Sonic was staring at himself with pure shock as he was looking at the water.

"Oh my god! Why am I a lion!? Tails got some explaining to do when I find him!"

Suddenly, Sonic noticed some lionesses walking past him with a sad expression. He looked confused and tried to walk to them but he accidentally tripped.

"These darn legs!" He slowly got up and walked towards one of them.

"Excuse me, what's going on? Why is everyone upset?"

"Our King is dead along with his son."

"What!? What happened?"

"Scar told us about the stampede."

"Scar?"

"The King's brother."

They walked away as Sonic looked up ahead in confusion. He saw Pride Rock up ahead and he slowly walked towards it, still trying to get the hang of walking.

When he arrived, he noticed the lionesses crying as Scar was telling his story about what happened to Mufasa and Simba.

Sonic also noticed a female cub who was also upset. Sonic felt bad even though he has no idea what was going on. Suddenly, he noticed some hyenas were arriving and the lionesses gasped as Scar mentioned that he will be the new King and is welcoming hyenas to the Pride Lands.

Meanwhile the next day, Simba was out cold in the desert as a bunch of birds were all over him. Suddenly, they were scared off by a meerkat and a warthog.

"YEEEEAAAAA!"

"Get out! Get out of here!"

"I love it! Bowling for buzzards!" Pumbaa said.

"Gets them everytime." Timon said with a laugh.

"Uh oh. Hey Timon? You better come look. I think it's still alive."

"Eeee!"

Timon walked towards Simba.

"Alrighty. What do we have here?"

He starts sniffing him until he removed Simba's paw from his face.

"Gees! It's a lion!" Timon said in a panicked voice.

Timon tried to make Pumbaa run away from him but Pumbaa insisted on keeping him.

Timon thought it was a bad idea until he suggested that he should keep him if he was on their side.

Pumbaa picked up Simba and took him to find some shade.

Bliss was in the desert and she was still looking for Simba.

"Simba! Simba!" She lowered her head, thinking that it might be to late but suddenly, she saw Timon and Pumbaa running away with him.

Bliss growled like a lion and followed them.

Timon and Pumbaa took Simba to a pond and splashed water on him to wake him up.

He groaned a bit and looked at them.

"You ok kid?" Timon asked.

"I think so."

"You nearly died."

"I saved you."

Pumbaa glares at him.

"Well Pumbaa helped...a little."

"Thanks for your help." Simba said as he started walking away.

"Hey. Where are you going?"

"Nowhere."

"Hey. He looks blue."

"I'd say brownish gold."

"No. No. No. I mean, he's depressed."

"Oh."

As they were talking to him, they heard a loud roar. They turned their heads and saw Bliss running towards them.

Timon and Pumbaa screamed loudly as they hid behind Simba.

"Simba! Are they hurting you!?"

"No. They saved my life."

Bliss looked at them and saw them shaking with fear. Bliss laughed nervously.

"Sorry. I don't know what came over me."

"You know her kid?" Timon asked.

"Yeah. She helped me with... you know what, it's not important."

"So where are you from?"

"Who cares? I can't go back."

"Oh! You're an outcast! That's great! So are we!"

"What'd you do kid?"

"Something terrible. I don't wanna talk about about it."

"Good! We don't wanna hear about it."

Bliss growled at him as he screamed and hid behind Simba again.

"Anything we can do?" Pumbaa asked.

"Not unless you can change the past."

Bliss walked towards him and sat by him.

"It's not your fault Simba. Maybe we should..."

"But it is. You saw it happen. I can't go back and I never will."

Bliss didn't say anything else.

"You know it's just like my buddy Timon here says, you gotta put your behind in your past."

Bliss looked at him confused.

"What?"

"No! No! No! It's you gotta put the past behind ya. Look kid bad things happen and you can't do anything about it right?"

"Right..."

"WRONG! When the world turns it's back on you, you turn your back on the world."

"That's not what I was taught."

"Yeah. I don't really understand this." Bliss said.

"Well then maybe you both need a new lesson. Repeat after me." Timon cleared his throat.

"Hakuna Matata."

Bliss and Simba looked at each other confused.

"What?"

"Hakuna Matata! It means no worries!" Pumbaa said.

"So what exactly are you trying to say?" Bliss asked.

"What I'm saying is that he doesn't have to worried about what happened in the past but to relax and focus the positive in the future. Here! Follow us!"

Timon jumped on Pumbaa and they started walking.

Bliss and Simba looked at each other and started to follow them. They removed some plants out of the way and showed them their home.

Bliss was shocked at the scenery.

"You live here?"

"We live wherever we want!"

"It's beautiful."

Soon they all started to get hungry as they explored their home.

"Do you guys have anything to eat here?" Bliss asked.

"Ahh! I'm so glad you asked!" Timon ran towards the log and Pumbaa helped lift it up.

"Eww. What's that?" Simba asked.

"A grub. What's it look like?" Timon asked.

"Eww gross!"

Bliss looked away in disgust.

"I think I'll pass." Bliss said.

"I'm telling you two. This is a great life! No rules, no responsibilities. Ooh! A little creamed filled kind."

Timon took a bite of the grub.

"And best of all, no worries! Well kid?"

Timon offered some to Simba.

"Aww well. Hakuna Matata." Simba ate the grub and he actually liked it.

"Slimey, yet satisfying."

"That's it! Now you're getting it!"

"I'll just go get a drink." Bliss said as she walked towards the pond. She bend down and started drinking some water. While she was doing that, she had something in her thought.

"What ever happened to his Uncle?"

Soon it began dark and everyone was getting ready to go to sleep. Bliss looked around and noticed that she obviously had to sleep on a random spot on the ground. She sighed and whispered,

"I miss my bed."

"What was that?" Timon asked.

"Nothing. Just thinking out loud."

"Ok. Pumbaa picked out a spot for you to sleep if you like."

"Thanks." She walked towards her new sleeping spot and lays down. She looked up at the sky and saw the stars twinkling.

"Hopefully Tails can find a way to bring me back."

"Hey Bliss?" She turned her head and saw Simba.

"What's wrong Simba?"

"Do you mind if I stay with you for tonight?"

"Sure."

Simba smiled and rested next to her. She smiled back and went to sleep.

What's gonna happen next? Find out on Chapter 3. Have a good day. Author out ❤️❤️❤️