Chapter 7: Timsu's Land
The smell of Timsu entered Kiara's nostrils and her eyes shot open immediately, remembering Kovu, Sumba and Chaka.
Timsu was seated on a hand-made wooden chair, peering down at Kiara, smiling. "Good to see you're finally awake, young one," he said warmly.
Kiara blinked a couple times and stretched her achy muscles.
Timsu watched contently, continuing to gaze at her beautiful golden-orange fur, which glimmered in the sunlight and bright orange eyes.
Once she finished stretching, she stood up and shook off. When she shook, she felt the object she was standing on shake and almost fell off, but Timsu steadied it and Kiara remained on it. Looking down she saw a dark brown box made of wood and some fresh, green savanna grass that Timsu had gathered as a bed for her. She smiled back up at him, acknowledging his kindness towards her and nuzzled her head against his hand and purred.
Timsu sighed happily and chuckled at Kiara's kitten-like affection. Then she heard a small whimper from across the "barn" they were in. It wasn't really a barn; it was the recovery sanctuary house for the endangered African animals Timsu had built on his own.
However, at that moment, Kiara was oblivious to this fact and her surroundings, as she recognized the whimper as Sumba's. She gasped and leapt off the bed Timsu had made for her and sprinted to the side Sumba was on.
Although Timsu hadn't heard the small cry, he knew from Kiara's instinctive protective action that she smelled or remembered the other two cubs he had rescued with her.
Sumba lay flat on the floor, ears down in fright and loneliness, crying.
Kiara reached the poor infant and immediately began comforting him with purrs, nuzzles, and licks.
"Kiara!" Sumba sobbed. "I'm so scared! Where are we? The last thing I remember is seeing that ostrich running towards us and then Chaka and I fainted, and I woke up when it was really dark out in this scary place with all these strange, unfamiliar smells. Then I looked up and saw a tall, dark scary figure standing above me, so I closed my eyes, and I didn't wake up again until now and I called for you," he sobbed heavily into her fur.
"Oh Sumba, I was so scared you and Chaka wouldn't wake up! But don't worry, everything's alright now sweetie, I'm here," she soothed and groomed his back with warm, comforting licks.
Sumba's breathing slowed to normal and his sobbing ceased as he looked up from Kiara's tear-soaked fur, and lay his head against her arm.
She then lay down next to him and motioned for him to come lay in her paws. "Come here, Sumba," she beckoned gently.
Sumba sniffled away his final tears before walking relieved over to his newfound "mother" and into her safe arms.
Timsu, who had kept his distance, watching the whole scene, decided to leave them alone for awhile, and walked outside.
"I miss Chaka, where is she?" he finally said after awhile of silent nuzzling.
"She was with Kovu when you both fainted and he carried her," she recalled.
"Where's Kovu?" he asked.
"Let's go look for him, I know Timsu brought him here," Kiara said.
"Who's Timsu?" Sumba asked clueless.
"He's the tall, dark creature that brought us hear to safety," she explained with a smile.
Sumba's honey colored eyes went wide with shock. "You mean that big, dark, scary animal that stood over me last night was Timsu?" he said in disbelief.
"Don't worry, Sumba. He was very gentle and kind to me, and he saved all of us, so he's good so far," she said confidently.
"Ok, if you say so, Queen Kiara," he nodded warily. "But what kind of creature is he?" Sumba asked.
Kiara had been wondering the same thing, as she had never seen a creature like Timsu before, but somehow he seemed rather familiar. He reminded her of Rafiki, but he wasn't a baboon, and she didn't know of any other animals that looked like Timsu. When she had come close to Timsu yesterday, Kovu freaked out and tried to attack him for getting too close to her. She bet Kovu would know what kind of creature Timsu was or at least something about him. She stood up and stretched once more before shaking off and sniffed the air for Kovu. Instantly she followed her nose and spotted him resting on the other side of where she had slept. He was sleeping in a steeper bed than she did, but other than that it was the same.
