Deprived -- Chapter 1
Disclaimer :: I don't own The Lion King, or any of the characters in this first chapter. The only thing I own is my ability to write and my bad sense of humor. This is my first fanfic... so the disclaimer isn't very good.
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Banzai watched in emotional agony as his brother Ed lay motionless, his only sign of life being an occasional wimper and his slow breathing. Ed's tongue lay on the ground, his face covered in sweat, his side against the rocks. Banzai fought back tears. For days, Ed had been like this, and he could hardly stand to see his brother suffer. Ed had never been the brightest hyena, he only spoke in a maniacal laugh and was too slow to lie at the right time, but Banzai, being a reasonable male (by hyena standards...) still strongly adored him. Ed had been captured by a terrible disease which neither lion nor hyena could detect.
The disease had one day come around, and suddenly many hyenas fell subject to it. Recently, Ed had become one of them. The hyenas' pack had grown significantly smaller due to this disease. Banzai could only hope that Ed could overcome his state, for there was nothing he could do save to wait. Wait in the pain of knowing Ed would most likely die.
Shenzi gasped in pain. Breathing heavily, she set her face on the hard ground. She was sweating madly, her heart was pouding in her head. Every inch of her body was in pain. The hyena sighed and fell back asleep, ready to believe it was a dream.
When Banzai awoke the next morning, he found Shenzi in a condition near the shape of Ed's.
"Shenzi!" He gasped, running to Shenzi's side and nuzzling her.
"Banzai," Shenzi said weakly.
"Oh Shenzi," Banzai whispered.
He let escape a tear from his eye. Shenzi may not have been blood related to him, but they'd been together all their lives, and had always been friends. Banzai was torn. The two living people who mattered most to him were dying.
Later, while he mourned, he came across his ruler and old friend, Scar. It filled him with shame to see Scar, for he had always doubted him. Now he knew how Scar felt. Banzai knew that Scar was in worse shape than himself, look at the puddle he'd gotten himself into! His past was filled with horror and sorrow that even Banzai could scarecely imagine. And all this time Banzai had thought Scar was acting irrational. Always roaming with his head down, hiding his feelings, being... negative. And now, Banzai understood Scar's pain. Scar's negativity. And he began to fill himself with the shame that he was to turn out like his long forgotten friend.