Chapter 6
It had been a long night for everyone and soon enough the sun was coming up over the horizon. "Finally I'm done," said Oliver. "Now c'mon we need to get Kiara to drink this before its too late." He quickly jumped down and went over to Kiara, and gave her the home made antidote. "Will she be ok?" asked Kovu. "I dunno, all we can do is wait and hope."
"This is all my fault."
"Don't say that, you had no way of knowing this would happen."
"But it was my idea to go for a walk, my idea to go off the path, and my idea to ignore the bite after she got it."
"Wait, what was that last part."
"After she got bit I told her to just ignore it, I swear I just thought it was some thorn of something she pricked herself with, I had no idea it would cause this."
"Hey listen we all make mistakes and do bad things, it only natural."
"Oh yeah, what was the worst thing you've ever done."
"You wanna know what the worst thing I've ever done is. There was once a man I admired greatly, he was amazing, talented, and never sought any credit, he did what he did because it was right, and I sat and I watched as a darkness grew in his heart and do you know what I did?"
"What?"
"Nothing, I did absolutely nothing. Heck I didn't even notice until it was too late, and I watched as a man who only used violence as a very last resort turn into someone who killed an entire army, just to prove a point and I still admired him. That is the worst thing I ever did. And afterwords I made a promise to myself, that I would always do what was right and never seek any credit, so the old him could live on, in me."
"Wow, it must've been really hard on you when you finally realized what had happened to this man. What was his name."
"You know people have been asking that for a long time now and still no one knows. Anyway you don't wanna hear about me, I'm gonna go back to Pride Rock you're welcome to come with."
"No, I think I'll stay here and keep an eye on her."
"Ok, see ya later man."
Oliver soon made it back to Pride Rock and immediately went to tell Simba the good news. "Excuse me your majesty," said Oliver.
"Oliver what is it."
"Just wanted to let you Know that I finished the antidote and well see how it works soon."
"Thank you Oliver."
"You're welcome I'll be going now I need to clear my head."
Author's note
I issue a challenge, I challenge any reader to guess who Oliver was talking about when he told Kovu about the worst thing he ever did. I've given you everything you need to guess who this man is, now it's your job to figure it out.