Here's a fic for any of you who are interested in such things. And it's going to be about Simba! Yeah, my first fic starring Simba. Kinda strange for me, I know. But you can't not love Simba.

Also, if anybody thinks they have a good idea for a tlk fanfic, be sure to PM the idea, and if I like it, I'll put it on my 'to do' list, and eventually, I'll write it! And if you're just a guest, leave a review on any one of my stories with the idea.

Anyways, be sure to leave a review! And enjoy the fic.

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Taka's POV

Back to the Pridelands.

Taka sighed. As he looked at his mother, he couldn't actually tell what she was thinking. And that was strange enough in itself, she was the type who normally wore her heart on her sleeve, and made known what she wanted or thought. But at the moment, she was nearly expressionless. Which for Taka, could be….. well, bad.

The problem was that he and Simba had just been discovered playing with hyenas. And since hyenas were of course universally hated in the Pridelands, Taka was sure they were going to be reprimanded or punished for colluding with the 'enemy.' Not Uru of course. But if Uru told Ahadi….. Taka didn't want to be anywhere near Pride Rock.

They walked on in silence.

"I can't take it anymore!" Blurted Simba suddenly. The four of them stopped, turning to look at the red lion. "Are we in trouble?" He asked, staring at Uru. Uru arched her eyebrow, and a grin spread across her face.

"In trouble? Of course not! Why would you be in trouble?" She asked, smiling at them.

"Well… you know… we were playing with…. hyenas" Said Taka, feeling confused.

"Taka, Simba, you aren't in trouble." Repeated Uru.

"Oh thank goodness!"

"But we are going to need to talk." She added.

"Talk? Talk….about what?" Asked Simba, trotting up next to Taka.

"I don't like that you didn't tell us what you were doing every day. I'm your mother Taka! And as good as the same to you, Simba! You both know you can trust me…. so why didn't you?" Asked Uru, sitting down as Sarafina scooted up next to Taka. Simba whistled innocently.

"Mom…. I'm sorry we didn't tell you….. but we thought you hated hyenas. And they are our friends, we wanted to keep playing with them. And they're really good friends! I mean, Shenzi is one of the smartest animals I've ever met! Banzai is one of the strongest, and Ed is one of the funniest! They've always helped us with things, they're really nice, and they're fun and-"

"I get it, I get it." Interrupted Uru. "They sound like a good enough bunch, but that's not what I'm upset about. Look, I need you two to trust me." Said Uru, looking both Simba and Taka in the eyes. Taka looked down at his paws guiltily.

"Queen Uru- we do trust you." Replied Simba.

"Yeah mom, it's just that we didn't want to risk it….."

"I know, I know. It's alright for now, but you two have to promise me that you won't keep anything else from me in the future." She said, smiling warmly. Both Simba and Taka gave sighs.

"Yes mom…."

"Of course Uru…."

"Good, I'm glad that's settled. Now that we're here, and we're all together, does anyone have anything else to say to anyone?" Asked Uru, looking at the three adolescents. Sarafina's paw shot up. "Yes?" Asked Uru.

"I do have something to say!" She exclaimed, looking over at Taka. Simba raised his eyebrow. "The next time you go to the Graveyard, can you take me along? It's boring playing the same old thing over and over again with the other lionesses and Mufasa!"

Simba and Taka blinked.

"Well, we'd have to ask Shenzi and stuff, but I don't see why you couldn't come along…" Replied Taka, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Yes! Are you guys going back tomorrow?" Asked Sarafina excitedly. Simba looked over at Uru, who nodded.

"We are in fact going back tomorrow." He affirmed.

"What do you guys normally do there?" She asked, her eyes nearly popping.

"What do we- well…. we play tag, hide and seek, mess around with Mzazi, once we made a slide with an elephant tusk, get lost in caves, throw Banzai in brambles…. stuff like that." He said.

"That already sounds better than the stuff Sarabi likes to do!" Grinned Sarafina.

"We're more adventurous, that's for sure. Some days all we do is explore new caves. The Graveyard may be ugly up top, but there are some caves that are filled with all sorts of crystals and shiny stones…. it's beautiful." He said.

"I'll bet." Replied Sarafina.

"No really! It's quite nice to see, and the some of the crystals glow, lighting up the place."

"We'll explore that tomorrow, don't worry." Added Simba.