"There's Kovu!" she yelled happily to Sumba. "Come on, let's go get him!" she laughed and sprinted towards his bed.
Kovu awoke to the sound of Kiara and Sumba's voices and leapt up from his bed and looked down at them. "Kiara! Sumba! You're alright," he grinned overjoyed.
"Kovu!" That was the first time in two days that Kiara had seen Kovu truly happy.
He leapt down from his bed, oblivious of the wooden object with Timsu's scent on it, and pulled his best friend and little Sumba into a tight embrace. Then he pulled away and gazed into Kiara's eyes.
"I thought you were a goner. As king of our cub pride, I can't let any harm come to my queen and/or my prince and princess. Speaking of the princess, where is Chaka?" Kovu looked around.
Kiara's eye's widened with fear and her heart skipped a beat. "I thought you had her," she gulped, frozen in place.
Kovu, looking back at Kiara, grew concerned. "I thought I told you to get her to safety after the ostrich attack," he shook his head and stepped back.
"You were the one who set her down, I was watching over Sumba," she glanced at the small tan cub, who's ears went down, worriedly.
"I thought after Timsu picked you up, he would have gotten-I totally forgot about her, because I had to carry Sumba on my back while he carried you after you fainted," she explained, eyes tearing, looking desperately for sympathy from her best friend.
"I.I've got to go find her," he turned and raced out of the recovery sanctuary building. Fortunately Timsu had left the door open, so Kovu dashed out into the bright morning sunlight.
Sumba gasped worriedly and looked up at Kiara.
Kiara watched Kovu run out and closed her eyes and growled to herself. How could she have forgotten about Chaka? How could she have let her out of her sight? How could she have been so irresponsible? Why didn't she just do what Kovu asked her to do for once?
"What was I thinking?" she asked herself aloud. Then suddenly a memory came back to her.
~FLASHBACK ~
Simba is scolding Kiara a few months ago for running off her designated path and befriending Kovu.
Kiara is sulking on a rock, after trying to win her father's sympathy with a huge, fake grin.
"Kiara, what did you think you were doing? You could've been killed today!" he asked firmly but not as harsh as Mufasa had scolded him for running off when he was a cub.
"But Daddy, I, I didn't mean to diso-
~END FLASHBACK~
Kiara shook her head, and realized why her father worried about her the way he did. Not just because he loved her, but because of the way she acted. Too carefree and scatterbrained, she thought of herself. "If I had just paid attention, then I would have understood why I should be more careful and do as I'm told more often. Then maybe daddy would never have had to make up such strict rules. Then Chaka wouldn't be lost, and I wouldn't have ever met Timsu and Sumba, and Kovu and I would never have met nor would we have tried to bring peace between our prides," she thought deeply to herself, before Sumba brought her back to reality.
"Kiara!" he yelled and head-butted her side.
"Oww!" she cried out.
"Come on, we've got to go find Kovu and my sister!" he said running in front of her.
"Well, I've got myself into this, and I'm going to get myself out and find Chaka and bring peace between Kovu and my prides, because that's what I set out to do, and that's what being a princess and queen is all about. I am a princess, I must do this for my pride and friends and family," she growled determinedly and ran off after Sumba and Kovu.
In the sky, Mufasa smiled down on his granddaughter proudly and blew a soft wind over the savanna, but then faded.
A/N: Sorry, I know this was kind of a short chapter, but the rest will be longer, I promise. I just felt like not putting a whole lot of stuff in this chapter, because the next chapter will be well.you'll have to wait and find out yourselves! ; P Again sorry, I just couldn't think of anymore things to put in it because it was just a short part in the story, I guess you could say. Anyway, I'll update soon, I might be busy for awhile, but I promise, I love writing, and I will not abandon this story, because I've got ideas for upcoming chapters, so stay tuned for the next chapters, that's all for now folks! Lol, I don't own Looney Tunes either.
