Ahadi,Uru,Mufasa,Taka/Scar,Zazu,Sarabi,Rafiki,Zira,Sarafina and the hyenas: (c) Disney

Kuvambi,Kuvo,Jiko,Bonda and Dansa: (c) Me

CHAPTER 1:

The sun rose,illuminating once again the area of the savanna known as The Pridelands. An enormous rock formation known as Pride Rock caught the first rays of light,the way it always did. Pride Rock was home to the Pridelands King,Ahadi,and his mate,Queen Uru.

This paticular morning was an important one. The animals of Ahadi's kingdom journeyed to the massive rock guided by the faint sunlight. Elephants shook the ground with their footsteps,zebras kicked up a good deal of dust as they galloped,and the air was filled with the sounds of bird's wings.

The sun was well up in the sky by the time this massive crowd arrived at the foot of Pride Rock. As soon as they arrived,Ahadi and Uru stepped out onto the rock to greet them.

Ahadi's fur was a sort of creamy-yellow color and he had a mane as black as the night sky,as well as emerald-green eyes. In contrast to his bright fur,Uru's fur was dark brown with a sort of yellowish-tan underneath,with brown eyes.

As Uru carried a gold-yellow bundle in her mouth,an old baboon with a staff approached the crowd,and the animals parted to let him through. The baboon made his way to the top of Pride Rock and greeted the King and Queen. The baboon was Rafiki,the Pridelands shaman.

Uru sat the bundle of fur down,which proved to be a little gold-yellow cub with a tuft of orange fur on top. Rafiki shook the gourds on his staff in the cub's face a few times,and the cub eagerly pawed at the odd new thing. Then Rafiki untied one of the gourds,cracked it open,dipped his finger in the sticky stuff inside,and made a mark on the cub's head. Then,as the finishing touch,he scooped up a handful of sand and sprinkled it on the cub,making him sneeze.

Then he picked the cub up,carried him to the edge of the rock,and held him up high. At once,the animals began to shout and stamp their hooves and feet,causing quite a commotion. Then the noise subsided,and the animals knelt before the new Pridelands Prince,Mufasa.

After the crowd of animals left,Ahadi walked back into the cave,Uru (carrying Mufasa) following him. Uru laid down and began to groom her cub. Also grooming cubs was one of the other lionesses, the tan colored Kuvambi. A few days eariler she had also given birth to two cubs,Sarabi and Kuvo. Sarabi had much the same fur color as Kuvambi,but Kuvo's fur was a much darker shade of brown with a white tuft of fur on top.

''Uru?'' Kuvambi asked when she took a short break from washing her cubs.

''Yes,what is it?'' Asked Uru,who was lying beside her.

Kuvambi mustered up her courage. It was an important question she had been wanting to ask ever since she found out Uru would be having a cub.

''Would it be alright with you and Ahadi if Sarabi and your cub were betrothed?''

Ahadi had been standing by his mate's side but he hadn't been paying attention to her or Kuvambi until he heard this.

''Ahadi,'' Uru asked, ''What do you think?''

Ahadi thought this over. ''Well,'' He finally said, ''there are no other female cubs in the pride...at least not that I know of,so we don't have any other choice...''

Kuvambi anxiously awaited his answer.

''I will accept it. Sarabi will rule the Pridelands alongside Mufasa.''

And so their fate was sealed.

A/N: Well...what do you think of it so far? Taka (Scar) won't show up until another chapter or so...sorry Scar fangirls,you will have to wait...hopefully not very long,though.

Until then,review me;flamers will be karate-chopped by Yumi,but constructive criticism is welcomed.

---Shaddie-chan