"Since you three have you plans all set, let's get back to Pride Rock. We spent a lot longer stumbling around in those tunnels than I would have thought. The sun's going down." Said Uru, as she got up and began to walk away from them. Taka, Sarafina, and Simba all tossed each other quick glances, then followed her.

Simba's POV

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Simba stood atop the highest point of Pride Rock, where he and his father had stood so long ago.

Well, actually if this was the past…. would it be where he and his father were going to stand those many years from now? He shook his confusedly. He'd been here for months and he still had no idea how any of this worked. For one thing, Taka still proved to be confusing. Scar had been a surly, grumpy lion with a taste for murder, but Taka was the opposite!

One thing that worried Simba was the thought that him being here could somehow change how things would happen later. Rafiki put him here, but Simba wasn't Rafiki. He didn't know how this worked, he didn't know what effect his actions might have. Was all this a dream, perhaps? Was he truly in the past, or was this a memory of some sort?

If this was a dream, than what he did here wouldn't change anything. Technically he could kill Mufasa, his own father, and nothing would change and he would still be born. Perhaps with such a radical change as that, the dream would end, and he would….. wake up?

But if he truly was in the past…..

He shuddered at the implications. He usually thought about this when he lied awake at night, pondering possibilities. He supposed that if he changed something big, his own reality in the present would be different. Maybe if he kept Taka as Taka, there would never be a Scar and if there was no Scar, Mufasa would never be murdered and if that never happened then Simba wouldn't even be here, because he would have no nightmares to cure. The world would be as it should have been, no murderous uncles and now armed with the knowledge of the hyena's plight, he could help them too.

But maybe he couldn't change anything. Suppose he killed or drove away Sarabi. If Sarabi wasn't in the picture to be betrothed to Mufasa, then there would be no Simba. If there was no Simba then he couldn't come back to change anything. And if he didn't come back to change anything then nothing would change and the world would stay the same.

Simba frowned, and scratched the stone with his claws. If he didn't know where he was, he didn't know what to do! He looked up at the sun, and saw it setting before his eyes, slowly sinking beneath the horizon. With a grunt, he stood up and walked back to the ramp that would lead down Pride Rock. It was time to go to sleep.

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Taka's POV

Taka snuggled up next to Uru, his eyes heavy from the events of the day. He'd somehow managed to get busted playing with the hyenas by his own mother, and even more unusual was the fact that she wasn't even upset. But it wasn't like he was complaining, to be sure.

"Hey Taka!" Hissed a voice, making Taka open his eyes reluctantly.

"What is it Fina?" He groaned. "I was trying to sleep!"

"Well, so am I!" She grinned. "Just with you!"

"With me?" He asked, confused. "Where do you normally sleep?"

"By myself. But that's lonely, so I figured I'd sleep with you tonight!" She whispered loudly, grinning slyly.

"Since when do you want to sleep with me?" Asked Taka, raising his eyebrow.

"Since just now. Can ya scoot over?"

Taka looked back, he had cuddled up with his mother, there was absolutely no scooching room.

"No, I can't." He whispered.

"Do you have to sleep with Uru?" She whined.

"I always sleep with mom!" He retorted. Sarafina grumbled for a moment, rolling her eyes. "It's not weird!" He added.

"Believe me Taka, it's weird. Now then, I'll just sit down here….." she sat down, putting her head on Taka's chest. "How's this?"

"Fine by me" He shrugged, flicking his ears.

"Mmmmh, your fur is so soft….."

"Go to sleep!" Hissed Taka, covering her ears with his paws. Sarafina quieted down, although she continued to rub her head against his chest. Feeling rather uncomfortable, Taka closed his eyes again and tried to lull himself to sleep by muttering under his breath.

One wildebeest….

Two wildebeests….

Three wildebeests….

Four wildebeests…..

Five wildebeests….

Six wildebeests…..

"Hey Taka!"

"Go to sleep!" He hissed again, not opening his eyes.

"All right all right…"

Seven wildebeests…..

Eight wildebeests…

Nine wildebeests….

Eleven….. or was it ten? Oh well…...

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Taka opened his eyes, and glanced about.

As was usual in dreams, he was alone, all by himself. He shook the dust off his fur and stood up, examining his surroundings. He was in a ravine of some sort, with green smoke hanging around the area, giving the entire place a spooky sort of atmosphere.

