Remembering in the Pride Lands is a fanfiction short written by MarioFan65. The short is about Simba and his friends celebrating Remembrance Day and remembering all the legends lost in the Pride Lands. It was released on June 23, 2024.
Characters[]
- Kiara
- Kovu
- Simba
- Nala
- Sarabi
- Sarafina
- Vitani
- Timon
- Pumbaa
- Zazu
- Rafiki
- Kion
- Fuli
- Bunga
- Beshte
- Ono
- Anga
- Makini
- Ma Tempo
- Janja
- Jasiri
- Binga
- Mufasa (spirit)
- Askari (spirit)
- Queen Janna (spirit)
- Zira (mentioned)
Transcript[]
(One day in the Pride Lands at Pride Rock, the sky is in sunset and it was a special day as all the animals are gathered today as Simba and his Pride Landers are present, preparing to make a speech for everyone)
- Simba: Thank you all for coming today. Glad we could all be here for one important meeting.
- Rafiki: Not just a meeting. It is a national holiday where we honor all the legends in the Pride Lands.
- Nala: Do we have everyone on board?
- Kion: Yes we are.
- Bunga: I'm here.
- Fuli: Right here.
- Ono: Present.
- Beshte: I'm on board.
- Anga: Anga's here.
- Makini: I'm over here you guys.
- Timon: This is going to be memorial.
- Pumbaa: I can't wait to cry.
- Rafiki: Okay! Today is Remembrance Day. Remembrance Day is a holiday where we honor all the lost animals in the Pride Lands and how much sacriface they put in their heart to save us all from the bad rising.
- Rani: I see.
- Baliyo: You know what we're honoring.
- Simba: They will always be remembered for what they done in the Pride Lands and the whole world.
- Nala: Mufasa, Janna, and the legends.
- Sarabi: Even the Great Kings of the Past.
- Sarafina: So does the queens.
- Nirmala: Queen Janna was one of them.
- Surak: And one of our ancestors.
- Ma Tempo: We're gathered to have all of us Pride Landers with us on our special day.
- Rafiki: The memories. Oh, they're everywhere.
- Simba: What does it feel like to lose someone on the team?
- Timon: It would be sad.
- Pumbaa: Depressing.
- Binga: Aw.
- Nala: I know how it feels to lose someone you love. Even a friend, a cousin or your family.
- Simba: I lost dad in a stampede years ago.
- Ma Tempo: Very sorry to hear. We lost a friend of ours a while back and you even get to speak out in a funeral.
- Simba: I heard. Thank to all of our amazing kings and queens that protect the Pride Lands for years for all our help. Without them, we would never have a home to live.
- Mbeya: They're legends.
- Shingo: I always miss them.
- Zito: I thank them for all the help they have done.
- Laini: Even my home.
- Bupu: You gotta believe.
- Twiga: I always count on them.
- Kulinda: Mufasa is the best.
- Ona: Ah.
- Hadithi: He captured everyone hearts for years.
- Nala: As we are all here, we will be performing our biggest song and what it's like to lose someone.
- Kiara: We've been practicing for so long and now it is the time to perform our act.
- Kovu: All of us Pride Landers together.
- Vitani: We got this.
- Shabaha: The Lion Guard will join in for a performance.
- Kasi: Uh huh.
- Imara: We're on a roll.
- Tazama: What are we waiting for?
- Simba: On three.
- Nala: One.
- Kion: Two.
- Kiara: Three.
- Simba: *walk and sing on a rock*
It's a classic "me" mistake
Someone gives me love and I throw it all away
Tell me, have I gone insane?
