Epilogue

"And that's the story," said the man who was sitting on a bench in a fog engulfed graveyard.

"Wow," said the little boy sitting next to him, "It's amazing."

The boy got off the bench and walked among the enormous tombs that littered the Royal Graveyard. The story of King Simba, who had lived about a hundred years before, was the best story he had ever heard. The boy crouched by one of the biggest tombs and read on its door:

'HERE LAYS KING SIMBA THE GREAT.

REMEMBERED BY HIS SUBJECTS AS THE LION KING,

FOR HIS IMMORTAL COURAGE AND STRENGTH OF SPIRIT.

MAY THE GODS GRANT YOU ETERNAL PEACE IN THEIR KINGDOM.

THIS TOMB WAS INAUGURATED BY QUEEN KIARA THE SECOND

AND KING KOVU THE FIRST.

"Who was Queen Kiara the Second?" asked the boy to the man on the bench.

"She was Simba's daughter, named after Mufasa's mother, who was renowned as the greatest Queen this Kingdom has ever known."

"And how about King Kovu the First?" asked the boy.

"He was her husband," replied the man.

"So they were betrothed when they were young?" asked the boy.

"Oh no," said the man, "No, their story is quite different and their adventure just as grand as the one I just told you, and one worth telling."

"Really?" asked the boy eagerly and ran up to the man, "Please tell me."

The man chuckled a looked at the moon, "No it is late, your parents will be worried, tomorrow, meet me here at noon and I'll tell you the story."

The boy complained, but in the end gave in and agreed to here the story about Kovu and Kiara tomorrow. The boy picked up his backpack and disappeared in the direction of the Palace. The man, meanwhile remained behind, staring at King Simba's tomb. He then stood up, put on o worn out hat and left in the opposite direction of the boy and he to, was soon swallowed up by the night, but not before a few musical lyrics escaped his lips:

"It's the leap of faith
It's the band of hope
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the circle, the circle of life."

THE END OF THIS STORY, BUT THE BEGINNING OF MANY OTHERS.

(A.N. Enormous thanks to all reviewers: SunRise19, Mirage of Sarabi, Bombalurinasara, Casto Starlight, SpiritDreamWriter, Red Squirrel Writer, QueenKiara, Moni, erica cuckler, Space Spy, Hipeoples001 and Troy Wong. God bless you all).