Lion King - Lost Heir

Save Thy Gracious Queen

Nala

I don't know about that new lion, there's something not right about him. Something about the way he just lies I the shade doing nothing all day, yet he manages to look deep in thought at all times.

Now I just have to sit and watch my daughter and son in law rule over the pridelands, inexperienced, and untrusted by many of the animals. Don't get me wrong, I trust Kovu just as much as I trust Kiara, but still, they're too young to lead.

I sigh. You're over thinking it Nala.

"Queen Nala?"

A voice jerks me back to the present and I look up.

"Yes?"

One of the young lionesses steps out of the gloom in the back of the cave. I recognise her to be Mpenzi, a young female with no mate yet.

"Nala, the huntresses are leaving to get a meal, there should be some food in around an hour."

"Thank you, Mpenzi."

She exits the cave, and I follow a few moments after. I head to the Waterhole to get a drink, then walk around the pridelands a bit: stretching my legs.

A deep, guttural growl comes from my left side, and I spin round to face it.

Snapping jaws, bloodied mouth and torn ears.

Hyenas.