Judy slept comfortably in her bed as memories of last night ran through her mind. She had enjoyed Nick Wilde's company and couldn't help but wish she had stayed longer but she knew she needed her rest for tomorrow's duties and left with a bittersweet feeling. Suddenly, with a thud she woke up to find a beaming princess looming over her while saying in a cheery tone.

"Good morning!"

"Kiara? What are you doing up so early?" Judy sat up to rub her eyes.

"Early?! Judy, it's almost time for breakfast! You were sleeping in!"

"What?!" the bunny gapped and sure enough when looking out her window the sun was already in the sky saying it was mid-morning. She faced the lioness who was smirking.

"You must've had a great time for you to stay there as long as you have…"

Judy blushed but couldn't help smiling, "I couldn't stop dreaming about him…"

"Ooh!"

Judy shook her head in amusement, "Oh, stop that. I don't know if it's going to go that far…"

"But you want it to, right?" Kiara inquired.

Judy felt herself going warm and slightly nodded. Kiara did a slight squeal and hugged her best friend nearly crushing the bunny.

At breakfast, the Duke kept giving Judy glances and Judy had to do everything within her power to force herself from gagging out and put on a force smile. Kiara and Kovu exchanged longingly looks. Lady herself had a dreamy gaze on her face thinking of a certain street dog. Tiifu and Zuri eyed Kiara with worry, Fru was smiling at the young couple while Big was concerned for both the princess and the rabbit. Simba and Nala noticed the looks on each of them. When Jasiri walked in, she curtsied to her future-in-laws.

"Sorry, I'm late, I must have overslept."

Nala smiled, "Don't worry, Jasiri, we know you had a long trip and you deserved to rest from it."

"You?!" Kovu exclaimed.

Jasiri saw Kovu and realized, "You?!"

Everyone at the table looked at them in confusion.

Kiara questioned, "You know each other?"

Jasiri stated, "I'll say, his mother nearly forced me and my family out of our home… What is he doing here?" she eyed him distrustfully.

Simba gave a brief explanation and that seemed to calm Jasiri down but she still eyed him suspiciously.

Kiara asked, "Kovu, was this the hyena friend my brother had with him when you met him?"

Kovu replied, "That's her."

Jasiri said in a huff, "You bet I'm her. I could never forget what your family nearly did."

"I had nothing to do with that! I didn't want my mother to take your home!"

"Likely story… You were following her everywhere as a cub…"

"Because I had no choice!"

"That's enough!" Kiara shouted causing the whole table to freeze.

Both hyena and lion looked at her with a surprised looks.

Kiara proclaimed, "Now look, Kovu saved my life and for that he gets to stay in the castle until my royal debt's been paid to him. Jasiri, you are my future sister-in-law and I respect your opinion but this a matter not up for debate. You two don't have to like each other but you must tolerate each other for the time-being. Is that understood?"

The two glanced at each other before nodding their heads in agreement.

That caused a smile on Kiara's lips and she relaxed, "Good."

Simba was in awe of his daughter taking regal command of the situation and that went for the rest of the royal household while Nala and Judy were beaming with pride. Simba whispered, "Well done, Kiara."

She whispered back, "Thanks Daddy."

Jasiri took her spot that was usually by Kion but since Kovu was sitting in his place she bitterly kept her head down to avoid looking at him. Kovu knew it was going to take awhile to make up what happen with Jasiri. At the time he really was just following his mother's orders but now that he was on his own he could finally show himself for who he was. But that was the question, who was he? All his life he trained with his mother and siblings and only knew what his mother taught him. He never knew his father, he never lived anywhere else but Outsider Ward, he was stranger to a strange place.

He looked to Kiara who gave him reassuring smile. He felt a tiny smile on his lips when watching her gracefully eating. She was definitely every inch a princess. The way she handled herself when she scolded him and Jasiri, was incredible. At least she knew who she was, so if anyone was going to help him figure out who he was, it would be her.

Duchess was riding in a carriage with her kittens until they stopped at a toy shop. Thomas had suggested meeting her there before the ball ended and that he would bring Oliver along so the kittens could meet again and play. Duchess thought it was good idea since Marie had wanted another doll while Berlioz and Toulouse wanted new wooden swords. Once they got out of the carriage and familiar alley cat greeted them.

"Have we met before?" he said with a cheeky smile.

Duchess giggled, "Hello, Mister O'Malley, and hello to you, little Oliver."

The orange kitten was behind his mentor feeling shy when he spotted Marie coming toward him, batting her eyes.

"Hello, Oliver…"

He gulped, "H-hi, Marie."

Toulouse called out, "Come on, Oliver, let's play!"

Oliver looked up to Thomas to make sure it was okay, the older cat chuckled, "Go on you rascal, have some fun with your friends."

The kitten felt more confident as he approached them and they started to playfully chase each other.

Duchess and Thomas admired the scene then decided to head inside the toy shop. The shop was topped with toys and trinkets of all sizes on different shelves. On a particular shelf was some stuff animals of a yellow honey bear with a red shirt, with a small piglet, a tiger with a long tail, a yellow rabbit, a mother kangaroo and her son in her pouch.

