The Lion King V:
Attempts
of the White Lioness
~Description~
Once again there’s
a new generation for the Boulder of Strength. But what about the heir to Pride
Rock? Ambushes, fights, spirits appearing, star gazing and more is what happens
in this all new adventure. So join the cute, young Baynarr, the spiritual
lioness Aurora, the "other Simba" Timba and the rest of the prides as
they take on the white lioness Shyla and try to pull her back into the light.
Note: All the
characters Timba, Aurora, Runu, Larka, Baynarr, Mangel, Singa, Zaraku, Sithuka,
Sekeita, Kadio, Tanko, Pala and Shyla have been created by me and are not
allowed to be used without my permission. If any names are the same as any in
the other fan-ficts I apologize and I won’t change them unless you email me
first. Also, if you would like to use any names, then email me as well. All the
characters, Simba, Nala, Mufasa, Sarabi, Scar, Zazu, Timon, Pumbaa, Kiara, Kovu
and Rafiki have been created by Disney.
Warning:
You won’t understand this if you haven’t read my first stories, The Lion King
III: A Clash of Kingdoms, The Lion King IV: Part One: The Cubs, The Lion King
IV: Part Two: Sekeita’s New Cubs and The Lion King IV: Part Three: Darkening
Captors. And it should be obvious that you have to had seen both movies first
to understand as well.
Chapters
1. Another New
Generation (Boulder of Strength)
2. Still King and Queen
(Strengthlands)
3. New Jobs (Boulder of Strength)
4. Return of Shyla
(Strengthlands)
5. Ambushed
(Strengthlands)
6. Runu’s Ceremony (Strengthlands, to Boulder of
Strength, to Strengthlands)
7. A New Shaman (Tree
of Life, Pridelands)
8. Star Gazing (Boulder
of Strength)
9. The Announcement
(Outlands)
10. Another
Fight (Strengthlands)
Pacing Lioness (Boulder
of Strength)
Characters
Simba- Once King of
Pride Rock, father of Kiara, and mate of Nala
Nala- Once Queen of Pride Rock, mother of
Kiara, and mate of Simba
Mufasa- Once King of
Pride Rock, mate of Sarabi, and Simba’s father
Sarabi- Once Queen of
Pride Rock, mate of Mufasa, and Simba’s mother
Rafiki- Shaman of Pride
Rock and brother of Garofé
Kiara- Queen of Pride
Rock, mother of Mangel and Shyla, and mate of Kovu
Kovu- King of Pride Rock, father of Mangel
and Shyla, and mate of Kiara
Timon- Royal
baby-sitter and friend of the prides
Pumbaa- Royal
baby-sitter and friend of the prides
Zazu- Royal stooge of
Pride Rock
Mangel- King of the
Boulder of Strength, father of Aurora, Timba and Runu, older brother of Shyla,
and mate of Singa
Singa- Queen of the
Boulder of Strength, mother of Aurora, Timba and Runu, and mate of Mangel
Zaraku- Once King of
the Boulder of Strength (Gry), father of Singa, and mate of Sithuka
Sithuka- Once Queen of
the Boulder of Strength (Cry), mother of Singa, and mate of Zaraku
Shyla- Daughter of Kovu
and Kiara, baby sister of Mangel, and princess of Pride Rock
Aurora- Daughter (youngest) of Mangel’s and
Singa’s, and princess of the Boulder of Strength
Runu- Son (middle one) of Mangel’s and
Singa’s, and prince of the Boulder of Strength
Timba- Son (oldest) of
Mangel’s and Singa’s, and prince of the Boulder of Strength
Pala- Tigress, friend
of the prides
Larka- Friend of
Aurora’s, Timba and Runu, and mate of Timba
Baynarr- Son of Timba
and Larka, prince of the Boulder of Strength
One
~Another New
Generation~
(Boulder of
Strength)
The
sun shimmered brightly as it came down through the clouds and poured its light
onto a new born lion cub. A baboon held it over a great Kingdom called the
Boulder of Strength. Down below were many animals who cheered and bowed.
