it looked as if there was nothing else to do. They could all go home and live as happily as they could. Everyone knew that this would leave permanent mental scars. In another few seconds, the lionesses reached them. Panting slightly, they remarked, “We were thinking we might never see you again! Glad to see you okay.”

Sarabi, overwhelmed by the past events rushed to the newcomers and started crying. “What’s wrong?” Asked Uliza, another lioness that had been searching. Why aren’t you happy that you’ll finally be home? We missed you.”

Sarabi, had trouble even saying anything she was crying so hard. “I want to get home!” she sobbed.

“What’s wrong?” repeated Uliza

Ahadi, knowing what it was that was bothering Sarafina, decided to answer for her. “Sarafina is no longer with us.” He got a look of thanks from Sarabi who resumed crying immediately.

“Sarafina’s dead?!” exclaimed a startled Karamu. “But that means that we’ll never have any fun together again!”

“Let me explain for one moment” sighed Ahadi. “She is still alive, but not with us anymore. She decided to leave after what happened to us last night.”

Uliza, glancing at the other lionesses with her, asked “Does that have anything to do with the giant puddles of blood we found earlier?”

Ahadi refused to answer this time so Kuta filled in for him. “Probably, can we discuss at priderock so we don’t have to go through this twice please?”

“Sure, no problem.” replied Karamu. “I’m guessing that’s how Taka here got his huge scar also.”

Taka, rather Scar, blew up at this. “My name is not Taka anymore! It’s Scar!”

Karamu, Uliza and the others didn’t quite realize how touchy a subject this was for ‘Scar’ so they just turned around “Whatever, let’s go back to priderock and you can tell us all about it.”

Scar, fuming, was not happy but followed because he too wanted to get back home as soon as possible.

Together, all six lionesses, two cubs, two birds, and Ahadi left for home. They would get there in a couple hours by now.

 

My  Choice: Chapter 12

 

lls and around bushes and the occasional wildebeest herd, nothing interesting was happening. However, there was one thing that was very important that happened.

On the way back, due to the silence, all the animals had time to reflect once again on the most recent events. They all were sharing feelings of sadness and loss, but only one was thinking of what should be done immediately.

Kucha, remembering Sarafina, was thinking about her. She seemed to be the most like him. The others were either too boring to be around or didn’t want to have anything to do with anyone, including him. He glanced at the newly named Scar. If life was like this at wherever they were headed, priderock it seemed like, then he wouldn’t enjoy being with them very much. It fit Zazu well, but not him, a mighty bird of prey from the jungle.

Within seconds he made his decision. Kucha turned on a dime and headed back directly from the way they came. He looked back once to see if anyone noticed that he was gone. Only Sarabi had noticed and giving a silent nod of approval, turned back toward priderock. Kucha was somewhat surprised that she had actually figured out what he was going to do so he smiled to himself and flew off toward the jungle.

No one could stop him now. His decision had been made he sped up. Not a single bird or creature could possibly catch up with him now. He was free to live by his own choices now. No more following lions caught up in their own affairs. This was his choice.

Speeding away far faster than the speed he went with the lions, it was only minutes before he was back to where they had dropped off Sarafina. Slowing, to make sure he didn’t miss anything, he followed the path that Sarafina had gone on. It would take him only another few minutes to find her hopefully.

Unless she moved faster than he had expected and she was already in the jungle. Then it would take around another half hour to find her. Kucha knew that she might need help, and if he couldn’t be with the larger group of lions, why not help a cub through the next year or two.

Ahadi and the other lionesses didn’t notice that Kucha was gone for several minutes. Uliza was the first to notice and stopped for a moment and looked around.

“Is there anything wrong Uliza?” asked Karamu. “Why did you stop?”

Uliza, not answering for a moment continued looking around to try and find Kucha. “Well, I don’t see Kucha. Does anybody know where he is?”

Everyone answered that they didn’t have any idea where he was except Scar and Sarabi. Scar just was still too moody to say anything but his body language made it clear that he had no idea.

Sarabi on the other hand, looked away and ducked her head down, very clearly saying that she knew but didn’t want to tell.

