And here we finally are. The last chapter. Time to round this whole thing up for good. (Or maybe not). Enjoy. Oh and I hope you don't hate me by the end of this chapter. Because, well... Just read and see.

Chapter 27

After what seemed like a long time of falling through a dark nothing, Kovu found his feet touching solid ground. He immediately steadied himself as he began to see where he was. He was on the ledge of Pride rock. It was morning, there was no wind and everything seemed to be running as usual. He was home. But where was Kiara?

"Please, Kiara. Come on. Just appear now." He hoped.

Just then he heard a voice from behind him. One he recognized because he'd lived with it for his whole life. Vitani.

"Kovu! You're back!"

"Yeah. Thank god."

"Are you alright?"

"I am, yeah."

"Good. We have a few guests that require your attention by the way. I'll take you to them."

Vitani began to head off down the slope but Kovu didn't follow her. He remained firmly in the spot he'd 'landed' in. Vitani noticed he wasn't following and she went back to him to ask why.

"What's wrong?"

Kovu didn't answer. He just sat down with a sad expression on his face.

"Kovu. Where's Kiara and Leela?"

Kovu was still reluctant to give an answer. But while he was silent something unexpected happened. Ash began to fall from the sky. Ash was falling from 'paradise'. The ash was 'paradise'.

Falling, falling, falling... Falling.

She was falling. Kiara was unable to distinguish whether she was conscious or not. Everything around her seemed so familiar yet so unfamiliar.

She'd been caught in the energy blast at the last second before entering the chasm. Who knows what effect that had had on her.

Right now she didn't know if what she was seeing was reality or a just a dream. Or if she was really seeing anything at all. What the hell was going on? Was she even alive at this point? She must have been or else how was she experiencing all of this?

Suddenly...

Thud.

"Leela unfortunately... Didn't make it." Kovu answered. "And Kiara... She... Well she was..."

All of a sudden there was a blast of warm air from behind Kovu and he turned to see what it was. He and Vitani were left with their mouths wide open when they saw in front of them the lioness they had both been worrying about.

Kiara.

Kiara now felt solid ground underneath her. She was laid down and her eyes were shut. It looked like she had made it after all! She was home! After that ordeal of hell, she'd made it back home alive. It was very quiet around her. Night time perhaps. But where was Kovu?

She opened her eyes.

Please don't hate me, it's only a cliffhanger. Yep, there's going to be a part 3 to this. And I think it's something quite different to what I've been doing so far. I'm about half way through writing it at the moment so it'll be ready for uploading in a week or two hopefully. Anyway, wadda ya think? Interested to find out what's happened to Kiara? Is she alive? Are the Pridelands really safe now? How will Kion react to finally being reunited with... Oh, wait, sorry that's for another day. So, let me know what you thought and keep an eye out for the next instalment. Bye for now.