Marie's Casual wear:
www.swirl3y.deviantart.com/art/I-bring-you-peace-214094964?q=gallery%3Aswirl3y%2F29599925&qo=5
Ryan:
www.swirl3y.deviantart.com/art/That-s-his-name-286861562
Marie's Prideland Form:
www.swirl3y.deviantart.com/art/Marie-in-pridelands-coloured-240540217?q=gallery%3Aswirl3y%2F29599925&qo=18
A\N:
Okay, so I might've been exaggerating a bit for the next few chapters. The only real people who kinda lose their shit are Sora and Marie. Aura loses it a bit only cause of Marie and probably Demyx. I wish everyone lost their shit though, it'd be pretty epic.
On a different note, Sora looks like Kovu in Prideland form! Ryan also looks like Sora, but with a lighter shade of brown and sea blue eyes instead of the bright ones Sora has.
Chapter Thirty-Nine
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You're sitting on my throne!
"When Simba's father, King Mufasa, died," Nala started as we continued our trek through the valley. "We were told that Simba died alongside him."
Sora asked her who told them that, and she paused for a moment before telling us that it was Scar who told them all. We stopped with her, and a moment after we heard footsteps. We turned around and saw Rafiki walking up a hill, and he stopped and pointed his staff. "It is time!" he shouted.
I didn't know what he meant, but Nala quickly jumped on the idea that Simba was still alive. She started running ahead, and without a moment to think, so did everyone else. Ryan turned to me, and I nodded when we both started running. We kept running until we spotted a very green area with water and I was really happy to see it, since I was getting hot. We stopped running and started walking once we reached the jungle area, and it felt a lot cooler than the valley. I sighed out in relief and took in the fresh air. It seemed a bit quiet, but I really wasn't complaining since I felt pretty safe.
When we continued to walk into the oasis, we saw a really ferocious looking lion being surrounded by heartless. We were about to interrupt, but he started roaring and all of the heartless disappeared. I took a closer look, and I was surprised to know that it was actually Simba roaring off the heartless!
"Simba!" Sora shouted before I could say anything. We all ran towards him, but Simba seemed a bit defensive, and we stopped a few steps away from him. Sora quickly tried calming him down. "I—it's me—Sora! Marie, Donald and Goofy are here, too."
Simba walked up to us, and I was feeling a bit intimidated—you know, since he was a pretty big, ferocious looking lion and we were just cubs, a bird and a turtle. It seemed like it took him a moment, but Simba called our names as he smiled. He looked like he was about to lunge at us, and I tried jumping out of the way—but he ran too fast and the three of us—Sora, Ryan and I were caught underneath him as he snuggled us. I'm not really sure what was more awkward, the time I got kidnapped by gorillas or this. Donald and Goofy started laughing though, and it became less awkward when we all started laughing. "What happened to you?" Simba asked. Before any of us could answer though, we all heard a couple of screams.
"Help, Simba! Heelp!"
"She's gonna eat us!"
"Timon? Pumbaa!?" Simba called out. "Something must have happened in the jungle! I have to go help my friends!"
Simba quickly left as he ran towards the voices and we all ran behind him as back-up. We ran back into the jungle, we already saw Simba fighting someone else. It wasn't hard to know who it was, and we all called out for him
"Simba! Wait!" Sora shouted. "It's Nala, don't you recognize her?"
We watched as the two continued to fight, and I was getting a bit antsy seeing it. I really hope these two don't kill each other, and right before I was about to cover my eyes, Nala went on top of Simba. They stopped fighting and when Simba called her name she climbed off. We watched as he told her who he was, and it took her a moment before she shouted his name. She seemed so incredibly happy to see him, and they started circling each other.
"Hey! What's goin' on here!?" the little guy next to the warthog said. We all walked up behind them and when they turned they screamed and ran after Simba. I raised my eyebrow, boy these guys are easy to scare. Simba only smiled, and told them we were all his friends. "So that means… nobody's planning to eat anybody else for lunch, right?"
It was pretty obvious we weren't going to eat anybody, and it was pretty fun to see everyone laughing with each other. Simba asked if we could give him a moment with Nala, and we stayed behind while they walked off into somewhere.
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"Simba, you have to come back to Pride Rock!" Nala argued. "I thought Sora would be able to help, but you're the only one who can stop Scar."
