+Faith, thank you for the review, and I'm glad you like the idea of adding Nuka and Vitani. I was wrestling with the idea of adding them, but now I think I'm going to like it.
Chapter 4 *has rape in chapter
The next morning the brown emerged from the ant mound slowly, as he stretched his lanky body the dry ground cracked underneath him. Soon he was accompanied by his mate, Zira. She rubbed her body up against him. He eyed her. "Don't leave, please. The twins would be happy to wake up to their father for once." The king sighed. Every time she had the opportunity to she makes sure the brown felt like crap. Obviously, the king knew all his young cub wanted was to be with their father. But their situation wasn't right for it.
"I know, but their situation is different. the cubs know they have a father, that should be enough." Zira wasn't too pleased about hearing this.
"What do you mean that should be enough? Scar they're babies! All they do is ask 'where is dad where is dad?' what am I suppose to tell them, he's away with another pride…"
"I'm trying to make our dream come true Zira."
"But I didn't think it would be at the cost of our own cubs! Soon they will be grown and a stranger to you Scar."
"Please Zira you're just making a big deal over this." But Scar knew she made a point, Scar plan was to have their cubs be the new blood to rule the pridelands- but, he was never there. Even for the birth of the twins he was three days late. And the exhausted mother was not too thrilled. Yet Scar was explained to her, the things he's going is going to benefit them in the end, and one has to go through the hard times first before they can live the good life the deserve. "Come here." She sat next to him. He kissed her cheek. " I know it's hard, but trust me when I say this. It will all be worth it." the outland lioness sighed, she had to believe him, have faith in his plan, what kind of mate would she be if she didn't.
"Okay."
"Now, I want you to work on the twins training, especially Nuka. The boys little soft for me."
"He is a little more sensitive than his sister, but that who he is Scar… Nuka no warrior-"
"He's my son, he'll be what I tell him to be. He NEEDS to strengthen up. I need a suitable heir to rule after me."
"he…he is and we have Vitani." Scar gave her a look.
" don't be foolish, you know we need a male heir." Scar got up and began to leave. "I need to head back, when will you be in season?"
"…soon…"
"I'll come for you tonight." He chimed, before he walked away. She waited until he was out of sight before she returned to her cubs in the den. By the time Scar had returned to the pridelands, it was well into the early morning, the king he gone right to pride rock. He wanted to speak with Sarabi. He knew he was in her bad graces, and the threat she made yesterday about retaking his position as king-well, he knew he could not let that happen. He was so close to the end, he was already king, now all he needed to do was get the security he needed to stay king. When the king came to the cool rocky steps he could see that the lionesses had begun to exist the den, Sarabi was not with them. She was probably still in the den. Scar walked up the steps of priderock, his eyes dead ahead. He did not need to eyes of the lioness on him- not that he cared either way. he was king and they where HIS lionesses. When Sarabi met eyes with her brother-in-law, her face went from a smile to a stern grimace.
"Hey Uncle Scar!" voiced Simba voiced the hyper cub as he bounced off the walls, as he chased Nala around the den.
"Good morning, young Simba." Voiced Scar, he wore a smile on his face, but the lioness in front of him didn't.
"Simba? Nala? Why do you two go run outside."
"Okay mom!" and the fast duo went racing out of the den. Scar cleared his throat before speaking, he didn't want to say anything else that could anger the lioness even more.
"Sarabi, I came to apologize for yesterday. Thinking about it-you were right. I should not have said those things to Simba. He's a young cub and I did not know how that could affect him." He spoke honestly.
"He thinks he's the reason for Mufasa death."
"I know."
"How can I tell him otherwise, then an adult he looks up to said this?"
"I…I don't know."
"I can't, he'll have to believe otherwise himself." The queen took a moment. "I am still very upset with you, and I did not expect that to come from you at all."
"I know, I spoke without thinking."
"But you can't, you're a king now Scar and your words mean more than anything!" she wasn't yelling, but making a point to the brown lion. There one thing the lioness knows is that you can never unhear things. Hearing something like that could stick with the cub is whole life, and he won't even know why. " I was so sure of you at first but now…"
"Sarabi, sister, please. I made a mistake, it won't happen again." he stood in front of the lioness, taking her paw in his. Sarabi could not look at her brother in law. She wanted to believe he had made an honest mistake in his words, but something inside her said no. She did not have the time to teach Scar kingly manner. She just didn't. He had to hit the ground running and know how to conduct himself. This should not have happened, king or not, being a grown lion with reason, he should have know better- and he didn't and the worried the mother.
