Mufasa walked back home from visiting Scar and I could tell he was in a bad mood. He kept his head low and his expression blank but I could see the frustration in his eyes.

"What happened?" I asked him. Mufasa sighed and looked up at me.

"Where's Simba?" He replied, ignoring my question. I gave him a look though I knew he ignored that too.

"With Nala," I said, "What happened?"

Mufasa hesitated and finally answered, "No matter what I do it seems I can't get through to him. I don't understand him. He stays locked up in his own den away from the others or hangs around those hyenas. I just don't know what to do with him."

Mufasa had been trying hard to talk to Scar after Simba had been born but Scar just shut himself off from the rest of the world even more.

"You know, I remember a time when you two got along," I told Mufasa, giving him a light hearted smile that turned into a grin. He didn't look me in  the eye but I could tell he was thinking to himself. It seemed like forever ago when they got along. I met Mufasa and Scar when I was very young but back then Scar was known as Taka and he was his brother's best friend.

 

Mufasa, Sarabi, Sarafina, and Taka belong to Disney. This is story is completely made up by me: DarkAngel001

 

 

"Sarabi!" Sarafina called for me. I walked out of the den into the bright sunlight. I blinked many times until my eyes adjusted to the sunlight. Sarafina stood, waiting for me, on the path from pride rock to the pride lands. "Come on! You're coming right?" She questioned me.

"Yeah," I replied running to her. Together we ran, side by side, down pride rock into the tall grass, that moved with the wind. I ran a little in front of her and grinned. Sarafina didn't noticed though, she was too busy keeping an eye open for an butterflies.

"Found one!" She laughed chasing after a butterfly with large bright blue wings with solid black framing the blue. Sarafina chased after it, reaching her paw out to grab it. I got low to the ground and let the tall grass cover me as I waited for Sarafina and the butterfly to come close. I counted the seconds as I watched them through the blades of grass. I kept my breath low. 1....2.........3! I jumped out of the grass and reached for the butterfly. My paw barely missed it's delicate wings before I crashed back to the earth.

"That was so close!" Sarafina cheered me on. I smiled at her compliment, feeling proud of myself. Then something caught her eye. I turned around to see what she was looking at when I heard her yell, "Hey, Mufasa!"

I saw Mufasa wandering around the field. He turned to see us and gave us a smile before running over to us. His fur was a perfect golden color and he looked a lot bigger than the last time I saw him but I never really did get to spend much time with him. I wanted to see him more often, Sarafina and him used to hang out but after his father, Ahadi, began his training to become The Lion King that's all he did.

"Hi Sarafina. Hello Sarabi. Have you two seen Taka? We were supposed to go and play today but then I got pulled away because of my father and now I can't find him," Mufasa said.

"No, haven't seen him," Sarafina and I answered him together. Mufasa let out a small sigh.

"I just hope he's not in trouble or anything," Mufasa says, "And I'm kind of bored." I saw Sarafina's eyes widen and I knew she was going to ask in her overjoyed voice if he wanted to play but I agreed with her this time. We should take his mind of some things.

"Wanna play with us?" Sarafina asked. I nodded at Mufasa telling him it was alright with me.

"Okay, sure," Mufasa answered. Sarafina had a big grin on her face when she tapped me on the shoulder and shouted, "Tag! You're it!"

I watched as Mufasa and Sarafina scattered away from me. I felt the dirt under my paws, crouched down real low, and bolted after them. I was determined to get Mufasa but he was a lot faster than me. I heard Sarafina giggle in the distance but kept my eye on Mufasa. I held back my laugh and tried to stay focus on the game. Mufasa was fast, swift, and smart. He was able to make sharper turns than I could which slowed me down a lot. Sarafina cheered Mufasa on and when I went by her I gave her a glare. Why not cheer for me? I jumped at Mufasa and found myself on top of him. I accidently knocked him to the ground and we rolled on the hard dusty ground, I couldn't help but laugh.

"That was fun," Mufasa laughed, "You're really good."

"Well, what do you expect from the future leader of the hunting parties," I bragged. Sarafina ran up behind me and replied, "Yep! Sarabi is the best at hunting. She's going to be the leader of the hunting parties and I'm going to be co-leader!"

