Hey, everyone! This is my story I'm writing so try not to be too harsh about my writing skills, ok?

So this story is a Lion King fic and it's called: "Never knew I Needed" and it's based off of the song 'Never Knew I Needed' by Ne-Yo and I'm really praying that you all like it. So without further ado, let's begin the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own 'The Lion King' cuz if I did, Mufasa would have never died.

Prologue:

Fire…..Smoke…..Fear…..that was all I could see. Animals were running wild, trying to find their families through the dark abyss. Fire spread through the grass more and more, like a snake in the fields. Black smoke filled my lungs and choked my lungs, while making my eyes water. I couldn't see her anymore. Where is she? Where was my mother? I ran and called out her name as loud as I could, hoping to get some sort of sign that she was around here somewhere. I continued to search for her, but she was nowhere in sight. I turned my head towards left and right, east and west, squinting to see her and then I saw something that made my blood turn cold. It was two hyenas ripping and eating the flesh off of my mother with her blood smeared all over their muzzles. Tears formed in my eyes as I watched them devour her. Through my blurred vision, I noticed that one of the hyenas had a scar above its eyebrow and the other had a scar on its neck which, to me, was shaped like a lightning bolt. As the two hungry hyenas continued their meal, I quietly backed away from the scene and ran away. My tears spilled down my cheeks as I ran and blurred my vision even more.

She was gone.

Gone forever and never to return.

My mother had been a kind, caring lioness to those around even if they did shun her for not being the strongest, or the most courageous, or the bravest. And it made it worse when I was born because of how small I was and how weak I was too. She had shielded me from the hateful glances and looks from the other lionesses and had provided for me when I needed it. I will never forget her heart-warming smile whenever she told me something or when the other cubs made fun of me. Her smile alone was so beautiful, that it could melt the coldest of hearts, but now I would never see that wonderful smile again. How would I move on without her? How would I survive? Where would I go? These thoughts filled my mind and had distracted me that I slipped on a rock and fell down a steep hill. My body tumbled down the hill, earning cuts on my fur and it didn't stop until finally, I fell into a river. I tried to swim to the surface but it was no use. I wasn't a good swimmer and I knew that I was going to die in this water as I started to float into unconsciousness. I was losing oxygen fast and I no later did I start to feel my unconsciousness begin to take over. Even though I was drowning, I thought about my mother and how I would be reunited with her in the afterlife. I soon started to lose more of my breath until I felt the darkness take over my senses and my body giving up.