1Silent Reaper - /this/ means italics. For some reason, those never transfer over when I upload, so I use that instead. ::shrugs::

Kovu's Gurl - I left a review on your story :)

Doppleganger - It's a little more... different then adoption. You'll see ;-)

Sunrise: I think they MIGHT meet hehehe :-P gotta keep the suspense. Oops, I forgot to answer your question from your first review. He wants them because they're female if you catch my drift.

Kiara: Of course there's crushin! Makes the story all that more interesting lol.

I'm hoping to get a piccie of Sabili and Zuri and maybe Kali up soon. But I don't look at anything, like a pic of a lion or whatever, so it might take awhile lol.

Okay heres the review record: Chappie 1:7 Chappie 2: 5 awww don't let it drop like that every chapter! Hopefully I get more then three, I'll be happy lol. But I'm really proud of the reviews I'm getting for this story, keep it up!

Also, I forgot to add, when she came back to her pride they wrapped her hurt paw up in a leafy type bandage.

SORRY THIS A/N IS SO LONG AND SORRY FOR TAKING SO LONG TO UPDATE!

Chapter 3: Telling Sabili.

Sabili and Zuri stole off into the night, quietly and stealthily, being sure to wake no one of the pride or face the consequences of sneaking out from their mother and father. When they were safely away, Sabili started to talk, "After you didn't reply, Zuri, I followed like I said I would and I came out, and there was this lioness waiting outside for me. She said, 'wondering where your sister Zuri is? She's back where she was born. It's time for /you/ to go back to where you were born.' What do you think she meant by that?"

Zuri looked confused also. "I don't know. Maybe we should ask mom?"

"I don't know. I mean, I know I was born here, mom told me, I mean we're twins!" Zuri nodded, and turned back toward the Ridge.

"We better get back, they'll be waking up soon.." Sabili nodded, following her sister up the ridge, all the time wondering about that mysterious lioness.

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"Mother?" Zuri asked as she entered the den.

"Zuri, is that you?"

"Yes, me and Sabili." Mdambi, almost identical to Zuri, came out into the sunrise's light. Thin, very light covered pelt, and short. Sometimes Sabili felt like an outsider, she was so built, and a dark color (A/N: Darker then Sarabi, lighter then Scar.) She was taller then all of the other lionesses. There were two others a little bit older then her that were like her, a bit lighter though, but the heavy build like herself.

"What is it, my dears?" Zuri looked over at Sabili.

"Well," Sabili started, "We were together that day, when we didn't tell you where we were going. A rouge lion trapped us and put us into a cave, that's how my paw got hurt," she lifted it, "and so Zuri went ahead. When I didn't hear back from her, I came out, and there was this strange lioness there. She said, ' Wondering where your sister is Zuri? She's gone back to the pride, where she was born and raised. However, you need to back to where /you/ were born.' What do you think she was talking about?"

Mdambi's face dropped. She turned to the den. "Takua!" she turned to the two. "Stay here for a moment, girls." They both looked at each other as their mother jogged into the den. "Takua!"

"I wonder what that was about," wondered Zuri out loud. The royal pair came out of the den, exchanging a worried glance.

"Um, Sabili, what we're going to tell you is very difficult for us," Takua said gruffly.

Mdambi jumped in. "But it doesn't make us love you any less. Not at all." Sabili looked at both of them funny and the twin's sat down in unison.

"Um, Sabili, you are the daughter of a king and a ex-queen," Takua said softly, and Sabili's mouth dropped, "Let me finish. You are the daughter of the ex queen of the Pride Lands. When their king died, his brother took over the throne, and let hyenas in. The pride was starving, they needed more land that they could hunt on. They came to us. We were a small, humble pride, but with many lands full of herds. We said they could come, twice a week, in exchange for four lioness cubs. They only had four, or else you would have stayed. But it was not to be."

"But we love you just as if I birthed you!" jumped in Mdambi. Zuri looked over at Sabili tearfully.

"Mom, you lied to me, to us! Telling us we were twins all of our life!" Zuri sobbed, running away from them.

"Zuri, come back!" cried her mother.

"Let her go, 'Dambi," said the King softly. He turned to Sabili. "Are you okay?" Sabili did not respond, instead went running, following her sister.

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Nala looked over to her side, to see Simba approching her. She sighed, getting up to leave before he asked her to be his Queen again. And again. And again. He didn't seem to understand why she didn't just say yes, that she had to think. She had been in love with both him and Kali. Kali. He was also waiting around, hoping Nala would choose him.

There was so much pressure from the other lionesses, also, for her to become the Queen. They've been wanting to see this since she was born (Simba already having being born). The day was born, she was betrothed. She didn't understand how they could do that, without even knowing if the two cubs would hate each other. In this case, of course, they had been best of friends, but...

"Hello Nala," greeted her mother, Sarafina. She sat next to her daughter, and Nala knew she was going to ask. "Soo, have you made up your mind?"

"Mothhheerrr. It's only been barely a full moon (A/N A little over a month in other words)."

"I know, but us lionesses are only young for so long."

"Mom, it hasn't been that long. Cool it! I'm tired of everyone telling me what to think and what to do. Maybe if those gossip lionesses over there would leave me alone for a couple days I could actually THINK." Sarafina looked at her daughter, shocked.

"Their not gossip lionesses. They just want a fixed Queen beside our King." Nala sighed.

"I know. But I don't think I want to be Simba's mate. I mean, he's just been so pushy lately for me to accept, and I hate it." Sarafina gave her daughter a kind of I'm-sorry glance, and then stood.

"Well I'm going to be just over here. If you need to talk, just yell for me."

Nala flipped onto her back, staring at the sky. "Thanks mom."

A/N: I have run out of ideas of where to go for this story, so it might be a bit before I update again. Feel free to put your input about where the story should go! REVIEW!!!!!