Elsa scurried through foliage, clawing her way passed the leaves and palms. Jack continued to chase after her.

"Hey wait!" Jack called out to her.

Elsa could hardly understand what he was saying to her. Living among lions, the language of her people was forever lost to her. It might as well sound like the hollers of a monkey. Elsa emerged from the foliage as she came toward a steep, shallow river bed. She leaped down and landed over the rocks protruding from under the water. She then ran across the river and climbed over a steep the ledge, disappearing into the brush.

"Wait, slow down!" Jack said, emerging from the brush.

Jack took one step on the steep ledge, which suddenly gave in collapsed from underfoot. Jack fell forward into the river, smashing his knee on one of the rocks below.

"AAAHHH!" Jack cried in pain.

Hearing the cry of pain from the direction she came, Elsa suddenly paused. She glanced back toward the river. It sounded like the boy who was following her. Something must have happened. There was a moment of hesitation as Elsa glanced ahead into the jungle, tempted to take the moment to escape and run back home. But yet, she found that she was unable to just leave and leave the boy behind. Like her mother, her heart could not allow for her to do such a thing.

Elsa then turned and made her way back toward the river.


Jack slowly rolled over onto his back, careful not to trigger the agonising pain of his knee. He then sauntered back through the shallow stream as he came up against the narrow ledge. Jack stared down at his right knee, flinched at the feeling of excruciating pain.

"Aw man." he hissed.

Over the ledge behind him, Elsa brushed aside the leaves as she peered down into the creek. She saw the boy, laying below her with his hands holding his right knee. Jack tried to stand up, only to then gasp at the pain upon moving his leg, causing him to fall back down into the water. Jack groaned, sobbing from the pain of his injury.

Elsa frowned, seeing how hurt the boy was. Slowly she emerged from the foliage as she came out over the ledge. Hearing of the rustling of the leaves behind him, Jack turned his head and glanced up at the ledge behind him. It was there he saw the girl of whom he had been chasing, standing over the ledge behind him. She looked to be a year younger then him. She had hair of the colour of icy blonde, braided to a French braid. Her eyes were blue like his and she was wearing what looked to be a tattered blue cloth.

Elsa then leaped down into the stream, landing next to Jack. The water below her feet splashed from underfoot. She came around the boy, crouching down to him.

"W-who are you?" Jack asked, curiously.

The girl didn't answer. She instead glanced down to his right leg, which he was holding tight. She came up to and hesitatingly reach out and touch his leg.

"AH!" Jack gasped, moving his leg away.

Startled by the boy's gasp, Elsa leaped back from him.

"Don't do that!" Jack exclaimed to her.

There was a sudden sound from off in the distance. Elsa looked back across the ravine. They were far from the sight of the clearing. It wouldn't be long before his people take notice and come looking for him. But if any predator was lurking nearby like that leopard, they would never get to him in time. A cub that was helpless and injured would serve as easy prey for any predator. She couldn't just let that happen.

Elsa turned back to Jack. She scurried up next to him, where he tugged over his arm.

"Huh?" Jack said, glancing to her.

Elsa took his arm and draped it over her shoulder. She then pull Jack back up over his feet, trying not to pay any mind the unbearable pain of his injured leg. They then tried to walk forward, only for Jack to nearly stumble from the sudden pain of his right leg. Elsa came back up to the young boy. Only for Elsa to pull him back up. She then turned and came up to the ledge behind them. She climbed up on top of the ledge before and then turned to help Jack.

She pulled him up out of the shallow stream and once more pulled him up. Coming up over the ledge, Jack slowly stood up over his left leg. He then turned and glanced in the direction of the campsite. Only for Elsa to tug on him, causing her to glance down to her. The wild girl then turned and guided him along through the jungle.


Diata, Bagheera, Timon and Pumbaa continued following the trail of the four cubs. Diata, following the scent of the four friends. The three were brought to the top of the hill. Timon and Pumbaa looked to the view of the wide jungle ahead.

