Whooping Out Loud - A Hyena's Story.

[thanigraphics]

Another two great chapters done by my boy! I really enjoyed reading them again I'm looking forward to read each chapter, it gets even more interesting every time! I like how you introduce the new characters in a very natural way.
I'm not sure....but I guess the lion cub that Tangela's fellow clanmembers were about to catch, was little Taka? Or is it just a little random cubbeh? Just curious :p
I am really looking forward to draw an illustration to each chapter....I can add them in your posts if you like me to....well, that'll be for later

By the way, I will set your forum lay-out back to normal, instead of christmas, just like you asked me!
For the rest, have a good night and have fun at work tomorrow, we'll speak after dinner
Love ya, my sweet boy and talented writer! :tackleglomphugs:

[YFWE]

Such an interesting story so far! I love seeing all this unfolding from the "other" point of view, the hyenas... the dialogue between them is generally pretty good as well. Sometimes I'll get a bit confused as to who is who among the hyena adults, but another quick read-through will probably help that for me. Can't wait to see where this goes!

[thanigraphics]

Me too! A little advice for my Thani: you might add some more names in the dialogues, like "Shenzi says" or "Gethii answered" That will make it a bit more clear. For the rest it's all awesome, in my opinion
It looks like you allready have two fans now And I'm sure there will be more in time, when your fanfic gets better known
Woah, 1.44 AM.... gotta go now D: *huggles her grey feline mate*

[Thani]

Chapter 6; In The Lion's Den. :

Later on that night, the Hyena's returned to the Elephant Graveyard. "Damn you Tangela, if it wasn't for you we would have had a meal to chew on!" Shakarri spat to the beta female. Tangela sighed, bowed down her head, and slowly stepped away from Shakarri and the gang. She exchanged a glance with Gethii, but the male said nothing. "If only I could talk to him in private.." Tangela thought. The cubs came out to beg for meat, but alas.. They had none. Soon they too knew who was to blame for this night of hardship.. "Tangela!" Shakarri called out for her. "You're still valuable to us, simply because of your skills. But if you fail us again, we'll have to excile you from our clan!" The alpha sternly said to her. "Now get out of my sight!" the alpha growled to the ex-Matriarch. And so, Tangela limped away, to find herself a resting place.

That same night, a lioness called out for her cub. Low vibes flowed over the grassland's air. Finally her call was answered by the appearance of a young lion cub. "Oh my dear young one" she sighed of relief. "T-They tried to kill me.." the cub answered horrified. "Where were you?" the lioness asked, continuing; "I called for you since sunset. "I was in the grasslands, exploring. But suddenly Hyena's surrounded me, they wanted to kill me, but one disagreed with the others, and I took the chance to escape, away from them."

"You know the rules Lubaya, wandering around is forbidden without escort." Hiba said. "Go take some rest now. I'll confer with king Mufasa, and king Taka." And Hiba hurried towards the sleeping kings. "Your highnesses, please wakeup!" Hiba whispered, Taka woke up yawning, and he stretched his body. "Wha izzit?" he asked the worried lioness. "Majesty, my daughter lived to see the day, after a Hyena incident! She was nearly killed by them! What should be done?" Hiba sighed. In her panic, she forgot to tell the whole truth. Taka mumbled. "Do you know where it was?" he asked the worried lioness. "No your highness, I don't know." Hiba answered. "Don't worry, I'll deal with the matter from now on." Taka reassured the lioness. "Thank you my liege, thank you!"

*Author's Note: I hereby want to thank ThaniGraphics for her help, regarding some questions I had about the TLK universe. Thanks alot hun!*

[thanigraphics]

you're welcome my love It was really cool to see you typing this story, you really take care and think about every word you write down.
It's also cool you use that name-in-Swahili programme to choose a characters name that fits with the personality of each character. So far, you still got me addicted to your story, it's getting more and more interesting Keep up the awesome work, and if you need some help with grammar or difficult words, just ask me and I'm here to help
*huggles*

[Thani]

Chapter 7; A Problem Solved?

Soon after having talked to Hiba, Taka set out for the border of the grasslands known as Pridelands. However, usually king Taka liked to operate on his own. So he didn't inform king Mufasa about the matter, rather then wanting to solve this problem all by himself.