"No it won't. I have to go-"
"Wait." He blocked her exist. "Let me prove myself to you-make It up to you and the boy. I'll take Simba on patrol with me. show him the ropes, things his father would do with him at his tender age."
"I don't think that's the best idea-"
"I think it's great idea!" added an extra voice. It caught the attention of the two adults, the orange ball of fur tried quickly to conceal himself of their eyes. But it was too late.
"Simba?" voiced his mother sternly. "How long have you been there? I thought I told you and Nala to go outside" the young cub came walking in head down, ashamed of hid ease dropping.
"We were outside." He smartly replied, she gave him a look like no other. Do not play with me son, could be read all over her face. " I mean…"
"I mean what?" she asked.
"I was only out there for a little bit, I just heard the patrol part with uncle Scar…" Sarabi lifted a brow.
"And you want to go?"
"Yes! Yes! Yes! Mom pleaseeeee!" jumping up and down, he dramatically clungged to his mother. Warping his tiny paws around her neck and kissing her soft cheek. "I promise I'll be good, I swear on the kings!"
"You do not swear on the kings." she corrected, cubs always repeating what they hear. He barely even knows all the kings of the past and here he goes swearing by them. Cubs can be something else she thought. She went back from looking at son to his uncle, who begged the question as well, pressuring her to agree with her son. To get peace and control back into her head, she agreed. "Fine."
"YES!" Simba went scampering about in circles, he could not contain his eagerness. "thanks mom you're the best!"
"Hmm, I'm sure." Simba ran over giving his mother another embraces of affection. The queen rolled her eyes to her sons' antics. "You be careful, and listen to your uncle, you hear me?"
"Yes mom."
"Okay." She bent over, nuzzling him. She took in his scent, his warmth, his love. He was home and the only thing that would give her happiness in life, true happiness. He was her everything, little did he know. "We'll be back as soon as we can." She confirmed before leaving the two.
"Right, thank you Sarabi- truly." She nodded her head with acknowledgement, but nothing more. Something told the brown lion he had lost favor in her. just with one slip up of the tongue, something he was sure Simba had forgotten about. And it wasn't like he wasn't being truthful- Sarabi knew full well if Simba was not in the gorge during the wildebeest stampede, then Mufasa would still be standing right beside her. but guess if she was a mother who blamed her son for the death of her mate, she'd be no real mother at all. But there had to be something in Sarabi that told her this. If Simba had just stayed home or right with his father, Mufasa would still be here. She wouldn't have had to make scar king, she wouldn't be sleeping alone and afraid for her kingdom, things just wouldn't be the way they are now if it were for Simba… "Come Simba, we have work to do."
"Yea! This is gonna be awesome-" but he lion soon ended his fun parade.
"Work as adults…none of this…hopping and skipping thing, okay." Chimed the green eyed lion. Already annoyed with his little nephew.
"Oh…okay!" the prince followed his uncle out of the den. Thrilled and excited for the day that awaited them. While the prince and the king went on their patrol, and the lionesses on their morning hunt that left one lone little cub. Sighing not only because she was left alone, and her best friend was off going cool kingly things, but worst- she had to be left with banana beak.
"Ah, why the long face young one?" asked Zazu, as he flew into the lions den. "It's a lovely day on the savannah!" Nala immediately rolled her bright blue eyes.
"Yea and I'm stuck here…"
"But you have you're good old pal Zazu to have fun with." Really, she raised a brow and then went back to looking bored out of her mind.
"Huh, great Simba gets to go on cool kingly adventures and I get stuck with the talking bird…"
"What, we too can have fun?"
"How?, mama said I can't leave the den." Then the idea of the bird actually ditching the rules and having fun, perked the cubs interest. "unless…"
"No, we're not disobeying Sarafina little one." There goes her plan for some time of fun.
"right, Zazu and fun- what was I thinking…" she popped on the floor. " it's not fair, I want to be out doing stuff, Simba get to have all the fun!"
"Well he's royalty, it's to be expected."
"I know."
"Don't worry, soon you will be doing the same thing too when you're older. Going on patrol, leading the lionesses all that jazz."
"Really, how?"
"Well when you marry Simba and be-"
"whoa whoa whoa…marry? Haha Zazu you're funny. We already told you, we're friends. And that will never happen. And besides, we already tried to get married and that went horribly wrong, he got on my nerves waaay to much." Chimed the cub. "Plus I don't even like him, the lion of my dream won't have to be a king, he just has to be nice and funny and tell me I'm pretty all the time haha!" the cub went on the dream about an older her, and little family, running about under the great sun. playing tag as any good parent would do.
