Here's chapter 4 and please review.
About three weeks went by and Nala went further into her pregnancy. She was now showing obvious signs that she was pregnant. Scar ordered the Pride to bring Nala kills and refused to let her go hunting.
Nala felt guilty that her former family and friends had to hunt for her. She had told Scar that she was perfectly capable of hunting for herself but Scar insisted on having her meals brought to her.
The rebel Pride had been furious when they had heard that Nala was pregnant with Scar's cubs. The only hope that they had been clinging onto that Scar would die with no heirs had been ruined when they found out that Nala was pregnant. They had a hunch that Nala would give birth to healthy cubs.
When Nala had told them that she wasn't the only one that was pregnant with Scar's cubs, the news had only lit more flames. Now the rebel Pride was angrier than ever.
The only reason that rebel Pride hadn't revolted yet was because they didn't have a leader to lead them and then take the throne.
The most ancient law in the Pridelands was that the Pride must be ruled by someone who had royal blood. No one dared to question that law.
And no one, except Scar did, leaving the rebel Pride with no hope in taking over Scar and his Pride. They needed someone with Royal blood to rule.
Nala was hoping that the three lionesses that Scar had mated, would give birth to girls. She couldn't bring herself to hope that even if they did give birth to sons, that they would be unhealthy. Nala didn't wish that; it was too cruel.
Nala often thought about Simba. She still loved him but she knew that she couldn't speak of him. It could ruin all of her plans. But her heart ached every time she thought of her true love.
They could have had a perfect family. And maybe, if Nala had agreed into staying with him in the Jungle, they could have been happy together.
But that would be betraying her Pride. Despite the rebel Pride being furious at her, she knew that they had every right to be angry at her. After all, they did think that Nala had betrayed them.
In their eyes Nala was a selfish liar. But Nala knew that if her plans worked, they would all someday thank her for doing what she had done.
The former Queen, Sarabi seemed to be one of the members that were most angry at Nala. Nala knew that it was because she and Simba had been affianced. Sarabi was angry that her son's intended lioness had married Scar.
Nala wanted to tell her that she was doing this to protect her grand cubs. Sarabi would be her cubs' true paternal grandmother. But she knew she had to keep her mouth shut for the sake of her unborn cubs.
Every day, Nala silently worried about what would happen if her cubs looked like Simba. She could only hope that Scar believed that she was truly loyal to her.
Her other biggest problem was Zira. She would often give Nala deathly looks as she walked by. Her friends treated Zira like a Queen and like Zira, they despised Nala.
Nala didn't mind the anger they had towards her. She was just worried that they would take their anger out on her cubs.
"I won't let that happen," Nala thought. "I will protect my cubs with my life."
The only bit of joy Nala had was the relief that all of her close friends didn't see her as a traitor. Nala couldn't have been more thankful. Even her male friends still saw her as the same lioness she had always been.
Nala had quickly gone to visit her friends who were exiled with the other males. She hadn't been welcome near the rebel Pride males, but her friends had managed to sneak away to talk with her from a distance away.
The one good thing about growing up in a place like this was that it had made all of them closer to one another.
Nala shuddered as she remembered the day that Scar announced Mufasa and Simba's passing. She had stood crying into her mother's front legs just as most of her friends had.
After that, life had been harsh and brutal. The cubs hadn't been allowed to go play like they always had because of the hyenas. Their mothers had gone on long hunting trips and most of their males had been exiled. The males remaining would often be trying to deal with the hyenas since Scar made no effort to do so.
Nala remembered countless nights of staying in the den while she could hear the roars of the males outside while they were trying to keep the hyenas under control. Their mothers would go hunting and the only comfort Nala had was her friends beside her. She remembered pressing close to them, during the cold nights that their parents had been absent.
Life had been rough and she had been forced to grow up fast. At her adolescence age, she had been hunting small prey to sustain herself when her mother's hunts were unsuccessful.
But above all, it made them closer than ever possible, and Nala knew that that was the best for her cubs.
