Simba`s pride
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The sun rises over the famus Pride Lands, yellow and red lights chase away the darkness of night, and brighten the new day. All of the animals are gathering at the majestic and beautiful Pride Rock. What they were gathering for was the birth of the new heir to the crown, the cub of King Simba and his mate Queen Nala. The old Shamon baboon named Rafiki was calling them to come, he was to present the new cub to the kingdom. Soon the sun rises fully and Simba and Nala walk up the tip of Pride Rock to Rafiki and hand him their cub. He takes it and holds it high in the air. The animals cheer, and bow down for the new edition to the royal family.
The cub is a beautiful girl. Of corse the animals didn'tknow her name yet, the lions never anounced that, the animals had to find out for themselves. Soon the animals go about what they have to do for the day, and Rafiki returns the lively little cub back to Simba and Nala. Timon and Pumbaa, Simba's caretakers from when he was a ub were standing atop Pride Rock as well.
"Look at that Pumbaa, a chip off the old block, and ya gotta know whos gonna raise him..." Timon says directed at Pumbaa
"Aaa... his parents?" Pumbaa says confused
"Ok sure get technical, but gonna teach him the really important stuff, like how ta' belch" Timon gives out a large burp "Or how ta' dig for grubs? I'm tellin' ya buddy, it's gonna be like old times, just you me, and the little guy." He says pointing his had in the direction of the cub.
Simba, Nala, and Rafiki have all been listening to Timon and start laughing.
"It is a girl." Rafiki says through his laughs
"Girl." Timon corrects himself.
"GIRL!" Timon and Pumbaa say together looking at each other in shock. They both faint.
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Over behind all of the animals in the Pride Lands, a pre-teen lion and a lioness cub sit and watched the ceremony. The girl is in a tree, while the lion is playing with a cricket.
"Nuka come on! We have to get back to Mother!" The little cub yells at the pre-teen as she jumps down from the tree, as she hits the ground, it scares the cricket away.
"Aww Vitani, come on look what you did!" The lion complains
"You'll get over it, there are plenty of discusting little bugs for you to play with at home, now come on, we have to tell Mother!" Vitani yells as she takes off, in the direction of the Outlands, Nuka right at her heels.
They cross the river and race to find their Mother, both wanting to be the first to tell her the news.
An insect lands on the ground; immediately, Kovu appears, pouncing. KOVU: Rrrah! Kovu opens his paws to reveal the insect, buzzing; he smiles and opens his paws, releasing it to fly away.
"Kovu!" Zira yells, she was supervising, she grabs the bug from the air and squishes it hard on the ground "Don't let it go. What's the matter with you?"
"But Mother! He wasn't hurting anyone-- "
"There is no room for weakness here, my son. Remember... Scar took you in and accepted you as his own son." She says to Kovu as she draws him into her, Kovu is doubtful.
"But he wasn't my father."
"No... but he chose you to become the next King. When you rule, we shall no longer be forced to live in these dry, barren, disgusting, pathetic, termite-infested Outlands!" Zira is swatting at the ground, railing against fate. Kovu looks down, in quiet agreement. Suddenly, Nuka and Vitani come bounding in, fighting to be the first back with the news.
"Mother! Mother! Mother! They both start yelling over one-another fighting to get a word in.
"We were there-- in the Pride Lands. We saw the whole thing!" Nuka says excitedly
"At Pride Rock. We saw everything!" Vitani says from under Nuka
"We saw Simba's cub!" They say together
"What? Vitani-- what did you see?" Zira says directing her attention to Vitani
"Simba's new cub is a girl!" Vitani says proud that Mother asked her, Nuka gives her a jelouse angry look.
"A girl! " Zira laughs, "Scar, my beloved... did you hear that? This couldn't be more perfect."
"Who's she talking to?" Nuka asks Vitani
"Ssshhh. Scar." Vitani says not even looking at him.
Nuka gasps "Where? Where?"
"Scar's dead... genius." Vitani says through her already sharp teeth
"Yes! Because of Simba... if not for him, Scar would still be King. And I, Zira-- his loving, devoted Queen!"
"You know, speaking of kings... I was thinking, since I am the oldest... maybe I should be King! Huh?" Nuka says trying to look bigger and feirce
"Uh? Don't be a fool, Nuka." Zira almost laughs
"Heh heh... just a thought." Nuka says as he rolls over subserviently on his back.
"Kovu is the chosen one. We must fulfill Scar's dying wish, and train Kovu to become King." Zira says looking at Kovu proudly.
"Oh... yeah... oh, yeah. I can do that!" Nuka says but no one responds
Zira climbs up on a rock point to gaze out over the land. The others follow.
"Look... at the Pride Lands, my pets. So green... so inviting. That is our home... that is where we belong. And soon, my beloved Scar... we shall reclaim your kingdom." Zira says staring off into the Pride Lands, a smirk appearing on her face.
Vitani too smirks, she would fight hard to live in such a place. She had once, but barely remebers. All she could remember was another cub, with a brown toff or fur on his head, then one day he was gone, and the next they had to live here.
Kovu sat by Vitani, they were brother and sister... well half brother and sister... but best friends 'till the end. Kovu was happy to have her with him, she was older, but by a couple months. Sometimes Kovu wondered why Vitani wasn't to be the queen, she was Scar's daughter, tough and feirce, why was it him that had to be King? Or Nuka, he was the oldest, and also Scar's son, if Mother had given him a real chance from the start, maybe he wouldn't be like he is now, desperatly trying to get Mother's affection.
Some other lionesses that lived with them in the outlands had listened to the conversation, and went to tell the others about Simba's cub.
"Vitani and Nuka just returned!" Ashuka anounces to the lionesses that were gathered just outside the termite mounds. They all give their attention to her.
"And..." One lioness asks
"Simba's new cub is a girl." All of the lionesses look at each other happily, Zira would be in a better mood now.
"Can we play with her?" Ashuka's cub, Dotty, asks with wide eyes.
"No Dotty, they live all the way in the Pride Lands."
"Oh..." Dotty, along with her twin sister spotty, is younger than Nuka, but older than Vitani. The two sisters both have a line of dots under their eyes. Dotty's are on her right, and Spotty's are on her left. They play with Vitani usualy, when she wasn't with Kovu.