The smell of Timsu entered Kiara's nostrils and her eyes shot open immediately, remembering Kovu, Sumba and Chaka.
Timsu was seated on a hand-made wooden chair, peering down at Kiara, smiling. "Good to see you're finally awake, young one," he said warmly.
Kiara blinked a couple times and stretched her achy muscles.
Timsu watched contently, continuing to gaze at her beautiful golden-orange fur, which glimmered in the sunlight and bright orange eyes.
Once she finished stretching, she stood up and shook off. When she shook, she felt the object she was standing on shake and almost fell off, but Timsu steadied it and Kiara remained on it. Looking down she saw a dark brown box made of wood and some fresh, green savanna grass that Timsu had gathered as a bed for her. She smiled back up at him, acknowledging his kindness towards her and nuzzled her head against his hand and purred.
Timsu sighed happily and chuckled at Kiara's kitten-like affection. Then she heard a small whimper from across the "barn" they were in. It wasn't really a barn; it was the recovery sanctuary house for the endangered African animals Timsu had built on his own.
However, at that moment, Kiara was oblivious to this fact and her surroundings, as she recognized the whimper as Sumba's. She gasped and leapt off the bed Timsu had made for her and sprinted to the side Sumba was on.
Although Timsu hadn't heard the small cry, he knew from Kiara's instinctive protective action that she smelled or remembered the other two cubs he had rescued with her.
Sumba lay flat on the floor, ears down in fright and loneliness, crying.
Kiara reached the poor infant and immediately began comforting him with purrs, nuzzles, and licks.
"Kiara!" Sumba sobbed. "I'm so scared! Where are we? The last thing I remember is seeing that ostrich running towards us and then Chaka and I fainted, and I woke up when it was really dark out in this scary place with all these strange, unfamiliar smells. Then I looked up and saw a tall, dark scary figure standing above me, so I closed my eyes, and I didn't wake up again until now and I called for you," he sobbed heavily into her fur.
"Oh Sumba, I was so scared you and Chaka wouldn't wake up! But don't worry, everything's alright now sweetie, I'm here," she soothed and groomed his back with warm, comforting licks.
Sumba's breathing slowed to normal and his sobbing ceased as he looked up from Kiara's tear-soaked fur, and lay his head against her arm.
She then lay down next to him and motioned for him to come lay in her paws. "Come here, Sumba," she beckoned gently.
Sumba sniffled away his final tears before walking relieved over to his newfound "mother" and into her safe arms.
Timsu, who had kept his distance, watching the whole scene, decided to leave them alone for awhile, and walked outside.
"I miss Chaka, where is she?" he finally said after awhile of silent nuzzling.
"She was with Kovu when you both fainted and he carried her," she recalled.
"Where's Kovu?" he asked.
"Let's go look for him, I know Timsu brought him here," Kiara said.
"Who's Timsu?" Sumba asked clueless.
"He's the tall, dark creature that brought us hear to safety," she explained with a smile.
Sumba's honey colored eyes went wide with shock. "You mean that big, dark, scary animal that stood over me last night was Timsu?" he said in disbelief.
"Don't worry, Sumba. He was very gentle and kind to me, and he saved all of us, so he's good so far," she said confidently.
"Ok, if you say so, Queen Kiara," he nodded warily. "But what kind of creature is he?" Sumba asked.
Kiara had been wondering the same thing, as she had never seen a creature like Timsu before, but somehow he seemed rather familiar. He reminded her of Rafiki, but he wasn't a baboon, and she didn't know of any other animals that looked like Timsu. When she had come close to Timsu yesterday, Kovu freaked out and tried to attack him for getting too close to her. She bet Kovu would know what kind of creature Timsu was or at least something about him. She stood up and stretched once more before shaking off and sniffed the air for Kovu. Instantly she followed her nose and spotted him resting on the other side of where she had slept. He was sleeping in a steeper bed than she did, but other than that it was the same.
