Chapter 1: Childhood
Months later, Kopa had grown into the same age when Simba met Nala. He was a bit clumsy, but he was very adventurous; being the son of both Simba and Nala, he was far more adventurous than the two. Unlike the other cubs he lived with, there was a brown fluff of fur on his head, a sign that his mien would grow much quicker than the others. The female cubs were amazed, while the male cubs were all jealous. Because of this, they usually teased him, leaving him friendless as whenever he tried to befriend a female cub, she would always have a brother or friend to fight him off. He, being only one of the youngest of the males, was also one of the weakest, but was highly intelligent, always getting his way out of trouble. His only friends were Timon and Pumbaa, as he considered Zazu a teacher's helper, as he considered Simba as both a father and a teacher.
One day, while exploring the Pride Lands, he saw the boarder that went between the land he stood on and the Outlands. Kopa thought for a moment. "What did father say about the Outlands?" He couldn't remember what he was told not to do. Luckily, Zazu glided over in front of Kopa, blocking the view. "He told you not to go into the Outlands." The bird reminded him. Kopa nodded at Zazu. "That was it," he said walking away from the boarder, "Thank-you Zazu." Just as Zazu began to think Kopa was much more mature than Simba was when he was a cub, Kopa was wondering how to explore the Outlands without anyone noticing. Zazu turned to the Outlands with a glare, and then flew behind Kopa who was running ahead.
In the Outlands Vitani was doing some exploring as well. Really she was looking for her brother, Nuka, who had left her alone in the Outlands' swamp. He seemed much nicer when he was younger. Now Vitani just despised him. As she grew, the other lionesses could tell that she was much braver and cleverer than her brother, despite being younger than him. She also seemed more matured than Nuka, probably because she was a female cub. Another trait of hers that was far greater than Nuka's was her strength. She was smaller, that was true, but she could take down Nuka if she wanted to. In fact, she thought that Nuka was jealous that she had more of Zira's attention than he did. She snickered at the thought. Nuka was always the dumb one anyway. As she was looking for Nuka, Vitani noticed the same boarder that Kopa saw. She went in a crouching position realizing that she had wandered too far from her pride. "The Pride Lands," she hissed, "That's where Simba lives…" She thought of how much her mother hated Simba, and also thought that if she could take on Nuka…could she take on Simba, too? She looked around to see if anyone was there to witness, and seeing that no one was there, decided that it would be safe if she went to see the Pride Lands herself.
Meanwhile, Simba was with Timon and Pumbaa, who were asked by Zazu to do the morning report for him, though only Timon was reluctant to do this. Just then as Timon was talking Kopa came in chasing a fly. "What are you doing son?" He asked. Kopa paused to look at his father. "Pouncing." He answered. Simba lowered himself to Kopa's level and said, "Let an old pro show you how it's done." Timon didn't pay any attention to this, while Pumbaa tried to warn him. Kopa did everything his father told him to do: stay low to the ground, don't make the slightest of noises. "What are you doing Simba?" Timon had finally noticed that Simba wasn't paying attention, but didn't see him anywhere. Pumbaa had also disappeared. "Simba…? Pumbaa…?" The next thing he knew, he was on the ground, Kopa standing on top of him, Simba laughing. "Oh yes, very funny." Timon said sarcastically. He suddenly remembered another part of the report he forgot to mention. "What's wrong, Timon?" Kopa asked getting off of the meerkat, "Stinkbug got your tongue?"
"Simba!" Timon said quickly sat up, "I forgot to tell you, there have been signs of Outlanders! In the Pride Lands!"
Now to Simba this began to seem like a déjà vu, but none the less grew a serious face and went into action. "Timon, Pumbaa, take Kopa home."
"Aw, dad, can't I come?"
"No son."
And with that, Simba left. Kopa pouted as he Timon and Pumbaa left the area back to Pride Rock. "I never get to go anywhere!" Kopa complained. But that wouldn't stay that way for long. With his father away, he had the advantage to go explore the Outlands himself.
A/N:
Yeah, this was a lame chapter, and a total déjà vu to most fans, but the next chapter will be better, I promise.