The Lion King III: Pride Land Rogue

The Lion King III: Pride Land Rogue

Joyous Spring

Disclaimer: All characters, original story references, and settings are Copyright The Walt Disney Company. Zuri, Azizi, Hodari, Zeru, Ua, Maovu, and all them other characters are Copyrighted to myself.

Author's Note: Yay! My LK fic is out! Please R/R!

Brief Summary: Zuri and Azizi, Kiara's twin daughters, must figure out who the true heiress is while at the same time battling the revived Zira and her firstborn, Maovu.

A muscular, dark-tan lioness appeared from the mouth of the den. She nodded to a rather large, heavily built lion, dark in color with a jet-black mane and gray eyes. The lion rushed into the cave, anxious to unite with his mate. He greeted her, nuzzling the strange lioness. She was an odd one, a dark tan color, like the midwife, Faila, a former captive of the species she had seen since birth, the humans. It was they, she thought, her heart momentarily filled with hatred, who had made her this way. They were a horrible species, tricking her that way. They had put a substance she had heard them call "chemicals" into her food, causing her to grow this- this…mane! Thank goodness, she thought, looking adoringly at her young cub, Thank goodness I am here now. Looking up, Ua noticed that Maovu stared at the cub in disgust, as if he hated his own kin. But that was, of course, impossible. He was too compassionate…She looked back at the cub, and at him again. Or was he? The dark lion became irritated, looking down at it.

"This…" he scorned at her. "This is one of my own line?" she stared at him, hurt by his words. After all, the cub was his son.

"You should be ashamed of yourself, Maovu!" she cried. "How could you hate on of your own?" she hid the cub in her mane, and stared again.

"That," he roared, "THAT is NOT one of my own! How dare you accuse me of being the father of a white lion cub!" Ua shook her head sadly and looked down at the cub. "As soon as it is weaned," he began, Ua's eyes widening, "he will be banished." The dark lion turned abruptly and left the den. Ua looked again at her young cub, her first cub. He was, in fact, white, with black markings on his ears, and amazingly pure blue eyes. He was not bad. Just-- Different, that was all. She cuddled the cub in her paws, and the name came to her. She whispered it to the cub. "Zeru…for your color and sweetness, my little one..."