Mufasa opened his mouth to say something but he was interrupted by a noise behind him. We all looked to find Taka slowly walking up to us. I'd never met Taka before. He didn't talk much and was always off on his own or with his mother, Uru.

"Hi Taka," Mufasa greeted his brother.

"I thought you were training," Taka grumbled.

"I was but dad let me go early. I went looking for you but I couldn't find you anywhere. That's when I ran into Sarafina and Sarabi," Mufasa explained. Taka just rolled his eyes. The air was still as we sat there in silence until Sarafina decided to break the awkward moment.

"You want to play with us, Taka?" She asked in her sweet soft voice. Taka looked up at her and hesitated. He turned to his brother, Mufasa, who was nodding yes. Then he looked at me. He stared deep into my eyes for a long moment before saying something to Sarafina.

"I don't know...." He sighed. Sarafina dropped her ears in disappointment. Mufasa pounced at his brother and laughed.

"Come on, Taka. You know you want to play," Mufasa teased his brother. Taka pounced at Mufasa and the two wrestled for a long moment. Mufasa was able to knock his brother to the ground and hold him there but Taka gently held his brothers left ear in his mouth. I was sure I saw Taka smile at his brother. Sarafina was overjoyed with Taka's progress but I didn't say anything. I'd hate to ruin their moment.

We spent the rest of the day together. Taka came out of his shell and enjoyed play wrestling with his brother. The sun started to set and we heard our mothers calling us to come back for dinner. We even raced back home together.

The next morning we promised to do the same thing and although I acted like it didn't matter I woke up early that morning and ran outside to see my friends. Mufasa was the first one awake. He sat at the edge of Pride Rock and looked out onto the land. Sunlight stretched across the savanna.

"I always did like sunrise," Mufasa said, turning to see me.

'How did he know I was behind him??" I thought to myself a little freaked out. Mufasa turned back to look at the Pride Lands.

"Can you believe that one day I'll have all of this?" Mufasa said.I sat down next to him at the very edge of Pride Rock but instead of looking at the land I turned to Mufasa. His face was filled with amazement and he had a smile stretch across his face. I rolled my eyes.

"Yeah, of course it is. You're the prince," I replied in an almost emotionless tone. Mufasa turned and looked at him and I tried my best not to face him. I kept my eyes locked on this one small tree in the middle of the Pride Lands. It was small and kind of thin.

"You know, I'm more than just a prince," Mufasa sighed. I couldn't help but look at him. His smile had vanished when he said, "The prince part is just the more exciting part and is the part that makes up most of me." He couldn't hold a straight face any longer and laughed. I smiled too even though what he was trying to do wasn't really all that funny.

"Sarabi!" I heard Sarafina's voice giggle behind me, "I'm surprised to see you up so early! Is Taka up yet?"

"I don't think so. He likes to sleep in," Mufasa explained.

"Can you wake him up?" Sarafina asked in her sweet soft voice.

Mufasa smiled warmly at her and answered, "I'll try."

Sarafina sat next to me as Mufasa went back inside the den. Some other early morning lions and lionesses were waking up and going out into the Pride Lands. Sarafina and I stayed at the edge of Pride Rock and waited. Sarafina looked up at me with this huge grin. I tried to ignore her but she kept starring at me.

"What?" I asked.

"Do you think Mufasa is cute?" Sarafina asked.

"What?! No!" I snapped at her.

"Taka?" She questioned me.

"No! I don't think either one of them is cute!" I yelled at her. Sarafina laughed at me and I shot her a cold look. Mufasa skipped out of the den with Taka behind him. He didn't seem too happy though. He looked up at Sarafina and I. Sarafina was smiling, as usual, and because he seemed upset I smiled at him. Sarafina opened her mouth to say something but was interrupted by a loud thundering voice. We all looked over to find Ahadi, Mufasa and Taka's father and the Lion King. He stood there with the sun behind him. His green eyes stared right at his sons. Taka's ear dropped.

"Mufasa, you need to train. Follow me," Ahadi ordered. Mufasa looked at us and shrugged his shoulders. He ran to his father and walked away together. Taka sighed and walked back into the den. I

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