Tojo had even asked to be the cub's godfather along with Alex.
"Come on, Nala." Alex had urged. "You know I'd be the best godfather."
"Him?" Tojo had exclaimed. "He'd probably forget that he was babysitting your cubs and forget to take them back home!"
Nala had only laughed and assured them that she would make up her mind soon.
Nala wished that her parents didn't hate her. She missed them, along with their comfort and security.
She would often spend time alone sobbing by herself and would quickly erase her face of all emotions before Scar saw her. She didn't want anyone's comfort except Simba's.
But Nala knew that would be a long way off until her family would properly be together again. Until then she had to be strong enough to fight this battle alone.
She was glad that her friends would support her as much as possible against the rebel Pride.
Nala and Kula were taking a walk one day, when a lioness from the rebel Pride, Kya walked by. She was the same age as Nala and Kula.
"Well look who it is. Scar's Queen, the little traitor." Kya snarled.
Nala opened her mouth to say something but Kula beat her to it.
At least she didn't go around trying to take other lionesses mates!" Kula snapped.
Kya had liked Chumvi for a while and had been heart broken when she realized that he had feelings for Kula.
Kya growled and stormed away.
"Thanks," Nala said, as they continued making their way to Priderock.
"No problem. Anyways, I hate her too." Kula said, with a smile.
One day, Nala was walking back to Priderock when she saw her brother.
"Hofu," Nala called, approaching them. "You shouldn't be here. It's dangerous with the hyenas."
"I'll go in soon," Hofu said. Nala was thankful that her brother didn't hate her but Nala knew that once he was older, he would be raised to hate her. She was sure of that. At this age in his life, he didn't truly know of all the problems that plagued the adults' minds.
"Hofu!" Came a voice. It was Runju.
"Yeah Dad?" Hofu asked.
"What do you think you're doing?" Runju growled, at Hofu.
"I only went outside to see if Mom was back!" Hofu cried.
"No," Runju said. "What are you doing talking with her?" He growled at Nala in disgust. Nala took a step back.
"But I-" Hofu began, but cut he was cut off.
"Let's go," Runju said. "Now!"
Hofu sighed and gave Nala one last glance before he followed Runju into the den. Nala watched them go with an aching heart, before going into the den that she shared with Scar.
Nala hated being with Scar. Well...it wasn't actually that she hates being with him...she was disgusted.
But Nala was now sure that she had completely convinced Scar that she was loyal to him. Now being affectionate with him wasn't hard. She was completely used to it, but she still was disgusted. She had done her best, and she still was.
One night, Nala waited until nearly midnight until Scar came back into the den they shared.
"Nala, you didn't have to wait up for me," Scar said.
"I know," Nala said, smiling at him. "I wanted to."
Scar smiled at her and gave the side of her face a lick.
"How are you feeling?" Scar asked, wrapping his paw around her, pulling her in closer.
"Now that you're here," Nala said, snuggling in closer. "Perfect." The truth was that she was nowhere near perfect. She felt like throwing up when she was near him.
Scar smiled and rubbed his muzzle against hers, and the two of them continued being affectionate with each other for a couple minutes.
"And how are our cubs?" Scar purred into her ears.
"Fine," Nala replied, licking his nose. Nala had come to realize that Scar was mad for affection and being intimate. As soon as she gave birth, Nala planned on going to see Rafiki and asking for a few herbs that would prevent pregnancy.
The two of them continued to spend their time together. While Scar was enjoying it, Nala was doing her best not to break down into tears.
A while passed and Nala felt the older adults of the rebel Pride hating her more and more. However, she hasn't realized how badly they hated her.
A few days later, Nala was walking back to the Priderock. Suddenly, there was a strange feeling in the air and Nala froze.
The snickers of hyenas began to surround her and Nala whirled around to see a clan of hyenas surrounding her. Nala could tell that they were not hyenas whom lived in the Pridelands.
"Hello, your Highness," The pack leader snarled.
