The Lion Guard: The Pride Land Twins
Chapter 3: Mufasa's Blessing
When the Lion Guard had arrived in Pride Rock, they went inside the Lair of the Lion Guard, where they set the two sleeping human kids down. Kion splashed some water from a nearby puddle on the kids' faces. This has caused them to wake up with a jolt. As they rubbed their eyes, they notice that Kion, Bunga, Fuli, Beshte, and Ono are standing right in front of them. Cole is afraid that they might attack him so he scurried himself to a dark corner in the cave but Erika remained calm and only stayed sitting on the spot.
"I guess only one of them is scared of us, huh?" Beshte said.
"Well, let's not dilly-dally. We should get them to Pride Rock," Ono said before the Lion Guard headed outside the cave. Erika was bewildered at first but decided to follow them. Before she headed outside, she went to Cole's hiding place to tell him to follow her to the point of Pride Rock.
Finaly, the Lion Guard and the human twins arrived at Pride Rock's peak. Rafiki gestured Erika and Cole to stand side by side near the edge of the peak.
These humans must have a greater destiny than I thought. All the kings of the past our gathering to give them their blessing" the mandrill announced.
Simba frowned unimpressed, "I still think this is a mistake", he grumbled, "Our pride has always been made up of lions. I agreed to allow Kion to have Lion Guard members that are not lions but I refuse to let two humans guide my son in his royal duties", he said firmly and watched as a swirl of wind blew through Rafiki's fur who proceeded to giggle and bowed to the gathering clouds before walking over to Simba and hit him on the head with his staff again.
"You're father says Hakuna Matata!" he said simply with a giggle.
All the Pride Landers have gathered around Pride Rock having seen the clouds gather over Pride Rock.
Rafiki held up his hands high, "Animals of the Pride Lands, we are gathered here today for a momentous occasion." Rafiki announced. The animals started muttering in confusion.
"A new age has begun. Mufasa has chosen the purest of heart and the wisest!" he continued and the animals proceeded to look at each other with excitement, hoping it will be one of them.
"The chosen ones come from the land of man!" he announced causing the gathered to gasp in horror and murmurs of terror began to circle.
Simba watched in embarrassment, "I knew this was a bad idea," he murmured in embarrassment as Rafiki tried to reassure the animals in vein but they soon fell silent when a powerful roar emerged from the clouds as the sun shone through hitting the two humans directly. All the animals watched in amazement.
Kion watched with wide eyes as the humans floated a few feet from their spot and magically changed clothes and then looked at his shoulder and watched as his Lion Guard mark began to glow. The other Lion Guard members' marks also began to glow as the kings of the past roared. Rafiki stepped back as the human's eyes shot open as she gasped for breath. The Pride Lands fell silent as the humans knelt down. The sun shone through the clouds.
"Please stand, chosen ones," Mufasa boomed causing the animals eyes to widen as they heard their former king speak.
The human looked cautious towards the clouds where the voice had come from and she stood slowly. The animals gasped as they stepped back,
"You two have been chosen as the most purest of heart and the wisest to guide my grandson, Kion" Mufasa announced causing Kion to scamper forward, much to Simba's protest.
"You two have been blessed with the lion's voice so that you may speak and also understand the subjects that stand before you" Mufasa told her.
"Now step forward and introduce yourself. Let your names be known" Mufasa said as the clouds faded.
The two humans looked as their Lion Guard marks shimmered before taking a step forward,
"Erika and Cole. We are Erika and Cole," they announced and the animals were silent with shock as they contemplated Mufasa's surprising choice.
In truth, Erika and Cole thought they were dreaming but everything seemed to be real. They remembered the dream they had last night and what the sky voice said was, in fact, true. They looked down at the little lion cub that stood beside them and couldn't help but smile as they knelt down.
"Hello there," Erika greeted kindly and Kion smiled brightly,
"Hi, humans," he responded causing their eyes to widen in surprise but still managed to smile,
"Wow... The voice in the sky was right... We can understand you," Cole said before he became nervous when an firm expression faced Simba stepped forward.
"That 'voice in the sky' as you so politely put it was my father. Former King of Pride Rock," He told her firmly causing the twins to feel guilty.
"We... we're sorry. We didn't realize" Erika said but Rafiki stepped forward.
"Do not be too hard on these humans, Simba. They shall learn just as Kion will," He reminded him causing Simba to sigh as he returned his gaze towards the human.
"They sleep outside tonight," he said firmly before turning and Kion frowned.
"But dad..." he tried but Simba looked at his son firmly,
"My decision is final!" he growled. Cole stepped forward coming to Kion's side and smiled at him gently.
"It's alright Kion. We respect your father's choice," he reassured the young cub.
Meanwhile, back on the other side of the savanna...
Marion and Rebecca were impatiently waiting for their children to arrive. They just realized that Erika and Cole have been gone for far too long and they were both getting tired of waiting.
"That's it. I'm not taking anymore chances. I'm gonna call the cops and give those kids a piece of my mind," Marion angrily said as he pulled out his phone to call the cops.
Author's Note: I'm still looking for someone who can create a cover art for me. I like the cover art showing Erika and Cole from the waist up on the upper part and the rest of the Lion Guard on the lower part. All of them appeared as silhouettes with only their eyes and their Lion Guard marks visible. Also, I like Erika and Cole in their transformation outfits. If there is anyone, just PM me.