Disclaimer: I do not own the Lion King. It belongs to Disney.

A/N: Here's the next story. One of my favorite Lion King characters will be in this story, now that I've figured out a way to put them in. I hope you like it! Please Review! :)

Chapter 1: The New Cub

"Yes!" Simba exclaimed as he ran out of the den. "I'm free! After so many years, I'm finally free of that stone prison!"

Nala walked up beside him. "Simba, you were only grounded for three days. It wasn't that bad."

"So?" Simba said. "It felt like it was a lot longer than that. You don't know what it was like! You weren't the one who was grounded."

"No, but I chose to stay the entire time, so I do know what it was like." Nala replied.

"At least you had the freedom to leave whenever you wanted." Simba told her.

"Whatever." Nala said. "Let's go down to the water hole, I think the others are already there."

Simba and Nala made their way down Pride Rock and towards the water hole.

"Kora..." Tora sighed. "I told you to leave it alone."

"It took the mouse I caught!" Kora answered. "I was trying to get it back!"

"Well, now look what happened!" she exclaimed. "The snake is trying to eat your paw!"

"Just get it off..." he told her. Tora grabbed the snake with her mouth and tried to pull it off Kora's paw. "OW! Stop! That hurts!"

Simba and Nala walked over. "What's going on?" Simba asked. He saw Kora's paw. "How the heck did that happen?"

"Just help." Kora said. "It won't come off."

Simba saw a mouse scurry by and he slammed his paw on it's tail. He picked up the mouse and held it in front of the snake. The snake let go of Kora's paw and snatched the mouse from Simba before slithering away.

"It still has my mouse..." Kora complained. "I worked hard to catch it..."

"Let it go." Tora told her brother. She turned her attention to Simba and Nala. "So what do you guys want to do today?"

"Anything." Simba answered. "As long as it's exciting. We were in that den for way too long."

"How about the jungle?" Kora suggested. "We haven't been there in awhile."

"Okay, let's-" Simba was interrupted by his father's voice.

"Simba!" Mufasa called from Pride Rock. "Come here!"

"Aw, man..." Simba complained. "I'll be right back..." He ran back to Pride Rock to see what his father wanted.

When Simba entered the den he saw his father with a lioness and a cub he had never seen before. "Simba," Mufasa said, "this is Maua and her daughter, Vitani." Vitani had light tan fur, electric blue eyes with a dark circle around each eye. She also had a tuft of fur on her head.

"Hi..." Vitani said quietly. Her tone seemed kind of cold, but Simba didn't think much of it.

"Hi." Simba said back.

Mufasa looked at his son. "Simba, these two have joined our pride, and I would like you to show Vitani around, take her to meet your friends."

"Okay, Dad." Simba replied. "Come on, Vitani. I'll take you to the water hole."

"Whatever." Vitani answered as she followed Simba out of the den. Vitani didn't really care about seeing the Pridelands, but she did care about Simba. She already was in love with him. He's so cute. She thought to herself. He's also really nice... Unlike me. Before long, I'll be the Princess of the Pridelands, luckily, all the boys fall in love with me... when I want them too.

"So, Vitani," Simba said, pulling her out of her thoughts, "why'd you come to the Pridelands?"

"Oh, ya know... issues back home. Long story." she answered. "Not that interesting."

"Oh." Simba answered. "Well, we're here. My friends are over there." The two walked over to Nala, Tora, Kora, and Mheetu, who had just gotten there.

"Who's this?" Tora asked as Simba and Vitani walked over. "A new cub?"

"This is Vitani, she and her mother just came to the Pridelands." Simba told his friends. "Vitani, this is Tora, Kora, Mheetu, and my girlfriend, Nala."

Girlfriend? Vitani thought. She was mad now, but she kept cool and acted nice. "Nice to meet you." Vitani said. She glared at Nala. "Especially you, Nala..."

Nala noticed the way Vitani was staring at her, almost as if she was angry. "Um... why are you staring at me?" Nala asked.

"Oh, sorry..." Vitani said, shaking her head. Simba will be mine... She thought to herself. Nala won't be a problem. Once Simba falls in love with me, he'll want nothing more to do with her and he'll be with me forever, but I must be careful that nobody finds out what I'm up to...

"Vitani?" Simba asked. "Are you okay? You seem to keep drifting off to your own world or something."

"Yeah, I'm fine." Vitani answered. "I'm perfectly fine..."

"She's kinda weird..." Kora whispered to his friends. They all nodded in agreement, except Simba, who didn't hear him.

"Come on, Vitani." Simba said. "I'll show you the rest of the kingdom." The two cubs walked away from the water hole.

Nala didn't know why, but she had a bad feeling about this new cub. "I don't like her." Nala said.

"Why?" Mheetu asked. "Because she's weird?"

"No, that's not it... I just don't trust her."

"You're just being too suspicious." Tora told her.

"Maybe..." Nala replied. "Maybe..."

A/N: This was a tough chapter for me to write, but the first chapter is always hard for me. It appears that Vitani has fallen in love with Simba, and just what did she mean by Simba will fall in love with her when she wants him too? Well, I'm not going to tell you now, you'll have to wait. :P Until tomarrow... Please Review! Thanks! :D