The capture of the killer.

Joey laughed as he looked at Alice's limp body laying on the operating table, tied down so she couldn't get away. He almost felt sorry for her. If only she didn't hook up with another guy, she might have not be in the position she was in now,

"Joey, Please don't hurt me, let me go! I promise... I wont tell anyone your the killer" Alice pleaded while looking around the storage unit Joey held her in. She saw a sketch of Jay, and a photo beside it. She wanted to cry. Jay had been her best friend. Beside her another young woman who she had never met. It must have been Claire, Yvonne's collegue. She looked like an admirable youthful woman. She wished she could of had the chance to meet her before her gruesome death,

"Piper I'm not going to hurt you, how can I trust you not to go running to Lara Wade?" Joey questioned while slowly walking around Alice. He knew she'd run to Lara and report that he was the Ferndale strangler. He couldn't afford to be locked up yet, he wanted to become a doctor, he wanted to prove to the rest of them he had it in him. He studied Alice, he didn't really want to kill her. She was his one of his close friends, probably the only one left. All he had to hear was Alice promise she wouldn't go to Lara Wade and he'd let her go,

"I swear to god Joey, I wont go to her if you let me go. Please!! I don't want to die and you don't want to kill your bestfriend Joey" Alice pleaded. She could see she was getting through to him. She wouldn't break her promise. She'd tell Craig she stayed at a mate's overnight, she'd say the same to Lara and she'd get everyone off Joey's back.

"If you go running to her, you'll be dead, understand? And your right I don't want to murder my bestfriend, I love you Alice, I just wish you weren't with Craig Valentine, we would make a great couple!" replied Joey, smoothing Alice's hair. He knew she had a crush on him, he could tell. She could probably change him to, not that he'd tell her that,

"I love you too Joey, but I'm with Craig you know that, though he's a boring man! Can you untie me now please?" asked Alice, she wouldn't try and run, she wanted to sit there with Joey for a while, see what made him become a killer. She knew he wouldn't hurt her now.

"Promise not to run if i do? How can you stand being with Craig, Alice?" Asked Joey, untying Alice, she wouldn't run yet, the doors were locked anyways and he was the only one with the keys to them,"Promise Joey I wont try and do a runner, I want to stay here and chat with you, I've been so hard on you lately at work and I'm sorry about that. So what made you want to be a killer?" Alice asked straight out hoping for an answer. They'd known each other for two years and if he was going to open up to anyone it would be her.

"Its okay Alice, I know I've been grumpy with my Patients and that has to change. I hate promiscuous girls. Girls who go after other men when they're in a relationship, I'm doing everyone a favour, getting rid of them. Saving others from being brokenhearted when they find out there girlfriend is with another man" replied Joey. He knew it was the wrong thing to do now and he wanted to change. Maybe he should go and talk with Lara, tell her that he wanted to change. He didn't enjoy murdering young woman. He reconized how much he loathed it while confessing to Alice. He just didn't like the sound of going to Jail. Going to a Psych ward maybe, but not Jail.

