This is a request from a friend. Since I already had something similar already in works, I figured I'll give it a go. Without further ado, here's the first chapter.

The sun had began her terk over the horizon. Her golden rays spread warmth across the Pridelands. Out of the cave on priderock walked the future queen. The golden orange lioness stopped at the peak and looked down at her future kingdom when either the sunsets on his time here on earth or he steps down. But being queen is the least of her worries, she's ready to take her place as the king's heiress but her mind as been elsewhere. It's been a total year since the joining of the prides and she hasn't been able to conceive yet. She knows that her mate really wants a cub, she does too. With her not able to provide, things have become strained.

The sound of fast apporching paws caused the princess to look over her shoulder to see one of her best friends running out of the cave and over to the edge of the kopje where she watched the brunt orange lioness vomit.

"Zuri!" Both lionesses looked up to see a creamy lioness run over with concerned in her pale green eyes. When she noticed the princess she sighed in relief. "Thank goodness, Kiara. I thought Zuri was out here alone."

Kiara smiled lightly but before she could respond two more lions appeared, a young adult male and a female who happens to be the queen.

"What's going on here?" asked the peachy cream queen.

It was silent among the three younger lionesses before Kiara spoke up. "Zuri is ill. I think she should see Rafiki."

Zuri narrowed her dark blue eyes, "I don't need you to tell me what to do! If you haven't noticed, you're not queen yet!"

Kiara pinned her ears as she looked at her friend with wide brown eyes. "Zuri, I-I-I didn't mean anything by it. I was only suggesting-"

The dark brown male cleared his throat cutting off his mate. "How about I take Zuri to see Rafiki?"

Zuri smiled at the prince consort while Kiara lowered her head. "I'll love that."

Kiara looked from her friend to her mate. "But Kovu, I thought we were going to spend the morning together."

Kovu sighed before embracing the few months younger lioness. "We were but Zuri needs to be escorted and you have morning hunt."

Kiara was speechless, she didn't know what was going on. But she went with it anyway, she gave Kovu a lick on his black nose before following her mother and a few other lionesses that awoken down the slope and into the savannah.

...

It was almost mid afternoon when the hunting party returned. After mutiple unsuccessful hunting attempts, they finally managed to take down a water buffalo. Kiara walked back to priderock with her ears low and her tail dragging. It's no secret that the earlier failures was her fault. She just couldn't focus, she feels that there's a rift between her and Kovu. The excitement, the love is gone.

"Kiara!"

Kiara jumped a bit before shaking her head when she saw it was her younger brother. "Kion!"

The golden yellow, red mane lion smiled sheepishly. "Sorry if I frighten you."

Kiara bumped her brother's head affectionately with hers. "It's alright. I was just deep in thought."

Kion frowned before he informed why he was there. "Dad asked me if I would take you on a border patrol. I'm about to head for the eastern border, now. I thought we would go, since we haven't had much sibling bonding since the Outsiders joined."

Kiara wanted to accept but her mind and heart wasn't in no condition to have fun. "I'm sorry, Kion but I have to have a raincheck."

Kion folded his ears back and nodded. "I understand." he was disappointed but knew that his sister was stressing.

Only no one knew until that drastic day arrived, where everything changed.