Well… here is the fifth chapter of Heirs Part 1.
Jatha: Thanks for your comment and your opinion. As for the Author notes... I always thought that a little self-awareness is a good way to show that the writer is paying attention to the stuff he's putting out. Like for example: I know that there are a lot of clichés written in my story and that it is in now way the first of its kind. And I wanted to express that in the little notes. It's like to say "yeah I know that line was done a million times before!" HOWEVER, I'm still writing this for the people interested in it (the 4 or 5 that are out there :D) and if you guys think they are annoying, I have to obey and gladly do so. I'll tune them down.
Reldor: I hope you don't get the wrong impression out of Mwehu… at this point the reader is supposed to hate him ;)
Chapter 5: past, present and future
SMACK!
By now, Simba had stopped counting of how often he got beaten and pinned down by his cream coloured female friend Nala. For weeks, he had tried it so many times. Often he tried to catch her off-guard, sneaking up to her, surprising her in little moments of when he thought she was sleeping. But like all the other times before, he found himself with his back on the ground and his legs being immobilized by her grasp. His eyes locked on the taunting expression that lay on her muzzle. Oh… how he wanted to show her.
"This is getting old Simba!" Nala said with her typical smile as she slowly got off from him but still kept one paw on his forehead. "Why don't we do anything exciting for a change?" She mocked as he got back to a sitting position.
"I don't know what you think but… the incident with the rhino herd was pretty exciting." The young prince said and rubbed his back. "Besides, I'm still remembering the speech I received for triggering those rhinos into a stampede. And… you know… shoving you into that river." He exclaimed with said eyes and hanging ears as he lay down on his stomach.
Nala on the other side walked up to him and now stood right over him. She lowered her head and her muzzle came on the exact same level as the golden cubs head. "Maybe but… remember that I was in for the ride the whole time during that thing with the rhino stampede. And as for the water incident, how could you know that didn't learn how to swim yet." Her voice now changed into a whisper. "Oh… by the way, thanks for rescuing me." She said and chewed on his ear.
"Haha… stop it Nala haha… that tickles…haha!" Simba rolled to the side to made her let go of him. "Oh, you're so in trouble!" The cream cub ran away but was given chase by her male friend. Both of them now sprinted across the land in front of pride rock.
In the distance, Sarafina never let her eyes of the most precious thing in her life. Her paws rested on her head and her thoughts came back to a few months earlier when she was dragging herself with Nala in her stomach through the lands with no idea where she was going. And now there was her daughter running around and being best friends with the future king of the pride lands. The place she called home for a long time. Not to mention that the prince was the son of her long time best friend Sarabi.
"What's on your mind?" A voice sounded from behind her and made her turn around. Her green eyes landed on a male lion with cream fur that had a hint of gold in it. His mane was dark brown.
Sarafina smiled as she spotted him. She and Ni had become really close since that day their paths crossed in the veldt. If it wouldn't have been for Ni, the lioness wouldn't have made it through that time. "What do you think?" She answered as the male lion sat down a few feet away from her.
"Come to think of it, probably the same thing you've been thinking since she arrived on this world." He answered as his eyes landed on Sarafinas little cub. "I don't know how you've been before she and I entered your life, but I have barely seen you in a bad mood over the last months."
The cream lioness' mind suddenly went back to the time before she got back to the pride lands…
(Flashback)
"Kwao! What's going on?" Sarafina called as she ran up to a male lion with a ternish coat and blue eyes. Panic was running all over her face. She could hear roars in the distance which were driving her insane.
The male lion walked up to her and nuzzled her gently. "It's Hiyana! She found out and mobilized her followers." He said as the same panic ran into him as through Sarafina. "This time… we're really screwed." He continued and glanced into the distance. The noise got louder and both adult lions looked over a hill where they waited for them to appear at any minute.
(End flashback)
"Sara? You're still here?" Ni gently asked as he got closer to the female lion.
Sarafina got back out of her trance and eyed him. "Yeah!" her voice was sad and she had her eyes closed to suppress some tears. The voice of Kwao was still echoing through her head. "You three made my life worth living after what happened."
"Us three?" Ni asked with a puzzled expression.
"Yes… Nala, Kicho… and you!" Her smile was warmth and thankful as she looked over from her lying position. Ni answered with a gentle smile of his own and laid down right beside her.
