+Kellin09, ohh that is a very interesting suggestion, I can say I haven't thought of that. Now I might have to tweak my story a bit.
+Anonymous7,I'm glad you have taking aliking to my story, I do plan to continue so I hope you see more reviews from you.
+Faith, oh yes, Scar is going to be very two faced in this story.
Chapter 5
The cub was dumped by the hyenas right outside of the lioness den. They said a few selected words to the young prince about his mother, that went right over the young cubs head. All he knew was, he wanted to be as far away from pride rock as possible. When he came into the room Nala was the first to notice her friends arrival, then everything went quiet. "Simba!" she cheered running over to him. She stopped short when she saw the reddish mark left on his face. "Simba what happened to your face?!" the prince said nothing, ashamed of what his face must look like. He knew it hurt to all heck, and he would be miserable trying to eat anything for the next few days. Then, as soon as the two knew it the rest of the pride was there, drowning the small boy with questions.
"What happened?!"
"Did Scar do this to you?!"
"Where Sarabi?!" a heavy feeling started to take over Simba, it was like he couldn't breath. All the talking adults where pulling the air right out of his lungs. His eyes grew watery with tears. Suddenly Sarafina scooped the young cub up and took him to a more peaceful shelter. Nala followed right behind.
"Simba why are you crying?" he said nothing " Is everything okay-"
"Hush, not now Nala." Voiced her mother calmly.
"Oh." Zazu flapped over. He placed a feather on the boys shoulder.
"Simba, do you think you can tell us what happened. You don't have to speak, just nod your head." So the cub did so. "Is your mother still at priderock?" he shook his head, yes. " Is she talking to Scar about the hyenas?" he said, but then shrugged his shoulders, meaning he didn't know. Then Sarafina chimed in.
"Is Sarabi okay?" he shrugged his shoulders. "Simba did she and Scar…get into any altercation?" altercation, he didn't know what the word meant, so sarafina re-worded it. "Did your mother and Scar argue or fit?" he said yes. Okay this was something they could work with. The two eagerness grew. "Simba, how did you get this bruise… Did Scar do this?" he shook his head, saying no. this sarafina stopped for a moment, what she was thinking was crazy, and no ay the true answer, but she decided to ask the cub anyways. "Did Sarabi do this?" he shook his head saying yes. Zazu and the blue-eyed mother grew still.
"Somethings wrong, Sarabi won't harm a whisker on her son, I have to go find her." as the bird turned tail to find his queen, he was stopped as soon as he tried to leave the den.
"Hey get back in the den birdy!"
"I must see my queen!"
"Not until the KING gives the orders, til then you sit pretty like the rest of em! And if you don't like that…" he began to lick his lips. " We can give you special arrangements." Another dog chimed in.
"Yea, you might not meet him in the manner your expecting." She too joined in licking her lips, letting drool fall to the ground. Zazu stuck his beak in the air, snorted and turned back into the den.
"They won't let me out until the KING gives orders…" he complained. Sarafina and the others lionesses all figured. They were trapped for the night in a small den, with nothing to do about it.
"Come, you two, you need some rest."
"But I don't wanna go to sleep with hyena outside mama, what if they come in while we're sleeping…"
"No hyena will come in, I'll make sure of that."
"How?"
"I'll stay up all night." She explained.
"All night?"
"Yes, all night. And Zazu will stay up with me."
"She's right." He chimed, "we've got your back young one, go off to sleep." The idea of her mother and Zazu watching over her put the cub at ease. She gave her mother and kiss and Sarafina nuzzled both cubs. "Head in the back for bed."
"Okay, Night mama, night Zazu." Chimed Nala leaving. When the cubs were out of earshot, they continued to talk.
"It's going to be a long night." Voiced the majordomo.
"I know, I'll tell the others we're probably have to take turn watching everyone during the night." Voiced Sarafina getting up.
"Right, I'll stay back with the cubs."
"Okay" she paused. "Thank you Zazu."
"No, it's my duty to my late king. Once Sarabi comes back we can try to make a means to this mess." The lioness shook her head in agreement, leaving him to watch over the pridelands two precious members.
Four black paws enter the den scurrying to the back of the den. They stopped short when they saw the head of the king rise. The dog bowed her head to her king. " Boss." The brown lion nodded back to Shenzi.
"Just the hyena I wanted to see." A same came upon his face, an odd one saying the least because the Lion rarely smiled. "I have a message I want you and the others to send."