"Oh Joey, we all thought you were a sweet innocent guy, but you turned out to be a murderer, do you want to change?" Asked Alice, she felt sorry for the guy. He must of had a bad childhood to have done something like this. She could tell Joey didn't want to be a monster, he wanted to go back to the innocent sweet Joey. Although changing wasn't going to be easy. He needed help to go back to the kind-hearted lovable Joey that he was known as.

"I know Alice and I am a sweet innocent man when I'm not this, I want to go back to that. I'm going to talk to Lara and confess to her that I am the killer and why I did it. I just don't want to go to jail, I don't want to die in there Alice, Please, please help me" Joey cried sympathetically. He wasn't one to cry openly, but he wanted to change. He was determined to escape the monster inside of him.

"Well for starters I think you should get rid of this storage unit, you don't want her to find it. I'll help you clear it out, would you like me to come and see Lara with you?" asked Alice. She wanted to help him help himself. She'd was willing to do anything to get the old Joey back. She didn't want Joey to go to Jail either, that's not a place for someone like Joey, even if he did murder innocent young women."You'd do that?" Joey asked. "I mean come with me to talk to Lara?" Alice was being very nice to him, even though he was going to kill her. He regretted even thinking of murdering her, he was glad she made him change his mind,

"Of course I would, Joey your my friend and I'm going to make sure you don't go to Jail!!" said Alice getting up off the floor, starting to rip the pictures off the wall, she didn't like seeing Joey like this, she looked at the Pictures before she threw them in the bin beside her, he was a extremely good drawer. Maybe he could make a living out of his art work.

"Thanks Alice, I'm sorry for attempting to murder you. I really am" replied Joey. Getting up to help Alice clean out the storage unit. He didn't want Lara finding any evidence. He was ashamed of himself for renting the storage unit out to do his killings in.

"Hey its ok Joey, you weren't yourself, you weren't thinking properly I forgive you babe. Now let's go and find that Detective and get it over with!" said Alice putting her arm around Joey as they left the storage unit without looking back once.


Joey walked into Lara Wades office in the hospital, Alice following behind, he felt nervous, he couldn't believe he was doing this, but it was for his own good he did it. He made a mental note in his head to take Alice out afterwards to thank her for helping him.

"Detective Wade, Can I have a word with you. It... Its about the serial killer" said Joey, nervously, biting his nails, he didn't know how to start, he couldn't look her dead in the eye,"What is it Joey?" asked Lara, focusing on Joeys expression, he looked quite scared, maybe he had a run in with the killer, or he was the killer,

"Its me, I'm the killer, Alice was going to be my next victim but I changed my mind, I want to change who I am, I wanna be the charming Joey again" Said Joey. That was the hardest thing he had done in his life, telling Lara he was the killer. He hoped she would have understood, hoped she didn't go mental at him, he'd done the right thing. Did he?

"I'm glad you came to me Joey, instead of killing Alice. Can you tell me what made you let Alice go?" Lara asked still shocked by his confession.

"She talked to me, told me she was going to help me, it made me realize I didn't want to be that man anymore. I know it was absolutely the wrong thing to do, murdering all of those innocent women and I'm sorry I really am. I mean it." Joey said with tears forming in his eyes. He didn't want to cry infront of Lara, she'd probably laugh at him,

"Good work Alice, Joey you know you'll probably go to Jail, but I can get your sentence reduced and you can spend it in a Psych ward. Jail isn't a place for a guy like you" replied Lara, she almost felt sorry for him, he needed all the help he could get,

"Please don't send me to Jail, I wouldn't last two seconds in there. Please! Anywhere but Jail. I know I've done wrong but I want to change now. I really do, or I wouldn't of admitted it" cried Joey, the thought of going to jail made him want to run screaming out of the hospital, even though he did deserve it,"You did the right thing coming to me Joey, I'm going to help you, you wont go to jail, I'll get you a good Lawyer And I'm sure Alice will help you in court and I'll do everything I can!" said Lara, writing in her note book, she needed to do an official interview with Joey, but that could wait, Joey needed to calm down, it must of been hard for him to give himself up like that,

"I know I did, I'm glad Alice managed to talk me into it, will I be locked up tonight?" asked Joey, he hoped he wasn't he owed Alice big time for helping him,"No you can go home for the night, but I'll need you to come back tomorrow, I need to interview you" replied Lara, closing her note book and standing up as Joey moved to the door with Alice,"Thanks Lara, I really thought you were going to have a go at me." said Joey, still shaking from when he first walked in,

"I would of if you hadn't turned yourself in, you have a good night and I'll see you tomorrow" replied Lara, watching Joey walk out of the hospital.