Soon the young king arrived at the edges of the territory, he'd spotted remains of old, and recent kills alike scattered accross the land. Obviously as the lionesses preferred to make a kill closer to home, this must have been work of rogue lions, or the Hyena's reported to have attacked Lubaya Taka thought. But upon further examination of the carcasses, he smelled the scent of Hyena, and he could see it were them who had made the kills, or atleast scavenged some parts of it, due to the bitemarks and crushed bones.

After travelling several miles to the south the young king came across a gorge, this was the true limit of the Pridelands. "I must find out where they came from" he thought to himself. Soon he scaled the cliffs via a narrow path to the land beyond. He knew that he was at great risk, not knowing what was to come. Besides what's a king worth when he leaves his territory? Nevertheless Taka roamed over the strange land. As he continued to go further into the land, away from the Pridelands, Taka noticed plumes of steam rising from the earth.
The young king still had a sense of adventure in him, and his curiousity had soared up, and took away all his fears. Soon he stood at the edge of a vulcanic wasteland filled with carcasses. As he wandered into the area, he could not believe his eyes. But soon his instincts overtook him, and he smelled the scent of danger and Hyena's aswell. He came up to a huge skull, and as he cautiously approached it, suddenly a whoop was heard, followed by a sinister laugh. Out came three young Hyena's.. They suddenly stood face to face with the young lion, teeth bared, they collectively approached the young king. Taka was outnumbered, he turned around and tried to outrun the Hyena's following him in hot pursuit.

Yet the lion found himself in utter peril as three more Hyena's came over the pile of bones toward him. "A lion! Kill him!!" Shakarri shouted, as the six of them attacked Taka. Yet the mighty lion managed to sweep them off his back, and he fought his way out, selectively targeting one Hyena at a time. Suddenly he felt a sting over his left eye. One of the adult Hyena's had bitten him in the face. The lion now turned into a rage of pain and anger, and he killed the Hyena who bit him for revenge.

After having mauled the poor Hyena, he was immediatly attacked by the furious adult female, but this time, Taka handed out a severe blow which stopped the Hyena's dead in their tracks. He had broken the alpha female's spine. Making use of the confusion he finally escaped the Elephant Graveyard. Now the young king could return to the Pridelands having fullfilled a vengeange..
Yet from now on, the Hyena's were determined to settle the score, not just willing to kill Taka, but definately any lion they would come accross for sure.. Taka knew he had to inform his brother. What would Mufasa think about seeing his wounds?

[Thani]

Chapter 8; A Problem Solved? Part II:

Meanwhile at the Elephant Graveyard:
"That lion is gonna pay dearly for this brutal murder!" Gethii screamed. "Oh no, Gethii, not just thát lion, I say we'd let all of them pay!" Banzai suggested in anger. Even Ed remained quiet with an angry look on his face. This time Shenzi took the role of Alpha upon her, as Hyena tradition called for a female leader of the clan. The loss-stricken males silently agreed with her newfound status. "I don't know about you guys, but it's for the best if we can round up a good number of outcast Hyena's for our cause.." Shenzi told them.

"How? I mean, where do you want to go, and find those outcasts?" Gethii asked. "Yeah, there is nothing left here!" Banzai added.
"First I want Tangela by my side. Right now she is the most experienced Hyena around, she got us here in the first place, and she is going to get us out aswell!" Shenzi said.

And that said, the Hyena's set out searching for Tangela. It did not took them long to find the bruised beta female. They surrounded her, but were not threatening her this time. "Tangela... I-I'm so sorry" Gethii said as he tried to apologize for his silence earlier on. "What do you want from me?" Tangela asked to the remnants of the once thriving clan. "I have to tell you something horrible.. Shakarri and Hami are dead, killed by a lion.." Gethii said, as he bowed down his head in grief for the loss. "If we stay here, we're all gonna die!" Shenzi said to the bewildered Tangela. "I hate dying!" Banzai replied. "No wonder we're bungling at the bottom of the foodchain, I think we just didn't handle the things the right way; The only way; The Hyena way!" Shenzi yelled in frustration. "....So a lion killed them?" Tangela finally asked. "Yes.. A lion with black manes, and a dark reddish-orange pelt." Gethii replied to the female's question. "They must live near the rock-formation we saw in the distance of the grasslands" Tangela spoke, continuing: "Allright, I will help you guys. But promise me to not disobey me ever again!" she said. The males nodded, but Shenzi was doubtfull. After a brief pause she too agreed, but she asked for Tangela's heir appointance. And Tangela having raised her as her own daughter, did not hestitate to confirm her raise in the ranks: "From the day Gethii found you, you were meant to be a leader Shenzi. Whilst I will remain Alpha again for as long as I may live, you will one day step into my place, being the new Alpha."
"Now that that's settled, we'd best move out now.. The lions are mostly active at night." Gethii suggested.
Both females took heed of his proposal, and Tangela once again took the lead of the deminished clan.

