The sun slowly set in the west as Mufasa stared down from Pride Rock at the carnage that lay before him. Many hyenas lay dead, it was impossible to say how many were killed but it was enough to scare was what left of them back to the outlands. Hyenas were not the only ones who had fallen on that horrible day, four lionesses had been killed but thankfully it had not been Sarabi or Sarafina.
Mufasa quickly licked a wound on his paw before scanning the pride lands again. Even though he was injured in a dozen places, he did not show any sign of weakness, he still had a lot of fight left in him. The only thing he was really worried about was his son, who did not greet him when he returned from the battle. They found Nala, she was still under the same rock she had sought shelter in and right now was getting a nice bath from her mother. She also seemed to be in shock from what happened and was not really talking.
But where was Simba; and Ban'ai for that matter. He could not bear to think that his son was dead or even that he needed another advisor. Perhaps they both went into hiding and did not know that the battle had ended. Mufasa hoped that was the case and decided to limp back to the cave to check on everyone.
"Any sign of them?" asked Sarabi.
"No, I didn't see them any where, if they are not back by morning I will go look for them," said Mufasa.
Sarabi suddenly began to cry and put her head on her husbands shoulder. "Oh Mufasa what if something terrible happened to him," she said under the sobs.
Mufasa licked her face. "It's okay, he will come back don't worry," he said.
"But I am a mother I have to worry, what if Nala saw Simba get killed, that's why she's not speaking. A sudden death can be quite frightening for someone to see," said Sarabi trying to hold back more tears even though they kept flowing.
Mufasa let out a big sigh before looking at the entrance, the rock showed emptiness, still no sign of his son or Ban'ai. That is until the bird suddenly made a landing at the edge of the rock. Mufasa smiled happily and ran to see him.
"Oh thank goodness you are alright, but where is Simba have you seen him at all?" asked Mufasa.
Ban'ai looked up at the king with sad eyes; he really did not want to tell Mufasa what happened but knew he had to. "Sah what I am about to tell you will most likely shock you. And before you say any thing, let me say that I tried my hardest to help him," said Ban'ai.
As Mufasa had heard these words, his smile slowly dissipated until water formed in his eyes, he knew something bad had happened.
"Tell me everything then," he said.
Ban'ai sighed and began to speak as all the lions formed around him to hear what had happened. "I was busy helping you all fight those bloody hyenas when I saw Simba running and there was a hyena hot on his tail. I knew I had to help him so I flew as hard as I could to try to catch up and stop the hyena from hurting him. But I was not fast enough and Simba was not paying attention to notice the nearby gorge and fell down it. Luckily this was the gorge that had a river running through it which he landed in. I flew down to him right when he came up for air and was looking quite shocked.
'Ban'ai help me,' he cried while I hovered over him not sure what to do since the river was sweeping him away. So I followed him hoping to find something for him to cling to until you returned to help him. I was lucky enough too to find a jolly tree root sticking out in the water and told him to grab it. Simba did so and held on for dear life. Well just when I was about to fly back and get you, the root snapped and he was swept away again and this time the river moved faster.
Simba kept trying to swim away from the current and find some land but it was just too bally strong and I knew I could do nothing but pray that the river would smooth out somewhere and he could reach dry land and we could head back to you guys. Well my prayers were never bloody answered and when I looked on ahead at the river I noticed that it was gone, as if the world ended right there and that was when I realized that there was a waterfall right there.
'Simba grab something, any thing, it does not matter for your bally life depends on it,' I told him after I saw the waterfall. Simba listened and he tried with all his might, he even grabbed a rock once but the current was still way too swift for him to hang on to and a second later as he was trying to grab another rock, he ended up hitting his head against that rock. He then did not move and a few seconds later was swept down the waterfall. I flew down to find him and see if he might have been still alive, but he never came up. I searched the area many times before I finally had to give up and report the terrible news to you. Like I said before, I am terribly sorry I could not do anything to save him. If only I was a bloody hawk, then I could have caught him and brought him home instead of coming back empty winged."
