Time Period: A Flashback

Place: Niobe's birthing cave

Simba (entering the cave): Niobe

Niobe (panting): Simba

Simba (laying down beside Niobe): Is it your time yet?

Niobe: Not now but soon

Simba (anxious): So the wait continues

Niobe: You appear and sound very worried

Simba: I dread losing you like Nala

Niobe: I understand

(The flashback ends)

Time Period: The Present Reality

Situation: Niobe's death

Simba (to Rafiki): How is Niobe?

Rafiki: Niobe and your cub didn't survive. I am so sorry.