"What might that be, that Ed needs to do something about his breath haha!"
"No." hehe, so much for the funny mood.
"It's a message of rather…serious matters." The lion got up, slowly revealing the body of a lioness huddled up in his great shadow, showing her backside. From a look at first glance, it seemed like a random lioness, that felt Scar's peculiar sexual rage- but u[on closer look the hyena noticed it was…Sarabi. Shenzi was speechless. But scar gave her no time to sit and stare. He brought her in close, as they walked towards the entrance of the priderocks den. " I want you to go to the outlands, a pickup a lioness and her cubs. As the new king, I want to enough all the lions near my realm to live under me."
"But boss the outlands is kinda far-if we're talking about the same outlands here."
"Well, I guess you better get started." He gave her a look, she sighed.
"Alright boss, we're going."
"Good." Shenzi went about her orders, and Scar watched on some from his right tower, looking over the land. The rising of the sun, slowly waking the vast savannah. Scar was so caught up in the prefect picture, it almost didn't hear the lioness stirring in the back. She almost pass him unnoticed, but that would have been too lucky for her. "You're up early?, how do you feel?" he stuck an arm out in front of her stopping her in her in tracks, her head was lowered she said nothing. That was okay for the green eyed male, he was use to silence. He slowly raised a paw to her cheeck, touching her tender face. "So." He chimed "Does it fill like a boy?" the lionesses that was his sister-in-law, bit down on her lip. "That's fine, we can keep trying, hmm."
"…I have to get to my lionesses-"
"My?" he questioned.
"…Your lionesses" reluctantly corrected herself. Eyes darted from left to right, she couldn't face him, she couldn't look at him. He brought her closer and slowly licked her cheek. "w-where are they?"
"Sarabi you do love ruining my mood, don't you…" he dropped his paw from her face. " Their in the spare den." Spare den? All of them? Sarabi knew that den was nothing more than a shabby put together den, in case of emergency. It could hold two maybe three lionesses at best but six, no.
"I must go." She walked passed him, making her way down the stairway.
"Sarabi, do come visit me soon" he then added " for little Simba, sake." A shiver went down her spine was her sons name rolled of his tongue. Sarabi was right were Scar wanted her to be, he knew it and she knew it. But she did not know how much of herself she had lost.
Cramped in the smaller side den, bones ached and cracked as the lionesses slowly arose from an almost sleepless night. Even Zazu had a hard time flapping his stiff feathers around. They were covered in a heavy dust from the cold floor, and as he flapped his wings to wake him up- he choked from the straying dust clumps lodging in the back of his throat.
"Well, that was a night I we truly not forget…" it was easy to tell that he was irritated the old man needed his sleep to be the chirper bird the pride is use to.
"You and I both…" chimed Sarafina. She walked up slowly behind the blur horn bill.
"Hm, looks like the cubs slept well." Mention Zazu who was envious of the sound sleepers.
"Yea, on my back." Informed the achy mother " There was no room once everyone started to settle down, the cubs were practically squished in the corner." Zazu sighed," Did you see her come back?" mentioning the missing lioness in action.
"No, not yet." The blue horn bill looked up. "It's morning now, and I should go look for her."
"Okay, the others and I can wait on the hunt until she returns."
"Right." Nodded Zazu, as he leapt into the air. Flapping his wide wings, that took him soring outside of the den. Rising into the sky Zazu could see he was later than normal, he usual makes his way from his tree home as the sun rises. Brightening his day as he got closed to his work. Today it seemed the great circle made it a mission to beat him. He was so startled by his late uprising that he raced to pride rock as fast as he could. Paying no attention to anything that walked below. When Zazu reached the rock kingdom, he was almost out of breath. He landed slowly, and not so soon that he landed, that he fond two of Scars goons approaching him. The bird held his tongue, what could these poachers want now? " Yes?" he questioned thinking nothing good of the dogs.
"Geezh!, I was just looking for a good morning- that's all..." Voiced a complaining Banzai. Ed walked up beside him nodding his head. " Always jumping to conclusion, right Ed?" the dumb dog agreed eagerly. " I mean, I say good morning to everyone I meet! it's the right thing to do, right?" great a spill from Banzai was exactly what Zazu needed this morning, and I think the hyenas are the last to talk to Zazu about his manners. The blue horn billed rolled his eyes, and wore a ' will you get on with it' expression. "I'm just saying Zazu…"
"You're right- forgive me what was I thinking?!" he danced about over dramatically. Maybe this is what the hyenas wanted from him. And as they say hyenas are easy to entertain, Zazu found himself being clapped for by the mute spotted dog.
