Chapter 1-
Luna and Mak were good friends as cubs. Mufasa, Luna's father, and Sarafina, Mak's mother, betrothed them at a very young age. Luna is a larger cub, with golden fur and dark piercing red eyes. Mak, is the opposite. Because his mother and father weren't very big, he got their size. In the Pride Lands, Mak is known for his icicle colored eyes.
Here's how Luna came to know Mak.
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Luna sat snuggled inside her father's warm, protective, arms one cold night. Sarafina, her mother's best friend, was laying down panting in front of her. Sarabi, Rafiki, Khufu (her mate), and Lyn sat around her. She was panting really heavily, like she had just gotten done with a 5K race.
"Daddy, what's going on?" Luna asked. Mak and Luna were born almost exactly a year apart. So one year old Luna, was experiencing her first birth, and ironically, to the cub she'd be betrothed to. If it was a him. Mufasa looked at his daughter, and smiled.
"Your going to witness the birth of the cub you'll be betrothed to Luna. Do you have any thoughts?" he asked curiously. Luna shook her head.
My thought is that I'll hate this cub. Probably.
Boy was she wrong. About a year after Mak was born, he had left the cave in the early morning, and went to the stream where Lyn and Luna were. Lyn was Mak's sister, only about 1 year older than Luna. So, being 2 and 3, they were playing amongst themselves in the stream. Mak, Luna, and Lyn were the only cubs in the Pride at the time.
"Hey Lyn, look over there?"
Lyn turned around, and was pushed face first in the water.
"GOTCHA!" a voice exclaimed. Luna stifled a scream as a small cub got out of the water. She froze. His eyes were the most beautiful thing she had ever seen in her life. Lyn got up and a scowl crossed her face.
"Makeus! What are you doing out here?!" she exclaimed. "Your not allowed!"
A small smile passed across his face. He walked up into the bank and shook his fur, splashing water everywhere. Luna stared at Mak, really confused and lost. He was one year old, but very adventerous and kind. She looked at him, and he smiled.
"Aren't you Luna? The daughter of Mufasa?" he asked, cocking his head slightly to the right. Luna smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, I'm Luna. Makeus, your sister is right, you shouldn't be out here, especially alone," she said. "It's too dangerous."
Mak nodded. He turned towards the bushes and began to walk away when Luna realized she shouldn't leave him alone.
"Wait," she called. Mak turned to her, his bright blue eyes sparkling.
"Is there something you need?" he asked. Luna nodded, but then shook her head, as if she was utterly lost.
"Let me walk you back to the Pride. Lyn, can you stay here?" she asked, her friend happily swimming around in the stream.
"Sure." she replied, than dissapeared under the water. Luna turned back to Mak, and they made their way to Pride Rock.
Chapter 2-
The sun had began going down by the time Luna and Mak got back to the cave. Luna looked at Mak, who looked completely and utterly lost. The sky began to dot with orange and pink as Luna helped Mak up the promontory to lay down for a while.
"Mak, how do you like it here?" she asked, stretching out on the smooth rock.
"Pretty good, especially since I met you. Are you good friends with my sister?" he replied, turning to her.
"Eh, I guess. We weren't when you were born. Can I ask you something?" He nodded. "Will you be my friend?"
He grinned.
"I thought you'd never ask. What is your middle name?" he replied, trying to find a comfortable position to lay on the rock. In the distance, Lyn was walking back from the stream with an angry look on her face. Luna took a deep breath.
Tell him Luna, what will it hurt?
"Grace," she replied quickly. "My middle name is Grace."
"MAKEUS! GET IN HERE!" a voice exclaimed. Khufu, Sarafina's mate, ran out of the cave, and grabbed his son by the scruff. Mak squealed and whispered, "Come on." Luna followed Mak inside and laid down next to her mother, who was chatting with Sarafina.
"I wonder," Sarafina whispered to herself. Sarabi eyed her curiously.
"What do you wonder my dear friend?" she asked. Sarafina stared at her blankly.
"I wonder who will be a suitable mate for Lyn. There's no male cubs in the Pride." she said. Sarabi nodded, and smiled.
"There will be two new cubs Sarafina, you know that," she said. Sarafina nodded.
"K is going away on a hunting trip for Mufasa," she said, beginning to lick Makeus. "He told me if he doesnt come back, if I have my cub early, to name it. If it is a girl, Nala, if it is a boy, Kuno." she said. Sarabi nodded, as if she under stood this.