Scar had to get out of there. This was just too much for him to handle. It was again one of those days on which his brother was making sure to remind him where his place in this pride and his kingdom was. Mufasa left no clue that he was still in charge and was on top of the packing order. And he was so sick of it. But when he was finally going to get rid of Mufasa, this will all be going to change. He saw Sarafina with this intruder just outside pride rock under that tree. It made his bad mood even worse. Now he was pacing back and fourth in a slight gorge where he often disappeared to have some time for his own. Mostly to gain some time to think about what to do about his brother.
"Speak your mind!"
I should have known she was following me. He thought and stopped in his position. Scar turned around to find a pale tarnish-brown furred female lion sitting just a few yards away from him. She was a bit younger than him and had yellow eyes which gave her a darting look. Her figure was slim and made her look really agile.
Her presence was of both, annoyance and joy to him. On one paw, she was his best 'friend' if you can call it that. She was always bearing with him. On the other paw, the style in which she tried to achieve her goals, to him it was very unprofessional and immature. "You know what I am thinking about Zira. There's no need in going over it again." He replied in an uncaring tone and stopped padding around.
"You need to get rid of them soon, or else the prince will become aware of your true nature." Zira said in her persuading and raspy voice. She moved up to him and smirked seductive.
But Scar in no way reacted to her. "And how do you think I am supposed to do that?" The brown/red lion responded cold and without facing her.
The tarnish-brown female put her paws on his shoulders from behind and brought her muzzle to his ear. "It's really easy you know… just sneak up to the little hairball, and when you two are alone… SNAP!" She called and laughed evil. Scar immediately turned around with anger spread across his face.
"I often do I have to remind you that you have to be more delicate about those things. You can't just walk up to the kings' son and rip his head off. They will have no second thought and throw us out of the pride lands." He marched forward in his typical threatening way and forced Zira to step back until she had her back leaned against a boulder.
"But I thought you hated this place!" She responded in a defensive way.
King Mufasas brother only shook his head in frustration. "If I would hate this place, would I try to become the king? Always remember Zira, the pride lands are the most prestige way to live in the African savannah. There is no way more beautiful and precious then here. Don't ever get yourself driven away from this place." With piercing eyes he stared her down and the female lion stopped any movement from her side. "No! If I need to overthrow my brother and his son, I need to be a bit more resourceful." He smiled and stared over the edge of the gorge
"The hyenas!"
"Precisely!" He smiled. "If I'm going to take over the pride lands and dispose my relatives, I'm going to need them." Scar stood up and walked through the gorge. He would never consider the hyenas as partners. No, he wouldn't even dare to call them allies. Sometimes, he couldn't help but to smile over Zazu's comments and that he sometimes was right. The hyenas were indeed nothing more but slobbering, mangy, stupid poachers. But as henchmen and minions, they were doing their job.
Zira shrugged as she thought about the animals that lived across the border in the shadowlands. She never made a secret to Scar that she disliked them. In her eyes, she and Scar didn't need low class animals for doing jobs that belonged to lions. "Those scavengers will only do as you say as long as you bring them chunks of meat for payment." She frowned and followed him.
"Oh… but underestimate the values that come form such a high numbered force slumbering out there." He stopped. "With them behind my back, not even the lionesses could rebel against me. I just need a catalyser."
Both lions shook up as they heard pawsteps approaching from the distance. Zira and Scar quickly moved behind a boulder and gazed into the distance to see who was coming. Zira was bringing out her claws and got ready to attack whoever might have or might have not been spying on them. But she right away felt a paw on her as Scar shook his head as to say… Not so fast! Be patient. The figure came into view as she realized that it was nothing more than lion cub padding through the gorge. Scar immediately identified the cub as the little troublemaker Mwehu. It seemed like the young lion was just here for what normal cubs referred as hanging around.
The brown/red lion was relieved that it was the outsider who crossed their way and none of the lionesses. He quickly walked out of his and Ziras hiding place and revealed them. "Well well… if it isn't the little orphan with the love for making friends?" He said taunting and stepped right in front of him with Zira by his side.
"Oh hey uhm… Scar! Right?" The cub said caught a little off guard by the older lion. He had heard of the kings' brother, but like most of the inhabitants of the pride, he never been really in contact with him.
The older lion wandered forward and sat down. "That's me indeed. You know it's really dangerous for a single cub to be out here on his own. You should be more careful about your little walks through the lands."
The young lion got some really bad vibes from this one. And for the first time in his life, Mwehu was unsure if he should still keep his pride and stand his ground, or fall back and let it be. He looked to the side and spotted Zira giving him icy glares. If he didn't play his cards right, his live could make a dramatic turn right here.
