Welcome to those who are still reading. We have hit a milestone, fifty chapters. Most definitely the longest book I have written.

Chapter fifty of Pride And Prejudice. Enjoy!

The animals all cheeredfor their future queen, which hasn't been one since Uru was presented. King Simba and Queen Nala were blown by the winds of the approving figure of Mufasa and their paternal grandmother.

The gold princess struggles playfully in the sherman's grip. After much cheering from the crowd, Rafiki lowers the cub where she was nuzzled by Simba and Nala.

Standing nearby was Simba's former guardians while he was away in false exile, Timon and Pumbaa. The two were away back at their oasis during the duration of the past months. Only returning to see that their adopted son has two new cubs, one about to be presented.

In the mess of things containing the presentation, no one got to tell the two about the new heir.

"Ah, Pumbaa-look at the little guy. A chip off the old block! And you gotta know who's gonna raise 'im..." exclaimed the light brown meerkat from a top of the red warthog's head.

"His parents?" the warthog simply answered.

Timon rolled his hazel eyes. "Okay sure, get technical. But who's gonna teach him the really important stuff? Like how to belch?" as on cue the meerkat burped. "And dig for grubs?" Timon hops down from Pumbaa's head. "I'm telling ya, buddy... it's gonna be like old times. You, me... and the little guy."

The duo wasn't aware that everyone, even Simba was looking at the two in amusement until Rafiki got their attention, chuckling while still holding on to the gummy smiling princess.

"It is a girl." Rafiki finally said.

"...Girl."

Then Timon and Pumbaa's eyes widened as they stared at one another in horror. "Girl?! ...Oy!"

The two collapsed comically earning smiles from a few.

...

Queen Nala smiled down at her daughter. She reminded her of Uru but definitely a lot of Sarabi with her grandfather's amber eyes.

Simba smiled as he walked over. His daughter giggled and gave a adorable gummy smile. There was a light that hasn't been a flame since the death of Kopa.

Simba lowered his head and rubbed his nose against his daughter's, causing the infant to giggle and coo.

"Incoming visitors,"

The royal couple looked up to see Kula walk in with two small cubs following as her creamy orange, brownish mane mate came in the rear.

"Zuri and Tiifu wanted to meet their new friends." the light brown lioness smiled at her friends' cub. "What's her name?"

From Nala's side, Sherise smiled up at her aunt. "Kiara. It was my idea."

"What a beautiful name it is, dear." Sarabi smiled as she nuzzled her adopted granddaughter.

The sounds of snarling caused everyone to turn to the cave entrance where they saw Tama and Safi blocking Jesús' path.

The reddish-brown lion grunted with a glare. "I only come to see my niece."

"You see her fine where you are." Luis made his way to his brother's side with an older light beige, black mane lion.

Nala frowned before looking at Simba who was glaring at her brother. "Simba,"

The gold lion looked hard at his mate and snarled. "Don't start. I don't trust him."

"Why?" Nala nearly choked out with wide teary eyes. "Because Scar was his father? Simba, he was my father two! And the father of your innocent nephews! Please, you're being unreasonable!"

Simba growled lowly before moving away from his mate. "Or you're just biased because he's your brother."

Nala was speechless. Sarabi couldn't believe what she witnessed and unfortunately was very disappointed.

Not knowing that her being disappointed was just beginning.

~PP~

A blue and black beatle lands on the cracked ground of the Outlands; with a small growl a dark brown cub with a darker brown tuff on his head pounced.

"Rrrah!"

The dark brown cub opened his tannish paws to reveal the insect, buzzing; he smiles and opens his paws, releasing it to fly away.

"Kovu!" Zira who was supervising growled. She snatched the fluttering insect from the air and smashed it to the ground. Before striking him across his side. "Don't let it go. What's the matter with you?"

The cub tucked his paws under him and looked up with teary eyes, more from the pain. He could never show that he's hurting it's a sign of weakness. "B-but it wasn't hurting anyone.."

The angry pale tan lioness growled, baring her teeth. Kovu flattened his ears as his mother circled him. "There is no room for weakness here, my son. Remember... your grandfather named you his heir. It's up to you to redeem him." Zira had moved close and pulled the shaken cub against her. Even though he heard it a million times he still seem doubtful.

"But he wasn't my father. "

The pale tan lioness shook her head. "No... but he was your grandfather and chose you, Kovu to become the next King. When you rule, we shall no longer be forced to live in these dry, barren, disgusting, pathetic, termite-infested Outlands!" she swatt at the ground, railing against fate.

Kovu looks down, in quiet agreement.

"Mother! Mother! Mother!"

The pale tan lioness groaned before looking to the source to see a young reddish-brown lion with a small black mane and a tan cub run over. They were speaking over one another, trying to get the first word in.

The reddish-brown lion sat with his head high. "We were there- in the Pride Lands. We saw the whole thing!"

After catching her breath the tan cub added her half. "At Pride Rock. We saw everything!"

Then they both reported to their mother. "We saw Simba's new cub!"

The pale tan lioness' amber eyes widened before she turned her attention on her daughter. "What? Vitani- what did you see?"

Vitani raised her head and reported what she seen. "Simba and Nala's new cub is a girl!"

The pale tan lioness laughed. "Scar, my dearest father... did you hear that? This couldn't be more perfect."

The reddish-brown lion looked at his younger sibling. "Who's she talking to?"

Vitani rolled her purple eyes she inherited from her great-grandmother. "Shhh Nuka. She's talking to grandpa."

Nuka gasps before looking around. "Where? Where?"

A new voice caused Vitani and Nuka to look towards a white lioness, her dark brown eyes full of hate. "Scar is dead."

Zira lioness snapped out of her state of mind and growled. "Yes! Because of Simba... if not for him, Scar would still be King. And I, Zira- his loving, devoted daughter!"

A teen gold lioness, who sat on the side rolled her green eyes. Nasira was born towards the end of her father's reign, before her nephew Nuka was born. She's only in the Outlands because Gwen murdered her mother when she refused to continue to follow Scar.

Nasira knew when her eldest half-sister went in her rants someone gets hurt. The youngest daughter of Scar sighed before she walked over to the older lioness fully aware of Zira's temper.

"Zira. I think we should go for a hunt. You been training Kovu all morning."

Zira sneered, but knew that Nasira was right. "Fine." she then turned her amber eyes to her oldest son. "Nuka, watch your brother and sister!"

Nuka nodded and watched as his mother walk away with his aunt and Gwen following.