“This is just like one of the story’s mum used to tell us; Vitani breathed. “Wait this isn’t a story it’s REEEAAAL!” Vitani screamed as the two rivals tumbled over a waterfall. Vitani and Panthera-Leo were underwater, and with her mothers screams ringing in her ears Vitani blacked out and she knew no more. Minutes later Panthera-Leo washed up on the shore and Vitani ended up on top of him with her head resting on his chest. Vitani was alive and breathing. She heard some faint thumping in her painful sleep, which woke her up immediately. Vitani found out that the noise was Panthera-Leo’s heartbeat. The drenched lioness shook him. In a few seconds Panthera-Leo’s eyes began to open. He spotted Vitani on his stomach and sneered. “Did you do this; he growled. “No you fell into the gorge don’t you remember” Vitani urged. “The last thing I remember was a wall and then-” He paused for a while and looked at Vitani. “You saved me” Then for the first time ever Vitani thought she saw him smile. They set off through the jungle together. “I didn’t catch your name” Panthera-Leo claimed in a more cheery voice. “I’m Vitani”  Vitani told him. “Nice name” Panthera-Leo exclaimed, and do you know what, he meant it.

Chapter thirteen: The deserted place in the deserted desert.

This time Kovu dreamed he was being chased by the two lions up to the peak of Moonbeam Rock and up at the top Zira was waiting for him. Zira pushed Kovu off the peak and once again he clung on to the very same narrow ledge as before. Lamanu towered over him and allowed Zira to pull out some of his mane hair. Zira tickled Kovu’s nose with the hair and Kovu sneezed causing him to fall off the ledge and to his doom. Kovu immediately woke up and trotted out of pride rock. He was used to the dreams now so he didn’t care about how frightening they were.

