Author's Note: Wohmbat; Nala has a lot of issues, that won't be truly revealed until later. As for who Kiara saw, you will find out soon.

TMNTMentalistTLK lover; Nala won't get the chance to. But Kopa's daughter is important too.

Jai groaned as he was awoken from his peaceful slumber. What is that pecking him? The rich cream lion blinked his brown eyes open to see a pair of jade green eyes starring at him. Jai growled before putting his paws over his head.

"Zade! What do you want so early in the damn morning?!"

The young light blue hornbill huffed before rolling his eyes. "My father said that King Kopa wants you to greet the neighboring prides."

Jai removed his paws from his head and looked out his personal cave before glaring at the son of Zazu. "It's not even dawn yet!"

Zade didn't even flinch. He flapped his dark gray tipped and hovered over the young lion's head. "There's a lot to do before you greet the families of neighboring prides."

Jai groaned before yawning. He stood with a stretch before sinking out of the cave. Zade flew over the annoyed lion like he was the king himself.

"First thing is you must speak with herds."

Jai groaned before yawning again. He was trying to fight off sleep, but it was getting harder and harder. The sound of rustling grass caused Jai to jump off the ground. When he nearly caught his breath, he turned to see Kiara exit the tall olive grasses.

"Are you trying to give me a heart attack?!"

Kiara smiled before chuckling lightly. "No. But I would like to know where you are headed so early in the morning."

Jai relaxed and sighed tiredly. "Your brother wants me to welcome the neighboring prides." his frown turned into a glare as he growled lowly. "What do I look like? A royal steward?"

Kiara giggled before lifting her gaze to look at Zade. "When are they coming? I completely forgot."

"Around noon your highness."

Kiara nodded before looking back at Jai. "I'll handle the herds. You go back to sleep. So you won't be cranky when the guests arrive."

Jai looked grateful before bowing. Kiara dipped her head before running off towards the herds. Jai watched the queen go before sighing.

"Why is she not queen?"

Zade landed on a nearby rock with a sorrowful expression. "You don't know?"

Jai rolled his brown eyes before poking the light blue hornbill with a colorless paw. "I wouldn't of asked you. Future stooge."

Zade sighed before telling his friend what his father told him. "When King Kopa, his brothers and sister were two months..."

"Wait! There was another princess?"

Zade nodded. "Princess Ashanti. My dad said she was engaged to Frika. You know...bethroled."

"What happened?"

Zade sighed deeply. "There was an attack at the river. Princess Ashanti wasn't there but King Kopa and his brothers were. Queen Almasi and her sister, Azra planned to drown the princes and blame it on Queen Kiara."

Jai gasped as his eyes widened. "That's terrible! I didn't know Queen Almasi was like that."

"She's not. Apparently Queen Almasi had a soft spot for King Kopa and switched sides. But the plan still went successful. Queen Kiara was blamed and accused for attempted murder. The pride threatened her, gave her the cold shoulder and even took her right as hunting party leader and gave it to Jasiri."

"That's wrong! They couldn't do that!" Jai growled.

"Tell me about it. A few nights later Queen Almasi's mother, Zalia attacked King Kopa and killed Princess Ashanti. Zalia blamed everything on Queen Kiara, the former rulers and the pride believed her. Even Kovu, Queen Kiara's former mate sided against her. Simba banished Queen Kiara. Where she almost died at the paws of Queen Almasi's parents. Queen Almasi's father is one of the sons of the late tyrant king Scar. He wanted revenge for his father and aunt Zira. But that's when Sahir's brother, King Sariel's pride saved her. While Queen Kiara stayed she fell in love with King Sariel. They later saved Simba, Prince Tanabi and Prince Kion."

Jai shook his head. "What happened to King Kopa?"

"Queen Almasi's mother sent her and King Kopa into a river. They were gone for months, but returned to help out in the fight as well."

"I bet they felt really stupid about the way they treated their princess."

Zade nodded in agreement. "They did. Since Queen Kiara was engaged and she didn't want to be apart to be apart of a kingdom that treated her like she was Scar. So it was decided that Simba step down and gave King Kopa the throne."

Jai growled before waving a paw. "Phh. I wouldn't want to be apart of a kingdom like that either. But that was messed up."

Zade nodded. "I agree."

Jai stood and turned to head back to his cave. "You think they will tell the cubs?"

Zade flapped his wings and hovered in the air before landing on the rich cream lion's shoulder. "Don't think so. Don't want any more drama."

Jai yawned before sighing. The walk back to his cave was quick. He guess he has a lot on his mind from Queen Kiara's story. But Jai and Zade didn't know that a pair of bright blue eyes heard everything.