"Wow, check out the view, Pumbaa." Timon said.

"Timon, this is no time for sight seeing." Bagheera said, sternly.

The lioness mother continued to sniff the ground below, following the scent of the cubs. She suddenly picked up another unfamiliar scent. And then she froze. It was the scent of a leopard. She widened her eyes, glancing ahead over the jungle below.

Bagheera came up next to her.

"Diata, what is it?!" Bagheera asked, curiously.

"Elsa!" She said, taking off down the hill.

"Diata!" Bagheera called out to her.

Before they took off after her, they suddenly heard voices from the jungle off to their right. Bagheera the turned, where he saw Simba, Nala and Zarya emerge from the jungle. Upon seeing Bagheera, Timon and Pumbaa, they slid to a stop.

"Bagheera!" Simba said.

Bagheera turned to the three cubs.

"Simba, Nala, Zarya!" He said, sternly that they had disobeyed him and Mufasa's word.

"Bagheera please, Elsa's..."

But the look of Bagheera showed no difference. As if... He already knows.

"I think he knows." Nala said, glancing to Simba.

The young lion Prince narrowed his eyes, frowning in contempt.


Elsa helped the injured Jack along through the foliage. He leaned against her, trying his best to move with his injured leg. Hoping over his one good foot, trying desperately to stay off his injured leg. As they continued to move through the foliage, Jack suddenly staggered to the ground, pulling Elsa with him.

"Ah!" he cried, feeling the pain of his fractured leg.

Elsa glanced down at him in concern.

"I'm okay." he reassured the jungle girl.

Even with her lack of understanding what he was saying, Elsa knew that he couldn't move alone with his leg. They needed some place where they could set down and wait for his family to come looking for him. She then glanced ahead, where she then gasped upon seeing the perfect place.

Elsa turned and lifted Jack up off the ground.

"Wow." said Jack, glancing to the jungle girl in awe.

"Thanks."

Elsa smiled back at Jack, seeing him smiling back at her. She then turned and continued to help Jack along through the lush jungle growth. Jack continued to hop over his one foot. It was long before they emerged from the foliage, where a tall tree with many branches from low to the bottom of the trunk, to high above. Elsa guided Jack toward the tree. She then kneeled down, carefully placing Jack down over the ground against the tree.

His back laid was against the tree, his right leg laying flat on the ground. Elsa sat down next to him in a cat-like fashion.

"Ow." Said Jack, wincing at the pain of leg.

He then glanced up at Elsa, who looked down at him, curiously.

"Thanks." Jack said.

The jungle girl only stared back at him, curiosity. This was the first time in so long that she was with one of her own kind. But she couldn't really speak to him nor understand what he was saying. Even now she wondered what he was trying to tell her.

Elsa then gazed up at the tree and saw fruit dangling from above. She felt so hungry after all the running around she had been doing. She came up to the tree trunk and started climbing up the tree. Jack looked up to the girl, curiously.

"Hey, where are you going?" Jack asked, curiously.

Elsa climbed up to the fruits hanging above. She the reached up and grabbed hold of one of the fruits, plucking it from above. She the dropped it down to Jack, causing it to land next to him.

"Wow!" he said.

Elsa then tugged on the next fruit and plucked it from above. She then dropped it down to the ground, causing it to land next to the other one. Elsa then climbed down the tree trunk before dropping down next to Jack, landing over all fours. She came up to Jack. She then took one of the orange fruit and handed it to Jack..

"Uh... thank you." he said, taking the fruit from her.

Jack took one bit out of the fruit.

"Mm." He moaned, enjoying the taste in his mouth.

Elsa took hold of the other orange fruit. Her eyes glancing to Jack before she took a bite.


Diata prowled through the jungle, following after the scent of her daughter and the leopard chasing her.

"Elsa?" she called out for her adoptive daughter.

Diata emerged into a clearing, where she then paused. Once more she was met with the silence of the jungle. She narrowed her head and sniffed the ground. She once more picked up her daughters scent. But it wasn't the only the only thing she could smell. Once more she paused in complete shock and awe.

