After the song, Flappy and Choppy were enjoying the fresh air. "Ahh, so nice and peaceful-lapi" said Flappy. "Just how I wanted to spend time with my sweetheart-chopi" said Choppy. Flappy and Choppy hugged each other. After a few moments, they heard yelling. They went to where it was coming from and they saw Simba and Nala arguing. Watching them argue made Flappy and Choppy start to worry. "I'm glad we're not doing that right now-lapi" said Flappy. "Me too-chopi" said Choppy. "Listen, you think you could just show up and tell me how to live my life? You don't even know what I've been through!" said Simba angrily. "I would if you just tell me!" said Nala. "Forget it!" said Simba walking away. "Fine!" said Nala ending the argument. Flappy and Choppy went back to where the others were.
Simba was pacing in a field. "She's wrong. I can't go back. What would it prove anyway? It won't change anything. You can't change the past" he said to himself. He looked up at the stars. "You said you'd always be there for me! But you're not. And it's because of me. It's my fault. It's my fault". Simba bowed his head choking back tears. Rafiki was in a nearby tree doing his chant. Simba seemed slightly annoyed by it so he moved away. Rafiki noticed Simba and followed him. Simba laid down on a log over a pond. A rock disturbs the water and Rafiki was in a nearby tree doing his chant again. "Come on, will you cut it out?" said Simba. "Can't cut it out. It'll grow right back!" said Rafiki before laughing. Simba walked away and Rafiki followed him. "Creepy little monkey. Will you stop following me? Who are you?" Simba asked. "The question is: Whooo...are you?" asked Rafiki. "I thought I knew. Now I'm not so sure" Simba sighed. "Well, I know who you are. Shh. Come here. It's a secret" said Rafiki. Once again he did his chant. "Enough already. What's that supposed to mean anyway?" asked Simba. "It means you are a baboon - and I'm not" said Rafiki before laughing again. "I think...you're a little confused" said Simba walking away. Rafiki appeared in front of him. "Wrong! I'm not the one who's confused: you don't even know who you are" he told him. "Oh, and I suppose you know?" said Simba both irritated and sarcastic at the same time. "Sure do; you're Mufasa's boy. ...Bye!" said Rafiki before disappearing. Simba was surprised by this revelation. "Hey, wait!" he said. Simba chased Rafiki and when he caught up to him, Rafiki was in a meditative lotus position on a rock. "You knew my father?" Simba asked. "Correction - I know your father" said Rafiki. "I hate to tell you this, but...he died. A long time ago" said Simba. Rafiki leaped off the rock over to a dense jungle-like area. "Nope. Wrong again! Ha ha hah! He's alive! And I'll show him to you. You follow old Rafiki, he knows the way. Come on!" he said.
Rafiki lead Simba through the bush. Due to his size, Simba had trouble keeping up. "Don't dawdle. Hurry up!" Rafiki said. "Hey, whoa. Wait, wait" said Simba. "Come on, come on" said Rafiki. "Would you slow down?" Simba asked. Rafiki was flitting through the canopy ahead of Simba, laughing hollowly and whooping. Simba struggled to keep up. Suddenly, Rafiki held his hand right into Simba's face. "STOP!" he said. Rafiki motioned to Simba near some reeds. He parted the reeds and pointed past them with his staff. "Look down there" he said. Simba quietly and carefully worked his way out. He looked over the edge and saw his reflection in a pool of water. He was a bit startled at first but then realized what he was looking at. "That's not my father. That's just my reflection" Simba sighed. "Noo. Look harder" said Rafiki. He motioned over the pool and ripples formed distorting Simba's reflection. They resolved into Mufasa's face. A deep rumbling noise was heard. "You see, he lives in you" said Rafiki. The wind picked up and in the air the huge image of Mufasa was forming from the clouds. He appeared to be walking from the stars. The image was ghostly at first but it steadily gained color and coherence. "Simba..." Mufasa said quietly. "Father?" Simba said. "Simba, you have forgotten me" said Mufasa. "No. How could I?" Simba asked. "You have forgotten who you are, and so have forgotten me. Look inside yourself, Simba. You are more than what you have become. You must take your place in the Circle of Life" Mufasa explained. "How can I go back? I'm not who I used to be" said Simba. "Remember who you are. You are my son, and the one true king" said Mufasa. Simba's expression was a mixture of awe, fear and sadness. Mufasa's image started to fade. "Remember who you are" said Mufasa. Simba tried to get the image to stay but Mufasa kept saying the same thing. "Remember".
Simba was left out in the fields. There was just a cloud left where his father's image was. Rafiki approached Simba. "What was THAT?" he laughed. "The weather - Pbbbah! Very peculiar. Don't you think?". "Yeah. Looks like the winds are changing" said Simba. "Ahhh. Change is good" said Rafiki. "Yeah, but it's not easy. I know what I have to do. but, going back means I'll have to face my past. I've been running from it for so long" said Simba. Rafiki whacked Simba on the head with his staff. "Oww! Jezz - what was that for?" Simba asked. "It doesn't matter: it's in the past!" Rafiki laughed. "Yeah, but it still hurts" Simba said rubbing his head. "Oh yes, the past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it...or learn from it" said Rafiki. He swinged at Simba with his staff again and this time Simba ducked. "Hah, you see! So what are you going to do?" asked Rafiki. "First, I'm gonna take your stick" said Simba. Simba tossed Rafiki's staff to the side. "No, no, no, no! Not the stick!" said Rafiki. When Rafiki picked up his staff, Simba ran off. "Hey, where are you going?" Rafiki asked. "I'm going back!" Simba shouted. "Good! Go on! Get out of here!" Rafiki said.
The next morning, Timon, Pumbaa, the girls and fairies were sleeping. Saki and Mai were sleeping on the grass. The fairies were sleeping in their commune forms. Timon was curled up on Pumbaa. Pumbaa was lying on his back. They were both snoring. Nala approached and tapped Timon with her paw. "Hey. Hey, wake up" she said. Timon woke up and saw a huge lion face in his view. He started screaming and Pumbaa and the girls joined in. "It's ok. Whoa, whoa. It's ok. It's ME" said Nala. They stopped screaming. "Don't ever do that again. Carnivores, oy!" said Timon. "Have you guys seen Simba?" Nala asked. "I thought he was with you" said Timon. "He was, but now I can't find him. Where is he?" said Nala. Rafiki laughed while sitting in a tree above them. "Ho, ho, ho, ho. You won't find him here. Ha ha. The king...has returned" he said. "I can't believe it. He's gone back" said Nala. "Gone back? What do you mean?" asked Timon. He looked to where Rafiki was but he was gone. "Hey! What's goin' on here? Who's the monkey?" Timon asked. "Simba's gone back to challenge Scar" said Nala. "Who?" said Timon. "Scar" Nala replied. "Who's got a scar?" asked Pumbaa. "No, no, no. It's his uncle" said Nala shaking her head. "The monkey's his uncle?" Timon asked. "No! Simba's gone back to challenge his uncle to take his place as king" said Nala. "Ohhh" said Timon and Pumbaa. "Then that means Saki and I can help by fighting with Simba" said Mai. "Mai, are you nuts? Simba's uncle is a lion so he could kill you!" said Timon. "There's something you all should know" said Saki. Then she and Mai told Timon, Pumbaa and Nala all about Pretty Cure and what their purpose is. "Whoa. That's awesome" said Pumbaa. Flappy and Choppy came out of their commune forms and explained that Saki and Mai need them to transform and they can't without them. "I see" said Nala. "I can't wait to see you girls as Pretty Cure in action!" said Timon.