*NO ONE'S POV*

110 days, 3 months later...

The sun rise over the Pride Lands. Animals of all types make their way to Pride Rock. From elephants, giraffes, wildebeest, antelope, hippos, and cheetahs. They're all singing...

"He lives in you
He lives in me
He watches over
Everything we see
Into the water
Into the truth
In your reflection
He lives in you..."

On the line "In your reflection", a giraffe looks up. Zazu the hornbill flies in towards Pride Rock. Simba and Nala, the Pride Lands new King and Queen are there. Nala is holding a cub in her mouth.

Rafiki the wise old baboon takes the cub from her mouth and holds it up before the assembled crowd. The animals all cheer, and Simba and Nala are blown by the wind from the approving spirit of Mufasa.

Simba and Nala have a daughter together. Her name is "Kiara". She is future Queen of the Pride Lands. But Kiara wasn't born alone though. She has a brother. His name is "Kion". Kion wasn't chosen future King. Why you may ask? Because Kiara was born the oldest. In the future, Kion will become something else greater.

Inside the Pride Lands cave, Sarafina is holding baby Kion in her warm furry arms. She couldn't stop staring proudly down at him. She's finally a grandmother. A grandmother to two beautiful cubs.

Sadly Sarabi did not make it to see her grandchildren. She passed away a week ago due to a disease she had caught during Scar's reign. Sarafina will always remember her best friend. A tear had fallen from her eye landing on Kion's head.

Kion open his eyes for the first time. Sarafina gasp and smiled. "Hello little Kion. I am your grandmother, Sarafina!"

Kion made a giggle and put his tiny paw on Sarafina's nose.

Another new circle of life has just begun...

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I bet your wondering what had happened to Zira, hmm? Let's just say, she died. JOKING! Zira is doing well actually. She found a empty place called the Out Lands. Nothing but dust and termite mountains here.

There's a small amount of food and water, but she'll make due. Her son Nuka is almost an adult. His beard on his chill is full, but his mane is still slowly growing.

"Mother, I can't stand this place. How come we couldn't just stay in the Pride Lands awhile ago? Simba offered us then!" Said Nuka, chewing on a stick.

Zira snarled. "Have you forgotten what he had done to your father?!!"

She smacked the stick away from him.

Nuka jumped. He's always easily startle by his mother. Her anger scares him. Over the pass 3 months, Zira's personality changed. She has become more violent, frightening, very furious and mean. Zira let darkness take over her heart.

She's not even nice to her own son anymore. Zira often yell at Nuka calling him a failure and that he'll never follow Scar's paw prints. She needs something more. Someone stronger that's serious becoming a King and continue Scar's dark reign. But who?

Zira walked around the empty wasteland in search for food. "There's nothing here...what can we eat?" She thought to herself.

A line of termites are crawling down a small tree. Zira notice them and stop walking. Curiously fill her red eyes. "I wonder how they taste. Won't hurt to try!"

Zira lick the tree bark with the termites sticking on her rough pink tongue. She slowly chewed then swallowed. "Not so bad...I can live off this!" Zira ate more until she gotten full.

She laid down under the hot sun letting her stomach digest. There weren't any shade so she had to deal with it. She flick her tail back and forth as flies swarm around her.

"Mew, mew, mew!!"

Her ears perk up. "What was that?"

"Mew, mew, mew, mew!!"

It sounds like crying cubs. Zira got up and followed the sound. It led her to a wide open grassy plain.

"Mew!"

The sound is closer now. Zira look between the tall grass and blew found two small bundle of furs. One is dark brown and the other light tan. Zira's frown turn to a sweet smile. She probably haven't smiled like this in a while.

"Hello little ones! How come your alone?" She asks them.

The Cubs continue to cry. She gave them a sniff. They're only a week old. She figured their parents must of abandon them. Who would leave their Cubs alone in the open for predators to find them? Obviously someone who doesn't care.

Zira scoop the small Cubs in her mouth and carried them off back to the Out Lands. Nuka was found still chewing on the same stick. Zira carefully sat down the Cubs.

"Nuka, look what I found!" She said, happily.

Nuka was stunned by his mother's happiness and turn around seeing the two small Cubs. He gasp, "Who Cubs are these?"

"I don't know. They were abandon, I just found them. I'm going to adopt them as my own. They're your new brother and sister!"

"Say what?!"

Zira laid down and put the Cubs inside her arms licking them clean. "The girl will be named Vitani and the boy Kovu. I want you to become a great role model to them, Nuka."

Nuka came close and sniff the Cubs. He point at the dark brown one which is Kovu. "I don't know about this one. This one will cause me trouble, I just know it!"

Zira roll her eyes. "Must you worry and complain? Go find some termites and bring them back to me. That's what we'll eat for now. They're good!"

"Alright."

Nuka got up and walked away to go find termites for his mother. Zira otherwise had finish cleaning the Cubs. The Cubs yawn and opened their eyes for the first time. Kovu's are green and Vitani's a pretty purplish blue. Zira smiled wide.

"You guys are perfect! Why would your parents ever give you away?" Said Zira.

Kovu bit playfully on Vitani's ear. Vitani frown not liking it one bit and cried tears.

"Kovu stop messing with your sister!"

The cub stopped. Zira stared at him for a while then a light bulb popped above her head.

Kovu, Scar's new heir?

No it wouldn't possibly work!

But it just may...

He reminds Zira of Scar because of his colored eyes...

Zira thoughts began to roam. She'll have to pay close attention to Kovu as he grows to see if he'll be the right fit as future King. She already disappoint Scar with Nuka. She won't let that happen again.

Hopefully Kovu is a blessing...

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"Quit it Mansa, I'm trying to nap!" Zawadi whined.

Mansa continued to bite on Zawadi's tail in a playful manner. "Come on Zawadi, I'm bored!"

"Then go play with the other teens. I'll join later."

With that, Zawadi had fallen asleep. Mansa stood up with a sigh and walked away. He didn't like playing with the other teens. He liked playing with Zawadi. To him, she was more fun. He decided to go see what his mother his up to and went inside the cave.

"When will you tell Mansa that your not his real mother? Sooner or later when he's an adult, he's going to start questioning." Said Nahabi, the male lion who always train Mansa to become a very strong King.

"When he's older, Nahabi. He'll understand better." Said the lioness, who Mansa call his mother.

"Time is running out. You better come up with something fast. If we lose him too late, our pride will fail. The other lion pride will come take over our territory once they find out we don't have a King. You know this!"

"I'm trying okay!"

Mansa walked slowly forward confused. "What?"

The lioness and Nahabi turned around fast. They hand no clue Mansa was standing there listening the whole time.

"Oh, Mansa honey, I didn't know you was there." She said, walking up to him with an innocent smile.

"Ready to train?" Nahabi asks, trying to change to subject.

Mansa frowned. "No. Is it true mother that your not my real parent?"

"Mansa..."

"I knew there was something different about me!"

Mansa ran out the cave. Nahabi went after him.

"Mansa, wait!"

"No!"

Mansa continue running. Nahabi, being older slows down and could no longer chase him. He curses underneath his breath. Zawadi wakes up clueless.

"What's going on?"

"Mansa is gone." Nahabi angrily says.

"What?!" She said shocked.

"It's my fault...I knew I should of told him when he was younger..." Said the lioness.

Mansa ran fast as his paws could go. Once he was far away from the pride, he stop and look behind him.

"I can't go back. Goodbye Zawadi, I love you..."

Mansa has no clue where to go or what to do next. He's been lied to his whole entire life. His only concern right now is who's his real parents.

To be discontinued....