Author's Note:Thank you everyone for the reviews. Here's chapter ten, enjoy.

Zazu flew over the prince and princess, his dark blue feathers standing out against the light blue sky. The majordomo sighed in annoyance at the slow pace the cubs was walking.

"Come on, you two! The quicker we can explore the Pridelands, the quicker I get to go home! Seriously, this job doesn't even give me Health Insurance."

The two cubs rolled their eyes at the blue and red hornbill flying above them. Kiara then turned to Kopa.

"Kopa, how we gonna ditch the dodo?"

Kopa began to think, and as he did so, a grin became more and more prominent on his young face as time went on."Kiara, I think I have got a plan."

"I'm listening…"

Kopa ran over to a large tree near the water hole, with Kiara and Zazu following close behind him. The young prince picked up a dull, grey rock from the Savannah and climbed up the tree, and his sister quickly followed.

Zazu flew up to their level, his eyes mired with his confusion. "Kopa? Kiara? What on Earth are the two of you doing?"

The two siblings said nothing, deciding to remain motionless in the tree for several seconds. Zazu simply rolled his eyes. "Well, if the two of you are just going to stay up there for the whole entire day, I think that I am-"

The small hornbill suddenly fell to the ground unconscious, Kopa having thrown the rock he was holding right at Zazu's head.

Kiara grinned and slapped paws with her brother. "Nice shot!"

Kopa grinned as well. "Thanks, sis. Come on! Let's go to the Outlands!"

Kiara nodded in agreement. "Totally."

The two cubs sped off in the direction on the barren wasteland, leaving the hornbill siblings pranced happily through the grasslands of the Savannah, laughing and talking joyfully about the victory they had just won over the evil forces of proper child two cubs eventually reached a small plateau, which overlooked the Outlands as well as a medium-sized watering hole. Kiara's eyes widened in amazement.

"Woah."

The twin cubs then spoke the same words at the same time. "This is so cool!"

Kopa then began running down the plateau. "Race you to that water hole!"

Kiara smiled and ran after one another. The two were running through when both of them suddenly ran into small, furry objects.

"Ouch! What was that for?"

Kiara looked up from the ground to see a cub with brown fur and a small spotch of black mane on the top of his head. Meanwhile, Kopa was in a similar predicament, except with a female cub with brown fur, a small hair tuff, green eyes and a scar across her left eye.

"Watch where you're going!"

Meanwhile, Kiara was apologizing to the other cub. "Uh, sorry, I, uh, didn't see you there. My name is Kiara."

The other cub grumbled to himself. "Friggen Pridelanders." He then returned his gaze to Kiara. "Apology accepted. My name is Kovu. That's my sister Shetani. Well, my adopted sister, anyway."

Kiara nodded. "Nice to meet the two of you. As y'all know, I'm Kiara, and that's my twin brother Kopa."

Kopa gave a single nod. "Sup?"

Shetani rolled her eyes, and grumbled so softly that she could only hear herself. "Idiot."

Kovu then began to rub the dirt with his paws. "So what do you want to do?"

It was Kiara who responded first. "Well, Kopa and I were going to go to that water hole before we ran into y'all."

Shetani nodded. "I've heard much worse plans in my life." She then shot a glare at Kovu before returning her gaze to the Prideland princess. "Let's just do that."

The other three cubs nodded in agreement, and the four went down to the waterhole. It was the only place in the Outlands where such commodities were available, and as such, was a particular place of interest for the pride of former water itself was a clear, crystal blue color, which gave some life to the brown and grey, barren wasteland filled with rock formations known as the Outlands. Small patches of grass grew around the water hole, and these patches were some of the only vegetation in the entire region. In the water itself, there were a few lily pads, with flowers sprouting from their tops. The four cubs sprinted to the liquid, laughing the entire way down the plateau.

Kiara was again the first to speak."So is this the only place around here where y'all can have fun?"

Shetani shook her head. "Not really. Kovu and I can make fun out of almost anything! It's our specialty!"

Kovu nodded in agreement. "Yep! That's what we do!"

Kopa kicked the dirt. "That's cool, I guess. So are there any places you aren't allowed to explore?"

The two Outlander cubs shook their heads, and Kopa sighed, suddenly bored with the way the day's events are turning out.

-TLK-

From above, a very young, but still full-grown, lion and a eight month old cub watched the interactions between the cubs.

"It seems that Kovu and Shetani have got Kiara."

"Yeah Tani', I think they do. I'm worried that we won't be able to convince Kopa. He strikes me as a total brat who thinks he's way cooler than he really is. Did you see him throw that rock at Zazu?"

Vitani chuckled. "It was cruel, but you have to admit, it was funny!"

Mheetu just shook his head, his dark brown mane waving in the wind, and he then nuzzled Vitani. "What am I ever going to go with you?"

-TLK-

Meanwhile, the four cubs continued to frolic around the water hole, blissfully ignorant of all the dangers of the world that they all lived on. It was then when Kiara noticed something peculiar.

"Hey guys? Do y'all know what those green rocks are?"

Kovu and Shetani shook their heads, and Kopa began to grin. "Only one way to find out!"

The young cub jumped into the water, and climbed up on to one of the rocks. His sapphire blue eyes then suddenly widened in shock.

"Uh oh. Guys, these are not rocks; they're crocodiles!"

Author's Note:Uh oh. That doesn't look good. Tell me what you think.