I open my eyes the next morning and stretch. I look around, I don't see Simba or Mufasa. Then I remember. Their dead. I leave the cave in tears. I sit at the edge of Pride Rock and watch the sunrise. "Beautiful isn't it." A voice behind me says. I turn and see that it's only Scar. "Oh um yeah, I guess." I answer sadly. "Isn't it around this time that cubs like to play? He asks me. "I don't have anyone to play with." I answer sadly again. "Oh, well it might be time to make some new friends." He tells me. "Maybe." I say. "You and my nephew were betrothed correct." He says. I nod. "Well I'll make you a deal. In the next few years if you can prove you could be a good queen, I'll make sure you marry my son." I look at him confused. "To do that you have to be a good hunter, a strong lioness, and well this last thing I have no doubt. You have to be beautiful." "Maybe. I say. I'm not interested in marrying Scars son. The only lion I want to marry is Simba. But I'm not gonna tell him that. "I'm off to do my rounds." He says and walks off. I trudge down to the water hole and lay down and silently cry. "What's the matter princess?" I hear a voice that's way too familiar considering we just met yesterday. "What do you want Kono?" I ask "To know what's wrong with you." He answers. "I lost my best friend and the only father figure in my life yesterday. That's what's wrong." I tell him. He rolls his eyes. "You need to get over that. That was yesterday. Hours ago." "It's not that easy getting over the death of lions you care about." I snap. "Whatever, and just so you know I'd take Scars deal. Because then you'd be my queen.' He says "What are you talking about? You're not Scars son." I tell him. "That's true. But I have some valuable information. Zira has had numerous miscarriages in the past. If she gives birth to this one, he might not even live through the night, she's unable to bring a healthy heir. I'll be the only male. I'll be big and strong enough. Scar'll choose me and he promised you to marry the king and that's me. We'll rule the Pridelands together Nala." He tells me " That's harsh." I tell him. "Whatever. See you later gorgeous." He says and trots off. I glare at him and continue to let the tears fall. I look up and see two girl cubs playing. I think their names are Tama and Kula. Tama looks at me and says something to Kula. Then their both looking at me and Kula nods. They walk over to where I am. "Hi, you're Nala right?" Tama asks. "Yeah, you're Tama and Kula?" I ask. "Yep, do you wanna play with us?" Kula asks. "Sure." I tell them. We play tag, have a race, and then I see Tojo, and Chumvi staring at Tama and Kula. "Hey guys, I think Tojo and Chumvi are looking at you." I say. They look at where I'm pointing at Tojo and Chumvi quickly turn away. Tama and Kula blush. "Ok Tama and I have had a crush on them forever." Kula tells me. "Oh, which has a crush on which?" I ask teasingly. Tama answers this time. "I have a crush on Tojo and Kula has a crush on Chumvi, and we noticed you talking to Kono. Is there a chance you have a crush on him." She asks in the same teasing voice I did. "No, no, no, no. I cannot stand Kono he is the one that's talking to me." I tell her. They seem to believe me. "Well, you have to have a crush on someone." Kula says. "I did." They look at me confused. "I had a crush on Simba." I tell them. "Oh sorry." Kula says. "Yeah." Tama says also. "It's ok, um let's play some more." I suggest. They play some more until they here Scar roar. "Let's go back." I say The three of us go back to Priderock. I find my mom and Sarabi as Scar speaks. "Zira and I have decided that we need more hunters. So we've decided that from now on all female cubs are to hunt with their mothers." "What!?" All of us say at the same time. "Scar they're cubs, we haven't trained them yet." My mother says. "Oh it's not hard just sneak up behind your prey pounce sink your claws and teeth in it until it stops moving." Zira says. "They aren't strong, they'd get hurt." Another lioness adds. "Well then have them hunt a mouse or a bird. Something small." Zira says. Everyone sighs. The next morning all the cubs have to hunt with everyone. I'm just about to go down when I'm stopped by Queen Zira. "You know Nala if you are to be betrothed to my son then you must be the best hunter in the pride. You can do that by starting with something bigger. Like a zebra, or antelope." She says. I decide to take her advice. When all the cubs go to the other side of the hunting grounds I follow the adults. I sneak up on a small zebra and I hear my mother say "where's Nala?!" Normally I would say I'm over here but i did that she'd be mad. But if I did good and killed something shed be proud. I pounce on the zebra just as I hear my mom gasp and say "NALA NO!" The zebra jumps and kicks trying to get me off. I'm hanging on as tight as I can. The next thing I know the zebra kicks me off, I'm flying in the air about to go face first in the ground before everything goes black. I wake up in my mothers paws. Once she sees I'm awake she glares. "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING NALA!? YOU COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED!" I pin my ears down in shame. Her face softens. "Nala we said to hunt something small." "I know it's just," I'm about to tell her about Zira. But Ziras outside the cave giving me that don't you dare look. "I wanted to impress you." "Nala when we teach you how to hunt, you can impress us." She scolds. I nod and she says "ok but you're going to be punished alright?" I nod again. "You are not to leave the cave for two days." I nod again. End of part 2