—[“New Dawn”]

Location: Lion Guard Cave

Present. A new cycle has begun.

The sun filtered its golden rays through the cave’s entrance. Light mingled with shadow, as if past and present danced together on the stone walls marked with symbols of the Lion Guard.

Vitani sat before the symbol of the Guard’s mark. Her companions—Imara, Shabaha, Kazi, and Tazama—stood around her, silent. The wind carried the scent of fresh grass from the Pride Lands. A sound that had once been foreign to them… now felt like home.

Vitani stood up:

Vitani — “Today is not a day to patrol. It is a day to listen. To feel. We have stopped fighting what we were. Now it is time to discover who we are.”

The lionesses nodded. And one by one, they went their separate ways. Not as warriors. But like lionesses in search of their place.

— ["SHABAHA – THE BRAVEST"]

“The Shadow I Faced”

Shabaha went alone to Zira's old den. Abandoned. Dark. Loaded with memories.

She hesitated. Her heart was heavy. The voices of the past still whispered between the walls. But she entered.

With slow steps, she walked to the center of the cave. And there… she buried a small flower she had picked along the way. A simple gesture.

Shabaha: — “I was raised to hate. Today, I chose to plant.”

When she left, she found three cubs playing nearby. They were scared by her scar. But she smiled and played with them. Late in the afternoon, one of the cubs whispered:

Ayo: — “You look like a heroine from a story.”

Shabaha closed her eyes. For the first time… he believed it.

[EPILOGUE: “Back to the Cave”]

At dusk, the four lionesses returned. None of them spoke right away.

Vitani watched them. Each one had a change in her eyes. A new calm.

Rafiki was waiting for them in the shade of an acacia tree. He looked at each of them wisely.

Rafiki" — “You were created to serve a dark purpose… and you chose the light.”

The lionesses sat together, side by side. Rafiki smiled.

Rafiki" — “Askari’s guard protected the kingdom in the past. Kion’s, in the present. But you… you protect the future.”

And for the first time, the symbol of the Lion Guard seemed even brighter… engraved not only in stone, but in their hearts.

🦁 Note to Players: You can play as Vitani, Kazi, Tazama, Shabaha, Imara, or an original character.