The Day of the Anger

Princess Kiara, the new heir to the throne, was lost. Her father had told them she would become queen instead of her brothers becoming king. Right away Kopa spat out how it wasn't fair and how he and Kion were born first to the throne, making it so they were first in line. Not Kiara herself. The princess couldn't agree more but Simba had made his choice. Kiara was going to be queen of the Pridelands.

It had been a few months since then and Kiara wanted to sneak in some play time before her lessons with Simba. So, she went to the first lion that came to mind...

"Kopa...?"

The creamy pale golden lion's ears perked before green/blue eyes turned towards the crowned princess of the throne. "What do you want, Kiara?"

Just like his brother, Kopa had changed over the news of the crowning. He was no longer cheerful and playful, he refused to play with Tiffu and Mheetu, he even didn't care if Kion wanted to go out to get some sunlight before they went and ignored their family again. His black mane was coming in nicely, the mane was easily seen now, confirming his father to Simba. Kion's mane was black also, making them believe Mheetu had lied but Kopa saw some red on there and it turned out, Kion was in fact going to have a black/red mane.

"I just wanted to play," Kiara mumbled, trying to stay calm at the sight of Kopa's frown. "C-Could you play with me before my-"

"Hell no. Get out." Kopa growled, turning away from Kiara. "If you see Kion, tell him to meet me at the watering hole."

Kiara's eyes widen as Kopa got up, moving past her. The prince had gotten a bit taller since the day of the news got out. He was the size as a teenaged lion, as was Kion, but he reminded as shorter than the king. Kion was no different than his brother.

The once hyper, kind, cub was gone. Replaced with a sticker for rules, not at all easy to greet, and further more he always hung around another lion named Tanabi. Tanabi wasn't much older than Kiara herself and he always teased her about things. Kion and Kopa never stood up for her. The male lion was dark orange, had a reddish-brown mane, and sharp blazing green eyes.

"Oh...okay, Kopa." Kiara nodded, staring at her paws. "I'll do that for you."

"Thank you." The prince hissed back.

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Kion ran through the Pridelands, he was running in the direction of the watering hole, like his brother requested he meet him there. Many animals had given him looks, not bothering to stop him, others just simply didn't mind him. Ever since the news gotten out to the subjects, not one animal dared to go up to the princes. Not that they minded, they wanted to be alone.

Tiffu and Mheetu were the only ones besides the queen they would let near them. For one simple reason only. They felt safe around them.

"Kopa!" The golden lion breathed, catching his breath. Kopa narrowed his eyes at his brother. "What's wrong? You usually stay in the den."

Kopa growled. "I would've but Kiara came around and wanted to play. Like I'm going to play with her after what happened."

Kion pinned his ears back and bared his teeth. "Great. Now we have to deal with crowned princess too."

"Don't worry, Ki. Everything will be fine." Kopa promised, circling his brother to stand beside him. "Just think about a Kingdom to ourselves!"

Kion luaghed for a moment. "How to you expect we do that? We're not gonna kill Simba."

"Never said we would."

The two had stopped calling the king dad, instead they called him Simba. Believing he had no right to be called dad anymore.

"Mom won't be happy if we do." Kion rolled his eyes.

"Please, even if we did, we would simply blame it on someone else." Kopa mumbled. "Like...Tanabi."

Kion frowned. "Hell no. Tanabi is like a second brother to me. I might even name my cub after him."

Kopa scoffed. "Like any lioness would want to be mates with us after knowing we're not gonna be king."

"Hey, not all lionesses like a lion in charge of a Kingdom." Kion noted. "Tiffu has her eyes on you."

The creamy pale prince blinked before jumping on a rock, standing over his brother. The wind picked up and blew the parts of his mane a little. His eyes sharp as the sky.

"I'm not interested in Tiffu," he declared. "You can have her."

"Not a chance." Kion growled. "If anything she has a better chance with Chaka."

"Whatever, whatever."

Kopa jumped down and leaned in to whisper in his brother's ear.

"Now...here's what we're gonna do..."