Talkin' to myself but I don't know what to say
- Nala: *stand on a rock*
'Cause you let go
And now I'm holdin' on
I guess you don't know what you got
Until it's gone
- Simba: *get flashbacks of him and Nala running as cubs with few lion cubs joining in*
Sometimes you gotta lose somebody
Just to find out you really love someone
Oh-oh, and I do, and I do, and I do, yeah
- Nala: *she and the lion cubs jump in the water and swim with the fishes*
Sometimes you gotta lose somebody
Just to find out you really love someone
Oh-oh, yeah
Sometimes you gotta lose somebody
- Kiara: *look around in the Pride Lands with the hyenas walking*
So don't tell me it's too late
Hearts are made to bend, baby, please don't let me break, yeah
I knew I should've stayed
'Cause now you're movin' on and I don't know what to say
- Kovu: *walk on a hill with the meerkats and mongooses*
'Cause you let go, yeah, you let go
And now I'm holdin' on, I'm holdin' on
I guess you don't know what you got
Until it's gone
- Vitani: *walk with her Lion Guard*
Sometimes you gotta lose somebody *Basi lift some rocks*
Just to find out you really love someone *Shingo lead the herd*
Oh-oh, and I do, and I do, and I do, yeah *Ma Tembo make a splash*
Sometimes you gotta lose somebody, somebody *Big Baboon, Gumba, Gumba's Mom and the baboons swing on the trees*
Just to find out you really love someone *Thurston run with the zebras*
Oh-oh, yeah *Mufasa look in the sky*
- Simba: *run in a city* Sometimes you gotta lose somebody.
- Nala: *surf in the waves* Sometimes you gotta lose somebody, yeah.
- Kion: *skate on the ice with the penguins* Sometimes you gotta lose somebody, yeah.
- Kiara: *dig on the tunnels with Ma and Uncle Max* Sometimes you gotta lose somebody, yeah.
- Kovu: *look at the graves of Zira and Nuka* Sometimes you gotta lose somebody, yeah.
- Simba: All together now for Mufasa and the lost ones.
- Vitani: *float on a rock*Sometimes you gotta lose somebody.
- Everyone: *dance on a floating rock*
Just to find out you really love someone *Shujaa do some cardio*
Oh-oh, and I do, and I do, and I do, yeah *King Sokwe smash a rock*
Sometimes you gotta lose somebody *Timon hop off Pumbaa and scratch Zira's ear*
Just to find out you really love someone *Majinuni and Hafifu play on the rocks*
Oh-oh, yeah *Zazu fly with Anga*
Sometimes you gotta lose somebody *Bunga and Binga hop on the mountains*
Yeah yeah yeah *Simba walk in front of the lions sitting*
Yeah yeah yeah *the polar bears walk while a panda eat some bamboo*
Yeah yeah yeah *Rafiki swing on to the tree with the monkeys*
Ooh *Tsah lay on the mud*
Ooh *Cek push some boulders out*
You gotta lose some *Janna watches in the sky*
You gotta lose somebody *the animals cheer*
- Timon: Bravo! Bravo!
- Pumbaa: That was impressive!
- Makuu: Way a go, Lion Guard.
- Janja: Yeah! You got this!
- Jasiri: Great performance you guys.
- Simba: Thank you all for coming in today's Remembrance Day.
- Nala: We will all see you soon in future events.
- Rani: We'll be there.
- Rafiki: Thank you all for coming and it is time! *laugh*
- Zazu: The next journey take a step in the Pride Lands.
- Kion: Soon, a new king will rise.
- Simba: You know when the world is ready to see a new king.
- Nala: You know.
- Shingo: That's our Simba!
- Makuu: Way a go you guys.
- Ma Tembo: You guys make one fine lion.
- Basi: Well done my son.
- Beshte: Thanks dad.
- Baliyo: That was awesome.
- Nirmala: You go guys.
- Surak: Thank you for everyone for all our heart.
- Simba: Until the Pride Lands end, *join with everyone* We all defend!
(Everyone celebrate by throwing leaves in the sky as Askari, Janna, and Mufasa are shown in the sky, approaching the Pride Landers for remembering them)
THE END
Trivia[]
- The song everyone sing in the short to remember the fallen ones is "Lose Somebody" by Kygo and OneRepublic.