I don't own the Lion King
Mufasa felt the light breeze sweeping through his mane. He liked that sense of feeling of being in Mother Nature's gentle grasp. He straightened up his back and looked up at his father when he stopped walking. Ahadi, Mufasa, and Amar were searching for food to bring back to the Pride Lands.
Amar weaved his head around as a butterfly fluttered away. He elegantly jumped in the air to pounce on it. The butterfly picked up his speed and Amar ran after it. This lion always found some kind of amusement in small little objects that flew and dangled. He halted to a sudden stop when the colorful butterfly passed over a rapidly flowing river. He looked ahead and saw a heard of beautiful, elegant, and meaty gazelles grazing. A smile spread across his face as he ran back to Ahadi and Mufasa. "Father," he breathed, "I just found a heard of gazelles across the river," he said as he pointed his paw to the west side.
Ahadi smiled at him. "Well done," he said, "finding food is one of the responsibilities for a king."
"I thought that the lionesses always got the food for us," Mufasa spoke up.
"While that is the case," Amar explained as he looked at him, "it is also our duty to find food and bring it to our lovely lionesses too."
The three lions walked their way to the flowing river. Once they got there, Ahadi searched for a safe path to where they could get through. Leaping over the river seemed like a good plan but not a wise choice. If the three of them were to jump over, that would scare away the heard.
"Let's go!" Amar said as he got into position and was about to pounce.
"Whoa, hold on there son," Ahadi said as he flung his front right leg in front of Amar before he could jump. "To catch your prey, you have to remain completely still to blend within your surroundings. This is something that I have taught you and your brothers when you were just cubs."
Amar retreated back to a sitting position. He was really confused now. They wouldn't be able to walk across the river because it was too deep and it was flowing rapidly. If any one of them fell in, it would be impossible to bring them back to safety. "Are we going to have to walk around the river?" he asked. "It would take a long time to get to the other side." Amar put his head down on the ground. He hated being in these kinds of predicaments.
Mufasa decided to search around the river to see if he could find any stepping stones. He suddenly came in contact with a couple of those stepping stones that lead across the river. He ran back to Ahadi and Amar. "I found a way through," he announced as he lead them to the stones.
Ahadi narrowed his eyes at the stones. "Hmm," he wondered. He studied the size of the stones. They seemed to be a reasonable size. He looked at the rushing river. One wrong move, they might lose their balance and be carried away to their deaths. "I will go first," Ahadi said.
"No I will," Amar jumped in front of Ahadi, willing to make the sacrifice. "I have got to be brave, which is one quality that a king has, and so do I."
Mufasa rolled his eyes at Amar's cocky attitude. Not everyone was brave at everything. Mufasa still remembered one time when Amar came in contact with a small spider and began to freak out just at the sight of it. He watched as Amar turned his attention to the stones and put one paw on it.
Seeing that everything was fine, he stepped onto another and then another. He did a little jump as he got through the river and landed safely on the Earth.
"Father," Mufasa said, "you go first, I will be right behind you."
"No," Ahadi shook his head, "your life is much more precious than mine."
Mufasa didn't want to refuse his father's orders but this statement was really ridiculous. "You are my father," Mufasa reminded him, "you are precious to our pride and my mother. You still hold the title of the king. Amar's time will come but it is you who has to be really protected. Now you go first."
The words were powerful in Ahadi's point of view. Mufasa was right but he was worried if Mufasa accidentaly lost his balance and drowned in the river. He could not let such a thing happen to any of his sons. He gave Mufasa a slight nod and advanced towards the rocks. He put a big paw on one and advanced towards the river. Mufasa stood closely behind Ahadi.
As Ahadi put his front paw on another rock, his hind paw hit the cold water. He almost yelled as the river took him. Amar stood there and gasped as he saw his father's claws clinging onto the base of the rocks as he tried to pull his foot out of the water's grasp. Mufasa quickly grabbed Ahadi's tail with his teeth and pulled him back.
Ahadi struggled to find the rock with his hind paw. When he found it, he put it there and tried to catch his breath. When he was ready, he safely proceeded across the river and Mufasa followed.
