CHAPTER TWO:The bad news

(a/n: thankyou both morpheus and kovu for reviewing 1 chapter two is a little short because i chouldnt go anywhere else with this part..i had writers cramp )

(side note: sometimes It will keep anternating from simba to nala(maybe Li ) ,and back throughout the story.)

Nala had no idea what had happened with Simba,and Mufasa.She had just returned with Zazu ,and when Sarafina was told where Nala was..she had freaked out,grabbed Nala into a hug,then licked her all over.

She was just lying on her back holding her tail with her paw as Sarafina gave her a bath. "Am i done now mom?" She asked looking at her sticking her head around the side of her legs to see her mom.

"You are getting Simba's bad habbits arent you!" She asked playfully. Nala giggled "Noooo mom what makes you say that."

"Well Nala you are still grounded,and you cant go from here to see Simba for a couple of days.I might have lost you in that elephant grave yard! I cant believe you Nala you are following his example.If he asked you to jump off a cliff into a alligator pit with him whould you?"

Nala didnt answer her right away.She looked around as best she chould because her mother was still holding her on the bathing position but had paused to talk to her. "Welll Nala whould you?" Nala smiled "No mom i whouldnt..happy?" Sarafina laughed,and let go of her to clean her back now.

She rested her head on her paws thinking where Simba chould be.It was getting gradually later,and the sun was getting lower and lower slowly casting a shadow over the savana.The sky was now a mix of red,and orange.Both Nala and Sarafina were now sitting out from under the tree that they usually rested under in the day time.

"OK Nala all done."

Nala got up,and stretched yawning looking around "Mom have you seen Simba? He hasn't come back from where he said he was going.He left with uncle Scar,and said he whould be back before long..but now its getting late and im getting worried."

Sarafina smiled. "Is Nala worried about her little cute boyfriiiiend?" Nala swiped at her mothers head playfully. "Mommm he isnt my boyfriend.He is my best friend."

"But he is cute Nala,cmon admit it."

"No momm! He is my best friend,and nothing more.OK? OK." She began to slowly walk away when her mother began talking to her best friend Mia.She giggled thinking to herself Yes finnally away! yayyyyy.Now to- ahh! She yelled as the ground she was standing on broke,and tumbled.

She fell down a small hill,and into some dirt again.Luckily noone heard her yell,and she sighed safely.She shook herself off the bests she chould,which made the dirt on her fur worse.She tried to quickly clean herself but chouldnt reach the backend.

She walked back up the hill,and twords Sarafina.Mia gigled at Nala,and pointed.Sarafina turned staring at Nala with a surprised scolding look on her face.

"Nala! You just had a bath!" She yelled half laughing,and half scolding.

If i smile i'll get out of more trouble that way..thats what Simba told me anyways. She smiled innocently and said the first thing she thought of. "..heh heh sorry mom i soppose you can do it again?" Nala smiled again trying not to look guilty.

"Oh.. cooome here you!" She grabbed Nala my the scruff of her neck,and set her down in her legs. "If you go,and get dirty again little missy youll stay dirty..or find a way to clean yourself..got that Nala?"

She nodded. "Yes mom."

Mia suddenly came back looking scared. "Scar..came back alone..Mufasa or Simba wasnt with him,i think he has bad news." Sarafina got up looking a little scared now.She looked at Nala,and said.; "Cmon Nala ,come with me we have to go see what happened."

"Im scared to know what happened to Simba mom.What if...something happened to him,and what if something happened to King Mufasa?"

"That whould..put Scar..as King...which whouldnt be good."

Nala swallowed hard.She did not like Scar at all.His face scared her alot.Even though he was Simbas uncle,he still scared her alot. When they stopped at pride rock,the rest of the pride was already there.Scar was sitting near Pride Rock with a sad expression.

"Scar!" Sarabi yelled to him. "Where is my husband,and my son?"

He sighed sadly which was oviously fake.Sarabi noticed it. "Im...afraid they were killed in a stampede today...Mufasa tried to save Simba but alas they both died."

Nala was sturct half with anger,then grief;then both at the same time.She suddenly burst into tears her head rubbing against Sarafinas leg,tears now pouring from her eyes.She stopped listening to Scar.She didnt want to hear him.

