erRevenge Ch. 3
by psychu

The lions reluctantly followed Scar, who was leading them to the Outlands, throwing Cindy into a cage similar to the one Zazu was in. "You see that weak little cub over there? That traitor defied us, and won't live to tell the tale. If anyone ELSE defies me, you will receive the same fate."
"You will NEVER harm her." A lion cub stepped out.
"What the-?"
The cub was Cindy's friend, Mike. "As I was saying, you will never harm her."
"Who are you to say whether we harm her or not?" Scar said. "Wait a minute, why don't we fight? Winner gets Cindy."
"Fine with me."
The fight commenced. Mike won. "I admire your strength, young cub."
"Uhhhh............thanks."
"Ever consider-----"
"Don't even THINK about asking him to join the Outlands, he's Pridelander through and through."
"Cindy.................have YOU considered?"
"Hmmm...........didn't take long to decide. No."
"Cindy, you have all of the qualities of an Outlander." Zira spoke up.
"I do?"
"Certainly. You're strong and smart."
"I am?"
"Yes. I am accepting you into the pride."
"How do I know this isn't a trap?"
"Would I lie to a new member of the pride?"
"I guess not."
"Cindy no!" Mike screamed.
"Mike, I have to do this."
"No you don't! They're going to kill you!"
"Shut up you idiotic cub!" Zira snapped.
"He is NOT idiotic." Cindy yelled.
"You too."
The other lions, with the exception of Cindy, walked out of the area. Cindy started singing again:
"I look at myself,
Each and every day,
I don't know why,
But I never have a say.

I didn't mean for it go so far,
This thing wasn't meant to go this far.
I tried to stop the chaos,
But nothing happened.

Used to be I could be seen,
Without someone starting to scream.
Used to be I could reach and grab a star,
But now I get nothing.

You think what you think,
You dream what you dream,
You decide what you can do,
But that doesn't apply to me.

I can't stop them,
Even though I started this,
They are unstoppable,
I tried."
By the time she was finished singing, it was night time. Then, she heard Scar and Zira talking. "Are you really going to accept her into the pride?" Zira asked.
"No."
"Then why did you say you would?"
"It's a trap. Now she thinks we're all nice and we'll welcome her with open paws."
"Oh. So what are you going to do to her?"
"I don't know yet. I might see how she does with the others, I might kick her out of the pride."
"I see."
Cindy fell alseep again. She felt someone pick her up, then, a few minutes later, drop her. The next morning, she woke up in the Outlands. "Where am I?"
"In the Outlands."
"The Outlands? What am I doing here?"
"I brought you here." Zira said.
Cindy barely remembered what she had heard the previous night. Suddenly, a dark colored cub appeared. "Aunt Zira, who's the lioness cub?"
"She, dear, is your future mate."
"WHAAAAAAT?!" Cindy exclaimed.
"My name's Tono, what's yours?" Tono asked kindly.
Cindy was ecstatic. Could this cub be nicer than his aunt? "My name's Cindy."
"Cindy, do you want to take a walk?"
"Sure."
They set off. Tono bit a flower stem and put the flower in Cindy's fur. "Um............Tono?"
"Yeah, Cindy?"
"I have something to tell you."
"What is it?"
"I am really a human."
"I don't get it."
"I was applying for a job at Disney and got in the area where your aunt works, and they tricked me and made me trap their rivals and turned me into this."
"I see."
"Do you still......"
"Like you? Yes. Even though it goes against my aunt's wishes."
"What do you mean?"
"She said if I ever spotted a human," he sighed. "I was to kill them."
"Would you be punished for not killing a human?"
"Yes. Very cruelly. It's happened before."
"It has?"
"Uh......hey, it's getting sort of chilly, maybe we should go home."
"Yeah."
Unluckily, Zira was watching. "TONO!" She yelled.