"I can't go back," he said. Nala turned around and asked him why, and he lowered his head for a moment until he looked up. He told her about a saying—Hakuna Matata, and how it meant that bad things will happen and there was nothing anyone could do. Nala continued to follow him up towards the hill overseeing the waterfall, and she sighed.
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"Hakuna!"
"Matata!"
"Hakuna!" Timon called out. I don't know how, but we all managed to line up and started chanting Hakuna Matata, and Timon was leading the way. He told us how it basically meant 'without a care', and he started forming a line and told us to say 'Matata' after he said 'Hakuna'. I was behind Sora while Ryan was behind me. Donald and Goofy followed after, with Pumbaa closing off the line from behind. It was pretty fun, so we followed him up the hill until we saw Nala walking down.
"He's not the Simba I remember," she said. We stopped walking and watched as she left, "Something about Hakuna Matata."
She disappeared into the jungle and we all turned our heads toward Simba. He also walked passed us and headed into a secluded area. Sora looked at us, and then back to where Simba left. "Do you think we should follow him?" Goofy asked.
"I think we should," said Sora. "I'm kinda worried."
We followed the path that Simba took, with Timon and Pumbaa following us as well. We stopped a few feet from Simba, who was standing right at the edge of the cliff. He was looking up into the sky, and I wondered what was going on.
"My father's dead. And it's because of me… it's my fault," he said. We still stayed silent, and he continued talking. "I can't go back… it won't change anything."
We continued to watch as Simba stood there quietly, and I felt really bad. It was pretty obvious that Simba loved his father very much and I can only imagine how it must feel to lose someone that special. I looked over to Sora—was it possible he felt that way, too? I mean, I can't remember anything between us from last year… if I were in Sora's position, I'd feel like I lost someone who's been replaced by this person I don't really know anymore.
"Father… are you there?" I heard Simba say. We looked towards him, and he looked completely shocked. I didn't know what was happening, but he kept staring at the sky. "How can I go back? I'm not who I used to be."
It took a moment to realize what was happening, but when I see people talking to air, I catch on quick. I would have to guess that he was talking to a ghost or something similar from his subconscious. Maybe something like how I talk to Stella. He started running closer to the edge of the cliff, and he looked up. We all stayed in silence, and Simba tuned his head slightly.
"You can all come out now." I felt my heart sink a bit when he said that, but we walked out into the view nonetheless. He turned around, and told us how he had to go face his past. "I could use your help."
We agreed—of course we would help! When have we not helped? Simba laughed, and we all started looking towards the valley. I didn't even notice it was nighttime until the sun started rising and seeing Simba talk to himself really made me think of Stella, I wondered how she was doing.
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Kingdom Hearts
It was pretty hard not to follow on what her daughter was doing, so she gave up on trying. She watched her daughter throughout her journey, and although she wanted to talk to her that was something she wouldn't allow herself to do. She only let it slip once—to offer encouragement as she jumped over that hill, but that was it. She still wasn't talking to Dante, and wondered when they would start. She didn't want to keep fighting, especially if they got out and became a family with their daughter.
Stella gave a dry laugh, she really didn't if she would be able to leave or not. It seemed like it wasn't going well, and she knew she couldn't use he own daughter for that. She didn't know how to give her powers back, and it really sucked the place didn't come with a manual of some sort. How was it that her mother learned so much more in the time she spent in Kingdom Hearts? She spent about ten years in the place while Stella reached her fifteenth year.
Of course, her mother was a certified keyblade master, so she knew more about this place. But why them? Why her mother? Why her? She didn't understand why it all started, and it was a bit foggy what her mother told her a long time ago. The only thing she wanted was for Marie not to follow her footsteps.
Dante, on the other hand, was getting to know the mechanism of Kingdom Hearts. With him and Stella not on talking terms, he needed to know the place just as well as her. It was at least agreed for both of them that they were allowed to watch but not really help Marie, and he was okay with that. At times when Stella was not there, Dante sat and watched Marie on her journey and how she was getting a bit stronger on her own. Though far from how she was, he was glad she was making progress.
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Marie
Nala met us halfway when we made our way towards Pride Rock, and Simba was in shock at how stale and totally dead the place was. Timon was a bit vocal on the whole place. "Wait a minute. We're gonna fight your uncle for this?"
"Yes, Timon. This is my home." Simba looked at us, and then back at the place. We started walking up to the place and stopped when we saw Scar come out of his cave. He looked up and gasped when he saw Simba, and we all jumped down the rocks as he started walking towards Scar.