"So what are you doing here?" Scar asked challenging and smirked.
Ahh… screw it! "Oh, nothing much just… wandering around!"
"Wandering around?"
"Wandering around!" He replied taunting.
"Thwarting my plans!"
"Thwarting your plans?" Mwehu asked confused.
"Are you?"
"No!"
"Cause that would be bad!" Scar didn't stop to smirk evil.
"How bad?" The cub felt unsure.
"I would have to kill you!"
"Wow… that's bad!"
"Indeed!"
Mwehu realized that there was nothing to win here. This lion was exactly as crazy as the cubs thought he was. And that fact that he answered in his challenging way with him didn't make things better. Better get out of this smooth! "So uhm… can I help you?" He said nervous.
Scar went down to his level, grinned and stroke gently across the back of his head. "No! But maybe I can help you…" he kept the gentle gesture and eyed him.
"Uhm… I think I need an adult!"
"I am and adult!" With that word, Scar punched him in the stomach and smacked him across the face with his claws drawn out. Mwehu sailed a few feet away and landed hard on his side. The cub groaned in pain and curled up while holding his hurt stomach. "Just a little reminder, next time you talk with a member of the royal family, mind you manners and learn some respect."
Zira and Scar walked away and left the cub lying on the ground who was growling in pain.
Night came and the pride lands slowly drifted away into sleep. The sun set upon the landscape and tainted it with a red/golden shimmer. The African wildlife came to rest and so came the pride of king Mufasa. All the lions and lionesses including their cubs wandered into the cave and turned into their sleeping positions. Soon, they all had entered the land of dreams. That meant every one except for four adult lions that settled themselves on top of the huge almost castle type rock formation.
Ni was really nervous about this meeting in the middle of the night. Ever since the king and queen asked him to accompany Sarafina and them into this, he felt his stomach making twists and turns while he felt more and more uncomfortable. Even by the time the lioness lead him up the sideway to the upper edge of pride rock. He felt his heart hanging in his knee caps. "I have a bad feeling about this." He mumbled as the cream lioness had to nearly drag him along upside.
She couldn't help but smile at the merely childish behaviour of the lion that merely became her best friend over the last months. "You keep saying this for the last fifteen minutes. Come on… what's going to happen?"
"Oh I don't know, but being hailed by the rulers of a kingdom in the middle of the night on a high place kind of leaves a bad taste in my mouth." The male lion retorted with a raised eyebrow before he turned his head into the distance. To the side he could overview the whole kingdom which lay in the pale moonlight with the star filled sky above. Then he turned his head to the left and his eyes fell on the female lioness and he realized. What in the world am I so worried about? My life is perfect right now. Meeting Sarafina was the best thing that ever happened in the time I've been on this world. There's nothing to worry here. His gaze never left her as they slowly reached the end of the track and stopped on right on top as Mufasa and Sarabi came into view.
"There you are!" The queen called with a smile right away at them.
Sarafina and Ni sat just in front of the royal couple. King and queen both put on a genuine smile as they realized what they had in front of them. But just as Sarafina opened her muzzle to speak, Mufasa put up his paw and signalled them that he was going to have the first word. "First of all, we again thank you for your selfless act a few month earlier Ni!" He said and made the lion look to him in a confused way.
Where is he going with this? He thought and edged up the left corner of his muzzle. How often does he, do they have to thank me for it. I did what was necessary.
"You know, the rule of the pride lands that a stranger who saves one of our own." He glanced towards Sarafina and reminded her again that she was still a member of the pride lands. "Has the right to be in our depth. That means he's is allowed to stay in our kingdom." He stood up and laid a paw on the cream males shoulder. "And as king of these lands, it is my honour to name you... Ni… a full member of the pride lands." Mufasa smiled gently and Nis' eyes lit up.
He really said that, finally… Kicho and I found a place that we can call home. A single tear appeared in his eyes but Ni tried his best to make no one notice of that. He made short contact with Sarafina who looked at him with the same happiness that she showed when she observed Nala. He bowed his head in gracefulness. "Thank you your highness!"
Sarafina stepped up to him and pulled him into a hug. "I'm so happy for you!" She said. She really enjoyed the moment and for a split second wanted to keep this moment forever.
"Thank you!" Ni answered. He closed his eyes and just like the lioness, he lost himself in the moment the two shared. Neither of them realized the smirks their king and queen exchanged by the look towards them.
