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The storm moves in quickly, it's pooring rain, and lightning strikes frekuently, followed by loud cracks of thunder. Simba and Nala are worried to death about Kopa.
"Simba where is he, he can't be out there alone!" Nala says clearly worried
"I don't know Nala, I don't know what could have happened, this place is so safe." Simba says looking towards the entrence, lightning flahses, and a deep boom of thunder follows.
"We have to go look for him."
"No Nala it's to dangerous, all of the animals are on edge during storms and they can't see us, if we startle them, we could get killed."
"But my baby is out there, what if he gets killed?!"
"I'm just as scared for him as you are, but no one can go out there." Simba says looking her straight in the eye
Nala looks away, and thinks of what he could be doing, then it hits her.
"Oh-no this is all my fallt!" Nala almost yells
"What is?" Simba asks puzzled
"Why he hasn't come back. When I told him about the cub, he ran off and was mad at me, what if he stayed out there to get away from me, or even ran away?"
"I'm sure thats not it, he knows we love him."
"But hes mad, anger can make you do crazy things." Nala says almost crying now
"Oh Nala, don't blame this on yourself, he would never do that."
"I don't know Simba."
Vitani stayed in the main cave and was listening to the whole conversation. She was eaqually worried for her friend, out in the storm all by himself, but what Nala was saying was true and she half wanted to say something, but she new that Kopa didn't want her to tell so she kept her mouth shut. Anger was also starting to build up in her as she watched the storm outside, the fact that it was partly Nala's falt mad her mad, she had just lost her best friend, and it was Nala's falt. Vitani always looked up to Nala, but now her prespectives were starting to change, she wanted to get out of there, but another part wanted to stay with this family. The other side was taking over, she couldn't take it anymore and went over to the corner (fake limping) and currled up in a little ball to sleep, because she didn't want to go out in the storm. She turns her back to the pride and starts to cry.
"We'll send out a search party first thing in the morning." Simba says looking at the storm worried.
"Before the sun is up we are getting out there!" Nala says looking straight at him, he looks at her and nods. They walk up to the royal sleeping spot and lay down to get some sleep, most of the rest of the pride has already fallen asleep. Nala had forgoten about Vitani now, worried too much about her own son.
It's just before dawn now, the storm has passed and the Pride Lands are peaceful again, some animals are just starting to wake, while other nocturnal animals get ready for a good day's sleep. Nala is the first one up. She wakes Simba up and walks out of the cave, and then gives a roar at the rest of the pride to wake up.
"Come on, we have to go find Kopa!" Nala yells impatiently.
Simba walks out of the cave, followed by the lionesses.
"Alright Nehara, Ashulani, Krafa, Loola, all of you and my right side cover the easter part of the lands, and I will go with you. Simba take the rest and cover the western side. Now let's go!" Nala yells starting to hop down Pride Rock, the lionesses go with her. Simba waits for them to get all the way down and then takes his half over to the other side of Pride Rock, and down that way.
Vitani watches them walk away to find her friend that doesn't want to be found and who is maybe already out of the Pride Lands if kept going through the storm. She walks over to Scar's old hang out.
"Vitani! Why did you stay with them last night?!" Zira asks coldly
"I didn't want to go out in the storm Mother." Vitani answers not really looking at her mother
"Well, you should have toughend it up... now come on Aslahia, let's go talk to Simba." Zira says looking back at a lioness with a large scar on the front of her front left leg, her and Zira start walking out of the cave. "Nuka watch your brother!"
"You wont find Simba." Vitani says
"And why not?" Zira asks turning around
"Because him and Nala took the pride out to go look for Kopa."
"Oh..."Zira says almost smiling "Well then we will just have to wait for them to come back." she says with a slightly evil tone.
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"Any sign of him?!" Nala yells out to her fello lionesses
"No, there's no sign of anything, the rain washed every sent, every paw print away... we don't know where he could be." one lioness speaks out
"Well just keep looking, he has to be around here somewhere." Nala says looking away and continuing her searching "KOPA! Where are you?!" with no response Nala starts to cry.
Simba's group also isn't having any luck, the rain has indeed erased everything, there were no sents, unless something had went by that morning. No prints, again unless it went by that morning and it was finally begining to hit Simba that his sun and heir might be dead.
