A/N Sequel to A Strange World. This picks up about six months from where ASW left off. The story has four new characters; all cubs :3

This is the second story of the trilogy, the King of the Sanctuary. I do not own Scar or any other Lion King characters; all others I do own though.

Chapter 1

King Scar watched in amusement as Kafil paced around in front of Minerva's covered cave, stopping to glance at the lichen curtain covering the entrance. "If you don't stop, you will wear a path into the ground." He remarked.

Kafil finally stopped and sat down. "My apologies." He sighed, bowing his head. "It's just that I am nervous. This is Savannah's first cub, you know."

Scar nodded. Savannah was Kafil's mate. Kafil was a brown lion, with light brown on his underbelly, chest, snout, toes, ear linings, and eyelids. His mane, which had a large fluff hanging over his orange eyes, and tail tuft were dark brown. His nose resembled a pink Pridelander's.

Savannah, on the other hand, was a golden yellow, with light yellow on her underbelly, chest, throat, snout, ear linings, and eyelids. Her tail tuft was brown, and her eyes were sky-blue. Her nose was like Scar's.

When Scar heard that Savannah was pregnant, naturally he was none-too pleased. As king of the pride, he had to reinforce the rules of breeding privileges. But his mate, Rose, a dark-pelted lioness reminded him that with more cubs, the pride could live on. "And anyway, you forget this isn't Pride Rock. Different prides have different rules." She had said.

After a long talk, Scar decided to allow one or two cubs from the other lionesses of the pride if they wished; but he and Rose had the main breeding privileges, as they were king and queen, and their leaders. No one complained or objected to that.

Finally, an old lioness emerged from inside the cave. She was gray, with off-white on her underbelly, chest and ear linings. Her eyelids and tail tuft were dark gray, and her eyes were a deep purple. She had an Outsider nose, and resembled a cross between Zira and Sarabi. Her name was Minerva, and she was the medicine lioness.

Kafil quickly stood up. "Well? How are Savannah and the cub?"

Minerva smiled gently. "I think you mean to say 'cub' in the plural form." She said in an aging voice.

Raising one eyebrow in confusion, Kafil hurried into the cave. Scar followed him, with Minerva right behind.

Inside were three lionesses. Two were identical twins named Mildred and Matilda, both having peach pelts, with cream on their underbellies, chests, throats, snouts, paws, eyelids, and ear linings. The only difference was their eyes: Mildred had sky-blue, while Matilda had reddish-orange.

The last lioness was Savannah. She was laying on her front, smiling despite her showing exhaustion, and was holding two small dirty-cream and pale brown cubs; they both had their eyes shut tight.

Kafil's eyes widened at the sight. "Twins?" He whispered.

"Double the work." Mildred smirked.

"Pay no attention, Kafil." Matilda rolled her eyes at her twin. "While she may be right on they'll both need attention, you have two perfectly healthy female cubs."

"They're both girls?" Kafil asked. He smiled at Savannah. "What shall we name them?"

"They'll be hard to tell apart until we see if their eyes are different," She pointed out. "But I was thinking Binti and Bora."

"I thought 'Bora' was a male's name." Scar shrugged when Savannah gave him an annoyed look. "But, it isn't my cub, so it's your decision."

At that moment, Rose walked in. She was very different from the other lions: her pelt and tail tuft were black; there was gray on her snout, throat, chest, and underbelly, dark gray eyelids and ear linings, aquamarine eyes, and a black Outsider's nose.

Rose was Scar's mate and queen; she had been for about six months now. When they first met, they hadn't been on friendly terms until Scar said he had just been dropped off from his homeland. She took him to the camp and introduced him to the pride. During the process of about two and a half months, Rose and Scar fell in love with each other.

Rose smiled widely at the cubs. "Oh my! Twins! What a surprise. What are they, and what are their names?"

"Both females, and their names are Binti and Bora, Ro-I mean, your highness." Savannah answered, bowing her head.

Rose rolled her eyes, smiling. "None of the formalities, remember?"

"Right, sorry."

Chuckling, Scar sat down next to her. "Always correcting your friends, eh Rose?"

"You know me so well, Taka." Rose smiled, laying her head on his shoulder. She refused to call Scar by that name, and instead used his real name, "Taka".

A/N Since this is the first chapter, it's kinda short. But it's sort of reintroducing the characters.

The cubs, Kafil and Savannah's, are two new characters, both of which I own. I was looking for female Swahili names, and I saw "Binti" and "Bora" I liked those, so I decided to use them. To see what the girls look like, I have a pic in my gallery on DA. I go as DarkraixCresselia; search "The King of the Sanctuary" It's the long purple drawing with the cubs. Otherwise, just look for me and look in my "Lion King" folder in my gallery, what ever's easiest. Caution though, it shows the other characters (as well as a secret one) so if you don't want to spoil the upcoming characters, don't look.