NO ONES POV

Those few days soon had passed, turning into weeks as the adventure kids ended up staying in the Pridelands longer than necessary.

But the Pridelanders didn't seem to mind, as they had all eventually warmed up to the human guests.

But over that time, they thought they would've been found by now, but no luck.

Most of them got used to it even though CJ still complained a lot and over that time Dan showed Mufasa and Sarabi that he had abilities and Verago even unlocked a new form he was able to turn into a lion cub once Simba got a little older.

And speaking of Simba.

Simba had grown up a little bit, being able to walk, talk and everything.

The kids had also met another lion cub who belonged to Sarabi's good friend Sarafina. The cub was a beautiful female named Nala, and she and Simba had quickly become best friends.

One day, Simba woke up earlier than everybody else in the Pridelands and had a look out into the awe-inspiring Serengeti before rushing back into the cave to wake up his dad.

"Dad! Dad! Come on, Dad! We gotta go! Wake up!" Simba came running into the cave were the lions and kids were sleeping, jumping over the kids which woke them up.

And on trying to avoid hitting any of them, he ends up accidentally stepping on CJ.

"Ow! Simba!" CJ scolded the playful little lion cub.

"Come on, guys! Come on! Dad promised he'd take us out on patrol today!" Simba told the kids excitedly before rushing over to his dad who was sleeping next to Sarabi.

"Dad? Daaad..." Simba was getting frustrated that his dad was still asleep.

"Your son is awake..." Sarabi told her mate, smirking in her sleep.

"Before sunrise, he's your son..." Mufasa retorted back at his mate sleepily.

The kids were now starting to get annoyed with Simba's constant noise, some of them just wanted to go back to sleep.

"Dad? Come on, Dad!" Simba then pulls on his dad's ear, but looses his grip and bangs into lion cub Verago who was still asleep until that happened and then Simba ran back to his dad and headbutted him and Mufasa opens his eyes and look at him. "You promised!"

"Okay, okay. I'm up. I'm up" he then said.

"Yeah!" Simba cheered.

Mufasa let out a big lion yawn while the kids also started waking up, taking a nice big stretch. They were excited to get to see the Pridelands today with Simba.

Simba came out of the cave, followed by his parents and the adventure squad.

Simba came up and nuzzled against his mother before going with his dad to the top of Pride Rock. The kids and Verago had also enjoyed Sarabi very much. She was very caring towards them as if they were her own cubs like Simba.

The lion queen smiled to Simba and the others as they headed up to the top of Pride Rock with Mufasa for something very important.

"Never been up here before" ron says as the kids followed Simba and Mufasa all the way up to the very top of pride rock just as the sun was rising.

Mufasa let out a loud roar to his kingdom as the others came to sit down next to the lion king on top of the rock, looking out into the Pridelands.

"Look Simba" Mufasa told his son. "Everything the light touches is our kingdom"

"Wow..." Simba whispered in awestruck, along with the adventure kids.

"You rule all of that?" Cali asked, looking up at Mufasa.

"Yes" Mufasa nodded, before he started explaining. "But a king's time as ruler rises and falls like the sun. One day Simba, the sun will set on my time here and will rise with you as the new king"

"And this'll all be mine?" Simba asks.

"Everything" Mufasa says.

They then look at everything and then they noticed a shadowy place.

"What about that shadowy place?" Simba asks.

"That's beyond our borders" Mufasa says "you must never go there, Simba" he then looks at the kids and Verago "and that includes y'all"

"But I thought a king could do whatever he wants?" Verago asks.

"That's what I thought" Simba says.

"Yeah. Lions are at the top of the food chain, so that means they can take any territory, right?" Dan asked.

Mufasa sighed before explaining to the kids. "While others search for what they can take, a true king searches for what he can give"

"That sounds really familiar from somewhere" Dan says.

"Oh, and I'm sure there's WAY more to being king than getting your way all the time" Cali mentioned.

"There's more?" Simba asked in excitement. Mufasa just chucked to his son.

Mufasa soon took Simba and the gang around the Pridelands.

Everything looked so beautiful and peaceful.

Untouched by man, as the gang saw a herd of antelope galloping through the Savannah.

The kids were glad that they were learning something important too to this. They were really starting to like Mufasa and have major respect for him since they met. To Dan he reminded him of the lion from Narnia, Aslan.

"Everything you see exists together, in a delicate balance" Mufasa continued explaining to Simba. "As king, you need to understand that balance, and respect all the creatures from the crawling ant to the leaping antelope"

"But I thought you guys ate antelope?" CJ asked in confusion.

"Yeah dad, don't we eat the antelope?" Simba asks.

"Yes children, but let me explain" Mufasa says "when we die, our bodies become the grass, and the antelope eat the grass and so we are all connected in the great Circle of Life"

"Wow, that's deep" Cali says.

Just then Zazu came flying to them.

