knew what he might do to him.

He had no way of knowing. Maybe the name was just a coincidence. Maybe it was all made up by Pora. Maybe he, Taka, was suffering delusions and was currently lying on the ground after the winds.

Taka wished he was as confident as his big brother. He always seemed to know what to do, when to do it, and where to do it. Mufasa always had this knack of knowledge. Taka, could always figure out the more clever things, but in a playful battle, no matter what Taka tried, Mufasa always won. It was play though. There were certain rules that were followed to avoid injury. In a real battle, Taka could be pretty fierce.

Suddenly, Mufasa turned around at him and sat down. “Taka, I don’t know this place, I can’t see anywhere that’s different from another place. This is the one place that I don’t have any idea of where we should go. I think you should get to choose the way from now on.”

Taka stared. This was his overconfident brother that always knew where to go saying that Taka should lead. Something was bothering Mufasa, Taka could easily figure this much out. So he asked, “What’s wrong Mufasa? You seem depressed.”

“Your abilities of figuring out others emotions are uncanny. I just hate this paradise world. I’d much rather be with my entire family back in our own world with some sort of problems that we must face all together than in this place where we won’t be able to die. I need a break Taka.” Mufasa confessed, “I just want to go home, lie down, and just lie there talking with you and Mom and Dad.”

Taka was disturbed by this. So he remained silent. He couldn’t comfort his brother in this world at this point in time, he knew that. So instead, he just lay down in a sort of depressed mood. Mufasa followed suit.

“Please Taka, tomorrow lead the way.”

Once again the food and water appeared right next to them so they could stay healthy. This time though, they just ignored it and lay in a sort of morose silence. They both knew that they would separate sometime soon. They would not be brought to this place if they wouldn’t be given a mission. They needed different training but they didn’t want to be separate. They both knew that they would fight to stay right where they were—together.

Neither could sleep at all so they got up and just wandered around a little bit discussing their ideas. “When do you think we’ll go back Taka?”

“I hope it’s soon, but I doubt it. We’re here for something, but I don’t know what and I hope it isn’t too long.”

“Me neither, but if it’s important enough to require two lions, it must be pretty important that we not fail at whatever it is.”

They sat in the night sky for a time just staring beyond the unknown. “When do you think they’ll take us Mufasa?”

“Very soon. We’ve been together too long. Within one or two days probably, we should make use of the time.” Neither got up nor spoke again. Despite the suggestion by Mufasa, both of them were too depressed to do anything. So instead, they just curled up next to each other and tried to go to sleep. It was a long time before they got to sleep. Immediately, the sky around them went even darker. Tonight was the night where one would be taken away.

 

 

Wishes: Chapter 8

 

Ahadi was watching the two little lionesses on the ground just sleeping there. He decided to get up and looked at the stars. A cold breeze fluttered past. That was unusual for the Pridelands right now. It was mid-summer. There were never light cold breezes. There was something going on that wasn’t normal and it had all started with the winds. There was nothing anywhere near the area that would pose a danger to the cubs. Ahadi lay down and allowed himself to relax.

 

The morning was a beautiful one with pink tinged clouds, an occasional warm breeze, and elephants and other animals walking around together. Only Sarabi was up now. She was sitting in between Ahadi and Sarafina looking up at the sunrise. It was a beautiful one she had to admit so she walked away a short distance and just sat down. Sunrises like this didn’t come often. She missed Mufasa and Taka. She didn’t realize what Priderock was without them until only a few days ago.

They were so much fun to be around. Mufasa always had some new tale where he and Taka (or just himself), had done something incredible and saved all their lives. Most were much exaggerated, but they were always funny and had a ring of truth in them.

Taka on the other hand, didn’t have the stories, but he could do great impressions of some of the other animals in Mufasa’s stories. Together, they made great storytellers. There were funny songs, with noise that sounded real. Sarabi missed hearing the stories. When they weren’t getting lessons, on some sort of adventure to save the pride, or telling the stories, they always played with her and Sarafina. Their disappearing had caused great unrest. Almost half the pride, or at least it seemed that way, was gone searching for them now. If neither one was found, the pride would almost surely fall apart quickly.