"Well, never say never. I know when you two get older, it'll be like the birds and the bees."
"the what and the what?"
"right, I forget you two are still young…uh- anyways, fun, lets think of something fun to do."
"We could…play a racing game! Or we could play tag! Hide and seek oh oh my favorite…we could play predator and prey..."chimed the cub, slowly getting to her paws, eyeing the blue bird. "Ohh Zazuuuu." The cub wore a devilish grin on her muzzle and the blue hornbill knew this meant one thing, he was going to lose some feathers today.
A few miles away from his home, Simba followed pawprint to pawprint with his Uncle/ king Scar. The prince was so excited to be on his first real patrol today, it was hard for him to contain his excitement. His inside were practically exploring on the inside. "Hey uncle Scar?" and here come the on pour of questions.
"yes?"
"How do we claim our territory?"
"We mark it with our scent."
"Oh, hey uncle Scar? How do we decide what in our territory and what's not?"
" If it's within the area of the great sun, it's ours."
"How?"
"Because that the rule."
"Who made the rules?"
"Ahadi…"
"You're father?"
"Yes…"
"Yea uncle Scar-"
"What boy?!- I mean, what other questions should I answer they are ALL wonderful questions."
"I was wondering what should I call you, I mean with you being king and all…should I call you king Scar instead of uncle." Oh well he didn't think of this. "I remembered my dad say we have to give the proper title to others when needed…" he could see thinking of his father sadden the small boy.
"Son, you can call me whatever you want, uncle, king dad." Simba looked to him. " I know it may seem weird, but he was my younger brother, and I had a duty to him. I told your mother I would raise you, like your farther would have wanted."
"So…you're going to be like…my new dad?"
"No, I will never be your father or replace him. But are like a son to me."
"Especially snice you don't have kids."
"Right, and I want you-"Suddenly something caught the attention of the older lion. The figures weaving in and out of the grasses life a seal moving at ease though the ocean. "stay here." He commanded, no explanation, he just left the cub standing where he stood. The green eyed lion walking away towards a broken tree. "What do you want?" he asked to no one, and then, within seconds he was answered.
"We want to know what next in the plan?" spotted dogs came into view from the thicket. "We wanna know when the take over? If there still id one…"Scar raised a brow.
"yes, it is, why?" Banzai and Shenzi looked to each other. Which one of them should be the one to tell him.
"Okay, lets tell him together."
"Good idea, ready…one… two… three- Sarabi might dethrone you- hey?!" once Banzai saw he Shenzi had dogged him out.
"What?! Where did you hear this?" voiced Sar pulling the hyena into his face. "Tell me now!"
"we-well huh, word on the savannah is you pissed Sarabi off so bad yesterday, she rethinking the whole thing and may…may…revoke you from being king…" he squeezed the last few words out so Scar wouldn't be able to hear him, but the lion heard every word.
"WHAT?! No she can't do this to me?!" he threw the hyena away to the ground. "No no no no no no… she can't do this, I'm already king! I-I…my legacy-everything I worked for-killed for!" his anger began to boil at the thought. He had made it, he was king, there was NO WAY he was going to let her take that away from him! He wasn't. The brown lion brain starting working into overtime.
"so um…boss-"
"Gather the others, we strike now!" the three minions jumped at the order. They lived to cause chaos for the pride lands lionesses. It was what they did best. "Go now." The hyenas did was they were told, sneaking back into the lands of the elephant graveyard. Scar gathered himself for a moment before he returned to the young cub. "Ah, there you are." Walking back to the prince.
"Yup, right where you left me! what happened?"
"Oh nothing, I thought I saw something. C'mon, we still have work to do."
"Okay!" the orange cub raced paced his uncle into the distance, eager to continue the days adventure.
The echoing of the talking elephants bounced through the winds, leaves scattered from their tree branches and the sun shined bright thought the trees.7 lionesses made their way though the tall grasses, passing thought the elephant herd. The lionesses stay close, large elephants where no animals to mess with, and even a pride with 7 lionesses strong, they were still no match for the powerful elephants. Luckily the lionesses didn't have to hunt these large creatures, and had the bliss of walking right pass them. They were heading towards the grazing herds on the other side of the valley. Due to the last hyena attack the herds had moved further away from the waterhole, but it was a trek the lionesses had to make.
"We should be there soon, I didn't think the herds would travel pass the elephant family." Voiced Sarabi.
"I don't blame them." Voiced a lioness from the pride. "I'd move my herd too if hyena are running about." Sarabi looked to the lioness.
