Chapter 11: The truth
As Scar walked casually away, Sarabi's mind raced. Her heart beat faster and a lump formed in her throat. Kill her? Sarabi looked down at the sleeping cub in her grasp. She pulled her paws closer around the cub. "Oh Kitoko, I could never kill you, but what can I do?"
Sarabi sighed and licked the cub's forehead, where the strange marking was. It was then Sarabi realized it. Memory overtook her for a moment. In her mind she saw a thumb spreading mashed melon over Simba's head. Rafiki! He would help her for sure!
Sarabi nuzzled Kitoko and then stood. She looked around for the old shaman's tree. When she found it she reached down and picked up Kitoko by the scruff of her neck. Sarabi took a deep breath and then burst forward in a run. She didn't run fast, for she didn't want to hurt Kitoko. But she didn't run to slow, for she didn't want anyone to see her.
Within minutes Sarabi reached Rafiki's tree. With two quick leaps she was in it. She set Kitoko down and looked about for the old baboon. "Rafiki?" she said, her voice wavering. She sniffed and knew he was gone. She sighed. The only one who could help her and he was gone. Sarabi looked around. Even if Rafiki was gone, she was sure he wouldn't mind if she kept Kitoko here.
Sarabi saw a small hole in one of the branches. She smiled, picked Kitoko up and carried the cub to the hole. Then she put her in and smiled. Kitoko smiled back and batted at air. Sarabi had to laugh. Even if the cub did resemble Scar in color, she would be nothing like him.
The sun was beginning to set. It had been a long day. Sarabi sighed and sat for a while. She let Kitoko eat once more before putting her cub in the hole, waiting till she fell asleep and then leaving.
Zira sighed. She glared at Howler, at Zazu. She was waiting for Scar to return, so she could tell him. But how? Howler wore a guilty look. "This is all your fault." Zira snarled. "How is my fault?" He growled back. "You were the one who did it." Howler laughed. "Yeah well you wanted me to." Zira growled low and threateningly. Howler just shrugged.
Just then Scar returned. Zira looked up. "Scar!" she near shouted. Scar looked up and only smiled. "Sarabi has a cub." Zira froze for a moment. No one had known the ex-queen had been pregnant. It had basically been a joke, something for fun. No one had really expected Sarabi to take. Zira laughed, her low mocking laugh.
"What'd you tell her?" Zira asked, completely forgetting what she needed to tell Scar. Scar stretched and then yawned. "Kill it." He said. Zira laughed again. "You think she will?" Howler chimed in. Now it was Scar's turn to laugh. "Are you kidding?" Howler smiled, waiting for what was to come. "I told her not to bring it anywhere near here though." Howler gave a grunt. "Go ahead," he said, gesturing toward the pride lands.
It was then Zira spoke up. "Wait a minute," she said. Howler froze, knowing she was going to tell. He growled as he came back, his head hung low. Zira sighed. "This isn't easy to say, but, we," she gestured toward Howler and herself. "Have something to tell you." Scar sat, wearing a puzzled look on his face.
Zira took a deep breath. She was just about to say it when, "Mom, I'm hungry." Zira turned growling to face Nuka. "Not now, go find something and leave us alone." Nuka cringed and then sulked off. Zira turned back and let out a breath.
"Anyway," she shook herself. "The last time you did it to Sarabi, I- I well felt the need," she paused for a second, closing her eyes and concentrating. She shook her head and then blurted it out, "Howler is the father to the cub in me!"
There, now everyone knows who the father to Vitani and Kovu is. Hehe, it's not Scar, but it's Scar's best bud! Although that wouldn't be any better, cuz Kovu and Kiara would still be related...hmm.... leave a review...
As Scar walked casually away, Sarabi's mind raced. Her heart beat faster and a lump formed in her throat. Kill her? Sarabi looked down at the sleeping cub in her grasp. She pulled her paws closer around the cub. "Oh Kitoko, I could never kill you, but what can I do?"
Sarabi sighed and licked the cub's forehead, where the strange marking was. It was then Sarabi realized it. Memory overtook her for a moment. In her mind she saw a thumb spreading mashed melon over Simba's head. Rafiki! He would help her for sure!
Sarabi nuzzled Kitoko and then stood. She looked around for the old shaman's tree. When she found it she reached down and picked up Kitoko by the scruff of her neck. Sarabi took a deep breath and then burst forward in a run. She didn't run fast, for she didn't want to hurt Kitoko. But she didn't run to slow, for she didn't want anyone to see her.
Within minutes Sarabi reached Rafiki's tree. With two quick leaps she was in it. She set Kitoko down and looked about for the old baboon. "Rafiki?" she said, her voice wavering. She sniffed and knew he was gone. She sighed. The only one who could help her and he was gone. Sarabi looked around. Even if Rafiki was gone, she was sure he wouldn't mind if she kept Kitoko here.
Sarabi saw a small hole in one of the branches. She smiled, picked Kitoko up and carried the cub to the hole. Then she put her in and smiled. Kitoko smiled back and batted at air. Sarabi had to laugh. Even if the cub did resemble Scar in color, she would be nothing like him.
The sun was beginning to set. It had been a long day. Sarabi sighed and sat for a while. She let Kitoko eat once more before putting her cub in the hole, waiting till she fell asleep and then leaving.
Zira sighed. She glared at Howler, at Zazu. She was waiting for Scar to return, so she could tell him. But how? Howler wore a guilty look. "This is all your fault." Zira snarled. "How is my fault?" He growled back. "You were the one who did it." Howler laughed. "Yeah well you wanted me to." Zira growled low and threateningly. Howler just shrugged.
Just then Scar returned. Zira looked up. "Scar!" she near shouted. Scar looked up and only smiled. "Sarabi has a cub." Zira froze for a moment. No one had known the ex-queen had been pregnant. It had basically been a joke, something for fun. No one had really expected Sarabi to take. Zira laughed, her low mocking laugh.
"What'd you tell her?" Zira asked, completely forgetting what she needed to tell Scar. Scar stretched and then yawned. "Kill it." He said. Zira laughed again. "You think she will?" Howler chimed in. Now it was Scar's turn to laugh. "Are you kidding?" Howler smiled, waiting for what was to come. "I told her not to bring it anywhere near here though." Howler gave a grunt. "Go ahead," he said, gesturing toward the pride lands.
It was then Zira spoke up. "Wait a minute," she said. Howler froze, knowing she was going to tell. He growled as he came back, his head hung low. Zira sighed. "This isn't easy to say, but, we," she gestured toward Howler and herself. "Have something to tell you." Scar sat, wearing a puzzled look on his face.
Zira took a deep breath. She was just about to say it when, "Mom, I'm hungry." Zira turned growling to face Nuka. "Not now, go find something and leave us alone." Nuka cringed and then sulked off. Zira turned back and let out a breath.
"Anyway," she shook herself. "The last time you did it to Sarabi, I- I well felt the need," she paused for a second, closing her eyes and concentrating. She shook her head and then blurted it out, "Howler is the father to the cub in me!"
There, now everyone knows who the father to Vitani and Kovu is. Hehe, it's not Scar, but it's Scar's best bud! Although that wouldn't be any better, cuz Kovu and Kiara would still be related...hmm.... leave a review...