Caged

By Maggeh;;

Remember this story? The one about the lion who was captured and put in a zoo? It's back! xD I'm starting to become slightly more active here; So here's the next chappie. DO NOT expect it to be good xP I haven't done much writing lately x/ But, I hope you enjoy it anyway x)

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This was getting very dull.

I mean, so dull, that I fell asleep most of the day. And I don't like falling asleep, and I don't often fall asleep... I'm just not a tired lion.

But the utter dullness of it all! Oh, gee. I spent the whole day, sitting in a cage, eating fish. Dry and slimy fish. Oh. Gross.

So, I decided that it had to stop! It had been awhile, and no one had come to my rescue. Was I going to take that? No! I wasn't going to stand around doing nothing! I was going to do something!

So, one night, I glanced at the door to my cage. Hmm. It was a small door; barely big enough for me to get through. But I had planned this night perfectly, and I knew what had to be done.

The zoo keeper feeding me that night was careless, and I had studied him carefully. He usually left the door wide open.. Yet he stood in front of it. So I had to fix that. And I had a perfect, perfect plan. Personally, I thought I was quite a genius.

My thoughts were disrupted as the door clattered; My keeper stepped in.

"Hi, Rocky..." he muttered, clearly exhausted.

My plan was working. As usual, he left the door open. Coughing slightly, I.. I mewed.

"Raeew.." I whimpered.

"Raeew.. raeew..."

"What's the matter, Rocky?" the zoo keeper asked, sounding bored.

"RAAEW! Raeraeww! Raeeew..." I added more volume to my pleas, made them more desperate.

"Is everything all right?" He sounded concerned now.

MOVE! I thought intensely. MOVE!

And he did. Cautiously, my zoo keeper began to move towards me. Closer and closer, until he was hunched down next to me. As soon as he got comfortable on the ground, I roared, and leapt up.

"Whoa!" he exclaimed.

I pushed the keeper into a corner of my cage, then dashed out the open cage door.

"Hey! Hey! Come back here! Hey! Come back! Hey! Hey.. Well, just.. come back tomorrow?"

You wish! I thought triumphantly. I was free! Free! No one needed to rescue me, because I was free! Free!

And thus, I stormed away from the zoo, into the distance.

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"It's been too long. Timon and Pumbaa are probably taking a nap or something. Or hiding from hornbills. Or drowning. We have to send some good lions out!"

Sanati was no longer patient. She was angry and distressed. She would snap at the rest of the pride daily, complaining rudely about the smallest of things. She wanted nothing but Sagittarium, and would accept nothing more.

Simba was angry at her outburst.

"You have never talked of our friends that way! You've been acting horrible lately, Sanati, like you never do. You should be ashamed of your behavior!"

Sanati opened her mouth to snap at Simba, but then closed it, and simply glared at him.

Slowly, her sharp, angry features began to soften, and Sanati then fell into her father's outstretched paw, sobbing.

"Oh, I know, father, and-" She paused to cry a bit more.

"I know, and I'm so sorry... I just.. I'm so scared..." The tears kept coming.

Simba gently pushed her into a sitting position, keeping his paw firmly on her shoulder.

"I understand, Sanati. Your behavior would be unreasonable, in most circumstances. But I've been afraid before, and I've learned something. I would like to quote an old friend of mine when I say... No matter how you feel, you can still be courteous and kind to others."

Sanati stared into her father's warm, smiling eyes, and her own began to twinkle.

"I'll remember that, father. And I'll stop snapping at everyone, and.. I'm sorry."

The lioness was enveloped in her father's strong paws.

"Don't worry. Everything will be ok..."

And as Sanati uttered a final sob, Simba truthfully added, "I love you."

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Scar was furious.

Sagittarium had used a stupid trick to evade the zoo keeper, and now he was gone. Sagittarium, not the zoo keeper. Although the zoo keeper would probably be fired soon.

Scar watched Sagittarium closely. He seemed to be heading for the jungle. But he wouldn't arrive there for days. Scar smiled, then paused. What was that ahead? Hidden by the tiny grains of sand? Ah- yes... Quicksand. Thick, sticky quicksand. And the large lion running across the savannah... Was heading right for it.

Scar watched in pleasure as Sagittarium neared it; then fell into the pit. The lion gasped as he began to sink through the muck. But Scar knew Sagittarium couldn't make it out. He was tired and hungry from his time in the zoo. Oh, yes; Perhaps Scar's plan had worked, after all.

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Author's Final Notes:

1 xx The quote is from my piano teacher xD

2 xx Yes, it says sand P It's sandy where Saggy is D

3 xx Simba's kinder now, yes? x3