"Hey! He was liking that-"
"I know I know, I will have to continue the show on for later. Now if you don't mind I have busy to attend to." he stuck his beak in the air was he began to walk pass the hyenas, only to be stopped by a paw on his back tail feathers.
"ummm, where you going?"
"Inside, you see Scar and Sarabi, why?"
"Uh, he's already out and told us to tell you to meet him at the waterhole for his patrol." What Scar was already out, he doubted that. And from the look on Banzai face, it seemed like he was making it up on the spot.
"Well, I will be making my way to see the queen-" he dragged him back some.
"She's out too- left a while ago."
"Well I didn't see her on my way here?"
"Well you weren't looking for her, obviously."
"I'd like to see my queen." He pushed passed the two dogs legs apart so he could again pass, only to be plopped out of the den entrance, landing on his hurting backside. "Och!"
"I told you, king Scar out at the waterhole, you'll meet him there. No ones allowed to come in the den without his permission!" permission? When was coming in and out of your home a rule now?
"P-premission? I practically live here!"
"Yea well practically ain't actually!" Zazu shook his feathers.
"This is nonsense."
"Well talk to him about me, not me!" Banzai and Ed turned a shoulder to the bird, and began to walk back into the den. "C'mon Ed, I'm hungry!" his laughing friend following right behind.
"Premission- huh, I'll tell Scar what I think of his permission all right…" grumbled Zazu as he took flight on the way to the waterhole to seek out the brown lion. He was not happy with the growing changes at all, and he was going to tell him about it.
Back in the corner of a den a tiny stomach growled. "mama, I'm hungry…" voiced a cream cub. She walked over and placed her head at her mother feet, as she sat against the den wall.
"I know, but you have to wait sweetie, at least until Zazu comes back so someone can watch you."
"But I feel like I haven't eaten in years!" she complained, rolling and back exaggerating the situation. Years might have been pushing it some, but the little cub had not eaten anything snice the last morning. The lionesses had missed two hunts and now Nala little belly was feeling it. " I want to eat now…" she licked her cubs cheek. Distracting her from her situation but that did little.
"Yea sarafina…I'm hungry too." Chimed the orange cub, that was the first thing he had said snice last night. Which thrilled the lionesses, she was so worried about the boy, but he wouldn't talk. She had no idea what was wrong with him, all she knew was, his mother had hit him, and she and Scar were…arguing.
"Come here, Simba." He came forward and she took him into her arms, with her daughter. She saw the other lionesses looking to her, thinking what could she or they do. They couldn't leave the cubs alone with hyenas walking about. And they themselves were nervous from the hyena ambush yesterday. "Tell me, what did you dream about last night?" changed the subject. He paused and took a moment.
"Oh, I didn't dream last night."
"No?" she questioned, he shook his head. Nala then raised her paw to answers her mother question.
"I did mama!" she voiced happily.
"And what did you dream about dear?"
"Well…I was at pride rock, and I was flying like Zazu and-" but speech was soon interrupted by cub next to her.
"You can't fly Nala-"
"Yes I can! It's a dream Simba." She stuck her tongue out at him then began to finish her story. "So I was flying over this huge mountain! And-"
"Wait now I remember my dream!" counter Simba, excited and jealous by her story all at the same time. " I was flying too! And I was soring over mount Kilimanjaro!-"
"Hey! I'm telling my dream first!"
"But she asked me first!" He bickered.
"You didn't even have a dream Simba!"
"I do now- mean I did! you just reminded me of it- so anyways I was…"
"mama! That not fair!" really must these two always find something to argue over, really? Yes they were young, and at eachothers neck all the time, but really when would they grow out of it, thought Sarafina. It was like these two had stayed in their terrible two's.
"Honey, ju-" suddenly the gather of the lionesses at the door diverted sarafina attention. Simba and Nala went back and forth with eachother, clueless to what was happening. As Sarafina blocked out their noise she could read the lips of the other lionesses. And from their facial expression it looked as if they were shocked beyond belif. Sarafina slowly got up, leaving the cubs to bicker away.
