Kovu and Mipa: Trapper

Kovu awoke from a deep slumber to an overweight female prodding him in the back with a paw. "...Kovu?" she asked unsurely and jabbed him again. Kovu rolled over lazily, flattening more grass under him. He groaned burry eyed and looked up at Mipa who...

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Kovu and Mipa: Jobie's Demise

Mipa looked like she was serious. The lioness crouching and her tail aggressively high, she growled noisy stepping steadily closer, forcing Kovu to the edge of the grass. It was about then that he realized that he would be at a deadly disadvantage...

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Kovu and Mipa: First impressions

Eager not to face whatever person Mipa had gone to consult, Kovu renewed his efforts to break free of the snare, this time knowing that his life could very well depend on it and time was assuredly short. The dark maned lion twisted and turn, arching...

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Kovu and Mipa: Kovu's Journey

I can't believe I'm doing this... thought the dark maned lion as he trotted through the vast wasteland surrounding him. "Why leave now of all times? What can I possibly gain?" The cracked plane of compressed silt which stretched out endlessly around...

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Nala's Venture: The Village

Nala tucked into the rhino with gusto, eating the soft areas that Paka had already opened up. She ate in silence, however, as Uzuri lingered at the edge of the copse, looking out into the savanna while sitting in the shade of a smallish tree. She had...

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Nala's Venture: Uzuri's Tour

Nala walked beside Uzuri. Despite the fact that she could be no more than three or four years Nala's senior, Uzuri seemed to be inhabited with a deep wisdom that any pride matriarch would be proud of. Nala looked at the stones set into the ground upon...

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Nala's Venture: Crises of Faith

Nala continued walking past Fauzi and out of the large spacious commons. Already she was unconsciously following the laid stone paths that connected the different areas of the shrine. Nala passed several more lounging lions and eventually found herself...

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Nala's Venture: The Tale of Kiomi

Saida started, "Well a long time ago, lions and the neighbors were enemies. We fought whenever we met each other and generally we didn't have anything to do with each other." "Horrid..." commented Uzuri. Saida shot her a look, then continued, "It...

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Nala's Venture: A Game of Questions

Nala half expected Mirembe to jump up and gnaw on her father's ear the way she bounded up the steps at the back of the stone. She stopped short however, and merely brushed up against the larger figure. "Mirembe, I'm glad to see you are doing well. You...

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Nala's Venture: The Floodlands

_"Scar, there is no more food here. The herds have moved on." The former matriarch of the pride bravely said in a stony voice to the black maned king of Pride Rock. "No, you and your hunters just aren't trying hard enough!" Scar answered furiously....

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Nala's Venture: The Heavens Open Up

Nala walked across the desert with her head bowed. Her shoulders ached from walking and her throat was painfully raw; it had been almost a day since she had last had a sip of water. Her eyes were half lidded, it was hard to think of anything else but...

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Nala's Venture: Leaving the Pridelands

I can't believe that it's come to this, thought Nala as she looked out over the, for the most part, dead expanse of the once lush territory known as the Pridelands. The bones of Nala's sleek feline figure were visible on her more than a little gaunt...

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