"KOPA?! Can you hear me?!" Simba yells out
"Simba there is no sign of him." a lioness named Yalki says
"I don't care keep looking! We will find him, just because there is no sent or sign of him, doesn't mean he's not here somewhere!" Simba says sternly, the lioness doesn't respond, but instead continues her searching.
The pride searches all day, with no sign of Kopa, it's now almost sunset and the two groups are meeting.
"Any sign of him?" Simba asks seeing his mate.
"No, you?" Nala replies hopeful
"No, I don't get it where could he be?"
"I don't know..." Nala looks away and again begins to cry.
"Nala don't worry we'll find him." Simba says nuzzleing her, but he too started to cry. "Did anyone see him yesterday?" Simba asks the lionesses looking around, they all shake their heads.
"Well I didn't see him, but I didn't see Zira either, and I went over to Scar's hang out, everyone was there except Zira." a lioness named Ishia says
"Well I talked to Zira yesterday when she came bak and asked her if she saw Kopa and she said no." Simba says "Though, she was covered in blood, how could she have made a kill all by herself when she just had a cub?"
"She couldn't have!" Nala shouts
"I don't know, come on." Simba says looking determind towards Pride Rock and then starts walking home at a fast pace, the others follow. When they reach Pride Rock, Simba yells for Zira soon enough the lioness comes slowly out of her lair and walks over to Simba.
"What is it Simba?" Zira asks angerly
"What were you doing yesterday before I talked to you?"
"I was hunting."
"How could you have made a kill when you just had a cub?"
"It wasn't anything big."
"What was it then?"
"An antilope."
"And where is this carcas?"
"Probably buzzard food by now."
"Did you see Kopa at all yesterday?"
"No... why are we here?"
"Because no one saw Kopa yesterday, or you, and when you came back you were covered in blood, and Kopa never reterned, and we found no sign of him." Simba says angerly
Zira thought about her response for a few moments "Are you saying I did it?" she finally says her eyes narrowing and she ever so slightly smiled
"Do you deny it?"
Again Zira thought "No"
All of the lionesses shocked start to growl at Zira, including Nala.
"How could you?!" Nala yells filled with rage
"I don't know, maybe the same way you killed Scar!" Zira yells back looking at Simba
"I didn't kill Scar for the last time!"
"You did and you know it!"
"That's it Zira you and you lionesses are EXILED!"
Zira is a little taken back by this "And where will we go?!"
"That's your problem not mine! Now GO!"
Zira runs back to her pride. Nala breaks down now.
"Simba how could she? What did he ever do to her?" Nala says barrying her head in his mane.
"I don't know, but she will now pay for what she did."
Zira runs into her cave, with a sad face.
"What happened Zira?" one lioness asks
"Simba has exiled us."
The lionesses start to growl.
"Why?" another lioness asks
"He thinks we killed Kopa."
The lionesses look at each other.
"I kept begging to let us stay, saying that we didn't, but he wouldn't listen, he had his mind set that we did it and he exiled us."
"No, he can't do that!" Nuka yells
"But he did." an angery roar is heard in the backround.
"Come on we must go." Zira says walking to Kovu and picking him up.
"But mother we didn't." Vitani says
"I know, but he exiled us now, and we have to go, don't worry, one day we will come back here, but now let's move!" Zira says walking out of the cave, the others angerly follow.
"Where are we going to go?" a lioness asks
"To the Outlands." Zira says looking straight ahead.
"But we can't live there, there is no food, or water."
"But it is the closest place to the Pride Lands, that doesn't already have a pride living there." Zira says looking at the lioness
"So!"
Zira stops and puts Kovu down. "We have to stay close to kill Simba!" she says smiling and in an angery tone, she picks Kovu back up.
"Oh I get it." all the lioness look at each other again and smiling, likeing what they heard.
"Now, let's go." Zira says and walks to their new home, accros the water hole, the Outlands.
Vitani was filled with anger now, 'How could Simba do that, she didn't kill him! And he has no proff, he probably just exiled us because we were the first ones to come to his mind! Nala probably just sat there and watched the whole thing agreeing with everything Simba said. How could she, she knows we would neve do anything? And why do we all have to go, how could they think that the whole pride killed one cub, AND WE DIDN'T KILL HIM, HE RAN AWAY!' Vitani wanted to go back there and give Simba a peice of her mind, but she was too small, and her mother wouldn't let her, so she kept her mouth shut. 'Simba will pay...'
THIS IS NOT THE LAST CHAPTER!!! There will be quite a few more to come! Hope you liked it!
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