As Shiva returned to Pride Rock, Kifo was standing below the sloped rock that led up to the cave. The senior lion sat down, flicking his tail slightly. Shiva let out a shiver of fear as the large male turned his head towards her.

The lioness cub let out a squeak, turning to run away from the dark lion once again. Kifo, once again, pursued her, only letting out a sense of worry.

Shiva then stopped, letting out a cry of pain, "Just do what you want with me! I need to see my father, alive…" The young princess let out a whimper of sorrow, her eyes streaming.

"Young cub, I will not hurt you. This has nothing to do with you, so I will not harm you." Kifo lowered his head to Shiva, nudging her rather harshly.

"T-then… what do you want with me…?" Shiva's gaze slowly reached the towering lion's.

"Just come with me…" Kifo smiled maliciously, "we'll begin your training."

"T-training?" Shiva's head tilted slightly, "What training?"

"Oh, they never told you?" Kifo's claws slowly unsheathed. "You're going to resume the throne, of course. Who else is left?" The lion's tail flicked slightly as he watched the young cub. He was of course, lying.

"But they told me I was-" The young lioness's words were interrupted.

"Trust me…" Kifo's words boomed into her mind like a sounding of thunder, "this will all be over soon…"

"What will all be over soon?"

"Your abandonment." Kifo's expression turned into a devious smile as he padded away, beckoning the young princess of the Pridelands to follow. His plan was going as he wished it to. The lioness had listened to him.

As the lion padded quickly away, the young lioness followed shortly behind him.

"So… where are we heading?" Her words filled the awkward silence.

"Somewhere. Somewhere you will be happy. Somewhere you will never be alone." The dark lion answered, not looking over his shoulder towards her.

Shiva didn't answer as Kifo kept the lead, bringing her somewhere out of the Outlands. Kifo kept his breathing heavy; something was obviously wrong with him. Shiva didn't keep this feature in mind. She was of course, only a cub.

"Well," Kifo rasped lowly, "here we are…"

Shiva's eyes gazed around. She saw nothing interesting of this place. "Uhm…"

"Is something the matter?" Kifo jumped to face the other way, a snarl beginning to show on his face.

"Oh, nothing… Sir…" Shiva squeaked as she noticed the snarl on the lion's face.

"Very well…" Kifo fixed his ruffled mane of his chest slightly. "Just follow me and STOP asking SO many questions…"

Shiva nodded and continued behind the muscular lion. She didn't already want to get onto his bad side.

As they continued, Kifo stopped under a strange cliff, and he grabbed Shiva's scruff, shoving her into a small crack by force. Shiva squeaked as a rock pierced her skin as she fumbled into the ground of the imprisonment.

"This is where you will sta-"

"What if I have to use the bathroom?" Shiva licked the blood off of her chest.

"Well, you'll just have to cope…" Kifo rolled his eyes, walking away from where the she-cub lay. What he didn't know was he was being followed…

Shiva's eyes once again streamed, "Why did I follow him? What is he going to do with me…?" The young lioness thought harshly, as she began to think of the large lion's teeth piercing her.

"Grandpa! Grandpa I need you!" The lioness began to cry out, her words echoing in the bare lands.

Nothing happened. Shiva was on her own now.

Ermagerd guys, it's been so long. I'm very sorry. ;3;' I PROMISE I will update this story more often, I know you're all counting on me to do so. Anyways, I lost the computer with all of my stories on it. So, I haven't a way to edit them any longer. So, as I've said, I'm probably going to re-write 'The Return of Kopa', and the first chapters of this story. They all sucked. xD Either way, have a good day!

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Dream.~