Epilogue
Simba tredded across the plains of Pride Rock, humming Hakuna Matata happily.
"Aw c'mon dad, what happened?" an anxious Tanabi urged his father. He looked up, his brown eyes searching his father's curiously. He had his father's golden fur, and a majestic mane had begun to grow on his head and neck. He was a most curious adolescent.
"Well," Simba replied. "In a dream, my father told me the Pridelands had been restored. We set off, but Kazumi and Alani stayed behind to start their own Pride there, and keep it protected in case we returned. Urukai is buried on a small mound west of the gorge where he died, and everytime someone went near it, it is said that his angry spirit drove them off, but we've never been sure."
"What about me?" Tanabi questioned. "Tell me what happened!"
"On the day after we returned, Nala brought you into the world, and Rafiki blessed you, and presented you!"
"Wow dad." Tanabi said quietly. "You went through all of that when you first started out?"
Simba nodded to his son. "There was a lot of sadness during that journey. Much anger, and hate. Many awakened memories."
"How come you waited so long to tell me?" Tanabi asked.
"I felt you needed to be ready. But this story was of much importance. I assumed a great role when I started out, keeping the Pride safe was a much more difficult duty on the journey than it would've been here. Grandma died on that trip."
Simba paused as all the memories awakened. "May you never have to travel the Dark Mile Tanabi. But I prepare you in the event that you must."
Tanabi nodded and pricked up his ears.
"Boys! Come back! We just caught an enormous wildebeest! It's a feast tonight!"
Tanabi and Simba licked their lips, and while humming the little tune of Hakuna Matata, departed into the sunset, to the adjacent stone known as Pride Rock.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ *~*~*~*~*~*~* Ta Da!!!!! There ya go peeps! The story of the Dark Mile! Hope ya had as much fun reading it as I did writing it! Read and Review an give me your thoughts! Pace out! - the Numero Uno Whitestar
Simba tredded across the plains of Pride Rock, humming Hakuna Matata happily.
"Aw c'mon dad, what happened?" an anxious Tanabi urged his father. He looked up, his brown eyes searching his father's curiously. He had his father's golden fur, and a majestic mane had begun to grow on his head and neck. He was a most curious adolescent.
"Well," Simba replied. "In a dream, my father told me the Pridelands had been restored. We set off, but Kazumi and Alani stayed behind to start their own Pride there, and keep it protected in case we returned. Urukai is buried on a small mound west of the gorge where he died, and everytime someone went near it, it is said that his angry spirit drove them off, but we've never been sure."
"What about me?" Tanabi questioned. "Tell me what happened!"
"On the day after we returned, Nala brought you into the world, and Rafiki blessed you, and presented you!"
"Wow dad." Tanabi said quietly. "You went through all of that when you first started out?"
Simba nodded to his son. "There was a lot of sadness during that journey. Much anger, and hate. Many awakened memories."
"How come you waited so long to tell me?" Tanabi asked.
"I felt you needed to be ready. But this story was of much importance. I assumed a great role when I started out, keeping the Pride safe was a much more difficult duty on the journey than it would've been here. Grandma died on that trip."
Simba paused as all the memories awakened. "May you never have to travel the Dark Mile Tanabi. But I prepare you in the event that you must."
Tanabi nodded and pricked up his ears.
"Boys! Come back! We just caught an enormous wildebeest! It's a feast tonight!"
Tanabi and Simba licked their lips, and while humming the little tune of Hakuna Matata, departed into the sunset, to the adjacent stone known as Pride Rock.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ *~*~*~*~*~*~* Ta Da!!!!! There ya go peeps! The story of the Dark Mile! Hope ya had as much fun reading it as I did writing it! Read and Review an give me your thoughts! Pace out! - the Numero Uno Whitestar