The glowing ball of flame raised from the ground, the big ball of gas slowly making it's way up starting a new day, a new era and of course a day or remembrance. This was the day that all animals get up at dawn and pay their respect to the fallen, on this day last year was where two prides, good vs evil took place, the place where royal families gathered was the place where the brave king Kion and the ruthless lion Yassain fought it out to get the roar of the elders, Kion had no choice but to give it to him, if he didn't they wouldn't be standing here today but as Yassian's power grew, Yassain couldn't control it and blew him up. Kion was victories, the savanna was saved and everyone was kept in the circle of life, apart from those who sacrifice their life's for the many others. All of the Elephants raised their trunks as the sun rose, holding it up above their heads waiting for the right time. Walking down from the hill was King Kion and Queen Rani, once they came over the grassy hill that was yellow due to the sun the elephants blew their trunks signalling the presence of the spirits and of course the two royal couples walking down from the hill, everyone remained still and calm as they walked towards the thousands of animals gathered to remember those who died. " ready?", Kion leaned into Rani and whispered the word in her ear which twitched from the air of Kion's mouth, " yes, let's do this", they looked at each other and continued down the path that was set apart by the two isles. Everyone animal bowed their heads as the king and queen passed by. At the end of the path there was a rock, it was a solid one as well, it'll give them enough height to look over all of the pride. Leaping up they took their place in the centre of the boulder. The sun was behind them and it gave them warmth, a feeling if sensation as they began to address the ceremony.
"Welcome, from near and far we wish a very warm welcome this morning as we remember, pay our respect and congratulate those who took part in this devastating war. A war which as ONE, won. A long battle which ended in Victory", nods and cheers came from the crowd. It was Rani's turn to address the crowd. Looking down in the front row was her children, being patient and respectful, boy did they look cute. " This morning ceremony will proceed in the following, a speech by the king, a minute silence and then the elephants will play the trunk of victory. Than we'll have those to congratulate".

It'll be a long ceremony but all worth it to pay respect to the fallen. Kion's heart skipped a bit as he had a quick flashback to the night where Yassain nearly killed him. But he had to push on, the speech needed to be announce and he too had victories of his own. He couldn't let Rani down, or the cubs. He took a deep breath and spoke the words, " last year was the most toughest year of my life, the threats from a small group of wanna bees and than the death of Surak, a night pride member. That provoked the war that we faced. Yassain wanted the roar, he wanted to continue what Scar started and did he succeed? No. We stopped him, we sacrificed our life's to stop an evil and bring back peace. To keep our children safe, our family and friends, our home and our future. I wasn't going to give up and with help from Rani and many more your the reason why we won and why I am still here today. As most of you know I was dead basically, how I lived I don't know, that I thank Rani, Fuli, Surak, Jaseri and of course queen Kass and her team. If it wasn't for you..", Kion began to tear up as the memories came flooding in, Rani saw the hesitation, the tears and comforted him, " it's okay, were here, need a break?", " no, no no, it's fine, I can handle it", Kion smiled, that's the lion Rani loved. A brave lion who wouldn't care about his own emotions, physicality for others. He'll always put his friends, family and those in need first. " sorry about that... as I was saying if it wasn't for you all I wouldn't be standing here today. Thank you", Kion went on talking about the past few months and the success of the Tree Of Life. Time past and it was time for the minute of silence, Makini walked up and addressed the audience,  " please, all animals if you can will you join us and stand as we take a minute to remember the lost, brave, friends, family and a warrior. All animals in formation stood up, even the oldest of animals, looking down at the dusty ground they took their minute and paid their respect.

" thank you, you may sit now", Animals who were able to sat down, apart from the big animals, the elephants, hippos and giraffe who stood everyone else took their place and waited for the next part of the ceremony. Makini addressed the crowd once again, " please keep quite as our elephants play the tribute to the fallen. Trumpet plays. The sound of the trunks sounded amazing, all synchronised they played a melody that was soothing to the ears. If you listen closely it tells a story about a battle that was won.  A Tribute to the fallen.  After five minutes of playing the trunks lowered and the sound ceased. " thank you, now a short speech made by Simba", Simba got up and made his way towards the boulder. Leaping up from behind he stood next to his son and daughter in law. " Thank you for all coming today, we have to admit that our past year has it's ups and down but today is where we be happy, grateful and peaceful, look to the animal next to you and thank them, say hello and think, what will happen if this person saved my life? That's what the fallen did", Simba went on for quite some time. A great message that was spoken by the great king himself, a king who faced scar, flames and doubt, guilt and at one point to hold a thought about being a murder. He won that battle, both physically and mentally and go see his own son stepping up and lead the pack made him tear. As he spoke his throat began to feel dry. He manages to get three words out before breaking into tears that ended the ceremony.
"Lest We Forget".