WHOO!! Chapter 10 has arrived!! Oh yea!! Haha. Okay so here's the next chapter. 5 reviews and we'll get the next chapter. I like where my story is beginning to go and I'll be super sad if I have to stop. Now another thing to keep in mind…My birthday is tomorrow!! YES!! Haha. So review for my present!! Enjoy:)

A/N: Okay so I can't believe I'm dong this I mean I did it earlier but I had made a big deal about no new characters. Well as you can tell from my last chapter it's sort of necessary now…I' know I'm a hypocrite…:(

Chapter. 10

Kiara let the sun shine over her golden fur as she relaxed. There was usually something nagging on her mind, but for once there was nothing. She was completely content. Nothing to figure out or be upset about. For once she had no worries. She rolled over lightly with a smile on her face, but it quickly left when she felt her body hit the rocky ground. She snapped up and checked if anyone saw what happened and sighed of relief.

"Very graceful, Princess." A voice called. Kiara turned around and saw a young lion perched in the tree that looked as if he just woke up from a nap. He was dark and had black hair sitting on his head and running past his ears. He had something familiar about him, something Kiara couldn't quite put her paw on.

"Excuse me." Kiara said standing up to get a better look at the lion. She had defiantly seen him somewhere.

"Well I'm sure Queen Nala doesn't roll off rocks while daydreaming." The voice was clam and soothing. It seemed like it could go to a lullaby ballad and put anyone to sleep. "Unless I could understand if you were daydreaming about me…"

Kiara laughed. "Well it's hard to daydream about lions I can't even remember." She said hoping he wouldn't get offended and stay longer and talk. She liked his company.

The lion laughed and hopped down from the tree. He was so close that Kiara could see twinkle in his eyes. He pulled away quickly smiling. "I don't blame you. I mean I wouldn't want to remember someone who stopped playing with you just because her babysitters came along." Kiara's jaw dropped. She knew who it was now! It was Mahdi from the water hole with his cousin Nadia. She smiled looking at him, he was growing up nicely.

"So I take it you remember me now?" Mahdi said lying down on the rock smirking.

"Yeah, it's just that you look different. Real different." Kiara said sitting down next to the rock.

"Well I should hope so. That'd be bad if I still looked the same after all these years." Mahdi said laughing. Kiara joined in and smiled. She wasn't sure why she was throwing herself at him. She hasn't even talked to him ever since that one day.

"So Princess Kiara…what's new?" he asked in a dreamy voice. Kiara wondered if that was just his natural voice or if he was just putting it on for show.

"Lots." She said scolding herself at such a stupid answer.

"I can see that." Mahdi said smiling. Kiara smiled and felt a heat rise to her cheeks. The two sat in silence for awhile. "Kiara…" Mahdi's voice called.

"Yes…" she answered while paying with a rock underneath her paws.

"Are you still upset about the whole water hole thing? Because if you are then I can leave right now. It's no big deal." Mahdi's words came out like rain drops during a big storm.

Kiara shook her head and looked up at him. "No. My sitters may have scared off any friends I had, but they taught me one thing…" Mahdi looked up at her and they met eye to eye. "You got to put your past behind you." Mahdi smiled out of relief.

"Glad to hear that. I mean we really shouldn't have run off and ignored you since. I guess we just figured that you were a Princess and you didn't need any more friends. You probably had all the Pride with you and you wouldn't miss two cubs." Mahdi said trying to explain his self.

"There were two things completely wrong with your thoughts. One yes I'm a princess. But that's not all of me. I may be heir to the throne, but there is a difference between Princess Kiara and Kiara." Mahdi lowered his head in embarrassment his black bangs hung over his eyes. "Number two; I needed friends more then a Pride…"

A comfortable silence fell between them. Mahdi's eyes begged for forgiveness and Kiara's eyes openly accepted it. They continued to look at each other before Simba's voice echoed out. "Kiara!"

"Coming!" she called out she turned back to Mahdi who was on his feet once more. She smiled shyly and started to walk towards Pride Rock. Mahid ran to catch up to her.

"Kiara," he began sitting in front of her blocking her way. "What you said about there being two Kiaras. I only know…I mean heard of…one of them. Princess Kiara. But I want to learn everything there is to know about Kiara, Kiara."

Kiara smiled brightly. "I look forward to that." Mahdi walked over to her and smiled. They were so close that she could lick him right on the cheek and make up an excuse that would be believable. But she held herself back. She didn't want to leave a negative impression.

"Me too." With that he nuzzled against Kiara and she felt the warmth from his body, and she wanted to faint right then and there. He pulled away and smiled.

"I'll see you tomorrow. We can talk more then." Mahdi made his way back to the rock to relax. It was still early, but Kiara had a strict curfew. Kiara sighed and walked to Pride Rock.

Once she got there her mother and father were sitting next to each other smiling. Simba looked up at Kiara and walked over to her. "You don't have to go to sleep. Just stay by Pride Rock." Kiara nodded and watched him walk down the rocks. She turned to her mother who was licking her paw.

"Mom…" Kiara began. "Can we talk?" she asked sitting next to Nala.

"Of course we can. What's on your mind today Kiara?" Nala asked looking at her daughter lovingly.

"How did you know when Dad was the one?" Kiara asked looking down at Simba who was talking to Timon and Pumbaa.

Nala watched as Simba lifted both up and dug his paw into their hairs. The three friends shared a laugh and rolled over. "I'm not sure really."

"Was it right away? Did you know the second you saw him?" Kiara asked looking down at him.

"Oh no. Defiantly not!" Nala said laughing. "You should have seen him then. He was reckless and always endangering our lives. You're a lot more like him then you think." Nala got a dream like state and turned to see Kiara's reaction.

"So then why did you always go with him? I mean if he always endangered your life and you didn't like him…" Kiara asked.

"Because he was my best friend. And sometimes a friendship turns to something more." Nala said as if it was the simplest thing ever.

"So when did your friendship become more?" Kiara asked curiously.

"When Scar came and said Simba died…I felt a lot worse then a friend would. I felt as if part of me died with him…that's when I knew." Nala said as if she never really thought about it before. Kiara looked down at Simba and her sitters. They were laughing. She turned to her mother who was smiling.

"Thanks mom." With that said Kiara walked into the cave and smiled to herself.

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