AN/ Okay hi guys it's me Lionessed here with my first fanfic ever! So please bear with me. Enough said here it is I hope you like it and please leave a review!

¡!I DO NOT OWN THE LION KING!¡

Nala's P.O.V.

I never thought my life could change so drastically, let alone so quickly, but it did. One moment I'm queen and have a perfect family and a pride that loves me, then the next I'm stripped of my title and exiled, with nobody but a cub my enemy's cub around.

I still can't believe what happened, can't believe that I thought that I could save this cubs life, now I'm sure that I'm leading both Kovu and I to a certain slow and sorrowful death.

I can barely stand to think about it, yet I can't tear my mind away from the memory. I just keep on replaying it in my mind, the animals gathering around priderock, Simba with a death glare written all over his face, me pouncing on him at the last second, his angry roar, us clawing and biting at each other, him screaming the word EXILE, me sprinting away from priderock with Kovu hanging from my mouth, on the verge of bleeding to death.

I blink away the tears as fast as I can. No, I can't think about this. I need to stay strong for Kovu, who has just started regaining consciousness. I need him to think that I rescued his life and was doing the best thing for both of us, not because I pitied his mother and her followers.

I can't help but let out a sob, just the mere thought of my old life makes tears run down my face like a waterfall. I can't believe it. I just can't! The lion who vowed to protect and love me until death did us part, had broken it. And not just the vowel, but my heart and soul along with it.

I can still remember that day, how incredibly anxious I was, how the entire pride was running around frantically in preparation for our wedding, how big and elaborate it was, but compared to what will always remain in my heart for the rest of my life no matter what, it was all just a blur. What remained in my heart wasn't the wedding at all, but the very conversation Simba and I had before everything took place.

Flashback

I was sitting in the den alone waiting nervously for those fifteen minutes to be up, waiting to be able to walk out of that den to see my one true love at the other end, waiting to pledge my love to him.

That's when I heard someone walk into the den, I figured it was either one of my friends or my mother and Sarabi there to congratulate me for the thousandth time that day.

I had no clue how wrong I was. When I looked up I saw a golden lion with scarlet eyes and a matching mane.

"It's bad luck to see the bride before the actual wedding," I teased while trying not to reveal how nervous I was "Or at least that's what everyone says."

"Yeah, but we aren't like everyone else," he replied while pulling me in close. "Besides who even said that bad luck exists?" he whispered into my ear. "All I know is that I love you, and there's nothing in this world that could change that. I don't care whether we are in the middle of a raging war, or if we are the last two lions on Earth, I wouldn't be found anywhere else, but with you, promising to always love and care for one another. I know you're scared,but so am I, as long as we have each other we'll be fine. Nala you are my everything, you saved me from being something I'm not, I don't know what I'd do without you."

"You saved me too," I whispered against his chest, burying my face in his mane. "I love you too, always have and always will. I couldn't imagine being with another lion."

"I'll love you forever," he said.

"Forever?" I asked.

"Forever and after," he said as he liked the top of my head, and with that walked out of the den.

End of Flashback

I've been so wrapped up in the memory and tears that I haven't even noticed that Kovu is fully aware of his surroundings now. I look down at him to see his emerald green eyes piercing into my tear filled aqua ones. I quickly wipe away my tears.

"It's okay Queen Nala," he spoke in a tiny voice as if second guessing his decision to speak. "It's okay if you cry. I really don't mind, to me it shows that you have strength."

"Thanks Kovu," I manage to say through tears, not yet ready to tell him that I wasn't queen anymore and that we couldn't go back to the pridelands without getting killed.

"You can cry all you want," he says "My mother never lets us, so to me it's kinda soothing."

I continue to cry, and cry, and cry, not being able to stop. He's fallen asleep in my arms, reminding me so much of Kiara. That when I let out a roar, a roar of grief, complete and utter grief.

AN/ Okay so what did you guys think of the first chapter? It's kinda short but they'll get better as the story goes on. I want to give credit toPrincessAliTheLioness for helping me out! Check out her stories, especially the one in progressThe United Kingdoms. I hope you liked it so far, please leave a review :) Hopefully I will update within the next week or two. Until then, bye!