battle commence!” Zira roared. Zira ran straight for Simba who fought back. Kovu leapt at Zira and knocked her away. Abando started to wrestle him off of Zira. He might have been able to beat him in a race but he couldn’t at wrestling. Kovu pushed Abando off him and ran towards Kiara who was lying down injured. Kovu grabbed her and dragged her towards Pride Rock. Kovu placed Kiara gently on the rock where they slept. “What happened?” asked Vitani who was trying to pull one of the cubs off her back. “I didn’t see” Kovu answered. “Well now that she’s here can we go fight now?” questioned Panthera-Leo. “Whoa let me get this straight, you could stay in here with cubs biting your tail every five seconds or you could go out there with all the ferocious lions and Zira, Oh what shall I choose?” Vitani choked. “I think it’s better if you go out there, Vitani” Kiara breathed. “I’ll watch the cubs,” she decided. Panthera-Leo and Kovu walked outside. Vitani ran in front of them, put her paws against their chests and pushed. But they were too strong for her. Kovu sped back to the scene of the battle and leapt on Zira again. She pushed him off once more. Kovu pounced on one of the hyenas and killed it. Half of the pack ran away. “COWARDS!” screamed Zira. Kovu looked around at all the mangled dead bodies. Snakes, lions, hyenas there were more on Zira’s side then there were on Simba’s. “Face it, Simba, I think we should give up,” Nala suggested sadly. “Yes, Simba, listen to her,” Zira urged. “Well unless we get backup we’re doomed,” Simba replied. “Well where are we going to find ten zillion more attackers at a time like this?” Sarafina wondered. “HERE!” yelled a familiar voice. It was Tosibu and his parents and Lamanu and the good members of his pride. Sarafina and Lamanu embraced while Tosibu nipped Kovu playfully. “We’re ready to fight!” declared Lamanu. Kovu smiled with pride. “ATTACK!” shouted Zira. The two sides charged at eachother. Kovu leapt at Abando and with the help of Vitani and Panthera-Leo they managed to kill him. Abando’s friend shot out of sight As Zira watched her followers she began to sing a song to herself to make her more excited.

This lioness is back to take her wrath upon the land. So Simba can’t get rid of me. Not that easily…

Simba interrupted her song by leaping on her. Zira struggled her way out of the young lions grasp and lashed out at Nala. Kovu leapt in front of her and ended up getting scratched himself.  Zira leapt on a rock and watched over her attackers.  As she watched Simba attacking a nest of snakes (A group of snakes) she continued her song.

…What a feeble lion. No I can’t believe my eyes. Such a stubborn royal who is fighting for his pride…

Simba leapt on Zira again and Kovu and Nala helped to claw her chest. Zira knocked Nala to the ground and she did the same to Simba. Kovu tried to claw the evil lioness but she leapt out of the way. Panthera-Leo and Vitani roared and scared all of the snakes away. Then they started on the hyenas. “Hey you numbskulls don’t just sit there, GET THEM!” Zira shrieked. “Sorry Zira your numbskulls are toast,” Kovu laughed. Zira gazed at all the dead bodies of her followers and for the first time since Nuka died she shed a tear. She had lost a battle her followers and her chance of getting to see the one person that mattered most in the world. “Well it looks like we won!” Kovu cheered. Zira hunched her back and walked away. Kovu felt sorry for Zira and didn’t want her to loose sight of her dream. So he made the weirdest choice of his life. “Hey, Zira…”

“Mother to you,” Zira pouted. “You know you’re welcome to stay, if you want?” Kovu offered. Simba’s mouth dropped open and Sarafina almost fainted. “What, are you crazy” Nala murmured. “Nope,” Kovu answered. “Who knows it might be the best thing that we can do”. “We’ll see” Simba grunted. So the pride of lions, along with Panthera-Leo and Zira strolled up to pride rock.

          Chapter fifteen: The adventure ends… for now

The pride stepped inside pride rock. “I have an announcement to make!” Simba declared. “I, Simba have decided to step down as your leader,” he continued. There were a numerous amounts of gasps from the pride. “So your new king and queen will be crowned today, everybody will meet outside at half past five sharp, and don’t be late!” Simba instructed. Kovu sat down next to Zira on a nearby rock. She had her head hidden between her legs, trying to hide her face. “Zira?” Kovu soothed. “I told you to call me mother,” The battered lioness replied. “Whatever, I need to ask you a favour,” Kovu finished. He started to whisper into his mother’s ear. Zira smiled and nodded

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Later on, everyone gathered around pride rock. Every animal from the smallest ant to the largest elephant stared up to the point of pride rock. Simba and Nala stood proudly awaiting the arrival of the new king and queen. Kiara and Vitani looked worried. Kovu hadn’t appeared yet. “Where is he?” Kiara whispered to Vitani. “I don’t know, the last time I saw him he was with Zira,” Vitani replied. Just then Zazu the hornbill swooped in and panted. “ The ceremony is about to begin,” Simba roared and all the animals drew their attention to him. Simba cleared his throats. “My loyal kingdom, I know I have been good to you all but I’ve decided to step down as your leader. There were many shrieks and gasps as he said those terrible words. “But not to worry I’m sure that your next rulers will be just as good as me and Nala, so your new king is… “STOP!” came a voice from behind Simba. Kovu came rushing on to the scene. “I’m not your king!” he declared. “I know some lions who will make much better rulers than me, they saved my life, and so your new rulers are… Vitani and Panthera-Leo!” Vitani nearly fainted clean away and Panthera-Leo’s mouth dropped open. “Thanks little brother!” Vitani squealed as she gave her brother a rib-crushing hug. “Don’t mention it!” Suddenly a huge cheer came from the crowd and the whole pride. Then the clouds opened up and the sun shone its light on Kovu. The young lion was lifted into the air and spun around several times. He was finally returned to the ground. He had done a good deed that affected the whole pride. Rafiki came walking up to the proud lion. “Master Kovu, you have done it, I knew you would!” the wise baboon laughed. “Look at your mane. Kovu’s mane had got much bushier and had a glittering bronze sparkle in it. Suddenly a lion shaped ghost came towards Kovu. He bowed down before him and then faded away. “What was that?” asked Kovu. “That was the ghost of Watini,” Rafiki explained. “I would also like to announce that Zira has promised me that she will be part of our pride and she will never do anything bad to us again!” Kovu declared. The respond was horrendous. The zebra’s brayed, the elephant’s trumpeted, the monkeys howled and the birds chirped. That day Kovu had changed the whole of Africa. He changed the bad to the good; he had saved the day and himself. He made the kindest deed ever and most of all, he kept the Great Circle going. That’s right, the Great Circle of life.