A passerby happens upon the lands, though not of the pride nor these land, but kind enough to help one in their time of need regardless of who they were walks up the rock that is Pride Rock, escorted by the four friends of Kion's, "Pardon me, but some trouble here? I love children, and I can clearly see that he's not doing so well. Name's Mlezi, and I happen to have experienced something similar in my journeys. Maybe you would permit me to look over everyone as well as talk to them?" Of course she, a lioness around the young Prince's age had been referring to mostly Kion and Kiara, but was willing to give Simba a go over as well.
"Rafiki is attempting to help but he is refusing to associate with anybody," Simba said, a frown on his lips as he turns to the cave where his son is undoubtedly in.
The lioness nods, and heads into the cave. "Hey."
"Leave me alone," Kion whimpers.
She just glances at Rafiki. "Hmm, seems a case akin to that of those sleepwalkers, but a little more on the serious end. Due to trauma and thus dream - nightmare in their case of the cause behind the trauma, makes sense at the lashing out. However, as in sleep state there's no way for the affected to know what they are doing." She sat to think for a bit, "Honestly, given how dangerous the one behind this... darkness is." She sighs, "I'd recommend first of all this young prince get help of which I know of a few kingdoms to try. Though it is a journey any way you go, might be a good idea to have a sibling come along."
"Leave and sacrifice the Pride Lands?!" Kion exclaims.
"You need help, and only once you're taken care of can you help others- even including your family." The lioness faced Kion with a stern look.
"I'm not going!"
"Would you go on the promise of returning to home as soon as possible?" However she was willing to do this the hard way but hoped he could be convinced. "I promise everyone will be safe during the trip."
"I'm not going!" Kion snaps. "At least not without my friends!" He adds what must have been what he had wanted to be a mental thought.
"Never said you wouldn't be without your friends. I've already talked to the respective family members and they agree that going with us on the journey is the safer course of action compared to remaining here. Plus, you all get to spend time with each other as well. " She just smiles kindly, "I'm sure your home and family that has to stay to protect it will be alright."
"Yeah, from armies," Kion growls roughly, eyes brightening in anger.
She lays a calming paw upon him, an energy from her paw calms him. She removes her paw after, "C'mon, let's go. Sooner everything's done, the better and quicker we can also return here to help."
"I'm already fine!" Kion snaps. "I don't need to leave the Pride Lands!"
"No, you're not. You sleep attacked your father. Sooner or later you will sleep kill someone rather important to you. I've seen it happen, with another lion that refused to get treatment. There was nothing that could be done after."
"You can't make me!"
She just roll her eyes, and started dragging him like a cub. Not needing much help really. "I was hoping to not have had to do this, but you chose it."
"Let me go!" Kion demands.
"Let me go!" Kion repeat demands furiously, clawing at her leg, but seeing that he has to accept this cause him to sigh. "Fine! I will do it!"
And with that the group headed off, leaving the home they had known about for so long. His sister Kiara decided to go with, due to not wanting to lose him again after just getting him back. And interestingly, Zuri and Tiifu joined as well. Kion's friends were all here.
"Can you already let me go?!" Kion demanded.
"Will you behave and not try to escape if we do?" The one that asked in answer was surprisingly Tiifu.
"Obviously, none of us want to lose you...again." Zuri added, but with a slight blush.
"Are you suppose to be on my side, Tiifu?!" Kion demands.
Kiara thwaps him but lightly, "Brother, we're all on your side but right now we can't be sure that you won't try before you get help. I know it's hard to leave our only home, especially with the current threat but to help them means to help you first."
Kion's eyes soften. "I don't need help, Kiara. Just some more extra sleep." His eyes hardened. "Can this overgrown slug of a lioness release me?"
"I'm not holding you, sir," said lioness replied, " so mind yor words"
"You basically are because I have no choice in the matter," Kion huffs, turning back to the Pride Lands where Pride Rock is in the distance.
She just rolled her eyes, but her paws were firmly on the ground.
"Kion. What if it had been me or Zuri you had sleep attacked?" His sister spoke up in response to his claim of not needing help.
"I harbor no feelings for Zuri!" Kion growls.
"If that were true you wouldn't be as defensive as you are being," one of his friends spoke as Tiifu had to comfort Zuri now. "Kion, do you really want to kill us, your family and friends?" Another of his friends questions.
"No but I don't feel like I need any help."
"Only natural. But even those that feel so still need help..." The lioness finally responded with a smile, not holding grudges as insults didn't truly get to her anyways.
"When I said I don't need help, I mean it!"
"Actions speak louder than words, Kion."
"It was just a accident! I'm healed!"
"Not prior to healing. We know it's hard."
"I don't need weirdos looking at me like I need empathy. Now if we can return..." Kion starts to walk off when he'd felt a paw on his tail.
Kiara had his tail, while the rest had been surrounding him. "Please Kion, for us at least get checked. Who knows? It might be nothing, or it could go away on it's own but I rather..." Giving a sigh with a sad look, "I don't want to lose you, my only little brother, again."
"You can't... I'm right here."
"Not what they mean, now c'mon." One of the lionesses reasoned.
"Fine can we go to sleep soon? Night is approaching." Kion states, hoping he may be able to use this as an opportunity to escape. Well, he is not wrong; as the sun falls, moon begins replacing it.
"Yeah but you're going to be watched. And as it's desert ahead anyways, it's best to travel through it at night. Less complaining, more going. Faster get there, the faster everything can get done and we can return sooner."
"I'm going to rest now," Kion demands before curling himself up and falling slowly into a peaceful sleep. "We went too far."
"We are not even halfway there, Kion, for the Pride Lands is still spottable," Kiara comments, seeing the home she had grown up in in a distance.
"You'd be more miserable doing the journey in the scorching heat."
"Fine but if I die, that is your fault."
"You won't with us around."
"And I know some things regarding healing if we do need it, but I can't heal you by myself hence the need to journey..." The lioness added after.
"You acting Iike I'm a venom!"
"For all we know your torturor could have used venoms and poisons..."
"They didn't. They wanted me as a weapon."
"You don't know that, they could have lied about not using any. Some are enough to do things like you have with the sleep attacking but not enough to kill you"
"They never beat me when I was asleep. Always when I was awake. I was trapped in a log. Highly doubt they could fit in.
"So? Not like there's not small creatures they could've used. Plus many have done such as coating their claws in it."
"But... I would have felt it."
Mlezi using a tip of her claw pokes him in just the right spot around the shoulders that one wouldn't feel. "Not if those critters were clever enough about their target location, see?"
"Their claws are not as tender."
"No reason others couldn't have done it under them."
"Highly doubt it."
Arthur's note: I had to receive some help by KionScar because I was struggling to what to write in this chapter. My motivation for Lion King is returning slowly by each day but I honestly hope there's another show for more ideas to form.