But the thing she did hear was something she wished she didnt. "But out of the ashes of this tragedy comes a new era,in which lion,and hyena come together,for our great and gloiriouss future!"

Hyenas suddenly started to emerge from around the corner.Nala looked up,and both her,and Sarafina gasped as hundreds of them started to surround the small pride of lions.Sarabi didnt say anything she just hung her head,oviously crying. Nala looked up at her mother tears streaming down her cheek slowly.

"What are we going to do now mom?...I dont want Simba's uncle as King...why cant we find someone else?"

"Because Nala..he is Mufasas brother,we cant do anything about it Nala...we should just hope for the best."

Scar suddenly let out a terrorfying roar that was nothing like Mufasas. Scars roar was very deep,and evil sounding.This was the beggining of his reign.Nala whould,as well as all the lioness's whould see all of the horrors.

That night she chouldnt sleep either.She was dreaming of him being attacked by other wild beasts or getting trampled on.Simba was her best friend. how chould he die so early in life? She wanted them to bicker and play until they were both forced to marry,and maybe shed be happy.

But now she whould never know what that feeling is when she tried to complain to her mother that she thought of him as just a friend but deep down she loved him.She wiped the tears away with her paw,and glared outside the cave.Now what she wanted to do was to yell to the kings to give him back,give her back her best friend.

He was too young to die for one,but Nala had a feeling that this whole inncident wasnt a accident.That it was just a plan so that stupied Scar chould become king,and everyone fell for it.Maybe Simba was alive right now roaming the dessert or savana lost,hugry confused and tired.

Nala decided to ask Zazu if he thought Simba was alive.His answer didnt help at all.

He said to her very sincerly and almost crying that in this time of the year it was so hot out in the dessert,that if he was there he whould have died of dehydration.She didnt know what that ment but knew it wasnt good.One day though,Nala decided to bug ZaZu to try and get him to fly out to find him.He saw her comming the first time and flew out of the way so she bumped into a particually nasty antilope mother.

She glared at Nala and muttered something about stupied unclean uncivilized lion cubs.The fawn that was with her mother stuck her tounge out,but when the mother told the fawn what she was toying with she ran away as fast as her little legs whould carry.While Zazu was laughing at this she snuck on him and tackled him into the ground.

"Oh cmonnnn Zazu pleaseee how do you know he isnt alive and safe?"

"Because Nala i dont want to come back to you saying hyenas were picking at...well you get the picture..."

This only made her more upset,and she growled at him "If you dont go looking for him i promise you that i will run away myself ,and go find him!" The hornbill bird sighed exasperted,nodded and flew off on a hopeless search mission. Theres still a very good chance hes alive Nala thought to herself as Zazu returned about a hour later shaking his head sadly. "No Nala..i found nothing."

A idea popped into her head. "Cant you tell Queen Sarabi to send out a whole flock of birds to go find him which makes it more easy?"

"First off Nala dear,Scar is the new king,which makes Sarabi just another lioness of the pride.She was married to Mufasa..." His voice became a little detached from trying not to burst into tears. "..And well lets just say that Scar and Sarabi arent married so that makes her time as queen over."

"So..only Scar can send out a search party?"

"Yes dear..sadly he is the only one that can athoritize it...now go get some sleep its getting late.Ok? Im sure your mother is-oh yes see? There she is now,and dosent look happy either."

"Nala! Where have you been?"

"Convincing Zazu to go look for Simba...hes alive i know he is!"

Sarafina gave the hornbill a look like ''how chould you tell her something like that? Make her happy and then crash it all down." He tried getting out of it. "Sarafina..it wasnt all my fault i tried telling her there was no way hed be close by even if he was still alive.."

She sighed annoyed but sadly. "Look...sunflower(Nalas nickname ) Simba..di..die..died in the stampede...Scar said he found his body,and burried it,Musasas was too heavy for him alone."

"What if ..he was lying? What if he saw him run away?"

"Stop this Nala right now...just head off to bed now ok?" She didnt answer her mother,and ran off crying.

(A/N: hope you all enjoyed chapter 2,i have 3 all ready to put up and still working on four :) )