Disclaimer: I own nothing in this story. All Lion King characters belong to Disney. The OCs in this story belong to me. The idea of Scar's name being Askari belongs to cosmic-oreo on Deviantart.

As Ahadi and Uru were looking for the new water source, Mufasa had continued to watch over the Pridelands. He was popular with the other animals, but hated more and more by Askari.

One day, while Mufasa was looking over the land, Askari angrily approached his brother.

"Askari, where's the rest of the Lion Guard?" He asked him.

"None of your business!" Askari answered with an angered expression. "I'm tired of you being the oh so perfect son while I'm ignored!"

"Don't push it too far, Askari…" Mufasa told him sternly.

"No, all I wanted was to have father and mother's love and attention, but they had to give to YOU!" Askari snapped.

"Stop it." Mufasa commanded.

"You have always been the favorite! I have been stuck in your shadow forever and I'm tired of this! I will be a better king than— "Askari continued, but Mufasa snarled.

"SHUT UP!" He screamed while swiping his paw across his face, causing a scar to appear over Askari's eye.

Askari cried out in pain as blood fell from his face while glaring at Mufasa.

"Askari, I'm so sorry! Please forgive me! It was an accident…" Mufasa apologized.

"Why should you apologize when I don't accept it?!" Askari snapped.

Sometime later, Ahadi and Uru had returned to the Pridelands after finding the new water source, only to be informed by Zuzu that Askari had gotten hurt. The two ran to Pride Rock where they found Rafiki tending their son's wounds.

"What happened?" Ahadi asked with a worried expression.

"It was my fault, father, mother. I reacted out of anger when Askari decided to insult and blame me for everything…" Mufasa answered with a sigh.

Meanwhile, Zira approached Uru who had walked off from the scene with a sigh of sadness.

"Queen Uru, why can't Askari be king?" She questioned the brown lioness.

"Per tradition, the first born is king. Only after the first-born lion dies is when the second born is considered king. When Mufasa and Sarabi have a cub, Askari can never be king. That is his destiny." Uru replied.

"That's not fair!" Zira pointed out.

"Zira, that's how the Circle of Life works." Uru told her. "Go and rest, it's been a long day…"

Zira just glared at the queen and sulked off.

"Askari, are you alright?" Uru asked her son with a worried expression.

"Don't call me that, mother! From this day, my name is Scar!" Askari answered.

"Askari, stop this nonsense! Why must you disrespect your brother? Your future king?!" Ahadi scolded his son.

"MY NAME IS SCAR!" Askari snapped at his father. "I WILL ALWAYS BE SCAR!"

With that, he ran off in anger, only to run into Zira who was sulking nearby.

"Askari, what's wrong?" She questioned him.

"My name is now Scar. My parents don't understand me." Scar replied.

"The pride doesn't understand US. I can help you take Mufasa's throne if you want me to." Zira corrected him.

"I would like that…" Scar smirked at her.

With that, the two began to plot against Mufasa alongside the hyenas…which lead to the death of Ahadi, the fall of this generation's Lion Guard, the unexpected arrival of Zira's old friends from the Mudlands who became Scar's followers, and finally, Mufasa's death and Simba's disappearance.

During Scar's reign, he and Zira became mates. Towards the end of the reign, several months later, Scar went to see Zira in the den with a light brown cub in her paws.

"Hello, Scar. Come see your son." She greeted him.

Scar nodded sternly and walked over, glaring at Zazu in his bone cage. He looked at the cub who stared up at him, opening his amber eyes.

"His name is Nuka. I had named him after my brother." Zira told her mate.

Scar just glared down at his new son and commented, "He's far too weak to be my heir. We must find someone stronger than this runt."

"I agree." Zira nodded.

Soon, Scar died, leaving the lioness heartbroken and her son fatherless as she decided to go find a new heir per Scar's request. Zira left Nuka with her old friends and started her journey to find an heir worthy of Scar.

She soon arrived in the Grasslands as she stalked through the grass in search of the heir. Suddenly, she saw two cubs. One had beige fur while the other had brown fur. The brown furred cub reminded Zira a lot of Scar when he was younger.

Zira went over and picked the two cubs up by the scruffs of their necks while walking off with them. She soon returned to the Pridelands with the cubs as she placed them on the ground next to Nuka.

"Who are these cubs, Zira?" Jamila asked her.

"I found these cubs in the Grasslands. They aren't related, so I don't know where their parents are. I have decided to take them under my care. Their names are Vitani and Kovu." Zira answered. "Kovu will be Scar's heir to be the rightful ruler of the Pridelands."

Thus, that was the story of Zira…