Oh my gosh guys, I am sooo sorry. I haven't updated in so long! I promise guys, I WILL make up for it. Does anyone know, did the lions in TLK1 and TLK 2 cry? Well, if not, MINE DO!

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That night, Kiara had a nightmare. She was surrounded by all these cubs, adorable little things that looked like a mix of herself and Kovu. There had to be at least thirty of them, and the littler ones were crying. The oldest of them has sheltered the youngers into groups, with about two older ones with them, standing tall and brave, protecting their little brothers and sisters. Kahbe was there, tormenting the cubs, and not giving them any food and then eating in front of them. There were other lions there too-including the one that looked like her father, but he was sneaking food occasionally to the smallest ones, and would help them whenever he thought no one was looking. But then, Kahbe leaped on the Simba look-a-like and killed him bloodily, and then moved on to the youngest and cutest of Kiara's cubs…"NOO!" Kiara screamed, bolting upward. The fur under her eyes was soaked with tears.

Kovu's head shot up, his eyes wide with panic. "Wha's wrong!?" he asked.

"SHH!" came a reply from an irritated lioness.

That made Kovu mad. He would have stood up and roared as loud as he could if Kiara hadn't stopped him.

Kiara nuzzled Kovu gently. "I had a bad dream," she whispered very quietly.

Kovu nuzzled back. "It's okay, Kiara," he mumbled.

"No it isn't. Those cubs need my help, and no matter what, I'm going to help them," Kiara thought. She waited until Kovu went back to sleep, and then Kiara carefully tip-toed her way over sleeping lionesses and Jarvis, until she got to Vitani. Kiara nudged her. "Vitani!" Kiara whispered sharply.

Vitani opened her eyes wide, she hadn't been asleep. She'd still been in her before-I-go-to-sleep thinking session.

"We're going to Kahbe's pride," Kiara whispered. "We are going to save those cubs."

Vitani nodded, but there was worry in her eyes as she got up and navigated herself and Kiara out of the cave. The hardest part was sneaking past Nala, who, having Kiara as a cub, had ears and eyes in the back of her head. Both lionesses breathed a huge sigh of relief as the got off Pride Rock without being caught.

"Oh man, Kovu would kill me if he learned what I was doing," Kiara said, looking around for Kahbe's pride. The idea of invading was still fresh in her mind, so she wasn't scared yet.

Vitani snickered. "Yeah, he would be pretty mad. I just hope we can get back before morning, or the pride is going to freak out," she said.

Kiara nodded. "We would be in so much trouble," Kiara added.

"Yeah," Vitani agreed. She scoped the yellow grass around them. "Where do you suppose his pride is set up?" she asked.

"Maybe in the outlands?" Kiara suggested. "After all, that was where he was banished from…"

Vitani nodded and looked at Kiara. "Can you run?" she asked.

Kiara gaze Vitani a weird look. "Of course I can run," she said.

"Well then let's run!" Vitani shouted, and broke into a sprint. Night was still fully upon them, it would be hours until dawn.

Kiara ran with Vitani, though she was considerably slower, because of the cubs. When they reached the border, both lionesses stopped. The full moon caught the old termite mounds just right, making it look eerie and frightening. There were two old lions sleeping, supposed to be guarding, and a group of six or so cubs shivering, huddled together. Some were very light pelted, like Kahbe, and others were very dark, and then there were some in between, like the pelts of the Pridelanders. They were suffering from malnutrition, and it looked like some of them might be sick. Rafiki could take care of that. One lioness slept nearish the cubs, with an Outlander pelt color. Her belly was swollen with more cubs. This lioness's stomach was HUGE. Kiara guessed there had to be at least five cubs within her. She shuddered at the thought of having to birth all those. There was no way all six of these cubs could be hers… the pelt colors were wrong. So where were the other lionesses, and their cubs? Kiara was wondering this when Vitani shouted with fear. Kiara jumped a mile in the air, severly startled. A huge paw came down and smacked Vitani, rendering her unconscious. "VITANI!" Kiara screamed, and tried to help her, but there was another lion, holding her back, biting her on the scruff of her neck, not hurting her, but restraining her. A few cubs had woken up, the youngest, but the two old guard lions were still sleeping, as was the pregnant lioness.

"Take the awake cubs and go," a voice growled in her ears. It was Kopa, but she did not know this, and if she did know the lion's name, and even if she did, it would not have mattered, Kiara had no clue that she had a supposedly murdered older sibling. Kiara did not want to leave Vitani. She understood this lion was friendly, it wanted to help. "Leave the other. Take the cubs and go," Kopa said. "I'll make sure the other is not harmed. Go!" he added urgently.

