This chapter isn't the original chapter. Somewhere somehow the first chapter was lost and I can't find it. Hopefully this chapter will make a good replacement. I basically remember some of the chapter so I guess I have something to build up on.

The sun was high in the air and a comfortable breeze ran across the grassy plains. Priderock stood as it always had, proud and proper. Two cubs were playing by a lone tree, clear of foliage and dried up but still alive. "You pounced on my bug! It was my turn Nuza" a small golden lioness cub named Reynah growled.

"No it wasn't! You got the last one remember!" replied a darker golden lion cub, obviously lying in his attempt to trick his sister.

Before Nuza spoke again he was confronted by his sister's paw, the force stung even if she didn't use her claws. The cubs swung at each other until Reynah eventually sent her and her brother into a ball rolling across the grassy land like a basketball rolling across a basketball court.

Meanwhile a silhouette of a large lion walked casually down from the cave inside Priderock and down the steps until the shadow reached the base. The large figure began to walk around the monumental rock but just as it turned left the figure was hit by an orange ball formed by two cubs.

On impact Nuza and Reynah broke apart, Reynah landing on her butt and Nuza landing on his stomach both were speechless and they forced there heads up and looked up at the large shadow giant.

"What are you two doing?" the large lion seemed to cut the tension as he spoke. The sun seemed to hit the lion at just the right moment and angle to hide the shadows facial features in a blanket of black, that is until he brought his head down to cub level.

"Oh its just you Kovu, you kind of scared us their" replied Reynah, snapping out of her fear and sitting up properly, her brother soon following and sitting beside her. "Dumb-Dumb over here took my bug"

"Did not slug breathe!" snapped an annoyed Nuza.

"Yeah huh"

"Nuh uh"

The fighting progressed for around a minute until Kovu attempted to stop it. "How 'bout you both just forget it. Nuza let Reynah get the next bug alright?" he attempted to solve the fight. Kovu spent the next five minutes trying to find equal ground between the brother and sister, eventually he succeeded.

"Fine, sorry for taking your bug, I will let you get the next bug" Nuza apologized, trying to sound as apologetic as he possible could be.

At first, Reynah replied by looking away from her brother, a pout still on her face. "I guess I did sort of overreact" she replied finally facing her brother once again but this time with a grin on her face. "Come on, lets play tag" and with that the two cubs where off to enjoy the rest of the day. Kovu turned around and began his short walk back to Pride Rock.

Meanwhile:

An older lion with a faded red mane stepped out of his royal home to enjoy the sight of the sun, his queen with a faded yet still bright coat stepped by his side. 'Time has treated them well' some say once the king and queen would pass them.

"Look at that Nala, its Nuza and Reynah at it again" the lion with the faded red mane spoke up, his name was Simba and he ruled Pride Rock with a kind heart and swift thinking. Simba looked from on top Pride Rock and saw Kovu, his son in law, trying to stop the bickering brother and sister duo.

"Remember when we were like that? Always playing together and having short fights that were over absolutely nothing and lasted only moments...you always ended up losing the fight" the King's queen grinned, looking back on old times of her youth, it all seemed so long ago.

"Yeah...you still end up winning all the fights" Simba chuckled back at Nala.

Nala placed her head under Simba and the two shared a quick nuzzle. "And I always will..." the queen replied with a grin that clearly showed she was flirting.

"And I'm ok with that" Simba grinned "To be a cub again..." the king sighed looking at his mate who replied with a simple "yeah." The king turned his sight once more to the cubs fighting and just in time to see the cubs go off and play a game of tag. He noticed Kovu and decided to lift his head off of Nala's and address his son-in-law.

"Dang...those two always seem to be fighting, why they won't just get along" spoke the black manned lion as he stepped up Pride Rock.

"Because they're cubs" grinned Simba and he stepped forward to talk to Kovu, of course Nala fell in step beside him. "I'm sure you were just like them when you were young. I know Kiara was" and as if on cue a young yet mature lioness stepped out of the royal den.

"I resent that" Kiara teased her father while walking beside her mate Kovu. "I find it hard to believe cubs could be that hard to raise"

Nala gave Simba a glance that just practically spoke for itself saying {She just said something she will regret}. "So..." the queen began and started to circle around Kiara and Kovu, stepping as if she was as sly as a fox. "You wouldn't be saying that if you had to deal with Simba over there when he was a cub" she smiled, nodding her head over to the direction of Simba when she spoke her mate's name.

"Like you were any easier" Simba replied with a friendly smug. "As I recall it wasn't just me that accidentally led a swarm of angry bees to Priderock" a grin came to not only Simba's mug but Nala's as well.

"I bet you two weren't as bad as you bragged, me and Kiara could deal with you two easily" Kovu had just made a gamble that in the long run he couldn't win, it was a joke indeed but...

"Did someone mention a' bet?" an oddly colored primate by the name of Rafiki swung in from a lone branch sticking out from Priderock. "Rafiki can make it happen" the aged primate always had a soft spot for gambling

"How so?" Simba questioned even if over the years he learned not to question the magic man who has an answer to absolutely everything.

"With this of-course" Rafiki pulled a gourd off of his staff and snapped it in half revealing a blue liquid with chips of gourd that reflected the light giving it a sparkly appearance as well. "So what are the stakes?" he asked.

Nala, the brains of the couple (Simba and Nala) was the first to speak up. "If we win and you cannot handle me and Simba until the spell wares off then Kiara has to hunt in my place and let me sleep while Kovu takes inventory on the Pridelands"

Kiara, the lioness who wears the pants in her relationship spoke up "Fine but if we win then you and Dad are going to have to sleep outside for a week"

Simba finally had a chance to speak, "Deal, Rafiki give us what yeah got" which ended the discussion of the terms of the bet. Rafiki placed the gourd half on the ground and Simba began to lap at it, his mate quickly following, giving a friendly one-eyed death stare up to her daughter and son-in-law.

"So now what" The red manned king spoke. "Do we just-" The King was cut off when suddenly his vision began to blur. The breeze picked up and before he knew it he and his mate were surrounded by a small tornado.

"Wasn't it you would said {To be a cub again}?" The queen chuckled, her voice getting noticeably higher as she spoke. No one could see it but she was getting significantly smaller and even began to get a lighter coat.

"Well now we can live the glory days right?" a high pitch voice came, it was Simba who had already had only half the mane he did before taking the potion.

A replacement is never as good as the original and I'm sorry for that but I tried my best to give my newer readers a chapter that will allow them to follow the story without a WTF moment right in the first chapter. Also, I wrote this whole thing on my Ipod so I guess sorry if It turned out weird, however I think it turned out just fine.

I hope you all forgive me but I don't know where the original was. If I did it would be reposted but I can't...its gone forever. Thank you for understanding and I'm sorry for the slight differences.