I really appreciate all your reviews Snowflakexx, Emolichic1, TMNTMentalistTLK lover and Travass. I agree with all of you and I believe that Kovu is the most hated among the readers besides Zira. But unfortunately, it gets worse. The song used is Colors of the wind from Pocahontas, I just changed a few words.

Kiara didn't know how to respond to her son. She didn't want him to be scared. So she tried to give her son what he wanted without giving to much. "He's dead." As though she didn't want to lie to her cub but in a way Kovu was dead to her.

The golden cub looked down with his dark brown ears against his small head. "Oh." with a shakey breath Seth looked up with teary eyes. "How did he die?"

Kiara groaned before she sighed sharply. "Seth, can you just leave it at that!"

Seth ears perked a bit before he frowned. "You have been promising to tell for the longest! What has he done for you to keep him a secret!"

The golden orange lioness groaned, she was really trying not to be harsh but her son was really making that hard. "I'll tell you when you're older-"

"Why can't you tell me now!"

Kiara glared at her son as she stood. "You want to know who your father is?!" she growled. "That monstrous lion that call himself a king!"

Seth's orange eyes widen as he took what his mother just revealed. "Kovu's my father?" then the shock turned into from sadness to anger. "And you never told me?! How could you keep something like that from me!"

Kiara sighed, her patience was thinning very quickly. "I was trying to protect you!"

Seth didn't understand, all he knew was that his mother wasn't who she thought she was. Her words hit spot and he had to know what she meant. "Protect me? From what?"

Kiara snarled, why couldn't he just drop it. "From the fact that your father didn't want you!"

It was harsh, the way she told him but at moment she didn't care. At least until she saw the tears fall is when she realized her mistake. She sighed heavily before she took a step forward. "Seth, I-"

The golden cub stepped back with hurt in his tear filled eyes. He strunk back with his ears flat against his head. With a broken sob, Seth turned and ran. Ignoring the calls of his mother.

"Seth! Come back, I'm sorry!"

A heavy sigh caused the golden orange lioness to look behind her to see her mother standing in the middle den entrance. "Kiara."

Kiara sat with a long sigh. "I guess you heard."

The peachy cream lioness nodded before moving to sit by her daughter. "The whole pride heard and you were out of line."

Kiara looked up with tears in her own eyes. "He just wouldn't give up."

Nala sighed deeply. "If I recall correctly, you gave your father a rough time with Kovu. You just didn't give up the possibility that Kovu could be good."

Kiara frowned, turning her head. "Don't remind me. Because of my stupidity father is dead."

Nala placed a paw on her daughter's. "Your father would be proud of the lioness you became. But y must find Seth before his father or Zira does. I witnessed what a poisoned heart can do. Because of it, your father and grandfather are not here."

Kiara thought about what her mother said and bolted into the plains without another thought. Hoping and praying that Kovu didn't corrupt her son.

-O-

Seth walked through the savannah, aimlessly. He had no idea where to go or where he was going. He didn't even know where he was. His mother always kept him and his friends close by. He didn't know why, until now. Seth was lost with his talk with his mother. He called his father a monster, did she think of him as a monster as well. The sound of a zebra belting caused the golden cub to run towards the source. He hid behind a bush and seen a group of lionesses trap a zebra foal as it's mother cried in disppear. Seth watched with wide, fearful eyes as a light tanned lioness similar to Ms. Chloe pounced on the foal, killing it instantly. He stepped back with a gasp to bump into a leg. He looked up with fearful eyes to to stare into bright orange orbs of his mother. Forgetting about what she said, he lunched himself on her leg and cried. What he just seen was horrible.

Kiara had tears in her own eyes. She was standing there watching as her so pose of been sister in law killed that foal. She wrapped a paw around her son and pulled him close. "I'm sorry."

Seth looked up and Kiara seen all the emotions running in the cub's eyes. It reminded her of when her father taught her that lesson after she met Kovu. She nuzzled him before she started to sing.

You may think I'm heartless and cruel

And you must have a heart full of questions

But still I cannot see

If the heartless and cruel one is me

How can there be so much that you don't know?

You don't know

Seth looked up at his mother before following her gaze to a nearby field where it was burnt and lifeless.

They think they own whatever land they land on

The earth is just a dead thing they can claim

But I know every rock and tree and creature

Has a life, has a spirit, has a name

By now mother and son was walking away. A family of cheetahs caught his attention. It reminded him of the times he used to spend with his mother.

They think the only lives who are important

Are the ones who look and think like them

But if they walk the footsteps of a stranger

They 'll learn things they never knew

Seth was in a trance from the words of his mother song. As they continued their walk a pack of wild dogs playing caught his gaze.

Have you ever heard the cry of a wild dog to the blue corn moon

Or asked the grinning leopard why he grinned

Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains

Can you paint with all the colors of the wind

Can you paint with all the colors of the wind

Seth watched as his mother began to run, he smiled as they began to run across the plains.

Come run the hidden pine trails of the jungle

Come taste the sun-sweet berries of the earth

Come roll in all the riches all around you

And for once never wonder what they're worth

Kiara and Seth lept off a high ledge and landed on their backs. Before they ran and stood on a low ledge close to a nearby river.

The rainstorm and the river are my brothers

The heron and the creatures are my friends

And we are all connected to each other

In a circle, in a hoop that never ends

Seth and Kiara stood on the very tree that Kiara and Simba stood those years ago as a welcoming breeze ruffed up their furs.

How high will a tree grow

If you cut it down, then you'll never know

And you'll never hear the cry of wild dog to the blue corn moon

For whether we are a pridelander or a rogue

We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains

We need to paint with all the colors of the wind