Please note: I am an Australian with a British background
and therefore spell things differently to the Americans, the most obvious
example is mum as I spell it but you Americans spell it mom… there are several
others but I am not going to bother going through them all.
Jafira: (how it is spelt, jaf-I-ra)
Toto: (completely
obvious to me as I had a cat once named Toto) toe-toe
Erilindia: eril-india
Yondine: yon-dine
Elidy: El-lidy
Satrelina: sat-ril-ena
Gaferu: Gaf-rew
Renyrulo: ren-e-ru-lo
And
the rest are in the movies so listen yourself for them…
Pointing out the obvious: you won’t understand any of my work here if you haven’t seen the films!
My
characters: Jafira, Toto, Erilindia, Yondine, Elidy, Sampsen, Satrelina, Gaferu, Renyrulo, Yrotena and Jayndene are
under my copyright, if it helps out another lion king fan with names for their
story then I will let them use it with an e-mail to notify me… other than that
it will be a case by case basis.
The character Simba (Jr or 2nd
depending on the scene) is copyrighted partially by Disney and by me partially
so I am not honestly sure which category this goes under but yeah, you get that
sort of thing story writing.
A quick note that ALL my work to date has not
been recommended for an audience under the age of 10 at least! Some even for over 15 year olds only
because I am an expert in writing about tragedies, death and dealing with them
so I portray them heavily and make graphic descriptions of injuries… so watch
out… persons under 10, my stories are not for you unless you want to be
traumatized for the rest of your life and by reading any of my works I don’t
take any legal responsibility for any such thing because you have been warned…
Chapter
1: pride rock: den:
what do we have left?
A severe drought has
plagued the Pridelands in Kovu and Kiara’s first year of ruling the kingdom…
Kiara: (almost panting from
heat exhaustion) we will have to leave our place of rulership… I don’t know how
much more of this lack of water I can survive…
Kovu: that isn’t the Kiara
I know! The Kiara I know is brave and
daring and…
Kiara: (interrupts) had a
belly full of gazelle and water… it is a pity my father isn’t here because I
could really use his guidance… although I don’t think he has ever faced
something as bad as this.
Kovu: I don’t think any
king nor queen has had such a bad start… if only Simba were here… (walks out of the den with Kiara looking
out at him lost in thought)
Chapter 2: Flashback: Simba’s
death…
Not long after
the marriage of the to-be-king-and-queen (Kovu and Kiara) Nala had a tragic
passing after she was hunting some wilder beast one turned around and stabbed
her directly in the side with it’s horns, Timon and Pumba brought her back to
the den but she died shortly after… Simba was emotionally traumatised and
couldn’t forgive himself. After
believing that he had somehow caused Mufasa’s death but being proved wrong by
Scar admitting that it was him. Now
he believed that he caused Nala’s death because it was her turn to bring in a
large meal for the pride. This had
made him borderline insane and too weak to rule… out of sorrow he passed his
royal powers to the new couple and wondered off into the shadows and sorrows
that had become of his life. For one
last time Kiara tried to talk Simba out of thinking he responsible for his
wife’s death…
The den about a month
before the start of this story.
Kiara: daddy, this has to
stop, Nala went out of her free will, it was a dare from all of us, not your
doing…
Simba: Kiara, no… if I
hadn’t have asked her to go out there she would still be alive… it IS my fault…
2 deaths have I had sitting on my shoulders, one lifted by scar admitting to
murder and one that there is no way that someone else could have caused it…
Kiara: isn’t that what you
thought happened with Mufasa?
Simba: (Sighs but can’t look
Kiara in the eye) yes… I only hope that I will be able to see your child ready
to rule before I die, I sense that both are close… I only know that you are the
ones who must worry about this now… (Looks Kiara in the eyes) We are one and alike, you and I, if you had
lived my life you would be in my position now…
We are one and alike,
our eyes, our compassion, our emotions… all the same… that is why I was so
tough on you as a child, I almost got myself killed on several occasions.
Kiara: hmm… (Sighs) if Kovu
and I are the only ones who can make you feel happy before you… before you…
Kiara couldn’t say
it, almost in tears over the subject…
Simba: (finishing her
sentence for her because she was on the verge of tears)… die…
Kovu: (walks in and says)
Simba, why do you blame yourself?
Nala was also out there with Kiara that day, she was out cutting off the
wilder beasts escape… you had nothing to do with it, you were awaiting her
return…
Simba: promise me something,
both of you…
Kovu and Kiara: (almost simultaneously timed) hmm?
