Author's note: This my friends is an experiment for me. In the past I have tried writing and haven't succeeded at all. I very much enjoy it, but I often lack the patience for intensive editing and lack the time to write often. If this goes somewhere great if it doesn't then I am fine with that as well. By the time you read this I will have a second chapter ready to post and I plan to post on a weekly basis.
Now I have a slight weakness here. I never saw TLK: 2. I read the wiki and plenty of fanfiction regarding it. There might be a few slight differences, but they are mostly irreverent. The plot will quickly move on from that.
My inspiration comes from one writer in particular that I feel should receive recognition for simply superb stories. I have read them and re-read them many times. Without further ado I bid you to go read Kiara32's stories. I would be lying if I didn't say that much inspiration wasn't taken from her fics. Now I must clarify, my plotline is completely different then hers, and to my knowledge no characters share names.
Finally, I do not own TLK, that is Disney's. I do however own my plot and my OC's.
It had been nine month's since Zira's death, and it had been a busy 9 months for the now united pride. Kiara and Kovu had gotten much closer, and Simba seemed to be accepting the adolescent into the family. Then one day much to everyone's surprise (or lack thereof in some cases) they announced that Kiara was with cub. Naturally there was much rejoicing from the pride. Everyone seemed so happy.
Shortly after that announcement Simba and Nala announced their intentions to surrender the throne to Kovu and Kiara once their cub was born. Vitani had also announced that she was leaving the pride to seek her own destiny a few days later, and although she was missed by some in the pride, they quickly moved on. A new prince held their attention much longer than an outsider lioness leaving, even if she was Kovu's sister.
As Kiara's due date grew closer and closer, she was unwillingly forced to stop running, playing, and hunting, and start sleeping and loafing around more and more. On the bright side she wasn't the only pregnant lioness so she had people to keep her company. There were five other lionesses in the pride that were pregnant around the same time she was: Matka, Samau, Tami, Jima, and Jayda.
There was one lioness in particular Kiara grew very close to, a reddish brown outsider named Matka. Matka was decently similar to Kiara but she had a heavy dose of sarcasm that got her in trouble more often than not. Due to these similarities the two quickly became fast friends. It was not uncommon for them to spend the whole day talking on various subjects from what their cubs would be like, to when the hunting party was going to return with dinner.
These conversations often had a common theme of names or likesuch. One day in particular a specific conversation they had altered the Pridelands history, for better or worse, in a drastic way that nobody, not even Rafiki, could have forseen.
"Kiara, have you thought of any names yet?" Matka asked, as she shifted ever so slightly to relieve the pressure from her cub. This was the fourth time that day she had posed the fatal question to Kiara
"Not yet Matty. Can't you give me five minutes to think?" the Princess replied in a slightly irritated tone. Matka had been asking her that constantly for several days now. The worst part was Matka wasn't the only one. Everybody in the pride wanted to know what the new princes name was going to be.
"Matty? Really Kiara?" She asked feigning indignation at her new nickname, before continuing with, "You will have to make a decision eventually."
"You are starting to sound like my mother," she said, but deep down inside she knew Matka was right. She would have to make a decision eventually, and time was running out. She had already rejected the ideas of several people including Kovu.
"Your mother is right you know. You will have to choose a name sooner or later. It won't be long until he or she is born," the darker lioness said, watching Kiara intently to see if her words had any affect, and they did. The blonde lioness shifted uncomfortably as she thought about those words.
"I know, but can we please move on from the subject for now," Kiara said dodging the question with a sigh as she layed her head down on her paws.
"Fine, but a name is only the first decision that you have to make. Then you and Kovu have to decide who he or she is going to be betrothed to," Matka said, absolutely not dropping the subject.
"I already have an answer to that second question," Kiara said confidently, and she had given quite a bit of thought to her answer, "I want my cub to be betrothed to yours."
That one sentence changed the pridelands forever. Neither of them knew it but that set off a chain reaction of events that nobody ever imagined would occur. The news of the future of the lands spread like wildfire. First the lions knew that the decision of the prince's betrothal had been made, then it made its way to the gophers and the birds. Eventually even the pack animals were talking about it. Unfortunately for the royal family, not all ears listening to the news were friendly.
Author's Note: How was my mysterious, slightly creepy ending? Should I continue to use endings like that throught the story? Also, I do know it is a bit short, but it is the intro. The next chapters will be much longer, I promise. Any ways it is fun to be back writing. Please leave me a review. Anything goes, because personally I love reading flames. Also I need names. If you can send me a few ideas for names I would be very grateful. If you leave an entire OC I might even use it.