The scent of which she had picked up bared that of man. She glanced forward as she quickly rushed ahead, following the scents. Prowling through the foliage, it was then she heard a voice calling out. Diata slid to a stop. She then turned and glanced off in the direction of the strange voice. It sounded young. But it didn't sound like Elsa.

Narrowing below the foliage, Diata slowly crept toward the voice.


Anna trudged through the foliage as she looked for Jack. The little girl moved through the plants, looking for her older brother.

"Jack!" she called out.

"Where are you?"

As Anna continued looking for Jack, Diata peered from the nearby foliage. Seeing the girl trudging through the foliage, she then paused. The lioness narrowed down into the cover of the foliage.

"Jack!" she continued to call out.

But still she heard nothing. Anna glanced around at the jungle around her. She saw no sign of her brother anywhere. Diata continued to watch from the cover of the foliage. She squinted her eyes, curiously. This cub was much younger then Elsa. What was she doing all alone in the jungle? Where was it's parents?

"Anna!"

Diata glanced to her left. Anna the turned and saw Uncle North, Aunt Tooth and Mattias coming up to him.

"Anna what are you doing here?" North asked, kneeling down to her.

"Your not suppose to leave the camp."

"I'm looking for Jack." Anna said.

"I can't find him anywhere."

"Do you know where he went?" Tooth asked.

Anna shook her head. Suddenly, they heard a loud crashing of thunder from above. They then glanced up and saw storm clouds coming in.

"Storms coming," Mattias said, glancing down at them

North turned to Tooth.

"Tooth, take Anna back to the camp," He said.

"Mattias and I will go find Jack."

Tooth nodded her head yes.

"Don't be long." she said.

North and Mattia turned and headed into the jungle in search of his nephew. Tooth turned to Anna and picked her up off the ground.

"Come on, Anna." she said, as she picked up her niece.

"Lets get back to camp."

"But I want to help find Jack." Anna protested.

"North is going to find him." Tooth reassured.

"He'll bring him back safe. But right now, we have to get in a cabin before we get wet."

Tooth turned and headed back toward the camp. Diata slowly emerged from her hiding spot. She looked the way of the women and child. Elsa wasn't among them. Though could she be where they're going?

Diata glanced in their direction where the two men had gone. She then caught a whiff of scent. She leaned down and sniffed the ground, it smelled just like...

"Elsa!" She said.

Diata glanced ahead in the direction of her scent. Data ran off in the direction, hoping to find her adopted daughter and hoping she was not harmed.


Rain fell rapidly from above, pattering over the jungle foliage. North and Mattias continued searching the lush, dense forest for his nephew. Their clothes were drenched from the rain.

"Jack!" He called out.

"Jack, where are you?"

There was no response from him. There was only the sound of the falling rain above. North became so nervous than he ever had been before. Jack had been known to wander off before, but he was easy enough to find. Now, he seemed to have just disappeared into thin air, without a trace.

"We should go back!" Mattias insisted to him.

"The storm is getting worse."

North shook his head. He wasn't willing to give up that easy.

"Not until we find Jack." North proclaimed to him.

He then turned and continued on ahead through the jungle and the storm itself.


Elsa and Jack hid from the storm under the tree. The rain pattered over the leaves above and the lush foliage. Jack sighed, continued laying up against the tree as he waited for the rain to end or for his uncle to find him.

He then glanced to Elsa, who sat next to him. She was licking her hand like a cat and wiping it on her blond, French braided hair. He stared both confused and weirded out by the wild girl. Though what could he expect finding a girl in the jungle?

She then saw him looking at her. She stopped licking her hand and clamped it on the ground.

"So... what's your name?" Jack asked, curiously.

Elsa only looked curiously.

"Can you talk?" Jack asked, curiously.

"Can you tell me your name?"

Hearing the word, Elsa tried to speak.

"N...n...na..."