Simba: that you will live
on, have a cub that will… be able to be a successor because I only hope that I
will live long enough to see him or her before my guilt claims me… death is
close, Timon has already died from age and Pumba has seen better days too… I
doubt he will survive much longer… and neither will I… Sarifina, your mother’s
mother, Kiara, she died under Scar’s rulership and Nala was able to continue
because she knew it wasn’t her fault… a group of hungry hyenas ambushed her for
meat… she didn’t survive long from what I heard…
(Gets up and walks
down to the water hole with Kovu and Kiara following) (Upon arrival he had
brief flashbacks of Nala’s funeral as she floated downstream looking so
peaceful on her back. He closed his
eyes and said) I will always be with you in the stars, I will guide you where I
can…
Kiara: I know you will…
Mufasa and Rafiki told me…
Simba: Mufasa? Told you?
Kovu: (looking a little bit
more dumbstruck than Simba and just glared at her with amazement)
Kiara: (didn’t notice the
look on Kovu’s face) yes he did… he said he will be there for us too… Rafiki is
also becoming older and I am honestly surprised he hasn’t shown his age in his
actions…
Simba: I agree but my father
almost never helped me when I needed him… he must have thought I needed to be
more independent than he was… (Continues towards the waterhole that Nala was laid
to rest in, it was more like a large stream and it was about 20 yards to the
north of the waterhole where he last drank)
Kovu and Kiara: (follow)
Simba: (stops at the
waterhole and without a word has a drink)
Kovu and Kiara: (sit down near Simba without a word)
Simba: (gets up and walks
over to them with a tear coming out of his left eye) I am too weak… I can’t go
on… I know I must be happy again but I can’t… the darkness has almost
completely consumed me and it is coming around tor the final attack…
Kiara: then FIGHT it!
Simba: I can’t I am too
weak! … I know I can’t survive it… I must hold on but I can’t… I must lift
myself up but I can’t… (Looks towards the ground sobbing, looks back up) this
is the same spot where I cried for at least a day when your mother died… and
here I am crying about it again in the same spot… I can’t go on… I just can’t
go… (Exhales deeply while saying his last word) on…
And with that he
passed out… Kovu straightened his neck to see if there was a pulse. Kovu and Kiara saw it for the last 3 beats
of this wonderful life… then it stopped…
Kiara: NO! (Her word dragged on and seemed to echo
through time similarly to when Kovu was exiled again but it seemed to last
longer and there were more echoes as time seemed to freeze)
Kovu: (holds Kiara as she
starts crying)
A few hours later all
the remaining lionesses, Rafiki, Zazu and Pumba all arrive for Simba’s funeral
in the same style as Nala’s funeral but with more tears with several wild
animals watching from a distance with the older ones that remember him
overthrowing Scar and the hyenas being full of tears. None however were as teary as Kiara after loosing both her
parents in a year and the mother of the previous king not long before them
both… she however had been ill for a fair while and was able to go through the
whole story from the start of Simba’s life through Kiara’s story up until that
point 3 days after their wedding.
There were tears all round but Kovu was holding his emotions to be a
shoulder to lean on for Kiara.
Rafiki, Pumba, Zazu,
Kovu and Kiara carried his lifeless body into the water, by this time Kovu
could no longer hold back his emotions and he cried with deep sobs… Simba’s
lifeless body floated downstream and sank a little bit further down than Nala
had done but was just as emotional.
Kovu and Kiara were crying together as Vitani came to comfort them but
not making them feel any better.
The sorrows were very
strong for a few days but then they started to accept that tears won’t bring
him back and tried to return to normal life…
Back to real time…
Kiara blinked and
remembered where she was dropping a single tear to the floor, she looked
around.
Kiara: (picks herself up
off the ground and follows Kovu to see how badly affected the land had become
by the drought thus far)
Chapter 3: pride rock: Top of pride rock: devastation revealed…
Kiara arrives at the
top of pride rock to find an exhausted Zazu and a worried Kovu… she had a brief
dizzy spell but ignored it and looked over at the very brown grasslands and the
heavily evaporated waterhole bank that was cracking in the heat.
Kiara: whoa! A fire could wipe out this whole lot in
minuets!
Kovu: (slightly playfully)
yeah and you would know, I rescued you from one if you remember.
Kiara: (sounding a little
bit bleak) yeah, I remember.
Kovu: hmm, we still haven’t
had a cub yet?
Kiara: no not yet… but
judging by this… I would say that we may never…
Kovu: I unfortunately
agree…
Zazu: no! Never!
