Author's Note: Hello, readers. This is the remake of my first Lion King Fanfic because I didn't end up liking how I started in the first place. Anyway, I hope all of you will enjoy this story. I only own my OCs. The Lion King and its characters belong to Walt Disney.
The Lion Princess
Chapter 1: The Abandoned Human Cub
It was another bright sunny day in Africa.
The birds were tweeting high above the pure blue sky as giraffes, elephants, hippos and various other animals went on doing their usual routines.
But the peace of the savannah was ruined, when two poachers arrived on a vehicle car to hunt down a bunch of animals to kill. Mostly, the lions.
However, their plan was foiled when the Queen of the Pridelands known as Sarabi arrived to the savannah and chased them away.
When the poachers left, they left behind a basket with a crying baby girl inside it.
The baby girl had dark golden blonde hair, bluish-violet eyes and fair skin. She wore a white dress that had a few frills on it.
Instead of eating her, Sarabi just smiled at the infant and felt her heart swell with love as she stared into her beautiful eyes.
She knew that the baby girl wouldn't last long if no one would take care of her and there wasn't any possibility that the humans that left wouldn't come back for their baby.
Then an idea came into her head.
The baby girl will become her responsibility.
But then she become worried about what would happen if she brought the human infant back to her pride.
Would they accept her or would they shun her for what she is?
Sarabi already knew that her brother-in-law would be completely against the idea of allowing this baby to live among the pride, but maybe her husband wouldn't be the same.
Surely, her newborn son would love to have a new baby sister to play with and she always wanted to have a daughter.
Since she was the Queen of the Pridelands, the other lionesses would respect her wish.
Hopefully, her husband would accept this human infant as their daughter.
The Queen then used her teeth to grab the basket as she could hear the baby giggle and laugh while her mother lifted her up.
Sarabi began making her way back to her Pride, silently hoping the baby girl would be accepted.
When she came back, the queen was greeted by her younger sisters and the other lionesses.
Naanda was a lioness with canary gold fur with a cream coloured underbelly and deep red eyes.
Diku was a lioness with sepia coloured fur, a light underbelly and dark orange eyes.
"Sarabi. You're okay."Diku remarked with a hint of relief. "Where have you been?"
"We thought for a moment that you were taken from the humans."Sarafina commented.
Sarabi smiled as she placed the basket.
"I'm fine."Sarabi assured and smiled at the basket. "Its just that I got a little bit...sidetracked."
Sarabi removed the blanket in the basket a bit to reveal the baby human girl causing her Pride Sisters to gasp in shock.
"Guess that explains it."Naanda stated.
A male cub with caramel brown fur with a lighter underbelly and dark orange eyes looked at the human baby girl.
"A funny looking thing."Lerato stated smugly. "That's what is."
Diku glared at her son.
"Lerato!"Diku scowled.
"What?"Lerato said, confused by his mother's anger. "It is."
"This is actually a human female baby, Lerato."Sarabi explained. "The humans that were hunting left her when I stopped them."
The female baby looks up at her new mother before she uses her teeth to grab two corners of the blanket before she lifted the girl up out of the basket.
Lerato looked at the baby girl as she started cooing and pulled his ear with her little hand.
"Ow."Lerato groaned and then smiled a bit when the baby girl started stroking his head tuft. "So where's her mother, Aunt Sarabi?"
"Well, I am going to be her mother now."Sarabi admitted with a smile.
The members of the Queen's court backed away a bit when Mufasa came forward and headed towards his mate.
A surprised look appeared on Mufasa's face when he saw the baby girl near Sarabi.
"Sarabi…"Mufasa said.
"Mufasa, I discovered her after the humans left the Pridelands."Sarabi stated.
Mufasa looked at the baby girl, who started gurgling in excitement which caused a warm smile to grow on his face.
"They abandoned her?"Mufasa asked.
"They did."Sarabi replied with a nod. "And it seems they won't come back for her."
Mufasa thought for a moment before replying to his mate.
"She can stay with us then."Mufasa suggested. "Do you have a name for her?"
"Athena."Sarabi replied with a smile. "I'll name her Athena."
Mufasa smiled. "A beautiful name."
Athena crawled toward her new father and hugged his paw.
Both Mufasa and Sarabi both nuzzled their new daughter while their first son, Simba, comes running toward them and sees his parents holding his new baby sister.
Simba was still a newborn cub and didn't mind seeing Athena join their parents' warm embrace.
Not long after Athena's arrival, there had been a special ceremony to celebrate the birth of Simba and she was among the guests attending as his adopted older sister.
Rafiki had painted red marks on her face as part of the ceremony to have her identified as the Princess of the Pridelands.
After that day, everyone in the Pridelands accepted Athena as the daughter of their beloved king and queen. Including her being the sister of their young prince; their future king.
However, the only who didn't accept Athena was Scar, who was Mufasa's younger brother and despised humans.
Despite Scar's approval, Mufasa and Sarabi were more happy that they now had a daughter to raise along with their son.
Soon Athena's life in the Pridelands would begin.