Lion King 2-

Sun was setting on the Pride Land's as a dark lioness made her way carefully to the rocky plateau that sat at the base of Pride Rock. She had no place left to go; no place else she wanted to go. Today had been the day she had chosen to change her fate and follow her own path, a path of love and happiness. But in the process of doing so she had gotten a member of her family killed and been disowned and scared by her mother for saving the king instead of killing him. The stinging sensation that burned above her brow and below her eye was nothing compared to the painful anticipation growing within the black lioness's stomach as she approached Pride Rock.

"Regina what are you doing here!" A loud growl rang from the top of Pride Rock making the lioness's head shoot up to meet the ice blue eyes of King David glaring down at her.

"Regina!" Another voice rang out from the mouth of the lion's den. Regina turned to see her beautiful Emma racing out of the den, the golden lioness's emerald eyes wide with relief at the sight of the black lioness that was her true love.

"Emma!" Regina answered to let her love know that it was her before she turned to face the king again. "David I-"

"Why have you come back!?" David growled, his blue eyes blazing with fury.

"David please, I had nothing to do-" Regina tried to tell the lion again, her golden brown eyes wide and pleading as she stared up at the father of her true love. She knew what it had looked like, she knew that David thought she had tried to kill him. She was ashamed to admit that a few weeks ago he wouldn't have been wrong in his assumption, her whole life she had been raised with one purpose, to kill David and become Queen of the Pride Lands. It had been what her father Rumpelstiltskin had done before David killed him, it was what Cora had prepared her for her entire life, it was what her mother had sang to her about as she fell asleep at night as a cub. Regina had been prepared to kill the lion standing above her, that was until she met Emma. Emma had shown her love and light and happiness, she had made Regina feel special in ways she had never been made to feel before, as if her value was more than her position but simply her existence. What had happened today was not her fault, Regina had tried to stop it, she had saved David and accidently killed her brother Pan in the process. All she wanted was to have David know that she would never have hurt him, she loved Emma too much for her to ever do something that would hurt her love so greatly as the death of a parent.

"You don't belong here!" David cut her off harshly as he stood upon high rock looking down at the dark lioness and only seeing another monster with the scar to prove it.

Regina felt dread for what was to come when she heard the king's words. She feared losing everything she had gained; she feared losing Emma, the person who had brought light into her once dark heart. "Please, I ask your forgiveness!" She pleaded and genuinely meant it.

Suddenly Emma stepped forward, moving a step closer to her father. "Daddy please! Listen to her!" The golden lioness begged her father as she too began to fear for what might happen to the beautiful black lioness she had come to love with her entire being.

"SILENCE!" David roared at his daughter before turning back to the threat in front of him. With anger and distrust burning deeply in his ice blue eyes David looked at Regina. "When you first came here you asked for judgment." The lion snarled in an almost condescending manner.

Regina watched with fear bubbling within her as the lion spoke, she knew what was coming would be devastating; she could feel it in her heart.

"And I pass it now!" David announced to the growing crowd as he glared down at Regina.

Emma inhaled sharply knowing what was to come, her eyes wide with panic as she looked down at Regina knowing that this could be the last she ever would see of her true love.

"That's it!" Someone yelled.

"Put her on trial!" Another voice rang out.

Regina stood looking up at David with terror in her eyes at what punishment the great king before her would deem fit for the crime she did not commit.

"EXILE!" David shouted and showed his fangs as he looked down at Regina.

"No!" Emma screamed in denial and tried to rush forward towards Regina but was blocked by her mother and Ruby. She looked on in fear as the animals around the rock shouted out in agreement with the punishment. The golden lioness knew Regina; she knew that her love would never have committed the crimes she had been accused off. Regina had save her life twice and shown her the kind of love and affection she had always wanted. Emma not only loved Regina, she needed her, the dark lioness was her best friend and one of the few people who truly and undoubtedly believed in her. She couldn't lose her, not now, not ever. Emma saw her loves eyes widen in distress and hurt at the announcement of the punishment and wanted nothing but to run down to the lioness and be with her, to make sure she didn't face exile alone.

Regina looked up at David in shock, her heart stopping and her eyes finding Emma's. She couldn't even fathom the idea of leaving Emma and never coming back. Suddenly all around her the animals began to erupt into a chorus of approval with the decided punishment. Regina looked around in fear, her golden brown eyes wide as she made herself smaller for a moment to avoid any violent acts possibly directed at her. All around her elephants stomped dangerously, zebra's bucked, rhino's snorted, monkeys shrieked and leopards roared their approval.