"Hey mama!"
"Shh, not now dear." She walked towards her pride sisters cautiously. Afraid of what she might see, of what she thinks she might see. She wasn't sure, all she knew was she had an ever-growing uneasy feeling as she got closer. She pushed thought to see what all the commotion was about. There in the center of the pride was her queen. Bruised and beaten. They were so taken aback and perplexed by the situation they didn't know whether to run to her aid, or wait for her to tell them what to do. Sarafina saw her friend slowly fall towards the ground. She rushed to her aid. " Help her!" she demanded, and needed reinforcement to place the queen down safety. "Place her down easy!" the queens face twitched from the contact from everyone. And by this time the cubs had notice something was up and were making their way thought the adult crowd.
"Mom?" Sarabi eyes opened to see her son, watching on his confusion. But before he could say anything, another lioness had taken him and Nala away from all the commotion.
"Keep them away Bushra!" voiced sarafina, trying to gain some type of control and understanding of the situation. "Sarabi…Sarabi what happened?"
"n-Nothing, I just need to see Simba…"
"You'll see him after you're looked at. Amina send for Rafiki-"
"No! I don't need him." The queen ordered. Forcing herself to sit up. Trying to prove she was truly okay.
"Sarabi, you can barely stand. You need to be seen..." her couldn't understand her friend and her decision. She had clearly been attacked, she needed to be taken care of. "Amina…" the two lionesses shared a look, they knew what had to be done, even if it was against her queens wishes. The pride land lioness, backed away to leave. Her spot quickly be filled by the other lioness wishing to see the queen.
"Sarafina, it'll be take some time to get Rafiki." Informed another lioness.
"I know, we'll just have to wait here until she gets back."
"No you don't…" argued Sarabi. "I'm fine, and it's time for the hunt-Argh!" her right shoulder gave out as she tried to climb herself to her feet. Her worn nerves sent a shiver down her spine was he came back towards the ground. She bit her tongue "….fine… get Rafiki, you everyone else can leave." She finally voiced.
"But my queen-"
"Those are my orders!" her temper was high, she didn't not want to be seen like this, beaten and weak. She was irritated with everything. She took a breath and clam herself some…some. "Nuzha, Rima, Jariya and A'isha, you can all leave for the hunt. I know the cubs must be hungry."
"…yes my Sarabi." The four lionesses nodded, knowing they couldn't object. They left the den and when they did, it felt like the tension in the high has lighten by just a smidge. Maybe all she needed was some place. Now the only ones felt where a concerned Sarafina and two bewildered cubs. Away, entering a new land Shenzi found herself entering the beginning of the outlands. He scanned the territory before entering, these are supposedly lion territory, but these lions are apparently the bottom of the bottom of lions. Why, she did not know, the hyenas thought all lions were the same bossy and taking over the place. Her eyes did not scan anything unusually in the dry land. So, she began to walk. Her paws crackling the dry earth. It was so bad and dry, even she took notice.
"Man? This place looks worse than the elephant graveyard!- meh scratch that, ain't nothing worse than the elephant graveyard! Haha" laughing at her own joke. Soon she found she wasn't the only one laughing. "wait? What the- AAAHHH!" Shenzi was soon tackled to the ground by a lioness that just seemed to appear out of nowhere! When her eyes opened she saw this lioness and the one behind her fur matched perfectly with the dry dirt. Their fur dull and brown, even missing a few patches, geesh she probably walked right over them and didn't even notice.
"What are you doing in these lands?!" her breath was hot on the hyena. Teeth inches from her.
"Whoa whoa whoa wait wait!" the lioness did not let up. " I have a message from the king- king of the pride lands!"
"What?!"
"i-is there a lioness named Zira around?" the big cat let up a paw on the dogs throat. And another lioness, probably the lioness just mention took her place.
"What is it?!" the lionesses in the outlands where just so angry. Always angry.
"z-Zira hi, how ya doing..um…Scar said, that you and your pride are invited to the pridelands." suddenly the lioness expressed changed a whole 360. A smile came across her face.
"w-what…really….FINALLY, after all this time!" she jumped in the air for joy. Her two pridesisters eyed her, what was going on with her? this was not the Zira they knew. When she saw them looking at her, she had to explain. "Don't you see! Scar did it- he finally did it! we are going to the pridelands!" the two lionesses had never heard of these 'pridelands' but figured if it had Zira all up and jumping for joy, then this place might not be too bad. They too wore small smile, becoming interested in these…pridelands.