"Thankfully that's over now." Sarafina. It was no surprise some lioness thought Scar had been the one to bring the hyenas to the pridelands. Never had a full pack raid happen on their lands, not snice Mufasa ruled. Now with him gone, and Scar now made king…could the two have been connected. It was something some of the pride lionesses discussed, even if they didn't bring the attention to their queen. But she would remind them Scar did save them, they were severely outnumbered and Scar even out the playing field. "Don't worry, you know she's all talk." Voiced sarafina to her friend, Sarabi pay her so attention. Her mind was someplace else. "Sarabi?"
"Yes? I'm sorry- what did you say?"
"Is everything okay? You seem distance."
"Yea…" sarafina gave her a look. "okay, actually… I want to ask you something. I don't know if you know, but the other day Scar and I had…a bit of an altercation."
"Yea, I heard about it. I mean everyone did, you weren't very quiet about my queen."
"Really?" asked Sarabi embarrassed of her behavior.
"I'm afraid so, what happened?"
"Well, Simba had told me…he told me that Scar said, if he hadn't gone to the gorge Mufasa would still be here." The blue-eyed lioness eyes grew wide.
"What?"
"I know, I was furious. To tell that to a little cub- I could have taken his head off right then and there."
"I'm glad you didn't."
"How did you find this out?"
"I asked him what was wrong, he was acting out at the ceremony and I couldn't understand why. Simba thought I chose Scar to be king, because he made Mufasa go away and…and that I was mad at him."
"No…Sarabi." Tears started to fall from the queens eyes.
"For him to say that to my son…his nephew, and then for my son to think that…it killed me." sarafina confronted her friend. "Do you think I made the right choice? Should I have made Scar king?" Sarafina didn't know how to answer the question. In a way she didn't trust the brown lion based off of pass events, but snice he has shown his true colors, or new colors maybe he should be given another chance.
"I think he might have said those things out of grief, he had just lost his brother…maybe he didn't know how to express what he felt."
"i…I might have told Scar I would dethrone him."
"What? My queen?!"
"I know, I wasn't thinking I was blinded with anger. I know I can't do this, I won't- it just hurt me so much Sarafina, I had to say something that would hurt him. He knows I would never do that- unless I have too. He's took Simba out on patrol in a way to apologize to me." Sarafina knew the brown lion had a very sensitive ego and wonder how he was taking things. " I know it wasn't becoming of your queen."
" You're a lioness and mother as me and everyone else. I understand. I'm sure talking to Scar later things will be fine."
"You're right." Voiced Sarabi, wiping her tears, gathering herself for the hunt again. "Thank you sara."
"You're my queen and good friend, of course I'll be here for you." The two mothers hugged. Sarabi appreciated the times where she could just be a mother, a fellow lioness, and not a queen, with responsibility and duties. She needed her friend Sarafina, more than she knew.
A dirt covered paw swiped across the air, smacking the twins into eachother until they flew from the ground. "Again!" Zira walked over to her cubs, who tried to hide their tears from their mother. She hated to see tears during combat training. "Vitani?! Nuka?!"
"but mom…"
"Stop complaining!"
"But my paws hurt mommy!" voiced Vitani. "I'm tired of training! I want my daddy!" cried Vitani, a sick and tired cub who was fed up of waking up with no good morning kiss from her father.
"Stop crying to cry baby!" voiced Nuka.
"I'm not a cry baby stupid!" she quickly wiped her tears and bared her teeth at her brother. Nuka roller his eyes, his sister was so sensitive and dramatic. So what if dad was never around, get over it. That's what mom always said. He did what he had to do so they could live an easy life, and right now, life wasn't going to be easy for them and it was something Vitani needed to realize.
"Stop auguring, huh fine! We'll take a break." Zira took a few steps away from her cubs, then she turned "Nuka, come here."
"yes mother." The dirty brown cub, with the black fur tuff did was he was told. Totting over to his mother. "Yes."
"Do you know, why I train you so hard?"
"mmm, because you want me to be tough? And…because dad thinks I'm weak…" he voiced the last part to himself, but his mother knew exactly what he said. Zira sighed. she hated the way Scar treated the cubs, like fighters more than children. He would go on and on about how his family was his legacy, and how they had to be prefect. No one is perfect not even Scar- but she wouldn't dare tell him that. The last time she said anything about Scar being crazy and she wanted nothing to do with him, she couldn't walk for a week. "I hear dad say that sometimes." Zira took a moment, she loved her cubs more than anything.
"Your father says that because he wants you to be the best king he can be."
"King?"
"Yes, son, you're going to be a king one day. And rule over a vast land, with lost of animals." Her mesmerizing voice painted the image of Nuka future kingdom right before him. Nuka, king Nuka, ruling of all the lands and the animals, going anything he wanted.
