The Power Between Us

Chapter 28 Well Hidden

The ball of gas slowly rose, it looked like it came out of the ground but in fact it was an illusion, It came from high above earth, In a place known as space, Kion and Kiara used to sit on top of Pride Rock and dream about going to space, but they knew it was impossible, they knew they could go further then space, past the sun and moon, a place were good lions go, the great kings and leaders. This was called heaven, to them it's a wonderful place where when you die you go up and look down and guide the little ones around the circle of life. That particular memory came in mind. Waking up Kiara looks over to her left and Kion was still there, still in a coma and still in the death zone. The dream she had wasn't pleasant, 'what if Kion goes to heaven? Not yet. He still has a life and Rani to be with', Kiara's stomach grumbled, she was hungry, today she was feeling for fish, she gave Kion a nudge and kiss on the side of his face and got up,heading outside as the sun broke and it blinded her eyes, she shook her head and went to look for Kovu.

Having finished their breakfast Rani and the others headed off to the Tree Of Life. " do you think their still active?", " well you saw what happened last night, it glowed brightly so I'm sure their using it", " hope so, Kion needs it", walking along the track that lead all around the lands, passing more of the fantastic landscapes and beautiful animals, they bowed as they past them, many thanked them for the victory they had and wish Kion luck. To past time they talked about their childhood, about how Kion would always play baobab ball, " what's baobad ball?", Rani and Surak never heard of the game," it's a wrestling game, you can have many people playing it, the aim is to try and keep the baobab fruit without getting tackled and loosing it. If you do you have to try and get it back, to win you have to keep it till the game stops of till one gives up"," Sounds fun", "yeah, I would always have an advantage", Fuli says cockily," well you are fast and swift", Fuli rolled her eyes as she suggest playing it when and if Kion wakes up. " Do you guys celebrate Christmas? ", " yeah of course, here at the Tree Of Life everyone come together and we have a big dinner and celebrate",
"Nice, we do that but the guard goes around and give gifts to everyone while Simba and Nala get ready for dinner, it's a tradition", " ooh, long ago Timon and Pumba didn't care or believe in Christmas, we had to preform a song and act that went sideways real quick but soon they knew what Christmas is really about and now they love it", Fuli explained what they had to do as the rest laughed, " so an actual rhino climbed a baobab tree?", it was hard to believe but it was true. Time pasted, they continued on their journey, the path ended at a cliff, " it just stops? Rafiki said to follow the path and once you stop your there?", " what does that mean?", Rani was confused,"Anga can you fly over and see where it is?", Anga took off and looked over the cliff, " nothing, just jungle and more jungle, wait? I see it, the Tree, it's in the middle of the forest... I see lions and guards?", " how do we get in?"* Surak tried looking for a crack or an entrance but it was blocked, " I don't know", Rani looked and saw an out of place rock," maybe this is it", Surak and Rani went over and tried pushed the rock to one side,it wouldn't budge, Jaseri and Fuli joined, trying to push it out of the way, inch by inch they pushed it out and a small gap appeared, it was big enough to fit them through, "wow secret", Rani helped Surak and Jaseri in, "now where to Anga?", " STOP RIGHT THERE INTRUDERS", they froze to see a bunch of lions circling them,"please were Allies, were from the Tree Of Life, where here to see queen Mass, please it's an emergency". " How Did You Find Us?", "Rafiki and queen Janna sent us", " How Do We Know Your Not Lying? ", "Because look at my right shoulder", The looked to be leader lowered his stance and saw the mark of the Tree. " it's okey, stand down", Rani eased Surak, " so what brings you here?", " after the battle with Yassain, my king Kion got seriously injured and was is balance between life and death", " Wait? Your Queen Rani?", " yes, this is my cousin Surak, friend and member of our Night pride and Day Pride, Fuli, the fastest, Anga, keenest of sight and Jaseri, leader of the Hyena Resistance".
"we'll take you straight to queen Mass then", following the guards, Rani took in their surroundings, " well hidden", " thanks, after Scar took over he sent hyenas all over to destroy the tree of life's, all were destroyed but yours and ours, you defended yours we went into bidding", " why didn't you fight back?", " cause we feared for out lives, we needed to be protected, we needed at least one tree of life, if we didn't life as we know it will be gone. Looking ahead the Tree Of Life was there, covered in gross and moss, from the air no one can see it, covered in thick trees and buried deep in the jungle. The tree itself was well preserved, they walked past two guards who stood at post. The leader nodded at them who stood to a side. " Queen Kass? We have queen Rani and her friends, they need your help", Looking up, Queen Mass saw the five animals, she looked at Kuba the leader, " how did they find us?",
"they say they are from the other tree of life and seek help, one of their own needs healing, " who is it"," oh, my name is queen Rani, my king Kion needs help", " queen Rani?"," yes?"," you have your mothers and grandmothers eyes", " did you know them?"," yes I did, I am queen Janna's sister".