On Chapter two, already? Yup. Mhmm. Good. Indeed. Quite... enough. You get to see how Obassi and Boniko's part ties into the movies better from now on.. since there's the scene with Sarabi..and.. Scar....well. You don't care about that. You just wanna read the story instead of hear me ramble.. Fine, fine. And since I can't think of anymore nifty smart-ass disclaimer posts, I'll just have a disclaimer in the first chapter. K? Okay. Oh.. no.. not Okay. I need to put a disclaimer about my characters!
Disclaimer on Mackenzie's original characters: You may NOT use these characters in anyway with out asking the author (me) and then, you'd have to tell me the details of how and why you wish to use them. Sorry 'bout that, but I'm very defencive about my characters.
Scar chuckled as he stood at the ledge of the rock, watching Obassi and Boniko run, just as Simba had. Many of the Prideland lions looked horrified at Scar and Obassi and Boniko's mothers. Sarabi stepped foreward and stood halfway between the shocked lionesses and Scar. The king's dark face turned to meet Sarabi's glare and he smirked.
"You can't do that!" Her voice was scared and worried for the cubs.
Scar chuckled, along with the Outsiders and Obassi's mother stood foreward, right infront of Sarabi. "Our sons were defying the king. And they would be exiled soon enough when they were old enough."
"How can you be so heartless as to not defending your son, but striking him down?" Sarabi's eyes glistened as she felt for the two young cubs.
Boniko's mother stood by her sister and chuckled at Sarabi, " It's part of the new reign. Remember, old one? This is outsider rules. Not your soft ways of the Pridelands."
Sarabi growled quietly at the annoying sisters and turned away. Scar chuckled at Sarabi and thought for a second, "Go find those cubs and bring them back, if you wish. But only if you wish to see them murdered." An evil smile shone through Scar's fangs. The hyena's at the bottom of Pride Rock were silent, watching what Sarabi would do.
Letting her legs and paws guide her, Sarabi turned from them all, silently, and began to walk down the path in search for the cubs. All the lions and hyena's watched Sarabi as she held her head high, knowing what she was doing was right. Some of the Prideland lionesses gasped, thinking that Sarabi was leaving them.
Out, back to the border of the lands, Boniko and Obassi sit huddled together under a root of an old tree. The slashes across Obassi's eyes finally stopped bleeding and began to scar over. He whimpered and cringed at the pain which still stung at him. Boniko kept watch, making sure no one could find them. A figure in the distance, heading right in their direction caught Boniko's attention and he gasped and ducked down.
"Obassi! Someone's coming to get us!" Boniko was frightened, thinking that it'd be one of Scar's followers sent to finish them. Obassi cringed as he took a look outside the small "cave" and he smiled.
"It's not one of Scar's! It's Sarabi!" His voice was hopeful as Sarabi approached them and Boniko and Obassi crawled out of the cave and smiled.
The old lioness's smile comforted the little cubs and they brushed up against her in the most respect. Sarabi nuzzled the cubs then looked at Obassi, very worried. "Can you see, okay? Those marks look quite deep." She cupped his face gently in her paw to get a better look.
Obassi shrugged and backed away, shaking his head. "I was blind for a while, but I'm starting to see fine again."
Sarabi sighed at him and shook her head and sat down and gained a serious look on her face. The two cubs looked up at her, worried. She began after a long silence and a deep breath, "You boys can't come back."
They gasped and looked to eachother. Boniko shook for a moment, "But... why not!"
"Scar will murder you two in cold blood if you do. He said it himself." She paused and looked at the scared cubs, then resumed, "The reign of Scar is a terrible one, and it'll probably be the last king I see. But you two would make a wounderful pair of kings." She had crouched down by them, for encouragement. Obassi and Boniko's grim faces began to brighten. "So run off. You know how to hunt food, you're lucky that the hunting parties taught you that. But go off. Form a better kingdom. Rule in what you believe."
The cubs' ears were flat but their faces shone happily. Obassi nuzzled his head against hers, as if addressing the king or queen. Sarabi looked a bit shocked, but smiled when Boniko did the same. Boniko looked to Obassi, his expression asking what he thought and Obassi nodded with a smile and turned to Sarabi. "Queen Sarabi, in your honor, we'll form a new pride."
Sarabi grinned at them then turned sharply, hearing Scar's evil voice echoing through the empty grasslands, "SARABI!" She gave the boys a last proud smile then with her head held high, and her eyes closed, she made her way though the lands, past the hyena's and up Pride Rock.
