Chapter 2 - Fire
Fuadi and Sari watched, away from the parents, Kiara come down between the rows of lionesses, for her first hunt. "My, how you've grown," praised Sarafina, smiling. Fuadi just frowned, her nose wrinkled in disgust.
"I don't want to grow up," Fuadi commented, rolling onto her back.
"Dad's giving Kiara another lecture," Sari pointed over to where Kiara and Simba stood, "and she's rolling her eyes."
"I don't care what Mrs. Queen Kiara is doing," she spat. Sari pinned her ears back. "Why does she get to be queen and I don't? I'm just as good as Kiara is."
"Quit being jealous," Sari said as she swatted at Fuadi's tail. "You know why she get's to be queen, so why say that? She get's to be queen 'cause she is the first born of mom and dad." Fuadi just shrugged, hopping of the rock toward the open savannah.
"Where are you going?" Sari called out, standing up and turning toward her. "You know dad said to stick around, and he'll-"
"I don't care. I'm going," she called back the rebel cub. Sari sighed, and not wanting to be left alone, ran toward Fuadi to catch up.
"So where are we going?" she asked as soon as she caught up.
"I want to see all the places where daddy told us not to go."
"But he told us not to go," argued Sari.
Fuadi turned abruptly, her face right next to Sari's. "If you don't want to go, go watch Kiara get praised and go watch dad worry. For me, that's not my type of thing. Plus, with Kiara on her hunt, he won't even notice us gone." Sari sighed, following her sister.
"Sooo we're going to the Outlands?"
"And the elephant graveyard," Fuadi added. Sari sighed again. She was always led into trouble by her rebellious sister. She slowly trotted beside her sister.
Sari looked back behind her. "Sari," Fuadi sighed, "They aren't going to just jump out from that acacia tree. They're to concerned about poor Kiara."
"Mom will notice," she argued, "and she's gonna notice by bath time."
Fuadi rolled her eyes. "Bath time is hours away. We'll be back by then." She stopped abruptly, causing Sari to run into the back of her.
"What'd ya do that for?"
"Shhh." Fuadi watched with curious eyes, Sari looking over her shoulder. A rough looking lioness was walking past them, a large male with a newly grown mane walking beside her.
"Who's that?" whispered Sari. Fuadi shrugged, continuing to look.
"Oh no," said Fuadi in distress as she sneezed. The lioness's head furiously looked in their direction, although Sari was sure she couldn't see them. But she would see them soon, because she was heading in their direction.
"Fuadi, you just got up caught."
The lioness walked over and parted the grass to reveal to cubs, one shaking and another in front standing bravely. "What do we have here?" asked the lionesses as she motioned for the male to come closer. "I know what we have," her voice turned into a growl, "We have two princesses out of their land."
"Who are you?" cried out Fuadi
bravely.
"I'm Zira." The cub still looked confused. "You're father never told you about me?" she still growled, raising an eyebrow. They both shook their head.
Zira smiled, sitting on her haunches. "Let me inform you. I am Zira, the rightful queen. Not that Nala - your mother," she sneered, "and Scar is the rightful king. Your father murdered him."
"I don't believe you! Daddy would never do that!" cried out Sari defiantly.
Zira narrowed her eyes. "There's a lot you don't know about your daddy. Like he killed his father. Then ran away, only to come back and kill my love." Then, as just realizing he was here, looked over at the male she was with. "This," she said, holding out her paw, "is my son, Kovu. He will be King, not Kiara."
"My sister will be the queen!" yelled Fuadi. Zira hit the child in the jaw with her paw, sending her skidding across the dirt. Sari stood up, teeth showing.
Zira put a paw in front of her. "If you know what's good for you," she growled quietly, "you wouldn't dare attack me." The cub drew away, her claws retracting.
"There's a good princess oosie poosie," she said sarcastically. She turned to Kovu. "Catch them, bring them along. What a nice hostage situation this will be." Realizing what Zira meant, the cubs started to run.
"Mom, get that one!" he said, nodding his head toward Sari, who was running in the opposite direction of her sister. Zira bounded toward the young cub, and quickly caught her and grabbed her by the ear.
"OW!" screamed Sari as she wriggled, intensifying the pain. Kovu jogged up to Zira, having Fuadi by the scruff of the neck.
"Don't hurt my sister!" she cried out, trying to get out of Kovu's teeth. Zira dropped the cub and then picked it up by the scruff of the neck, taking off toward the den where the Outsiders lived.