When it was all over, Rafiki lowered the cub
and held it in his arms.
"Why who is this
little one now?" asked an old lion. It was Kovu. He and his pride had just
climbed up the main path on the Kingdom. They met up with the other pride.
"I’m not sure
what we’re going to call him," replied Kovu’s grandson, looking at his own
son. "What do you think?"
Timba turned to
his mate, Larka. She was a cream colored lioness. She nuzzled her baby and
looked at Timba, exhausted from the birthing earlier. "I don’t know,"
she purred. "How ‘bout…Baynarr?" At the last of the name she had
purred it, on the "arr" part.
Smiling, the lion who looked so much like
Simba nodded in agreement. "Yes. What a great name."
Kiara nuzzled the
cub.
Mangel and Singa
slowly walked over to their son and new daughter-in-law, as well as their new
grandson. They both took turns licking and nuzzling the little ball of light
golden brown. He was lighter even than his dad or his great great great
grandfather.
"Hello, my
Baynarr," Singa purred.
Chuckling, Mangel
replied, "He will be a great King one day…And you," he looked to his
son who was now King. "You will complete the circle of life, with Larka.
You two are the new King and Queen, and your mother and I are the new Cry and
Gry."
Rafiki carried the
cub into the royal cave.
Aurora laid down
by her new nephew and started to groom him while Larka and Timba curled up
right next to them, watching. The rest of the pride surrounded them, looking
about lazily, but also ready for any danger. Right before Kovu’s and Kiara’s
pride left, they felt strange.
Laughing lightly,
Mangel said to his parents, "I never thought I would be the Gry before
you, Dad!"
Smirking, Kiara
and Kovu licked their son and grandson and gave a big farewell to the others
before they left.
Two
~Still King and
Queen~
(Strengthlands)
As
the two old lions led their pride through the savanna in the Strengthlands,
heading south for home, Kovu nudged his mate lightly.
"Yes?"
Kiara growled playfully.
"Um," he
said, almost cubbish like. "Don’t you feel weird that we’re great
grandparents now and we’re still King and Queen?"
"Well,"
Kiara then growled, not as playful. "Maybe we wouldn’t be if our daughter
was there to take over. And she would
be there if you hadn’t let her go!"
Kovu’s ears
lowered. "But we had to. She was struggling and fighting—"
"Those
lionesses had complete control!" she suddenly yelled out. The whole pride
was listening now. "If we just had sat her down and explained, then she
would’ve come back!" Kiara had meant come back to Pride Rock, but also
come back into the light.
"She wouldn’t
have understood!" her mate roared back.
"Oh? Then when will she understand?!"
Silence.
Kovu sighed and whispered, "She wasn’t
ready…"
Three
~New Jobs~
(Boulder of
Strength)
"Ah,"
replied Mangel as he and his mate laid on rock in the royal cave. He yawned and
stretched out. "Isn’t it nice to be the Gry and Cry?"
"Yeah, for
once, just take it easy, instead of ruling and giving orders, and never getting
a bit of sleep." replied Singa. "But, I will miss those days. And the
days when our cubs, were
cubs. But still…" she yawned. "I’m takin’ it easy from now on."
"You’re
tellin’ me," chuckled Mangel.
But Timba, Larka,
Runu and Aurora all overheard them. As Larka laid down and kept grooming her
new baby, Timba said to his parents, "What? Is it bad to be King?"
"Or
Queen?" added Aurora.
"Er, um," Mangel then said.
"There’s
nothing bad about it, kids," Singa said.
"’Kids’?" Timba asked, almost
laughing.
"Sorry,"
muttered their mother. "I’m just so used to saying it. But seeing as you
have your own kid, I shouldn’t be saying that."
Runu and Aurora
coughed. Everyone else giggled. Then Aurora cuddled up with her mother and
closed her eyes halfway, her tail tip twitching ever so often. "I’m not
sure I even want to be Queen," she then said.
