Board Thread:Lion Guard Discussion/@comment-43838796-20190929153500

I have a Rani's scar story idea, delving into more lore and wanted to share it! Let's go!

Queen Janna was a little younger and able to move around more, she spent a while earning The Trees trust as a youner lioness and she eventually did gain The Trees trust but with each healing she gave, she also gave part of her own life thus she became slightly weaker with each animal she healed. It was the price she paid for each healing, but she gave it without complaint.

Rani's parents saw Janna's selflessness and knew she became weaker and asked to step in as acting king and queen till Rani was ready to take over, Janna agreed as she could focus on healing more. Baliyo and Surak were appointed to guard The Tree.

Rani's parents took a younger Rani out to do some royal training to tell her that she'd be future queen of The Tree, Rani was scared because she never felt like she could be as great of a leader as Queen Janna, Sãhasí said: "My daughter, you'll be a great leader and queen, your mother and I just know it! Your grandmother does too!"

Suddenly a scream was heard, a young lioness a little older than Rani ran towards them. "HELP ME!" she cried. "They're gonna hurt me!" The lioness hid behind them as a group of older male lions ran up to them.

"WHERE IS HE?" One of them demanded. "I don't know! He ran away from me, He's not in our old den or...." the lioness cried - cowering behind Rani and her parents. "Not good enough! He caused our friend to turn evil! He must be STOPPED!" Another lion said.

"ENOUGH!" shouted Sãhasí, "What happened?" Rani cowered, she never saw her dad riled up.

"This lioness's mate caused our friend Taka to turn evil, her mate got roared away and was destroyed but we KNOW he is still alive - just as we are when the mark of evil made our friend roar even US away! and this lioness only knows where he is!"

"Honest, I don't know where he is..." the lioness cried.

"That's IT! we need to force it out of you! Taka died because of your mate!" The male lions initiated an attack and Rani's parents fought long and hard - Rani looked on, tending to the lioness.

The male lions cornered Rani's parents to the edge of a waterfall. one of the male lion leapt up to make the final push, but Rani ran and lept up and into the claws of the lion, cutting her arm, she fell, very hurt. The lioness ran up to Rani and placed her out of harms way.

"Hah, pathetic cub don't get caught in adult buisnesses" The male lions then made the final push until Queen Janna, Baliyo and Surak arrived "That is quite enough, You must leave this place unless you're willing to let go of the past, this is a place for healing, not war..." Queen Janna said with a fire in her eye. "We will never let it go, Taka was our friend till he gained the roar! We will be waiting for the time till THAT lioness is ready to talk, come on guys, maybe her mate is still skulking around The Pridelands or Outlands with those vermin hyenas" The lioness looked down helplessly as they ran off, although thankful she was saved.

"So... The Roar has returned, but it's not ready to come here yet it seems...It will be back eventually" Janna thought in her head

Rani's parents staggered to Janna almost lifelessly, thanking her for stopping the fight. "Thank you Mother" said Sãhasí wearily "Not at all son, go back to The Tree and rest, I will be with you shortly"

Queen Janna saw the lioness as she began to gather stuff to heal Rani's wound, putting some special leaves on it to stop the pain.

Janna smiled and approached her "Hello there, I see you have some trouble but we welcome you here, you seem to be a great healer yourself, what is your name?" "Nirmala...my name is Nirmala, and I'm sorry for all I have done, I had a mate and..." "Shhh, there'll be plenty of time for that, but for now, we need to get everyone home and heal those who are hurt, we can talk about it when we've rested" Rani smiled and stood up, shaking her leg, it felt much better after Nirmalas healing worked.

2 days passed

"Rani, Baliyo, we have some bad news... your parents... they couldn't be healed. their wounds were too fatal..." Queen Janna explained as Surak stood beside her - in tears "My brother and his mate fought well...". Rani and Baliyo were mortified. "Mommy....Daddy...." they both whimpered "They gave their last bit of energy into The Tree of Life to heal Nirmala, she's sworn herself to The Tree of Life for them and will be a great healer someday. As for you Baliyo, you need to be strong for your sister, you will be a great warrior just like your father. Rani, you will be a great queen someday and your uncle Surak will guide you."

A funeral for Rani's parents was had at dusk.

After the funeral, Rani took some time away and looked at the scar on her leg. "I guess you will be a reminder of how with strength and respect, my parents protected even a stranger, a reminder of how to be queen..." She thought as suddenly clouds swirled in the sky "What is happening?" said Rani and then, out of the vortex appeared the faces of her mother and father "Rani, we are so proud of you, we will always we here for you, on this hill, whenever you need us, come here and we will talk" Rani shed some tears "I'll be coming here alot, how can I live without you?"  "Take all the time you need with us, you will be ready when you are and you will never live without us, we are always right here!" Then a glow appeared on Rani's shoulder, leaving The Mark of The Tree behind "But without us walking with you, you need some help, so go and assemble a team to protect this land my daughter - to strengthen you, let it be a light in the darkness and shine for all - including yourself. We know you can do it! You already know who to choose And we will wait here for you till next time."

"Thank you father, mother...I won't let you down!" Rani thanked her parents "We know you won't"

The faces in the clouds came away and without wasting even a second, she scampered off to assemble The Night Pride!

Thoughts? x :)  