smiled a dazzling smiled and licked her.

“I haven’t had a seizure since the day you left me. My nose doesn’t run constantly and my eyes have stopped watering. I also feel like I can eat again!”

Wema smiled. “You’re getting better!”

The couple laughed and hugged and licked each other, tears streaming down their faces.

“I’d better get your parents!” Wema said softly.

“Okay, I need a bit of rest anyway. I’m not quite better yet!”

Wema gave Kabili one final lick and ran up to Pride Rock. She found Vitani and Kopa and told them the news. Smiles lit up their faces and they ran back down to the cave with Wema to see their son. Kabili hugged and licked his parents and thanked them for everything they’d done for him. Kopa admired the wall and whispered something in Kabili’s ear which made his eyes sparkle and smile grow. He nodded and nuzzled his father.

Everyone else came to visit later on in the day. Most of them gasped at the decorated cave and would nuzzle him in a friendly, affectionate way saying they were glad he was better. He assured everyone that the tick in his eye and the thickened skin on his nose and paws were just an aftereffect and weren’t contagious. He also informed everyone that he and Wema were to become mates and that he would be the Pride’s storyteller.

A few days later, Kabili travelled from his cave to Pride Rock. Everyone was standing up the rock and as he walked past everyone, he thanked them for the support, the food and the protection. However, certain individuals he gave a longer thanks.

When he passed Rafiki, the old baboon who was dying himself, he thanked him for the vitamins to keep his body healthy. Next came Simba and Nala. He thanked them for the news they gave him of the Pridelands.  Then it was Chimalsi and Nabii and he thanked them for the laughter they brought, as Nabii told some amazing jokes that made him choke. Then came Kiara and Kovu and he thanked them for the comfort and support they gave him through his traumatic seizures. Then his female family members, Vitani and Dafina, with Ajali, and he thanked them for the food fresh from a kill and the words of love they gave him. Finally, at the peak of Pride Rock were the two people who had helped see him through the most. Kopa and Wema.

Kabili thanked Kopa for all the stories he told. He told Kopa that they gave him joy and warmth. Then he faced Wema.

Kabili had seen Wema turn from a lovely young cub into a gorgeous lioness. He thanked her for her visits where she would speak of love and hope and happiness.

Then Rafiki joined them at the top of Pride Rock and completed the joining ceremony. Wema stood next to Kabili, her heart finally healed again and roared.

 

Chapter 5 – Death and Shock

The happiness and joy everyone felt didn’t last for ever. A week later, Simba died. Everyone mourned for the King that stabilised the lands and had ruled with his heart. Nala’s heart broke too and a funeral was arranged for the pair.

Rafiki held the ceremony and it was to be in the place where all the Great Kings and Queens get buried. All the other animals joined them and together they mourned their rulers.

It was a moving moment with the grass the dead Kings provide water with tears. All the animals lined up and paid their respects, leaving the lions last to mourn their family member.

Whispered words were the only sound heard on that day, until Nabii came to pay her respects. She had been worried about returning to this place; a place that ruined her life. She had hoped the Great Kings had left her alone, but as she approached the bright green grass, she was pulled to the spot where she had sat all those years ago.

Everyone else watched in amazement as Nabii walked purposely to a spot on the green grass and sat down, dead straight. The clouds started to open and a magical path connected Nabii to the break. They could see the Great Kings and an unpleasant wind began to howl. Then Nabii opened her mouth.

“Secrets will come out. The family will tear. Only one can reunite them, a lioness of power. The family will become strong again until a cub is born that will destroy the lions of Pride Rock.”

Then she collapsed.

 

Chapter 6 – Secrets

Nabii awoke to a group of curious faces peering and whispering around her. She opened her eyes further and realised she was back at Pride Rock. At first she was confused and then she remembered what had happened earlier. She felt guilty at not telling the Pride beforehand, but she had hoped she would never have to deal with it again.

“Nabii. How could you?”

Nabii turned towards Chimalsi who looked hurt. Her eyes began to water.

“Chimalsi, I’m really sorry. I didn’t think it would ever happen again.”