"What do you
mean?" asked her father.
"Well, Rafiki
is the shaman and he’s wise ‘n all…But he’s really old and don’t think he’ll
last much longer," She looked about for a second, then continued. "I
think I’d like to take over that job…That is, if it’s OK with him and the
prides."
"I’m sure
it’ll be fine, hunny," Singa said, licking Aurora’s head.
"Is this
really what you want?" questioned Mangel.
Aurora nodded.
Then he did in response and laid his head on his paws.
Runu looked down
at the little sleeping cub. He sighed and then licked it. "I think,"
he said. "I’d like t’ give up the job of King as well, and be this little
one’s guardian."
"Really?"
asked Larka, now looking up at him.
"Yes. It’s
not like I’m gonna get a mate anytime soon anyway to rule with me," They
laughed. "But seriously, I’d like to look after him."
"That’s
great," purred Timba, staring down at his son.
"Heh. And
don’t worry, it’s not like I’m gonna be another Scar," Runu joked. But no
one laughed that time. In fact, now all the pride was staring at him. He
coughed. "Ahem…Sorry…"
"But Runu,
what if something happens? Like a predator tries to get him? What’ll you do?
You’ll be too scared," Aurora then said, trying to bring up the light and
conversation again. She pawed her brother playfully.
"Heh,
yeah," He pawed back. "We’ll be fine,"
Four
~Return of Shyla~
(Strengthlands)
Baynarr ran out
into the Strengthlands, happily. His uncle and guardian, Runu, followed. He was
huge and had many muscles, but was very timid and barely used them for anything
extreme.
"C’mon, Uncle
Runu!" cried Baynarr as he pounced on a fly. "Teach me how to hunt or
something!"
Chuckling, Runu
said, "Sorry, Baynarr, but that’s your parents’ job. Besides, you’re still
to young."
The cub rolled his
eyes and shook his head before running after a little mouse which scurried into
its den. He growled and started pawing at the hole in the ground.
Baynarr was
extremely light and golden, though not pale. He was the lightest golden one the
family of both Kingdoms had ever seen. His stomach, chest, tail tip and sides
were creamed colored like his mother. There was also a patch of hay colored
bangs that stuck over his head and came slightly over his eyes.
Just then, Runu
took the little one in one of his great paws and started to groom him. Though
Baynarr didn’t mind. He found it quite soothing actually. And so, he rolled
over on his back to kick his hind paws playfully up at his uncle.
Something rustled the bushes nearby. Baynarr
just tilted his head curiously, but Runu’s fur raised and he started to growl
lowly.
"What is
it?" asked the cub.
Runu shook his
head and then took Baynarr in his mouth and slowly walked back to the Boulder
of Strength, ever so often looking over his shoulder.
Then, something
laughed as it came out from its hiding place in the bush.
"Runu!"
it called. It was a white lioness.
Dropping Baynarr
so suddenly and turning around to face his aunt, he roared out,
"Shyla!" But he didn’t know if the roar was of excitement, or anger.
"Oh, isn’t
the cub cute? Is he yours?" Shyla replied, almost sarcastically as her ice
blue eyes rested upon the new prince.
Runu shook his
head, his long, thick gray mane waving with it. "This is Baynarr. The new
prince. He’s the son of my brother, Shyla. And of the lioness Larka."
Shyla growled
lowly. "Well I can’t believe my nephew got married and had a cub without
informing me!"
Runu tilted his
own head. "What?" he snapped. "Where were you this whole time, Shyla?!"
"Away."
And she sat down and started to lick her paw.
"Who’s that,
Uncle?" asked Baynarr quietly.
Shyla looked up
and purred at the cub. "I am your great aunt."
"If you’re my
great aunt, wouldn’t you be old?"
"Shh!"
Runu put a paw to his nephew’s mouth.
"You don’t
look old," Baynarr managed to say.