I have lived through 3 generations of this family and I wish to see a
fourth! I will see a fourth before I
allow my son to be my successor.
Kiara: give it a rest Zazu,
it was only a suggestion.
Zazu: it didn’t sound like
one though…
They all look out over the horizon as the sun sets with a sense of fear starting.
Chapter 4: pride rock: den:
night: Kovu’s bad feeling
During the night Kovu
awoke with a powerful feeling that there was worse to come… he got up and had a
look outside to see a star filled night and Rafiki coming up to the den.
Kovu: good evening.
Rafiki: (surprised that
someone was awake) oh hello Kovu. How
have you been?
Kovu: worried… with Simba
gone and a drought setting in I am fearful for what is to come… he always said
that he would watch over us but I can’t be sure because we are yet to have a
cub and with Simba and Nala gone we may not be able to secure the circle of
life…
Vitani: Kovu? What are you doing… oh you have found that
crazy mandril with the stick…
Rafiki: well that is very
nice young Vitani… and a good evening to you too…
Vitani: (taking offence to
this but choosing not to act upon her immediate anger) what have you been up
to, using this monkey as someone to talk to Kovu?
Kovu: yeah, pretty much…
Vitani: (backs down seeing
as her plan would only have worked if he disagreed) (sighs deeply)
Rafiki: I have been talking
with Mufasa and Simba through the winds and they have said that you will have a
male cub very soon, I hope this is one less weight on your shoulders… I also
wish to say that Simba has decided that now he has been reunited with Nala he
is pleased and that he thanks you for trying to cheer him up when he was down…
Kovu: that is good to hear…
(Looks back at Kiara who is still sound asleep), probably best not to tell her
now or she will be a bit grumpy in the morning… I will tell her when she wakes
tomorrow… or better yet, how about you Rafiki stay here and tell her at
sunrise?
Rafiki: no, I am not really
one for sleeping in caves… however I may as well stay, you may not remember in
the morning with the nightmares…
Kovu: (looking a little bit
confused) how did you know about them?
Rafiki: hoh hoh hoo! I have seen it happen before… usually
happens after an event that greatly affects someone’s life, in your case,
Simba’s passing… he was the one who made you see the better way through him and
Kiara…
Kovu: o…k
Vitani: you two can talk all
you want but I would seriously recommend that we get some sleep. (Walks out to the middle of the den and
lies down to sleep)
Kovu: sorry about her, she
hasn’t been herself lately… I think it is her being jealous, although being my
sister, is not queen… but I can’t be sure… either way I agree that we should
get some sleep… Rafiki, where do you plan on sleeping?
Rafiki: I have had my eye on
that tree just at the bottom of pride rock… I will see you at sunrise.
Kovu: (quite bluntly)
‘night
Rafiki: (gestures his hand
into a half wave, half salute and hurries off down towards the tree that he had
said about)
Chapter 5: pride rock: den: The next morning: what has to be told…
As the sun rises,
Rafiki climbs up to the den and wakes Kovu and Kiara who where stirring at that
time anyway but Vitani was nowhere to be seen.
Rafiki: good
morning!
Kiara: (screams lightly in
surprise and Kovu gets up almost laughing but trying to hold it back to suggest
he had no idea about Rafiki arriving that early on this day) whoa! Gees!
What the heck was that for?
You scared me Rafiki.
Rafiki: I’m sorry but I have
some wonderful news!
Kiara: (sounding a bit groggy
but nods her head as though to say continue)
Rafiki: Simba has said that
he thanks you for trying to cheer him up when he was alive, he is now with Nala
up with the rest of the great kings with their queens less strong but are still
together… he said he wishes to apologise for putting you through what he did,
all those tantrums and questioning why to live, he is deeply sorry… he has also
said you will have a male cub born in the not to distant future and he says
that you will probably be a better influence on it than he was on you and Kovu
but he can’t see that far ahead…
Kiara: o…k well it is good
to hear from him but how did you hear this?
Kovu: he told me last night
in less detail but he said he heard this from their spirits through the winds.
Kiara: hmm, well at least
we know we will have a cub, did he tell you about what the not to distant
future’s outlook for the Pridelands?
Rafiki: unfortunately no… he
may not know himself but I’ll let you know of anything further… anyway have you
seen Vitani? She is nowhere in sight.
Kovu: hey, you are
right. Ill go have a quick look for
her, she is probably just out for water.