"yea fun, glad you're happy, my job it done..." Shenzi slowly rose, and began to walk away slowly. She did not want to be lions, she didn't trust them. " So yea, bye!" he took off back in the opposite direction. Zira turned to her sisters again.
"Get the cubs!" ordered the tawny colored lioness " We're going home."
The four prideland lionesses had gone on their hunt, in the meanwhile sarafina and Sarabi where left with their cubs. Each asking a million questions every minute.
"Queen Sarabi…yuo don't look so good." Chimed Nala and she and Simba peek over. This brought a small smile to the lioness face.
"I know dear, but I feel better then I look." She voiced.
"really?" the cub had a hard time believing that.
"Really." she chimed, then looking straight to her son, who couldn't stop staring at her." Simba everything fine, really." She tried to assure him, but his wavering face said he thought otherwise. Sarafina thought it be best for the cubs to give she and the queen their space. She told them to go outside and to stand right in front of the den. The cubs, slowly did as they were told. Sarafina giving them the serious eye, to not do any funny business.
"They were worried about you Sarabi." Voiced Sarafina, breaking the small silence. "I was too, what happened?"
"Sarafina…"
"it's alright, you don't have to tell me…b-but were you able to fix things with Scar?" figuring that even I she asked her queen she did not have to tell her. So maybe asking another question would do. The queen lowered her head, shamefully.
"…No…" Sarafina heart grew heavy for Moment. Her ears perk when she heard her daughters voice.
"Mama ! the weird monkey is here!" Nala came running into the den to be at her mother's side, for some reason, the old baboon creeped the young cub. Simba on the other paw thought the different looking animal was interesting and walked alongside him as he entered the den.
"Rafiki." Sarafina greeted him midway. "Thank you for coming."
"Of course, I was surprised when I heard the news of our queen, and I was even more surprised when I saw hyenas walking about the pridelands…" Sarafina nodded in understanding. "I was hearing rumors from Scar letting the Hyenas in the pridelands…but I didn't think it be true."
"I know, this is something…we are all getting use to."
"Well, where is she?" asked the wise mandrill. When he walked over to his goof friend his heart sank was she rubbed his hands over her cuts and bruises. He held himself together. "He gone this…"
"It doesn't matter." She voiced. " i-I just need help with my shoulder."
"Mhh, my queen is does matter, but I am here to do what I am told. What be wrong with your shoulder."
"it…it keep popping out or locking when I walk. I don't know…" the mandrill rubbed his hands along her back and shoulder blade. He could not only se but feel she had taken a real beating beneath the skin.
"It's swollen. You need to rest it, it'll go back into place my itself. But right now, it can't"
"Nothing…you can do nothing- can't you see she's in pain-"
"Sarafina that enough, Rafiki did his job and told me what need to do. I'll just rest for a few days-"
"No my queen a two weeks at best."
"Two weeks?!" she objected. But before she could say another word, Rafiki put his finger in the air to object.
"Two weeks. No less, you have a pride that will help with the hunt and a good friend to keep YOU my queen in line." He winked to Sarafina, who nodded in agreement.
"If only she'd listen to me." the other mother chimed, looking down to her friend. Sarabi was having none of that, she sighed out a puff of frustration. What would she do, locked up in the den all day? "but I'll keep her in check, I promise."
"Good, ya have anymore questions or something else you want to ask me?" actually she did, a rather serious one. But she didn't want even Sarafina to know. She didn't know how to go about asking it. so maybe she should just drop it for now, until they can talk somewhere private.
"No that's fine Rafiki, thank you-Argh…Mmm…forgot…not moving." It was a habit for the queen to escort her guest out of her home. So when she got up, her body brought her right back down.
"Sarabi?!"
"I'm fine I'm fine really- thank you Rafiki." The mandrill bowed.
"It is a pleasure my queen." He took his staff back in his hands, and began to walk slowly out the den. The two watched as he disappeared out of sight. Then something else caught their attention, grumbling stomachs. Both cubs pinned their ears in embarrassment.
"haha looks like someone hungry Sara."
"…sorry mama."
" Don't worry, the others should be back soon."
Back at the waterhole Scar was taking a much needed dip in the cooling waters. Being a king is extremely stressful, with all of his patrol he has the hyenas do and his…nightly actives with Sarabi now. Scar finds himself feeling beat and its only been day one.
