As the sun broke over the horizon, shining its majestic light across all of the Pridelands, a certain lion was pacing outside of the den of Pride Rock waiting for Rafiki's word to come in to see his new young.
"Argh! What is taking so long?" the lion asked in frustration, growing more impatient by the second.
"Everything will be fine my friend," Queen Amani stated. "You mate is a tough one, she will make it through and you will have a happy family."
"What if she isn't fine Amani?" he said. "I have to go in there."
Noticing that it was the first time he hasn't addressed her as queen she said, "No you must wait, you will regret going in there."
"Why would I regret going to help my mate?" he asked with a sliver of anger in his tone.
"You need to trust me on this," Amani said. "Not only would she be mad at you it would also go against tradition."
"Screw tradition!" he exclaimed raising his voice a bit. "I need to be in there with my mate right now to comfort her!"
"Compose yourself!" Amani stated. "You are not usually like this."
Stepping forward, Kiara said, "She is right and I am speaking from experience."
"If Kovu had come in there is no telling what I would have done to him!" she chuckled.
Upon hearing this Kovu gingerly took a step away from his mate.
"Oh no you don't," Kiara said pulling him by his mane back beside her.
"Ow! Ow! Ok! Ok!" Kovu said wincing a bit whilst she was just smiling with that smile that says 'we will talk later'.
Everyone gathered around laughed at the couple and their silly antics.
"There must not be a dull moment at all in your relationship," Bunga had said barely able to even get the words out.
"I doubt there is even one in your relationship as well Bunga," Ono said also laughing. "I am still kinda surprised that you found someone almost exactly like you."
"Where is she anyways?" Beshte asked, curious.
"Oh Nasha is looking after her little siblings so her parents can have some alone time," he said. "She will come up tomorrow though."
"I do not think I have ever met your mate Bunga," the lion had said trying to remember if he had or not seen her.
"Doubtful," Bunga replied to him. "Me and her like to keep everything exciting so we are always on the run."
"That would make sense considering you Bunga." Ono told him.
Everyone shared another chuckle at the conversation as Rafiki had come out of the den.
"Is she alright?" the lion asked.
"Yes she is," Rafiki replied. "You may enter."
Everyone watched as he went in to greet his new family. Some of the group even cheering for him.
"Come meet you new son my love," Winter had said to Haraka as he walked in with the little one nuzzled on the side of her.
As he approached all he could do was tear up as he got a good look of his young for the first time.
Laying down beside Winter and their new son he studied every little thing about his new son. His hair, his head, his face, his colour trying to take it all in.
"He is perfect!" Haraka exclaimed choking back his tears of joy.
As the little lion opened his eyes and looked up at his mother and father he mewled lightly as he was not able to speak just yet.
Everyone that was standing outside was allowed to come in and look at the second newest addition to the Pride. The only one who was not present was Fuli as she was tending to her cub that she had just the day before.
"Congratulations you two!" Most of the group had decided to say at once.
"Fuli sends her best wishes but she is currently out hunting for Nyota whilst Vitani watches her," Kion had said.
Vitani, being the main scout for Pride Rock, was almost always out in the field so she had decided to make her home outside near the very outskirts of Pride Rock.
"It is quite alright," Winter replied chuckling. "I am sure that I will understand the stress of it in the next few days."
"I can already tell that raising our cub is going to be a lot of work," Haraka said to the group.
"Now that is an understatement," Kovu had said and shortly after getting elbowed in the side by Kiara.
"Haven't you hurt me enough today?" he said feigning his condition.
All Kiara was doing was looking around like nothing had just happened.
After everyone calmed down from another round of laughing from the two, Amani had finally asked the question on everyone's minds,"So what is the young one's name?"
"Well we had come up with a few names but we couldn't decide until he looked up at us for the first time," Winter had stated.
"We have decided to name him Moto," Haraka finished.
Amani asked puzzled, "Why did you name him after fire?"
"Because when he looked up at us I saw in those eyes of his a burning passion to do anything he wanted to," he replied.
"Well then the only thing we can do is welcome Moto into the world!" Kion had exclaimed with happiness and pride.
Everyone joined him and one by one they went down the line welcoming him and giving their personal congratulations to the newest family of the Pridelands.
Well that was a decent first chapter if I do say so myself. I purposefully hid the name of Haraka in the beginning of the story to make everyone think that I was referring to Kion and Fuli. I originally wasn't going to have Queen Amani in this chapter at all but I decided to put her in anyways because it was able to extend the beginning scene a bit more than if she weren't there and besides why wouldn't she be there for her former guards and close friends most important day? I also decided to not include Fuli and Nyota mostly besides the one mention because it would've ruined the beginning part plus the explanation I gave did make sense. Also I decided to upload the first chapter now instead of later, I will upload chapter two when I have the third one finished and that goes for the rest of the chapters as well. Anyways I would love to know what you all think about the first chapter of A New Life Begins! Any feedback you can give me would be much appreciated be it good or bad. Well I have talked long enough so until next chapter, see ya! Drakenor out!