Chapter 1: A New Prince Dumbledore Read outloud.

The old monkey Rafiki watched as the human female begged the other male to spare her child. He knew what was coming, but the spirits instructed him not to interfere with fate.

"Isn't Rafiki that crazy monkey that visited us every now and then?" Harry asked from between his parents.

"Yes." Mufasa said in a curious tone. Did Rafiki know what was going to happen? It sure sounded like it.

"Avada Kedavra!" The male shouted after killing the mother and aiming for the child who had been asleep in his mother's arms when she fell.

Rafiki watched in amazement as the dark magic that had killed the child's parents rebounded on a pink transparent shield around the child and was sent back to the male. His robes crumbled and a ghostly essence flew away into the sky from the hut in the village they resided in.

"Lily's magic in a corporeal form." Severus said in a whispered tone. Harry's eyes watered as he remembered the next few days.

"It was very sad." Sarabi said to her human son. "You kept asking about your parents in infant speech."

Flashback...

"Momma?" Their new son asked in confusion as he looked around for his human parents. "Momma?"

Mufasa sighed at his new son. He'd did this yesterday too.

"Momma." Harry started crying as he sat down on the cave floor as his new father curled around him trying to comfort the bawling infant.

Flashback End...

It is time...Rafiki thought sadly as he crept into the hut careful not to wake the other humans in the village. The infant had awoken and stared at Rafiki with his bright colored eyes with curiosity.

"Hello child." Rafiki chuckled rattling his staff over him making the baby giggle and clap its hands not knowing its mother was dead.

"Always the innocent are the victims of war." Dumbledore said the image.

"Let's get you out of here eh?" He asked gently picking the infant up with his hands carefully cradling him in his arms and hurrying away before the villagers discovered him...Not seeing the several figures who had suddenly appeared out of thin air onto the scene...

"Why did they go to Africa in the first place?" Hermione asked Dumbledore.

"Lily and James where suffering an extreme case of Cabin Fever, as I believe the muggles call it." Dumbledore said. "They had been in their home in Godric's Hollow for the whole year since Harry had been born."

To the Wizarding World, this day was one of great joy, but also great sadness. For many knew Lily and James Potter and would mourn their loss to their dying day. But, The most powerful dark wizard since the legendary Maleficent

"Maleficent was a real witch?" A muggleborn first year asked in shock.

"Many witches and wizards in Muggle myths and legends have existed." His fellow Ravenclaw told him.

had been defeated. By their son, Harry James Potter. The child had vanished in the African village they where residing in and no one knew if he had perished, or abducted, but to this day, on every Halloween, Wizards and Witches raise their goblets and say, "To Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived." For it had been discovered at Hogwarts, that his name still shone in green ink on the future student list.

Mufasa, the king of all the Pride Lands, was cuddling with his mate Sarabi. The loss of their firstborn cub Simba fresh on their minds.

"How did Simba die?" Harry asked his dad.

Mufasa sighed. "He had been exploring at the bottom of Pride Rock." He flashed back to the utter rage he felt for those hyenas that had killed his firstborn cub. "Hyenas had snuck into the Pridelands without my knowledge. They cornered him and..." He could still hear the cries of panic as Simba was picked up in the hyena's jaws before they closed on his back with a sickening CRUNCH. Well, at least it was quick. Mufasa thought with a tear in his eye as he closed his eyes in remembrance of his playful cub. They had left his body where the leader of the pack snapped his spine in two. In primal rage, Mufasa had slaughtered the entire pack leaving only the cubs to fend for themselves. Those cubs where Shenzi, Banzai and Ed. They eventually joined up with the hyena pack that Scar had befriended.

Harry saw the sadness in his dad's eyes and immediately regretted asking the question.

"Hello Mufasa." Rafiki's voice came from the entrance of the cave as the old shaman monkey walked toward them carrying something in his arms.

"Rafiki." Mufasa greeted his old friend. "How have you been?"

"I have seen better days my friend." Rafiki replied "I have good news though." He brightened up making the two lions raise their eyebrows. "I have found you an heir." This made Mufasa start sniffing at the bundle in the monkey's arms. It didn't smell like anything in the Pride Lands, but something he had smelled once before...

"A human child Rafiki?" Mufasa asked in curiosity, then his eyes widened. "You didn't..."

"What did you think he did?" Ron asked the King of Pride Rock.

"I thought he had kidnapped Harry from his parents." Mufasa said simply.

"No-no-no-no-no nothing like that." Rafiki insisted. "The spirits have informed me this child's destiny lie with your Pride." He said in his mysterious voice that made Sarabi roll her eyes. He always took that tone when he did not want to reveal anything crucial.

"What aren't you telling us Rafiki?" Sarabi asked as she uncurled the cloth around the human infant's body.

"I hate it when he talks like that." Mufasa admitted as Harry inhaled the scent of his father's mane.

The child was awake and tilted his head in curiosity at the lioness as she sniffed him. He giggled.

"Hey, it tickles." Harry said in his defense as several girls cooed at the image.

Sarabi's broken heart mended instantly at the sound of his laugh. But then a question came to mind. "What of his parents?" She asked as her mate and King sniffed the child curiously.

"Ah." Rafiki said in sadness as he heard the child giggle and pet Mufasa's mane. "They, are no longer of this world." He bowed his head.

Sarabi looked at her mate who was quite obviously becoming attached to the child already like she herself was. "Do you know his name?" She asked the old monkey.

"Before the mother was killed, I heard her call him Harry." Rafiki said calmly, smiling as Mufasa blew air around the childs messy hair.

"That tickles too." Harry said to more giggles.

"Welcome to the Pride." Mufasa said with a smile at his new son. "Harry." Harry cooed happily and closed his eyes as his new parents nuzzled him.

"The next chapter is called "The Beginning." McGonnagal said as she accepted the book.

To Be Continued...

Well, TWK is finally finished. I started it in January and ended it TODAY. I am EXTREMELY proud of myself.

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