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