As they observed the scene in front of them, they realized that it was indeed the right time to come up with the more important point of the meeting. Mufasa cleared his throat and Sarafina and Ni pulled away to face their king. "Now… since we talked about the past and the present. Let's talk about the future." He said out loud and made the other two look up in confusion again.
The cream lioness twisted head to the side but kept glaring at her king. "The future, what future are you referring to?"
Sarabi now stood up and faced her friend. Her eyes were warm and held a special anticipation in them. "Well, our future of course, the future of our pride and kingdom." Sarabi laid a paw on her friends shoulder. "Ever since the days of our first king, it was natural for the heir to the throne to have a female lioness being presented to him to be his future queen."
Her friend widened her eyes as the first glimpses of realization came to her. "So… you mean that… we're going to talk about my daughter and your son to…" Sarabi nodded and Ni right away was at her side with his paws on her back and a genuine smile across his muzzle. Her mind drifted off as once again her memory took over.
(Flashback)
Sarafina and Kwao ran across a grassy field while keeping a constant guard. They were almost there. In her status, the female lioness was in no condition to run like this for a longer time. As both of them ran over a lift, Kwao stumbled over a tree branch which lay right across the ground. The male lion rolled over and took Sarafina down with him. They landed hard on the ground and the lioness looked up in shock.
"Are you alright?" She immediately called and nudged him with her nose. Kwao looked up and didn't waste any time to get back to his feet.
Yet as he put some weight on his left hind leg, Kwao groaned up in pain. He could barely stand on the leg. Not to mention being able to walk, and definitely not bale to run. "No… this can't be happening!" he mumbled in defeat and frustration as panic ran across him. His eyes met hers and she immediately understood.
"Don't even think about it." Sarafina commanded and nuzzled him. She didn't have to be a genius to figure what the male lion was about to do next by the time he figured out what happened to his leg.
Kwao returned the gentle gesture and felt a tear running down his right eye. "Run! I won't be much of a help in your journey with this. They were going to catch up with us anyway. But now, they will have us caught while we are still trapped on this field." His eyes met hers one more time and he licked her cheek. "If you start running now, you may make it to the brushwood we talked about earlier. Hide there; find a way out of this hellhole." Kwao never did a really good job of keeping his real emotions away from her. She could tell that being separated from her was the last thing he wanted in this situation.
Sarafina's ears dropped to her head and she embraced him for what was going to be the last time. She looked at him as long as she could before running of in the fastest way she could pull up in her condition. The pain in her heart was merely unbearable. Her complete sense of time disappeared, minutes second and hours didn't matter. But she finally reached the brushwood Kwao called out to be their first hide out. Her thoughts drifted away to Hiyana and what she had done to her and Kwao. All this hate, all this devastation… just because of her having a crush on a lion.
(End flashback)
"Sarafina?" Sarabi said and waived her paw in front of the lionesses head.
Her mind drifted back into the real world and she realized that the other three lions stared towards her in concern. "Uhm… yes! I just had something come to my mind that I had to think of. What were we talking about?" She asked as if she had wandered of this reality for a few moments.
"We were talking about our cubs becoming king and queen in the future." Mufasa said gently but with concern over his voice.
Sarafina remembered and smiled. "Alright… let's talk about Nala and Simba."
The king looked at his wife and gestured her that it was her turn to grasp the word. "I know that it's still early for us to ask for our son to ask for your daughters paw. But since the two are barely seen without each other, we thought it would the best to take a first step into a later marriage." Sarabi said. King Mufasa was not known to be a traditionalist and holding onto every tradition with all his power. However, the philosophy of the circle of life was something he really believed in. And so his focus was to, at all costs, keep the circle of life going. That included the early and careful choice of the future wife for the young prince.
"Did you really think this through? You know how the two act when they are around each other. I get a feeling that there won't be any kingdom left when they finished ruling it." Sarafina found a rather rare character treat of hers to use for this news, sarcasm. "That means of course if the reason for you choosing my daughter is that you need someone to tame your son of turning these lands into a huge playground." She treated the king and queen with a slyly smirk.
Sarabi accepted the challenge. "Oh trust me… By the time Simba will be king, there will be no chance and necessities of him being tamed since he had plenty of time training responsibility. You know… with keeping your daughter from dragging him into trouble." The queen responded challenging. This was what she had waited for. Like mother, like daughter! It was one of those rare occasions where she and Sarafina could have one of their rather famous verbal comeback challenges like she had done earlier. Back when the cream lioness had lived in the pride lands for the first time. Some might think, at a certain age and experience. They might have outgrown it… but it's one of those things that sometimes never die.