Ban'ai lowered his head in shame and remained silent. Everyone else was silent until Sarabi roared in sadness and fell to the ground crying heavily.
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Back in the outlands, Scar and Zira stood on a rock looking down at what was left of the hyena clan. Only about sixty were left and all of them did not look like they wanted to go back out there and fight. Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed were with them, they had been injured in a few places but nothing too serious.
"So you are all that is left?" asked Scar in a slightly angry tone.
"Yeah boss, those lions were too strong for us, if we stayed out there any longer than we could have been kibble," said Banzai.
"Well so much for your plan, it probably would have worked though if they weren't such cowards," said Scar to Zira. Zira sneered and looked down at the hyenas.
"I thought you all where tough and courageous when I first met you, but you proved me wrong and caused me to make a foolish decision, I hope you all are happy," said Zira angrily.
The hyenas all lowered their heads in shame wondering what Scar would do to them.
"Were any of the lions killed?" asked Scar.
"As a matter of fact yes, but only four of them," said Banzai.
Scar grumbled under his breath and decided to ask a question he probably knew the answer to. "And I am guessing Mufasa or Simba was not one of them am I right?" asked Scar.
"Yeah boss you're right," said Banzai sheepishly.
"Actually you are only half right," said Shenzi.
"Oh, am I?" asked Scar as he looked down at Shenzi with fascination.
"Yeah I actually chased the little runt away from Pride Rock. You know the saying always look before you are going? Well I'm guessing Simba never knew about that logic and fell down that nearby ravine, not the one with the wildebeest stampede but that other one with the river. And I know for certain that there is a waterfall a few ways away so I'm sensing that he is sleeping with the fishes now," said Shenzi.
Scar smiled. "Well that's one down and only one more to go," he said.
"So what's the next plan gonna be then boss?" asked Banzai.
Scar thought for a minute, he actually had not thought of a new plan since he believed the Hyenas would win the battle. He remained silent until Zira spoke up.
"Why don't we lay low for a while and maybe get other lions to join us. Then we could have a more powerful army and you will have more supporters once you are king," said Zira.
Scar smiled at her. "Oh I love that foul little mind of yours; it sounds like a great plan too. It might take a few years to get everyone we need but perhaps I can wait since I know those lionesses hate me now more than ever and Mufasa might even want to try and have another cub which we can probably destroy if it runs away like Simba did once," said Scar.
"What about us then, are we still in this battle too?" asked Banzai.
"Fine by me, but if any of you make any screw ups, I will kill you for it," said Scar.
All the hyenas nodded in agreement while Scar and Zira laughed evilly at their new idea that would hopefully take Mufasa by surprise when it would finally come into play.
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Of course you are all wondering if Simba died or not. Well Ban'ai should have scouted the river a little bit harder. Simba did come up after he fell down the waterfall but did not surface until he was about four hundred feet away. This showed that Ban'ai was only thinking that he would come up right where the waterfall landed at the bottom of the river.
Simba did survive the fall too even though before that, he hit himself on a rock and lost consciousness. Simba's limp form then flowed down the river for many miles before finally coming to shore somewhere before dawn.
He was lucky too for on that particular day when he washed up on shore. It happened to be the day when two best friends had to cross that river to get some delicious bugs that they could only find on the other side
They were a meerkat and a warthog named Timon and Pumbaa, two outcasts who decided to live a new lifestyle for the rest of their life in the jungle. They thought their life was perfect and that it would never change, that is until that day when they wanted to cross the river.
"Oh good our log is still there to cross with come on Pumbaa, lets get some grub," said Timon.
But Pumbaa was not worried about food at the moment; he saw something strange a few feet away and had to go investigate.
"Pumbaa I'm starving, let's go," said Timon who was now getting grumpy since he had not had a meal since last night.
"But Timon I found something, I think it's still alive too," said Pumbaa.
"Alive! Is it a grub?" asked Timon happily.
"No it's furrier than that," said Pumbaa.
Timon walked over to investigate and sniffed the creature for a few minutes before coming face to face with it, that's when he screamed and jumped on Pumbaa's head.
