A long time ago, Scar had became the king of Pride Rock. He killed Mufasa, the previous king, and he sent his son, Simba, far away. But Nala, a lioness in his pride, went to search for Simba. She succeded, and managed to bring him back to Pride Rock. He overthrew Scar, sent him down Pride Rock, and let the hyenas devour him, and became king. Nala became his queen. Eventually, Scar's rule ended, and a the only thing that remained was his cubs, and his mate, Zira. Seeing the bite marks on her beloved mate, she thought it was Simba, but it was not ; It was the hyenas. She sworn revenge on Simba, and this is the story of it.

Chapter 1

Animals gathered around Pride Rock, Simba and Nala's son was being presented to the spirit of Mufasa. His name was Kopa, and he looked nearly like his father, except he had electric blue eyes like Nala's family. Rafiki raised the cub up high for all to see, and he observed his surroundings in silence. Suddenly, pounding of hooves and noises and roars were herd. A new era had just began, or so has it...

Meanwhile, near the backside of Pride Rock, Zira, a lioness with a brown stripe down her head and blood red eyes grumbled to herself. She stood next to the body of Scar, and a cub peered out from behind her left paw.

"Why that no good for nothing nephew!" She grumbled.

"You wouldn't be alive if I was back in time!" She yelled.

"Mother? Would Simba be, you know, mabye my cousin?" The cub asked.

She ignored the cub, she was already devastated enough, and the anger inside of her burnt like fire. She swatted the cub aside, and broke down in sorrow. Walking down the pathway was her sisters. The eldest, named Doa, who had dots on her left eye, was carrying a small, newborn cub in her mouth. Zira was her mother, and she named her Vitani. Another Sister followed her, named Chafu, had three little cubs around her. Kuchu, the last sister to follow, carried another lion cub in her mouth, who was Zira's cub too, she named him Kovu. They droped the cubs near Zira, and then they stood beside her.

"Sister, do not worry, we will get revenge on him!" Doa annouced.

Zira, crying, wanted to say something, but she was too full of sadness to even try. Chafu and Kuchu chated, then they told Zira their plans.

"Sister, since Simba's cub had just been born, we were thinking-!" Chafu was interupted before she could finish her sentence.

"Simba had a cub?" Zira asked. "A heir? I should be next in line, not him!"

Kuchu stood silent, then gained the courage to speak.

"I have a idea..." She spoke softly. But Zira could only hear mumbling, due to a bad hearing problem she had since her birth.

"There is no time for playing around, Kuchu." Zira said. "I do have a idea though..."

"What?" They asked in unison.

"We will kill Simba's son, and his entire pride, including himself! Kovu will be our king atlast!" She annouced.

Her sisters cheered for her and Zira laughed evily.

Soon, Kopa grew into a adorable youngster, who adored learning about his family, and he loved hearing stories from his father, which he started to look just like him. He was adored by everyone, except Zira and her sisters. One day, Kopa was told by his father to watch the sunrise with him in the moring. This was that day.

"Father! Father! Wake up! You promised!" Kopa tugged on his father's ear. He roared loudly, waking up several lionesses, they sighed and went back to sleep, except Nala.

"Alright, son. Come on!" Simba rolled over and tugged Kopa back.

They walked out to the top of Pride Rock. Slowly, the sun settled high in the sky, lighting up everything but a dark place in the distance.

"Kopa, one day, the sun will set in my time as king, and you will be my replacement, or heir. Then you will rule everything...except the other prides." Said Simba.

"Everything will be mine? Awesome. What about that shadowy place?" Asked Kopa.

"You must never go there, Kopa. It is extremley dangerous. Only the bravest lions go there because hyenas lie there." Said Simba,

"Hyenas..." Kopa whispered to himself.

"Speaking of hyenas, Kopa, you are begining to look like one yourself!" Nala joked.

"Mom! I do not want a bath right now!" He pouted, and ran off.

He walked down the path to the Pridelands, hoping to come across danger or excitement. He bumped into someone.

"Hey! Watch where you're going!" Kopa yelled after her.

"Hey! I wouldn't have bumped into you if you weren't in my way!" The lioness yelled back.

Suddenly Kopa looked back. He couldn't believe his eyes. It was the most gorgeous cub he had ever seen, and he felt ashamed for smarting off to her.

"Listen, I didn't mean to..." Kopa was interupted.

"That's arlright. I get made fun of all the time. My name is Vitani by the way...wait a second!

"Huh?"

"Your Simba's son right?"

"Uhh...yeah?"

"You must be Prince Kopa!"

Kopa blushed, and he was proud of being called such a royal name.

"Right you are, Vitani. I was going to visit the Outlands."

"Why would you want to go there? Rogue lions and hyenas live there!"

"Cause it's cool! I want to fight a hyena and rip it to shreds with my own body, just like my dad!"

Vitani rolled her eyes.

"I'd like to see you do that!"

"Well come on then, what are you, a hornbill?"

"No way! Hey wait up!"

Simba stood on top of Pride Rock, and he watched their every move, wondering if the cub his son was playing with was Zira's daughter. The cubs made it to the Outlands.

"Hey Vitani, check out this carcass!"

Laying beside of Kopa was a carcass of some type. It still had flesh on it, and looked as if it was eaten.

"So cool, I wonder if it's brains are still in there?" Asked Vitani.

"Would it hurt to find out?"

But before he could find out, A growling sound was heard behind a rock formation. A near death looking lion walked out, slowly trailing behind the other side was several hyenas.

"What do I have here?" The lion said in a muffled voice. He had scars all over his body.

"Kopa, I'm scared..." Vitani shook all over her body, and she hid behind Kopa.

"HELP!" Kopa yelled.

The lion began to charge, but ontop Pride Rock, Simba heard his son's cry.

"KOPA?!"

With Zazu and Nala behind him, they raced toward the Outlands. Finally, Simba made it, right when the lion was charging. Nala and Simba clashed with the lion, sending him against a rock, killing him. Simba took a deep breath, and Nala was partly injurned on her right leg, Zazu inspected it. Simba turned to his son.

"How could you! You did exactly like I did when I was a foolish cub!" Simba turned tail on his son.

"I was just trying to be brave, like you!" Kopa yelled back at his father.

"I thought you were very brave." Vitani nuzzled Kopa.

Zazu, done inspecting Nala, landed below Vitani.

"Come, brave cub. I'll return you home, along with Nala." He said.

"Bye Kopa." Vitani yelled.

"Bye Vitani!" Kopa yelled back.

Simba sighed at his son. Hearing him, Kopa looked up at him in tears.

"I was just trying to be brave like you." Kopa reapeated with a lowered voice.

"I know, Kopa. But what you did was foolish."

"I'm sorry dad."

"Let me tell you something my father once told me, Kopa." Said Simba

At that moment, the sun had nearly set. The stars were starting to be visible, and the sky turned dark.

"Look at the stars. The great kings of the past look down on us from those stars."

"Really?" Asked Kopa.

"Yes, so whenever you feel alone, or troubled, look to the stars for guidance or comfort." Said Simba.

Kopa looked up to the stars, and he saw two large star cast pictures of two lions fighting. He wondered what his future would be like as king, or if he'd still have a chance with Vitani. Life was great for Kopa, atleast that day was.