Meanwhile in the Pridelands: Taka finally arrived at Pride Rock, seeing his brother watching over the kingdom, sitting at the promontory.
"Brother!" Taka called. "We have a serious problem at our paws" Mufasa turned around to face his younger brother, but was shocked by the state Taka was in. "What happened to you?? You're a mess to behold! And what happened to your left eye?" Before Mufasa could bombard Taka with more questions, Taka sighed: Hyena's in our lands... I tried to get rid of them, but there were too many of them!"
Whereupon Mufasa realized that his younger brother probably went out of their territory's boundary. "I see" he calmly spoke. "The only one who can teach us more about this problem is our mother.." Mufasa suggested. "Good idea, let's go find her." Taka replied.

Uru was in the cave, laying next to Hiba, Sarabi, Sarafina, and Wepesi. "Good evening ladies." Mufasa said as the brothers greeted the fledgling pride. "Can we talk to our mother in private?" Taka continued. And all lionesses left the cave except for worried old Uru.
"Sons, what an honor to see you both side by side ruling the kingdom together in these hard times." Uru said. Suddenly her gaze fell upon Taka's fresh scar. This certainly worried her even more. "Son! What had happened to you??" But before Taka could answer, Mufasa explained, asking their mother for advice. Taka glanced at his brother clearly annoyed at his sudden answer. "Mufasa always tends to interrupt me, acting all like a big mouth wisecrack." Taka thought to himself. As the hunting party went out for a kill, three lions were sitting together, trying to solve a seemingly persistant problem...

Next day, both brothers went on patrol along the borders, but they remained in the Pridelands, yet when Taka and Mufasa went along their side of the gorge, Taka glanced over the ravine, staring in the direction he'd previously encountered the Hyena's. "So Taka, thus that's the place they came from?" Mufasa asked. Taka nodded still gazing over the gorge. "I doubt they dare to attack us, whilst being together. We'll have to operate as a team Taka.." Taka looked at his brother. "Mufasa, do not order me to follow you everywhere you go. You know I'd prefer to handle things on my own" Mufasa's eyes briefly widened in surprise, but the brown maned lion quickly repulsed this rejecting behaviour. "I don't order you brother, mother suggested it, and that's what has worked in the past, and will work in the future. We'll simply have to..." But Taka interrupted him clearly being angered this time. "Here you go again, you keep on ordering me around Muffa! For the last time, stop being so arrogant! Even if you sat on a rock all day, that still doesn't make you a better king then I am!" Taka spat at his brother, and he parted from his brother's company. As Taka paced out of sight, Mufasa sighed. "What am I going to do with him?" he thought to himself. Yet the brown maned lion couldn't help to call out after his brother to state his worries for him.. A deep pitched roar echoed over the grasslands...

[Thani]

Chapter 9; Meeting Of The Minds:

Whilst Taka roamed the Pridelands in search of a meal, he was attracted by the scent of a rogue lion. As Taka cautiously approached, he saw it was a lioness scavenging herself a meal. She looked slim, yet she had a muscular posture. He sized her up, and estimated her strength. "I might be able to fix me a pride of my own.." Taka casually thought. "Hello mylady. care if I sit down next to you?" he asked. The lioness rapidly turned her head to face him, and Taka was met by blazing red eyes. "Don't worry, I don't steal the trash your eating. I wouldn't even think of it to eat garbage like that." He jokingly told the lioness. "I am forced to eat everything I can get my paws on, and for your information; I came here to seek out a mate, to have cubs with. Yet there is nothing around here worth living for to my future cubs to be." the irritated lioness said. Taka kept his distance, as he thought for a moment. "So, where'd you come from? And if I may ask, what's your name?"

"My name is Zira, I came from accross the barren lands from the west. My pride was taken over by three vicious rogues, and after they killed our cubs, they awaited their chance, and they forced us to mate!! We were being treated like mere booty, just to conceive new cubs with..I couldn't stand the loss of our pride, and I couldn't bare the suffering of my sisters.. One of them males, even took a bite out of my ear.." Zira said, as she softly began to cry. "Last night I was the only one able to fled the tightly controlled pride unseen... I don't know what I've gotta do..." "Don't worry, I can plea for your stay with our pride if you like?" Taka asked "Anything better then this.." Zira replied.