"It's a lion, come on Pumbaa to the other side before he wakes up!" he said in a frightened voice.
"Aw but Timon, it's only a little lion, I don't think he can hurt us, and maybe we can teach him to be on our side," said Pumbaa.
"Ha ha, that's the stupidest thing I have ever heard. Wait a minute what if we teach him to be on our side. Come on Pumbaa lets take him to a shadier spot and wake him up," said Timon.
Pumbaa then scooped Simba up and followed Timon back to a small pool inside the oasis. Once they got there, Timon woke him by splashing some water on his face. Simba awoke and looked around.
"W-where am I? Ouch my head," said Simba who then rubbed his head and then noticed that it was bleeding. He looked at it shocked for a minute before Timon put a leaf over the wound and stuck it there with some sap.
There you go do you feel better?" asked Pumbaa.
"I don't know," said Simba.
"What do you mean you don't know, we found you over by that river, you must have had something interesting happen to you," said Timon.
"You mean that you think I might have lived somewhere else before this?" asked Simba.
"Uh oh Timon, I think he has amnesia," said Pumbaa quietly in Timon's ear.
"Well that's good to know, now he might not try to eat us," whispered Timon.
Simba watched them, not sure what to make of these two strange creatures he had never seen before and wondered what to do.
"Any way do you know your name at all, where you are from, and how you got here?" asked Timon.
"No I don't know any of that," said Simba.
"Well that's okay, maybe no one liked you in your other life, but we like you and we will be your friends," said Timon.
"Okay then," said Simba who had to agree since he was quite confused but hoped to figure out everything eventually.
"Let's see here first we need to think of a name for you," said Timon.
"How about Larry?" asked Pumbaa.
Timon and Simba both made a disgusted face.
"Darwin?" asked Pumbaa.
Timon and Simba shook their heads.
"Newt?" asked Pumbaa.
"Hmm maybe," said Timon.
"Oh no, not that name," said Simba.
"Okay then, oh I know, Eisner," said Pumbaa.
Timon and Simba looked at Pumbaa angrily until Timon finally decided to come up with something.
"How about this, since you are a lion, we will call you Leo," said Timon.
"I like that name, now I'm hungry what kinds of things do lions like me eat?" asked Simba. (A/N: I am still calling him Simba even though his name is Leo now)
"Grubs," said Timon.
"Grubs what are those?" asked Simba.
Timon then walked over to a log and signaled Pumbaa to pick it up. When the log was lifted, a whole bunch of bugs scurried and wiggled around to get away but not fast enough for Timon who grabbed one.
"This kid is a grub," said Timon who then began to eat it.
"Ew I eat that?" asked Simba.
"Oh yeah, lions love these things," said Pumbaa who then slurped up a worm.
Simba looked at all the bugs scurrying around and picked one up but it hissed at him and Simba dropped it.
"It won't hurt you see," said Timon who then picked up the hissing bug and ate it.
"But I was afraid it would," said Simba.
"Hmm I guess I need to teach you a lesson about being afraid and worrying. Now repeat after me, Haukuna Matata," said Timon.
Hautuna Malaka," said Simba.
"No, no, no its Haukuna Matata, it means no worries," said Pumbaa slowly.
"Oh Haukuna Matata," said Simba.
"Yeah that's it," said Timon who then started to break out into the song. (A/N: Which I won't write since you all already know it any way.)
As they sang, Simba began to eat some of the grubs and found them quite good. He ate as much as he could until he felt full and followed Timon and Pumbaa into the jungle where he learned how to swing on vines, swim in the water, and stare at the stars once night fell.
By the time Simba fell asleep, he decided that this would be a great life and that he should never worry about what happened to him originally since if he could not remember then it probably was not that important. He hoped that his life would last like this forever and that it would never change.
A/N: Yay finally a real chapter, you all say. Any way I hope you liked it and I bet you are wondering how Simba is going to remember who he originally was, well you'll find out but it will be quite a few chapters before he does. Any way please review and I am sorry about that last chapter because I know you were all waiting for this. Well I will see you next week with the next chapter so have a great week.
