Disclaimer: I don't own lion king but I do own Nikisha, Misti, Kisha, Sisha and Krooger!

The Lion King 3: The Dark Cub (Chapter 1)

It was morning in the Pridelands and Kiara was about to give birth to their newborn cub.

Just then, inside the den, Kiara screamed in pain once again which made Kovu outside the den even more worried for Kiara and their newborn cub.

Back inside the den, Nala said, "Don't give up, you're almost there."

Kiara replied, breathing very fast, "I'm not sure if I can do it."

Nala replied back, "No Kiara, you must not give up."

Nikisha then said, "Come on Kiara, you're almost there."

Back outside the den Kovu was pacing back and forth and eventually asked Simba, "Do you think…she'll make it?"

Simba replied, "Of course she will, she won't give up that easily."

Just then, Kovu and Simba heard another painful roar, so they ran towards the cave, but 2 lionesses jumped out in front of them, blocking them from getting in.

Misti and Kisha were the two lionesses blocking their way as Kisha said to Kovu, "Don't worry Kovu, Kiara's going to be just fine. So just calm down for a few minutes."

As Simba stepped back, he watched his son in-law struggle to break free of the lionesses as Kovu yelled, "Calm down? CALM DOWN? My mate is suffering and you expect me to calm down!"

Back inside the den, Kiara was getting very close to giving birth to Pride Rocks new heir to the throne.

Kiara's fur was completely soaked in sweat as she started clawing the ground in pain. Sarabi then said, "Okay Kiara, one last push."

Kiara, still breathing heavily, replied, "Okay, okay." So Kiara took a deep breath and pushed one last time while screaming in pain!

After the next few minutes of pain, Nikisha said, "You did it Kiara, you gave birth to our new heir."

Kiara then said, feeling really tired, "Really, what is it?"

Just as Nikisha nodded, Rafiki smiled and said, "Congratulations Kiara and Kovu, you just gave birth to a healthy baby girl."

The cub had brownish-tan fur, brown eyes like her mother, and a white-creamy underbelly. Just as Kovu and Simba came in, Simba said while smiling, "Congratulations Kiara."

As Kiara's breathing returned back to normal, Kiara replied, "Thanks daddy."

The two gave each other a short nuzzle as Vitani came up to Kovu and said, "Well, congratulations brother, you're a father now."

Kovu replied, with a small smile, "Thanks Vitani."

As everyone congratulated the new couple, Rafiki came up to them and said, "It is time to present the new heir to the throne."

As Kiara and Kovu both smiled, they followed Rafiki to the tip of Pride Rock. When they got there, Kovu felt a little nervous because he dad never done this before and he had joined together with Kiara and the Pridelanders. Kiara, seeing his expression, smiled and nuzzled him. Rafiki to the cub from Kiara's mouth and showed it to all the animals in the Pridelands. Kiara, for the first time, just saw her grandfather, Mufasa, and smiled as the wind brushed against her fur. Kovu then looked up and saw Mufasa, the lion who he was taught to hate was looking down at him, as the wind brushed up against his brown fur and mane. Kovu then put on a little smile.

After the presentation was done, Rafiki put some juice on the cubs' head as Kiara and Kovu nuzzled their new born baby girl.

Kovu then laid down beside Kiara and said, "Congratulations dear."

As Kiara smiled at him, she nuzzled him lovingly and replied, "Thanks Kovu."

As Kovu nodded, Kiara and Kovu turned toward their newborn baby girl. Kovu then nudged the cub and said, "Hello there."

The cub turned to see who it was, but quickly lost interest and tucked her head back into Kiara's chest. Kovu then asked, "Well, what do you want to name her?"

Kiara thought for a bit, then answered, "How about Sisha."

Kovu smiled, then replied, "Sisha it is then."

Kiara then said to the cub, "Hello my little Sisha."

Sisha looked up at her and gave a short meow, then tucked her head back into Kiara's chest.

Kiara smiled then said to Kovu, "Well, I'm really tired Kovu, so I'm going to rest a little, okay."

Kovu nodded and asked, "Do you want me to stay here with you?"

Kiara giggled a bit, then replied, "If you want, you can."

Kiara smiled and nuzzled Sisha and then laid her head back down on her paw and took a short nap.

Kovu then said to himself, "She's so beautiful, I love the way how she always smiled at me with her shining brown eyes. Well, since she's napping, I think I'll go ahead to then."

Kovu then licked Kiara's cheek, smiled and nuzzled Sisha, then started resting.

Meanwhile, back at the boarders of the Pridelands and Outlands, a lion named Krooger said to himself evilly, "Excellent, once the cub is able to go out on it's own, I can take her away from Kovu and Kiara and raise it to be the most, most heartless killer there's ever been!"

As he started laughing evilly, he disappeared back into the shadows.

Well, what did ya think? Yeah, I know that you have already read this before, but I would appreciate, if it's not to much to ask for, R&R each chapter. Anyway, I promise to do my best to Update this story and, "Kiara's Pride," as much as possible, okay." I'm actually going to re-post all of my previous stories that were deleted and put them back up soon, okay!

Anyway, I'm not sure when my stories will be updated, because I've also been quite busy, so I hope you enjoyed the 1st Chapter and will R&R!

But for now, Please R&R!!

-Kovu 114