"Me and Mufasa have not decided the boys name. But I've got a pretty good idea of one." she said, than she stifled a scream when she noticed Luna laid down next to her.
"Luna Grace!," she exclaimed, breathing heavily. "How long have you been there?"
Luna blushed. "About ten minutes," then her blushing turned to a scowl. "When were you going to tell me you were pregnant?"
Sarabi blinked.
"We werent going to tell you yet," she replied. "Come on Luna, it's time for a bath."
******************************* (9 years later)
Luna woke up next to her father in the early summer morning. She was a eleven year old lioness now, just 2 years until she could go for her first hunt, with the Pride of course. Luna moved closer to her father and began to doze off when her mother woke her up.
"Dont worry Luna. Going to get a drink, I wont be long." she said, her eyes full of sadness. Her previous cub she had been pregnant with had been still born. Now, Luna wasn't sure if she had been pregnant again. Sarafina? Same thing.
Luna began to doze off when she was awoken by Mak. He was staring at her with those eyes again, like he had for years. Mak was 10 now, just beginning to grow a longer black mane.
"Good morning Grace," he said. "Ready?"
"Good morning Makeus," she giggled. "Ready for what?"
Mak frowned and a low growl settled in his throat.
"DON'T CALL ME THAT!" he hissed. "I though we agreed you wouldn't call me my full name."
"PH, yeah," she snorted. "That was when I was 6 and you were 5."
"Still," he replied. "Let's go. I need a drink."
Luna stood up and ran with Mak to the base of the cave, trying to dodge any lionesses sleeping in random places. Luna did a somersault over a lioness and landed right at the mouth of the cave, an awe-strucken Mak staring at her.
"What?" she asked. Mak shook his head.
"Nothing," he whispered. "Let's go."
Luna and Mak began to run when a voice beckoned for her.
"Luna! Makeus!" a voice bellowed. Mufasa stood up inside the cave and padded over to them.
"Where are you going?" he asked. Mak gave her a pleading look, and she sighed.
Just tell him Luna, what will it hurt?
"The watering hole Daddy," she said, nuzzling her father. Mufasa gave a strong nod and walked back into the cave. The morning wind swept through Mak's mane as they ran to the watering hole, giggling hysterically.
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The two cubs ran to the watering hole, and Mak almost had a heart attack when Luna collapsed on a large smooth rock.
"LUNA!" he exclaimed. He rolled her on her back, and growled as he saw she was still laughing. He walked over and began to drink from the water. Luna stopped laughing and stared at him, panting like she had just ran a hundred miles.
Luna, after this, you should take him to the Elephant GraveYard. Ask Uncle Scar about it.
Luna sat and thought for a while. The hot morning sun was just beginning to heat up, so she went over and began to drink from the cool, crystaline water. A few feet to her right, Mak was slurping annoyingly. Out of the corner of her eye, she watched him. About ten minutes later, he got up, his ear pricked back.
"What?" she asked.
"Antelope, far side. Hunting position 4." he whispered. Luna crouched down and took off to the other side, looking at Mak, waiting for his signal. He looked at her and nodded. Than the 2 of them cornered the antelope and Mak tore out it's throat.
"Hey, let's take this somewhere the Pride huntresses will find it, so they'll think they found a dead animal." Luna said, helping Mak put the dead animal on his back. She did and took a glance at him, he looked exhausted so much that the animal looked like it was to much for him.
"Mak, do you want me to take that for you?" she asked. Mak turned to her, his face contorted to show he looked offended.
"No!" he lied. "I'm fine. hey there's a place right there." He pointed to a large rock the Huntresses usually passed by. Luna gently rolled the antelope on the rock and turned to Mak.
"Hey, why don't you go to Pride Rock. I have to take care of...." She thought about the right word. "Business with my uncle."
Mak's face was priceless. Horrified, he cocked his head at her.
"Scar?!" He exclaimed, shaking his head with shame. "He's a maniac!"
Luna this time looked offended. She did have some love for her uncle, but he was a monster. She knew that at heart. Mufasa had raised her to not ever talk to Scar, but she had to. She had always wanted to go to the Elephant GraveYard.
"See you later Mak. Tell my mom hi for me." and with that she was gone. Like she had materialized somewhere else. Makeus sighed and ran back to Pride Rock to find his mother, sister, father, Sarabi, and King Mufasa. Sarafina was talking to Lyn, who was smiling at every other word.
"Hey mom." he said.