"Are you okay?" Amar asked as he put a paw on his father's back.
"I am fine," Ahadi answered, "I survived this situation, I can survive anything at this age," he laughed as the three of them walked over to the grass. The three of them lowered their bodies under the ground as their eyes searched for the juiciest gazelle.
Suddenly, a small blue feathered bird with a colored beak flew towards the lions. Ahadi's head shot up and smiled when he saw his trusty and loyal bird friend, Zazu. "Good morning sire," Zazu greeted them as he perched on top of a dead tree branch.
"Good morning Zazu," Ahadi greeted the bird and so did Mufasa. Amar was busy searching for the gazelle. "What brings you here?"
"Well sire," Zazu began as he nervously played with his feathers, "as I was searching the Pride Lands for any unwelcome guests, I spotted two hyenas in the Pride Lands!"
Ahadi was shocked when Zazu mentioned this. Hyenas were supposed to stay away from the Pride Lands. Hearing that hyenas were in a lion's territory, they would over hunt and there won't be any food left for the lions. He would not allow for such a thing to happen.
There was rustling sound in the grass. The gazelle's looked up on instinct. The rustling stopped and the gazelles went on with their grazing. Suddenly, a low growl was heard and a large hyena popped out of the grass and leaped towards a gazelle. The gazelles looked up and began to jump away from their hungry predator as fast as their elegant legs could carry them. The hyena halted as she spotted a baby gazelle running alongside its mother. That one was easier to catch and it was also big enough for her and her daughter. The hyena changed course as she headed towards the baby gazelle who was slowly growing exhausted.
The gazelle looked back and hopped away as quickly as its little legs could carry it and constantly calling out for its mother. Its mother was already a little farther away and there was no way for her to turn back. The hyena was about to jump at the gazelle when Ahadi, Mufasa, and Amar leaped out of the grass and blocked the hyena's path. The hyena let out a low and hateful growl as she saw her dinner running away from her. She looked back at the king of the jungle and glared at him. She hated Ahadi as all the other hyenas did. He was the reason to why they were starving.
"What are you doing here?" Ahadi snapped at the hyena. "You know that your kind is not allowed within the Pride Lands."
The hyena gave him a haughty smirk. "What if all of us are starving?"
"You can go and find food elsewhere, just not around here," Ahadi told her.
Suddenly, a small hyena walked over from behind the bushes. It was small, gray with some black spots around its body, and three black bangs dangling down its head. "Mom, what's happening?" it asked the large hyena.
The hyena turned around and looked at her daughter. "I know you," Ahadi said as the hyena turned her attention back at Ahadi. "You're Jacquelina Hyena."
"And who is that?" Amar said as he emphasized the word 'that' as he looked at the little hyena. "It looks more like a bug rat with hair."
Jacquelina gave Amar a glare through her yellow colored eyes. "Let me see," she said as she sat down, "you are the next king in line am I correct?"
"Yeah," Amar said as he proudly stuck his head in the air, "what's it matter to you?" he asked as he took a threatening step towards Jacquelina.
"Another tyrant to us," she answered as she took a step forwards too, "another reign of tyranny and terror with barely any food for us."
Ahadi glared at her. "Don't you dare call my son a tyrant."
Jacquelina knew where this argument was headed to. "Shenzi," she said as she turned her attention to her frightened daughter, "go home."
"Mom-" Shenzi protested.
"Now!" Jacquelina snapped at her which made Shenzi scurry away. She calmly turned her attention back to Ahadi. "Your son will be a tyrant. Like father like son."
Mufasa growled as he plucked out his claws at her. He was a loyal lion and he would not let a hyena take advantage of them or talking badly about his family.
Jacquelina looked at Mufasa. "And if something were to happen to this tyrant," she said as she looked at Amar, "what would happen to this one?" she looked at Mufasa and gave him one sly smirk.
Amar leaped in front of her as he protected Mufasa from any harm that Jacquelina might deliver at him. "Leave the Pride Lands now, Jacquelina and take your pet rat back with you."