“It’s alright Sarabi,” comforted Karamu, “You can tell us where he went.”

She still didn’t want to reveal anything. Sarabi just looked at them and started walking away in silence.

Uliza asked this time. “We need to know where he is so he doesn’t run off.”

On the way back, due to the silence, all the animals had time to reflect once again on the most recent events. They all were sharing feelings of sadness and loss, but only one was thinking of what should be done immediately.

Kucha, remembering Sarafina, was thinking about her. She seemed to be the most like him. The others were either too boring to be around or didn’t want to have anything to do with anyone, including him. He glanced at the newly named Scar. If life was like this at wherever they were headed, priderock it seemed like, then he wouldn’t enjoy being with them very much. It fit Zazu well, but not him, a mighty bird of prey from the jungle.

Within seconds he made his decision. Kucha turned on a dime and headed back directly from the way they came. He looked back once to see if anyone noticed that he was gone. Only Sarabi had noticed and giving a silent nod of approval, turned back toward priderock. Kucha was somewhat surprised that she had actually figured out what he was going to do so he smiled to himself and flew off toward the jungle.

No one could stop him now. His decision had been made he sped up. Not a single bird or creature could possibly catch up with him now. He was free to live by his own choices now. No more following lions caught up in their own affairs. This was his choice.

Speeding away far faster than the speed he went with the lions, it was only minutes before he was back to where they had dropped off Sarafina. Slowing, to make sure he didn’t miss anything, he followed the path that Sarafina had gone on. It would take him only another few minutes to find her hopefully.

Unless she moved faster than he had expected and she was already in the jungle. Then it would take around another half hour to find her. Kucha knew that she might need help, and if he couldn’t be with the larger group of lions, why not help a cub through the next year or two.

Ahadi and the other lionesses didn’t notice that Kucha was gone for several minutes. Uliza was the first to notice and stopped for a moment and looked around.

“Is there anything wrong Uliza?” asked Karamu. “Why did you stop?”

Uliza, not answering for a moment continued looking around to try and find Kucha. “Well, I don’t see Kucha. Does anybody know where he is?”

Everyone answered that they didn’t have any idea where he was except Scar and Sarabi. Scar just was still too moody to say anything but his body language made it clear that he had no idea.

Sarabi on the other hand, looked away and ducked her head down, very clearly saying that she knew but didn’t want to tell.

“It’s alright Sarabi,” comforted Karamu, “You can tell us where he went.”

She still didn’t want to reveal anything. 5in;">Sarabi stopped and looked at them. “He already did.” Then she kept walking.

 

 

Questions: Chapter 13

 

The group got back about an hour after sunset. Filled with memories from the trip, all of them collapsed in a massive heap and just went to sleep. All of the other lionesses and Rafiki in priderock looked at them and decided to let them sleep. Mufasa had been sleeping for a few hours now so they didn’t wake him up, instead leaving him with a wonderful surprise in the morning.

All of them noticed that there didn’t seem to be a Sarafina and that ‘Scar’ had a massive scar on his left eye. Unfortunately, they didn’t know about the name change yet. They would discover that in the morning. But for now, they just quietly exited the immediate vicinity.

 

In the morning, Mufasa was up long before anyone else and waited impatiently for a little bit before trying to wake them up. He started on Ahadi. It didn’t go as well as it normally went for him. After several minutes of trying, he gave up and went on to some of the lionesses one after another. Not a single one stirred.

The only one that he managed to wake up was Sarabi, who rather unwillingly tried to open her eyes. Unfortunately, she just went back to sleep in a couple minutes so Mufasa would have to wait.

Reluctant to give up though, he went instead to the other lionesses that had been at priderock through the whole two week scene. They woke up fairly easily as it was already past sunrise. Mufasa asked questions about what had happened a couple nights ago when he heard the roars but apparently Ahadi hadn’t had a chance to explain to these other lionesses what it was.

The only information that Mufasa had managed to squeeze out was that they had arrived about an hour after he had gone to sleep. How could they stand waiting to figure out from Ahadi what had happened? He just couldn’t wait. Maybe they would wake up within the next half hour.

He kept waiting and waiting though. They just wouldn’t wake up and the other lionesses

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