He made off for the desert. Kovu was one hundred percent sure that he wouldn’t find water in the Swahili desert. The bold lion plodded through the grasslands and the jungle until he finally reached the desert. He sauntered along the sandy path with only the sound of the grains of sand moving on the warm breeze. Kovu suddenly heard rustling behind him. A ferocious rouge lion shot out of the bushes. Kovu backed away. The lion bared his long pointy teeth. Kovu gulped hard. He would rather die by a curse than get chewed up by rouge. Kovu’s life flashed before his eyes. The day he met Kiara, the moment Zira died, Tosibu, his mum and dad, Simba Nala, Rafiki, Sarafina, Lamanu, Abando and the others, everyone he’d met. “STOP,” yelled a familiar sounding voice. Kovu looked behind the rouge to see Vitani staring at him. Kovu ran towards his sister and nuzzled her. “Who is this stranger?” asked the rouge. “This is my brother: Kovu. The rouge bowed down before Kovu. “So you’re the famous Kovu; growled the rouge. “My mate has told me all about you” he finished. “Mate?” questioned Kovu glancing at Vitani. “Oh Kovu this is my mate: Panthera-Leo” Vitani introduced. “Nice to meet you” claimed Kovu. “What are you doing here?” he asked. “Well it’s a long story but I’ll just cut to the chase” Vitani told him. “She actually means cut to the chase” Panthera-Leo joked. “Well as I was saying: I chased him around the jungle and…” she began. “I think you liked him already” Kovu giggled. “As I was saying; Vitani said again. We started fighting and fell into a spikey bush and then…” she started. “Now here’s the good part,” Panthera-Leo added. “Be quiet and listen to me!” shouted Vitani. “Okay woman” soothed Panthera-Leo. “Well this idiot hit a wall and fell into the gorge where mum died and then…” Here comes my favourite part” Panthera-Leo said aloud. “THAT’S IT, THAT WAS THE LAST STRAW,” screamed Vitani. “I jumped in after him (even though I didn’t want to) and saved him…” Panthera-Leo was about to say something, again, but Vitani stuck her tail in his mouth. “Then we mated” she finished giving a sigh of relief and then tugging her tail out of Panthera-Leo’s mouth. Panthera-Leo started spitting out the last hairs. “Trust me you’re not the only one who’s had another lions hair in their mouth” Kovu laughed. “Well what are you doing here?” asked Vitani. “Well I don’t know how to tell you this but I’m…er…DOOMED!” Kovu wailed. “What are you talking about?” posed Vitani. “I’m going to die!” he sobbed. “I had a dream about Zira attacking and Rafiki told me I’d die in a week unless I made this antidote thing,” he cried. “So this is what you were talking about after the race. “ Oh yeah now I remember the race” Panthera-Leo recalled. “So it was you I saw in that bush what were you doing in there?” Vitani nagged. “I was looking at your pride all together as one cheering for Kovu,” he explained. “Well if you want a family why don’t you go back to your own?” requested Vitani. “Because I don’t have one” Panthera-Leo answered. Vitani gasped. My mother died when I was only six months old and my father drowned when he fell into some rapids. “Guys stop all the babbling and listen” Kovu barged in. I found dirt, from Mount Fare, got some hair off the Moonbeam Prides king and now I have to find water in this sandy place” he sulked. “You went to the top of mount Fare?” gasped Vitani. “I’ve never heard of the Moonbeam Pride,” exclaimed Panthera-Leo. “I’ll get to that later but right now we have to find water,” Kovu told them. “Well come on there’s no time to waste” urged Vitani. The three lions sauntered through the desert. They had walked for an hour and they had reached the centre of the desert. Panthera-Leo collapsed to the floor. I can’t go on any more I need to eat NOW!” Panthera-Leo gasped. “The only food around here is yourself, you idiot,” Vitani screamed. “ I don’t care I’ll eat myself if I have to” he replied. “Well if you’re to lazy to get off your rump then I guess we’ll have to carry you” Kovu suggested. “Are you crazy he weighs more than three zebras put together?” Vitani explained. “ Well if he climbs on top of us we might be able to heave him somewhere” Kovu planned. “Come on PL, do you mind if I call you PL?” Kovu asked. “Sure, I need to shorten my name anyway” Panthera-Leo agreed. Panthera-Leo grudgingly got up and put his front half on Kovu and his hind half on Vitani. “How come I’m the one who gets to have your butt in my face?” Vitani groaned. Kovu and Panthera-Leo ignored this. Kovu and Vitani, with Panthera-Leo on their backs, went on until Kovu saw a pyramid in the distance. “Hey guys maybe we can rest by that pyramid?” Kovu wondered. “They traipsed until they reached the pyramid. “Panthera-Leo slid off Vitani and Kovu’s backs. He leaned against a wall to support his weak body. “Hey I think I see something written on this wall?” Panthera-Leo sighed. “It says: this way to the water” he read out loud. The three lions stepped back and stared up at some writing on the side of the pyramid.

THE TEMPLE OF WATINI

The name of the lion that started the curse had his own temple! “This is it guys this is where the water is” Kovu cheered bounding up and down. “But how do we get in?” Panthera-Leo questioned. “I think I see some more writing?” Vitani told them. “It says: What’s the password?” Vitani declared. Kovu fell to the floor in horror. “That’s it, it’s been nice knowing you guys” Kovu wept. “Hold on a minute, I think there’s something else written on here” Vitani soothed. “I think you have to unscramble the letters?” Vitani carried on. “The letters are: R, M, A, D, E,” Vitani explained. “I’m terrible at this” Kovu complained. “All this because of an antidote and a stupid dream!” He screamed. Suddenly the door to the pyramid opened. “Kovu stood there with his mouth wide open. “You did it little bro, DREAM that was the password,” Vitani chanted. “Well what are we waiting for, new years eve? We have to get in there” Panthera-Leo persuaded. They trudged through the ancient pyramid. Vitani kept really close to Panthera-Leo. “You big cub” Kovu laughed. Vitani stuck her tongue out at Kovu. “ At least you didn’t jump into a flooding gorge to save him,” she boasted turning her head to face Panthera-Leo. “Hey what’s that supposed to mean?” Panthera-Leo snarled. “No offence” Vitani quickly reacted. “Oh no!” Kovu shouted making Vitani spin round to face him. “We need another password” Kovu sighed. “Well you figured the last one out you can do it again,” Vitani pointed out. “What kind of pyramid has two passwords in it? I bet the answer is…” Panthera-Leo didn’t finish his sentence because he crashed into a wall with writing on it. “I think I found the clue,” He grunted. “Really, you think?