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Hell...
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A tawny furred lioness ran through fields of flame, desperately trying to get away from the demonic creature chasing her.
"ZZIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAA..." the creature moaned, "COOOOOOMEE BAAAAAAAAACK TOOOOOOOO MEEEEEEEE..."
Tears flowing down her muzzle, she ran. Ever since she had commited suicide rather than accept Kiara's help and gain possible redemption, she had been trapped in this horrid place, running from this demon and never getting away, never having time to rest.
But she had to run.
If she didn't, Scar would catch her.
On and on she ran, until a pool of darkness opened up beneath her. Before she could stop, she fell directly into it.
She fell for seemingly forever, and landed roughly on the ground in a black void. Groaning, she got to her feet and looked around, seeing nothing in every direction. So dark was it, that she couldn't see herself.
Then, after a short moment, light did come, in the form of two glowing, yellow-green eyes.
Zira stared at them, smelled smoke and brimstone, and cowered.
"Who... Who are you? What do you want?"
"My name I shall tell you later," said the voice belonging to those frightening eyes, "What I want is to give you a second chance."
Zira blinked, confused. "A... second chance?" she said, doubtful.
The voice chuckled. "Yes... A second chance at revenge. A chance to let your hatred quite literally consume your enemies."
Zira shook her head. "This is just a trick... A trick of hell..."
The voice laughed. "Hell holds no power over me. I am become darkness itself, and now I fear neither God nor Satan."
Zira frowned. "What... What do I have to do?"
"Simply say yes. And I will send you back to Earth and give you the power to quite literally let your hatred devour your enemies completely."
Suddenly, Zira realized what the voice meant.
"You wish me to consume them?" Zira asked.
"Whole and alive," the voice said, the eyes narrowing with amusement, "A bit of serpent magic I picked up in the pit. Say yes and I shall make you a demon of gluttony. Your whole world shall be yours for the eating."
The offer was too good. And ANYTHING was better than being chased forever by a nightmarishly distorted version of Scar.
"Yes..." Zira said.
The voice laughed as flames flared up around the darkness, revealing for the first time that the eyes were connected to a massive, hulking black dragon with a dark purple underbelly and massive wings.
"So be it, then! Let darkness fill you completely! Consume your world and all things within it!" the dragon said, flapping her wings, "Gain vengeance on your foes, and serve my purpose! So sayeth MALEFICENT!"
Tentacles of darkness shot up around Zira and pulled her further into the ground, which had suddenly become soft and murky. Before she could scream, she was engulphed by it.
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A different pridelands...
50 miles away from Pride Rock...
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The lioness and her mate cooed over their cubs, the four playful little creatures gamboling and wrestling around the savannah. The lion nuzzled her mate and said, "Let me go get food for them."
The lioness shook her head, and started to get up. "No, my love, it's my job to..."
The lion nudged her back down. "You've just given birth yesterday. Exiles like us have to take care of each other, y'know, so let me take care of you."
The lioness tried to protest again, but the lion insisted and eventually convinced her to stay. He trotted off, and the lioness turned back to her cubs after watching her leave.
But when she did, she gasped.
One of her cubs was now sporting a tremendous belly, sucking down a tiny tail. The forms of the other three cubs could be seen in her stomach as she took one final swallow, the tailtip disappearing into her mouth.
The cub let out a loud belch and licked her chops happily, grinning viciously at the frightened mother.
In an adult, mocking voice, the cub said, "I'm still hungry, mommy."
The last thing the lioness saw was her cub lunging for her, mouth opened wide...
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A little ways away from where the lioness was...
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The lion was on his way to hunt, when he heard his mate's frightened roar. He turned back, running to the cave and field where his family was.
When he got there, he could only stare in horror.
One of his cubs was swallowing his mate, the lioness's rump, madly thrashing tail and flailing legs hanging out of the cub's grossly stretched mouth, the wriggling inside of her belly showing that she had already devoured her siblings. The lion watched in stunned horror as his mate's hind end slowly vanished into the cub's maw.
With slow, deliberate swallows, the lioness slid into the cub's gullet, her throat visibly moving with each swallow. Soon, all that was left of the lioness was her tail, and that disappeared in a single, slurping gulp.
The cub let out a tremendous belch, laying on her side as her vastly belly wriggled, the forms inside writhing in agony. She licked her lips and turned, spotting the still horrified into paralysis lion.
"Oh look. Dessert."
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Twenty minutes later...
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The cub that Zira now was belched, her tremendously overful belly groaning and gurgling as it digested the lion, lioness, and other three cubs.
"Who knew that lions could be so delicious?" Zira said, laughing and belching again.
You have done well, Maleficent's voice said inside of Zira's head.
"Thank you," Zira said, groaning and belching again, loving the feeling of how full she was, "But I do have a question: It was ingenius of you to place me in that lioness's womb, but what now?"
You are a demon now. You digest souls as well as bodies. Once your meals fully become a part of you, you will be able to assume their form and use that against Simba and his family.
Zira grinned. "Marvelous. But while I'm not complaining about the chance for revenge or the fact that I'm now your servant, why are you doing this?"
Maleficent snarled. Because they helped a young boy halt my plans far too many times. I want all of the boy's friends to suffer, and on this world I have chosen you to do it.
"This world..." Zira said, "Then I assume you have made similar offers to people of similar mindsets as mine on other worlds?"
Maleficent chuckled. Indeed. Perhaps you'll meet them someday. Now relax and enjoy your meal. You'll need all your strength to infiltrate Pride Rock...
Maleficent's intimidating prescence faded from Zira's mind. She chuckled and relaxed, eventually drifting off to sleep and dreaming sweet dreams...
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