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Fuadi and Sari watched, away from the parents, Kiara come down between the rows of lionesses, for her first hunt. "My, how you've grown," praised Sarafina, smiling. Fuadi just frowned, her nose wrinkled in disgust.
"I don't want to grow up," Fuadi commented, rolling onto her back.
"Dad's giving Kiara another lecture," Sari pointed over to where Kiara and Simba stood, "and she's rolling her eyes."
"I don't care what Mrs. Queen Kiara is doing," she spat. Sari pinned her ears back. "Why does she get to be queen and I don't? I'm just as good as Kiara is."
"Quit being jealous," Sari said as she swatted at Fuadi's tail. "You know why she get's to be queen, so why say that? She get's to be queen 'cause she is the first born of mom and dad." Fuadi just shrugged, hopping of the rock toward the open savannah.
"Where are you going?" Sari called out, standing up and turning toward her. "You know dad said to stick around, and he'll-"
"I don't care. I'm going," she called back the rebel cub. Sari sighed, and not wanting to be left alone, ran toward Fuadi to catch up.
"So where are we going?" she asked as soon as she caught up.
"I want to see all the places where daddy told us not to go."
"But he told us not to go," argued Sari.
Fuadi turned abruptly, her face right next to Sari's. "If you don't want to go, go watch Kiara get praised and go watch dad worry. For me, that's not my type of thing. Plus, with Kiara on her hunt, he won't even notice us gone." Sari sighed, following her sister.
"Sooo we're going to the Outlands?"
"And the elephant graveyard," Fuadi added. Sari sighed again. She was always led into trouble by her rebellious sister. She slowly trotted beside her sister.
Sari looked back behind her. "Sari," Fuadi sighed, "They aren't going to just jump out from that acacia tree. They're to concerned about poor Kiara."
"Mom will notice," she argued, "and she's gonna notice by bath time."
Fuadi rolled her eyes. "Bath time is hours away. We'll be back by then." She stopped abruptly, causing Sari to run into the back of her.
"What'd ya do that for?"
"Shhh." Fuadi watched with curious eyes, Sari looking over her shoulder. A rough looking lioness was walking past them, a large male with a newly grown mane walking beside her.
"Who's that?" whispered Sari. Fuadi shrugged, continuing to look.
"Oh no," said Fuadi in distress as she sneezed. The lioness's head furiously looked in their direction, although Sari was sure she couldn't see them. But she would see them soon, because she was heading in their direction.
"Fuadi, you just got up caught."
The lioness walked over and parted the grass to reveal to cubs, one shaking and another in front standing bravely. "What do we have here?" asked the lionesses as she motioned for the male to come closer. "I know what we have," her voice turned into a growl, "We have two princesses out of their land."
"Who are you?" cried out Fuadi
bravely.
"I'm Zira." The cub still looked confused. "You're father never told you about me?" she still growled, raising an eyebrow. They both shook their head.
Zira smiled, sitting on her haunches. "Let me inform you. I am Zira, the rightful queen. Not that Nala - your mother," she sneered, "and Scar is the rightful king. Your father murdered him."
"I don't believe you! Daddy would never do that!" cried out Sari defiantly.
Zira narrowed her eyes. "There's a lot you don't know about your daddy. Like he killed his father. Then ran away, only to come back and kill my love." Then, as just realizing he was here, looked over at the male she was with. "This," she said, holding out her paw, "is my son, Kovu. He will be King, not Kiara."
"My sister will be the queen!" yelled Fuadi. Zira hit the child in the jaw with her paw, sending her skidding across the dirt. Sari stood up, teeth showing.
Zira put a paw in front of her. "If you know what's good for you," she growled quietly, "you wouldn't dare attack me." The cub drew away, her claws retracting.
"There's a good princess oosie poosie," she said sarcastically. She turned to Kovu. "Catch them, bring them along. What a nice hostage situation this will be." Realizing what Zira meant, the cubs started to run.
"Mom, get that one!" he said, nodding his head toward Sari, who was running in the opposite direction of her sister. Zira bounded toward the young cub, and quickly caught her and grabbed her by the ear.
"OW!" screamed Sari as she wriggled, intensifying the pain. Kovu jogged up to Zira, having Fuadi by the scruff of the neck.
"Don't hurt my sister!" she cried out, trying to get out of Kovu's teeth. Zira dropped the cub and then picked it up by the scruff of the neck, taking off toward the den where the Outsiders lived.
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