At the same time, somewhere else along the barren lands, the Hyena's had set out to search for fellow Hyena's to form up a new merged clan. In the distance they could see two lions.. Gethii squeezed his eyes, trying hard to identify them, just so to see if it was that orange-reddish lion with black manes.. "It's him allright!!" Gethii said under a growl. the three young Hyena's immediatly set course towards the two lions. But they were bounded by a pledge made, earlier on. It was Tangela who called off the confrontation. "We'll deal with those lions later on, when we've got our strength in number.." she said. "I've heard that before!" Banzai said, "Hush fool! Unless you have a deathwish, you'd better stick with us for your own good!" Shenzi replied. "C'mon ya'll! Let's move out!" Tangela ordered.

Soon the Hyena's stumbled upon a half eaten carcass.. "Free food!!" Banzai yelled elated. "Banzai, Gethii, await your turn!" Tangela sternly said to them. "I'll have the best pieces of meat left!" she continued. But the males clearly had a taste of meat on their mind.
Soon a feeding frenzy took place, and everybody got what he could get for themselves. However, this carcass didn't went to be unnoticed.. More Hyena's cautiously circled the feeding frenzy. Tangela grimaced to show her Alpha status. Most of the outcasts were males, yet there were lower ranked females amongst them. One of the new females slowly approached nearer towards the carcass, but she was seen off by Tangela, and was chased away by Shenzi, whom decided to ensure her place in the clan, by a show of dominant behaviour alongside Tangela forming a team with her. Suddenly one of the outcasts spoke up: "We haven't fed for a few days, we just wish to have something to eat.. Please spare us some food..." Shenzi and Tangela shared glances, and both looked back at their fellow clanmembers, who were now staring back at the two dominant females.. "Shenzi, this might be our chance to drastically enlarge our chance of survival.." Tangela said. "They sure are quite a number of outcasts.. Perhaps we can use them to our own gain.." Shenzi replied. "We still have to revenge our dead!" Banzai said, as he and Gethii stood their ground, still defending the carcass from the outcasts. "So be it!" Tangela said. "The remains of the carcass are yours aswell! We Hyena's should bond together to become masters of the grasslands. No longer will I tolerate rivalry between outcasts, and our own clanmembers. Unless you don't agree with that rule, welcome to our clan ya'll!" And so the clan was growing in number again.. And once again, a vocal cacaphony of Hyena's laughing was heard accross the barren lands...

[Thani]

Chapter 10; Deja Vú, A Lioness' Life:

Whilst walking back to Pride Rock, Taka didn't say much, but he sure looked impressed by this lioness. But he couldn't help asking her some pretty personal questions.. "You said you lived on scraps for a while.. How long were you in the barren lands?" Taka asked. Zira looked at him, and at first she seemed tensed because of the direct question of the lion. But after a brief pause, and having sighed deeply, she told him all she remembered. About her sisters, and their hardships under a brutal regime of rogues. She also stated that she never wanted to be considered as a rogue herself ever again, not herself, nor her cubs, and all whom she holds close to her heart. Finally she shyfully asked Taka to reveal his own name to her.

"Just call me Scar" Taka replied. Allthough in her mind his name didn't sound native to the lands, she prolly accepted it without any further hestitation. "Scar...." she repeated for herself. As time seemed to flew by, the pair of lions approached Pride Rock. Mufasa and the lionesses were dozing on the rocks, it was clear that the hunting party had set out for a kill once again. Suddenly some of the lionesses stirred to the arrival of a strange scent in the air. Some of the lionesses seemed to mumble as Scar and Zira passed by, some others reacted in anger of the unknown mock-attacking Zira until Mufasa rose to his feet.

The brown maned lion already was an impressive sight to behold, even while both males were still young. Appearing next to Mufasa was Uru. The former queen took a good glance at the new arrival, before she whispered something in Mufasa's ear. Scar immediatly began to show suspicion towards his brother, thinking of having a plot arranged against himself, and Zira alike.

But before Scar could speak up, Uru began talking to them: "You seemed to have brought us a new addition to our hunting party, aren't you son?"
Whilst Mufasa remained silent with a stern look on his face, it was Uru who noticed the possibilities of an additional force within the pride's survival abillities. As Uru stepped forward to the stranger, she continued to talk into Zira personally, trying to see what she had in front of her.

