Through the savanna night, the only sound you can hear was the sound of an adolescent male lion panting, and the sound of growling and barking made by the hyenas. This male lion was the great Ahadi, ruler of the Pridelands. You may be thinking, why is he running...instead of fighting...?

Before Ahadi was king, he was rouge. He belonged to another pride. His parent died when he was a cub, and he's been forced to steal from others. Ok back to the story.

Ahadi hid behind a nearby boulder. The hyenas stopped and sniffed the air. They ran in the other direction. Ahadi stuck his head from behind the rock. The only thing left from the hyenas, were there paw prints. Ahadi turned around in circles and laid his head on his paws. How could he sleep? He didn't get anything to eat, since he was caught eating the hyena's kill.

"Don't worry, you'll make it through the night," thought Ahadi.

The sun began to rise over the Savannas. Ahadi's eyes were wide open. He could barely sleep. He stood up and stretched. He turned around. His eyes widened with surprise. There was a huge rock behind him. He had to take a closer look at this...this thing. He crept towards the rock, trying not to be seen. As he got closer, a paw stepped down by his face. Ahadi quickly looked up. It was a young cub. Now meet Uru. She is the princess of the pride rock. She is a brown cub with a blaze on her head. The cub cocked her head.

"Who are you," asked Uru.

Ahadi stared at her big eyes.

"I was trying to see what that rock was..."

Uru began to laugh.

"That rock is pride rock; silly...everyone knows that..."

Ahadi stared at the rock.

"So majestic," he thought.

Ahadi stood up. A tan lioness spotted him. She ran towards Uru. This lioness was Queen of PrideRock, and Uru's mother. The lioness let out a roar.

"Why have you stepped into our lands?"

"Please listen, I mean no harm, I just came to look at this rock you call home..."

Uru's mother stared at Ahadi. She could tell if he was lying. He wasn't lying.

"You must meet the land's wisest being..."

Uru's mother guided Ahadi to PrideRock. Uru was behind her mother. A male lion stepped out of the cave. This was the king of PrideRock. He was Uru's father. He walked up to Ahadi and stared.

"You've been through a lot, you've been forced to steal and you've never had a home...now you have one," said the King.

"Just like that?"

"What is your name," asked the King.

"Ahadi."

"Mine is King Mohatu, and this is my mate, Kamaria...and our daughter Uru.

The next day, Ahadi was the first to be awoken. He walked towards the edge of PrideRock. Uru ran up beside him.

"No, not you..."

As Ahadi lay down, Uru squirmed her body inside of his paws. Ahadi rolled his eyes. Uru began tugging at Ahadi's mane.

"Ah, look at them Mohatu, Uru has taking quite a liking to Ahadi. It's good to see her so happy, especially since she doesn't seem to get along well with other kids."

"Ha ha, I'm amazed at how well he tolerates her antics. Are you sure it's okay?"

"What do you mean?"

"Letting our little princess run around this rouge. I mean he does seem safe enough, but how can we trust him?"

"He may be rouge around the edges but he just needs a little guidance, remember."

"Can't you see he needs her more than she needs him...?"

"Yeah you're right...he does make her happy."

"You should take him out and teach him the ropes of the pride lands..."

Night seemed to have come faster.

"Hey, Ahadi..?"

"Hmmm."

"My daddy always tells me that the great kings of the past are up there, did your pride believe in that..?"

"Well I didn't get along well with my father, and I don't care to remember much from my pride."

"Oh well, do you think the great kings are up there?"

"Sounds like a bunch of fairy-tales."

"Well *yawn*, fairy-tale or not, your star will be the biggest...well maybe after daddy's."

Ahadi stared as the young cub went to sleep. He carried her off back towards PrideRock. He dropped her by her mother. Then Ahadi curled up and fell asleep.

THE END