Just adding more chapters I've done already…

Chapter 2:

"Mum! Hey mum!" yelled Chaka excitedly, running over to Kiara, who was sunning herself on a rock with Nala and Timira, her friend. "Mum! Guess what we did!"

"Hm, I wonder what?" Asked Kiara, propping herself up and nuzzling her son.

"We raced to the waterhole but we bumped into a leopard! Then he chased us all around but in the end he gave up 'cos we were too fast! He said so himself!"

"Are you sure he didn't just let you get away?" asked Timira, an amused glint in her eye.

"Well… I don't think so…"

Nala smiled. "You must have had to ditch the dodo to do that!"

Chaka tried not to look guilty. "Well, we just thought he needed a break, you know…his feathers are turning all grey!"

The lionesses laughed, each knew Zazu as a cub.

"C'mere, you little smart-alic!" laughed Kiara, grabbing Chaka by the scruff on his neck. "Looks like after all that running around you got dirty!" And she began to lick him clean.

"Ok mum, but please hurry up! The others are waiting near the pond by that big boulder! And, is there any food? I'm hungry!"

"Not yet, sweetie, auntie Vitani and the rest haven't come back yet."

"Oh, ok. Ouch! Muuum! Watch the mane!"

Soon, Chaka was clean and he ran off to play with his friends: Tiza, (Daughter of Dotti, an ex-outlander) Koda, (Iza's son, Iza was Dotti's sister) Shana, (Kula's youngest daughter. Kula was a friend of Nala's since cubhood.) And Zara, (Daughter of Razina, a pridelander about Kiara's age.)

For a moment the lionesses gazed after Chaka, not believing that he was the cub that everyone thought was going to die. He had stayed alive for a week, and then Rafiki announced that he was strong enough to live after all. The traditional presentation of the heir to the throne took place a little later than usual, but it was done nonetheless, and all the animals rejoiced over the young cub, as well as the pride, who felt as if the light that seemed to have left them was just blocked out by the clouds, and had now shone through again. Sadly, Sarafina and Sarabi died shortly after, but they knew that they were happy now, especially Sarabi, who was finally united with her mate. They all looked on proudly after Chaka.

"Hey guys! What 'ya doing?" Said Chaka cheerfully, bounding over to the other cubs by the pond.

"Sh! What does it look like, genius?" Replied Koda, who was lying low to the floor, hidden by the tall grass. The others were doing the same, except Zara, who was chasing a bird up a tree a little further off. Then Chaka realised what they were doing; they were trying to catch a frog or two, as the large pond was full of them.

"Can I catch one?" He whispered, tiptoeing over next to Shana.

"Yeah, sure." She replied. "But be very quiet!"

A hunter's grin spreading across his face, Chaka found a large frog sitting on a small rock, right by the water's edge. He crouched down in the grass, lay low to the ground, crept forward…and…

SNAP!

Everyone jumped as a branch on the tree above them snapped, and Zara fell, yelling as she toppled down and splashed into the pond, soaking everyone. The frogs yelped and jumped back into the pond.

"Nice work, Zara, look what you did!" Said Koda agitatedly, leaping to the edge of the pond as Zara surfaced, spitting out water.

"Oh come on, I just stepped on a slightly thinner branch!" groaned Zara, swimming back to shore.

"Couldn't even climb a tree properly?" snickered Tiza, and they all burst out laughing.

"Very funny (!)" Said Zara sarcastically, coming out of the water and shaking her wet sides.

"Are you ok?" asked Chaka, even though he was giggling himself.

"I'm fine, ok? But it wasn't funny!"

"No, you're right," Said Koda, forcing on a serious face. "It was VERY funny!" And everyone burst out into fits of laughter again. Even Zara smiled in spite of herself, but she wasn't letting him get away that easily.

She took him by surprise and knocked him straight into the water!

"HEY!" He yelled, pulling her down too. They then splashed each other happily in the pond, and the other three laughed and jumped in themselves.

Soon they all got hungry and crawled out of the pond, beginning their walk back home. The hunting group should have come back by now, and hopefully they were successful.

"What was that?" asked Zara, pausing suddenly and looking hard at a clump of trees, her ears twitching.