Rafiki: hmm, but either way
I should head back to my tree… I will return when your cub is born. (Walks out of the den and hurries off back
to the tree)
Kiara: (looks at Kovu as if
to say that he had known he was coming and made her jump)
Kovu: (on the verge of
almost cracking up laughing making it obvious to Kiara that he knew)
A few awkward seconds
passed which was broken by Kovu walking out to find his sister.
Chapter 6:
The grasslands: Vitani’s disappearance
Kovu was out
searching for his sister.
Kovu: (sigh) I wonder where
she is… it is not like her to be gone from pride rock without notice…
He continued searching
until the sun was at about 1 third of the way through the sky when he found his
sister wounded and lying down with a severe trio of slash marks down her left
half of her rib cage and 4 teeth marks just above her right front paw and
numerous other small cuts including a deep one across her bridge of her nose
making her look almost comical but her mood was a totally different story.
Kovu: what
happened?
Vitani: (opens her eyes and
says) a rogue… please help me back… back to pride rock… brother…
Kovu: ok, you may be a bit
hurt from the trip but I will do my best…
Vitani: I understand…
(Almost unconscious)
Kovu: picks his sister up
and carries the loudly complaining lioness back to the den…
Chapter 7: pride rock: The den: Kovu’s surprise
Kovu: (arrives back at the
den with his loudly complaining sister on his back, he places Vitani outside
the den and calls out for lioness assistance but to his surprise the lionesses
tell Kovu to come inside and they will handle his badly wounded sister for now)
Kiara: it’s about time,
what happened there?
Kovu: a rogue, what’s the
problem?
Kiara: I have something to
show you… (She was smiling as she moved her front paw to reveal a cub facing
towards its mother)
Kovu: what! I missed the birth… darn it.
Kiara: (lightly laughs) I
am not sure what to call it…
Kovu: well it is a guy,
right?
Kiara: correct… any
suggestions?
Kovu: not off the top of my
head… well this is certainly a highlight of this already dark season…
Kiara: there is more…
another 2 cubs, both girls…
Kovu: 3! Whoa!
What are the chances of that?
Kiara: I
have no idea…
Kovu: which ones look more
like me and which ones look more like you?
Kiara: I haven’t honestly
bothered to check yet… let’s have a look, shall we?
Kovu: hey, this lady here
looks like me but with your eyes… this lady here looks like you but with my
eyes… the guy looks like he will have a red mane but will have a dark body like
mine, although he appears to have one eye of each… strange…
Kiara: yes, this still gets
us nowhere for names…
Kovu: hmm, where is
Pumba? He is good at things like
this.
Kiara: yeah good point, I
haven’t seen him for a while, not since I asked him to go looking for… (Looking
horror struck)
Kovu: ill find him, that
rogue could easily get him… (Kicks off the wall and sprints past his
complaining sister to the top of pride rock and spots the red mass and tail
hanging up with a faint ‘Kovu?’ being heard.
Kovu runs after Pumba to escort him back then to find and fight off this
intruder)
Chapter 8: The grasslands: what
you can’t see can actually hurt you.
Kovu: (calling out loudly
and running) Pumba! … Pumba!
He was searching for
a short time but it felt like hours… he found the warthog backed up against a
large stone with the rogue closing in… he was attempting to hold this rogue off
with his tusks.
Pumba: Kovu! Help!
Rogue: (In a deep voice)
Kovu? (Looks around and spots the
lion going on the attack)
Kovu: leave him alone… I
will kill you if you dare go any closer to him.
Rogue: (mockingly) you
wouldn’t kill me! I would kill you,
you miserable coward.
Kovu: WHAT DID YOU CALL
ME?!?
Rogue: heh heh
Kovu: if you touch him you
have harmed my sister and a dear friend.
(Draws his claws and roars loudly with a full mouth open to attempt to
scare this foe off)
Rogue: so that cowardly
lioness is your sister is she? Well I
seriously doubt she will survive.
(Turns to face Kovu in an aggressive stance)
Kovu: (almost through
clenched teeth) no you were the coward, leaving her to die like that… I will
finish what she started, Pumba?
Pumba: yes? (Almost a snort)
Kovu: warn the lionesses,
if I fail this lion could easily harm the cubs.
Pumba: cubs? I thought there was only 1
Kovu: there were 3, and we
need your help with names… hurry back, ill take care of this atrocity.
Pumba: (sprints to pride rock
but hears the rogue’s loud talking and catches his name)
Rogue: for your information
my name is Elidy, I doubt you will need it though because you will be dead and
your pride will be mine with your cubs killed to allow me total control.
