A/N: I want to thank everyone who reviewed, even if it was only five reviews, it was still a lot more than I thought I would. Also, thank you for taking your time read this story! So, yeah. I hope you enjoy this next chapter!

I slowly opened my eyes, and I saw something green in the distance. It can't be…can it? My eyes widened. It is! A jungle! Once again, I swiped away at the bird and started sprinting towards the forest. I completely forgot about my wounds and kept going. I needed to make it there!

After a while of running, I finally made it inside the forest. It's a lot bigger than I expected. I wasn't able to really look at anything because I finally found some water! I ran over to the pond and instantly began lapping it up. I can't believe I actually found this place! Maybe, I'll actually survive this-

My thoughts got stopped, when I saw something dripping into the water. It was red. I cocked my head to the side and looked behind me. My jaw dropped when I saw a bunch of gashes that were bleeding and burning. I jumped into the water and let seep into my cuts. I clenched my teeth because my cuts were burning. Well, I would rather have my gashes burn, than have them bleed out and kill myself from blood loss.

After a while, I got out from the pond, wincing a bit. The pain from my wounds caught up to me, and it felt like it was burning my whole body. But, I can't just give up. Forgetting about my pain, I began walking around the whole forest to find some food.

As I walked around, I noticed how big this forest was, which scared me. Who knows what's in here? Hopefully nothing that'll kill me.

I tried to find anything: gazelles, antelopes, maybe even a hippo or something. But, nothing really turned it up. It was nothing, but leaves and bugs. I'll probably only eat those if I'm desperate. I sat down in the middle of walking and put a paw to my stomach. It was aching to the point where I felt like I was too weak to move. I can't just lie down again, and have something come and kill me. "There's bound to be something to eat in here," I thought out loud.

As soon as I said that, a little hare bounced out of a bush nearby. It's kind of small, but at least it's something.

It had its back towards me, so I can easily sneak up on it. Thinking about my dad's lesson: I crouched down, took one small step, and-

Before I could do anything, I heard a snarl and before I knew it, the hare got snatched up. I stood frozen in place, wondering what exactly got it. After a while, I heard the sound of flesh being ripped open. I carefully walked through some of the bushes and saw a jackal tearing open the hare. I gulped, "H-Hey, tha-that was mine!"

The jackal turned around and snarled at me, showing his bloody canines. He growled, "Beat it, kid. Unless you want me to tear at stomach and pull out your entrails."

What!? He wouldn't do that, he can't. I shouted, "You can't say that to me! I'm the son of Mufasa."

The jackal laughed, "That doesn't mean shit to me."

"You've never been to the Pride lands? You've never heard about my father?"

"Never heard of either of them," after saying that, he glared and walked closer towards me. I shrank back in the grass in fear. He warned, "This is your last chance, kid. Leave, now!"

He turned back around, thinking I was about to leave. Not without that hare, I'm not. Before he could touch the rabbit again, I ran around and snatched that hare from underneath his muzzle. He gasped and raged, "Hey! Get back here!"

I kept running, despite that I was too hurt and tired. I heard the jackal snarling as he was catching up to me, which made me only speed up. I heard the jackal's jaw snapping right behind me and felt his teeth scrape across my legs. I instantly took a sharp turn to the left and heard the jackal yelp as he slid across the ground. I smiled, thinking that the chase was over. I slowed down my pace and set the rabbit down in a bush nearby. I huffed, "Thank Aheiu!"

I slowed down my breathing and started eating the carcass. Like I said, it was small, but it was enough to at least get some strength back. I gasped when I heard a low growl right behind me. I knew it was the jackal. I crouched down lower in the bush, so I wouldn't shiver as much. The jackal whispered, "Come on out, little cub."

I just stayed lying on the ground. The jackal growled impatiently and stuck his head in the bush, snarling. He looked straight at me getting closer. I only whimpered. No, I'm not gonna die. I can't die. No.

The jackal opened his jaw to bite down on my side, but stopped when he heard a yelp. He took his head out the bush, perked up his ears. I'm guessing it was one of his pack calling him. Feeling like I was safe, I started to get back up on all fours. Unfortunately, right when I got up, the jackal turned around, bit down on my foreleg until he heard a loud snap, grabbed the hare, and ran off. I screamed in agony, when my leg snapped. I grabbed my leg and tried to the blood that was oozing out. Of course, it did nothing. I laid on the ground and cried, "Help! Somebody! Please help!"

No one came to help me. I was all by myself, and it's my fault that I'm in this situation. I could've just left the jackal alone, but no, I had to be an idiot and think I can actually do something myself. Ugh! I'm so-

My thoughts got interrupted when I heard a chuckle close by. It almost sounded like a hyena's laugh. I slowly got up and started limping out of the bush, trying to ignore the immense pain in my leg. When I was out of the bush, I noticed it was dark out. I didn't realize I had been running and walking for that long. I heard more chuckling and growling. Fearing for my life, I limped towards the nearest tree and climbed up it as fast as I could.

I wrapped my legs (excluding my broken leg) around the branch and hung on for dear life. I hope there aren't any predators in here that can climb. I started crying and I curled up a bit on the branch.

I've almost died three times today, who knows what else is out there to kill me.

Hopefully, this chapter didn't seemed rushed or anything because I did have fun making it. Anyway, I hope this was a little bit loner than last chapter. Looks like things aren't looking too good for Simba, that's the understatement of the year! Hopefully, he makes it out alive. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Please leave a review, believe it or not, it's great motivation!

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