"Simba..! you're alive!" he said. He started backing up, and Simba just kept walking forward. He told him how the kingdom didn't belong to him, and Nala joined saying Simba was the rightful king. The choice was clear; Scar could either step down or fight. Scar seemed a bit nervous. "Must this call end in violence? I'd hate to be responsible for the death of a family member, Simba…"
"I've put the past behind me!" Simba shouted. Scar smirked and asked if his 'faithful subjects' had put the past behind them. Nala seemed confused, and Scar chuckled. He urged Simba to tell the truth, and I was starting to get confused. He continued to talk, and told him to tell the truth on who was responsible for Mufasa's death. Simba looked down, "I am."
"He admits it! Murderer! If it weren't for you, Mufasa would still be alive. Do you deny it?" Nala gasped, and Scar managed to corner Simba. He argued that it was an accident, and Scar gave a rough chuckle. "You're in trouble again. But this time, daddy isn't here to save you. And now everyone knows why!"
Simba tripped over and was hanging from the edge. Nala and I both gasped, and Scar was so close to throwing him off the cliff. I watched and was so on edge as Scar grabbed his paws. I was hoping he would help, since they were family, but after a few moments Simba jumped up and on top of him shouting, "Murderer! Tell them the truth!"
Scar mumbled a few words, but we could hear him. Simba told him to say it louder and Scar growled. "I..killed…Mufasa!"
I was shocked to hear that! How horrible do you have to be to kill your own flesh and blood? We heard an annoying laugh and Ryan quickly turned around to see the hyenas running past us as they pinned Simba down. Scar ran past us and headed into his cave, and we watched as Simba was surrounded by the hyenas.
"Simba! You get Scar! we'll handle these guys!" Simba ran after Scar while we all faced the hyenas. Timon and Pumbaa started pushing some around, but when they were overwhelmed by so many they also ran into the cave with the hyenas chasing after them. Sora, Ryan, Donald, Goofy and I followed close behind.
We entered and saw Timon and Pumbaa surrounded, and we all took out our weapons while Ryan prepared his claws. When the two stepped out of the way we all ran in attacking whatever hyena we got our hands on, and I was feeling pumped up—but whether or not it was because I was a lion was the question. I took out my keyblade and roughly attacked a couple near me. I was quick on my toes and blocked a couple of attacks while firing some spells, and Ryan basically tore them a new one with his claws. Sora attacked a lot more than me, with Donald and Goofy backing him up. I ran towards Timon and Pumbaa when I saw a couple of hyenas chasing them, and they huddled behind me. I lifted my chin as I raised my keyblade, and the stars on it all flew towards the hyenas. They yelped and some were injured, while others were even angrier. Ryan came in and jumped on a couple as he bit them, and I lifted my keyblade again as a shied appeared in front of Timon, Pumbaa and I—these shields were getting easier to handle!
All the other hyenas left and we were just left with those three. Ryan and I took the one with the annoying laugh, while Sora and the others dealt with the other two. When I got around to hitting this guy, he started laughing, and it seemed to get on Ryan's nerves. He jumped on the guy and started clawing him; while I made sure he wasn't getting hurt. Timon and Pumbaa were still running around and trying not to get hurt, and thankfully we only had to deal with just three of these hyenas. After a while of hitting all three of them, they decided to flee and left the cave. Nala came running in after, and we all wondered where Simba was. Nala pointed that he went further up into the cave, and we prepared ourselves to back him up.
Yay, we're getting closer to the thousand heartless battle!
Grapejuice101:
Lol, maybe on their second visit, but for now they gotta help Simba regain the throne! I will definitely make note on that song/cute moment :D
Dracula X:
LOL, I was actually thinking of a title like that, but I don't want to put the word shit, haha. Maybe something with losing your marbles, but definitely was thinking of a title like that. XD
Shadow 1n2:
Haha, well not everyone, I was being exaggerative. XD I love The Lion King, especially the second one! Little kovu was my favourite! Right!? They should totally incorporate that into the game and Sora will be like his best man until they call off the wedding. I was so sad though, I lurve Emily, too!
Yeah, I was like that too. -_- I wanted Marie's keyblades to be girly, but I also wanted them to be pretty cool, so I didn't add any flowers. That's just—noo. ._.
What about Roxas? He's not exactly like Axel, Terra Aqua or Ven. Unless somehow he merges with Ven since they look alike? I want me some Roxas T_T