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Luna walked into a large cave below Pride Rock that was made especially for Scar. It was dark and cold, and Luna could distinctly see Scar's bony figure chasing a mouse in the dark.
"Uncle Scar?"
Scar jumped in shock and hit his head on the ceiling.
"LUNA! you scared the crap out of me!"
"Sorry," she said quickly. "What can you tell me about the Elephant Graveyard?"
"It's a dangerous place Luna," He said unsympathetically. "You shouldn't go there without your father."
Luna thought about this for a minute. She knew for a fact he wouldn't let her go. He had said so himself.
"I want to take Mak there." she whispered. Scars slinky body walked towards her. His green eyes were disturbingly bright.
"You and Mak?" he said, obviously disgusted. "Really?"
She nodded and walked out.
"Thanks Scar!" she exclaimed. "For no help at all."
When she got back to the den, she almost started busting out laughing. Sarafina was pinned down by several lionesses. She was HUGE, and she seriously looked like she was on steroids. In the corner, Makeus was silently sleeping with a small smile on his face.
Mak is adorable when he sleeps. That little smile, the way he breathes.....
She stood there staring at him when her father walked up. He looked like he seriously needed a nice run, and he had huge black bags under his eyes. Sarabi walked up next to him and laid down. She didn't look much better.
"Luna." her father said. Nothing.
"LUNA!"
Luna shook her head so hard her teeth rattled. That's when she noticed her parents standing behind her. She felt like a lobster. Small and blood red. Behind her, Mak was waking up.
"Hi mommy, Hi Daddy." she said. Mufasa turned to Sarabi, who nodded. She looked like she could use a good night sleep.
"Luna, we want you to know that we are having a cub. And we want you to name it."
Her mouth dropped. The 2nd cub in years, and they wanted her to name it?
"If it was a girl, Adiana, if it is a boy, Simba, which means the Lion King." she replied, and Mufasa nodded. He smiled and went back to lay down. Sarabi stayed and talked to Luna for a little bit.
"I hope it is a boy. Simba, I love that name." she said.
"Mom, can me and Mak go back to the water hole?" she asked, not noticing Makeus walking up behind her. Sarabi nodded, and walked over to help keep Sarafina pinned down. She seemed to be the only one who could keep her calm. Mak pawed her thigh and smiled.
"Ready?" he asked, and she nodded. Today, was the day she told Mak she was in love with him. Today was the day they were going to start getting serious. But as they were leaving, Lyn intercepted them.
"Hey Luna. Going out with your boyfriend?" she retorted, and what was funny was she had a southern accent. She had grown more beautiful over the past several years, her eyes were stormy grey, and her fur had grown out more. She was K's Sarafina. She already had a boyfriend, and his name was Carter. And when she was 14, they were going to get married.
"We're going to the water hole Lyn. Don't you got anything else better to do?"
"Nope." she said, and walked away. Together, Luna and Mak ran outside.
Chapter 3-
When they got far enough away they could talk alone, Luna smiled and jumped so she could pin Mak out of no where.
"Where are we going?" Mak said.
"The Elephant Graveyard. I can't wait for you too see it, Mak. My uncle Scar said it was AMAZING." she said.
"You talked to Scar!? Luna he's a maniac!" he said.
"Let's go Mak. It'll be fun." she said. Mak stood up and glared at her, and they slowly began walking through the Pride Lands, taking in the beauty of it all. Mak took a sip of water as they walked past the watering hole. The light of the sun reflected in his eyes. He looked so peaceful, so at rest. She couldn't believe it.
"Mak, did you hear my mom is pregnant?" she asked. He stared at her, perplexed.
"No! I can't believe what's going on in my life. It's so..."
"Odd?"
Well, let's see. Your mom is pregnant, Your dad is gone, and your sister is getting married in less than three days. Then, she'll probably be pregnant soon too. What else is new?
"Luna, we're here."
Luna shook out of her to see a large ravine spread out in front of her. Several large jagged rocks stood up like spires so you couldnt see the rest of the GraveYard. She thought it was awesome, but in Mak's eyes...... He was terrified. No one, and I mean NO ONE, knew about Mak's height scare except his parents.
"Mak? Are you alright?" Luna asked. Her red eyes seemed to be glowing as if she was in a trance. Her voice seemed more older. She looked different. He knew something was up. This wasn't the Luna he was in love with.
