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whole hour and ended almost two miles downriver. Finally though, she gave up and excepted the fact that potea was most probably dead.
As she was thinking about what sh/p>
That little while, had ended up to be almost a year long. Both would later look back and realize that this was the one time that they had never enjoyed more. For the most part, they could just sit back and enjoy life, but occasionally, something with more action occurred. Each and every one of these moments was thoroughly enjoyed.
About ten months into the fun and play, Sarafina’s cub Nala was born. It was a day of rejoicing. Unfortunately, less than two months later, tragedy struck. potea was struck with the disease that wiped out the rest of his pride. Knowing the definitive ending to this, he thought it over soon after the first symptoms appeared. Nala, still thought it was just a sickness that would soon pass, but potea knew better, he couldn’t bear letting Sarafina and Nala see him die. After thinking for a few minutes, he came up with an idea. He would execute it this very night.
He easily convinced Nala that they should sleep next to the nearest river so that he could get a drink if it became necessary. That was the first part of the plan, then, by himself, he looked around the river to find an area that would suit his needs. With the first two steps out of the way, he just needed to wait until they went to sleep.
It didn’t take long, within 15 minutes both the others were asleep. He gave it another half hour to make sure they were sleeping deeply. Then, trying to stay quiet, but still making the occasional rustle, he walked over to the river and took a drink. He turned back to make sure Sarafina was asleep, and slowly walked into the river.
He had picked the location with care. It had to have fast moving water, but also at least one little slow moving section near the bank. It was also preferred if it didn’t have too many rocks that he could slam into on his way down the river. Potea would need to stay in the river for quite a while. That would assure that Sarafina would think that he had died in the river.
Now was the moment that he would decide whether he would be able to desert them, even though he knew there was no hope of his survival. He decided to take the last step into the river and let himself be swept away by the force of the water.
Potea gasped, this water was colder than he had anticipated. Despite the temperature, he looked ahead and continued down the river, farther and farther away, never stopping. He could only count on two or three hours before Sarafina woke up someway or another.
It happened to be much longer than Potea had expected when Sarafina woke up. However, she did notice his disappearance instantly. After a moment of shock and panic, Sarafina calmed down and tracked his movement to the river edge. Sarafina came to the conclusion that Potea had hoped she would come to, he must have been sweeped away.
Sarafina, e should do at this moment, she came to the realization that she should probably think about heading back to priderock. It was the perfect place to go to if there was nothing left for her here. They would provide everything she needed for herself and for her cub.
Slowly, most of the time carrying Nala, Sarafina slowly moved toward the edge of the jungle and priderock.
Chapter 5: Return
Sarafina had reached the edge of the jungle by now, and stood there with her daughter Nala, gazing at the large rock formation named priderock. It was quite small from where they were, it was about the same size as one of their claws. Sarafina looked down at Nala, she was staring at the tiny protrusion.
“That’s going to be your new home Nala. That tiny little rock way over there.”
Nala was joyfully surprised. “Really? Can we go there today?” She asked, eager to get to someplace where she could stop walking a lot. “Please please please please pleeeeeeeeeeease?”
Sarafina laughed, “We won’t make it there today Nala, but tomorrow we should be able to. Do you want to ride on my back for the rest of today?”
Nala could once again barely contain her excitement. “YAAAAAAY! Let’s go!”
“Oh alright, we can go now.” Sarafina let Nala climb up onto her back and slowly stood up. “You okay up there Nala?”
“Of course I am mommy! Can we go now?”
Sarafina smiled and started walking forward. It would feel good to see her first home again. Who knew what everyone was like now.
It was a little more than an hour later when Nala had a question. “Mommy, what will the other lions be like there? Will they be like daddy?”
Sarafina smiled a sort of half smile, remembering her last days with Mufasa and Sarabi and the others. “I don’t know what they’ll be like when we get there. Most should be just as nice as daddy.”