The ravine looked like it was in the Elephant Graveyard, the grey dust and stones certainly were familiar, as were the giant piles of bones. Taka padded forward, swinging his head back and forth as he looked up and down the area. The sky above him was dark, but it had to be cloudy because there were no stars twinkling in the canvas.

"Hello again!" Exclaimed a snide voice from behind him. Taka jumped around and saw a magnificent looking line with a bright red mane standing in the green geyser steam. Taka gulped.

"Not you again…" he groaned, swallowing apprehensively.

"Oh yes…. me again. What, you didn't enjoy the break?" He asked, sneering.

"The break only lasted three days!" Retorted Taka, backing away slowly.

"Still better than nothing. Last week you didn't have a single night's peace, remember?" He asked, grinning as he advanced towards the little orange lion.

"I remember…." He muttered, keeping his eyes on the approaching Nightmare.

"Good! Then you'll also remember what we discussed!"

"Yeah yeah, blah blah blah…. just for the record, I can recognize for myself that Ahadi hates me." He said, taking another step back.

"Perhaps, but you can't recognize his deep loathing for you, his profound hatred of you, his enmity towards you, his unprovoked hostility, his personal rancor, his disgust at your own scent, his abhorrence at your presence, his aversion to your very existence-"

"I got it!" Shouted Taka, not wanting him to go on.

"Oh….. I suppose you do. But in all honesty… you must ask yourself, why hasn't he acted upon his unmovable feelings? I mean, he really, really hates you. He wishes you were never born every time your poor mother asks him to show some love to his second, worthless son….he curses your name under his breath. So why hasn't he acted upon it?" Sneered Uraziel.

"What? Not acted upon it? He growls at me if I get too close, he bares his teeth if I'm late for bedtime, he's snarled at me when I tried to make some friends with the other cubs….. I think he's acted upon his stupid feelings." Muttered Taka.

"Those? Those are simply kitten scratches compared to what he wants to do! Keep in mind, his hate is currently being kept inside him for the moment…... it's beginning to bubble up, and someday, hopefully someday soon…. it's going to burst. And believe me….. it's going to be painful!" He growled, his teeth bared in a sinister grin

"He's going to injure me!?" Exclaimed Taka, as he took another step back.

"In more ways than one." He grinned.

"That's not going to- mom wouldn't let that happen!"

"Oh yes, one day he's going to let all that anger burst out, and when it does…." Uraziel brought his claw up to his neck, and with a swift stroke, he slit his own throat. Blood burst out, hitting the ground and flowing down his mane.

"Oh- oh, golly!" Exclaimed Taka, jumping back. "I hate when you do that!"

"Not one for theatrics?" Smirked Uraziel. Blood dripping down his legs.

"I'm not one for blood!"

"Well that's a shame. Really, a shame. And truly ironic…." He said, sneering. Taka stared back at him, his jaw agape. He couldn't stop staring at the blood that was now splattered on the stone. He took a moment to register the words.

"I-Ironic?" He asked, his voice shaking slightly.

"Oh yes….." said Uraziel, grinning. He stepped back into the green smoke, and suddenly the shadows around him began to lengthen.

Taka looked around and saw the ground beneath him begin to break up, cracks showing with a boiling heat spilling from them. In some places, a red hot liquid spilled forth, bubbling and oozing. He let out a yip of fear as he looked at the ravine's sides.

He immediately regretted doing so.

Large creatures emerged from the many caves that dotted the walls, and they were horrifying. They looked like hyenas but these…. they couldn't be hyenas! Their claws were sharper and longer, their teeth were as long as their legs, their eyes shone deadly red!

Taka crouched down, the creatures cackling evilly as they looked down at him. He closed his eyes, wishing it was over! Then, the creatures began to chant something, something he couldn't make out at first as lava surrounded him, trapping him on a small slab of stone.

He covered his ears as the chanting grew louder, and his ears began to sting! He let out a cry of pain and fear as he screamed, the pain in his head becoming unbearable!

"LONG LIVE THE KING!"

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LONG LIVE THE KING!"

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LONG LIVE…. THE KING!"

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Well, tell me how I did! Come on people, details!

Anyways, I would like to quickly take the time to ask you all something. We're over halfway in the story progression, but is there anything you guys would like to see? I already have main plot points all nailed out…. but filler chapters still need to happen. It can't be plot point after plot point. So, if anyone has any ideas, I'd love to hear them! Like, little miniature plots for a chapter.

Cya in a week!