"You ok? Luna?" he asked nervously, realizing she was inching him towards the edge of the cliff, where it was at least a 40 foot fall down....... Mak shuddered and turned to face his beloved. "Luna, I love you! I know your in there! WAKE UP! LUNAAAAAA!!!!!!!"
Mak fell over the cliff into the GraveYard, screaming Luna's name until he faded out of sight. Just before he went silent, Luna regained her senses and screamed in reply, "MAK! NO!" She jumoed over and fortunately, landed on her feet at the bottom. Smoke billowed around Mak's body from smoke stacks randomly placed throughout the Grave Yard.
"Luna." he whispered. She ran over to him and quickly scanned for injuries. She could tell just by looking at him he had broken his legs, arm, ribs, nose, and he was bleeding vaginally. He began to shut his eyes, while Luna quickly lapped up the blood.
"Mak, don't die on me. I love you." she whispered through her sobs.
Mak's final words were, "At least I got to spend 11 wonderful years of life with you, Luna Grace...." He shut his eyes, and his chest moved no more.
"My Last Goodbye to the one I loved. Death Of Makeus, Son of K and Sarafina, my bestfriend, my true love, and my hero." she whispered, and desperately threw his body onto her back to get him back to Pride Rock. She looked around for an exit, but had no such luck. The only way she was going to get up that cliff..
Was by herself. Without Mak's body.
She felt guilty for leaving him there, but she had no other way. In about an hour, she had carefully climbed the cliff and ran back to Pride Rock, tears streaming down her face. She got up to the promontory and cried until Lyn and Carter walked up to her.
"Luna? Where's Mak?" Carter said. Luna choked back another sob and set her head down. Carter knew she wanted to talk, just not with Lyn around. Carter nodded, stood up, and turned to Lyn, his fiance. She looked so pretty, but her personality was not one of interest.
"Lyn, could you go away for a while? I need time with Luna."
Lyn looked offended. Luna heard this and it made her almost laugh, but then she knew Lyn would attack her if she did.
"No! Do you like her?!"
Now it was time for Carter to look offended. But, then he devised a little plan to get her to go away.
"I know what you want to do. Wanna go swimming?" he said, in a romantic tone. Lyn squealed and took off for the private section of stream surrounded by bushes. Luna laughed and stood up.
"That was GREAT!" she exclaimed. Carter laughed and let Luna cuddle up to him.
"So, seriously. What happened?"
Luna quickly explained what happened as Carter keenly listened to her. He watched the sunset began to sink so night could finally come. Lyn was walking back as Luna finished her story. Carter's jaw dropped and he choked back tears.
"Poor Sarafina. This is going to be hard on her and her cub." he whispered. "You better go in. I'll deal with Lyn."
Luna walked inside to the most horrifying thing in the den. The whole Pride gathered, with K by Sarafina's side, covered in dust, mud, and other assortments of the Earth. Mak's body lay next to a small cub a little younger cub Luna knew well. Her girl bestfriend, Chia. "Let's get started with this Pride meeting. First, let's start with K. What happened?" Mufasa asked.
"I have killed a fellow lioness. Her name was Shoi." he said. Alot of lionesses gasped, and Mufasa nodded calmly. He turned to Chia, who had just stood up to turn to the King.
"My dear Chia. Can you tell us what you have found in the dreaded graveyard?"
Chia nodded and turned to the whole Pride. "My dear pride members, i have come to tell you of what I have found. Mufasa and Sarabi, your daughter, Luna Grace, the future queen of this pride, has killed Makeus. Son of K and Sarafina." Luna's heart crept into her throat. How did she find out?
"My dearest Luna...." Mufasa whispered, tears gathering in his eyes. He shook his head and turned to K. "Khufu, mate of my wife's bestfriend. You have been sentenced to exile for the rest of your life. Any one disagree?"
No one dared to disagree with the king of Pride Rock, so no one spoke up. Well, except for Sarafina. She immediately stood up and screamed, "K! NO! DON'T MAKE HIM LEAVE!" Sarabi sighed and helped keep her pinned down. K nodded calmly, said his goodbyes, and walked outside, as if he was waiting for something.
"Luna Grace, step forward." Luna stepped forward with the calmest look on her face. She had been taught to act calmly and not rash in these kinds of situations. She stepped forward next to Mak's body, and choked back a sob.
"Yes father?" she said.
"I need to hear your side of the story. Just be quick." he said sternly. She quickly explained her side, and nodded. He turned to his daughter, who was acting very calm, just like he had taught her.
