Disclaimer: I do not own any Lion King characters… duh…

Hi! I'm the craziness known as Anu. I've wanted to do a frickin Lion King fan fic for a long time, sooooo… I am… and you can't stop me, why you'd want to is totally beyond me though. So anyway here we are. This is a prologue cause I feel like starting with a prologue.

Yea… So with out further ado, the story of The Circle of War begins…

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Prologue: The Sun of a New Day

The gold of the new day flooded the Pride Lands. Animals grazed the dew covered grass and moved about the peaceful land. A noise grabbed the attention of the Serengeti animals, carnivore and herbivore alike. Their head shot up, their ears perked to the sound of the king. His roar echoed across the land like an alarm, telling them it was time. It was time to see the heir of their homelands and their livelihood. The former king took well care of the lands and the current took care of them in the same way, but the future king? Who knew what the circle of life would give these animals. They made their to the land mark of the Pride Lands and the home of the king, Pride Rock.

(Inside the pride's cave)

A dark brown lion watched the crowd gather for the presentation from the mouth of the cave. The young king gave a sight sigh. He was so proud to be a father, but he was nervous about it. Sometimes great things can be the worst things of all. Kovu looked back into the cave and saw his dear queen lying on the ground, her front limbs crossed over each other in a loving, yet protective, cradle shape. He smiled warmly as his mate looked back at him. Kiara looked down at her cradling arms and the fluffy cubs that lied within them. Kiara smiled as she saw her parents approaching her. Simba and Nala nuzzled their daughter softly and smiled at their grandcubs.

"They look beautiful Kiara, what are their names?" Nala asked softly.

Kiara looked down to her cradle and the two balls of fur in it. One, a male, was a dark brown color; much like his father, and dark red eyes and the second was a semi albino as her eyes glimmered blue. Kiara looked back to her mother and smiled warmly.

"The dark boy is named Luca and the albino girl is named Nuria" Kiara softly said as she gazed at her cubs.

Nala smiled softly and looked around. The pride was full of life and was much larger than in her cub-hood due to the acceptance of the former outsiders. Simba smiled as his old friend Rafiki walked into the cave. Rafiki walked over to Simba and hugged him. He laughed quietly and walked over to Kiara, smiling at her young cubs. The albino coloring of Nuria was a rare gene, but was dangerous as her ability to camouflage her self in the savannah was lost. Rafiki continued the tradition and broke a gorge; spread the crimson substance on both cubs' foreheads. Then he sprinkled dust over Luca and Nuria. Luca smiled and Nuria shook her small head trying to get the dust out.

Rafiki picked up the two cubs with one in each hand and turned to the mouth of the cave. Rafiki smiled at Kovu and walked toward the end of the mighty rock. All the animals grouped at the site watched with hope at the possible heirs to the kingdom. Rafiki lifted the cubs up to the heavens as rays of light shown upon them. The animals bowed their heads in respect to them. They raised their heads cheering for the new generation of their kingdom. Rafiki smiled and lowered the cubs, walking back the cave and setting the two at Kiara's paws.

"Thank you Rafiki." Kiara thanked.

"Yes, thank you" Kovu said as he walked over to Kiara and nuzzled her.

"It was an honor as always Kiara, Kovu." He answered in his accent.

The lions bowed their head slightly as Rafiki left the cave then looked at the young cubs in the queen's arms. Luca whined a little as he squirmed to his mother's side and started to suckle. Nuria yawned cutely and curled up in her mothers arms. Simba smiled and nuzzled his daughter. Nala walked behind Kiara where most of the other lions stood with some lying down. Nala smiled as there were a few others with cubs.

"Ah yes I remembered some of you had cubs as well." Nala mentioned.

"Yes, Vitani and Dysis had cubs as well." Kovu said as he walked over to Nala.

Nala walked over to the dusty lioness that was Kovu's sister. Vitani looked up at the two and picked up a small cub by its scruff. He was hiding under his mother. Vitani set the cub down and watched him. He was a dusty dark grey color, his limbs dipped in a lighter grey, and two black strips on the front side of all his legs. Vitani's mate was always unknown and she never talked about him. She had come back pregnant after she left the Pride Lands while she was in heat. No one really asked her much because it often put her in a bad mood.

"What's his name Vitani?" Kovu asked.

"His name is Shukka, partially in memory of our dear brother, Nuka" Vitani answered softly.

"It's a very nice name Vitani" Nala answered with a smile.

The other lioness with a cub was Dysis. She was a dark tan color, much like Sarabi with golden eyes. She was a lone lioness who was welcomed into the pride a little after the outsiders were accepted into the Pride Lands. She was badly injured and was carrying her cub at the time. She said her mate had been attacked by a pack of hyenas and she barely got away. Dysis was a very shy and quiet lioness and was usually with the queen. Dysis often gave advice to the king and queen and was happy that Kiara and Kovu allowed her to have her cub.

Dysis smiled as the farmer queen and the king walked toward her. She had been licking her young cub, giving her a bath. Dysis bowed her head slightly in respect. She moved her limbs slightly so her cub could be seen well. She had a very light creamy coat with hazel eyes. Dysis licked her small cub and smiled.

"Her name is Tayen…" Dysis mentioned softly as to not wake her young cub up.

"A very nice name Dysis." Nala answered and smiled. Dysis reminded her of Simba's mother.

Kovu smiled and walked back toward Kiara. He was happy and his life was good. His new rule over the Pride Lands was going good. Kovu looked at his small cubs and sighed in his head. Nuria was going to have to be looked after because of her white fur. The albino would surely have a hard time on her hunts, and if she was in danger… Kovu shut his eyes and shook his head. He shouldn't be thinking of such things, his cubs would be fine.

Yes a new generation had been shown to the animals of the Pride Lands, but the peace of their kingdom would not be as long lived as it was expected. As war was brewing and the Pride Landers would be apart of it whether they wanted to or not...

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Yay! End of the prologue, I hope you've enjoyed it and will continue to read!

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