Sadiki's storY
a fanfiction sequel to simba's pride
Chapter One - The Presentation
"She is very beautiful," Rafiki the mandrill said, smiling wide as he looked down at Kiara, the lioness who happened to be Queen of the Pridelands. His words did not to refer to Kiara, but rather the small cub in her paws. Kiara smiled too. "Thank you," she replied. Rafiki proceeded to crack open a gourd and spread its red interior on the cub's forehead. Next to Queen Kiara stood King Kovu, proud and tall with a flowing brown mane, who looked down at his mate and daughter with a smile larger than anyone else's, even those of the previous King and Queen, Simba and Nala, who sat not too far behind them.
Rafiki dusted the cub's forehead with sand and picked her up, slowly walking towards the tip of the great Pride Rock. Kiara stood and nuzzled Kovu, swelling with pride. Rafiki finally reached the tip, and after a long silence, held up the young future Queen for all the animals in the African Pridelands to see. The air was suddenly filled with the trumpets of elephants and pounding of hooves. The lion pride roared, monkeys clapped, birds took to the skies. A gust of wind ruffled Kovu's mane as he held his head high in pride.
Sadiki, the daughter of Kovu and Kiara and granddaughter of Simba and Nala, had been shown to all. One day, she would be the Queen.