"Whatever!" Sarafina answered with a calming gesture. Her motion suddenly became stern and formal as she faced both members of the royal family. "I accept your request of my daughter being betrothed to Simba." As she saw how Mufasas and Sarabis eyes lit up, she quickly continued. "But however, I think it is just too early for us to hammer their fates into Rafikis tree right now." She closed her eyes. "There still just a few months old and as you know, cubs can change their attitude and behaviour a lot in that age-"She thought about her youth and how Taka had changed just in the span of a few months.
"Alright… we wait for a few more months and then make their betrothal official." Mufasa intervened.
The two female lions nodded in agreement and with that, they quickly made their way back down pride rock. The king and queen padded in front and Sarafina and Ni kept themselves in the back while having their eyes locked in each other the whole time.
"I congratulate you! In just a few months, you completely turned your life around for the better. I still don't know the whole story of what happened to you but… I'm sure whoever the father of Nala is, must be the proudest lion in the world." Ni said into her ear to make sure that the spoken words were spoken just between the two of them.
The lioness smiled gently. "Her father was a great lion. To bad she'll never meet him." She noticed a little sadness appearing on her friends' muzzle. "But to be honest with you, Nala is the luckiest cub in the world to have two fathers." Ni gaze went wide. "You have been pretty much her father since her birth." Sarafina remembered what Mufasa said earlier. Since we have talked about the past and the present, let's talk about the future. Her present and future seemed to turn out pretty bride. One half lying down there in the cave, and the other half walking right beside her into the direction of mentioned first half.
At this point, neither Sarabi nor Sarafina had told their children of the arrangement they had agreed on the other night. Having both cubs get knowledge that their future had been predetermine in more than one way, possibly could have had a negative effect of their cub hood and maybe their friendship. It was just like Sarafina suggested, now was the moment to lay low and let them live fourth.
It was already noon across pride rock when Nala and Kula settled down in the grassy field that lay right in front of the king's home. For Nala this seemed like the perfect opportunity to get a little deeper into Kulas' emotional side. She couldn't avoid to realize that she and Chumvi were acting quiet different every time they were together. That is to say, every time where Kula and Chumvi were together instead of one of them being on their own.
And just in this moment, the caramel tried her best to hide the fact that her eyes were slightly searching the area for their dark brown friend. Of course, Nala noticed and tried if she could push her buttons a little bit. "Hey Kula, you're alright?" She asked and kept her aqua eyes in her typical innocent way.
"Eh… uhm… yes of course I am alright! Why shouldn't I?" Her friend replied and again tried to hide her eyes filling with a little nervousness.
But once more, the cream coloured cub had no problem figuring her female friend out. Oh, this is gonna' be so much fun! Too bad Simba isn't here. "I don't know! You seem to be a bit fidgety since we got here." She could almost hear the wheels turning in Kulas' head as she wanted to come up with a good comeback.
"Nah… come on Nala. Why should I be fidgety? There isn't any reason to be." Kula answered and looked to the side.
Nala in no way believed her. "Ah, just a little hunch I got." She smirked slyly but right away continued. "Maybe it has something to do with a certain dark brown cub not being here right now." She did it. To her Kula had always been an open book. With every inch of her body, the caramel cub tried to hide the fact that Nala was spot on.
But in this moment, Kula showed that she wouldn't lay down that easily. Watch it Nala, two can play this game. "If I'm looking fidgety, it probably is for the same reason of which you have been so talk active. You know… with a certain gold furred young prince being not around." Hah! Right back at her.
"Me? I'm completely calm. Why should I be nervous about Simba? Instead of you and Chumvi, we can act totally normal around each other." Nala talked back to her. From the get go, she realized that her friend tried to turn a leaf around. Yet she realized she didn't actually deny any of the assumptions which Kula tried to force out of her. But she had to admit that Kula played her out this time. Shifting the focus from her friend to herself made her forget about asking Kula out about Chumvi.
"Hey Nala! Hello Chumvi!" A voice from the right sounded and the two cubs shifted their heads. It was Tama who came now into view and greeted them with warm smile.
"Hi Tama!" Nala greeted her back as the first cub she ever could call friend sat down right beside her.
"So… I was wondering. Why don't we hang out for today, you know… just the three for us. It really has been a while." The tarnish/orange cub asked with anticipation in her voice.
Nala and Kula exchanged glances as both held the same reaction in their faces. "Thanks Tama but… we already had plans with Simba and Chumvi. They must be here any moment." "I'm sorry… but maybe you can join us. It won't make a difference if we're four or five." Nala answered in the best possible way to not set up her friend.