Duchess noticed the shop seems empty of anybody running it, she called, "Hello? Is anyone here?"

"Over here, lassie!" came a voice.

The cats turned to see the mouse with graying auburn hair over his face and head. He wore glasses and his attire was tattered and covered in paint. He introduced himself, "Hiram Flaversham, at your service. How can I help you today?"

"Hello, good sir, I need a doll and two wooden swords for my children."

"Right away, miss!" he rushed down from the counter and led them about the shop, "We have a wide range of dolls to choose from, and I can personally make the swords."

"Thank you, sir!"

While looking at the dolls, Thomas said with a chuckle, "I bet you have a hard time keeping your kids from taking the merchandise."

Hiram chuckled, "I used to, but now my only daughter is grown and married."

Duchess questioned, "Where is she?"

"She lives in the next kingdom now. Her husband is the castle's alchemist so I know she is well taken care of."

Duchess commented, "How wonderful to hear."

"Ay, but most days I do miss her, but as long as she is happy, I cannot stand in the way."

Thomas agreed, "As it should be."

Suddenly they heard shouting outside the shop and the cats and mouse looked to see what the commotion was. The kittens rushed to the adults as Berlioz shouted, "Mama! A toad is driving a cart wildly!"

Duchess exclaimed, "Gracious!" as she saw the toad driving with a horse that was running amuck in the streets.

The toad shouted, "Talley ho! Talley ho!" and began singing and shortly after the horse joined in.

Hiram proclaimed, "Goodness! Someone is going to get hurt with him doing that!"

Thomas said, "Agree, someone has to stop this." he then rushed over.

"Thomas!" Duchess shouted in worry.

Kiara and Kovu sat in the gardens enjoying their picnic while Judy kept a close but fair distance from them. She was tempted to watch the scene but thought better of it since her princess deserved to enjoy this moment without anyone ruining it. But that went ignored as Bolt rushed to Judy in a loud voice causing the lions to overhear.

"Judy! Trouble in the streets! We need all capable guards to stop this nuisance from hurting anybody!"

"What nuisance?!"

"A toad is driving a yellow gypsy cart and is causing damage as he goes. We need to put a stop to it."

Judy gave a determined look, "Agree." then look over to the princess.

Kiara said to Judy, "Go. I'll be fine."

The rabbit nodded and she and Bolt ran on.

Kovu gave a smirk, "So… alone at last…"

Kiara rolled her eyes but was smirking as well, for the first time in a long time she was alone without any sort of protection. She told Kovu, "Just so we're clear, I do like that we're finally getting some real alone time together but… If you do something I don't like, I could easily call for my guards and have you thrown in the dungeon."

"You know, I like it when you're authoritative." he smiled.

She slyly grinned at his comment.

Bolt and Judy had to ride on two of the horse guards-Buck and Maximus-as they reached an area where the toad caused severe damage. Zebras ran pass them with one of them saying, "Panic and run! Panic and run!" Bolt rode on Buck as the stallion complained, "Why are we risking ourselves for a stupid toad that's just speeding?"

"Speeding?!" Judy shouted indignantly, "He's not just speeding! He's causing property damage and will be liable to hurt someone if we don't stop him now!"

Maximus snorted in agreement.

Buck yelled, "Come on, Maxie! You can say more than that!"

Bolt shouted, "He can't! He's mute! You should know that!"

The horse rolled his eyes, "Sor-ry. I forgot."

Finally they came across where the toad was and gapped at the sight. Thomas was holding onto the cart trying to get to the toad while hanging on for dear life. Despite this, the toad didn't have a care in the world and neither did the horse. Bolt then shouted, "You there! Stop in the name of the king!"

By then more animals were witnessing the scene including Mittens, Dodger, Nick, Finnick, Nuka, Vitani, and a hamster that was looking at the whole incident like it was the most exciting thing he ever seen. But the toad didn't stop, either he didn't hear them or he didn't care at this point. The guards knew they had to take drastic measures.

Fin saw Thomas hanging on and told his comrades, "What the heck does O'Malley think he's doing?!"

Dodger pointed, "I don't know but it looks like he's not getting anywhere."

Mittens motioned, "He's going to get himself killed!"

The cart suddenly took a sharp turn and was heading toward them.

Nick shouted with frightful eyes, "Make that us!" they quickly scattered away.

Judy had saw Nick in the crowd and gasped when the out of control cart was heading toward him. She quickly jumped off Maximus to up to the ledge of a building and hopped across to the next building's ledge. She repeated this until she grabbed hold of a Pridelands' flag and swung it toward the fox as she reached her paw. He saw her coming and grabbed on, as she swung them both to safety into an awning.

She smirked, "Looks like it was my turn to save you."

Nick smirked back, "Carrots… you can come to my rescue anytime…"

It looked like they were about to kiss when the commotion below reminded them of the compromising situation happening right now. The fox questioned, "So… got a plan to stop this?"

Judy's ears drooped, she shook her head.