The lioness
laughed. "My parents had me when they
were old. I’m barely older than your own father, uncle, aunt, or mother."
"Shyla, what
happened to you?" Runu then asked.
"I went away
and was trained."
"Trained?"
"Yes.
Trained."
"For
what?"
"To kill the
King and Queen of Pride Rock."
Runu gasped.
"They’re you’re parents!"
"And to kill
the King and Queen of the Boulder of Strength." Before Runu could react,
she went on. "And to kill the heir of this Kingdom."
Five
~Ambushed~
(Strengthlands)
"But
Shyla!" Runu cried. "You’re going to kill your own family! You don’t
want to be like Scar, do you?"
"Who’s
Scar?" peeped Baynarr.
"Shh,"
Runu purred, nuzzling the cub in reassurance.
Shyla crouched, ready to pounce, her claws
extended and her teeth showing.
"I will not
let you kill this cub, Aunt Shyla." declared Runu, standing protectively
over the prince. "It is my duty to take care of him. I pledged my life to
him the day he was born."
"You may not
let me kill him, Runu, but I have helpers." Shyla replied slyly.
With those words,
two old lions and a mangy lioness came suddenly out from behind her. Though the
three new ones were all old, they would be enough, with Shyla, to kill Runu and
Baynarr.
"Good job, Shyla," said the
lioness, chuckling.
"Thank you, mother." Shyla replied,
smirking.
Runu picked the
cub up and started to backup slowly. Shyla laughed, almost evilly, her eyes
gleaming.
"Mother!
Kadio, Tanko, attack!" she then commanded.
And with that,
they all went for Runu and Baynarr. Immediately Runu turned around to run, but
he was caught under the weight of Kadio. Tanko started to slash at Runu’s face
brutally, causing him to drop the cub. That was when Sekeita leapt over the
three lions and grabbed Baynarr before jumping back to her daughter.
Shyla smirked as
her mother dropped the cub at her front paws. Baynarr stared up at Shyla,
whimpering, his light, brown eyes wide with fear. Right as she lifted her paw
up, another lioness pounced her. It was Aurora. They started to role around,
slashing, biting, roaring, growling, kicking up dirt. Runu struggled under the
other two lions, also biting and roaring out. Sekeita was the only free lion
now, and after glancing at her fighting daughter and Aurora, then to her
brothers and Runu, she looked back down to see the absences of the cub.
Six
~Runu’s Ceremony~
(Strengthlands, to
Boulder of Strength, to Strengthlands)
"Mommy!
Daddy!" cried Baynarr as he ran to the Boulder of Strength.
His parents heard
his cries and ran out to meet him.
"What happened?" asked Timba
urgently.
Larka nuzzled her
son.
"Mommy,
Daddy, Runu’s being killed!" he meowed.
They gasped.
"What?!"
"Someone
named Shyla is hurting him, Daddy!"
"Take him to
the cave," Timba ordered Larka.
She growled and
shook her head. "Don’t order me like that." she replied hotly.
But her mate then took off into the savanna.
She sighed, worried and then took her cub in her mouth and ran up the main path
of the Kingdom until she got to the cave. There, she dropped her cub in the
front paws of Mangel, who laid next to his mate, Singa.
"I’ll be
right back," she said before taking off.
Mangel and Singa
looked at each other and blinked, confused.
"Grandpa!
Grandma!" Baynarr said and nuzzled into his grandpa’s fur. "Runu’s
dying!"
Timba stared down
at his dead brother. He was literally torn apart. Timba looked down and
groaned.
Then his mate
came.
"Who did
this?!" Timba suddenly called out.
Larka jumped at
the sight of Runu’s mangled body.
Suddenly Aurora limped over to her brother,
panting, bleeding scratches and gashes all over her.
"Aurora!"
Larka screeched. "What happened?!"
Aurora told them
for she had been following Runu and Baynarr from faraway. She was going to go
to them for a walk when she saw Shyla. She had sped up and finally made it
before her nephew was killed. But it was too late for her brother.
