Part Three:
Together
Scene Ten
Marriage
-=Pridelands=-
~Time passed from last scene: Two Years~
-= The Pridelands fade in and it’s day =-
(There is a lioness in
the Pridelands. She stalks over to another lioness. They are Kya and Thuraia.
Kya is full-grow.)
THURAIA: (Smiles) Are you
nervous?
KYA: (Nods) But not about
the wedding.
THURAIA: (Tilts head)
Then what of? It’s not that this is your first hunt, is it?
KYA: No, Mother. That’s
not it. I’m just afraid…
THURAIA: (Gently as she
nuzzles her daughter) Of what?
KYA: What if Lacchelo,
Ezima and the other rebels come back? I mean, they were planning on attacking us.
THURAIA: It’s been two
years, hun, and they never did. Do you think they are now?
KYA: (Sighs) I can’t help
thinking that.
THURAIA: (Nuzzles again
and purrs) Our pride is strong.
KYA: Yeah, but against elephants and rhinos
and all those other animals? We could never beat them, Mom.
(Then Quwin’go comes
over. He nuzzles his daughter and licks his wife and sits between them.)
QUWIN’GO: So how are
things?
THURAIA: Our daughter’s
nervous.
QUWIN’GO: (Chuckles)
She’s supposed to be that way.
KYA: No, not about the marriage,
Dad.
QUWIN’GO: Then why are you nervous?
KYA: Because, Dad. What
if they attack?
QUWIN’GO: Huh? Who? Oh,
you mean Ezima and the rebellions? (Laughs) It’s OK, dear. I’ve heard that
Lacchelo died.
KYA: (Gasps, surprised)
Huh?
QUWIN’GO: Well he was
killed, actually. By Ezima herself.
KYA: His own mother
killed him! Why?
QUWIN’GO: (Shrugs) I’m
not sure. I’ve just heard that. And I’ve also heard the most of the animals
have gone. Zariy did the work on exile for them. (Yawns) You know, I can’t wait
until you and Bahari are married.
KYA: How come?
THURAIA: He just wants to
become lazy again! (Laughs)
QUWIN’GO: Hey! (Pauses)
Well, that is kind of true. Hehe. I just can’t wait till I’m Gry. Hey, that
would make a good song. (Kidding like) I Can’t Wait to be Gry!
(They laugh.)
KYA: You mean you can’t
wait to be old.
QUWIN’GO: Or that.
(Chuckles) But then again I lived a quarter of my life with zebras, and I’d
like to kick back, relax and be a lazy lion cub again, except this time, take
the cub part out.
THURAIA: (Stretches,
yawns and shakes as she gets up and leads the others back to Pride Rock) Well,
we better get back before the ceremony starts.
KYA: But, Mom, what about
my hunt?
THURAIA: Oh yes, your
hunt.
(They start walking
further into the Pridelands then, to the north. They are passed the Tree of
Life.)
THURAIA: I’d just like to
hurry back in case another star falls.
KYA: Hey, wait, that’s
it!
THURAIA AND QUWIN’GO:
What’s it?
KYA: (Excited) Mom, Dad!
The stars! There are barely any falling stars anymore. I mean, it’s like it
used to be, when I was a really young cub. That must mean that they won’t attack. That must mean that they are gone…I just hope that they don’t come back.
(Shudders)
(Kya goes hunting and
gets an antelope. After the fast meal, they go back to Pride Rock. Quwin’go and
Thuraia and Bahari and Kya all roar at the tip of the peak of the Kingdom,
looking down at all the animals after Aurora had shook a staff above the
younger lions’ heads. The pride, including Parra, was behind them, roaring out
with them.)
-= Fades =-
The
End
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