"Mom can I eat the animals?"
"Yes, son, you can eat as many aniamls as you want, because they are all yours!"
"Really!"
"Yes, but you have to train, and get strong. Because others will want to take what is yours from you." Explained the mother. The cubs heart sank.
"No! the kingdom is mine!"
"I know son, but other lions, lie and cheat and will try to take it away from you. This is why you must train and fight, everyday. So you'll be able to keep you're kingdom." His mother powerful words, moved the young cub and jump right back on his feet and to remain training, as long as he could. He had to be ready to protect his kingdom. Nuka raced back over to his twin and tackled her while she rested.
"Hey!"
"C'mon Vitani! Fight me! or are you afraid I'll beat you…" the cub got to her feet, unleashing her claws. The mother watched with a smile as he twins chased each other. Every day she watched them grow, the more and more they reminded her of their father. And despite how relationship may be, she wouldn't have it another way.
Unfortunately for Simba, Scar had to cut the patrol short. He said that, he had other business to attend to and that Simba was too young to understand. He walked Simba back to pride rock and had Zazu watch him with Nala. He told the horn bill he would be back soon and that he did not need to go looking for him, Zazu nodded to his king. Not really knowing what to think of it, but he had to problem watching the cubs. Nala had already pulled out a few feathers, what's a few more, right.
"Right master Simba, how was your patrol with your uncle?"
"Fun, I didn't get to do much because I had to come back."
"Well patrol can be dangerous so it is best you came home to be with us, Nala missed you." Hearing her business being put out there, the cubs eyes grew wide.
"No I didn't!"
"Really? Who were talking about how boring old Zazu is, and how Simba was much more fun to be with."
"Haha really."
"No!"
"Oh, well I missed you." Chimed Simba to the cubs surprise.
"Really? You missed me?"
"Yea, patrol was fun and all, but it would have been better if I had my best friend with me." a smile started to grow on the young cubs faces.
"Aw Simba that nice."
"yea and if you were there I be able to do this-" he jumped the on unsuspecting cub, tackling her to the floor. "Ha! Pinnedya!"
"Simba?!" voiced a shocked cub, Simba wore a big smile on his face. Scar had finally taught Simba had to pin another lion, well he kept saying 'pin a lionesses down', but Simba was sure he meant lions too. But the proud cub should not have boasted his win too quick, because before he knew it, Nala had turned the tacked and has flipped him on his back instead,
"What?!"
"Ha pinned again by the pinning queen!" the prince simba soon went away. "bow before your queen simba!"
"Let me up!" he pushed her off of him.
"Zazu tell princey, I'm the queen of pinning and he can never pin me!"
"Not true! Zazu tell her!"
"Master Simba, some things the girls just having over on us, teased the blue majordomo. Nala is the pinning queen." Nala stuck her tongue out at him. And the orange cub rolled his eyes.
"Wait until I get bigger, and stronger than you, then I'll be pinning you.'
"You'll never pin me Simba, but if you bigger I get bigger too."
"But lions are way bigger than lionesses, plus I'll be stronger too!" he chimed
"So, I'll still be smarter than you." Uh this cub always had a reply for everything. Nala stuck her nose in the air proudly. This tickled Zazu he could see exactly where the cubs relationship would be in a few more years. "The queen is going to bask in the sun now."
"Don't go too far now Nala."
"don't worry Zazu I won't!" she went running out of priderock. Simba came forward to Zazu with a pouted face.
"Yes master Simba?"
"How can you take her side? And not mine- she's a girl!"
"Simba, when you're older, you'll learn it's better to take the girls side if you want to sleep good at night." Advice from a wise bird, to a still never young cub. It would definitely be words the cub would remember.
"huh? I'm not taking a girls' side, when I'm king everyone going to take my side, right Zazu!" chimed Simba happily
"Haha, right master Simba." Suddenly a loud cry could be heard coming from outside of the den. "Nala?!" Zazu flew with to the den entrance with Simba right behind him. There his flapping feather came to a freezing halt. Nala was trapped behind three large, hyenas. When the bird made his presence known, a smile grew on the dogs face.
"Why hello hello, long time no see? Huh birdy boiler." Chimed Banzai.
"Zazu help me!" cried Nala, terrified.
"Nala?!" Simba came bounding down the steps, the trio smile got even wider when they say the little prince, running take them. He was going to take them all. Thankfully Zazu was there to stop him from doing such things. "b-but Zazu, we have to help her!"