"Luna Grace, you are exiled until further notice."
Luna's jaw dropped and she looked to her mother for help; but she was bawling her eyes out and begging Mufasa to change his mind. He shook his head, and the Pride Meeting was adjorned.
"Luna, I love you sweety." he said. Luna leaned forward and gave him a small kiss.
"You did your best Daddy. I'll be fine. But, what about chia?"
"She'll stay here. You'll go with K." he replied, giving her a kiss. He walked over and simply lay down.
"Goodbye Dad, Mom."
Chapter 4-
Luna stepped outside and stood next to K, who was still talking to Sarafina who had calmed down, finally. She hid behind a rock listening to the conversation they were having. It didn't sound.... good.
"Honey, listen to me. If I can, I will come back when the cub is born, but if I dont, name it Nala or Jubal. Call him J, for me honey? Please?" he whispered. She nodded and sullenly walked back inside, but then Lyn and Carter walked out. Carter gave Luna an encouraging smile, and she stepped out of her hiding place.
He's so cute. I love the way he smiles at me; the way he let's me cuddle up to him. But I'm turning 12 tomorrow, and he's 13. I wonder if he has called off the wedding to run off with me...... She knew it wasnt meant to be; unless he DID call off the wedding. Carter walked over to her.
"Listen Luna, Lyn has been a snob to me all week. She's treating me like garbage, her mother, and now K. I still wonder if she ever loved Mak," he said, staring in her direction.
"She USED to be nice Carter. Before she met you, she was an nice person. Now, she's so rude even Mak was afraid to go near her. I wonder if she's pregnant." Luna replied. "She's that kind of person who would go mate with a rogue or something. That's what K was, a rogue in the outlands."
Carter's eyes widened and he gently licked Luna. Lyn saw this and immediately spazzed out. She screamed and attacked Luna, while Carter smacked her aside, and she stared at him horrified. Her eyes were as big as golf-balls, and her face was as white as paper.
"YOU TRAITOR! WAIT UNTIL I TELL MUFASA!" she screamed.
"Go ahead and tell Mufasa, because I am leaving with Luna, I'll probably get exiled for it anyways." he said, and walked next to K with Luna. They all looked at each other and ran as fast as they could to the Out Lands.
*********** (6 months later)
Luna and Carter ran into their quaint little cave laughing their heads off. Behind them, K was trailing in. He looked hurt; sick; lonely; and angry. His eyes drooped so they could see he was tired. He needed Sarafina, really bad.
"Hey guys, don't you think the women have had their cubs by now?" Carter asked, taking a huge bite of the zebra they had caught while illegally sneaking into the Pride Lands. Luna sat next to him, her red eyes sparkling in the fire light. The sun was just beginning to set on the horizon, making the evening chilly.
"We could go-" K said, then his ears pricked back at a cry that sounded alot like Sarafina. He turned to the mouth of the cave while Carter and Luna crouched. Carter listened intently too, and he nodded.
"Thats either Lyn, Sarafina, or Sarabi." he said. "We could bathe in mud and make it look like we are not outsiders."
Luna nodded and ran putside with Carter, K trailing behind.
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They bathed in mud and fakely limped into the Pride Lands. A fellow lioness who was friends with Lyn was going to take them in. Her name was Keziah, and she had once liked Mak. She was 14, with a small cub and a mate. Keziah was waiting for them near the water hole.
"Hey guys," she whispered. "Are you ready?"
Luna could barely make out the figure there. It was almost pitch black, so she could only see Keziah's skinny shape. She reminded him of Scar that day.......
Snap out of it! Your in love with CARTER! Not MAK! He's gone, and it is YOUR fault.
Luna sobbed lightly as they walked to Pride Rock. At the base of the steps, a 12 year old lioness was standing guard, and she looked familiar. She had green eyes and brown fur. She was skinny, but still had a figure.
"Hello Chia," Keziah said. "I found 3 lions in need of a place to sleep tonight. They are run aways from the Keshu Pride up north."
Chia looked at them all suspiciously.
"Is that mud or tar?" she asked.
"Mud." K replied. Chia nodded and walked us inside. Inside, was a pretty scary scene. Lyn, sarabi, and Sarafina were all laying doown next to each other in the middle of the cave, lions and lionesses surrounding them. Sarafina and Sarabi were screaming out in pain. Mufasa looked like he may pass out from excitement and confusion.