Kovu: (winces in anger)
(dives at Elidy with claws out and teeth drawn)
Chapter 9: pride rock: the den: Pumba’s return
to retrieve reinforcements
Pumba: (comes rushing towards
the den, sees the whining Vitani, runs in and yells with over the top of the
whining Vitani and the worried Kiara) Kovu is in trouble! That rogue, Elidy his name was, that
attacked Vitani almost got me too, he is holding him off and judging by the
opponent’s size I would say that he may need help!
Kiara: oh no!
Vitani: this rogue is
ruthless, (Gasps) he won’t hold back, (Gasps) Kovu will need help! (Gasp)
Kiara, it is your call. (Gasp)
Kiara: help him with all
your might, Jafira, take charge of the lionesses.
Jafira: yes ma’am
Kiara: as for the rest of
you, I need 2 to help Vitani and one to help me with the cubs… Satrelina, you
stay with me, Gaferu and Renyrulo, stay with Vitani… the rest of you go with
Jafira and help the king.
All remaining lionesses: yes
ma’am
A small pack of
lionesses charged out of the cave led by Pumba and Jafira.
Chapter 10: the grasslands: the fight
continues: Kovu VS Elidy
Kovu: (now with a number of
cuts, none too serious) (Kovu takes one hard strike to Elidy’s side ripping out
a large chunk of fur and flesh from his underbelly with Elidy roaring very
loudly)
Elidy: (swiped Kovu across
the face making him yelp in pain)
The loud and bloody
battle continued as the lioness reinforcements closed in with the enraged
warthog charging towards the fighting duo.
The battle wages on
with a quivering Kiara keeping her cubs warm as the battle wages on, Vitani was
scared by this rogue’s strength but knew that if Kovu has anything to do with
it, she will survive. The three other
remaining lionesses, Satrelina, Gaferu and Renyrulo all followed their orders.
Elidy: (receives a powerful
blow to the side but Kovu was directly in front of him… the blow had dusks one
almost piercing his flesh… from the shock he fell to the ground with a warthog
quickly pinning him… Kovu approached)
Kovu: thanks Pumba. What do you want with the Pridelands and
me, Elidy?
Elidy: I will never tell
you, you filthy cheat… (Notices the lionesses circling him all drawing their
claws)
Kovu: you will leave at
once, as of now you are exiled.
Elidy: (submissively) o…k
Pumba: (releases him)
Elidy: (slowly walks away
but without warning makes a powerful surprise attack on Kovu knocking him down)
seems the tides have turned… (Forgetting the lionesses)
A large number of
clawed paws slashed the already wounded flesh of Elidy
Jafira: never forget there
are more of us than there are of you…
Elidy: (walks towards the
outlands with more injuries than Vitani had but only one that was about as bad
as hers, the cowardly fighter walked off with Jafira and a small number of
lionesses following her to be sure that he wouldn’t return)
Kovu: (walked back to the
den nursing some of his worse injuries with a few lionesses and a slightly
shaky Pumba)
Kiara: (watches Kovu arrive
and calls out to him but he does not speed up, having trouble coping with the
pain)
Kovu: (almost collapses
next to Kiara and with much difficulty said) he is taken care of, despite being
strong he can’t take us all on.
Kiara: (smiles)
Kovu: (lies down exhausted)
Pumba: you said something
about naming the cubs…
Kiara: no, I think that can
wait until morning… I know it is mid afternoon but Kovu needs to agree and he
is out cold after being so heavily wounded.
Pumba: ok, if Timon were here
he would be trying to hug the cubs despite them being already bigger than him…
(Looks at the cubs then looks at the floor almost shedding a tear)… does Rafiki
know yet?
Kiara: (thinks hard for a
moment) no I don’t think so… Pumba, would you save me the trouble of going to
tell him, I would normally ask Kovu but… well you can see for yourself…
Pumba: I understand… I am on
my way. (Leaves the den)
A few hours pass and
the lionesses arrive talking about Kovu’s mighty battle, all naturally
exaggerated and shortly after that Pumba arrives back and says that Rafiki now
knows about the 3 cubs and he will be down here tomorrow to help naming. Pumba also told Rafiki about the rogue
that was known as Elidy, he was naturally worried and has said that for the
time being he will be a scout for the area making sure that we have some notice
if he tries to return.
Chapter 11: pride rock: the den: The next
morning: Kovu’s awakening
The next morning
everything was normal except for Kiara not joining the lionesses for hunting
nor Kovu getting up to see the Pridelands as it was slowly being wiped out by
drought nor to search for any intruders.
