Chapter 4: Exploring the Pridelands Part 3 – The Crocodile Chase/The Confrontation

Harry and the cub screamed in terror and started to run away. Alerting the other crocodiles to their presence. They jumped on a rock and looked around.

"This way!" The dark furred cub shouted leading Harry onto some croc heads that snapped when they hopped off of them. Harry saw a tree branch nearby and grabbed onto it hoisting himself into the cub flew past the tree onto the river bank closely followed by crocodiles.

"Hey!" Harry shouted. "what about me?"

"I'll distract them! Run!" The cub shouted back

Before Harry could move the crocodiles moved over to him and tried to bite him. He grabbed a large broken tree branch and waved the sharp end at them making them back off. HE then jumped onto one's mouth causing it to close"Move it!" Harry shouted to the cub as he hopped from croc to croc to join him on a branch that lead all the way to the Pride Lands. It ran over two cliffs. When he was almost all the way over Harry felt the branch tremble ominously, he jumped the rest of the way as the branch snapped and fell into the gorge below. The crocs growled in disappointment and went back into the river on the other side of the gorge hungry.

"I did it." Harry said in disbelief. "I actually did it!"

"Hahahaha!" The cub was rolling on his back with laughter of relief that they both made it out alive.

"Man did you see the size of those teeth! Daddy's teeth aren't even that big!" Harry said excitedly. "They where all like (Harry made various growling noises much to the cub's amusement)" He sighed dreamily as he sat down in the grass. "And you." He said smiling at his new...could he call the cub a friend? "You where really brave."

"So where you." The cub admitted. "Jumping on those croc heads like that? My name's Kovu." The cub introduced himself sitting on his haunches.

"My name's Harry." Harry said smiling at the cub. He then growled playfully feeling a little frisky. (Not in the adult way) Kovu, sensing his new friend's willingness to fight, got on his front legs and growled back.

A roar of fury alerted them to a lion with reddish brown fur's presence. He got in front of Harry and growled down at Kovu warningly.

"Daddy." Harry said nervously never seeing his dad like this before.

A new lioness Harry had never seen before jumped in front of Kovu and growled at Simba.

"Zira." Simba growled at the lioness.

"Simba." Zira sneered. Then Nala joined and Harry muttered "Momma," Knowing he was in big trouble. She was scary when she was mad.

"Nala." Zira greeted as though she where an old friend.

"Zira." Nala growled in greeting.

"Timon, Pumbaa." Timon said gesturing to himself and Pumbaa. "Now that we all know each other, GET OUT OF OUR PRIDELANDS!"

"YOUR Pridelands?" Zira roared frightening Timon. "These lands belong to Scar!"

"I banished you from the Pridelands Zira, now you and your young cub, GET OUT." He said firmly with a growl.

"Haven't you met my son, Kovu?" Zira asked walking around the frightened cub. "He was hand chosen by Scar to follow in his paw prints, and become King."

Simba growled down threateningly at Kovu who started shaking in fear.

"Pfft, that's not a king, that's a fuzzy maraca!" Timon said.

"Kovu was the last born before you exiled us to the Outlands. Where we have little food...less water..." Zira said putting emphasis on little.

"You know the penalty for returning to the Pridelands." Simba said in a warning tone.

"But the child does not. However." Zira said mockingly. "If you need your pound of flesh, here." She shoved Kovu closer with her nose who started cowering in fear even more.

Harry could only look on and pray to whatever god was listening that his dad wouldn't do it. Simba looked back at Harry's pleading face and growled in frustration. "Take him and get out." Simba growled going under his son's legs so Harry was moved to a sitting position on his back. "We're finished here."

"Oh no Simba." Zira sneered. "We have barely begun." She chuckled evilly at Harry whose eyes widened. She picked Kovu up by the scruff of his neck and the two left.

"Bye." Harry whispered to Kovu as Simba turned to leave.

"Bye." Kovu whispered back as Zira took her son away.

To Be Continued...

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