Little Nala still would not stop though, she barely realized the tragedy that had occurred just a few days ago. Her mind was still too young to realize that bad things happen. Nala just kept talking about how she knew everyone was going to be so wonderful and she just couldn’t wait to get there. Finally, after what seemed like hours to Sarafina, Nala nodded off for a midday nap. Finally with some quiet, Sarafina was able to think about the past days. Even still, she couldn’t stand the memories.
Slowly, she did what she had done years earlier returning to priderock with Taka. She put everything into the very deepest corners of her mind. It caused her to have an excessive amount of nightmares later on, but at the moment, it worked perfectly. She once again focused on what was to come, not on what had happened.
Nala slept through the night, and woke up with priderock only a three hour walk away. Sarafina just lay down with Nala still sleeping on top of her back. When Nala woke up, Sarafina was still asleep. Nala wasted no time in getting her up. “Let’s go!!! We’re almost there mommy!”
Slowly, most of the time carrying Nala, Sarafina slowly moved toward the edge of the jungle and priderock.
Chapter 5: Return
Sarafina had reached the edge of the jungle by now, and stood there with her daughter Nala, gazing at the large rock formation named priderock. It was quite small from where they were, it was about the same size as one of their claws. Sarafina looked down at Nala, she was staring at the tiny protrusion.
“That’s going to be your new home Nala. That tiny little rock way over there.”
Nala was joyfully surprised. “Really? Can we go there today?” She asked, eager to get to someplace where she could stop walking a lot. “Please please please please pleeeeeeeeeeease?”
Sarafina laughed, “We won’t make it there today Nala, but tomorrow we should be able to. Do you want to ride on my back for the rest of today?”
Nala could once again barely contain her excitement. “YAAAAAAY! Let’s go!”
“Oh alright, we can go now.” Sarafina let Nala climb up onto her back and slowly stood up. “You okay up there Nala?”
“Of course I am mommy! Can we go now?”
Sarafina smiled and started walking forward. It would feel good to see her first home again. Who knew what everyone was like now.
It was a little more than an hour later when Nala had a question. “Mommy, what will the other lions be like there? Will they be like daddy?”
Sarafina smiled a sort of half smile, remembering her last days with Mufasa and Sarabi and the others. “I don’t know what they’ll be like when we get there. Most should be just as nice as daddy.”
Little Nala still would not stop though, she barely realized the tragedy that had occurred just a few days ago. Her mind was still too young to realize that bad things happen. Nala just kept talking about how she knew everyone was going to be so wonderful and she just couldn’t wait to get there. Finally, after what seemed like hours to Sarafina, Nala nodded off for a midday nap. Finally with some quiet, Sarafina was able to think about the past days. Even still, she couldn’t stand the memories.
Slowly, she did what she had done years earlier returning to priderock with Taka. She put everything into the very deepest corners of her mind. It caused her to have an excessive amount of nightmares later on, but at the moment, it worked perfectly. She once again focused on what was to come, not on what had happened.
Nala ext-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">Sarafina smiled, it was true, in just a few hours all her problems would be over. Feigning reluctance, Sarafina gave in. “Oh all right, I guess we could go there now.”
Nala could barely contain her excitement and went running full speed off toward priderock. Sarafina, hardly surprised, followed her and picked her up while running next to her.
Eventually, Nala fell asleep again and Sarafina once again carried her the rest of the way to priderock. Shortly before arrival they ran into Zazu who was still here. Apparently, by the way that he went straight to Sarabi, he had some sort of important job here now. Sarabi was waiting for them right there in the very front. Tired after the journey, Sarafina walked in and fell asleep right next to Nala and Simba.
“That’s going to be your new home Nala. That tiny little rock way over there.”
Nala was joyfully surprised. “Really? Can we go there today?” She asked, eager to get to someplace where she could stop walking a lot. “Please please please please pleeeeeeeeeeease?”
Sarafina laughed, “We won’t make it there today Nala, but tomorrow we should be able to. Do you want to ride on my back for the rest of today?”
Nala could once again barely contain her excitement. “YAAAAAAY! Let’s go!”
“Oh alright, we can go now.” Sarafina let Nala climb up onto her back and slowly stood up. “You okay up there Nala?”
“Of course I am mommy! Can we go now?”
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