"I'm sure it was just a snapping branch. Maybe we should go and have a look; a lost cub may have fallen out!" chuckled Tiza, walking on with her cousin. In a second she was leapt on by Zara, and the two tumbled on together, pinning each other down playfully. The rest joined in too, and Chaka found himself against Koda. But Koda was older than him, and already had a tuft of mane growing on his head, and pinned him down easily.

Without noticing, they all tumbled through the bushes and down into a ditch, where they lay in a heap on top of each other.

"Oof, get off me!" Came a muffled voice from somewhere underneath. They all got up and began to climb up. Chaka may not be good at fighting, but he loved climbing, and quickly got to the top. But just as he parted the bushes, he saw something that made him freeze in surprise and fear.

"What is it?" asked Shana, getting up next to him.

"Shhh!" he whispered. "Look!"

They peered out to see a lion with golden fur and a red-ish brown mane. They could have mistaken him for Simba at first, but with a closer look they saw that the lion looked quite different. Infact, as the rest of the cubs poked their heads out a bit and stared, they realised that they had never seen this lion before, and a sudden fear took place inside them. After a while, he padded away, getting lost amongst the trees and bushes.

"Told you I'd heard something!" whispered Zara, but fell quiet again, thinking about what this all meant. All of the cubs had been told that unknown lions could be dangerous, and that they had to tell someone in the pride if they saw one.

After a while, the cubs crept out and then, once they were sure that the lion was gone, ran straight for Pride Rock. They were running so fast that they crashed straight into Tama and Kula, both friends of Nala since cubhood.

"There you are! Where were you?" said Kula, smiling at the sight of the cubs.

"At the pond, mama!" said Shana, relieved to see them. "But we're not that late, why were you looking for us?"

"Well…" smiled Tama, turning to Chaka. "I've got some good news; you're a big brother now, Chaka!"

For a moment, Chaka stood there, taking in this information as the other cubs stared at him. Then he jumped up. "A big brother?! Wow! Why didn't anyone tell me before?!" he cheered, as his friends congratulated him.

"Your parents wanted it to be a surprise." Beamed Kula, though she and Tama knew that it was also because they didn't want another disappointment, a sadness for the two cubs that died at birth still hung around. "Do you want to see them then?" she asked, starting to walk towards Pride Rock.

"Alright!" Said Chaka excitedly, running ahead of them with the other cubs.

As soon as they reached Pride Rock, Timira, who had been waiting outside the cave for them, bounded forward.

"Mum!" She yelled, coming up to Tama and nuzzling her. "They're two girls! They're beautiful! Come inside!"

This time the scene in the cave was as it should have been: the two proud parents and grandparents gazing at the new-borns, with the rest of the pride forming a circle around them, including Timon and Pumbaa, who were soaking Zazu with tears of happiness. Chaka bounded straight to them.

"Mummy! Daddy!"

"There you are, Chaka! Come and look at your sisters!" smiled Kiara, licking the tiny cubs. As the new arrivals looked at the cubs and wondered over names joyfully, Vitani came up to her half-brother.

"Congratulations Kovu, you've finally got some girls in your family!" She said, and Kovu answered with a smile, then asked Kiara something.

"So what are their names?"

Kiara beamed. "I'd like to call this one Arina, but what about this one?" She licked the other cub, that had a darker pelt than its siblings.

"Hmm…" Kovu wondered.

"What about Kazia?" asked Chaka, looking up at them with his green eyes.

"Kazia…I like it."

"Kazia it is then."

Chaka suddenly remembered another newcomer he had seen earlier.

"Grandpa?"

"Hm?"

"We saw a strange lion earlier on, he looked like you! Are there anymore lions in the Pridelands?"

Simba frowned. "No, are you sure you saw one?"

"Yeah, we saw him too, sir!" said Koda.

Simba looked towards Kovu. He thought that a rogue in the Pridelands was a great opportunity to train him to be ruler. "I'll look around later, do you want to come, Kovu?" He knew that he may want to spend more time with his family at the moment.

Kovu shrugged. "Fine, ok."

Not yet though, thought Simba, bending down to see the cubs again. They need to enjoy their family first. After all, their first time didn't go exactly to plan.