Tama face filled with disappointment. Over the last month, she barely had been able to spend some time with Nala and her caramel coloured friend. Today, she finally had enough of it and took the offensive approach, only to realize that her time with Nala and Kula would be interrupted by… Simba! "Sorry ladies, but I'll pass on that one. Just the thought of having to deal with our golden prince for far longer than necessary doesn't seem like the fun I have in mind."
Nala took a little offence on that. "Oh come on Tama. He isn't that bad. You two just have to spend some time to get along." She said.
"Yeah exactly like that time in the snake valley." Tama answered in a sarcastic tone.
It was in that moment that the trio spotted the two male cubs running down pride rock and coming into their direction. Kulas eyes lid up as her gaze met Chumvis while he engaged into a race with his golden companion. To her side, Tama rolled her eyes and faced Nala. Simba was the first to reach the female cubs and grinned in triumph.
"Hah… first in the packing order, first in this race." He yelled in his typical cocky gesture. "What's up?" The young prince called and turned towards the girls. "Hey Nala!" he greeted his best friend as they bumped their foreheads into each other. He then waived his paw to greet Kula before his eyes fell on Tama. "Oh hey there! Wanna' play with us?" Simba offered.
"No… I got some lessons I have to access. Maybe I see you later!" Tama answered without reacting to Simba and said goodbye to Chumvi, Kula and Nala.
Nala sadly watched after her as she left the group behind. Yet she turned to her golden furred friend as he moved beside her. "So… did your father show you the kingdom yet?" The cream cub asked and nudged him with her left paw.
"No! He said he was to busy keeping everything in order." Simba replied with disappointment and dropped to the ground. "He promised me he's gonna' do it tomorrow." His eyes were closed and he had his head hanging down. "And… what have you been up to?"
Kula immediately eyed Nala who was just about to spill the thought she had just found out a few moments earlier. Her face was stern and held the impression that said. Do it and you will not wake up in the next mourning! Nala shut her muzzle and looked to the side. "Oh nothing much! Just talking about girly stuff you know!" She could see that the prince did not believe her. But the cream cub continued. "So anyway, let's go"
All of them stood up and trotted away over the savannah of the pride lands.
From up pride rock, Sarafina and Ni had the best view and could see far away into the land. And so they could see the group of four cubs running and playing along in the field that spread in front of the huge rock. They were accompanied by the blue hornbill Zazu which served king Mufasa as major-domo. She felt the male lion that was named the newest member of the pride moving close to her and she rested her head on his shoulder. "Look at them, they seem so innocent." She sighed and Ni replied with a chuckle.
"They sure are!" Ni said.
In the distance, the four nearly reached a brushwood which signalled that they were slowly getting out of sight. "We better send someone after them." Sarabi suddenly said from behind and took a position right beside the other adult lions.
"I'll go!" It sounded form the side.
"Look who has come back from the dead. Long time no seen Kicho!" Ni called as the black and white pied landed beside Zazu.
Kicho faced Zazu and put his arm around the blue hornbill. "Yeah, I just came around to give my old pal Zazu a little help." He laughed and could see that Zazu still had a distant look on his beak. But even though he answered him by throwing his wing over the other birds shoulder. "Well… no time for more chat. Or else they'll get to far away." He said and took off into the air.
"Make sure that they're fine. After all… you're watching over the future king and queen." Sarafina called after the pied.
Zazu on the other hand shivered a bit. "Oh! Just the thought of Simba and Nala being in charge send shivers down my feathers."
"Relax Zazu! They're still young. A lot can and will happen until they are going to rule this land." Sarabi answered and the group glanced into the distance and towards a bright future.
CREDITS: credits go to Teamfourstar for providing the original material for the dialog between Mwehu and Scar form Dragonball Z Abridged. Check them out at , their stuff is really hilarious.
Authors note: So much for this chapter. I guess you kind of figured out where I'm going with Sarafina and Ni I hope she and I don't come off as a dickheads in handling the thing with Kwao and that just a few months after his "disappearance", she is happily spending some time with another male.
Okay… I can't tell you when the next chapter is going to appear… with my intermediate examination of my job training at the end February. And my team sports, there won't be that much time to get going with the story.
Besides, I have to figure out how to go about the next parts. I want to set up a semi-new character which I want to give a role in the third part, but I don't know if I should and the how and when. I don't want to turn this thing into a sub-plot clusterfuck. So I need some time to think this through.
