Chapter 5: The Truth

"Scar!" Simba roared out at the lion who looked down at him from the ledge. Scar was alive, but about half of his face had been burned off in the fire that everyone thought had killed him. He hadn't aged at all, which was surprising, but that didn't concern Simba.

"How did you survive?" Simba asked. Scar laughed and said,

"I didn't." Simba thought that Scar was toying with his mind.

"Don't play games with me!" Simba yelled.

"I couldn't be more serious if I tried." Scar said. "You want proof? Take a whiff." He said as he got closer. Simba then smelled something wafting off of Scar's body. It was revolting, it smelled like decaying flesh!

"You're decaying?" Simba asked.

"Yes, sad isn't it. Why if not for Azaan here, I would have been lost for sure." Scar said. Simba faced off against Scar, and dealt quite a few blows. Every wound he inflicted, however, was healed almost instantly.

"What's going on?" Simba asked.

"I'm a zombie, die is the one thing zombies don't do." Scar said. He then attacked Simba, who dodged just in time to deal a blow to the neck.

"I told you, zombies don't die!" Scar said before throwing Simba off of his neck. Vitani was still fighting off lionesses, and when they were all dead, she was panting from exhaustion. She walked over to Jabari and started to talk to him.

"Jabari, why did you lie to me?" She asked.

"Oh come on! I used you to gain the trust of the other filthy Pridelanders!" Jabari said.

"No, I know you didn't. You loved me before Zira ever died. That's why you came looking for me! That's what I believe. You came looking for me because your heart guided you to me." Vitani said. Jabari was motionless for a while but then growled and knocked Vitani away. She just got up and began to talk again, this time, she was on the verge of crying.

"I won't fight you. You can't do anything to provoke me otherwise." Vitani said weakly. Jabari's gaze, which was brimming with corruption, then began to be purified. He suddenly looked around.

"What am I doing back here?" He asked. He checked the curse mark, which had turned black. It began to evaporate into a black vapor.

"What's going on?" He asked. Azaan had a worried look on his face, and turned to Scar.

"Sire, the mind control spell has been nullified!" He yelled toward Scar. Scar just look at Azaan with a look that said 'Shut up you idiot!' Jabari just looked at Scar, and couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"Mind Control! You told me that it was a curse through which you could kill me at any time!" Jabari yelled at him.

"What's next? Are you not my father!" He asked. Scar then spilled,

"I guess there's no point in lying to you anymore." Scar said. "Since you don't trust me anymore."

"I never did trust you. Now, what all has been a lie?" Jabari asked.

"Everything you ever grew to know. The truth goes so far back to say that you were taken by your mother, who was killed by me." Scar said with a firm expression on his face. That news devestated all of the Pridelanders, but none felt more pain than Jabari, since he had to live a lie. He couldn't hold back tears, and Vitani felt sympathy for him. She then turned to Scar with an angry look on her face.

"You! You murderer! Now I see how my mother fell for you! You're both lying assholes! I can't believe I, or any of the former outsiders ever, EVER idolized you! You're not even worthy to rule a colony of bacteria!" Vitani yelled at the top of her lungs. Jabari then turned to her.

"Vitani, we need to kill Azaan. His magic revived Scar, so killing him will kill Scar." Jabari said. Vitani nodded, and they charged Azaan side by side.