King Anka held his daughter in his mouth while walking in the long grasses of the African plains. King Anka had just lost his mate, his family, and the rest of the Aboye pride. He laid down and set his cub on the ground. Anka heaved a heavy sigh and looked at his daughter. She lay there sleeping not knowing what had happened to her mother and family.
Meanwhile: Kiara and Kovu layed side by side looking to the stars up above and asked the great ancestors "Why have you not blessed us with a cub of our very own. Kovu I don't how much longer I can take without having a cub." "Kiara I know how you feel, but our ancestors will bless us with a cub when we are ready," Kiara got up and started walking to Pride Rock with Kovu right behind her. Kiara passed Vitani playing with her cub.
Kiara ran even faster away with tears flooding her eyes. Kiara ran in to the den and layed down in a heap of moans and sobs. Kovu ran to her side to comfort her in this time of need. " Kovu I can't even stand to look at other cubs without crying." "Kiara I know but we have to stay strong to protect the pride. If we don't everyone will be harmed."
Simba was out on the borders when he found a dead lion with a young cub crying. Simba checked to make sure the lion was dead picked the cub up and took her to the den. Simba asked Kovu to get Kiara to show her ther cub. Kiara came out of the den and when she saw the cub she walked straight to her. She picked the cub up and started giving it a bath. Kovu just sat there and smiled looking at Kiara in a motherly state. Kiara and Kovu decided to name the cub Akeyla.
Kiara took motherhood well. Early in the morning she would leave and return with a small gazelle and some milk for Akeyla. Akeyla grew up not knowing who her real parents were. Akeyla grew up with the other pride land cubs. Akeyla spent most of her time with Ama ,a cub a little older than her, the two got in truble a lot. Where you found one you found the other. Akeyla would find herself in a lot of sticky situations.
On a hot summer day Akeyla and Ama were playing by the river on the north side of ther pride lands when they saw a little mouse scurrying across the ground. As a natural response to being a lion they followed the mouse out of the border in the old Aboye pride lands. Ama noticed an odd smell lingering in the air. She could not put her finger on the smell so she kept on following the mouse.
Akeyla became iritated when the mouse ran in a hole. When they decided to head homw the two did not reognize their surondings. Ama started walking in the opposite way they came. "Why were we so stupid to come all this way for a dumb mouse" wailed Akeyla. "Oh would you please stop your whining. The one thing we have to fear is our parents killing us for running off." Ama said in reply.
The two cubs kept walking until off in the distance they saw a faint Pride Rock. The two broke off at a run until an outlander stepped in front of them. "Aww what puny little cubs wandering without an adult lion in sight." Ade the outlander said to the cubs. Akeyla puffed out her chest and proclaimed "If my father and mother hear about this you will be dead meat!" Ama replied saying " Yah so you better back off you filthy outlander." Ade questioned who Akeyla's parents were. As soon as Akeyla told Ade who her parents were he ran off with out a doubt in his mom.
Akeyla and Ama just laughed. The two broke off at a run to beat the other to Pride Rock. Ama reached the rock fisrt and proclaimed herself the Queen Lioness of the Pride Lands. "Show off, I just let you win.",Akeyla said in disgust.
"And where have you two been. We have been looking for you two." Kiara said in an irritatated tone. The two were escorted to the cave. After everybody was asleep Akeyla left the den and went and sat on Pride Rock looking down on the other pride animals. She looked and in the distance she saw Girrafes walking along the sunset. As she sat there she thought how that one day all of this would be under rule. Akeyla started dosing off when Kovu came out and woke her up to tell her the stories of her ancestors. Kovu pisked her up in his mouth and carried her back to the den. He layed her down next to Kiara's side.
When dawn aproached Ama woke Akeyla up and they went to the edge of Pride Rock to look at all the animals coming out of their sleeping forms. Ama pointed to strange figures running through the Pride Lands. Akeyla ran straight to her father. He woke up with a start and ran to these foreign invaders. Kiara woke up with a start. Kiara started wailing in pain. The other lionesses took her to the bottom of Pride Rock to visit Rafiki. Akeyla tried to follow but Leona ,Ama's mom, held her back and told her to go play with Ama.
Kovu came back with a few scratches. He told Akeyla that she is not to leave the den without an adult. "Who were the invaders,Daddy?" "Kiara after I answer this you will not ask anymore questions, They were the hyenas." Kovu walked away to visit Kiara. That night as Akeyla was going to bed she noticed her mom had not come back from Rafiki's. Leona told her that her mom and dad would not be sleeping there tonight. Akeyla slept with her grandma and grandpa, Nala and Simba. Akeyla woke up before anyone else had. She walked to the tip of Pride Rock and started crying.
She started balling until Nala came up to her to help comfort her. "Akeyla everything will be ok." Nala cooed. "I know but is mom ok?" "She will be fine. Would you like to go for a walk down to the watering hole?" The two walked down to the watering hole. Ama was up by the time they they got back. Ama and Akeyla played under the carefull watch of Simba. Ama ran up in down the path upto the top waiting for akeyla to catch her until Kovu walked up the path and walked into the den, collapsed and fell asleep. Simba told Ama and Akeyla t olet Kovu sleep. They both agreeded reluctantly.
Leona walked up to the two and asked them if they would like to see Kiara. The two nodded their head vigurously. As soon as the three reached the tree of Rafiki Ama and Akeyla were told to be very quiet. Akeyla walked up to a lump of fur asleep in a bed of leaves and grass.