A/N: Sorry for all my followers expecting an E.W.W story, but I thought I'd try something new! I love reading Lion King fanfics, well pretty much any Disney fanfics, tbh. So I picked the Lion king after being inspired by lots of other stories, plus this archive is really big :) Read, review and enjoy!
'Spirit'- Son of Kiara and Kovu, joint heir with his twin sister Kali. Usually the 'fun' one, can be lazy, but very active. Loves his family dearly and would do anything to protect them, very close with his sister. His name represents the great kings, mainly Mufasa. He can be a huge mama's boy. Nickname-S.
Kali- sounds like 'kari' which is short for Karimu, Karimu means 'kind' in swahilii. The responsible one, and not afraid to put her brother in place when he becomes reckless. Loves her family dearly too and would also do anything to protect them when driven. She's a huge daddy's girl and is Kovu's little 'princess' (she often uses this to her advantage). Nickname-Kal.
Kiara's vision.
The golden orb rose over the savannah and covered the land below in a glittering trail of sunlight. Slowly every animal around arose from the sun beating down on them, the typical African weather was already rich with heat. Birds swooped within the fluff of wool that lay upon the baby blue sky. Daylight began to stream onto every corner of the large land, symbolising the start of the special day in the Pride lands. The great kings had planned two very special cubs to be welcomed into the world today.
The newly crowned queen, Kiara, awoke before all of her pride and managed to slip out into the early morning essence, with none the wiser. Knowing exactly why she couldn't sleep bothered her, but she figured a drink might satisfy her and take her mind off of things. She strode gracefully through the tall lush grass that stroked her creamy-golden pelt. Her paws relaxed underneath the soft ground and her tail swished softly in the small breeze that graced her presence, she smiled changing her thoughts towards her future, the next step of it, anyway.
Upon reaching the sapphire water she crouched slightly and began to hydrate her body. When she looked up she met the eyes of emerald green which belonged to no other than her mate and loving king Kovu. He smirked and joined her presence.
"I thought you were asleep." Kiara whispered with a smile.
"I could say the same to you, what are you doing out so early?"
"I couldn't sleep."
"Were the cubs kicking?" Kovu looked at his wife's, rounded with pregnancy, stomach and felt a warm feeling from within.
"No. I just…couldn't sleep," She shrugged, "I don't know how to explain it, maybe I'm just overly excited about the cubs."
"I was wondering why you were so smiley, my wife's normally a big old grump in the mornings."
"Am not!" she protested hitting him playfully on the shoulder. He nudged her back with a teasing grin.
Kiara buried her head into Kovu's wavy mane and he licked her head.
Kiara sighed, "Kovu…I'm scared…"
"It's not about having the cubs is it, 'cause Rafiki said-"
"No not that, I'm really excited for that, I couldn't sleep last night…because I had a vision."
"What about?" Kovu became instantly concerned.
"A lioness w-was…hurting her cubs."
"Who was it?"
"The image was blurry, but it definitely meant something, Kovu. What if that lioness is in our Pride?"
"I'm sure we'd know about it, Kiara. Besides our Pride members are loyal and trustworthy, plus one of the few cubs wouldn't be able to keep it to themselves."
"Hmmm, you're probably right, we should still keep a close eye on things, though." Kiara said thoughtfully.
"Of course, but are you sure it wasn't a weird dream? I have weird dreams all the time, like the time I dreamt Rafiki was hitting me with a stick and screaming-"
Kiara giggled, "But those dreams are Kovu dreams. This definitely meant something, I-I think it was a message from the great kings, does that sound weird?"
"No, not at all, you are of royal blood after all, perhaps your grandfather's telling you something. You could go ask Simba, if you're really worried."
Kiara smiled, Kovu always knew the right thing to say, "Good idea, thank you, love."
"Anytime. Should we head back?"
"Yes, let's g-OUCH!"
"What is it!?"
"Kovu," Kiara looked down bashfully, "I think I'm about to go into labor."
"Oh no, okay, I'll call for Zazu." Kovu roared with might and not a minute later the small aging bird swooped towards them.
"Is it time?" He asked.
"Yes, please get Rafiki and the former royal couple, oh, and my sister!"
"Yes your majesty!" he flew away with great speed.
Kovu leant down towards his wife with a gulp, "Are you in pain?"
"Yes, and it's getting worse!"
"Come on we have to get you to pride rock."
"I can't…it hurts. I think I'm going to have a fast labor."
"Okay, you'll be fine Kiki, here lay on the grass. Hold it together Kovu, hold it together, hold it-" Kovu fainted with a small thud.
Kiara rolled her eyes and muttered, "Anyone would think he's the one about to give birth."
A few short hours later Rafiki placed two fluffy, healthy cubs between Kiara's paws. They shuffled and meowed but soon stopped fidgeting. Vitani, Nala and Simba gathered around the exhausted couple, Kiara's exhaustion was expected, but Kovu's wasn't, but who could blame him? Being a birth partner is traumatising.
"They're beautiful." Kiara breathed.
"They are." Kovu agreed and nuzzled his two children lovingly. A son and a daughter, he couldn't be happier.
His son's coat was a mix of his parents coat, it made a tinted bronze, a shade darker than Kiara and a shade lighter than Kovu, and his hair tuft was a light brown with a tint of red. His underbelly was a light beige matching his muzzle, his paws were the same colour as his main pelt.
His daughter, the eldest, had received a golden pelt much like her grandfather Simba's, her tail tuft was also brown with a tint of red but unlike her brother, the brown was much darker, almost black. Her fur was broken by an almost white under belly, which matched her muzzle and tiny paws.
Kiara also nuzzled her children and licked them both, "What should we name them?"
"I was thinking, Kali for the girl, she'll represent kindness." Kovu smiled.
"Kali, I like that." She nuzzled Kali, "and I was thinking for this handsome young lion." She nuzzled her son, "Spirit, to represent the great kings."
"Perfect." Kovu sighed happily and rubbed his head against Kiara lovingly.
"Congratulations, guys." Vitani sat next to her brother, letting her cub, Amani crawl to Kiara. Amani was only a month old and had a creamy coloured pelt and bright blue eyes like her mother, her hair tuft stuck up slightly instead of down like her mother's.
Amani's father had grown up an outsider like Vitani, but ran away when he was a teenager, he re-found his best friend, Vitani, and they soon became soulmates after Simba accepted him into the pride, just before Kovu and Kiara became King and Queen.
"Thanks Tani." Kovu smiled. Amani sniffed the cubs and poked Kali's foreleg, she tried to climb into her aunt Kiara's paws like her little cousins.
"Ah, ah, no!" Vitani grabbed her daughter between her teeth and put her in between her paws.
Nala and Simba walked over and nuzzled their daughter and grandcubs, "Yes, congratulations." Nala smiled warmly and then nuzzled her husband, "We must be getting old, Simba."
"Impossible Nala! We can pass as one of the kids."
Kiara giggled, "Daddy we're not the kids anymore." She gestured to her cubs and everyone laughed.
"I hate te interrupt, but ah, we should probably head back te Priderock, de cubs might get sun stroke out here." Rafiki informed, "Then we can discuss when we should present de cubs."
"Yes, good idea." Simba nodded, "Can you get up daughter?"
"I think so, but I can't hold both of the cubs, I don't want to drop one."
"That's usually when a dashing mate comes in handy." Kovu said excitedly, he picked up his golden colored daughter between his teeth carefully, and Kiara did the same with her bronze coloured son.
With that the new twins, their cousin Amani, Kiara, Kovu, Simba, Nala and Vitani all walked back to Pride rock's ancient den.