The news brought
everyone down. There wasn’t a lion who didn’t cry. The next day they
immediately had a ceremony for Runu. Rafiki had come, along with the Pride Rock
pride. He sprinkled sand all over Runu’s body before pushing him into a water
hole on the other side of the Boulder of Strength. It was a place where the
dead Kings, Queens, Grys and Crys were put.
Seven
~A New Shaman~
(Tree of Life,
Pridelands)
Just
a couple weeks passed before Aurora met Rafiki again in the Tree of Life. She
was free to do as she pleased, as she was full adult, and her parents weren’t
King and Queen anymore. Her brother Timba and her friend Larka were. And her
brother Runu had been the guardian for the cub. She thought she had to have her
own place, too. And so, that is why she came to the Tree of Life to speak to
Rafiki, the shaman of both prides and Kingdoms.
"So,
Rafiki," she said, laying down on a branch, her tail swaying slowly back
and forth. "What d’ ya think best fits me?"
"Aurora, you
‘aw wise for your age…most of dee time," Aurora smirked as Rafiki said
that. He continued. "And you believe in de spirits. I ‘dink you would make
a wonderful shaman, seeing as I am to pass away bery soon."
Aurora perked,
then her ears lowered. Feelings of happiness filled her head for hearing that
she should be the new shaman, but then she felt sad all over again since her
brother’s death. Soon, Rafiki would die.
"All
right," she said. "I’ll take the job. Teach me how to be the
shaman."
Rafiki chuckled. "You already ‘aw."
"What?"
her head tilted.
"You ‘aw dee
shaman now, that is, if you want to be."
"Of course I
do!" she cried, jumping up. "Did you not just hear me?!"
Again, the baboon
laughed. "Excited, aren’t you. Heh. Well, you ‘aw now da new shaman."
"Huh? But,
what about you?"
"I am retired
now." he yawned. "Like a Gry. Now, you will take over. Tomorrow dee
announcement will be made to both prides."
"Oh…"
Again, mixed
feelings came over her. She sighed and laid down.
"And,"
Rafiki went on. "Soon, if everyt’ing works according to plo’ns, ‘ten you
will get to show the new prince or princess soon."
"But,"
said Aurora, confused. "How can I? I mean, if little Baynarr does have any cubs, it won’t be
for a long time."
"Of course,
but have you forgotten about Pride Rock already?"
"Hmm? Pride
Rock? Pride Rock has an old King and an old Queen. They’re never going to have
cubs again…most likely."
"Well, there
is dee heir to Pride Rock and her
future…"
"Oh? You
mean…Shyla?"
Rafiki nodded.
"Shyla." he repeated.
"But she’s
gone mad! And, she’s been
gone all together! First, we don’t see her forever. And when we do, she’s evil!
She let my brother be murdered! Brutally!"
"Calm down,
Aurora. We ‘aw bery sad for his loss, but Shyla didn’t mean to."
"Didn’t mean
to? How can you not mean to let someone get murdered?!"
"Indeed da
murderers will pay dee price one day. But, Shyla had no control over this. It
wasn’t her fault."
"Not to
mention, she was going to kill Baynarr herself! If it weren’t for me, she
would’ve!"
Rafiki looked down
and shook his head, glancing up at the painting of Baynarr on a nearby branch.
"Aurora, I
hope you understand some day. Yet I might not be around to help you
understand…Who knows? Maybe you’ll find out on your own…Hopefully…"
"Rafiki!"
gasped the new shaman. "How can you take her side?!"
He shook his head
sadly.
Eight
~Star Gazing~
(Boulder of Strength)
Baynarr
was lying in his mother’s front paws as she groomed him. Timba was lying right
next to them. They were on the side of the peak that came out from their
Kingdom, staring up at the night sky which was full of stars. Then there was a
shooting star.
"What was that?!" Baynarr cried out
in delight as his mother licked his back.
Timba giggled and
said to his son, "It was a shooting star, Baynarr."
