Chapter 7: The Event

"Wake up, come on wake up!"
Minu whispered to Sukina who lay on her side;
After nudging her with a paw, the young cub sat bolt upright on the ground,
panting hard.
"Calm down, what's the matter with you?"
"I had a nightmare, Zira came after your mom and dad but before that we..."
"Come on, bad dreams are for babies, let's go!"
"Go where?"
Minu jumped as his father picked him up by the scruff of the neck, "not
until your mother gives you a bath."
"Hey, how long have you been up?"
"Whatever your plans are you over slept them," Nala chuckled as Simba set
Minu in front of her and Nala's paws wrapped around her son.
"Who's the baby now?"
Sukina laughed then yelped in surprise as her own mother picked her up;
"I'm clean, can I go?"
Minu said as Nala licked his face;
"Alright, you two go on and have fun," Nala said as she nuzzled him and he
ran out of the cave, straight in to Simba.
"Minu," the young cub sat down at his father's paws.
"Be careful out there, I don't want you to do something like yesterday,
you're lucky that your mother and I were there."
"I know dad," Minu replied.
"You are part of the circle of life Minu," Simba continued, "and just
remember that I'll always be here to guide you so please, please listen to
me."
Simba pleaded with his son, knowing how much he was like himself when he
was young;
"Alright dad, I promise," Minu said as Simba nuzzled him and Sukina ran out
of the cavern.
"Ready?"
"Yeah," Minu answered as Simba watched them run down pride rock.
"Aren't you going to send anyone after them?"
Kicara asked as she appeared behind Simba, "they are only young cubs."
"I've sent Zazu after them; however I didn't tell them that he would be
going," Simba replied as the hornbill floated down from the sky.
"Zazu?!"
Simba and Kicara inquired in surprise of the bird;
"Yes sire?"
"Why aren't you watching Minu and Sukina, didn't you get my message?"
For a moment, the bird look terrified before he spoke, "no, I d-didn't get
your, I didn't get it..."
Simba layed a gentle paw on the bird's back, "it is Alright Zazu, just go
and find them."

"We made it!"
Minu shouted with excitement as him and Sukina ran through the out lands;
"Yeah, we didn't get caught!"
The young lioness smiled as a low roar was heard;
"Oh no, I think your dad found us," Sukina whispered as Minu came to a halt
from his running.
"Wrong little cub."
Both cubs gasped as Zira emerged from a nearby bush;
"What do you want?"
Minu faced her boldly;
"Why are you in my lands?"
Zira asked;
"We, we just want to talk to Kovu mam," Sukina stuttered as Zira stepped
closer.
"You don't want that besides, he is your future king, you should call him
your majesty!"
The lioness yelled as the young cubs shrunk back, but it was Minu once
again that spoke up, "I'll never call him that, I am the future king!"
He shouted back as he saw another scraggly lion appear at Zira's side;
"Oh really?"
Zira said as she stepped closer, her eyes narrowing in to slits, "not
anymore!"
With that, she lunged herself at Minu as the other lion went after Sukina.
"Run Sukina, run!"
Minu shouted as he ran down a steep hill, trying to get away from the
enraged lioness;
"Keep going!"
Sukina shouted back as Minu raised his head, and Zira pounced him from
behind. Minu tried to squirm away, but her claws dug into him and he could
feel the blood begin to flow. Gasping, he wrenched himself free and
continued running, not seeing the log that lay over a deep cliff.
That was when Zira saw her chance, sending little Minu over the log with
one hard swipe of her paw to his head. Minu felt his world go black as he
began falling, falling and falling down towards his death. As all the
strength began to leave him, he spotted through his blurred vision a root
sticking out of the cliff's edge. Reaching out a paw, he extended his
claws and began digging into the root. He hung there for a moment, gasping
for air and tried to ignore his pounded headache, as he fought to climb the
steep cliff side. His vision blurred, head pounding, and strength
withering he tried to climb...

:::End Of Chapter 7:::

Sorry it's soooo long, longest chapter in this I think, let me know what
you think Amber, by all please RR!!!