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After playing in the waterhole, the two lions and lionesses shook the excess water off of their fur and walked towards Pride Rock. Through their playtime, Mufasa and Sarabi had a good time splashing one another and right now they were walking side by side. Amar had this chance with Sarafina as well. "And did you see how Mufasa just grabbed that vine and fell into the water?" Amar said as he jumped into the air, "he just swung through the air, the vine broke, and then splash! Huge tidal wave," he laughed as Sarafina giggled as well.

"Are you going to keep talking about how I fell all the way home?" Mufasa asked as he looked at his brother.

"Yes, because it was funny," Amar grinned. Mufasa shook his head and the four lions continued their destination. They were unaware that Scar was behind them.

Scar looked down at the ground as he walked. He wished to make no eye contact with any of them. They had left him out once again. He couldn't do anything with his brothers. Now that they had mates, they were considered mature. What was he considered since he didn't have a mate yet? Was he considered a failure? A loser? He kicked a small rock with his paw that was blocking his path. The rock tumbled into the blades of grass.

Sarabi's ears perked up when she heard the rustle of the grass. She turned her head and behind Amar and Sarafina she saw Scar walking alone. She looked over at Mufasa. "Your younger brother looks lonely," she told him as Mufasa looked at Scar. "Is it okay if I can go and walk with him?" she asked.

"Sure," Mufasa nodded at her, "I can talk to Sarafina and get to know her," he smiled as he let Sarabi pass him.

Scar continued to stare at the ground. Suddenly, two light colored paws stood in front of him. Scar looked up from the ground and saw the red-eyes lioness standing in front of him. She had a warm look on her face as she gave him a friendly smile. "Hello," she greeted him. Scar didn't say anything. "I saw you walking alone and I thought I ought to join you."

Scar scoffed at her choice. "Just because you saw me walking alone?" he asked her, "how thoughtful," he sarcastically said.

Sarabi caught the drip of sarcasm in his voice. She furrowed her eyebrows at him when he said that. "I was only trying to be nice," she told him.

Scar stopped in his tracks. Nice? He didn't even know the meaning of that word. His family had been anything but nice to him, except his mother. He slightly turned his head and looked at her. "I don't need your friendship," he mumbled loud enough for her to hear.

Sarabi slightly opened her mouth to say something. "Well excuse me then," she said as she walked ahead of him and went to walk with Mufasa.

Right now, Scar wished that he hadn't said that to her but she had made it clear that she wanted to walk with him because he looked left out. She didn't know his full story. He didn't feel left out. He was an outsider in his family. If she knew that then the conversation would have been different. He held himself back as he took a different direction. He made sure that he was away from the sight and when he was sure of that, he ran away from the Pride Lands. He had to go and make sure how his friends were doing.

A bone tumbled onto the ground as three playful whelps ran to it. The tiniest of the group grabbed the bone with his mouth but once he did that, the other two grabbed the ends of the bone and they began to play tug of war with it. The female of the two whelps swung her head to the side as the two male whelps had their mouths disconnected from the bone. "Jeeze Shenzi," Banzai said, "you're very strong."

The other hyena, who had a smile plastered on his face and who was known as Ed nodded at her.

"Come and get it!" Shenzi jumped in the air, with the bone still in her mouth. She ran away from the two hyenas as they went after her. Banzai was hot on her tracks when she suddenly skidded to a stop. Banzai bumped into her and Ed bumped into Ed. The three whelps looked up as they saw a chocolate colored leg standing in front of them. It was Scar.

Shenzi smiled at the lion that had saved her when she had witnessed her mother's death. With that action that he did, she had grown to trust him. "Hey Scar," she greeted him, "how's it going?"

"Where are the other hyenas?' Scar asked them.

"We'll get them for you," Banzai spoke up as him, Shenzi, and Ed went to gather the rest of the hyenas that were either lounging around or trying to find some food within their territory.

Scar impatiently waited for them to get back. He had made up a plan that was devious enough to work but it was taking a long time for the right moment to come. His plan was composed of three things. His brother, Sarafina, and hyenas. It was simple but he had to find the right time for just his brother and Sarafina to be alone so he could unleash the hyenas at them. Then after that, it would look like an accident if anyone turned out to be suspicious. Those lions would be his mother, father, Mufasa, and Sarabi. He couldn't get rid of all of them. If he got rid of Amar, then there was a fifty percent chance that he would become king. He just had to find himself a mate after his plan was executed. He looked up when he saw Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed returning with the older hyenas behind them.

"What is it?" the matriarch asked as she looked at Scar.

"Well, I just found out toady that my oldest brother, along with my other brother have found mates. It won't be long now before they are betrothed," Scar informed them.

The hyenas murmured within the group. "That means they would have an heir," a male hyena said.

"Exactly so," Scar told him, "after that, I need your help to kill them."

"But why not kill them now?" a hyena asked.

"Because my parents are still around. After they die and when my brother and his mate are alone with one another, then it would be a perfect time to attack them."

"Why not kill your parents first and then kill them?" the same hyena asked Scar.

Scar thought about it. No he couldn't do that. Sure he would do it to his father but his mother? Even if he killed his father, his mother would find out and she would never forgive him for his actions. He didn't want to disappoint her. "No," Scar replied, "my parents are going to die of old age. When that happens, I will let you know." He turned his back on them and walked out of the Elephant Graveyard. He looked back and saw Shenzi playing with the other two. Those three hyenas were going to grow soon enough, and they would help him execute his plan and in the months to come. A smile made its way to his lips as he walked back to the Pride Lands.