His head cocked to
the side. "What are shooting stars?"
"Stars are
the great Kings and Queens of the past. That is what my mother and father told
me. Shooting stars are new spirits, just freed from the mortal body."
"Huh?"
"Someone…who
just died." Timba sighed.
"Daddy, is it
just all Kings and Queens up there?"
"No, son.
They are also others from the prides."
"Maybe that
shooting star was Runu!" suggested the cub.
"…Maybe…"
"Hunny,"
said Larka to Baynarr. "Whenever you feel alone, look up to those stars,
all right?"
He nodded to his
mother and then rolled on his back to get a better look at the sky, as well
turning so that Larka could clean his stomach easier.
"Mommy,
Daddy, who’s up there?" he then asked.
"Your father
just told you, Baynarr." Larka purred.
"No, but I
mean who exactly is up there?"
"Well,"
said Timba. "There’s Zaraku and Sithuka, my great grandparents. Oh and my
great grandpa and grandma also, who would be your great great grandparents,
Simba and Nala. There’s also Mufasa, my great
great
grandpa."
"Mufasa?"
He nodded.
"Mhm. They said he was one of the greatest Kings ever. And Simba, too,
brought on the next generation greatly as well."
"Was he King
here?"
"No, Mufasa
and Simba were both Kings of Pride Rock."
"What’s
that?"
"You ask too
many questions," he licked his son. "I will tell you the story of
Mufasa and Simba and Kovu and Kiara sometime."
"Ah, why
don’t you let your sister tell it?" Larka suggested. "After all,
she’s the one who likes to tell the stories."
Timba smirked and
nodded.
"Tell
what?" Aurora asked as she just climbed up from the main pathway of the
Kingdom and was padding closer to them on the peak.
"Tell Baynarr
the story of Pride Rock’s Kings and Queens," replied Larka as she smiled.
"I guess I
will, as shamans always
tell the stories," she laughed.
"What are you talking about?" Timba
questioned.
"You’re looking at the new shaman of
both prides," she replied, proudly.
"But what
about Rafiki?"
"He’s
retired."
That was a shock.
"But
shh," Aurora then whispered. "Don’t tell anyone. We’re having an
announcement to both Kingdoms tomorrow."
They all nodded,
grinning.
Aurora laid down
between Larka and her brother. "I would love to tell him the story…But,
you gotta promise one thing," she said to Baynarr.
"What’s
that?" he jumped up excitedly. His mother put a paw on him and pushed him
back down.
Chuckling, his
aunt said, "You can only hear this if you can stay awake."
He nodded. "I
can do that!"
"All right…But
I’m warning you, this is a long story. And I’m just starting from Mufasa."
"I can stay
up!" he whined.
"Settle down,
Baynarr," growled his mother lightly.
He silenced
himself and listened to Aurora.
"As you know, there are ceremonies for
every newborn prince and princess. Well, Pride Rock is far to the south."
She pointed a paw. "It’s like the Boulder of Strength, but gray, instead
of reddish brown. And it’s peak is longer, but only slightly higher.
"One day, Mufasa and Sarabi—they were
King and Queen—waited as many many animals gathered at their Kingdom…"
And so that night
Aurora told the story of Simba and Mufasa and Scar, along with Zazu and Timon
and Pumbaa and Nala and many more. Then of Kovu and Kiara. She told of the generations,
all the way until the birth of Baynarr himself.
"How do you
know all this?" asked Baynarr after Aurora was done. He was tired and
yawned, he eyes half closed, but he was still very interested.
Aurora purred,
"Those were stories passed on through the generations. Every generation
has a great story with it, and is passed on to the next."
Nine
~The Announcement~
(Outlands)
The
next day both prides met up together in the middle of the Outlands for the
announcement. It was very exciting, especially for Baynarr as this was his
first day in the Outlands. He had never gone that far from his home before. A
few nearby animals stirred and listened.
