Title: Kiara

Author: Queen Serenity

Fandom: The Lion King

Chapter: Two

MmmThat was a good sleep…

Whitney woke up slowly, opening her eyes, and quickly shut them again as she was blinded by the sun. What? Why didn't Momma wake me up for Pre-School? I'm not sick… She squinted her eyes slightly, allowing sun to seep in so they could adjust. Once she could see, she sat up, looking around. …This isn't home… where am I? Where's Mommy and Sere? She tried to swallow the panic that she could feel rising as she looked around her to see parched-looking land everywhere, not a house or sign of civilization in sight.

Her mouth was very dry, and she felt incredibly thirsty. Luckily, though, she noticed what looked like water in the distance. She started moving towards it, feeling a bit dizzy and out-of-it from the thirst, so she'd traveled a small distance before she noticed something weird… the ground seemed a bit too close. In fact, she was walking on all fours… what was going on? Where her hands should have been were fur-covered paws…

She ran the rest of the way to the water hole, tripping slightly from moving in this way she wasn't used to, confused, and looked at her reflection. She gasped at what she saw, and just sat there, staring at her reflection for several minutes. Staring back at her was a pretty little lioness cub, colored dark brown (like Scar and Kovu), with brown eyes that were widened in shock. On her were black markings that were shaped as her real-life hair had been; on her forehead a black split shape that went done her neck and wrapped around her shoulders, going down to the middle of her back. "Wha- what's happened to me?" She wondered aloud, not even stopping to wonder why she could talk. Her thirst overcoming her confusion, she dipped her head to the water to sate her thirst.

As she sat there, trying to figure out what had happened, she saw a dust cloud in the distance. Quickly, it showed itself to be a zebra that was galloping up. It dipped its head to the pool for a drink, and, when it finished, it seemed to notice Whitney.

"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be with the lion pride? Aren't you going to the ceremony?"

Thinking that maybe this would help her, Whitney nodded her head slowly, deciding to just go along with what the zebra said. "…Yeah, I was planning on going… but I somehow got separated from the others, and now I'm lost…"

The zebra seemed to be considering something, and it replied after a moment. "Yeah, well… I'm going there myself… hop on my back, and I'll give you a ride there, and you can join back up with your family once we get there."

The zebra kneeled, and Kiara jumped up onto her back. Before moving, the zebra spoke, caution in its voice. "Mind those claws now, please."

As they moved along, galloping, the zebra spoke again. "By the way, my name is Tevua, what's yours?"

Somehow, Whitney didn't think her name would fit in at this place, wherever it was, so she said the first name that came to mind. "…Kiara."

A little over an hour later, after Whitney (we'll call her Kiara from now on, k?) had almost fallen off several times and Tevua had had to slow considerably so that she could stay on, they finally reached their destination.

Animal herds and flocks and packs were gathered all around. At the base of a large cliff, seemingly waiting for something, and, watching all this, Kiara thought it all looked strangely familiar…

Finally, a monkey walked slowly out on the cliff, holding something. A moment later, he carefully lifted what he was holding into the air, showing all the animals what he held.

A young lion cub.

As all the animals cheered in different ways, Kiara just sat there in shock.

Oh. My. God.

I'm in the movie!

QS: Now, it probably seems weird, a zebra letting a lion ride on its back. However, let's just make a little assumption. You see, at the beginning of the movie, all the groups of animals, both predators and prey, separate but together. So I'm just making the assumption that on the day that the new royal one of the Pride Lands is being presented, there is a sort of understanding between them all. No one eats no one, ya know?