Author's Notes: I'm writing as fast as I could since I'll be going on a road trip with my family and will be away for a week and a half or so. So I'm sorry but I do have good news, just a few more chapters and my second part of my series will be finished.

Let my summer Vacation begin!

OH by the way here the next chapter...enjoy.

Chapter Fourteen: A Friend's Betrayal

It was the next day and Zacuru was down right terrified from the night before. His mother walked in to the cave they shared and he nearly jumped out of his fur when he saw her eyes. They were huge and seem to lost her pupils. They were pearl white and her left eye was slightly twitching. She just walked over to the darkest corner of the cave and went to sleep. Today she was gone, too early even for her, but he just went back to sleep anyway.

"Nuacka why did you wake me up so early in the morning" Shentana asked

"I thought we can go to the water hole and just talk things out about what happen yesterday and you know to patch things up" Nuacka said

Shentana noticed a weird change in her "are you alright, your eyes seem a little different"

"Oh I'm fine, just a little stress out" she said smiling "so what do you say"

"Ok, I'll go but can we go later I going to find Shenzi and have a little talk with her" she said

"Sure, I'll meet you there soon" Nuacka said then took off.

Shentana felt uneasy the way Nuacka's eyes change but she put that aside and went to find Shenzi.

Meanwhile somewhere near the border of the pride lands.

"So what was the plan you and that hyenas made yesterday" Zira asked

"Easy my friend, Nuacka is going to lead the leader to the water hole then leave her alone then that's when Alzon would strike and we'll blame this on Mufusa so Shenzi would have no choice but to continue our plan" Scar said

"Why is Alzon going to do this"

"You know me, I don't like to get my paws dirty and besides you know how your brother kill his victims"

"Slow, painful with no mercy" Zira said

"Exactly" Scar said

"Are you up with it Alzon" she asked as she and Scar looked back at the insane lion and his smirked

"Just tell me when to strike" he said coldly

"But what a about the stalkers" Zira said "they can't be trusted"

"I know but I left warning on one of them's back to tell them that we're not joking around about this"

"So when do we strike" she asked

"Just wait for Nuacka's signal" Scar said there was nothing Scar liked better then watching a friend betray the other.

Shentana sniffed the air and followed her daughter's scent to a huge skull just near the border of the pride lands. She smiled and walked over to the cave and looked inside. She held back her giggle on how Banzai and Ed sleep. Snoring and drooling and kicking in their dreams. In the far left Shenzi was curled up in a little ball sleeping peacefully. She walked inside and over to Shenzi then tapped her on the head.

"Shenzi? Shenzi wake up" she whispered

Shenzi moan in her sleep and started to growl "I'm not going to tell you another story Ed"

Shentana giggled again and tapped her on the head again "Shenzi wake up"

Shenzi opened one of her eyes and looked up to see Shentana "Momma, what are you doing here, how did you find this place" she said getting up.

"I just followed your scent, can you meet me outside for a minute" she said

"Sure, and don't worry about the boys, their deep sleepers" she said

Shenzi followed her mother outside. Shentana smiled on how much Shenzi look so much like her all the way down to the stubbornness she had when she was a young female. Shentana and Shenzi sat down a few feet away from the skull.

Shenzi smiled "mom, again I'm sorry about this whole dealing with Scar kinda thing"

Shentana shook her had "I'm just more upset on why you didn't tell anything about this, I'm your mother you can tell me anything"

"I know but I just wanted to this on my own"

"Afraid to admit your mistakes"

"Yeah you could say that" she said since she didn't want to mention that Scar nearly choke her to death.

"You didn't really kill those cubs did you" she asked

"No, we were but Mufasa found out and he beat us"

Shentana shook her head again "well you did deserves it, I would have done the same thing if my child was in danger"

"Your not helping mom" Shenzi said "but can we dropped the subject please. What about you, why did you take so long to come back"

"Well it was hard to find a new place to live, it was either too small, or didn't have water or food and wasn't already taken. I would have came back sooner but I was injured and needed to rest." she said

"Oh, so did you find anything"

"I did, the place isn't far it right by this giant waterfall" she said

Shenzi wondered the waterfall she remembered was the one she and her friends fell down when they were young.

"When are we leaving" Shenzi asked

"Soon, first I want you and your friends to get out of whatever deal you made with Scar, knowing that the first plan had failed I suspect he has another idea right?" she said

"Wow mom, your real smart" Shenzi said "and yes he has another plan to become king"

"Then for now on I want you to stay away from him, if this new plan backfire, he might just blame the whole thing on us and make him look like the good lion"

"I understand" Shenzi yawned "is that all you wanted to tell me"

"Yeah and plus just to make sure" she look at the three scratches on Shenzi's cheek "those aren't going to leave scars"

"They won't the cub didn't get me that hard, but you should see the ones Banzai got, now those are funny" she snicker

"At least watch your face, you still got dry blood smeared across your cheek"

"Yes mom" Shenzi said rolling her eyes then smiled "as soon as I get an extra hour of sleep"

"Alright, have a nice sleep" she gave her a small nuzzle then headed towards the boarder.

"Where are you going" Shenzi asked

"Nuacka wanted to talk to me to patch things up about yesterday" she said

"You look a little uneasy about this" Shenzi said

"Maybe because Nuacka looks a little different today, she seems not all there"

"Do you want me to go with you"

"No I'm fine Shenzi, just go back to sleep"

"Ok, I'll see you later then"

"Ok, I love you Shenzi" Shentana said since something was telling her she needed to say that to her daughter

"I love you too mom" Shenzi said then enter the skull as Shentana exit the graveyard.

Gossip hissed in pain as Info checked out her wounds. While Secret kept a watch to make sure Scar or Nuacka wasn't coming.

