A Change of Plans [PRIVATE: AC & The Whistlerify]

[AustralianChaos]

Sarabi nodded at Simba's addition to the conversation. "And that's the problem. Are these lions still there? And if so, how would they react to us...but this place is still close to the Pridelands. It might be worth the risk...if they don't want us around, then we can always find somewhere else to settle instead of picking a fight. To me, it seems better than just randomly wandering."

Sarabi watched Nala, noticing that her thoughts were running on a similar thought train, before turning to Tanga and Marini. "Tanga...Marini...what do you think?" Tanga's face adopted a look of surprise at being asked his opinion, before he turned to Marini. "What do you think, Rini?"

[TheWhistlerify]

Marini nodded, "Yes... we can always leave if they don't want us." she sighed, they might not be friendly, but they seemed to be out of options. "Maybe if they see Tanga's injuries they'll think we're not a threat." she then lighten up at another thought, "Maybe they can help us heal those wounds?" she then turned to Tanga, "I say it's worth a try." If anything could help Tanga recover faster, then she would go for it

[AustralianChaos]

Tanga nodded, before looking at Sarabi hopefully. Sarabi thought about it for a moment, before deciding to do something a little different with this issue. Smiling slightly, she turned to Simba. "Simba...you are meant to be future king. As king, you will need to make decisions that effect not just yourself, but your entire pride as well." Sarabi then backed off, clearly giving Simba the spotlight. "I leave this decision to you...do we head to this eastern hill, or do we avoid it and try to find another spot?"

[TheWhistlerify]

Simba sat down and began thinking. It was the first time he faced an important desicion. On one hand, the pride living by that hill might be able to help them with Tanga's wound and even provide them a place to live in but on the other; they might see them as a threat and things could turn ugly. "We will go there," he said finally, "But I'll go and talk to them before you also come in. If they wont want us there then we will simply leave and go around their territory."

[AustralianChaos]

Sarabi nodded, smiling. She felt exceptionally proud of her son in that moment. As a king, he had made a decision that he believed was in the best interests of his pride...and offered to send himself into a potentially dangerous first, putting the welfare of his pride above his own.

But Sarabi had one last compromise. "Then that is what we'll do, Simba...but I will accompany you when you talk to them. The most unexpected things can happen when you talk to other prides, and you will need some help if things start to go off in an unexpected direction."

"But Sarafina told us to wait a few minutes...since we have to head back into the Pridelands at that river crossing, we'll wait for full nighttime, then we'll leave."

[TheWhistlerify]

Marini then sighed, "Maybe we should get some rest untill it's dark enough."

Sarafina arrived back to Zira and the rest of their group, she turned to Ganya "Scar has to hear this." she said as Zira looked at her, probably waiting for hear what was this about, "This group is a group of eleven lions. Out of them we have 3 adolescents, those are Marini, Tanga and Nala." she said and sighed as she mentioned her daughter's name, but she continued. "The rest are 6 lionesses and 2 males. This isn't going to be easy."

Zira then snarled, this group might be a bigger threat then she anticipated. "We will head back and ask Scar what to do next." With that she began leading the group back to the Pride Lands

[AustralianChaos]

Ganya followed Zira, frustrated that his attempts to reclaim his home, and get revenge on Tanga and Marini, had been delayed. He quickly trotted up to Zira's side. "Zira...there are six of us. If we wait until they're asleep, we could reduce their number to five before anyone could even wake up, and possibly even kill them all. Surely we don't have to go back for reinforcements?"

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Tanga sighed, hugging Marini just a little closer as she suggested a rest, which he happily obliged to, his body very keen for another chance to slow down and focus on healing as he closed his eyes, still purring softly as he began to drift off.

[TheWhistlerify]

Zira was about to say something but then Sarafina spoke. "They're still paranoid about what you did. They suspect there are more leopards in that forest. If I'm not mistaking they'll be sleeping in shifts."
Zira then nodded in agreement, "I guess we'll have to take them head on then."

Simba then also lay down on a grassy part of the den and tried to relax at the remaining sun beams. "Rini's right, we should rest as much as we can." he said and closed his eyes as well

[AustralianChaos]

Ganya growled in frustration as his plan was smashed to pieces almost as soon as he had put it forward. His razor-sharp claws starting digging into the ground as he vented his frustration as best he could, fuming silently as the group made their back towards Pride Rock.

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Nala also nodded, deciding to silently agree with everyone else. She started to move towards her favourite spot, but stopped, noticing Marini and Tanga, looking very content in each other's paws, and Simba, alone as Sarabi lay down just outside the mouth of the den, obviously keeping watch.

Nala a slight, cold breeze brush through the cave, and realised that the evening was probably going to get a little cold. Deciding on a bold venture, since she had already admitted to Simba that she was falling for him, she changed her direction, wandering over to Simba's side, placing herself down beside him, before shuffling over slightly until their sides were touching. She hoped Simba did not mind, but she wanted some company, and Simba's golden-brown pelt was already warming her slightly, causing a faint hint of a purr to start in her throat as she relaxed.

[TheWhistlerify]

Simba sighed and tried to fall asleep. He heard the footsteps on the grass and suggested that Nala and Sarabi were also settling in for some rest. All of a sudden he heard that either Sarabi or Nala were walking closer to him. He opened his eyes slightly just in time to see Nala inch closer and cuddle next to him. He didn't know how to react, but that didn't bother him at all. After a short moment he also cuddled close to her. He then closed his eyes again and relaxed. Despite the fact that the time to face Scar was growing nearer, Nala seemed to help his mind not think about those disturbing thoughts and that made him calm