Hello everyone its time for another chapter of Memoirs of a Blue Bird. But first I have to say that Animal Kingdom is an awesome theme park. They are building a new ride there that I will probably not go on but its called "expedition Everest" It's a roller coaster ride that takes you through the mountain in search of a yeti, that's all I really know so far but all I know is that its really big and kind of stands out more than the Tree Of Life, I hope that thing does not change as the main focus of the place because The Tree of Life rocks.
Also when you go to the Kilimanjaro Safari watch out for the Thompson Gazelle, it seems to be their mating season and they are not shy about showing it.
Well any way if any one has any questions feel free to ask and I will answer them when I get a chance. Now on with the story.
The months that followed felt like years while the days felt like months to me. I would stay in the cave day after day, entertaining Scar and sometimes Zira and often getting yelled at for not being entertaining enough.
Zira of course was now pregnant so she was much more moodier than normal. She was always angry when the lionesses came home with nothing and often tried to make them feel bad by saying that her cub would probably die at birth. The other lionesses usually rolled their eyes at this since Zira was often overly dramatic and was usually lucky enough to find a few field mice to satisfy her hunger for the day.
Much to Sarafina's dismay though, Nala was never seen again, yet most of us believed that she had left to find a better place. But Sarafina still showed sadness by thinking that she must have been killed by hyenas. I still hoped that she had found some place better, she had grown up in such a terrible place that she needed to live the rest of her life happily, I hoped to one day hear from her again.
Of course those kinds of thoughts actually get answered over time and it happened on the day of Scar's child's birth.
I remember waking up to a loud roar that echoed throughout the cave. I jumped up to the sound and looked toward the sleeping area where Scar and Zira slept. There I saw both of them; Scar was standing beside Zira who was lying on her side and looking like she was in a lot of pain. Scar tried to comfort her.
"Keep pushing Zira, the child will come out soon, I would send for Rafiki but I don't know where that creature's blue behind is," Scar said with both an angry and a worried voice.
"I don't need Rafiki any way, I can handle this by myself," said Zira who then let out another roar of pain
For the first time in his life, Scar looked scared. I could tell he was afraid that he was going to loose the child and Zira. I did not blame him, it sounded worse than Sarafina's or Sarabi's combined and both had little trouble conceiving.
The commotion quickly brought a crowd of curious lions and hyenas to the entrance of the cave and see what was going on, one of them was Sarabi.
"Scar what is happening?" she asked in a curious voice.
"Can't you see, Zira is about to give birth, now I want you all out of here unless one of you knows how to make the birthing process easier," Scar growled angrily at all of them.
It made all the lionesses and hyenas jump in fright and without second bidding, they all ran away from the cave as fast as they could.
Scar then turned back to Zira who was now breathing quite heavily and looking extremely tired.
"Don't give up now Zira my love, you can do this I know you can," said Scar.
"But the pain, I have never experienced anything like this," Zira moaned in agony.
"But that is how most lionesses feel at birth now please try to keep going, I don't want to loose my lovely queen and mate," Scar cried, I could tell he was now on the verge of tears.
Zira screamed again as she felt another jolt from inside her stomach, at that moment I wished I could help her and I felt terrible just standing there watching her suffer even though she had turned into a psychotic freak like Scar.
Seconds quickly passed into minutes and minutes soon passed into hours. I'm not sure how long the labor was but I knew it was three or four, way too long for any lioness trying to give birth to a cub; it would be a miracle if it even survived.
Finally Zira let out the biggest roar imaginable and a second later I saw a small wet bundle suddenly appear behind her. Zira then collapsed in exhaustion as the cub began to cry out for air, I was amazed that it was even alive.
"Is that your only cub?" asked Scar worriedly.
"Yes…..It is finally…over," said Zira who then slowly sat back up and grabbed the cub so she could clean him.
I watched as Zira cleaned the cub while Scar circled around them, trying to get a better look at the cub that would be his heir. He seemed excited yet worried at the same time.
"Is it male or female?" he asked.
It's a male," said Zira.
"May I see him?" asked Scar with tenderness in his voice.
"Wait one more minute, I need to finish cleaning him," said Zira who continued the cleaning until the cub was finally dry and presented in front of Scar.
Scar looked down at his soon to be heir and then turned away with a disgusted look. I could see the cub as well. It was scrawny with barely any meat on him; his fur even though it was cleaned looked terribly matted for a newborn, probably from the lack of nutrition he had received while in the womb
"What is wrong my love?" asked Zira.
"That is no king, just a scrawny cub that will not survive its first week," said Scar with sadness in a voice. I knew that for a long time he dreamed of an heir and now it turned out to be a scrawny cub that barely had life in him.
