Disclaimer: I own nothing in this story. All Lion King characters belong to Disney.

Some time has passed since the end of Scar's reign over the Pridelands. Simba was made king and restored order to land, even becoming mates with his cubhood friend, Nala. Now, they had three cubs: Kopa, Kiara, and Kion.

Kopa was the oldest and a mischievous young cub who got his eye and fur colors from Nala's side of the family. Kiara was the middle cub, she was headstrong and slightly rebellious. Kion was the youngest who bore a large resemblance to his grandfather, Mufasa.

Our story begins near the end of the dry season in the Pridelands where Timon and Pumbaa were babysitting the triplets. When the three cubs were born, they had adopted a nephew: a honey badger named Bunga.

"Jeez, Pumbaa! These three are just as bad as Simba!" Timon groaned as he shook some leaves off his body.

"You know how Kiara gets when Simba has us babysit her, Kopa, and Kion." Pumbaa pointed out. "By the way, where's Bunga?"

"I don't know. He's always off with the cubs with that weird 'Zuka Zama' stuff." Timon shrugged.

Unaware to them, Kiara and Kion were racing towards a nearby tree at the waterhole. Kion immediately ran to the tree and brushed his paw against it as Kiara ran over.

"Ha! Beat you to the tree, sis! You're too slow!" Kion laughed at his sister.

"Don't be so competitive, Kion!" Kiara groaned in annoyance. "Where's Kopa and Bunga though?"

"They could be following after us. You know that Bunga likes to ride on either my back or Kopa's." Kion said with a shrug.

Suddenly, they heard rustling from the bushes nearby which made the two cubs jump in fear.

"Kion, did you…?" Kiara asked nervously with a worried expression.

"Yeah, I heard that, Kiara." Kion answered, nodding his head.

Once he said that, a very light yellow figure with a small dark blue creature riding it jumped onto the two siblings.

"Wow, Kopa, that was Un-Bunga-lievable!" Bunga exclaimed in excitement.

"Totally, Bunga!" Kopa nodded.

"Hevi kabisa, Kopa! You almost scared us half to death…" Kion sighed in annoyance.

"Yeah, Kopa, did you HAVE to do that?" Kiara asked.

"Sorry about that…" Bunga chuckled nervously as he sheepishly scratched the back of his head.

"Come on, guys! Have a little bit of fun, won't you?" Kopa laughed.

Kiara rolled her eyes in annoyance as Kion slapped his paw onto his face with a groan. Before he could say anything, a cream-colored figure tackled him.

"Pinned ya!" She exclaimed happily.

"Hey, Tiifu." Kion greeted with a slight smile.

"What did I tell you, Tiifu?! Don't go so fast or I might break a claw!" Zuri, the triplets' cousin, groaned as she ran over to them.

"Breaking claws happens almost all the time, Zuri." Bunga pointed out.

"He's right, you know." Tiifu nodded in agreement, getting off of Kion.

"How about we go somewhere cooler, guys? We can't spend time near the waterhole all the time." Kopa suggested with a mischievous grin.

"Kopa, mom and dad say that we can't stray too far from Pride Rock!" Kiara pointed out.

"Don't be such a wimp, little sis! We're not going THAT far." Kopa chuckled, leading his siblings, cousin, Bunga, and Tiifu towards the area where some antelopes were grazing.

"Are you crazy, Kopa?! Mom, Aunt Panzi, Tiifu's mom, and that Zira lioness dad doesn't like will see us!" Kion hissed in shock.

"I'm starting to think that this could be a bad idea…" Zuri commented nervously.

"Agreed." Tiifu nodded.

They got into crouching position, worried about what could possibly happen…