"Sire!" of course the squawking o the bird with dull his peacfull moment. He opened his eyes to see a huffing Zazu flapping his ridiculous colored blue wings. "Sire, I must speak with you at once!"
"What is it Zazu?"
"The hyenas Sire! They are doing too much. Confining the pride to that small den and then-then saying that we as pridelands members cannot enter priderock without permission and th-"
"They were right." The bird froze for a moment.
"w-what?"
"they said those things, because I said those things."
"I can't understand why-"
"I don't need you to understand, I just need you to do as I say. That is your job."
"w-why yes, but Mufasa would always gi-"
"I am Mufasa?!" he didn't yell, but he asked a very direct question. Zazu again did not know what to say. So again Scar asked the question "Am I Mufasa?!"
"Is he Mufasa bird?! He asked you a question!" two unknown hyenas barked at Zazu. "Answer him!"
"Why no, but…"
"Then I will not do things as Mufasa. He had his way- and I have mine." He showed his wide fangs. "You will remember that when addressing me again. Now go, leave on you're patrol come back to me with a finish report by this evening."
"y-yes sire." But the bird didn't move. He was just so taken aback by how Scar behavior way. He was suppose to be a king, but Scar was acting to different then a powerful bully. Who only got what he wanted with the help of his follower friends.
"Keep it coming bird beak!" chomped a hyena at his wings.
"Yea! Keep it moving!" voiced the other. Scar watched as Zazu had to flap away to get distance from the slobbery dogs.
"Remember, this evening!" he chimed, relaxing back into the cool waters. Singing to himself as Zazu flapped away.
It had seemed like the lionesses had taken forever to get home with todays kills. They gotten back around mid-noon time, so it looked like the cubs would be having brunch instead of breakfast. One lioness, Bushra a said after they had gotten to kill they had to fight off the hungry dogs. They even had to lie to say they were brining the food for Scar for later on. Sarabi did not like hearing this. But pushed the thought to the back of her head. The pride quickly ate their meal, killing the size of the wildebeest in half with a few minutes. Everyone would sleep alittle more easy tonight with a full belly. But unfortunately their family dinner had gotten interrupted by Nosie hyenas. Banzai and Ed came snoop into the den.
"hey ladies, what so we have here…"
"Back off hyena, this is out kill!"
"But aren't we a family-"
"NO! Leave NOW!" the lioness with the rimmed ears spoiled all the fun it seemed. Not knowing what came over her, the sight of the drooling, hyenas sent more then one wave down her spine.
"Temper, temper." Voiced Banzai. " you think from last night you'd learn your lesson, Scar won't like that attitude. You better fix it by tonight." He chimed knowing that would get to her. he could see the lioness trying to best not to sweat over the hyena words. But it was hitting her hard about what he was saying…tonight. She would have to live another night under Scar again. If the first time wasn't bad enough, the thought of it becoming a routine made the lioness gag in the back of her throat. She couldn't bare another night with him, she couldn't-but what would he do to Simba if she didn't would he kill him…kill her, and leave her poor boy alone motherless and fatherless… "we'll be seeing you all around." Chimed Banzai as he and Ed left to find easier pickings. It was difficult to ignore Sarabi sudden and rising tension.
"…my queen, are you okay?"
"I'm fine." She got up, limped away from her family.
"Sarabi where are you going?!" she did not answer, she kept her head slow, and he deep thoughts that strangled her to herself. he left everyone speechless. Time had passed and the evening was now approaching. Zazu was still gone on his patrol for Scar and Sarabi had not returned home for her sudden outbreak. Sarafina and the pride where growing worried for their queen obviously something is wrong with her and she was not telling them. This was so out of her normal behavior. "I'm going to go look for her." Sarafina voiced. "I'll find her and bring her back."
"You can't go alone." Amina. "especially with the hyenas roaming at these times. If you go, we all need to go together."
"I…I really thing something wrong with her Amina."
"I know me too, the way she's been acting is out of character for her."
"Not even that. When Rafiki was checking her today, I noticed she had dark bruises running all down her inner legs and thighs. I could tell she was trying to hid them."
"You don't think Scar scared them?"
"i…I do. And from what that hyeans was saying about Scar and seeing her tonight-I need to talk with me."
"Don't! I don't think she would want that."
