Okay, the idea behind this is that since Simba and Nala got their own song by Sir Elton, the other couples deserve some too, so, for starters, here is Taka and Zira's. Ain't they adorable? If anyone thinks up any other songs and couples they would suit, let me know, as I am rather thick.

Picture, if you would be so kind, an African savaana at sunset. The land is an earthy tone of red, dotted with patches of grass, here and there herds of animals rest. And in the centre of it all is a huge rock, looking like two spires that grew from the ground, but one broke, now it lays on it's side as a platform.

And upon this rock, there is a pride of lions, lazing around in the cool of the evening. In particular, notice the two pairs, A large male lion, gold with a deep black mane, with a mate who is slim and a shade of dark brown. Across the platform lays another pair, the male of this one is younger, not so big yet, his mane a shock of copper hair, and by his side a beautiful beige lioness.

King Ahadi raised his head slowly as his nose caught the scent of his other son, or as he referred to him, the waste of space, and a lioness. He didn't have to guess which one it would be.

Slowly onto the rock clambered a younger still male, his mane not grown in fully yet, but what little there was, was ebony. His fur was dark brown, like his mothers, and his eyes were darkest emeralds. He settled himself on the rock and soon by his side appeared a lioness.

This one could not be called beautiful by conventional standards, she was too thin, her ears too cut from fights, and the long black stripe down her back marked her as a mongrel, unworthy of the handsome lion.

"You're back." Ahadi spoke without emotion. "Where were you?"
The lion scowled, "We were hunting together." He nuzzled his head against the lioness'. "It's our anniversary."

The Queen looked up and smiled, "Congratulations, how long has it been?"
"A year." Zira purred, resting her head on Prince Taka's chest.

"She wasn't talking to you, mongrel." Ahadi muttered. "Both of you get out of my sight, I have no urge to see my mistake and his whore."

Taka growled, but knew better than to attack, and marched away around the back of the rock with Zira by his side.

In the back of the rock, where the sun does not shine unless it's setting, there is a cave, and this is where the two lions settled themselves.

"I'm sorry about him." Taka mumbled.

"I know, it's not your fault though." Zira replied, "I have you, that's all I need." she moved closer to her mate and nuzzled him gently.

The two smiled as they began to hear the music of the pridelands, birds singing and the soft cooing of gazelles joining together with the deep-set rhythm of life in the land.

"It's a little bit funny," Taka purred into the lioness' ear. "this feeling inside. I'm not one of those who can easily hide..."

Zira smiled, a blush rising to her cheeks as Taka moved away from her to playfully crouch as if about to pounce at her, "I don't have much money, but boy, if i did, I'd buy a big house where we both could live."

He pounced and Zira playfully dodged him, rubbing her head on his and then scampering down the side of pride rock to the grass, "If I were a sculptor," she reconsidered this, then shook her head, "but then again, no... or a girl who makes potions in a travelling show..." she sighed, words never came to her like they did to Taka, he was so smooth when called upon to make speeches, and his voice when he sang was unlike anything she'd ever heard. "I know it's not much, but it's the best I can do..."

Taka smiled and ran down to join her, she was far too modest, she did have a lovely voice when she made the effort, and just the fact that she was trying for him more than made up for the lack of words. His voice joined hers and they sang together. "My gift is my song, and this one's for you."

The two lions ran off across the grass together, laughing and playfully jumping on one another, their voices intermingling with a chorus that came from the very bones of the land. "And you can tell everybody, this is your song, it may be quite simple but, now that it's done..."

Taka pinned the lioness to the ground at last, smiling down at the face that only he could see as beautiful. "I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind, that i put down in words..." he leant down and purring, nuzzled her. "How wonderful life is with you in the world."

Zira leant up and licked his cheek in return, wriggling free when he became stunned at this warm reaction, he always was. He could never believe there was someone in the world who really did love him.

"I sat on the rock... and I kicked off the moss... some of these verses, well, they got me quite cross..." She sang softly, moving to sit by the nearby water-hole and look back at him, unaware of the effect she was having on him. "But the sun's been kind, while I wrote this song..."

Taka's mouth hung open. She truly was beautiful, the sunlight shone from behind her, hitting the water and making her look like a floating angel on an ocean of glittering water.

Grinning her wickedest grin the lioness walked back to him, rubbing the whole length of her body against the lion's chest, trailing her tail in his face, "It's for people like you that keep it turned on..."

Taka shook his head and chased after her, getting in front of the lioness and cutting her off from the walk away from him. "Do excuse me forgetting, but these things I do... you see, I've forgotten if they're green or they're blue..."

Zira blushed, turning her face away at the softly spoken flattery, "They're blue..." she mumbled, closing her eyes. She knew they would change as she matured, as all lions did, but for the moment Taka always said they looked like two sapphires.

"Well the thing is, what I really mean... yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen."

At those words Zira pounced on the lion purring, nuzzling and licking his face as though she would never stop, while in the background they both heard the chorus' still singing.

"And you can tell ev'rybody, this is your song... it may be quite simple but, now that it's done..."

Taka and Zira began to make their way back to pride rock. They would have no warm welcome, it was doubtful anyone would have noticed they left. But that didn't matter, the two loneliest lions in the whole of Africa were suddenly also the happiest, so long as they had one another, what else mattered?

Taka purred and lapped his mate's torn ear, "I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind, that I put down in words..." his voice almost faded away altogether as the sun finally set, plunging the land into a night lit only by stars, but Zira heard. "How wonderful life is, now you're in the world."