“What happened back there Nabii?” Asked Kovu.

Nabii gulped. “I gave a prophecy.”

“I knew it!” Came a strong voice. Wema pushed herself to the front. “The hyenas said almost exactly the same thing.”

“The hyenas?” Kovu questioned. “The ones who attacked you?”

“Yes. They questioned me on the prophecy and then tried to take me back with them. I refused and fought them.”

“Wema, did the chief have a crisscross scar over her eye?” Asked Nabii.

Wema thought for a moment before nodding. Nabii closed her eyes.

“Nabii, tell us your story please. No lies.” Whispered Chimalsi.

Nabii nodded again, took a deep breath, then began her story.

“I was brought up in the savannah by a clan of hyenas. They had found me as a cub and the chief was about to kill me when the wise old hyena stopped her. She told the leader that I was to be the greatest prophetess to be born for a thousand years.

The clan leader decided to raise me as her own, teaching me the way of the hyenas, but also keeping me updated of the ways of the lions.

I knew I was different, but I didn’t care. I loved my adopted family.

One night, the leader came in to see me sat dead upright in the middle of the cave, just like you saw tonight. She said I didn’t pay any attention, but started speaking in a soft voice. I told her ‘Find the place where the Kings lie dead. Lay me on their bodies. Let me seek their wisdom.’ I repeated it once more and then I collapsed.

It was the following morning when the chief hyena told me about my prophecy. I was really scared because I couldn’t remember a single thing about it, but I knew it had to be carried out. I remembered a story from one the hyenas had told me about the lion Kings that rule in a distant land. I knew they spoke of wisdom and life and I told her to take me there.

We travelled for many days and nights, but soon we arrived. The chief hyena knew of the place where the Kings were laid when they were dead and we travelled there. I went and sat on the grass which was bright green and full of life, something that I had never seen in all my life.

That night, I told the hyenas to leave me alone. All except the clan leader who promised to stay with me.

I sat on the grass and felt the power of the Kings reach me through the ground and it made me feel warm. I let them embrace my mind and I opened it to the stars. I felt connected in the Circle of Life like a key between the living and the dead. I then spoke a prophecy.

I said ‘A cub will be born a great ruler, but needs advice. A cub will be born a loving mate, but needs their friends for support. A cub will be born a storyteller, but needs to overcome illness to survive. A cub will be born a great hunter, but needs to have purpose.’

I didn’t have any idea what I was saying, but the clan leader remembered every word.

The following morning, the clan leader sent spies to Pride Rock and they came back and told me every word I said was true.

That was the present, but I wanted to know the future. I went back to the Kings by myself that night. As I felt the power of the Kings I asked them with my mind if they would help me remember what I said. I felt a slight tug in my heart and mind which told me they agreed. Then, I heard the words that flowed from my mouth. They were the same words you heard tonight.

I guess the chief hyena was watching me because she wouldn’t have known about the prophecy otherwise. I was scared and I decided to leave the hyenas. I told them that the Kings would tell me if they needed me.

I lived on my own from then on, scared of my prophecies and what the future held. I had a tough time as a rogue with plenty of males trying to claim me as their mate, but I didn’t love any of them.

One night, I decided that I needed someone who would rather die than be loveless, which was exactly how I felt at that moment. If you’re wondering, it was the same night Ajali found me. The rest you know.”

Nabii was in tears by the end, as was Chimalsi who felt sorry for his mate.

“Has any of your prophecy come true yet?” Asked a voice.

Nabii nodded. “This was my secret, however, I clearly said ‘secrets’. That means they’ll be more.”

Everyone glanced nervously at each other as if someone would burst out with some terrible secret.

“Excuse me.”

All heads turned towards a light brown lioness with big blue eyes.

“Is this the home of Kopa?”

Then the heads turned questioningly towards Kopa who had his mouth hanging wide open.

“Siri?”

So Nabii wasn’t the only one with secrets. There was chaos at Pride Rock with everyone speaking at once. Vitani had managed to push herself to the front and was viciously questioning Siri whilst Kovu and Kiara tried to quieten everyone down. When there was

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