Boniko smiled and chuckled a bit in disbelief, "I wonder what it'd be like under her and Mufasa's reign." but Obassi didn't notice. He was staring out towards the north. "Obassi?" Boniko repeated and Obassi grinned with a smirk.
"We're going to rule a kingdom, all right. The jungle across the desert." Boniko gasped, then grinned like crazy.
"Sounds like a land... fit for a pair of kings." They laughed and took a last glance at Pride Rock, hearing a distant, unknown lion roar. "Who was that?" Boniko asked.
"I don't know.. probably one of the older lions. Let's get going. If we stay here too long and Scar catches us, we'll be killed."
The two began to walk towards the desert, silently, but Boniko shrugged and stopped. Obassi rolled his eyes and turned, becoming annoyed. "What now?"
"Well, it's just that... I've heard of the rouge lions coming from the desert. Lions like Scar." He winced.
"We won't turn out like Scar." And with that, Obassi started again. Not stopping even if Boniko was caught by vultures.
Their confidence led them to the northern border which connected the Pridelands to the Desert Lands within the night. But they desided not to enter the desert just yet for they hadn't had much to eat and they needed to rest. They found another tree root to rest under and Boniko went to catch a field mouse to feed himself quickly. Obassi quickly nudged his way under the root and closed his eyes and covered the forming scars with his clawed paws. Boniko asked, "Obassi, what's wrong?"
Obassi winced, looking up at Boniko out of the small cave at Boniko, "It's these scars. They hurt really bad and my vision's starting to go bad again. They hurt more than anything you could think of, Boniko!" He winced again and Boniko cringed. Obassi shook his head and curled up in a tight ball, still holding his paws over the scars, to rest.
With a sigh, Boniko left Obassi and went to hunt small prey for the two. A small thunderstom began as he caught a second mouse and a series of odd roars from the unfamilar lion was heard again. Boniko strained his eyes to look through the rainy lands, but couldn't see anything. Easily catching a thrid and fourth field mouse, he wandered back to the little crevice.
The chocolate-brown lion cub was asleep, breathing slowly and steadily in and out. His right paw still laid across his face, almost in shame, as the scars slowly seeped in a small puddle of blood. Boniko stumbled into the crevice loudly and dropped one of the mice on Obassi, waking him. Obassi removed the paw from over his eyes and looked sleepily from Boniko, to the small dots of blood on the dirt below him and shook his head. "Boniko.. go to sleep...." He put his head back down and instantly feel asleep.
Boniko chuckled and looked Obassi over, to make sure he was asleep, then smirked, knowing one of Obassi's deepest secrets. Putting his head right by Obassi's ear, he started wispering, "What's your name?"
A murmmer from Obassi's sleeping body, "Oazi."
"How old are you?"
"A year."
Boniko chuckled. "Who's your dad?"
"Taka... Scar.... Taka........... Scar?" Obassi made himself confused in his subconcious mind.
Boniko laughed a bit louder as a thought came to him, "What's your mate's name gonna be, and what will she look like."
The supposedly sleeping Obassi rolled over, opened his eyes, and lashed his claws at Boniko, puposly missing. "You laugh too loud, y'know that?"
Boniko stared wide-eyed and backed away from Obassi. "You're a psychic." He chuckled. "A big, fat, psychic lion."
With a streach, Obassi yawned and stood up, "Big and fat, I am not, but psychic... maybe." Obassi laughed and snatched up one of the mice and ate it quickly. Boniko shook his head at Obassi and also ate one of the field mice.
"You scare me." He chuckled.
"I only try." Another streach from Obassi.
"Let me guess, try your worst?"
"Oh, you know me too well." Obassi smirked and let out another big yawn.
The rain lasted a short time, just enough to wet the grasslands. A bit of mud washed it's way to the bottom of the crevice. Obassi looked at his muddy paws, then at Boniko's and laughed. "Awww! Poor white lion, getting his pretty cream paws stained with mud!" He burst out laughing and Boniko growled, angrily. Obassi kept chuckling and turned away in the small crevice, but Boniko still growled.
Obassi cocked an eyebrow at Boniko, "Chill out. It's just a joke."
Boniko smirked and returned to his smirk, "Got ya."
Fwee. n.n Boniko finally freaked Obassi out a bit. Heh. Oh well. I need ta updat the story. Kind of an odd chapter, doesn't really push the plot forward, but, I'll get to that later on. Oh well, enough of Mackenzie's stupid rambling. C'ya next chappy.