"If you attack me," Nala warned. "Scar will kill you."
"Yes, yes!" The leader laughed. "Go and whine to your mate about it!"
They hyenas closed in on her and immediately attacked.
Taken by surprise, Nala was sent to the ground but she did her best to fight back. Growling and striking out, she managed to get back onto her feet.
"Nala!" Came a voice. It was Shinda, Shani, Tojo and Alex!
The hyenas looked at the foursome, realizing that they were outnumbered. Of course they had more in numbers, but with two full grown males they weren't capable of fighting them. Yelping, they turned and high tailed away.
"Nala, are you okay?" Shinda asked, rushing to her cousin. "How about the cubs?"
"I think we're fine." Nala said her voice shaky.
"Are you sure?" Alex asked, giving her a nuzzle.
"I'm sure," Nala insisted.
"That was a planned attack." Tojo said.
"What?" Nala asked.
"The older adults went to find a hyena clan in the Outlands. They wanted you to be attacked so they could get rid of Scar's heirs." Alex explained his voice full of sympathy.
"Even my own parents?" Nala asked.
''They knew the attack was taking place, but they didn't go and help find the hyena clan though.'' Shani said, gently, her voice full of sympathy.
"We weren't told because they knew that we would warn you. They went and told the clan that if they did attack you, the hyenas in the Pridelands would be blamed and get kicked out. The clan agreed because they were jealous of the hyenas in the Pridelands." Shinda explained.
"We saw the older adults going and followed at a distance away. We heard the plans and came back to try and warn you." Tojo said, letting Nala lean on him for support.
"Thanks," Nala murmurered.
"But Scar's going to kill the older adults when he finds out what they did." Alex said.
"I won't tell him," Nala said.
"You won't?" Shani asked. "But they-"
"I know what they did." Nala said. "But I know they're angry at me and anger can make you do foolish things. And I don't want them getting killed either."
"Fine then, we'll keep our mouths shut too." Alex said.
"I'm sure we can," Tojo snickered, looking at Shinda. "But I doubt Shinda can!"
Everyone laughed at the outraged look on Shinda's face as she tried to pounce on her brother. Laughing Tojo just barely managed to move away before Shinda had him down.
"I'll keep my mouth shut!" Shinda huffed.
"Look we got to go before anyone sees us," Tojo said, looking at Alex.
"Yeah I know," Alex said. He and Tojo gave the lionesses a nuzzle before bidding good bye.
"Let's go back to Priderock." Nala said, and began making her way back with her cousins at her side.
At the base of Priderock, they saw some rebel Pride lions talking. It was Sarafina, Runju, Kudeka and Sarabi. The three younger lionesses climbed up and they stopped talking when they saw them.
"Shinda, Shani." Kudeka said, walking up to her daughters. "Zuri and Anjani are waiting for you in the den."
In her head Nala translated it into what she was really trying to say, "Go into the den so we can question Nala by ourselves."
Shani and Shinda seemed to understand that as well but Nala gave them a nudge, telling them to go. Looking reluctant, the two sisters went into the den.
"Nala," Sarafina said, stepping forward. "I never got to ask you how you're feeling these days. How are you? Are the cubs okay?"
Nala glared at her mother. How could her own mother do this? She could get back at them with their own game!
"They're perfectly fine." Nala said, trying to hold back a smirk. "In fact, I just got attacked by a couple hyenas and they're still okay."
"You got attacked?" Runju asked. "Shocking, since you're Scar's-"
"Just drop the act Father!" Nala snarled. "I know you set it up for me to be attacked and you better be glad that I'm not telling Scar about this!"
She glared at Sarabi who was looking at her with disgust in her eyes.
"You nearly killed your grand cubs!" Nala wanted to say, but she knew she had to keep her mouth shut.
With a growl, she stormed passed the shocked adults and went into her den.
Hope you enjoyed and please review. Sorry that I take so long to upload these days. And for those of you who read my other two stories, please be patient. I will update as soon as I can.