"Name." said Jack.

"Na... na...name." said Elsa, finally saying the word.

"Yeah, Name." said Jack as he turned to her.

He was careful not to trigger the pain of his leg.

"My names Jack."

"Ja...Jack." said Elsa.

"Jack... name."

Jack nodded his head yes, smiling. Finally it seemed he was getting her to talk.

"Yeah." he said.

"Jack name."

"Jack name." said Elsa again.

"Jack name. Jack...Elsa."

"Elsa?" said Jack, curiously.

"Is that your name?"

"Elsa." said the wild girl, placing her hand on her chest.

Jack chuckled.

"Jack." said Jack, placing his hand on his chest like Elsa.

"Jack, Elsa." Jack reached and set his hand on her chest.

Elsa then reached and set her hand on Jacks chest.

"Jack, Elsa." she said.

"Yeah!" said Jack, gazing happily at Elsa.

Elsa Smiled back at Jack. After so many months in this jungle, living among lions, she began to speak the language she had lost long ago.


Diata continued to search for her daughter. She came to the streaming river separating the flat land to the hill above. Diata had reached the end of Elsa's trail. She looked around for her adopted daughter. But she saw no sign of her.

"Elsa!" she called to her daughter.

"Elsa!"


Hearing her mother's voice in the distance, Diata turned ahead. She then scurried up the hill.

"What?" Jack asked, curiously.

He too was hearing a sudden sound. It wasn't the voice that Elsa heard, it resembled more of a roaring sound.

"What is it?" he asked, looking to Elsa.

The wild girl scurried to the edge of the canopy. She then began making a roaring sound calling back to her mother.


Hearing her daughter call to her through the pattering of rain, Diata paused as she stared ahead. It seemed to be coming from the top of the hill. Diata ran across the river and began moving up the hill.


Elsa continued Roar out to her mother. She then stopped and placed her hands down. There was a moment where there was only the sound of pattering rain. When suddenly they heard a rustling from the foliage. Jack peered ahead at the foliage. It was there he saw a white furred lioness appeared from the leaves and palms.

"Oh no!" said Jack, pressing his back against the tree.

Diata glanced up at the tree at the two cubs. While she was he was relieved to see her daughter safe, it was shocked to see another human cub. The lioness came up to the two under the canopy of the tree, sheltered from the rain above. She shook herself dry before turning back down at Elsa and Jack. Jack gazed up. Here he was face to face with Africa's most dangerous predator. And he couldn't run or call for help.

Though fortunately for him, Diata saw no fit in harming him. She turned to Elsa, as the two proceeded to nuzzle each other. Jack glanced to Elsa, curiously.

"You two know each other?" Jack asked, curiously.

Elsa glanced to him.

"D-Diata." Said. Elsa.

"Diata m-mother."

Jack widened his eyes in awe.

"That's your mom?" Jack said.

Elsa nodded to him. She then turned and looked up at her mother, only to be met with her mother's stern expression. While she was relieved that her adopted daughter was safe, she was also disappointed that she disobeyed her. She had made it clear to her to never cross the river and yet her adopted daughter decided to go against her.

Elsa then frowned, knowing that Diata was mad at her for crossing the river.

"Elsa, I can't believe you disobeyed me." She said.

"What have I told you about crossing the river?"

Elsa bowed her head, feeling so ashamed of herself. She didn't mean to disobey her mother.

"You could have been killed," Diata claimed to her daughter.

"Do you have any idea how worried I was?"

"But... but... but we were just..." Elsa said, glancing up to her.

Only to see her mother looking down at her with a look of sadness and dismay. Elsa the paused. She knew that she had hurt her mother by going against her wishes. There wasn't anything she could say to change the mistake she had made.

"I'm sorry, mama." She said, narrowing her head.

Diata sighed. She was only a cub. It wasn't as if she was any different when she was her age. It was only because she cared so much for Elsa that she couldn't take losing her.

