"Your sure we wont get killed?" Kula insisted sticking close to her orange cub friend Nova. The pair were getting closer and closer to the forbidden area.

"Positive! All those hyenas ran off after Scar died!" Nova said ( her parents hadn't told her that her evil grandfather was still alive and well). Kula sighed a sigh of relief but was still very worried.

"What will we do when we get there?" Kula asked and Nova shrugged. The two cubs noticed they were walking under a giant ribcage. Kula shuddered at the thought of what that carcass had suffered form.

The elephant graveyard was as Nova said deserted. There were rotting bones everywhere and everything had a grey and dark mist about it. There was an eerie atmosphere and every so often you could here the eruption of the geysers. When they did explode Kula would jump in fear of getting scarred by the boiling water but Nova would walk on rolling her eyes at her cousins phobias.

"This place is epic!" Nova said running into a tiny cave that could fit three cubs Koda's size, "This could be our secret hide out!"

"Yeah that could be quite cool," Kula sighed.

"What's up cuz?" Nova asked and Kula smiled.

"I just am a bit afraid that we might get into trouble being here," Kula said and Nova knew how she felt.

"Hey we will be fine as long as..." Nova began but she was cut off by the laugh of a hyena. Kula's face went pale and her eyes turned grey as did Nova's.

"Cam get over here!" Hissed a pure tanned hyena with a scar down her eye. There was a pure black one with a grey Mohawk the two girls assumed was Cam.

"What do you want Liz?" Cam growled back. He circled a rotting pile of bones hoping to find some meat but was unlucky.

"I smell lion cub," Liz said. Cam shook his head. Nova looked and Kula as the hair on the back of her neck stood on end.

"Don't be ridiculous no lion cub would come here!" Cam said hitting Liz quite hard. The female hyena fell to the ground and heaved herself back up.

"I do and it is coming from over there!" Liz insisted turning her head to exactly where the cubs were located. The hyena's eyes shone a bright green. The two lion cubs gulped.

"I will distract them you run," Nova whispered but Kula shook her head.

" I cant!" Kula said but Nova forced her to.

"Get help! I can defend myself until then!" Nova explained and Kula reluctantly agreed.

"Oi hyenas over here!" Nova shouted running in the opposite direction of the cave Kula was in. Liz and Cam looked at Nova and licked their lips as soon as they were gone Kula ran back to the Pridelands as fast as she could.

Nova ran as fast as her legs would carry her until she reached what looked like a cliff. She had no other choice but to go down or she would be eaten.

"No where to run now little cub!" Liz snarled showing her teeth. Nova closed her eyes and jumped down the mountain top. The air rushed through her fur as she came closer and closer to the ground. Soon there was a loud thud and all Nova knew was that she wouldn't be able to run any further. Her eyes closed and all she could see was black.

Kula

"Simba! Kovu! Mum!" Kula shouted into the cave of Pride rock. All the lions she called came running to her.

"What is up?" Vitani asked licking her cub tenderly.

"Nova and me went to the elephant graveyard but two hyenas came and now she is running away from them and we need to get there before she dies. We were only trying to have fun but.." Kula explained but was cut off by Kovu.

"Right take a deep breath Kula where is Nova?" Kovu asked and Kula explained again this time a lot slower.

"The elephant graveyard! Get yourself in that cave your grounded!" Vitani said before looking to Simba and Kovu with worry.

"We cant waste anytime lets go!" Simba said and they all headed to the graveyard to rescue Nova. Kovu was at the front sprinting as fast as he could manage to save his daughter from death.

They could only hope she was okay...