Chapter 3

-Nala's point of view

Simba and I were playing when we heard a roar calling us to eat, we raced back to pride rock followed by Sarabi, as we got closer I saw my mother along with the lionesses, the king talking to a male lion, and no it wasn't Simba's uncle Scar, there was something about him that made my mom smile, weird... but the quickly queen went to the strange lion to say greet him happily, they all obviously knew him.

"Nala, Simba, come here, there's someone you have to meet"

Simba and I approached them and looked up at the smiling adults

"This is Moyo" my mom simply said

"Nice to meet you" I said eying him curiously

"Why are you here?" Simba asked shamelessly

"Simba don't be rude" I said trough gritted teeth, but 'Moyo' only laughed and said "straight to the point, I see, well Simba I am here to see my mate Sarafina and my daughter Nala" my eyes widen in shock and Simba's jaw dropped

"Moyo is you father, Nala" yeah thanks mom I heard him

"you have a dad?" Simba asked me shocked "Wait! where were you all this time?" Simba asked him accusingly, the cream colored adult opened this mouth to talk, but the king stepped in "That's none of your business son" said Mufasa with a warning tone

"No he's right! Where were you all this time?" I said a little hurt by the realization that my father had left me and my mother all this time and only now he decided to come back

"Nala…" my mom and 'dad' said, ugh it feels so weird to call him that, I looked away from them both not really wanting to hear what they had to say

"We should leave the three to talk, let's go everyone" Sarabi said very quickly and practically dragged Simba inside the den everyone else following her

My mother never talked about my father and wouldn't answer my questions, those sad questions I stopped asking a while ago, 'What's my father's name?' 'where is him?' will I ever meet him?' they both had some explaining to do.

"Nala, look at me please" when I didn't Moyo continued "I know you are upset and confused and hurt by all this but please let's talk about this"

"Fine" I said dryly still not looking at them

"Is there anything you would like to ask me? I will answer all you questions I promise"

"I already did. Where were you all this time?"

"Before you were born, I had to leave to help a neighbor pride that was suffering because they had a tyrant king as a ruler", letting out a loud sigh and he continued "they needed help Nala, they were slowly dying, they begged for help from our pride and we all wanted to help, Mufasa as the king couldn't just go and leave the kingdom, it way too dangerous to put everyone in risk the lionesses, especially with you mother and Sarabi pregnant, I knew I was the only one that could help them…"

I looked into his eyes and he said "but it wasn't as easy as I thought, I just couldn't give up on them"

"Nala… I never talked to you about him because honestly I didn't know what to tell you, I thought…" my mom's voice cracked and she paused for second "I thought he was dead" she finished

"I went to challenge the king, and I was able to beat him, and after that I couldn't wait to come back, but it took some time to fix everything the old king had ruined but I had to because, I am now their king" he said looking at my mom and me

I looked away with confusion, I mean I'm only a cub and even if I like to think that I'm very mature for my age, this is too much to process, I have a father? and he's a king? So what does that means? He has his own pride?

"I'm sorry" he broke the silence that grew between the three of us and looked my way "I haven't been around and I'm sorry you had to go all this time without a father and I'm sorry for showing up out of nowhere" he looked at my mother with love in his eyes "but my life wouldn't be complete without my family, I need my queen and princess" he smiled at the both of us, is he seriously thinking that I'm going to let him take us away from the pride lands? Away from the only lions and lands I've known, from my friends, away from Simba?

"Well, we are just fine right here, you can go back to your own pride" I said growing defensive

"Nala darling calm down" my mom tried touching my paw and I moved away and she sighted "let's go eat and we'll talk about that later"

"Talk about what? Mom you are not really thinking about leaving with him, are you? I asked her backing away from her when she said "Nala you need your father sweetie"

"No! I'm not leaving pride rock!" while tears were starting to fill up my eyes "Nala wait!" they both said I just ran away from them not turning back.