Kovu: (stirs to see Kiara
licking her infant cubs and a warthog snoring lightly next to her) (groans as
pain returns to him but struggles up)
Kiara: (notices) good
morning, Kovu
Kovu: (groans and said in a
raspy voice) ‘morning
Kiara: (smiles) Pumba?
Pumba: (stops snoring and
says) (groan) what?
Kiara: Kovu is awake.
Pumba: And?
Kiara: cub naming?
Pumba: oh yeah!
Kovu: what did I miss?
(Leaning towards the right as though he was trying not to move a specific
injury)
Kiara: nothing yet…
remember Pumba was going to help us naming the cubs?
Kovu: ah yes
Pumba: awl, they are so
cute! They are exactly the same
amount as the amounts of lionesses and lions we have lost in the past set of
seasons…
Kiara: hey, you’re right…
what are the chances of that?
Kovu: no idea but I really
wish to get back to resting because of these injuries so if you don’t mind I
will do this lying down because otherwise my injuries hurt.
Kiara: ok, no problem
Pumba: hakuna matata.
Kovu: thanks (lies down)
Kiara: well I would say
that we name the male cub after my father… he was a great man and this little
one will be proud to share his name with such a legend… the male I think should
be called Simba… in loving memory of my father who also proved what you
believed about scar to be wrong.
Kovu: yeah, Simba it is
then for the guy… how about the ladies (suddenly winces in pain)
Kiara: hmm, any suggestions
Pumba?
Pumba: hmm… how about Toto, it
means little one, the one with Kovu’s colour fur and Kiara’s eyes, the runt of
the litter… as for the other one no ideas yet…
Kiara: Toto sounds fine, as
for the other lady…
Kovu: how about Erilindia,
I have no idea if it means anything but it has a nice ring to it
Kiara: sounds good, how’d
you come up with that?
Kovu: I haven’t the
faintest clue but I think it is a great name.
Pumba: I agree
Kiara: So it is decided,
Simba the second, Toto and Erilindia
Kovu: sounds good, where is
Zazu? He said he wanted to see our
cubs before he allowed his son to be his successor.
Kiara: I don’t know, Pumba
and I will look for him if you will keep an eye on the cubs… after all I
haven’t been out in the light of day for almost 2 days.
Kovu: no problem… (Gets up
with difficulty and walks over carefully then lies down with the cubs who
quickly come to him for warmth)
Kiara: well they defiantly
like their father… (Chuckles lightly)
Kovu: (turns his head,
lightly wincing in pain but glaring at Kiara who was dancing around a bit in
victory)
Kiara: (leaves the den
without a word, jumping around still celebrating her ‘victory’)
Pumba: (calmly follows)
Kovu: (looks down at the
cubs… little Simba becoming the adventurous one, Toto being the cuddly one and
Erilindia being the one who looks out for her siblings… Kovu thought to himself
that she would make a great leader of a pack)
Chapter 12: pride rock: the den: the cubs
Kovu was watching
over the cubs that were a little bit of a handful because he couldn’t always
keep up with his wounds… the cubs however didn’t annoy his injuries but took
his mind off the pain, it was the only thing that could… the cubs grew up
quickly with unusual personalities.
Toto was still the one who was always close to mum or dad, Simba was
always getting into spots of mischief and was often hard to keep track of… his
2 different coloured eyes allowed him to spot things very easily and was often
curious. Erilindia was always the
watchful one and looked out for her sister and brother… she truly would make a
good leader of a pack of lionesses.
Kovu realised that Toto’s lack of independence may be a problem if it
continues much after being an infant…
Kovu: (heh) you lot are
great to be with… a lot of fun. It is
a bummer that Kiara gets to have most of the fun. I really missed the fun I am having now when I was a kid…
trained to kill Simba the 1st… I really missed out on a lot…
Simba: (roars very softly
making Kovu look at him in surprise)
Kovu: that’s my boy… I wonder
if Kiara and Pumba have found Zazu yet… and when the presentation ceremony is
due to be.
Simba: (being naturally
curious falls off a rock and yelps in pain)
Kovu: (graciously picks him
up and puts him with his sisters with his marginally wounded left paw)
Kiara: (comes in with
Pumba, Zazu and a smaller bird that looks almost identical to Zazu, minus the
missing feathers) how are the cubs?
Kovu: (more energetic than
when naming the cubs) coming along well, although I am starting to think that
you get to have all the fun…
Zazu: so these are the
little bundles of joy I have heard so little about… Kiara has told me that the
male is Simba the second, or simply Simba… and the ladies she didn’t have the
time to tell me… Kovu?