"We will! Just, stand behind me." order the kings advisor. "What do you want? You know you aren't allowed here!"
" Really? Because we walked right in." voiced Shenzi, the leader of Scar famous trio. The mute hyena toyed with the cub tail, as drool oozed from his mouth and dragged her closer to him.
"Don't eat her yet Ed, we have to wait on the others!" others?
"Zazu please!"
"Let her go! I'll you give anything you want…I just warn that the pride will be back."
"Oh we know, don't worry. They will be well taken care of." Shenzi gave banzai a look, he then told Ed to release the small meal. Nala went scampering back to Zazu and Simba. As the trio walked closer they towered over the small three. "But here's something you can do for me." she leaned in to the terrified three, and whispered. "scream…" suddenly a large black paw struck Zazu and sent the bluebird flying, his feather falling everywhere. Simba and Nala scared to the top of their lungs watching. "prefect." Growled Shenzi.
Away in the distance a lion stood atop of a boulder, hearing the small cries. A smile grew on his face, for it was only a matter of time. Hyenas walked below him.
"Is that the call boss?"
"Yes." Instantly a wave of hyenas laughter filled the surrounding area. The dogs took off into the pride lands, destroying everything in their path. Their cries of destruction roared into the distance, bounding from rock, tree, boulder, until they hit the ears of something that would reply back. And as soon as the sound registered, it sent a wave a fear thought-out everyone who heard.
"…hyena" voiced Sarafina, "Sarabi, did you hear that?!"
"I did…come on, we have to head back!" the pride of 7 went racing by to the valley of the pridelands. Their fears of seeing hyenas again in their lands-destroying their territory, fueled the prideland lioness to have no mercy on the dogs now. They had broken the law too many times and now, it was time to pay for their crime.
" Sarabi I think they are right up he- Argh!" a lioness was tackled to the ground by two hyenas. Everyone stopped to go and help her, but then two more hyenas came taking another and another. dragging them away from view.
"Sarabi?! What do we do-" Suddenly they heard another cry, but it wasn't come from the mouths of the hyenas of the fallen lionesses, it was coming from pride rock, and worse a cub. "…Nala…" sarafina went numb as she instantly recognized the cry coming from her daughters' lungs.
"Sarafina No!" but the mother had instantly taken off to find her daughter. By the time the queen turned around, everything in front of her was gone, as more and more hyeans took the lionesses out, one by one, until there was no one else left, but the queen. Sarabi was surrounds by four very hungry, very anger looking hyeans.
"Get her boys…" voiced one one-eyed spotted dog. The queen felt a powerful blow hit her stomach, and a snap at her head. Her lights soon went out. Everything went still. In the darkness, her eyes started to flutter slowly, she had started to regain her conciseness. When her eyes fully opened she was back at priderock. Her ears were deaf to all the loud commotion around her, nothing made sense to her as she eased herself off of the floor, still feeling the powerful blow to her womb. Suddenly a bounding ball of orange fur came running over to her.
"Mom! Mom! The hyenas took over! Mom!" his loud voice was mufflered to her, even though he stood right in front of her. "Mom!" a paw grabbed Simba. It was Sarafina, she had Nala by her neck and was trying to speak to the dazed queen as best she could.
"Sarabi! Get up, we have to leave now! Now!" soon a battered Zazu hobble in as well.
"My queen, get to your feet at once!" then a deafen roar was heard from the opening of the den. It had shot the queen from her daze and quieted everyone. Pawprints could be heard entering the room. Scar standing tall, followed by three hyenas at his side.
"Sarabi, you're awake, I told my hyenas not to be so rough with you, but you know how dogs never listen." Sarabi gathering herself, and walked slowly over to him, all eyes on her, and her eyes never leaving him. When she was just inched from his face, a single tear left her eye, a fell to the floor. "Why Sar-" She stuck Scar across the face, stocking everyone. Blood dripped from his lips.
" . …" she voiced, looking around a den. Hyenas where everywhere her lionesses bruised and beaten, thrown to a small corner in the room.
"As you can see, I've made a few…changes." He wiped the blood. "I know it's rather different from what you are use too."
"You can't do this, they don't belong here GET THEM OUT NOW!"
"I wish I could. But I can't do that. You see, they want me to be king as well."
"Hyenas! have no say in the circle of life! why do you think your brother kicked them out, they destroy everything! You get them out of my pridelands!" Scar chuckled to himself, he was truly amused.
"Your pridelands? oh my sweet Sarabi, these are MY pridelands now. I am king." The queen froze, and so did the lionesses. "Go outside with the rest of the pride while i-"
"I will not leave!" she demanded his attention, she got into her brother-in-laws face. Scar loved a challenge, especially one he could easily break. Sarabi was done for.