"Regina!" Emma cried out her love's name. She was trying to duck past the lioness's blocking her but couldn't manage to, now she was forced to watch over her father's shoulder as her true love was wrongfully banished. Her heart was breaking at the sight and fear spread through her every muscle.

Regina looked up at Emma, trying to meet her true loves eyes if not just one last time. But all she could see was the form of David at the head of Pride Rock, his gaze burning down on her. Suddenly Regina heard the stomping of hooves beside her and turned to see two Oryx moving towards her, their heads bowed so that the sharp points of their horns were threateningly closing in on her. Regina backed up steadily, her eyes wide with fear and her pulse racing, when she reached the edge of the rock she was standing on she was forced to turn and jump off of it in order to avoid being impaled.

All around her Regina could hear the crowd crying out about her deception, calling her a disgrace and an outrage. As she raced down the rocks their words cut into her heart as she heard some deep voice claim that she had asked for trouble the moment she came. The words stung and she knew that there was no safety for her here, what hurt most however was the fact that she was being forced to leave Emma. Regina gasped in surprise and fear as she ran around a large rock and was faced with a line of cobras. She knew that she couldn't turn back so she rushed through, trying at all cost to avoid the fangs lashing out at her. The hateful words kept flying into her ears as she swerved to avoid the unforgiving hooves of several rearing Zebra's. Her heart raced as she ran in between the butting heads of several more Oryx's and attempted to dodge being struck by the beak of an angry ostrich. As she ran someone in the crowd shouted out words that ripped right into her heart, 'Evil as plain as the scar on her face!' Regina knew that if she lingered here she would be killed, that was made even clearer to her by the rocks that struck her painfully as monkey's ruthlessly chucked them at her. She leapt down from rock to rock, fleeing the angry mob; she could feel two pairs of eyes watching her flee. One pair was David's hateful glare, and the other was Emma's distressed and helpless gaze. Regina raced away as fast as she could; she could hear the flapping of wings and looked over her shoulder her eyes filled with terror as she saw the oncoming flock of angry birds. The dark lioness attempted to dodge the sharp beaks that came raining down on her as the birds stabbed her black fur and several ripped into her skin making her bleed.

Finally as she leapt over a rock Regina felt the flock let up, but adrenalin and fear still pushed her to move faster. She was stinging all over but the worst of it was in her heart where she could feel the pain and loss tearing her apart, she knew that her crimes would never be forgotten and she would never be forgiven. The dark lioness sprinted towards the watering hole and crashed into it, standing shakily with her head hung as she tried to catch her breath. She closed her eyes wishing that Emma were with her, that the golden lioness was there to reassure her in this time of ultimate darkness and heartache. Turning her head to look over her shoulder Regina looked back at Pride Rock and saw David standing at the ledge looking out at her, the mob of angry animals surrounding the king like an unforgiving barricade.

Up on the ledge of Pride Rock Emma finally managed to jump over her mother and Ruby. With desperation she sprinted forward to the edge with every intent of racing down it and rejoining with Regina. Her heart fell when out of nowhere two more lionesses's blocked her way, Emma stretched her neck to try and search the distance for her true love. By the watering hole in the distance she spotted a defeated and injured looking form that she knew was Regina. Tears filled her eyes as she searched desperately for a way to reach her love. Suddenly her father stepped in her way and blocked her line of sight, keeping her from being able to see Regina.

Regina looked up at the rock seeing Emma's figure trying to come down only to be blocked by several lionesses and David. Her heart ached for Emma and she wished with her whole being that she could find a way to go back and fix everything. She turned her head and hung it in shame and defeat, as she gazed in the ripping water she saw her own reflection, now bearing a scar over her eye. As the water continued to ripple the reflection changed and soon she was facing the image of Rumpelstiltskin smirking up at her. Regina gasped in horror at the image and of what it meant, rearing up she rushed forward through the water to flee the fate she never wanted. She ran until she was clear of the water, stopping atop of a rock and looking back one final time into the distance where Pride Rock stood. Still somehow Regina could feel David's gaze on her, the hateful words of the mod scaring her heart and haunting her mind. She could only hope that Emma would find a way to believe in her, because she knew that Emma would be the only one who ever would. As she walked with her head hung and her paws dragging through the grass Regina let her thoughts linger on Emma, praying to the kings of the past that she would one day be reunited with her beautiful golden lioness and true love.

A/N: We all need a little Lion King in our lives! This is the scene from Kovu's exile when he was fleeing Pride Rock. I always admired this scene and that song. I really hope you all are enjoying these little stories. Please comment and review! Love you all!

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