"But he is only a newborn, perhaps overtime he will become a strong cub and worthy enough to be a king, besides we also need to name him," said Zira.
"All the cubs that have been born to this pride looked healthier than that so he will not be my heir but I will name him, I will call him Nuka and he will be treated like any other member of the pride and I will still treat him as my son," said Scar.
"Then what are we to do if Nuka is to not to be your heir?" asked Zira who grabbed Nuka and held him close.
"We will try again this time create a stronger cub, it's not your fault but I know who's fault it is," said Scar.
"Whose fault is it?" asked Zira.
"Mufasa's widow," growled Scar in one of his very angry voices, I could tell he was not happy with her and her hunting, even though he was the one who turned this land into a barren wasteland in the first place. But what could Sarabi do, food was scarce and very hard to come by, she would have to hunt without rest if he wanted food all the time to create the perfect cub for himself.
Scar then ran out of the cave in an angry rage, I hoped he would not hurt Sarabi but he probably would after learning that his son was so malnourished.
"SARABI!" I heard him yell a few seconds later.
I knew it had been the last straw for him especially when the famine nearly cost Zira and his newborn cub his life. Now he was going to deal with it but this time I know he was going to change the hunting rules and that could cause the lionesses to become weaker. This was not going to be a good talk.
I could hear Scar talking once Sarabi arrived but I could not hear what they had to say, apparently Scar's temper had not risen yet, perhaps Sarabi just had enough and let him go ahead and say what he wanted. Zira did not even get up to make sure everything was alright, she stayed where she was, nursing Nuka who sucked at her side voraciously, the poor thing was starving and Zira would probably run out of milk very fast if they did not find food as often as Scar wanted. That was going to be hard, I only saw two gazelle yesterday and they did not look to be sticking around the place for long.
"I'M TEN TIMES THE KING MUFASA WAS!" I heard Scar roar and saw a flash of light outside. I knew a thunderstorm was approaching, that was good maybe rain would fall but if it only brought lightening then that would be bad, the ground was a ticking time bomb, fire would easily spread and cause a lot of damage.
I heard Nuka whimper when another flash struck, Zira just licked him, hoping that would calm him down a little, it worked and he continued trying to have a meal.
I could still hear Scar out there and someone else, but I had no idea who it was. The voice did not sound female and I could sense anger and worry, something was not right. I could tell Zira sensed it too; she stayed still and listened, trying to get the scent of the creature as she inhaled with her nostrils.
"Sounds like someone else is trying to take over the pride lands, Scar will deal with him though," said Zira with a grin but still held Nuka close.
As I heard Zira's words, I wondered who this unknown rogue was and what made him decide to try and kill Scar when no one else could, he must have been a very brave lion.
Suddenly lightening struck again near the tip of pride rock and this time the sky turned red, a fire had now started, that was not good, because of that, the ground would become dryer than before and nothing would want to live here.
"MURDERER!" the stranger yelled.
This caused Zira to sit straight up and listen, it did not sound good and I could tell she was worried.
There was silence for a few more seconds and that's when I heard Scar say something completely shocking.
"I KILLED MUFASA," he roared. At that instant I wanted to know the whole story, the whole story of how Scar killed his own brother, whether or not he was lying or that it really happened.
I then heard roars and growls as a huge commotion started to erupt, it sounded like there was now a full fledged fight going on and this time the lionesses were helping.
Zira jumped up and went to the entrance of the cave to watch while her cub began to cry. At first it looked like she was going to stand there but then she decided to run out and help, but then made up her mind again and came back running toward Nuka. Then she hesitated and looked at Nuka for a moment, then looked outside at the pride fighting, and quickly made up her mind. She did not come back again.
I sat there all alone in the cave, listening the howls and yelps that occurred outside. I could also hear Nuka only a few feet away, crying for milk but unable to find any as he crawled around looking for his mother. I suddenly felt bad for the poor child even though his father was a complete monster. I now felt like I needed to help them out there but I could not get out and I suddenly felt totally useless.
Suddenly I heard someone panting and yelping with surprise and a second later, a creature I had not seen in a long time entered the cave. It was a meerkat and it was being pursued by Shenzi and Banzai. I hoped that he could help me get out.
"Let me out, let me out!" I yelled
"Let me in, let me in," he said as he brought his skinny body through the cage and in fear grabbed a hold of me. Like I was going to protect him, I did not even know him yet he acted like I was his savior.
"Please don't eat me," he said as Shenzi and Banzai who stood outside the cage licking their lips happily.
I then heard a grunt and everyone turned around to find an angry looking warthog staring at the two hyenas angrily. He looked tough but he was probably no match for the hyenas
"Hey who's the pig?" asked Banzai in a wise guy voice.
"Are you talking to me?" asked the warthog.
"Uh oh he called him a pig," said the meerkat.
