[Private] In Darkest Night

[KopsTheTerminator]

In Darkest Night

[Before the Outsiders joined Simba's pride; when Kovu, Kiara and Vitani were teens]

Up in the sky, all the spirits of the evil Kings of the past fused into two dark lions and decided to bring chaos to the world, firstly by covering the sun and making it always night. The Pridelanders ask for Zira's pride to help them find the cause and destroy it, but the darks lion sees that and try to befriend them so they can ambush them later...

Dark lions' powers so far:

-They can turn into any King of the past or evil King of the future
-They can enter dreams and/or nightmares

Characters:

Simba - LilTiger
Nala - Kopa23
Kiara - LilTiger
Zira - LilTiger
Nuka - Kopa23
Vitani - LilTiger
Kovu - Kopa23
Mufasa's spirit - Kopa23
Dark lion #1 - LilTiger
Dark lion #2 - Kopa23

NPCs:

Zazu
Timon & Pumbaa

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It was night. A dark night. The cold breeze blew on Kovu's face. It seemed dangerously quiet that night. Nothing moving, nothing changing. Only the sound of the breeze could be heard. No movement at all in the Outlands. Not that there were other animals there apart from Kovu's pride and the termites...

Kovu stared at Pride Rock from the tallest termite mound of the Outlands, one of the pride's dens. The young lion was thinking of the future... What would he be like when he grew up? Would he manage to defeat Simba? Would he make his mother proud and make her efforts worth it?

Sure, he didn't like his training. Every night he'd fall down, exhausted by climbing termite mounds, diving into the alligator river, sneaking into the Pride Lands without anyone noticing, beating up other lions and lionesses of his age... But he had to do it if he didn't want to end up living in the Outlands for his entire life while the Pridelanders are living a life of luxury. It was really unfair to exile them because they were loyal to his ''father'', Scar. He wasn't really his father, but he would never get to see his real father.

The young prince stretched and waited for someone to tell him to get down and go to sleep, but maybe they wouldn't notice him at all up there.

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Meanwhile, in the Pride Lands, Nala was stargazing near Pride Rock. She felt a cold breeze, sign that Mufasa's spirit would be always there to guide them. She smiled slightly and looked at a bunch of stars forming three lions fighting each other. She enjoyed stargazing so much... During Scar's reign, nobody was allowed to go outside the den at night so she couldn't stargaze. She thanked the great Kings that Simba wasn't like his coldhearted uncle..

But thinking about Scar's reign reminded her of the Outsiders... She wondered if Simba made the right decision by exiling them just for that. She knew Simba hated anyone who admires or even likes Scar because of what he did to his father, himself and the Pride Lands. But those lions and lionesses did nothing wrong... But now it was too late to think of that. The Outsiders are furious about it and somehow, she knew they were planning their revenge, but she hoped her instincts weren't right this time. She sighed and continued stargazing, hoping that the Pride Lands would remain the way they are now forever.

[LilTiger]

Vitani woke up and streatched. "Kovu, what are you doing up so late?", Vitani asked as she sat next to her brother and nuzzled him. ''So, why are you up so late?'', Vitani asked as she looked at the stars. The stars sparkled like gems. Each one with it's own special characteristic.

Vitani looked aroudn the outlands. Let's hope Kovu can kill Simba and take his place as king. , Vitani thought as she looked around. Everythign was bare. There was no grass. She atlest wanted a little green at night. Not to mention the morning aswell.

"Kovu, sorry for brining up the subject, but do like how Zira's treating you?", Vitani asked as she laid down and rolled on her back and scratched it. She then rolled over. Vitani looked at Kovu waiting for an answer.
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Simba soon decided to go check on Nala. "Hey Nala, you ok? I got a little worried since you were gone so long.", Simba said as he nuzzled her and kissed her on the cheek. Simba laid down want watched th stars.

Aimlessly he wondered what star his father was. He always thought it was the one next Mohatu. Because Mohatu was always truthful and loyal, jsut like his father. "So, what were you thinking about while being up here? Or did you just try to find stars of your father or mother?", Simba said as he licked Nala's tan pelt.

[KopsTheTerminator]

Kovu turned back at his blue eyed sister and smiled. She was the only person that wouldn't treat him with that much respect, but wouldn't be like Nuka either. He knew Vitani was an unique lioness. He listened carefully as she talked to him and gazed at the stars and then looked around, which made him curious to look at the Outlands as well. The only thing that gave him hope was the sight of grass in the horizon, the Pride Lands. But then he remembered her question, but it wasn't long since she asked another one.

''I couldn't sleep... And I like looking at the view from up here, despite everything being barren.'', Kovu told Vitani and looked at the horizon once again, but only for a split second before turning back to Vitani.

''My mother... Well... She's a little harsh, but she's doing it for everyone's sake after all. Hasn't she already suffered enough, losing her mate? I just wanna make her happy again, if that's what she wants.'', Kovu said, answering Vitani's question and then stood up, stretched and practised on the little roar of his. His roaring was way better than the roar he had as a cub, but it was still not intimidating enough. But then he remembered that everyone's asleep and sat down again.

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Nala looked at her mate as he approached her asking about her and laid down after nuzzling her and kissing her, and then kissed her again after asking more questions. After kissing him back, she looked at the stars again before answering his questions.

''I'm okay... I just wanted to stargaze tonight, which got me thinking about the Outsiders...'', Nala told Simba in a calm manner so she wouldn't stress him out. She knew how she disliked the Outsiders because they supported and still support Scar, but she just had to tell him her opinion on the subject.

''Simba... Do you think it was wise to exile them? Maybe if we had given them another chance... Things wouldn't be this way...'', she said calmly, and then began searching for the star of her mother. You couldn't tell stars apart, but sometimes when looking at one, you get a warm feeling... And then you know that you knew the person before he became a star.