THE LION KING: RANI'S MAGICAL STORY

CHAPTER IX: TWO WORLDS COLLIDE

As soon as she heard Pumbaa scream, Rani immediately stopped training and grabbed her lightsaber, and her hooded cloak that she had made from jungle leaves and vines with magic. Simba had already been alerted and had come from behind the little girl and got her on top of him, ready to pounce on whoever was harming their friend.

"SHE'S GONNA EAT ME!!!" She heard Pumbaa scream.

From the corner of her eye, she saw a lioness and a girl on top of her, and a tall hooded person headed straight for their friend.

"You take the lioness, I'll take the tall person." Rani strategized.

"Got it," Simba said and charged.

As soon as she and Simba lunged close enough, Rani let out a war cry and pummeled the tall dark cloaked person. The girl on top of the lioness leapt off her in the nick of time as Simba and she fought ferociously.

The dark cloaked person ignited his blue lightsaber and he and Katie traded blows, blocked, parried and ducked. He was winning when he pinned her to a tree, but the little girl was much more powerful and quicker, using her magic to knock him away from him and she pinned him now.

"ANI!" She saw her Dada charging towards her to counterattack, but she was much stronger and quicker.

"STAY BACK!!!!" Rani responded in kind by blasting her Dada away with magic, and blocked an electrical attack from a mouse.

She noticed Anakin below her struggling, and pinned him down once again.

"That's my friend! I'm not gonna let you eat him!" Rani stated firmly.

"Who are you, and how are you so powerful?!" The person retorted and the voice sounded masculine.

"I think the question is, who are you?!" Rani snapped back. "Lower your hood, and I'll do the same! The only ones who trained me to be prepared for everything and anything that comes my way is..."

Sensing defeat, the person huffed and lowered his dark hood.

Rani's eyes widened under her hood as she stared back at cerulean blue eyes, a fair face, dirty brown hair with a powerful build.

"Uncle Ani?!" Rani squeaked. She quickly got off him.

Anakin's eyes widened at the familiar nickname the girl gave him, and his heart beat wildly as he stared.

"You know me?" He asked.

"Of course I do. You're the one who trained me, and said you wanted me to be stronger. It's me, Rani." The girl said.

Anakin gently took off her hood. He was staring back at jade green eyes, a beautiful cream brown face, black wavy hair in a simple low ponytail and her outfit was more suited for the jungle.

"Rani, is that really you?!" Anakin gasped in shock and excitement.

"YES IT'S ME!! UNCLE ANI!!!" Rani screamed now in joy and familiarity as she and Anakin hugged each other, laughing and looking into one another.

A few feet away, Victor came to, rubbing his head, and the electric mouse alongside him realized that Rani was indeed alive, and alerted Victor.

"What?!" Victor gasped. He rushed to Jamie's side and observed.

Jamie watched the exchange, befuddled and when Anakin shouted in joy, "Rani, I can't believe it! You're here, you're alive!", her eyes widened and he ended up laughing with Anakin and embracing Rani, who laughed and smiled.

"What are you guys doing here?! How did you find us?!" Rani smiled.

"We were out looking for food with Nala!" Jamie said.