Don't leave us..." By then the cloud had completely vanished and Mufasa's ghost was gone.
"Rafiki walked up to the two lions. "What was that?! The weather, puh. Very peculiar. Don't you tink?"
"Yeah," said Simba. "Its looks like the winds are changing."
Ah, change is good."
"Yeah, but it's not easy. We know what we have to do but, going back means we'll have to face our past. We've been running from it for so long. Out of nowhere, Rafiki hit both Simba and Ajani with his stick.
"Ow! Jeez! What was that for?" both Simba and Ajani asked angrily.
"It doesn't matter, it's in the past!" Rafiki laughed.
"Yeah, but it still hurts," Ajani said.
"Ah yes, the past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or..." Rafiki paused. "Learn from it." He took another swing at Simba and Ajani but they both dodged it.
"Aha! You see! So what are you going to do?"
"First, I'm gonna take your stick," said Ajani as he took Rafiki's stick and threw it to the side.
"No, not the stick!" Rafiki panicked as he picked up his stick. He then saw Simba and Ajani running away from him. Hey! Where are you going?"
"We're going back!" they both yelled.
"Go on, get out if here! Woooooo! Wooooooooooooooooooo!" Rafiki screeched as Simba and Ajani ran back to the Pridelands to face their destiny.
There it is. Please review! If you do, it will make me update faster! Thanks. I should have the next chapter up by Wednesday or Thursday. Till then, farewell all you faithful readers!