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Chapter 9 - Meeting the king
The two lions had been walking for nearly 4 hours - with Shanika singing constantly - and they were nearing the rock.
"Shargra?" Shanika asked.
"Yes Shanika?" he replied.
"Is this the way to Amarillo?"
Shargra exploded. "What on earth are you talking about!" He exclaimed, turning to face Shanika, "There is no such place!"
"Yes there is! It's...it's…somewhere…" Shanika suddenly looked worriedly at a point just behind Shargra.
"There's something behind me isn't there?"
Shanika just nodded and hid behind a small bush with a squeak.
Shargra turned round and saw a lion almost twice the size of him. The lion was golden-brown in color with a full brown mane, towering over him with an angry look and Shargra just stared for a minute; when suddenly a loud noise came from the bush Shanika was hiding behind. Seconds later Shanika rolled out from behind it, growling and shoulders high up in the 'defence' position. Forgetting about the immediate problem Shargra turned, bewildered, and seconds later a small cub pounced out on to her - obviously trying to fight her.
"Look dad" the cub shouted, "I caught one of the trespassers!"
"Trespassers?" spluttered Shanika. "Oh that's it kiddo, you're going down!" and she pounced on the sandy cub, rolling about in the dust.
Shanika and the cub continued fighting - both doing as bad as each other - whilst Shargra and the lion sat and watched transfixed. The lion spoke "So...do you know her?" indicating Shanika who was by now losing to the small cub.
"No, no, never seen her in my life." he said, trying to distance himself from the mad lioness.
"You know the cub?"
The lion looked at the cub, who was now being sat on by Shanika, and assessing his pitiful fighting skill said "Nope, never seen him before."
The cub heard this and shouted "Hey dad don't try to disown me!"
Shargra looked at the lion, one eyebrow raised, who said, "Ok, ok he's my son, but I bet you know her too"
"Yes but we're not related," And he added as the small cub managed to pin Shanika to the ground, "fortunately."
Shanika pushed him off her and giving the cub a cuff to the head, started to walk back to her friend. The cub leapt at her, attempting a roar.
Grinning, she turned to him and: "RAAAUUGH!" The cub ran to his father, tail between his legs but a mischievous look on his face.
"Shanika, I cant believe you lost to a tiny cub!"
"Well… he is a strong cub" she admitted.
"You see what I have to live with?" Shargra said to the lion.
"So what are you two doing in my lands? And who are you anyway? And why is your lioness beating up my son?" he replied.
"My…lioness?"
There was a long pause and then Shargra and Shanika both simultaneously went "Eww!" before exploding in laughter.
"She isn't my lioness but she is my friend; and by the look of it it's your son attacking her!" Shargra squeezed out between laughs.
"Ahhhh, thanks Shargra!" Shanika said from where she was rolling on the ground.
"And we're in your land because our pride's king got overthrown when we were cubs and we had to run away. We've been living in the open savanna but we can't stay on our own forever, so-"
"So you want to join my pride, right?"
"Yes that's kind of it." Shargra said pulling Shanika up from the ground, who then proceeded to chase her tail.
"Well, I can't say no to cubs." the lion said, smiling.
"Hey, we're not cubs!" Shanika said indignantly.
"If your not a cub then where's his mane and your…other assets? You may be older than my cub Simba, but you're still cubs." The lion said, still smiling that irritating smile.
"Ok, ok, so you'll take us in?" Shargra said hopefully.
"Yes, alright follow us, by the way I'm Mufasa, who are you?" he asked.
"I'm Shargra and this is-"
"The great all-powerful Shanika, ruler of the world, goddess of all ye beneath her, queen and utmost power on high-" Shanika proclaimed, standing on her hind legs before toppling over.
"Is she… always like that?" Mufasa whispered to Shargra.
"Yes, unfortunately." Shargra groaned answering the now familiar question.
They both followed Mufasa and Simba back to the big rock, their new home Shanika singing all the way.
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