"Forgive us for the rude hello on behalf of the entire pride, but we aren't used to strangers within our midst." Whilst Zira felt a bit uneasy, with this sudden seemingly friendly attention, she couldn't figure out the reasoning of the old queen, as Scar decided to speak up on her behalf. "Her name is Zira. She had come a long way from accross the barren lands to the west of our kingdom, and her past hasn't been easy on her to say the least. But according to pride's law, every lioness able of adding up to the survivalbility to the pride, should be given a fair chance to prove herself worthy." Mufasa quickly exchanged a brief glance with their mother, and finally he too started talking.

"Taka's right!" But before he could continue, he immediatly was interrupted by a confused Zira. "Taka?! They'd given you a name that means nothing but waste and unwanted garbage??" continuing: "You told me your name is Scar.. I don't know what to believe anymore... But fact is, you've lied to me! Why??" Taka paused looking down to the ground.. "Mother, brother.. Because I fought unjust presence within our territory, I became scarred accross my left eye. I wish to be known as Scar from now on.." Uru seemed to be lost in thoughts for a while, but suddenly sprang to life again confirming her youngest son's wish. "If that's what you wish for, I won't deny you the honorable name. But to me you always remain to be my own innocent Taka." And she nudged her youngest son. "As for you Zira, you'll rest for now, and the pride will provide the neccesary food to get you back to full health again. But if you want to stay, you must prove yourself a good hunter. But first and foremost I need to ask you one more question: Do you want to stay with us? If not, you're free to leave now." Uru concluded. "Personally I too hope you'll be staying with the pride" Mufasa said in a persuasive tone..

"Zira.. Whatever happens, I'll keep an eye out for your needs. If you wish to talk, you'd find me at the back of Pride Rock." Scar assured her. And so, a new lioness was welcomed amongst the members of the fledgling pride.. A few weeks had passed, and slowly but surely Zira visibly became healhier, and gained some weight in the process. Whilst hunting alone, she proved herself a reliable huntress, yet her body didn't feel as comfortable, as when she used to hunt with her own sisters. Zira constantly felt the pressure of trying hard to prove herself to the other lionesses over time. As she had her trials to go through, she often looked back at Scar's dissappearance into the grasslands around them.

As time rolled by, years had passed, and the monsoon came once again. The brothers tried hard to impress the lionesses, wanting to conceive cubs.
But Zira didn't want to have anything to do with it. Allthough she was in heat, she'd ran off into the Pride Lands to ponder over her life, and as what she thought about the lives lost.. And once again she was approached by a male lion. A wandering rogue who set his eye on conceiving cubs for himself. The poor lioness was slammed to the ground, being pummeled around. She could hardly fend off the agressor. But she managed to strike a blow to the rogue lion, which had mortally wounded him. As the lion lay dying breathing his last breath, she decided to put an end to it, for what he had done to her.. She took shelter under an accasia-tree. She couldn't go back now, they would've accuse her of brutal murder while it was self-defence in her own opinion.. Over time, she had cleaned herself, and she decided to continue onwards to Pride Rock, and headed straight for the back of the rock-formation to find Scar.

"So far, Scar has been treating me most kindly of all lions I'd ever encountered..." She thought to herself. As she came into the cave at the backside of Pride Rock, she did found Scar sulking in his lonelyness. To Zira's surprise there where no other lionesses around, even though it was the time of the year again.. "Care for some company Scar?" Zira asked. Scar remained silent for a while, but in the end he finally answered her question with a sound yes. As Zira had known Scar most of the pride members, she finally gave in to his swooning. And so the night passed away..

[Thani]

Chapter 11; A Dream Shattered Into Pieces:

The monsoon also had brought new life to the Hyena clan. And Tangela was challenged by Shenzi for a fight over clan's dominance.
The old Matriarch stood her ground, but in the end, she couldn't cope with the sheer power the younger female threw at her.
Finally Shenzi became to be the Alpha, and she choose her brothers to be her bodyguards, aswell as her closest allies, and companions.
Tangela was ousted from the clan, after long years of dominance. The female was never heard from again. It is presumed that she had gone back to her native territory. If she'd survived, is not known. But whith her dissapearance, a true legend had came to an sudden end.

