Good morning y'all! It's time for another chapter all the way from the Lone Star State. Please leave me a review so I can know what y'all are thinking about the story. I think I've done enough blabbing, so on to the chapter!
DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING
I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.
-Sylvester Stallone
Three weeks later…
"Mommy, why does Daddy not love me?"
Uru looked down to her son, tears forming in her eyes, and a mixed look of both hate and utter despair.
"I don't know, my lovely son. I really don't know. And don't forget, whenever Daddy calls you Scelus, do not listen to him. Only listen when he calls you Gaudium like Mommy does. Okay?"
"Yes Mommy. I love you."
The young cub nuzzled his mother, who returned the affection immediately. Uru then let out a vey long and deep sigh. Ahadi had been nothing but cruel to Gaudium in his first few weeks in life. Whenever the king interacted with the cub at all, which was a rare occasion, and when he did, it was usually to insult or ridicule his newborn son.
"Gaudium. Why don't you go find Mufasa, because Mommy really needs to take a little nap."
"Okay!"
With a good-bye nuzzle, the cub padded off to find his other brother. Guadium had golden fur, and a black tuft of fur growing on his tail, similar to the tuft of his brother, Taka.
To speak of the devil, Taka and Mufasa were lying down together by the shade of a large tree. Mufasa's red man had grown down to his lower neck, while Taka's black one had just started to appear on top of his head, and under his ears.
"You're too lucky Mufasa. Father chose you as his heir in an instant. He gave no consideration to me whatsoever."
"Taka, just because you aren't going to be king, doesn't mean that you aren't a prince, or my brother."
"That really makes me feel SO much better. You've taught me a lesson! It's not about power or kingship, it's about family! Puh. Like it even matters."
Taka turned his back to Mufasa, and began to walk away.
"Taka! Don't you dare turn your back on me!"
"Oh, well maybe Ahadi shouldn't have turned his back on me. Go play with our disgrace of a little brother."
Mufasa shook his head, and turned toward his other brother had just approached him. "Hey buddy! What's up?"
"Mommy said that you have to watch me because she needs a nap."
Mufasa smiled and rubbed his little brother on the head with one paw. The little cub began to giggle, his sapphire blue eyes screaming with delight.
"Sure! No problem! So what do you want to do anyway?"
"I don't know, what do you wanna do?"
Mufasa was about to respond when a large lion walked out of the den in a fit of absolute rage.
"MUFASA! HOW DARE MY SON AND HEIR INTERACT WITH A PIECE OF FILTH SUCH AS THIS?"
Mufasa stood up just as angry as his father was, but for an entirely different reason.
"No! It is you who is in the wrong! Whether you like it or not, he is your son, and he should be treated with proper respect!"
"Sceleus is not, never was, or never will be my son!"
"His name is Gaudium! It is the name that his mother gave him, and not a saying of spite and anger!"
"YOU DARE DEFY ME!"
"It's not called defiance when you are doing the right thing for not only yourself, but the ones that you care about."
"Fine! But I am going to leave the little brat with a permanent reminder of this day."
Ahadi marched up to Gaudium, unsheathed his claws, and scratched the unsuspecting cub on the cheek. The cub screamed in pain, and began to cry.
"How dare you Father! You are no king! You are a sociopath! So what if he will never have a mane? That does not make him any less of a lion!"
Ahadi shrugged. "I'd rather be a sociopath than accept this brat as my son."
With that, the king simply turned around and walked away, leaving Mufasa petrified in horror as his brother lay screaming on the floor. It wasn't long until Uru ran out of the cave in fear.
"Mufasa! What the hell happened? I told you to watch him!"
Mufasa snarled in anger. "Ahadi."
Uru turned to the cave, giving it a sharp glare. She then turned back toward her emotionally wounded son, and her physically wounded son. She removed her son's paw from his eye, and peered. A long red mark slid down the right side of his right eye.
"Mufasa, get Gaudium to Rafiki. I have to confront my soon to be ex-mate."
Mufasa nodded, and slung his little brother on his back, and began to sprint toward Rafiki's tree. Uru then began to storm back to the den. As the old saying goes, hell hath no fury like a woman, in this case a lioness, scorned.
Ahadi was sitting on his throne, simply toying with a blade of grass when his wife approached the cave. She unsheathed her claws, walked up to him, and gave him a slash near his heart.
"That was for Gaudium, and myself. You have left many scars on my heart, so I have one on yours. I'm leaving with my son, so find yourself another queen!"
Ahadi could only sit in a combination of pain and shock as his ex-wife stormed out of Pride Rock forever. The newly formed scar was burning near his heart.
Well, that is all for now! Please don't forget to tell me what you thought about the update in the reviews, so I can know what to do for next time. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this, and I'll see y'all next time. On a final note, check out Haraka97's story The Beginning. It is really an excellent read.