"Fine, take the lionesses outside. There's a small side den just outside here, that will be their new home." An uproar was heard. How could he do this- he could not do this, this is not how the pridelands are ran. the snapping and biting from the dogs quickly quieted the pride. "Go peacefully, unless you want to be dragged out." They unwillingly obeyed. The queen was felt frozen and alone in a room full of enemies. Away at the side den the sarafina struggled to calm her frantic daughter.
"Shhh, it will be alright Nala." She cooed, patting her on her heavying back. She had never seen her baby so scared, she had never been so scared herself, but she had to remain strong for her cub.
"Don't tell he that lie! It's all over Scar has taken over!" chimed a lioness who had lost all hope. "We have to leave!"
"We are staying right here until our queen returns!"
"Queen?! She gave that up when she decided to make Scar king! We're as good as over!" the adult lioness did not help the situation at all with her bickering.
"Mama…i…I don't want to die!" cried Nala.
"You're not going to die Nala, I will not let that happen…"
"b-but the hyena said…"
"Don't listen to those horrible dogs, they know nothing-okay." Sarafina held her daughter tight, as another lioness approached her.
"What should we do?" a prideland lioness with orange eyes asked.
"We have to wait here. Sarabi will fix this…she'll try to fix this, we have to have faith in her. besides, staying inside will keep everyone safe, especially the cubs. Then it hit her, they were missing someone. "Simba? Simba where are you?!" sarafina eyes looked over the den, high and low, but she did not see Simba anywhere. Her heart sank at the thought of her leaving Simba behind. Sarafina jumped up. "stay here!" she ordered her daughter. The mother went dashing towards the den entrance, "Simba?! Simba?!" but was stopped by snapping hyenas that guarded the door. They made sure no one got out or in, and they would remain there until Scar said otherwise. "Move! I have to find the prince!"
"No lucky cat, you're staying in there-"
"He's not here!"
"Well if we come across the fur ball we'll return him…maybe." He teased, he growled at sarafina to step back into the den.
"Better do what he says, of the pretty blue-eyed one might go missing too!" Sarafina shook her head in frustration and went back to her cubs side.
"Mama, where is he?"
"I don't know sweetie…"
"Is he okay?"
"I don't know, but this is Simba we're talking about, he'll be fine, right Zazu?." She lied to her daughter, hoping that would make it easier for her.
"right, master Simba is fine! Little one, don't worry…"Little did he know, that the young prince was snuck away and was making his way back towards pride rock to get his mother.
Scar circled Sarabi. Her feet motionless, her body numb. "How could you do this to us, we are your family! You betrayed us you betrayed me! I trusted you! I thought you changed!"
"Really, wasn't it you Sarabi who said, I could never change…" reflecting on their past together. "See Sarabi I really wished I hadn't had the need to do this but…"
"Then stop it! take the pridelands back from these dogs!"
"If it were only that easy, you see, a legacy is hard to build, and keep, but is easy to destroy." Tears fell from her face. "That's probably why Mufasa was chosen over me, rumors can take down anyone." Especially when the rumors become true. " I just wished, everything could have worked out like it was originally supposed to. Me king, you my queen, Mufasa the next in line and who knows maybe that little cub who carried could have been mine…" Sarabi said nothing.
"Scar this is madness, you have to stop this at once, you will throw off the great circle if you allow these hyenas to stay-"
"I will start a new great circle, my legacy! And you Sarabi will join me!" who was this lion. The brown lion had become crazed and obsessed.
" I will do no such thing! Scar you will return things that way they were!-"
"I am returning things back the way they were! I will be the king the pridelands were intended to have!" he had backed Sarabi into a corner " and you, submit to me, my queen!" did he say what I think he just said?
"ne-never…I am the wife of Mufasa!"
"But who were you taken with first?!" Sarabi said nothing. "You didn't give a dam about my brother!" her truth was out, a younger and more naïve Sarabi did have a taking to the older, mysterious prince Taka. He was a bad ass and this grew the younger yearling to him, but then he changed, she saw his true colors he tried to hide. And she tried to forget.
" That's right I did have feeling for you once, I even loved you, but you changed! You were not the lion I grew up with-"
"And Mufasa was?!" he yelled in her face, why couldn't she love him the way she did before?! Nothing has changed he was still the same lion.