Kovu: (fairly bluntly) the
two ladies are named Toto and Erilindia, Toto being the smaller one.
Zazu: very nice. When is the presentation ceremony planned
for?
Kiara: that is still being
discussed, this has allowed me to go and inform everyone and Kovu to stay here
because he is wounded.
Zazu: I see, well this is
my successor and son, Yondine.
Yondine: hello, I have to be the
apprentice to keep the family business going, according to my father it would
disgrace our family if I didn’t follow the family business.
Kovu: (groans to agree but
made it not 100% obvious)
Kiara: Rafiki is due to
arrive shortly…
Chapter 13 (unlucky normally but in this chapter no one dies or anything
like that): pride rock: the den: the plans
Kiara: looks like Rafiki
has arrived… I wonder when he plans to have the ceremony?
Rafiki: (swings into the
den) hello… so these are the bundles of joy… very nice…
Kovu: names are: Simba… the second that is for the male, of
course, Toto for the smaller female and the other female is named Erilindia.
Rafiki: you seem better than
everyone has been saying Kovu… I heard it was quite a duel.
Kovu: it was… these cubs
have kept my mind off the pain and I am a little bit ungrateful that Kiara gets
to have most of the fun with these little bundles of joy as you called them.
Rafiki: I could do it
tomorrow just after sunrise… is that all ok with you? There won’t be as many spectators as in pervious presentation
of cubs because of this drought but I can do it tomorrow morning if you can get
the word out quickly.
Kiara: sounds perfect
Rafiki.
Rafiki: (laughs briefly then
hurries out of the den heading towards his tree)
Pumba: I’ll start spreading
the word (also leaves).
Kovu: looks like it won’t
be a bug ceremony then… this drought has made many animals from the Pridelands
leave to survive… there is few left…
Kiara: I know but there is
only 1 way to know how big it will be… and that is time.
Kovu: (looks down) you’re
right…
Toto: (yawns)
Erilindia: (rounds up her brother
and sister and snuggle up to Kovu chattering to themselves with
undistinguishable language to Kovu and Kiara with the occasional weak roar)
Kiara: the cubs are
defiantly are fond of you Kovu… they will be saddened when you leave the den to
try and sort out the Pridelands…
Kovu: I know… (Looks up at
Kiara) but they need someone to be with and at this time I am the non-energetic
one…
Jafira: (enters) Kovu… we
may need your help shortly… our patrols are working their butts off but alone
we can’t take on 3 or 4 hyenas… you I hear can however… they keep ambushing our
groups when mainly we are alone…
Kiara: call the other
lionesses in and ill help Kovu… if he is able to fight then have the lionesses
ready to back him up because being wounded makes for a more easily injured
Kovu…
Kovu: (Groans and gets up
with a few light roars of complaint from the cubs) Kiara, look after the cubs…
I will deal with these hyenas… with a bit of luck we may have a meal of
carnivores tonight… (Winces slightly in pain) (Runs out of the den)
Jafira: (Looks at Kovu
running out like Kiara, then looks at Kiara and quickly says) looks like the
plans for the ceremony will have to wait… ill back him up don’t worry… Kovu, a
Duson or so lionesses and I can take down a large hyena pack no problem… Kovu’s
injuries won’t make a difference (trying to keep Kiara in high spirits) well,
I’d better make sure he is OK and doesn’t get into trouble…
Kiara: good luck… to all of
you (lies down with the cubs coming over to her to take in her body heat)
Jafira: you have nothing to
worry about (lied Jafira) (runs out of the cave after Kovu)
Chapter 14: the
grasslands: from the heart with
hatred…
2 lionesses are
fighting to the death to defend themselves from these hyenas that are laughing
at their pathetic efforts to survive against the 30 or so of them until…
a loud roaring is
heard closely followed by the sound of several lions roaring with a few
cheetahs and leopards included all charging at the crowd with a wounded lion
leading the charge…
The large army of a
lion, several lionesses, some leopards and 2 cheetahs comes charging at high
speed at the murderous bunch with the 2 lionesses seeing this their spirits
soar and they knock out 3 hyenas before the ‘army’ arrives…
Kovu: (roars) they will
fall… they will be crushed… they will DIE!!!
‘Army’: (roars in triumph)
(the line clashes with the disorganised army of the hyenas forcing them to
loose the best chance for doing some decent damage to the impenetrable wall of
carnivores.