Kiara, tears in her eyes, ran to the youngest cubs, two of them, appearing to be twins. "Hush, I'm helping you," she whispered, and managed to grab both of their scruffs at the same time, they were that small, barely three weeks old. Kiara sprinted, fueled with adrenaline and fear. Then an older cub woke up. "Nashti! Kiye!" he cried, but the Kopa shushed him. Kopa turned and watched the lioness take Nashti and Kiye run, back to the pride lands. If Kahbe ever found out Kopa had helped her…Kopa shook off the thought, and returned to Liyo's side, the lion that had hit Vitani, and helped drag Vitani to Kahbe's cave. No harm would come to her…but no good would come really, either.\

KIARA

Kiara made it safely back to Pride Rock, fearing for Vitani, and a bit for herself. Oh, Kovu would never forgive her…he would be so angry! She carefully, carefully stepped over all lionesses, and made it back to her spot at Kopa's side. The two baby cubs were awake slightly, and they were making little mewing sounds, scared mewing sounds that melted Kiara's heart. She laid down, and put them down beside her. "Hush…hush now, It's alright, it's okay. I've got you. You'll be okay," she whispered in a motherly, sweet, gentle voice Kiara had never used before. She nuzzled each cub, and they found a nipple and began to suckle. Kiara's mammalian glands had just developed, so there was a bit of milk there for them. Kiara stayed awake until dawn, crying a bit, frightened. She trusted the lion in Kahbe's group. It was just something in his voice that she trusted, it sounded like an old friend to her, as if she had heard it before. Where had she heard it before? She knew she had…where?

KOPA

Kopa looked at dawn, worrying about the other, called Vitani. The name struck him as very, very familiar. Memories of the past filled within him, and this time, he did not resist. This is what he, for the first time, remembered.

"Kopa! Come on!" a giggling, young, beautiful Vitani shouted. He and Vitani were going to the water hole together, like they had ever since they were old enough to walk.

Kopa laughed. "Coming Vitani!" he shouted back. He licked his mother-His mother!-on the cheek, and then his baby sister.-His BABY SISTER?!?-His father-His dad?!- had been out on a morning patrol, so he wasn't around. He ran to Vitani, and upon pure impulse, licked her cheek too.

Vitani looked stunned, but then, she blushed and licked him back. And so began their relationship.

Kopa snapped out of his memories. "Oh no," he mumbled. Everything was starting to piece itself together, at least a bit. The Pridelands Princess, was his sister. Kiara! The name came to him instantly, thought with love and adoration, he loved his baby sister. His mother, the Queen, Nala, his father Simba, his friend, his love, his betrothed, his everything, Vitani. "Vitani…" Kopa thought wistfully. How could he have forgotten?! What happened to him, before this life?! What made him forget!? Kopa wanted answers to all these questions, but now he just needed to save Vitani.

KAHBE

Kahbe stared at the still, beautiful form of Vitani and licked his lips. "I said one day you would be mine, my dearest. Today is that day. You will be my Queen, the one mother of the many cubs-our cubs. You and you alone, I shall give my other mates to my lions. And so begins a new generation," Kahbe said, and had two of his lions force her into position, holding her unconscious body in place. Kahbe began the process.

KOPA

Kopa sprinted towards the cave of Kahbe, but when he got there, it was too late. It had already started. There was nothing Kopa could do. He hung his head, and walked desolately out.

KIARA

Kiara looked worriedly out the cave entrance, hoping that any moment Vitani would stroll through the cave, smiling and unhurt. But that didn't happen. Kiara looked down at the two cubs snuggled close next to her. Her heart swelled with love and motherly pride, and yet she knew these cubs were not birthed by her and she'd only nursed them for barely a day-but she still loved them. These cubs were hers, and no one could ever take them away from her. She examined them closely. The female, Nashti, was a light orange color, and she was so young that she still had brown spots up and down her spine. The male, Kiye, was the same way, but his pelt was chocolate brown. They had to be twins, their facial structures and ages were to alike for them not to be. Her thoughts were interrupted by a mighty yawn-Kovu had woken up. He spotted the cubs immediately, and his eyes widened with shock. "Are those-!?" he started, but Kiara shook her head sadly.

Kovu's eyes got even bigger, and he looked around, wanting an explanation, and he knew where to get it from. But the lioness he would get it from was not there, and he spotted Vitani's empty sleeping place. "Where's Vi-KIARA!" Kovu roared as he figured out what had happened. He almost started crying, tears welled in his green eyes. "How could you!? You didn't!! You couldn't have! Oh, Kiara…No…" he mumbled this last part softer to himself, and a tear spilled out of his eye.

Kiara lowered her head, and tears fell out of her eyes. She was so ashamed and upset with herself that she couldn't save Vitani that she couldn't speak.