By now their numbers had grown even more. Tangela's cubs were spared for the sake of usefullness to the clan. "A Hyena doesn't unneccesary kill a fellow Hyena cub" Shenzi cited. She continued her speech to the clan. "We are now on the brink of expanding our homelands! Our time had come, the lions will pay at last!" With Banzai and Ed alongside her, Shenzi lead the clan back into the Pride Lands again. An army consisting of Hyena's moved accross the grasslands, initially probing their way towards Pride Rock itself. Meanwhile Mufasa lay vast asleep near Pride Rock. Suddenly he envisioned a Hyena's army of terror in his dream. The startled lion woke up panting of fear. "News from the underground! Hyena's are in the Pride Lands!! the major-domo screamed out to his king. Mufasa immediatly took action accordingly, and gathered as much lionesses to form a battle-group himself. As they stood ready, Mufasa could see the Hyena's approaching Pride Rock in the far distance. It sure looked like a big black blob, yet Mufasa knew it would be a tough fight. He roared out loud to call for his brother to aid him in the struggle to come. Scar was nowhere to be found, neither was Zira, so Mufasa gave a peptalk to his pride: "Let them come close, we'll attack them in front of Pride Rock. They came swarming all over the Pride Lands to attack us. Yet we must take this fact to our advantage, and attack whilst they're worn down!" As the new queen Sarabi stood at her husband's side, as she too talked to the assembled lionesses: "Remember, we must fight as one team. Go for a quick kill, and use all your might against them! Sisters: Today a pride, tomorrow a pride! Remember the lessons learned! Fight like the lions you are!!"

Soon the titan armies were entangled into mortal combat. Amongst the dead were Uru and Lubaya. After the Hyena's were finally driven off, it was time to mourn the losses inflicted to them. Mufasa limped to the site where his mother remained motionless. The lion king, was struck by a shock of severe grief. A battered Sarabi and Sarafina stood next to their sobbing king. Atleast the great Hyena attack has been fend off.

On the other side, the Hyena's managed to rally at a place familiar to Shenzi and her brothers. They once again settled in the gloomy place known as the Elephant Graveyard tending their sore wounds. "Man I hate lions! They're bossy.." Banzai coined, "They're smelly.." Shenzi added, "...and they're uuuuugly" the Hyena's cackled in choir.. Meanwhile out on the Pride Lands border Scar led Zira to a place where she could give birth to her cubs. The place had distinctive termite mounds scattered all over the place. They liked the clear overview of the area surrounding them. And Scar finally set his secret plan in motion. "With my brother being king in the Pridelands, I have no choice but to start my own pride, consisting of you as second in command." He promised Zira. "Can you imagine it? You, me, being rulers of the lands we've walked together?" Zira remained silent, being unsure of her willingness to compromise the future of her cubs. "What if Mufasa finds out? He wouldn't tolerate any competitive act of rivalry within his lands, especially not from you being his brother.." But Scar already had forseen that problem: "I'll mention you as deceased, due to battlewounds received in a clash with a neighbouring pride.." he suggested. "Why would you hide our precious cub from the pride?" Zira asked.

All members of the pride, pledged their allegeance to my brother. All but you yourself. And I want to start my own pride showing that I am as much of a capable king as my brother is." That said, Scar went on renaming the termite infested area into 'The Outlands'; His own kingdom to rule. Yet the cubs would be born in lush grass growing around them. Scar's kingdom was bordered at the river's bed due east next to the Pride Lands' border.
As Zira went into labour, Scar foraged the lands of his own newfound kingdom. The swollen river provided enough oppertunity for a small flourishing pride to thrive on. Next morning, a new cub was born, it was presented to the Pride Lands' kingdom as Simba, heir of king Mufasa, and queen Sarabi.
Scar went back to Pride Rock, only to return to his own cave. It was there that Zazu -- Mufasa's major-domo, confronted Scar for being absent at the ceremony that morning. Soon Mufasa himself paid a visit to his younger brother. After nearly losing temper Mufasa sternly asked if Scar's threat was a challenge to him. Scar excused himself, citing he may had the brains for his advantage, but as for brute stength, he announced himself being lesser of the two when it came to the genes-pool. With that Mufasa saw his brother once again setting off into the grasslands.

Later on, Scar came back at Zira's side in the Outlands. She also had given birth to a cub. But to Scar's and Zira's horror, this cub was born dead. All his dreams shattered there and then. However he comforted Zira who'd mourned for her lifeless cub. Was this the end of his shortlived kingdom?