Good morning Sire!
Good morning Zazu!
Checking in with the morning report
Fire away
Chimps are going ape, giraffes remain above it all
Elephants remember, though just what I can't recall
Crocodiles are snapping up fresh offers from the banks
Showed interest in my nest egg but I quickly said "No thanks!"

A mole, then pops out of the ground, looking around and Simba pounces on it, but Mrs. and keeps trying to get it every time it comes out of the ground.

We haven't paid the hornbills and the vultures have a hunch
Not everyone invited will be coming back from lunch
This is the morning report
Gives you the long and the short
Every grunt, roar, and snort
Not a tale I distort
On the morning report

"What are you doing, son?" Mufasa asks trying not to laugh.

"Pouncing" Simba says covering a hole with his paws.

"Let and old pro show you how it's done" Mufasa smirks and looks at Zazu.

The buffalo have got a beef
About this season's grass(Stay low to the ground)
Warthogs have been thwarted
In attempts to save their gas
Flamingoes in the pink and
Chasing secretary birds
Saffron is this season's color
Seen in all the herds
Moving down the rank and file(Take it slow)
To near the bottom rung(One more step)
Far too many beetles are
Quite frankly in the dung(Then pounce!)

Mufasa and the others laugh.
Simba then sings the morning report being proud of what he did.

This is the morning report
Gives you the long and the short
Every grunt, roar, and snort
Not a tale I distort

He then grabs Zazu by the tail of his feathers and swings him.

On the morning report

They were still laughing at this.

"That's very good" Mufasa says laughing.

"That was funny" Dan says "now do it to CJ"

"What? Don't even think about it" CJ says glaring at Dan who was laughing.

Just then the mole found Zazu and told him some news.

"Sire" they look at him as he pops out from the rock behind "poachers in the pride lands and they have kidnapped, a white lion cub and they have been spotted on the south side near the old log"

"What?" They said.

"Did you say.......a white lion?" Cali asks "do those even exist anymore?"

"Look around and see if there are any others nearby" Mufasa advised Zazu on finding any more possible white lions.

"Yes, Sire" Zazu nodded before flying off again.

"Could there really be a white lion here?" Dan and the others wondered, turning to Mufasa. "They are pretty hard to come by" Dan mentioned, since white lions were very rare.

"It's been a long time since a white lion last came to the Pridelands" Mufasa explained.

"WHAT?!" They looked even more shocked then before. "There were some here before?!"

"Yes..." Mufasa nodded slowly.

While the gang went out looking for the white lion cub, Mufasa explained to the kids for as long as he could remember there had always been a bit of a controversy between all the different lion prides in Africa, including the white lions.

The prides had been divided and there were many arguments to how much land they'd get, which became a problem after some prides ran low on food. There was even a war at one point.

But all that was about to change as all the lion kings would come together to settle a peace agreement on their prides.

However, before that could even be done something happened to the jungle's white lion emperor and no one really knew what...

"Wow... Unbelievable..." they thought, being very intrigued by the story. There was still so much they didn't know about the lions' cult.

"Hey, Dad! Guys! Over here!" Simba called the others over, looking over and saw a camp with poachers and it looked like there was about five or six of them. "I found the white lion!"

Mufasa and the others came over, and look and see and they spotted the white lion cub they were looking for. He was in a cage and he looked exhausted and scared, seeming to have been through quite a lot.

"Y'all should get back to Pride Rock" Mufasa says and looks at them "where Dan?"

They turn around and he was gone.

"He's down there" Simba says pointing.

They look and see Dan sneaking his way over there.

"He's going to get himself killed" Mufasa says and was going to go after him, but Cali grabs Mufasa tail to stop him "what are you doing?"

"Dan will be fine" Cali says "he is stronger than most of us and he's got a big heart for animals"

"She's not lying Mufasa" Ron says "you should see the animals he takes in not to mention all of his dogs"

"And that chicken with the balloon hat" CJ says.

"Hey" Verago says looking at CJ "leave Nobby out of this"

"He still an animal" CJ says "so he counts"

"Shut up before I bite you" Verago says.

"Guys, knock it off" Cali says.

They then watch.
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DAN POV

Once I was close enough and saw that the coast was clear went to the cage, and I saw the white lion cub.

"Hey, little guy" I said and crouched down to the white cub's level. But the white cub backed away, being more scared of the humans particularly. "Oh, your terrified"

"Hey, who are you?" A poacher says "guys we got company"

I then see the others show up and I stand up.

"What are you doing kid?" He asks.

"I'm about to free this lion cub and your going to leave"

They laugh over that.

"You really think we'll listen to you" he says.

"And you think we'll let you take our prize?" Another one says.

"This is an animal, not a trophy, and you will be leaving either" I pop my knuckles "because I can't stand people like you" My eyes turn red and look at the lion cub "I'll be right back"

I then walk to them and use my powers to beat them and I fight and destroy their camp and then I put my hands together and lift them up.

"Enjoy your flight and never come back" I then send them flying as they scream.

I take a deep breath and walk back to the lion cub.