Ahadi was up now also, but he continued to stay on the ground just watching Sarabi. He could tell what she was thinking. Honestly, he was thinking the same things. Everyone was thinking that. He looked around. Still no sign of anyone else. That was surprising. Either he should have traveled far enough to catch up with the bird and the other lionesses, or another one would have come following to bring the cubs back.

He sighed. There was so little time to find everyone. He could only stay out searching for maybe a few more days before he would have to return. He didn’t understand why Sarabi and Sarafina had come though. They would have been better of back at priderock and they knew it.

They needed to get moving now so he gently nudged Sarafina. “Come on, it’s time to start moving,” he whispered.

Ever so slowly she started to move and get up. Groaning and moaning, Sarafina stood up and rubbed her eyes. “We have to start moving? But I’m so tired. Just a few more minutes. Pleasssssssssse.” She managed to sigh out before sagging back to the ground in a sort of semi conscious stupor.

“Whatever, five more minutes. You too Sarabi. We need to get moving soon.”

Sarabi turned around surprised; she was too lost in her own thoughts to hear Ahadi talking before. This was the first time she had realized that the others were awake also. “What was that?”

“You didn’t know I was awake? Whatever, I was just telling Sarafina that she needs to wake up so we can continue looking for your friends. And my sons.” He said wistfully. “We must find them soon.” They waited a little more than five minutes before trying to wake Sarafina again. This time however, she got up very quickly and quietly.

She had gotten the last few minutes of her needed rest, “Let’s go and find them.” She said, her tone resolute.

 

Back at priderock, the pride was unsure of what to do. The only leadership of any sort was Rafiki, but he was gone most of the time doing whatever he needed to do. The moment Sarabi and Sarafina left, there was panic in the pride, especially because even Rafiki didn’t know about it. That day was a dire day for most of them.

When they told Rafiki about it, he completely freaked out. He refused to talk or even see anybody that day so he could talk to the spirits and determine what was going on. In the morning he came out less aggressive but more depressed. “Listen up if you would please. I was told by the spirits that they will all come back eventually. However, I was not told whether they would come back alive or dead, injured or healthy, or together.

But they will be back.”

 

 

Disappointment: Chapter 9

 

Sakanya stretched in the early morning sunrise. It was the day after Kucha had woken and she felt ready to move on back to priderock. She woke Kuta and Zazu so they could discuss privately whether they should go today with Kucha or leave today. The hawk was having a hard time this past week and needed his rest, but they couldn’t stay away from home for more than a couple days. Just as they were about to decide of what to do, Kucha woke up.

“What are we talking about?” He said rather groggily.

“You’re awake Kucha!” They all shouted in surprise. Then Kuta had a wonderful idea, “Hey Kucha, do you want to see our home now? If you want, we could leave right now…”

Kucha was excited beyond reason at this prospect. He felt perfectly fine, maybe even better than before. This was his chance to go back to be a more normal hawk. He would help them hunt, he could warn them of danger, this would be how he would come back to what he was supposed to be. Confidently, he said, “Yes.”

And off they went toward priderock.

The first thing that Kucha did was take off and fly far above everyone else. He felt great. It seemed everything was better now. He could hear better, he could fly better, he felt he could fight better, he could even ustify; text-indent: 0.5in;">“You didn’t know I was awake? Whatever, I was just telling Sarafina that she needs to wake up so we can continue looking for your friends. And my sons.” He said wistfully. “We must find them soon.” They waited a little more than five minutes before trying to wake Sarafina again. This time however, she got up very quickly and quietly.

She had gotten the last few minutes of her needed rest, “Let’s go and find them.” She said, her tone resolute.

 

Back at priderock, the pride was unsure of what to do. The only leadership of any sort was Rafiki, but he was gone most of the time doing whatever he needed to do. The moment Sarabi and Sarafina left, there was panic in the pride, especially because even Rafiki didn’t know about it. That day was a dire day for most of them.

When they told Rafiki about it, he completely freaked

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