Author's Note: Finally we are out of that prologue. I would like to thank all my supporters and particularly those who review.

The section of time that they are cubs is probably only going to be 3-5 chapters long. Now this area will probably be more focused on Towanbe, but what happens with Mira is also important.

Finally I am going to be changing my update schedule. I will release a chapter when the next chapter is finished. Therefore a week will be the maximum amount of time I will make you wait.

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I, unfortunately, do not own the Lion King. I would love to, but I don't. I do however own my OCs which I will not list due to sheer number but you can figure out which ones they are. Finally I do own this plot. I didn't steal it from anyone. It is completely original.

"Come on Towanbe, you have to do more than just sit around all day. Come play with us," Mira said, to the young cub who was loafing around in the shade like usual. Almost every day the other cubs tried to get him to play with them, but he never would.

It had been about one month since they were born. Simba had handed Kovu the throne, Mira had been presented to everyone, and everything seemed to be going well for once.

"Nah, why would you want to run around all day? It just gets your fur dirty," the dark cub said barely opening one eye. This was the standard answer that he gave.

"Ah whatever, you go ahead and be boring. We are gonna have fun," Shida said jogging off. The rest of the cubs were quick to follow her leaving Towanbe all alone as usual. Not that he minded of course. He preferred to be able to lay back and think about in peace.

"So what are we gonna play?" Hayde asked Shida when they got near the water hole. Of course everyone knew the answer to the question. It was merely a formality to even ask at this point.

She pretended to think for a few seconds and then said, "How about tag?"

"I like it," Badear piped up, and backing away from the group a bit.

"It sounds decently fun," Mira said. Somehow they never grew bored of playing the same game over and ober again every day.

"Let's do it then," Hayde replied. "Mira's it!" He exclaimed as he ran away, laughing the whole time.

"Wait what?" Mira asked surprised as all the cubs ran away from her, then she growled and said, "Oh Hayde you are going to get it."

"Why do they all enjoy running around so much?" Towanbe thought from his usual spot under one of the only trees in the Pride Lands.

"There is literally no reason. All you end up doing is messing up your fur and getting exhausted," he continued, as he sulked in the shade hopelessly bored.

"Why aren't you out there with them?" a voice that he knew to be his mother's asked from behind him as she walked up and sitting next to him.

"Because there is no reason to play mom," he replied dragging out the mom part.

"Sure there is. Getting to know your friends better, having fun, and exercise just to name a few," she said with a smile.

"But what they are doing looks stupid," he grumbled, trying to salvage some dignity from an argument he had obviously lost.

"How would you know?" She asked, knowing she had already won like mother's always do, before continuing, "You have never even tried playing. All you do is lay around in the shade all day, while they are out there having a good time."

"Could you please stop trying to force me to do everything?" he moaned, using a tone that was obvious that he understood her message and wanted the conversation to be over.

"I am not, I am just trying to say you should give it a try," Matka said walking off.

"As much as I hate to admit it, she is right. Its not like I have anything better to do, and almost anything would be more fun then laying here all day," Towanbe said as he stood up and trotted after the other cubs.

"Hey, guys Wan's here," Shida yelled when he got close, as she backed away because they all knew what was going to happen next.

"Wan's it then," Mira taunted as she ran in the opposite direction of the male cub.

"What? Okay then," he growled chasing after the nearest cub which happened to be Badear.

Meanwhile Matty was watching from a good distance away smiling. She knew her son would come around, she just wasn't sure how long it would be until he swallowed his pride and tried to play with the other cubs.

"You finally got him to play?" Kiara asked as she sat down by her friend.

"Yea, he didn't want to, but I just told him he should try it," she replied.

"It's good that he is finally playing a bit. I was worried that he would start getting fat sitting under that tree all day," Kiara said in a joking tone.

"I can't say that I wasn't worried about that very possibility. He is so much like his father. I miss him so much," she said as her eyes teared up.

Kiara didn't say anything, but instead put a paw on her friends shoulders, as the two watched the cubs play.

"I bet you can't catch me Mira," Towanbe taunted as he ran just out of reach of the blonde cub. He had fit in quite well with the group and was surprisingly good at the game. He had even managaed to catch Shida, the fastest cub, twice.

"I am gonna catch you!" she shouted running faster to catch him. She had been chasing him for a solid five minutes now and they were both getting quite tired.

Unfortunately for Towanbe he tripped over a root on the ground, and as he fell Mira pounced on him. They both went tumbling across the ground and ended up with Mira on top of Towanbe making what could potentially be quite an awkward position in the future.

"Told ya," she said, quickly getting off of him and running off.

He just grinned and took off towards the group of cubs.

The cubs finally returned to pride rock late that evening. They were all exhausted from playing their games all day.

"So who won?" Samau asked as they approached, of course she probably could have guessed the answer pretty easily.

"Shida again," Hayde moaned.

"She always wins," Badear agreed. They were all getting tired of Shida winning every game.

"Maybe it is because all of you are just getting fat and slow," she smirked, flaunting her victory in their faces as usual.

"Towanbe was a close second though," Hayde continued, and the others, excluding Shida of course, all nodded in agreement.

"Really, wasn't this your first time playing Towanbe?" the Lioness asked. She was just as surprised as the rest of the mothers when she heard that he had joined the other cubs in their games.

"Yea, beginner's luck," the young cub responded, modestly.

"Beginner's luck my tail, he caught me three times," Shida grumbled. She was upset when another cub managed to catch her even one time, but Wan had managed to do it three times in a row.

"You can't complain, you won the game," Mira said, pointing that specific fact out to the midnight black cub.

Shida just stuck her tongue out at Mira and Mira did the same.

"Girls," Badear mumbled under his breath because it would not turn out well for any of the guys if the girls heard them say that. "We will never understand them."

"Agreed," Hayde chuckled as he layed down to go to sleep.

Soon only Towanbe was left awake. Other than his mother, nobody knew that he often times couldn't sleep.

After laying still for several minutes, he wordlessly got up and trotted off.

He ended up walking off to the tree he normally layed under during the day.

There he just sat and thought. He thought about how much fun he had had, and how wrong he had been about playing. It was more than just messing up your fur. Finally he thought about his friends, the other cubs.

After several more minutes of deep thought he turned and headed back to the pride and quickly fell asleep.

Author's note: And that's all folks. Finally we have a chapter where there is more than just the constant time skips and babbling and some good old plot development. Anyways while this will be a very fluff heavy story, don't be expecting it for awhile. Also, get used to that tree. It will be used constantly as a way for you to see into Wan's head.

Okay, quick question, do y'all want me to make a list on my profile of all my OCs and their physical description? Would that make it easier to get a mental picture. Also if any of y'all are talented in drawing I would appreciate if y'all would message me or review.

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