Kion and Kopa: Save the PrideLands
Introduction: Simba and Nala, the king and queen of Pride Rock, are aging. Anytime now they'll step down and pass their crowns to Kiara and Kovu. But just after the events of The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, Simba and Nala have two new children, both are males. The first is Kopa, and the second is Kion. The time has come for the queen and king to step down. And Kopa and Kion are now young adults. But a new danger is coming. A danger they have never faced before...In the boys life. They're setting fire to the grass. Hunting other animals with unusual weapons, and in flesh and blood, destroy the kingdom of Pride Rock...
Kion is stalking through the tall but thin grass. He was practicing his hunting skills. Then he caught his dummy.
"Pinned ya!" Kion said.
"Let me up!" Kopa said.
"I won round 1! Your turn!" Kion said, laughing to his victory.
"That doesn't count, Kion! I wasn't paying attention!" Kopa protested.
"Still counts as a win." Kion taunts.
"Kion! Kopa!" Their mother, Nala, called.
"Hey, Kopa. Race ya." Kion said as he dashed back to Pride Rock.
"Hey! No fair!" Kopa shouted as he tried to keep up.
Arriving inside Pride Rock, Simba, their father, was about to make an announcement to the entire lion pride.
"I announce to Pride Rock, friends and family, that me and my wife Nala, are stepping down as king and queen. At the end of the wedding of Kovu and Kiara by tomorrow, we will pass our crowns to them." Simba announced.
"What?" Kion said, surprised. "You can't! The Pride needs you!"
"Kion, I understand how you feel. But Kings and Queens come and go." Simba said.
Disappointed, Kion exits the room.
'They can't do this.' Kion thought to himself.
"You don't understand, do you?" Simba walks up to him.
Kion nods 'no'.
"You know Kion, in times like this, you have to accept the facts. When your grandfather died, I had to accept it. My buddy Timon says when things happen, especially bad things, you can't do anything about it." Simba explained.
"But you CAN change this! Right?" Kion said.
"Kion, as we get older, our bodies become weaker. So me and Nala's bodies are getting weaker, and we need someone to take our place. In my and Nala's case, Kovu and your sister, Kiara." Simba explained again.
Kion still looks disappointed. But he had accept the fact to accept facts.
Then Kion saw something orange-red. He looked closely and he saw the light grew and grew. He started to hear the sounds of fire cackling. Simba noticed it too, and warned Kion.
"Kion, lets get out of here!" Simba said.
They ran from the roaring fire, spreading across the grass surrounding the Pride Lands.
Kion and Simba ran back to Pride Rock as fast as they could, but Kion looked back...and saw a face in the smoke.
"Kion! Move out of there!" Simba shouted.
Kion, shocked by the mysterious face he saw in the rising smoke of the fire, ran faster as he tried.
They almost reached Pride Rock, they warned the other lionesses to get inside for there is a fire. They all retreated inside, but before Kion went in, he looked back to see the face again, and it was still there. This time, he looks like he was laughing. And Kion heard his evil cackle, and so did Simba.
"Kion, what are you doing?! Get inside!" Simba shouted.
Kion rushed inside, still terrified about the face in the fire.
"Kion, why were you stopping all the time? You could've got yourself killed out there, or burned!" Nala said, worried but relieved.
"Mom, I saw another lion's face in the fire's smoke. He laughed."
Simba heard it too.
"Father, do you know who is that?" Kion asked.
"Come, Kion. I'll tell you. Privately." Simba says as he looked at the other lion/lionesses.
"I saw him too, Kion. That was my uncle Scar." Simba said. "He destroyed the Pride Lands once when he was king." Simba said.
"What does it mean? Why did he appear like that?" Kion asked.
"Once, Kion, I was haunted by his ghost. But your mother helped me get over it."
"Whats a ghost?" Kopa came in.
Simba smiled a bit. "A ghost is your soul or spirit. Once you pass away, your soul escapes your body."
"Where does the soul go after is 'passes away', dad?" Kopa and Kion eagerly listened.
"We don't know. But what I believe, is the good...will be in paradise." Simba said, feeling a small presence of his father, Mufasa.
"What does 'haunt' mean?" Kion asked.
"Haunt is a word that means something is scaring or making you worry throughout a circumstance. Like when my father died and Scar told me it was my fault, it 'haunted' me for days. It scared me. And thats what haunt means."
"Is there any way that we can't be haunted?" Kopa asked.
"When you feel troubled, think of your family, instead of focusing on your fear. Because when you see and feel fear, you can't see and feel joy because you don't think it. Let that be a lesson to you, both. When the fire started a few minutes ago, I didn't worry. I thought in my mind we'd be safe throughout the rampaging fire, and life too." Simba said.
"Thanks, dad." Kion and Kopa said in unison as they left to play.
"Quite an interesting conversation, you three had." Nala said behind Simba's back, shocking him a bit.
"You were behind us all this time? How'd you get here?" Simba asked his wife.
"This is the hallway, Simba. There is more than one exit here." Nala said.
Simba made a poker face. He can't believe he just had a private talk with his boys, in the HALLWAY. Anybody could have heard their conversation. But its a life lesson, everybody has got to learn that.
Just then, Zazu approached.
"King Simba," he said as he bowed down. "I have made arrangements for the wedding ceremony of future King and Queen Kovu and Kiara. I suggest you shall observe these arrangements immediately if we were to celebrate tomorrow morning, sire." Zazu said.
"OK, Zazu. I'll check them out." Simba said as he walked to the meeting room.
The next morning...
The entire savannah gathered to attend the wedding ceremony of Kovu and Kiara. Zazu was about to make an announcement.
Zazu cleared his throat first, to alert the crowd of animals.
"Thank you for coming here at Pride Rock, to celebrate the wedding ceremony and coronation of Prince Kovu and Princess Kiara. We shall proceed immediately."
Rafiki then came up, Kovu and Kiara by his side. Rafiki then shook his stick above the engaged couple.
"Dearly beloved. We are gathered here today to celebrate the wedding and coronation of Kovu and Kiara. May our ancestors be proud, for once there was evil between the two lands here in the savannah, and these two brought a sign of peace. I now pronounce you: King Kovu, and Queen Kiara!" Rafiki announced.
Then Simba and Nala came up in front of Kovu and Kiara with a smile.
"You have our blessing. Keep your marriage and royalty a tight bond between you two, for when two become husband and wife, they become one in the soul." Simba said, as they both bowed down to each other.
"Long live the King and Queen!" Simba roared.
"Long live the King and Queen!" The crowd repeated and rejoiced, although it scared some birds that landed on Pride Rock.
The savannah celebrated by dancing with an African beat. Then all too soon the ceremony ended, but it wasn't too late for a good normal day. It was only an hour after noon.
"Uncle Kovu! Uncle Kovu!" Kion and Kopa were jumping excitedly.
"What is it, cuties?" Kovu said.
"Congratulations!"
"Thank you, Kion and Kopa. Its a pleasure to be part of your family." Kovu said.
"Well, our dad says we are one in the soul, so you probably were in our family since we were born." Kopa said.
"Its true, Kopa. We are one in the soul." Kovu said as he rubbed both of their heads.