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Uru sat upon Pride Rock as she waited for her husband's return. If she knew Ahadi well enough, he wouldn't be prancing about the Pride Lands and finding shelter to sleep for the night. She knew that he was a good king and would eventually return home, even though his anger got the best of him. Her eyes traveled to the setting sun as her shadow stretched itself towards the ground. Ahadi, where are you? she thought with worry. He would return home, would he?

"Mother?" her ears perked up when she heard Mufasa's voice coming closer. She turned her head and saw her middle child approaching her. She turned around and nuzzled Mufasa. "Is father going to return anytime soon?"

Uru turned her head and looked towards the horizon. "Oh dear," she sighed as she gave Mufasa another nuzzle. "I hope so. Sweetheart, I am so sorry you had see that dispute over Taka and his father," she apologized as if it was all her fault.

Mufasa gave her a sympathetic look. When he was born, his parents were happy with both him and Amar. When Taka was born, his mother was the only one to take care of him because his father was always busy with him and Amar. "I have been wondering about something mother," Mufasa said as he sat next to her, "why has father neglected Taka so much?"

Neglected? Uru thought over the word. She had never thought that Ahadi had done such a thing, up until Mufasa mentioned that word. "I supposed you're right," she said. To Mufasa's surprise, she looked at him through tear-stained eyes. "I don't know why," she truthfully answered.

"Father didn't consider him as an...accident did he?" Mufasa asked.

"Oh gracious no," Uru shook her head.

Mufasa was confused about this. If he didn't consider his younger brother as an accident, then why would he be so mean to him and then banish him from the Pride Lands? Sometimes Mufasa didn't understand his father. He knew that he wanted his sons the best for them but he still didn't understand his relationship with Taka. It would have been better if Taka had told them how he felt and kept everything to himself.

Uru's head perked up when she saw two lionesses frantically running towards Pride Rock. Uru got up from her seating position and ran towards them. "Girls, what's wrong?" she asked, sensing their frantic emotion.

"My queen," one of the lionesses said as she bowed her head, "it's King Ahadi."

"What about him?" she asked.

"He's dead," the other lionesses answered.

Uru's breath stopped. "What?" she choked.

"When we came back from chasing that Outlander, we found him lying on the ground," the lionesses explained. "He was lying in his own pool of blood."

"Do have any idea who could have killed him?" Uru asked.

"I suspect that there were hyenas around," one of them said, "when we got closer to his body, it smelled that a pack of hyenas were there a couple of hours ago."

Uru could not believe this. What were hyenas doing in the Pride Lands? They knew very well that if they stepped a paw in the Pride Lands, the punishment was execution. "Take me to him," Uru said.

"Mt queen," the youngest said, "I don't think-"

"Take me to him," she interrupted in a stern voice. She looked at the young lioness, "I want you to go to Pride Rock and assure Mufasa that I will be back in a little while. Don't mention a thing about his situation."

"Yes my queen," the lioness said as she headed towards Pride Rock.

Uru looked over at the older lioness. "Take me to my husband," she said as the lioness nodded her head and took Uru to her dead husband. As they walked, Uru thought that this was not real. Maybe he was terribly hurt and it looked like to the lionesses that he was dead. Her paws stopped walking when she saw a familiar body lying on the ground.

Uru could feel the hot tears making their way into her eyes. She reluctantly approached the corpse and looked at it. The lionesses were right. It was Ahadi and he was lying there as if he was sleeping. Uru noticed some wet moisture seeping into her paw. She looked down and saw that the red liquid was his blood. "Oh Ahadi," she whispered as she bent her nuzzle and touched his nose with hers. She let out a few choking sobs at this terrible sight.

"I am so sorry my queen," the lioness said.

Uru slowly lifted her head and looked at the lioness. "Its not your fault," the queen answered. "Gather all of the lionesses and my sons. They need to help me give my husband the proper burial. I will stay here with him and wait for you," she said as the lioness nodded and ran back to Pride Rock. Uru lied down on her stomach and rested her head onto Ahadi's mane. She squeezed her eyes as fresh tears dripped down her eyes and into Ahadi's mane.

In the distance, an adolescent lion looked at the queen and the dead king. His green eyes shined with sympathy when he looked at the queen. His plan had been completed in killing the king but seeing the queen hurt in that condition, it tore his heart.

"I am sorry mother," he apologized in a hoarse voice as he slowly walked away.