The young Queen was panting from all the yelling. "I'm sorry! I'm a horrible Queen!" she screamed and ran out of the cave.
"Kiara! Wait!" Simba couldn't stop her.
"Simba, let her go. She needs time.. this is her first day. I'm sure she'll make it." said Sarabi, placing her paw on her son's shoulder. Kovu hung his head.
'She's probably under a lot of stress...' he thought. He walked inside the cave and lay there, circling his claw on the rocky cave floor, thinking about what his mate had just admitted. She wasn't a very good queen; she didn't know how to hunt, she was stressful and so many reasons. But Kovu could certainly help.
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The young queen ran out and sat at the waterhole, staring at her reflection and sighing.
"I..I can't believe I upset mother." she huffed. She lay down and closed her eyes. "But.. I might be able to make it up to her!"
The young queen remembered something.
Flashback...
The young princess glanced over the borders, sat from the small perch right at the foot of Pride Rock.
"Kiara?" The Princess turned around to find her grandmother behind her. "Is everything alright?" she gave a warm smile.
"Not really, Nana Sarabi... Father seems mad at me for playing with.. that Outsider." the princess replied, sadly.
"Kovu?" Sarabi repeated, her amber eyes glowing with hope and peace. "To earn your father's trust, you need to show how much you love him, apologise and explain that you didn't know, you were curious you were-" she was cut off.
"That will probably work. Thanks Nana!" said the cub, nuzzling up to her grandmother and then scurrying off to find the king.
End of Flashback...
"That's it!" said the queen, excited. "I need to apologize to the rest of the Pride." She galloped back to the enormous kopje, gulping before taking her first step inside.
"Kiara?" gasped Kovu, Simba and Vitani, who were all crowding around Nala.
"Mother, father, Kovu, Vitani.. can you call the rest of the Pride? There's something I need to do." Kiara gulped, smiling weakly.
Vitani nodded and ran out where her calls could be called. The Pride entered the cave and took their places. Chatters and whispers filled the air and Rafiki was there, too.
"We have gathered here because Kiara, Our Queen, had something to announce to the Pride." said Kovu, smiling at the Pride and stepping off of the royal platform.
"My dear Pride, I'm so sorry. I was acting inappropriate and childish when I should've really acted like a Queen. My apologies. I will challenge myself to be patient and more 'Queenly' to you all... thank you." as she said those final words, she walked over to Kovu who dismissed the Pride. "I'm sorry, mother.. I shouldn't have took advantage of those words or even used those words."
"It's okay, darling. You didn't know," said Nala, nuzzling her daughter.
"I'm sorry Kovu. I pushed you too far.. can you forgive me?" asked the queen, smiling at her husband.
"Yes. I was .. kinda stubborn, too." said Kovu nuzzling back.