Though this was not the time for this. Diata turned to look at the man-cub, who sat injured against the tree. Jack looked back at her, feeling intimidated by the presence of the lioness. Even knowing that she was Elsa's mother, it still didn't change the fact that she was a predator. A carnivore who kills anything for food.

"What is this cub doing here?" She asked, herself.

Elsa looked up to her mother before glancing back to Jack.

"Jack." Elsa said.

"Jack?" She said, glancing down at her adopted daughter.

"It's his name." Elsa insisted to her.

Diata looked back to the boy. She remembered seeing others back in the jungle. It was clear that he was far away from his people and they were looking for him.

"His family is searching for him." Diata insisted.

"He will have to return to them."

"But he's hurt." Elsa said, glancing down to his leg.

"He hurt his leg back at the stream."

Diata came up and stared down upon the Jack's injured knee. She turned to the man-cub. With his leg in such bad condition like this, it would be hard for him to move alone.

Jack looked to Elsa, curiously. The two looked like they were taking to each other. but it sounded like a bunch of growling sounds. He was curious as to what they might be saying to each other. Diata turned and gazed out to the raining night. It was too dark and the storm was getting worse. They would have to wait till it passes or till morning.

"He's a liability," Diata said.

"We'll return him to his family tomorrow. For now, we'll have to wait till the storm passes."

Diata laid down next to Elsa and Jack. Elsa came around and laid down at her side, curled up against her mother's soft white fur. Diata glanced down to her daughter. She leaned down and licked the girl's cheek. Elsa glanced to Jack, who laid up against the tree. He wrapped his arms around himself, shuddering from the cold. Elsa frowned. She then scurried up next to Jack, where she then proceeded to tug on his arm.

Jack glanced to her, curiously.

"What?" He asked.

Elsa took his arm and draped it over her shoulders. She then proceeded to pull him along toward Diata, placing him over his soft white fur.

"Uh..." Jack said, glancing up at Diata.

Diata only stared back down at him and Elsa, who in turn laid down next to him. She glanced down at her adopted daughter, smiling. She narrowed her head down and nuzzled Elsa, who in turn nuzzled her back. Diata then turned and gazed out into the storm. Elsa turned over to face Jack, smiling, before drifting off to sleep.


Inside one of the cabins, Tooth and Anna were waiting for North and Mattias to return with Jack. Anna was laying in her bed, the covers draped over her. She laid, facing Tooth who was sitting in a chair beside Anna's bed reading her a book. The book was all about a boy and a black horse. It was one of her favorite story's to hear every night before bed.

Anna listened to the words spoken by Tooth. All the while, she was thinking about her brother, hoping that he was okay. Tooth looked up from the book and saw Anna, frowning, holding her doll close to her. She was missing her brother deeply. Tooth closed the book and set it down on the night stand next to her.

"Anna." She said, stroking Anna's brown hair.

Anna glanced up to her aunt.

"I miss Jack." She said.

Tooth narrowed her eyes, nodding her head.

"I know you do." Tooth said, softly.

"Don't worry. Uncle North and Mattias will bring him back safe."

Anna narrowed her small blue eyes.

It was right at that moment, the door to the cabin opened. The two turned and saw North and Mattias come inside the cabin. He closed the door behind, sighing. Tooth stood up off the chair and came up to them.

"Jack?" She asked.

North shook his head.

"No." He said.

Tooth frowned.

"The storm is only getting worse," Mattias said.

"We'll have to continue in the mourning."

Anna stared in dismay, tears seeping from her eyes. Her brother was now missing. Why did he run away like that? Was it something she did?

She then narrowed her head, sobbing. North glanced over to her. He came up to the bed and narrowed down to her.

"Hey now," He said, wiping away her small tear drops with his big hand.

"Don't cry, Anna. I promise I'll find you brother tomorrow."

Anna glanced up to her uncle, continuing to sob. North brought her close and held her close in his arms.

"There, there, sweetie," He said comforting his little niece.

"Everything will be alright."

Anna leaned into her uncle as she continued to cry.