"Are you talking to me?" asked the warthog.
"Now they're in for it," said the meerkat.
"THEY CALL ME MR. PIG! AAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGHHHHH!" said the warthog who then charged.
What happened next, happened so fast that I don't even think I took a breath while watching the brave warthog. First he charged and scooped up Banzai and flipped him over his head causing poor Banzai to fly in the air and land on his side. Shenzi quickly saw the young warthog's dangerous act and ran toward the entrance. The warthog then kicked the cage, setting me and the meerkat free. Together we chased the two hyenas out where a stupefied Ed waited. Once they all disappeared we all whooped for joy until I had to ask a very important question.
"Tell me, who is this very brave lion who has come to save the pride?" I asked.
"It's the king," said the warthog
"The king, what pride was he originally from?" I asked.
"No he is the king of this pride, he is Simba," said the meerkat.
"It can't be!" I said in awe as I watched the reddish maned lion fight off hyenas. He was truly a remarkable lion and it was hard to imagine that he was the rambunctious cub I knew two years ago.
Then I saw another familiar face that had been missing for months, it was Nala. I knew she must have run off to find help of any kind and somehow found Simba, how she figured out it was him made me wonder since it must have been quite hard.
Suddenly I felt the wind get knocked out of me as I felt myself sliding straight into the side of the rock. I blacked out for a second and when I regained my senses I found myself staring into the eyes of Nassor. He had the look of hate in his face and one of his claws had a death grip around my body. All around him, the fire burned but he did not care, in fact his very soul seemed to match everything around him.
"N-Nassor, w-what are you d-doing?" I asked in the most frightened voice I have ever used.
"You know the rules that King Scar made up. It's death to those who escape the rib cage," said Nassor who then used his wing to hold me down as he lifted up his huge pimply claws to gore me to death. I still stood my ground; ready to die fighting for what was right. Too bad I barely fought at all.
Suddenly I felt his pressure leave my body while I heard a loud squawk of pain. I opened my eyes to see that the warthog had charged Nassor and now had him lying against a rock, but he looked like he was not going to stop there.
Suddenly he leapt up and went straight toward me. I decided that it was best to fight back and did the same. Together we collided in midair, scratching each other with our claws, feathers flying. I could feel sweat fall down my face from the heat of the flames but I was not going to stop, I had to help Simba win this war.
Of course because of his size, he got the better of me and before I knew it I was lying against a rock again as Nassor came toward me, eyes blazing full of hate and ready to finish me off.
"Now comes my moment of victory. I never liked you Zazu, and neither did any one else. Once I finish with you, I will be known as 'Nassor the majordomo slayer', how does that sound my fair feathered friend," said Nassor with such hate in his voice that it was hard to imagine him to be even a bird.
I stood my ground as he was ready to try and finish me off again, but this time, the warthog returned. Yet this time he ran faster and was able to finish off the terrible vulture by throwing him into the flames with his heavy tusks. Nassor's life was now over.
I then turned to the warthog when he returned and smiled at him. "Thank you for saving my life twice, tell me, what is you and your friends name?" asked.
"I'm Pumbaa, and this here is Timon," said the warthog.
"And what is your name?" asked Timon.
"It's Zazu, the advisor to the pride lands," I said.
"Oh Simba told us all about you and how well you baby sat him, its great to meet you for the first time," said Pumbaa.
I stood there in shock, Simba actually liked the way I baby sat him, he must have appreciated it after he left the pride lands for whatever reason.
"Oh my goodness," said Pumbaa suddenly.
I stared at him and found him staring up at the rocks for some reason, that's when I saw Simba fighting Scar to the death. Both slashed and bit at each other as they each tried to finish each other off.
Finally Simba did the smart thing after he was knocked onto his back. Scar tried to pounce and attack but was quickly thrown over pride rock by Simba who pushed him away with his back legs. Scar fell down quite a ways before landing with a heavy thud.
But he was not dead; he quickly stood up and was met by a pack of hungry looking hyenas. Like lightening they attacked. Scar was instantly buried under a flood of hyenas, a victim of the ones who allied against him.
As soon as Scar's legacy ended, the rain returned. It began to fall hard as it replenished the soil and destroyed the fires that surrounded pride rock. I joined the lionesses who waited at the base for Simba to come down and present himself and when he arrived a few seconds later, I quickly bowed to him while the lionesses walked up to him and nudged him happily. Simba had returned home.
We were all then startled by Rafiki who shook his stick and pointed it toward the edge of pride rock. Simba quickly walked up to the old mandrill and gave him a huge hug.
Rafiki then pushed him away and looked him in the eye. "It is time," he said.