"My king, Keziah has discovered 3 rogue lions from the Keshu Pride up north. May they stay here, your excellency?" Chia asked, holding her head up in Pride. Mufasa nodded, then suspiciously looked at the 3.
"What are your names?"
"Ora, Cuna, and Lee." Keziah replied.
I cant believe Chia! She's such a show off! Luna thought.
"my name is Cuna." Carter said high pitched. Luna stifled a laugh.
"My name is Ora." she said like Carter so her dad wouldn't recognize her voice.
"And My name is lee." K said, a little bit lower then what everyone was used too. Mufasa nodded and welcomed them with a big heart.
"Good, and welcome to the Pride. Now, Chia and Keziah, I need one of you to come with me to find Zazu. Rafiki is sick and there is no one to help deliver Sarabi and Sarafina's cub," He looked directly at Luna and Carter. "Could you too do it? Did the Keshu Pride teach you how?" He looked really worried.
Luna nodded, along with Carter. "Yes sir, King.... um, what is your name again?"
"Mufasa. Thank you, I am grateful. I want chia, and the rest of the Pride, including Lyn and Noah, to come with me. Leave Ora, Cuna, Lee, Sarafina, and Sarabi in here." he said, gave a nod to them, and took off. Luna immediately pawed some mud off her face and shook her fur so her mother would be able to recognize her. She ran over to her and began to weep.
"Mom," she said. Sarabi looked at her and stifled a scream.
"Luna? What are you doing here?" she whispered, giving out a roar that probably the whole valley could hear.
"I'm going to help you deliver your cub. I remember how, thanks to you." she said, and took a deep breath. "NOW, PUSH!"
In twenty minutes, Sarabi's cub was out. Tears gathered in Luna's eyes as she held up the cub.
"It's a boy!" she exclaimed. "ITS A BOY!"
"Simba." Sarabi said, licked the tiny prince, and handed him to Luna so she could sleep. Next to her, Sarafina was licking a cub the size of Simba. It was a pale tan.
"Nala." K said, tears forming in his eyes. "Her name is Nala."
Luna whispered to her brother, who was sleeping soundly in her arms. She couldn't believe she had a brother after so many years of waiting. Carter, K, Sarafina and Nala were asleep to her right. K was sleeping with his arm around Sarafina and Nala, and Luna couldn't help but smile.
Simba, words can not describe how much you mean to me. It's been 6 months since I have been in here, and I am so glad today I got to witness your birth. you mean everything to me; and I will PROTECT you. Your the kind of cub I want to have with Carter, only 4 more years until that happens of course. Mom and Dad probably wont tell you much about me, the kind of person I am, because I am so ashamed of myself. I know Mom will tell you some stuff about me, but that wont be enough. You'll make a great king little brother, Te Amo.
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That night, K woke up carter and Luna. He was happy, and for the first time in 6 months. But he knew he'd neevr be able to come back here. Sarafina would tell Mufasa everything. He silently and quietly stood up and walked over to Carter, who was sleeping next to Luna. He gently pawed the 13 year old cub, and he stirred.
"What K? Do you know it's like midnight?" he groaned.
"I know Carter. But, if Mufasa wakes up and sees us here, we are DEAD." he hissed. Carter reluctantly got up and began waking Luna up while K went to tell sarafina goodbye. He stood there frozen at the scene. She slept soundly with Nala in between her arms, and he swore he could see Mak sleeping behind her. He didn't want to leave, he wanted to stay with her the rest of his life, which probably if he was right, wasnt going to be much longer.
"Good bye my love. Tell our daughter of our stories." he whispered, and ran to the mouth of the cave with Luna and Carter. Carter gently licked Luna's muzzle, while tears streamed down her face. She kept crying something about how her brother would never really know her.
"Come on Grace." Carter said. Luna ran with them, but then collapsed as they entered the OutLands. K could here the whistling of wind through the trees, and it made him shiver.
"Put her on my back, she is not going to walk Carter." he said, while grunting as he put her on his strong back, well sort of. He walked back to the cave and lay down, gently rolling the heart broken Luna onto the ground. Her face was so tear stained 90% of the mud had washed off to show her blood red red eyes. She stood up and slapped Carter with her paw, claws unsheathed.
"NEVER CALL ME GRACE. THAT NAME IS NOT WORTHY OF YOUR MOUTH, ONLY...."
"Makeus's? Luna, he's DEAD! He died 6 months ago!" Carter screamed, blood dripping from his head. His eyes were full of hate at the moment, and K just watched the dispute.