"I'm not going to let Scar keep doing what he's doing to her…Amina…" she walked forwards so only Amina could hear her. "I think Scar did something to her…I don't know what-"
"You aren't suggesting rape…are you?" Sarafina beat her tongue to accuse someone of that was bold, but for her to return back the way she did after seeing scar what other choices did she really have?
"I am."
"That Bastard! If you go I go too!" teethed Amina "She's our queen how could he do that to her-"
"Do what?" soon another lioness over heard the two gossiping sisters. A'isha came over. "What's going on?"
"Nothing." Spoke Sarafina, but Amina wasn't having it.
"That Bastard raped Sarabi!"
"What?!" soon before she knew it, word ha spread among all the lionesses of their queens situation and how they had to do something about it. "Sarafina, what are we going to do? We can't let him get away with this!"
"We need to stop him!" the supporting rally was something she wasn't expected and was actually grateful for. It gave the lioness the push she needed to make the final decision she thought was right. Sarabi was her best friend, forget queen and she needed justice.
"I know, I have an idea. " Sarafina spoke her plan, as the cubs played mindless to themselves. They sent the cubs to an early bed, they had to be fast. They needed to get Scar at the right moment, they had not seen the brown lion all day, but now with the day coming to a close he had to be close or at priderock. The lionesses stormed back up their home teeth bared, claws out and ears pinned. They were on a mission. They knocked one of two hyenas that were in their way for the most part. When they had reached priderock, most of the hyenas were out, probably hunting, because this was the time the dogs were most active. The lionesses went up priderocks steps. "Scar?! Scar?!" voiced sarafina and a few others. "Come out here!" they could hear noise coming from the back of the den. They stormed in the caught and off-guard lion, waking from a nap. They charged him, Sarafina the first to slap him in his face.
"Argh!"
"What the hell it wrong with you! Attacking our queen!"
"HYEANS!" he roared holding his face.
"You're going to need more than that when we're done with you!" she raged, but before anyone could move forward a swam of ten dogs came rushing in. they attacked and drove the lionesses back a whole recap of what happened to them the day before. Now Scar had the advantage.
"What is the meaning of this?! I ought to have to eaten by the dogs!" he roared, pissed the lionesses, but more upset with himself for being too easy for them to reach.
"YOU are a dog, Scar! Violating your oath, for the getter good of your pride members and her marriage!" the light bulb went off, he knew what she was talking about. Sarabi. His demeanor changed.
"Well I am kin-"
"You're no king to me!" she interrupted. The others following right behind in an agreement.
"Hmp, quiet frankly Sarafina, I don't give a dam. you don't even have to like me, hell I don't care if any of you like me- but YOU ALL will RESPECT me!" his roar thought the cave, the loud vibration shattering in their ears. But they prideland lionesses did not wavier. " I AM you're new king, and dammit you will give me the respect I deserve!"
"What you did was wrong!"
"What I did was my job AS king! She is MY queen. You lionesses know how the game works when a new king is in order-especially you sarafina, you're lucky I didn't kill that brat in her sleep when I took my reign. She shares no blood to me, so why should I care if the girl lives?" the mother growled and everyone was silent. " You call care about your queen fine, I don't care- but she will do her duty to ME. and if anyone objects- who would like to take her place?" no one said anything. "What I thought. Now you all head back to the side den, and if you're out before I count to ten- then I might act like this never happen in the frist place. But id not- then, haha we can always reenact yesterday. But this time…my hyenas will not be so, gentle." Again they found themselves outnumbered by the hyenas. And not only that, but crushed as well. But could object him all they want, but what's the point if you end up dead, and the king will continue to do what he's doing. On one wins, will maybe Scar. "Get out of my den, and If you all try this again. I'll kill you." Slowly they all began to turn away. Scar had begun his count down and the lionesses knew better than to test him. But when they got to the den entrance they froze. Scar finish his counting and noticed that no one had left- where they testing him? Seeing if he would actually keep he's word? Why he couldn't back down now. He was the big and bad king Scar. He had to show them who was boss, who was the king and ruler of pride rock, who they should fear. A grow began to grow from his belly, his claws extended he was going to strike the nearest lioness to him. That was until he saw who the pride was looking at the den entrance, and what one of the little cubs was saying as she and another cub pushed pass the prideland lionesses and went bounding to the brown lion in the center
"Daddy Daddy we're home!"