"There's Kovu!" she yelled happily to Sumba. "Come on, let's go get him!" she laughed and sprinted towards his bed.
Kovu awoke to the sound of Kiara and Sumba's voices and leapt up from his bed and looked down at them. "Kiara! Sumba! You're alright," he grinned overjoyed.
"Kovu!" That was the first time in two days that Kiara had seen Kovu truly happy.
He leapt down from his bed, oblivious of the wooden object with Timsu's scent on it, and pulled his best friend and little Sumba into a tight embrace. Then he pulled away and gazed into Kiara's eyes.
"I thought you were a goner. As king of our cub pride, I can't let any harm come to my queen and/or my prince and princess. Speaking of the princess, where is Chaka?" Kovu looked around.
Kiara's eye's widened with fear and her heart skipped a beat. "I thought you had her," she gulped, frozen in place.
Kovu, looking back at Kiara, grew concerned. "I thought I told you to get her to safety after the ostrich attack," he shook his head and stepped back.
"You were the one who set her down, I was watching over Sumba," she glanced at the small tan cub, who's ears went down, worriedly.
"I thought after Timsu picked you up, he would have gotten-I totally forgot about her, because I had to carry Sumba on my back while he carried you after you fainted," she explained, eyes tearing, looking desperately for sympathy from her best friend.
"I.I've got to go find her," he turned and raced out of the recovery sanctuary building. Fortunately Timsu had left the door open, so Kovu dashed out into the bright morning sunlight.
Sumba gasped worriedly and looked up at Kiara.
Kiara watched Kovu run out and closed her eyes and growled to herself. How could she have forgotten about Chaka? How could she have let her out of her sight? How could she have been so irresponsible? Why didn't she just do what Kovu asked her to do for once?
"What was I thinking?" she asked herself aloud. Then suddenly a memory came back to her.
~FLASHBACK ~
Simba is scolding Kiara a few months ago for running off her designated path and befriending Kovu.
Kiara is sulking on a rock, after trying to win her father's sympathy with a huge, fake grin.
"Kiara, what did you think you were doing? You could've been killed today!" he asked firmly but not as harsh as Mufasa had scolded him for running off when he was a cub.
"But Daddy, I, I didn't mean to diso-
~END FLASHBACK~
Kiara shook her head, and realized why her father worried about her the way he did. Not just because he loved her, but because of the way she acted. Too carefree and scatterbrained, she thought of herself. "If I had just paid attention, then I would have understood why I should be more careful and do as I'm told more often. Then maybe daddy would never have had to make up such strict rules. Then Chaka wouldn't be lost, and I wouldn't have ever met Timsu and Sumba, and Kovu and I would never have met nor would we have tried to bring peace between our prides," she thought deeply to herself, before Sumba brought her back to reality.
"Kiara!" he yelled and head-butted her side.
"Oww!" she cried out.
"Come on, we've got to go find Kovu and my sister!" he said running in front of her.
"Well, I've got myself into this, and I'm going to get myself out and find Chaka and bring peace between Kovu and my prides, because that's what I set out to do, and that's what being a princess and queen is all about. I am a princess, I must do this for my pride and friends and family," she growled determinedly and ran off after Sumba and Kovu.
In the sky, Mufasa smiled down on his granddaughter proudly and blew a soft wind over the savanna, but then faded.
A/N: Sorry, I know this was kind of a short chapter, but the rest will be longer, I promise. I just felt like not putting a whole lot of stuff in this chapter, because the next chapter will be well.you'll have to wait and find out yourselves! ; P Again sorry, I just couldn't think of anymore things to put in it because it was just a short part in the story, I guess you could say. Anyway, I'll update soon, I might be busy for awhile, but I promise, I love writing, and I will not abandon this story, because I've got ideas for upcoming chapters, so stay tuned for the next chapters, that's all for now folks! Lol, I don't own Looney Tunes either.