"CARTER! MY MOTHER JUST HAD A CUB THAT WILL PROBABLY NEVER KNOW ME!" she cried. She collapsed on the ground, and cried herself to sleep. Next to her, Carter laid down and put his head on the ground, ashamed.
Luna had a dream that night that everything was normal, except Mak was gone and she had been reunited with her family. Sarabi and Mufasa cuddled her and Simba as if nothing had happened. Sarafina, Lyn, K, and Nala were a reunited family as well. She watched, but everything seemed frozen, because no body moved. Then, Mak materialized in front of her.
"MAK?" she exclaimed. He nodded and gently licked her muzzle. he was the same age, but he had an corona of...... power. He looked like he had the day he died, except happier.
"Luna grace, I'm here, stop crying. Your 12 remember?" he said, smiling a bit. Luna wiped a tear with her paw and put her head in the crook of Mak's neck.
"Makeus, I miss you, so much. I don't know what to do. After you died, I was exiled with Lyn's ex fiance, and K. We have been here 6 months and just got back from your sister's and my brother's birth. I can't stop crying because Carter called me grace. No one is allowed to call me that except YOU." she said. Mak turned his head to look at her.
"Luna, I love you too. but, I am deceased, and you need to move on. Carter has a point, but..." he froze. "Who delivered my sister?"
"K did. He has been so upset since we have been exiled Mak. You should have seen him when he was sleeping next to your mom. He looked happy."
"I am so happy Luna. It was my time, and DONT put yourself down, it is not your fault for me falling off that cliff. I had amazing years with you, and thank god for that. Now, awake my love, and remember all I said. You need to remember me in your heart, but move on with your life." he said, than began to fade away.
Chapter 5- (2 years later)
Simba woke up, more excited then ever. His mom had told him last night she would tell him about his sister today. He remembered some things about her, but she only came when possible. She had told him he was going to be a great king and words couldn't describe how much he meant to her. But why hadn't Dad told him about her? Why only mom?
Nala walked up to him and nudged him.
"SIMBA!" she hissed. The cub stirred and fluttered his eyes open.
"What Nala?"
"I want to go to the Out Lands! My mom told me my dad was there!"
(Luna's POV)
Luna woke up to absolutely no one in the cave, so she thought. Next to her a big G was carved in the wall. Carter was gone, for at least a little while. But then Luna saw two small shapes in the shadows. she called out to them.
"hello?" she called. The first one that came out was small with pale blue eyes. She recognized her immediately.
"Nala? Daughter of Sarafina?" she asked. The cub nodded and lay down. One more kid in the shadows of the cave.
"Who lies in the shawdows of the ashamed one named Luna?" she called, and another cub came into sight. He had red eyes and looked alot like Mufasa. She gasped.
"Simba? It is Luna!" she said. Simba stared at her blankly, then smiled.
"Luna!" he exclaimed, running to her and giving her a kiss. He laid down next to her and fell asleep.
*************** (The next day)
Luna woke up to no body next to her. Tears gathered in her eyes as she remembered the last night of K's life. Last night. She stood up and stretched her hind legs, walking out into the morning. She remembered how Carter had run out last night with Simba and Nala to the Pride Lands, taken them home, and looked for K.
"Luna, I'll be back as soon as I can. Can you watch the cubs?" K asked. Luna nodded, sullenly licking Simba. Nala stood there next to Carter. She looked terrified, like she had never seen K in her life.
"Daddy, dont go please." she whined. K licked his daughter once, and ran out of the cave. Nala began to cry, but Carter sat there and sung her to sleep. Cold wind seeped into the cave as Simba stared at his sister in shock.
"What is wrong brother?" she asked.
"Mom is going to freak out on me."
"No, soon, Carter is going to take you all home when K gets back. I promise you'll be ok, little brother."
2 hours later-
"Luna, K has been gone two hours." Carter said, tearing off a piece of antelope for Nala and Simba to eat. Luna sat up from a long, miserable, sleep. Her dreams were terrible.
"I'll go get him."
He had taken them home and hadn't come back. She was worried.
"I better go look for him." she whispered to herself.
What she discovered changed her life. Literally.
Chapter 6-
Luna ran outside and into the Pride Lands. She ran along side the gorge, noticing the herd on the move.
That's odd.
Luna peeked over the side of the gorge, and her heart lurched. Below, the herd WAS on the move, but a flash of gold was sprinting in front. A slinky black figure walked several feet below her. Scar, that evil witch.
