Nala had been out at the watering hole when she heard the animals whispering amongst themselves about two cubs found at the river. When a zebra approached her about it, she told him to lead her there and was surprised to see two cubs there.

"They aren't talking to us."

Nala nodded as she lowered herself down to the cubs' level. "Hello there, I'm not going to hurt you, if that's what you're worried about."

The goldenish-brown cub growled. "G - Go away! Our dad's the King!"

Nala's eyes went wide. "Simba?"

The brown cub blinked. "Who's that? No! Our daddy's the King of the Night Pride!"

Nala's jaw dropped before smiling softly as she nuzzled them. "Come back with me to my Pride. We can wait for your father there. I'll send Zazu to dilver the news. I'm sure your father is very worried about you."

The cubs gulped before following the queen, sticking close together as they walked through the lands. They saw a huge rock coming into view and gulped with slight fear as they saw lionesses, and three males gazing down at them. By this point, they wanted nothing more than their parents to tell them it would be alright.

They were scared they wouldn't see their pride again, thanks to Ujanja. When they saw the lion with the red mane, the first thing that came into their mind was their father. The older twin had to keep the younger twin from running up to the lion. As the rest of the pride moved closer to see them, they backed away with their fur sticking upwards, signaling their fear.

Simba came up to his mate and nuzzled her, then proceed to look at the cubs with confusion.

Nala smiled at him before giving the cubs a gentle expression. "They've gotten lost."

"That explains it." Simba laughed gently as he went up to the cubs. "Hello there, young ones. My name's Simba. King of these Lands. Who are you?"

"My name's Kopa." replied the goldenish-brown cub. "And this is my sister, Janna. We're twins."

Simba nodded. "Where are you from?"

"The Night Pride." answered Janna as she shook gently. "Our daddy's the King!"

Kiara smiled as she came up to them and bent down to their level. "Well, we're going to send a message to him saying we found you. Where's your Pride located at?"

Kopa stuttered as he gulped. "S - Some tree. Daddy never said what it was..."

Janna shifted closer to her brother. "Life. Mama said it was the Tree of Life."

Nala smiled as she watched Simba move to get Zazu before looking down at the cubs and then her eyes went wide when she realized who they looked like. Especially with Kopa's fur and Janna's eyes. Not to mention Kopa's unruly tuft color.

She swore they reminded her of someone, but who?

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"No!"

Baliyo winced as he heard his brother roar and tried to focus on calming his sister down. Ujanja had just told them the news.

"I'm sorry, Kion. I didn't see them in time."

Kion snarled darkly. "Those lions will not get away with this!"

Surak growled as he watched Ujanja's eyes narrow with joy and a thought entered his head. How could Ujanja not fight off the Pridelanders? How could he have not kept his eyes on them? He was strong enough to take down a simple lion or two, he was suppose to be watching them. Then it hit him, perhaps it wasn't the Pridelands who had killed his great nephew and niece. Maybe it was Ujanja himself.

Kion nuzzled his mate. "Don't worry, Rani. We'll get them back for what they've done."

"My babies are dead." whimpered Rani.

Surak stepped up as he narrowed his eyes at Ujanja. "Kion, may we speak?" he asked his nephew - in - law. "I wish to tell you a thing or two."

"We leave after I am done with Surak." Kion ordered before heading into the tree with Surak.

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"Kopa, I wanna go home."

Kopa nodded at his sister in agreement. He didn't like the Pridelands. The Pride kept trying to talk to them, they never left them alone. It felt like they were being held captive. There wasn't any cubs in the pride. It was the same back home but at least they could move around! Instead, they were being held like prisoners.

Nala walked up to the cubs with some food. "Here you go."

Kopa gulped as she nudged it towards them. "Thank you, Miss."

"If you don't mind me asking, what's your father's name?" Nala asked, she could sense her family behind her as they came into the den.

Janna shifted as she swallowed a piece of the food. "Why do you want to know?"

Nala sighed sadly. "Because you remind me of my deceased son, Kion."

Kopa arched an eyebrow. "You know daddy?"

Nala gasped. "What?"

"Daddy's name is Kion."

Simba padded up to them with a shocked expression. "Impossible. He's dead."

Janna shrugged. "Daddy's name is Kion." she repeated her brother's words.

"What does he look like?" asked Kiara, quickly coming up to them. In the background, Kovu and Talib stood confused.

Kopa and Janna shared a confused look before answering. "He's golden, red mane, orangey eyes like Janna. Daddy says we're a mixture of him and mama."