Pumba: (the warthog charges
into the bunch with tremendous speed from the opposite side severely wounding a
hyena)
The fight skewered on
with the cheetahs tripping up the hyenas that tried to flee creating a
disgusting mess until…
Kovu: (roars
very loudly)
A hyena: (starts laughing as a
lot of blood starts pouring out of a fresh puncture in his rear left leg)
The leopards: (come
charging to his defence)
Jafira: (comes running to
the wounded king that looked briefly at her then fainted with a loud echo of
his landing with Jafira almost in tears)
The lionesses fight
with vengeance but know that without Kovu they may not survive…
Jafira: (in the aid of
Kovu, straightens his neck and tries to clot the wound with some sand as Pumba
comes running).
Pumba: (gets hit by a hyena on
his way forcing him to the floor as he wails and 2 hyenas take him by his feet
and flee with the rest of the surviving pack in close pursuit)
Kovu: (briefly becomes
conscious to see Pumba squealing and being dragged away… he tries to get up but
then collapses again… out cold)
Jafira: NOOOO!!! (The echo was heard from the den, which
was a fair distance away)
Chapter 15: pride rock: the
den: to bring dumb tidings home…
Jafira and 3 other
lionesses bring the passed out lion back to the den with the remaining
lionesses, leopards and cheetahs following with light sorrows and hopes that
Kovu will survive.
Kiara: (sees the
dead-looking king and immediately starts crying expecting him to be dead, not
noticing Pumba’s absence) it can’t… be… (Sobs heavily)
Jafira: he fell gloriously
in battle but he isn’t dead…
Kiara: (looks up a little
bit confused)
Jafira: he is alive… but
only just… it is unlikely he will survive the night…
Kiara: (doing her best to
not suffer from the heavy blow) (looks over at her husband and cries heavily)
The three lionesses
put the limp king down on the floor as he shudders with a brief moment of
consciousness…
Kovu: (barely able to talk
but does his best) uh… Ki….ar…a… they…(exhales heavily) they…have… Pum….bah…
(Passes out again)
Kiara: (Still very teary)
he’s joking right? (To Jafira)
Jafira: (couldn’t look
Kiara in the eye but said) no, he isn’t joking… the hyenas have him… by now he
is probably dead.
Kiara: this isn’t
happening… this can’t be happening… it mustn’t be true…
Jafira: (wacks Kiara across
the front right paw and Kiara yelps in pain) this is real Kiara… believe me, I
wish this were a dream… but it is not…
Erilindia: (roars lightly as if
to say notice us)
Toto: (yawns)
Simba: (snoring lightly)
Kiara: (a tear falls from
her right cheek and she says) Jafira, take all the lionesses apart from me,
cheetahs and leopards… everything you can master and converge on the hyena
pack’s position… retrieve Pumba if he is still alive and wipe those hyenas out…
take everything you can… even Rafiki if that is necessary… I’ll stay here, look
after this lot and wipe those pesky hyenas out
Jafira: (looking exhausted
but determined) yes ma’am.
Kiara: (returns to the cubs
and moves them to where Kovu is lying unconscious, little Simba complaining all
the way because he was quite happy sleeping)
Jafira: (sprints out of the
den and hastily organises everyone who can fight (excluding Kiara) to fight….
She ordered the faster of the 2 leopards to go and retrieve Rafiki to fight and
the other leopard and cheetahs were ordered to be the straggler destroyers… not
bad for 5 minuets of organising)
‘Army’: for REVENGE (charges
upon the hyena pack’s position without Rafiki nor the extra leopard yet as they
would find it quicker to just go straight to the camp and attack from there)
Jafira: (yells back towards
the den but Kiara didn’t hear) we won’t loose!
The echo was heard by
the army who charged upon the target position… nothing would stop them… the
mere determination was enough to make many run and hide… but there was more yet
to be seen than met the army’s eye…
To Be Continued… there are still plenty of
school holidays left…
Here’s a sneak peak at what’s to come…
Nala: uh… I… tried… but… I… I… fail…led…
Kiara: no you didn’t mum…
you WILL survive this (a few tears fell down Kiara’s face)
Simba (Sr.): Nala, you
will make it… you must…
Nala: uh…(exhales quickly)
Simba: (now also in tears)
(straightens her neck to see no pulse) (a loud roar is heard from Simba…
followed by) NOOOO!!!
Returns to normal time and Kiara looks over Kovu’s almost lifeless body
with the young Erilindia moving him with Toto’s help to the side of the den as
the proud Simba (Jr.) walks in and asks
Simba: how is he?
Kiara: (Kiara, still
holding back a lot of tears) not really a change from last time you asked…
still in a coma…