"No…but I grew to love him. Once he saw what you were becoming-dark and twisted, that when he changed himself too, he wanted to be what you were not! Scar you went crazy! Obsessed with this way of thinking, it was not the way of the pride Ahadi saw this- everyone saw this, we didn't exclude you from the pride you did it yourself!" this was not something Scar wanted to hear, all he wanted was Sarabi under him, and things going his way. his temper began to boil, he was the king he gets whatever he wants! He's worked for it…he's killed for it. So he bushed it off, acted like what she said didn't matter. So he did what he did best, and went to hurt her.
"despite what you say I know you never really loved my brother…he didn't give you want you really wanted- or should I say couldn't give you what you always wanted, hmm could he." The lioness eyed him. " Don't act dumb with me, I know full well my brother lacked in the lions department. Which explains why he started having cubs late. Honestly I'm surpsied he could even squeeze Simba out-"
"Shut your mouth! How dare you talk about my mate!"
"Then why did you never have more cubs, I know you tried right after your wedding to him and that was years ago."
"You bastard…"
"Me, he's the bastard. Did he make it seem something was wrong with you? Please, if anything you should be mad at him, leaving you here with only one cub to carry his name and legacy and you fear you will lose that. It's okay, There's one thing I know…is that you Sarabi, are not lacking…there still hope for you yet" he licked the tears running down her cheek, she pushed him away.
"Sarabi Sarabi…this is not the outcome I was hoping for. Come just rest with me for a while, I know how long it's been for you…" his grabbed her paw, hinting on Mufasa absence in the royal den. The queen was having none of it!
"Get your paws off me!" she slapped him again. but this time, the king bite back. With one blow, he struck the queen across her face, sending Sarabi to the ground hard.
"I am the king! You don't tell me what to do! Now submit to me, or else you will regret this!" Scar came looming over the lioness, she unleased her claws, preparing to fight. As she rose to strike him, she heard his voice, and felt something else brush hard against her swinging paw. The cub went flying and hit the ground hard.
"SIMBA NO!" she went racing over to her sons' side. The cub was okay, bruised but okay. He had a paw over his cheek, but the mother could see the blood dripping from his lips, blood she caused. "my baby…"
"Hyenas! Get in here! How did you let the cub get in?!" two hyenas came scrabbling in, heads lowered.
"I don't know boss, we didn't see him…" Scar cursed to himself, and then he thought…this is the prefect.
"Did you see that, striking her own cub?! What kind of mother…"
"No no I didn't! you monster." She held Simba tight. Tears rolling down her face on his.
"The cub is clearly not in safe paws, take him." His order was followed out swift like lighting, as both hyeans approached the grieving mother. Sarabi hissed and bared her claws, but she dare not strike in fear of hurting her son again. the dogs took advantage of the situation. One dog took her at her side, as she tried to shield Simba, the other, snatched the small cub right from under her.
"Mom! Mom!" cried Simba being dragged away from his mother arms.
"SIMBA!" Scar had held Sarabi down. She turned to Scar " You monster give him back! Give my son back to me!"
"Wait!" the two dogs stopped. " look at him, he looks just like his father, small now, but he's going to get big and powerful, he'll learn of his destiny and try to reclaim it from me. kill him." The hyenas began to take him out of the den.
"NOOOO!" roared Sarabi, still under Scar weight she fought at him, but he would not budge. "No stop I'll do anything, anything!"
"wait, oh I'm so sorry…what was that? Did you say something?" the former queen bit her tongue, she was doing exactly what Scar wanted. But she had to choice, she was all lone and he was going to kill her son.
"…i…I submit to you."
"Louder, I don't think everyone can hear you?"
"…I SUBMIT TO YOU!" she voiced, so everyone could hear her.
"Good, who's the king?"
"…You are."
"And what do I get?"
"...w-what you want…" Sarabi lowered her head defeated. Scar smiled, and rubbed his paws down her back.
"Good, take him back to the lionesses, Sarabi will be staying here with me tonight, you all can leave." He did not need to repeat his orders. As soon as the spotted dogs were out of sight, he struck the lioness again and again, beating any last fight out of her. by the time scar was finished the queen was badly beaten, her lips bloody, ribs buried and one eye was almost swollen shut. He took her by the scuff of her neck and dragged her to the back of the den. "I know it might seem like a bit of an over kill but Sarabi, I had to make sure you didn't have any more fight left in you." The lioness said nothing. "Don't worry, I'll put a son in your belly, and I'll make for in every way Mufasa lacked." Tears flooded down Sarabi face as she prayed to the kings, to prevent any conception. Her heart stopped as she felt him mount her and prepare himself at her opening. She kept her sobbing, and the joyful times with Mufasa to herself. begging for forgiveness as her king penetrated her.