"Secret get away form we don't want to draw attention to our home" Info said

"Sorry, I'm just scare ok" she said walking over and sitting down next to Info "how's her back"

"What do you think" Gossip said

"Well what ever you do don't move or you might open your wounds again" Info said

They looked at her back, there were four deep dark red holes where Scar pinned her then he ran his claws down her back leaving deep scratches. Her whole back was covered in dark dry blood and was still bleeding in a few spots.

"Thank god in was just a warning" Secret said not knowing what she would do if she lost any of her best friends. Sure they treat each other like dirt sometimes but they were always there for each other.

"Great! This is just great, thanks to that lion and Nuacka these are going to leave scars." Gossip said "it's bad enough my mother gave me a stupid name now I have scars"

"Don't cry Gossip, we'll just try to cover it up with your fur" Secret said trying to cheer up her friend.

"Hey your not the one with a torn up back here!" Gossip shouted then scream in pain.

"See that's what you get for moving" Info said "see this is why we can't tell any one about this"

"But what about Shentana she going to be killed" Secret said

"And we're going to be killed if we told someone" Gossip said

Secret lower her head and said nothing. She walked out of the cave and looked up at the sky. Black clouds were coming.

Shentana also looked up at the sky "its going to rain soon" she said then sigh "gee, I was hoping for a sunny day on my first day back"

As she was walking to the water hole she spotted Nuacka up ahead, Shentana stopped while she saw her friend's face. Nuacka looked nervous and seem to be staring out in to space. Not knowing to Shentana, Nuacka spotted Scar, Zira and Alzon sneaking up behind her, waiting for her signal.

"Nuacka! Is something wrong" Shentana shouted as she continue walking towards her.

Nuacka started to sweat as she kept staring at Scar who was still waiting for her signal. It was all up to her now. (I can't do this, what am I thinking)

"Nuacka!" Shentana continue to shout her name because she wasn't responding

(I need to tell her to run) she thought but her voice felt dry

(Kill her) a Voice echo in her head

(Who's that)

(Kill her, get your revenge)

(I can't, who are you) she shouted in her head

(Kill her, after all it her fault I'm dead)

"Nuacka?" Shentana was getting closer and so was Alzon ready to strike

(Curu, is that you) Nuacka smiled not knowing little by little she was losing her grip on humanity.

Nuacka looked ahead and saw that her "best friend" was just a few yards away then she grinned causing Shentana to stop dead in her tracks. "Nuacka, are you alright"

"Yes" she said "but you won't be...NOW"

Shentana heard a roar from behind her and quickly turned her head to see a huge lion running towards her. She tried to run but Nuacka tackle her to the ground to stop her from getting away.

"You traitor!" Shentana shouted as she smacked Nuacka across the face with her claws. Nuacka fell back as blood sprayed out from her wound. Shentana tried to get up but was grabbed by the neck with Alzon's teeth and was throw to the ground.

Blood poured down her neck as she rolled on to her back only to be stabbed in the stomach by Alzon's sharp claws.

"Help! Somebody Help!" Shentana tried to scream but her air was running short. She kicked the lion in the chest but the lion was like solid rock.

Alzon grinned "that will cost you"

Shentana's eyes widen as the lion lifted is paw and drew out his claws. He dug his claws deeper in to her stomach causing her to scream and more blood to pour out. He swung his paw down and Scar, Zira and Nuacka watched the Matriarch being tore to shreds.

The clouds begin to thunder.

The trio exits the cave an hour later and yawned "cloudy days, I love it" Shenzi said

Banzai yawned again "there all right but its better when its rains"

Ed laughed and stuck his tongue out ready to caught the first drops of rain. "Come on Ed, lets go to the water hole for a drink, my mom should be there with Nuacka" Shenzi said as they exit out of the border

"Sounds great to me" Banzai said

The trio talked as they walked over to the water hole then they spotted Shenzen there.

"Hey it our bro" Banzai said

"Great" Shenzi said sarcastically but then noticed Shenzen was just standing there looking at something.

As they came closer they stopped when the grass around the water hole was covered in fresh blood. It was everywhere even in the water.

"Holy shit, what happen here" Banzai asked Shenzen but he didn't say anything.

Shenzi ran up to her brother was in a state of shocked. He sat there with wide eyes and his jaw slightly open. "Shenzen, speak to me, are you still there"

"M-m-m-mom" he said

Shenzi slowly turned her head and saw something in the grass.

"Help" they heard a weak voice

Nuacka crawled over to Shenzi, she was badly beaten covered in cuts and blood.

(We want it to look like the my brother did this and it would be odd it the matriarch died but you escaped without a scratch) Scar told Nuacka before he letting Alzon beat her to a pulp.

Nuacka growled from what he did but she played along as Banzai and Ed ran to her.

"Easy there Nuacka, we're here" Bnazai said as her vision was beginning to fog.

"He cam out of no where" she lied "we were just talking...then..saw..him...coming" then she past out.

"Someone attack Nuacka, Shenzi but she couldn't tell us who" Banzai said "Shenzi?"

Shenzi stared at the bloody corpse of her mother with shocked and disbelief. The body didn't even look like a hyena anymore, she was cut all over and still bleeding out of the deep wounds. The fatal wound were the stabbed wounds in her stomach.

"Momma" she said

Shenzi held back her tears and tried to take a deep breath as she reach over to close her mother's eye lids. She started to breathe rapidly as she thought why things were happening to her. The wedding, Scar, The Stalkers, everything, and now this, it was too much for her.

"Shenzi, Shenzi talk to me, is Shentana-" Banzai didn't finished because Shenzi just fainted.

It started to rain...