Simba then turned and climbed up the rock toward the edge. I watched him with awe as he did so. The rain fell down hard but I did not care, it felt so wonderful feeling it for the first time in months. Finally Simba reached the edged and looked to the sky before giving a powerful roar. The lionesses soon joined him as they accepted him as their new king.
Halfway through the roaring, Nala joined him, announcing that she was now the new queen of the pridelands. It made me feel so happy that we were to be ruled by kind hearted lions and not lions that did not care what was happening to the pride.
Once the roaring was over. Simba looked down at his newly formed pride and gave everyone a warm smile before walking down toward the cave. The lionesses followed and so did Timon, Pumbaa, and I.
As soon as we entered, we heard the pained cries of Nuka, searching for milk. Simba walked up to him and sniffed him before turning to the lionesses.
"Whose cub is this?" he asked.
"It's Zira's, Scar's mate and queen to the pridelands. I say we destroy him, we don't want him trying to take over when he is older," said Sarabi obviously not in the mood of having any thing to do with Scar in the pride now.
"I'm not like that though mother, let him try to live, if his mother is still alive," said Simba.
All the lionesses looked around for Zira but she was no where in sight, I knew where she might be and I was willing to find out.
"Sire, I will go look for her and return her here to you," I said.
"Thank you Zazu, tell her I need to speak with her as well" said Simba.
I then flew out of the cave and toward the spot where Scar had fallen, sure enough there was Zira standing next to what was left of Scar and trying to get him to wake up. I could tell she had tried to fight bravely for she had a lot of fresh marks on her including a very bloody ear, she would probably have a notch there for the rest of her life once it healed.
"Scar, Scar, please wake up, you need to finish ruling this kingdom," she said shaking him as hard as she could.
I did not expect Scar to wake up again, but he did and he quickly responded. "Zira…… my love," he said.
"Oh Scar, the new lion took over the pride, you must take it back from him," said Zira.
"No Zira……. my time is up, raise…… Nuka for me, and find a…….. new mate, the first son you have…… train him to rule and take over……. Simba's pride, can you……… do that for me?" asked Scar who gave deep breaths every second and every time he tried to move seemed to be a hassle for him, he reminded me of Nadira and her death.
"I promise," said Zira with tears in her eyes.
Scar gave a small smirk before finally closing his eyes forever. Zira then wailed and lay down on him despite the many bloody wounds. I waited for a few minutes before I finally called down to her.
"Zira, Simba requests to speak with you immediately and your cub is calling to you," I said quietly.
"Can't you see I am in mourning, tell Simba I will be there when I am ready, now leave me," she said with such spite that I thought she would slash out at me.
I sighed and quickly flew away from Zira hoping that Simba would be reasonable with her, she had a cub to feed, and kicking her out was not a good solution, even if she promised Scar that she would raise a cub to kill Simba. I would warn him about that.
I flew back through the rain and entered the cave where Simba and the rest of the lionesses were waiting. Simba was standing beside Nuka who was now nuzzled against Simba's paw. It was a cute sight and it made me wish Simba could raise the poor thing.
"Zira said she is coming and I would best watch her sir, Scar told her to raise another child that will be stronger and one day destroy you," I told him.
"Thank you for that information Zazu, I will talk to her," said Simba.
I stared at Simba, he truly looked like the lion who was the hope for our future, it was most likely that he would turn the lands into a flourishing kingdom again. I would finally see Kalifa again and everyone would be so healthy.
Five minutes later Zira came walking in, her face heavy with tears at the loss of her mate. She did not look like someone who was willing enough to talk about anything.
She went straight over to Nuka who instantly pounced on her and began to nurse voraciously while Zira lay on the floor crying.
Simba walked up to her and looked at her with sadness in his eyes. "Zira, I am sorry about what happened to Scar but he ruined the kingdom and I had to save it," he said.
"He was not ruining the kingdom, it was a wonderful kingdom, everything was perfect," said Zira with a sad growl.
I stood there wondering what terrible thoughts Scar had given her to think such a thing, but I tried not to think about it while Simba continued.
"I'm still sorry then, and even though you were his follower I will still let you stay with the pride since you have a cub to feed and everything, but if you try to overthrow me then you are out of the pride, are we clear?" asked Simba.
"Perfectly," said Zira who just cleaned Nuka and pretended she did not here a word of anything Simba had said.
Simba just nodded and turned to his new pride, he had a lot to talk about and I wanted to hear every word of it.
A/N: There's Chapter 26 for everyone, hope you all liked it and I hope I explained everything okay. I thought it would be good to end the chapter like that instead of just having Simba roaring, makes it more unique. Also I will have a good reason for Zira to be kicked out later on in the story. If any of you have heard of Simba's son Kopa then I will explain why he was switched with Kiara and why Simba was so protective of Kiara. Any way please review and my next chapter will be up later. Have a great week.