Chapter 18: The Start of a New Journey.

*Dream*

I was standing in front of my brother Mufasa, my mom Uru, my dad Ahadi, my brother Scar and the rest of the pride. I was getting dirty looks from everybody which sent chills down my spine. What is going on? I saw Mufasa approaching me.

"Lana since you have tried to kill me you will be punished. Treason against the king is something that cannot go unpunished." Mufasa said with an angry tone. Fear was dwelling all over me. what was he gonna do? kill me? No, he wouldn't. "For your treason against me, you are banished from the pride lands. You are not to return and if you do you will be killed." My eyes widened from shock to what I just heard. This can't be real. Me? Banished? This must be a mistake.

"Mufasa! There must be a misunderstanding! I didn't kill you!" I shouted, trying to justify my innocence. Scar was the next one to approach me sharing the same look as Mufasa. "You are not Innocent Lana. You did this and you must pay the price!" Scar yelled. I was about to respond back until darkness enveloped my surroundings. The next thing I saw was the pride lands was on fire.

The hyenas and the lions were fighting each other but the lions were losing the battle. I saw Scar standing on the top of a rock, grinning evilly at the battlefield. When I looked to the front, Scar was standing, with his claws drawn out.

"Queen Lana of the Pridelands! Surrender now and I may spare the lionesses!" He said and draw his claws at me. When I looked at my surroundings again, the lionesses were on their knees and accepted their defeat from the hyenas. The hyenas laughed hysterically, and Scar continues to grin. I sighed at knelt down, accepting my surrender to Scar.

"That's right. On your knees, Pride lander." Scar said he kept his claws pointed at me. I closed my eyes, waiting for my death. The last thing I heard was the faint screams from Nala and Sarabi before the sound of claws digging into my skin.

*End of Dream*

I woke up screaming from the nightmare I have had. "Lana! Shh, calm down sweetie everything's okay. I'm here." A voice said. I looked and saw my mom, Uru standing in front of me. "Mom?" I said. "I'm here. Are you okay?" She asked. When I calmed down, I began explaining to her the dream I had.

"I dreamed that Mufasa banished me from the Pride Lands because I tried to kill him. But I was innocent. Mom, you know I would never do anything like that. And then, Scar was attacking Pride rock, with fires burning around me. Scar forced me to surrender, then he killed me after that." I said. Uru pulled me into a hug. "It's all just a dream, Lana. You're safe now." Uru assured me.

"Mom... I know I'm not allowed to but... Can I sleep with you tonight? I just need a break from Scar, and I am afraid of having another nightmare." I said. "Of course, sweetie," Uru said.

Later that night, After Uru and I watched some movies together, she lay down with me in my room. "Are you gonna be okay tonight?" Uru asked me. "I think so. As long as you're here." I said. "Okay then. Goodnight Lana." Uru said. "Goodnight Mom," I said. I cuddled next to Uru and fell asleep.


The next morning when I woke up, I noticed that Uru was gone. She must have gone hunting. I decided to get ready for the day and eat some breakfast. When I finished eating my breakfast, I heard the door opening.

"Hey Nala, I was wondering if you wanted to go to the-" I stopped and realized that it was not Nala but my husband, Scar standing in the doorway. Oh shit, I am in so much trouble. He looked pissed. Fear began welling up inside me because I had no idea what Scar was planning for me.

"Hello, Lana." Scar said with an emotionless expression. "Why are you here, Scar?" I asked him, trying to mask my fear with him.

"You did not return to Pride rock yesterday. I deserve an explanation for this." He replied to my question with the same expression on his face. I could tell he was not happy about me not being around Pride rock for the whole night like I was supposed to be. Well, I hope he is ready for this because he is not gonna like my reason.

"I left because I was not comfortable at the cave. I was sleeping here. Mom decided to help me out with that because I was also having nightmares too." I said, hoping he won't lash on me again. Unexpectedly, Scar just approaches slowly to my direction while I back away.

"And you went on without me knowing or evening asking my permission," He said with a bit of anger in his voice. "You know why I chose you as my queen?" he asked me while he circled around my surroundings. "Well let me tell you this. I chose you because you are brave, loving, and caring for the people who are close to you. I was close to you and Mufasa when we were still cubs. I will never forget those days we would play around in the Priderock and spend time together." He stopped speaking and stood in front of me.

"When reached adolescence, My time with you and Mufasa was much distant. Life as a Lion Guard was not an easy job. Especially if you had a father that careless of you than your siblings. You were special and admired by the whole pride. So did I… once. Father never once put attention to me. He cared deeply more on those two while I got shunned for being weak. I always wanted to be the king so I could prove him wrong but as expected he would choose Mufasa over me. So as a punishment, I force you to marry me so that I can show the definition of despair." What! HE did not just do that.

What kind of brother is he and what could he possibly gain to marry his own sister? This is so wrong! A fuel of anger is flowing through my veins at what Scar has done with me. I understand he was shunned by our father and I was too, but he doesn't have the right to bring pain to his own sister. He wanted to marry me so that he can inflict pain and feel pleasure on me. oh, I will give pleasure all right… with pain.