Jacquelina got up from the ground and weaved her front paw on the dusty ground. "Yes," she said as she brought a heap of dust in front of her, "your majesty!" she hissed as she slapped the dust with her paw and it flew straight at Amar's eyes. Amar screamed at the stinging sensation as he wiped his eyes.
Jacquelina was about to attack him but Ahadi flung his paw at her and slapped her. With such force, Jacquelina landed on the ground. She quickly got up and ran straight at Ahadi. Mufasa jumped in front of her and clawed her on the neck. Jacquelina tried to claw Mufasa's face but she screamed as Ahadi deeply clawed her on the back. She wince in pain as she felt the red blood oozing out of her wound. Ahadi bought his paw under her stomach and sent a powerful blow.
She was sent up in the air and landed on the ground with a violent thud. From the bushes, Shenzi gasped as she saw her mother flying in the air and then landing. She wanted to go and help her, but her legs could not move. She saw her mother getting up from the ground.
Jacquelina growled at the lions. She was a type of hyena that did not give up easily. She was a fighter and she always wanted to get her own way whether others liked it or not. She slowly moved to the right as she began to circle the three lions. It would be much more easier for her if there was a pack of hyenas to help her.
Amar kept a close look at Jacquelina. One quick movement and she would be able to get one of them injured. He suddenly jumped at Jacquelina and pinned her to the ground.
Jacquelina bit him on his front leg. Amar yelped and leaped off of her. However, Jacquelina did not let go of his leg. Saliva and blood slipped off of her mouth as she pulled. When she was about to shake her head, a powerful blow landed on her head. She felt blood oozing out of her again. This time, Ahadi jumped at her and grabbed her around the neck with his sharp teeth.
Jacquelina howled through the pain. She struggled through her death trap. Her paws clawed the earth as the tried to squirm away. Ahadi tightened his jaws around her neck and put a powerful paw on her back so she would stop squirming. Mufasa and Amar watched in horror. Was this what Amar had to do when an intruder entered in his Pride Lands? Kill them?
Jacquelina made on last effort to get out, but she grew exhausted and took her last breath. Her eyes slowly shut.
Ahadi felt her muscles relaxing and her lack of breathing. He opened up his mouth and let her head drop to his feet. He looked at her battered and lifeless body. He turned his back on her and said, "let's go," to Amar and Mufasa. The two brother looked at the dead body and then followed their father.
When the lions had finally disappeared, Shenzi jumped out of the bushes and ran to her mother. She stared in horror at that blood that was on her mother's neck and seeping to the ground. She walked in front of her mother and said, "mom?" However, her mother did not respond. Shenzi gently nudged her mother's head with her own but that didn't wake her up either. Shenzi began to feel sad and lonely. "Help!" she yelled, "somebody!"
When no one came into view, she looked back at her mother and sat down beside her. A small tear escaped from her eye as it hit the ground and made a wet stain. Her shoulder began to uncontrollably shake as more tears left her eyes.
A sound of heavy footsteps was heard behind her. A gigantic shadow towered over her and her mother. Her ears perked up and she slowly turned around. She gasped and jumped back as she saw a dark colored lion with a black mane, green eyes, and a scar across his eye. He looked down at Jacquelina's body and put his paw under her chin. He lifted up her head where he discovered deep teethmarks as the final result of her death.
Shenzi whimpered when she saw those deathly teethmarks.
Scar looked up at her when she whimpered. Such a small creature with no mother. Not to mention that she was a hyena too, which was all part of his plan. "Shenzi Maire Predatora Valdetta Jacquelina Hyena," he said her full name as his gaze never left hers.
Shenzi's jaw dropped when he said her full name. How did he know who she was?
Scar stepped over Jacquelina's body and walked ahead of Shenzi. He slightly turned his head and saw her standing there still. "Come my dear girl," he gently said, "I'd like you to meet the others."
Shenzi's fear disappeared. She took one last look at her mother's body. She was never going to see her mother again, she was never going to live her life was a small hyena. Her life now was going to be filled with anger and jealousy.