"SIMBA!" she screamed. Luna leaped down several feet and followed the stampede. She thought she could hear Simba crying. Scar saw her, and his eye brows furrowed.
"Luna! Get out of there!" a voice yelled. Luna looked above her to see Zazu, her father dodo, flying above her. She could make out Scar and Mufasa off to her right, but she ignore the sight, and returned her focus to finding Simba.
Come on Luna, focus. He's in the front, inch your way through.
Luna inched her way through the stampede and gripped something soft in her jaws.
"DADDY! HELP ME!" Simba screamed. She climbed onto a tree as the endless stampede continued.
"DAD! OVER HERE!" Luna screamed. Mufasa jumped into the stampede just as Simba flew through the air, and she held her breath. Luckily, he caught him and ran forward. She lay there motionless until Zazu found her afterwards.
"Can you get up?"
Before she could answer, a roar pierced her ears and Luna began to cry hysterically. To her left, her father fell to his doom, and at the top....
Was Scar. With the evilest grin on his face.
I am going to kill that lion when this is over!
She stood up and ran over to a ledge where she could see Simba, Mufasa, and Scar perfectly. She could hear her brother's hysterical weeping somewhere in front of her.
"Poor kid, I cant believe he only knew his father for so little time." she whispered to herself.
Daddy.
It felt like it had been an eternity since she had said that word. And now, the nightmare was over. Scar had killed her father out of cold blood, and she had done nothing about it. And now SImba was gone, and she had no idea where he was.
Chapter 7-
Luna ran out of the gorge and bolted right for the cave a few yard away from Pride Rock. She ran inside and collapsed at the sight of K's body, along with Makeus's. She began to cry, and was found by Carter later that night. He was covered in dust and dirt and had a small scratch on his cheek, but other wise he was fine.
"Luna! Whats wrong?"
She didn't answer and continued to sob.
Scar ran into the cave, and was immediately pinned by Carter.
"What did you do to her?"
"NOTHING! I DID NOTHING!" Scar screamed, and ran for Pride Rock. Luna stood up shakily, but collapsed on the ground again.
"Carter, I am so heart broken I cant move." she whimpered.
"What happened baby?" he asked.
"My dad was killed by Scar and I have no freaking idea where Simba is," she whispered. "He ran away after the stampede."
(2 years later)
Luna miserably walked back to Pride Rock with Nala. She had been married to Carter about four months now, and she was about two months pregnant. Nala looked at her with so much sadness in her eyes.
"Luna," she said. "I'm so glad I met you."
"Ditto." she replied. "Hey, why dont we get away for a while?"
"Why?"
"Maybe we can find Simba."
Her eyes widened and her jaw dropped.
"He didnt die?"
"No he didn't. Mufasa did."
"You lied to me!" she cried, and ran off the opposite way. Luna followed her at top speed until they were out of the Pride Lands, past the outlands, in a small cave not to far from a lush green jungle. Luna collapsed, laughing. She felt better then she had in years.
"That was the longest and fastest run I have ever had!" she exclaimed.
"I know," Nala agreed. "But what now?"
"Well, we'll stay here over night. Then go into the jungle tomorrow." she said.
"Okay then. Let's go to sleep."
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Luna woke up the next morning to antelope. A huge chunk of it, just for her. She ate and ate, and began to fall back asleep until Nala woke her up.
"Hey girly," he said. "We need to leave soon. Eat."
She ate and they took off into the jungle. They hid in some high grass when Nala spotted a huge warthog.
"Thats the biggest animal I have seen in years." she whispered.
"GO!" Luna hissed, and Nala took off, chasing the warthog, Luna close behind.
"TIMON!" the warthog screamed.
"Pumbaa?" a voice called. Nala chased him on the inside of a deep tree stump and he ran until he got stuck in a moderate sized hole from a tree root. The warthog screamed, "She's gonna eat me!"
"Wha???"
Out of no where, a red and gold lion jumped out and attacked Nala. When she pinned him, he went, "Nala?"
"Who are you?"
"It's me, Simba."
Tears gathered in Luna's eyes as her and Nala went to happily greet their long lost friend and sibling.
"LUNA!" he exclaimed. "I missed you!"
I can't believe it. My brother, my long lost sibling, is alive. And I love him, alot.
Luna began to talk, but was choked by her words. She was so happy to see him alive, but her words couldnt express it.
"That was not my last goodbye to my little brother." she whispered.