"You know Scar. I really wondered why you're so different from the rest of the pride for these years." I finally spoke while making a few steps forward in his direction. "You were not always present in every pride meeting, you always give Nala the weird looks when I'm around her, you often have fights with our brother regarding his decisions with the pride, and most importantly, you don't even do well on your duty as the king. Instead of fixing issues about starvation, you chose to ignore it. What kind of king would let all his subjects die from starvation." The words that came out of my mouth made Scar confused about what my intentions are. Oh, he will figure it out soon.

"When my brother talked about you, he explains everything with sympathy and sadness in his words, which made me give you a second chance and I tried my best to help you change. But what you just said now utterly disgusts me." I said with venom in my voice. "You don't fit to be the king. A real king would never do such horrid things to his own family and you are not one of them. I bet Mom and Dad are not gonna be so pleased with what you are doing to your family, especially their own adopted daughter." I finish my sentence with an evil smirk on my face, which made Scar boil in anger at my insult or should I say 'telling the truth' to him.

That's it, big boy. Show me that face in front of me. I thought. "I'm going to make you regret everything you said to me. I am the king and you are my queen. So you will treat me with respect!" Scar snapped on me as he held my arm tightly with claws slowly Piercing through my skin.I did not wince or scream from the pain. I just kept to myself. Actually, I wanted to do that because I want to show him that he is messing with the wrong person. I started speaking up.

"Well, guess what, dipshit. You're no king to me. You're a goddamit sadistic tyrant!" I grabbed his paw and he slowly let go of my arm as he winces at my tight grip. "You may have taken my happiness and freedom away from me but let you know that I am still the queen and I still have strength," Scar's face turns from anger to fear. He thought I would whimper like how I did for that's how he describes it. Well, that's not how the game is. He then tried smack in the head with his free paw but I block it off with my other hand. Fear started to intense in his face once more. I gave a devilish smirk right in front of him. I have him where I want him to be.

"What's wrong, Scar? Can't stop your beloved wife from breaking your paws." I said sarcastically. He started to struggle with my grip to break free but failed miserably. Oh, I have waited for this no time, I gave him a knee strike in the stomach, and Scar yelped out of pain. When he was on his knees, I gave him a hard blow in the face. which knock him out. He fell to the ground unconscious. I "sighed in relief that I finally stood up against him. I just don't want him to assault like he usually does back in the Priderock. I have to leave now quickly. I got my pack and left the room, heading towards the Priderock.

I hope Nala and Mother are there. I need to speak to them immediately I thought.


I have arrived at the slope of Pride rock. Damn, that was a long run. I took my time to catch my breath before meeting with the rest of the lionesses. I'm pretty sure they are done with their hunting now. I have to tell them immediately before Scar finally wakes up and orders his hyenas or worse, orders them to execute me. As I enter the slope, I see the whole lioness including Mother, Sarafina, and Nala gathering in a circle and discussing something that I can't figure out. I approach them and they finally glance at my direction.

"Lana! Where have you been?" Nala asked. "Uhm… Long story short. Mother offered me to stay the night in the room. The next day, Scar barge in my room and try to assault me but I knock him down before he could do anything." I explain my situation. "WHAT!" Everyone exclaimed at what I have done. I was prepared for it. But I just let him do this to me.

"I know what I did will lead me to my demise but I just couldn't let him assault me like this anymore," I said. "Just like before…" Uru mumbled. My attention came to her and gave her a confused look. "What do you mean 'just like before?" I asked her. Uru looked at me with sadness and grief in her face. What she is trying to say?

"Just like before when Scar first abused you," Uru said. "Oh..." I said. My once-called home is now a wasteland and all thanks to HIM.

"Mom, there is something I need to tell you," I said. "What is it, Lana?" she asked. "I am going out of the Pridelands, heading north. I need to seek help from other pride." I said. "But it's too dangerous! Especially you are going alone!" Uru exclaims at my request. "Who says I'm going alone?" I asked a rhetorical question to my mother who was confused at me. I looked at Nala and approach her.

"I can bring Nala along if that's fine. Having someone with me is more than enough for our safety. "But Lana, what you're doing is dangerous. Scar will hunt you down." Uru begged me to withdraw my plan "Let him. It's not like I am not prepared for this. If he is going to hunt me down, then I'll be ready to take his little bitches down." I said with determination and confidence in my voice. I saw the look on my Mother's face that she knew arguing with me was pointless. She finally said the words that I wanted to hear.

"Alright, I'll let you go. But please take care of Nala and yourself. The whole pride relies heavily on you both." Uru said. "Thanks, Mom," I said and gave her a big embrace. then we broke the embrace just to see my mother giving me a small smile. "I think me and Nala should go now," I said, and she nodded back before giving me another embrace.

We then began our journey.

A/N: Great... Another chapter is done. It took me a while to finish but it was worth it. The more chapters published than it means the closer I will be to starting my new Cars story. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and please leave a review. Words of motivation would be nice in the reviews again.