Ok. Well this is my first ever fanfic. So please be nice. I'm hoping this will be a pretty long story. I don't own the Lion King or any of the characters or places. They belong to the awesome Walt Disney Company. I might use some of their quotes too. So don't get mad if I do. This is gonna be the longest paragraph in the whole story. I'll do my best to make this as easy to read as possible. I did add some characters and if you want to use them then just email me so I know. And I know lions mate not get married. But I like marriage better so sorry.

It was a dry morning in the once alive Pride Lands. Nala was laying near the dried up water hole. She came here a lot to think about her life and how much it's changed.

Nala herself had changed a lot. She had gone from a spunky little cub…to a gorgeous, strong lioness.

"Simba, I miss you. I wish that the stampede was just a horrible nightmare…and I could wake up and see you beside Sarabi and Mufasa." Nala said. A few tears escaped her dazzling crystal blue eyes.

"Nala are you alright?" Nala looked up and saw Zander. He was only a month older than her but he was already very mature. He had a gray pelt and a jet black mane. His underbelly was a creamy color.

"I'm fine." Nala lied as she looked up into his hypnotizing green eyes.

"I have known you your entire life, you're never fine." He sounded half concerned and half joking.

"Ha…Ha…Ha…" Nala replied sarcastically. He gave her a please-tell-me-or-I'll-force-out-of-you look. She sighed. "I'm just thinking about Simba.

'When aren't you thinking about Simba?' He thought to himself. "Well...can you be more specific?" He asked.

"Well, I'm nearly five years old, so Simba and I would be getting married soon." Nala whispered as tears started racing down her face.

"Oh. Well I'm sorry about that." Zander said giving her a sympathizing smile. "That's kinda what I wanted to talk about."

"What do you mean?" Nala asked feeling somewhat confused.

"Well…I was wondering…if maybe…you wanted…to possibly…marry me?" Zander mumbled.

"Oh Zander…" Nala started sobbing uncontrollably and ran off. 'I'm such an idiot!! I can't even propose without sounding stupid!! Zander thought to himself.

Nala ran to hers and her mothers cavern in the back of Pride Rock. Scar had moved them there a few days after his reign began. The hyenas slept below Pride Rock and the lions slept in little caverns in the back of it.

"Nala darling what's wrong?" Sarafina asked her only cub. "Everything!! Everything is wrong." Nala sobbed.

"Shhh…it'll be alright my little cub." Sarafina tried to comfort her daughter. "Mother I'm NOT a cub anymore!!" Nala screamed.

Sarafina held Nala close to her and tried to comfort her. "He proposed." Nala said through tears. "Who?" Sarafina asked still talking in a comforting tone. "Zander. He wants me to be his wife."

"Then why are you crying?" Sarafina asked. "What did you tell him?"

"Nothing. I ran. I can't marry him mom!! I'm betrothed to Simba."

"No you're not. If your fiancé dies…then you're no longer engaged." Sarafina explained.

"Simba is not dead though." Nala said still crying.

"Sweetie we all wanna be believe that he's still alive but…the truth is…he's not." Sarafina said trying not to cry. She had to be strong for Nala.

Ok well I hope you liked the first chapter of my first ever fanfic. I wanted it to have some drama in it so I made this other lion propose to Nala. I know that there wasn't much description, but I was just really excited. I'll do my best to make the rest of the story the best ever. i just redid her age. i looked it up again and it takes a lion 5 years to grow a full mane, and then i looked up how long simba was in the jungle on and it says 5 years too. REVIEW