"I am sadly
retiring, but my days have come and gone. But, I would like to announce de new
shaman, Aurora!" Rafiki cried out.
The lions roared
and cheered, then bowed as Aurora stood up between the prides.
"We’re proud of you, Aurora," said
Kiara and she licked her.
"Congratulations,"
Kovu said and nuzzled her.
"Aurora, I
didn’t think I’d live to see the day," joked Timba and he batted a paw at
her playfully.
"Good job. You’ve made it this far, and
now you can carry on the shaman spirit," Larka growled, friendly.
Mangel said,
"Aurora, my granddaughter, you will be a fine shaman."
"The
best!" Singa laughed and she licked her.
Aurora thanked
everyone and then bid a farewell to Kovu and Kiara and their pride, as well as
Rafiki before heading off back to the Boulder of Strength with her pride.
Ten
~Another Fight~
(Strengthlands)
Baynarr
and Aurora were walking the next day in the Strengthlands to the east.
"I miss
Runu," Baynarr meowed sadly.
"Yes, we all do, Baynarr. But, he is in
the stars. Remember what your mom and dad and I told you about the stars?"
He nodded gravely.
She said,
"Good."
"Runu would
always be the one to take me out on walks," sniffled the cub. "How
come you are now?" He tilted his head up at her. "Are you my new
guardian?"
"Er…well…I
guess you could say that."
But then Shyla
suddenly pounced out of nowhere, along with Sekeita, Kadio and Tanko.
"Not you
again!" growled Aurora, scars still over her from the last fight.
Shyla giggled.
"We won’t let the cub go this time."
"No we
won’t." Sekeita growled, glaring down at the cub who scrambled under his
aunt.
"Don’t touch
him," Aurora growled back.
Again, Shyla
giggled. "There’s nothing you can do about this, Aurora. He is going to
die. Along with you if you keep up in this fight. Remember what happened to
Runu? Well, it can and will happen to you if you don’t get out of the
way."
Heavy memories
sagged down on Aurora, but she shook them away. Except, she couldn’t help but
remember. Shyla’s the one and only one who will kill this
cub, she thought. Otherwise Sekeita would’ve gotten him done with when she first
grabbed him. But no, she had brought him over to Shyla.
First, Aurora
tried to talk Shyla out of it. "Shyla, why are you with them? Them! They’re the ones who cubnapped
us when we were younger! Remember?"
"It was for
our own good," replied the white lioness. "You should’ve stayed. Not
only would you have been saved by our overruling, but you would’ve learned how
to fight great for once." She laughed.
As Shyla had said
that, Aurora glared. She knew she couldn’t talk her out of it. I just have to keep Shyla away from Baynarr and he might be able to live at least, she
said in her mind sadly but hopefully.
Suddenly, Aurora leapt on Shyla, which
surprised everyone that she was the first to make the move. They started to
fight as they had before. Kadio leapt on Aurora and held her down, right as she
thought her plans could’ve worked.
"Run!"
she yelled to Baynarr under the lion’s weight. "Run, Baynarr! Run!"
But Baynarr was
trembling as he backed up, staring up at Sekeita, almost in shock as she looked
pure evil. Somehow, she had gotten some of her own evil into Shyla.
Then, Baynarr suddenly fell into hollow
ground. He fell into a meerkat colony—like Aurora, Timba and Runu had once.
"Kid, get out of here!" said a
nearby meerkat, hotly.
But Baynarr backed
up into him as a paw came down. The meerkat squeaked and scurried away, deeper
into the smaller holes. The paw tried to grab the cub, but Baynarr took his
little teeth and dug it into the paw. Sekeita cried out and pulled her paw out,
snarling.
"He bit
me!" she roared. "Tanko! Get ‘im!"
And Tanko
hesitantly put his own paw down. Right as he did, Baynarr bit again, but Tanko
only flinched. Gasping, the cub backed up even more as he was almost pulled
out.
"Just a
little farther," whispered Tanko to himself, feeling around.
As Aurora was
trapped under Kadio, Shyla smirked and took the other lioness’s neck in her
jaw. Right when she was about to twist, a roar came out of nowhere. Shyla,
Tanko, Kadio and Sekeita all looked up to see a great lion not too faraway. It
looked like Timba, but there was something different about him. Then, the lion
took off, Kadio and Tanko following.
"Fools! Get
over here and help!" Sekeita roared out as her brothers ran off.
Aurora jumped up
and leapt on Shyla again. Snarling, Sekeita glanced down the hole once more
before helping her daughter. But, Aurora was going against too lions. Now she
was dead for. Then, there was another roar. Not from a lion, but as they looked
up, it was a tiger.
"You!" Sekeita growled, remembering
Pala.
As old as the
tiger was, she jumped into the fight. It lasted long, but eventually Shyla and
Sekeita were beaten. Sekeita ran off and they let her, but Pala and Aurora held
Shyla down.
"Aurora, don’t!"
Pala growled as Aurora was about to make a move to slash Shyla.
"Why
not?" she growled back. "She deserves it! She almost killed Ba—"
She gasped. "Where’s Baynarr?!"
"I’m right
here," he meowed, scared, shaking and coughing a little as he crawled out
from the ground.
Aurora immediately grabbed him and set him
down next to her. "Are you OK?"
He nodded.
She laid down and started to groom him,
keeping her eye on the silent Shyla, who Pala still held down surprisingly.
Another surprising thing was the silence. Last time Shyla was kept hostage she
had cried out.
Eleven
~Pacing Lioness~
(Boulder of Strength)
"Shyla,"
said Kiara gently. "We love you."
The white lioness
was taken back to the Boulder of Strength and kept in its cave. Three lionesses
guarded the back of the cave where she was kept hostage still.
Aurora had told them what had happened. The
strange thing was, that Timba hadn’t ever been out there to save them by
distracting Kadio and Tanko. Rafiki had thought it might’ve been a spirit, and
who else looked more like Timba than Simba? It was something very mysterious,
especially when a couple lionesses were sent out to search for this lion, but
didn’t find him. Deep in her heart, Aurora felt it was Simba.
"Rafiki said
we were the only ones who could get her back in the light," Kovu whispered
to his mate, who nodded.
They stared at
their daughter, who paced back and forth, growling. She wasn’t listening.
Mangel stood beside his parents, watching his sister sadly.
"He will
help," Rafiki whispered to Kiara and Kovu, nodding to Mangel.
They nodded.
"Shyla, we
missed you," Kiara said.
Shyla stopped and
looked at Kiara and roared, "If you missed me and loved me you would’ve
gone after me!"
"We had Pala
to look after you and make sure you didn’t get hurt," Kovu replied. Pala
was sitting next to him, staring at Shyla. She was glad she had finally brought
her back.
"Yes
well," said Shyla. "She
was the only one who cared for me. She kept her promise and came back for me. I
had even seen her every once in awhile, lurking about, making sure I was
OK."
Aurora wondered if
that was why Shyla hadn’t struggled or cried out as she was held, as Pala—besides
Sekeita, Kadio and Tanko—was the only one she trusted.
"She will
chose if she wants to stay with you and carry on the circle of life at Pride
Rock," Rafiki then said, before anyone could react. "We’ll bring her
back and keep her in da smaller cave, next to dee royal one. Seven suns and
seven moons will pass before she decides what she wants." He whispered to
Kiara and Kovu, "And make sure you use that time wisely." Then his
voice raised again. "If she doesn’t want to be Queen, ‘den let her
go."
They nodded. And
so, Kiara, Kovu, Rafiki and the pride left with Shyla who stayed inside a
circle of lionesses. They bid farewell to Timba’s and Larka’s pride and Aurora
and Baynarr before heading back to Pride Rock where they would try to convince
their daughter that she belonged with them, and take her out of the dark and
into the light.
The End
By Baby Fire Wolf
wolfcub_gemini@usa.com