Weeks had went by since Sarabi's death and both Mufasa and Sarafina became deathly ill.
"How is he, Jackson?"
The large dark red wolf sighed, "He only have a few minutes."
Kiara sobbed as she leaned on Alistair's large tawny shoulder.
General Alistair is still going strong, since he's a season older than Kiara.
Alistair nuzzled the light beige lioness as she cried on his shoulder.
"Kiara, why don't you say your goodbyes."
Kiara sniffed up some tears, "Will you come with with me?"
Alistair nuzzled her and said, "Of course."
The two lions walked in the cave and saw Mufasa lying down, breathing hard.
"Father!" cried Kiara as she ran and nuzzled the dying lion.
Mufasa smiled and coughed, "Kiara. There's something we need to tell you."
Kiara was surprised, "What do you mean by ' we'?"
Alistair stepped up and sighed, "He's speaking about me."
Kiara was confused, "Father, what's going on?"
Mufasa coughed as his breathing shadowed, "Simba wasn't supposed to be your mate."
-O-
Simba sat a grave that's near the creek.
"Mother, I will miss you. Tell my son this is for him."
A single tear fell from the croaked lion's face, but just as his sorrow feelings came they disappeared and were replaced with cold emotioness features.
"Daddy?"
Simba whipped around and faced his daughter. With a snarl he got in Astra's face, "Get back to training!"
Astra didn't waste no time and ran to where Cullen was training with Kova and Zira.
-O-
It's been two days since Mufasa's passing. Kiara was in the clearing, that she was conceived when Alistair walked over.
"Kiara, can we talk?"
Kiara was lying down on her stomach with her head on her paws. When she moved her amber eyes up and saw the tawny coated lion. With a sigh she sat up and looked at the male.
"Kiara, I don't really know how to tell you this."
Kiara's eyes narrowed as she snapped, "Why am I just hearing about this now!?"
Alistair sighed, "I had just reached my teenage stage when I came to the Pride Lands..."
{Flash Back}
A teenage tawny coated lion with the beginnings of a black mane and bright green eyes was walking around in search of a new home.
As he was walking, the smell of prey reached his dark pink nose. His stomach growled and forced him to enter unknown lands. The sun was high in the sky as he had his bright green eyes on an old zebra when a thunderous roar reached his young ears.
The teen looked up and saw a large gold coated lion with a red mane and amber eyes.
"Who are you and what are you doing on my lands!"
The teen gulped knowing he messed up, "Um...your highness, I'm truly sorry for trespassing. My name is Alistair and I have no where to go. My parents were killed by a pack of hyenas. I just bearly made it out alive myself."
The lion softened as an proposal came in mind, "I'm King Mufasa and this is my kingdom; the Pride Lands. I welcome you on one condition."
...
Alistair had followed Mufasa to a medium cave that sat on Pride Rock. Inside was dark beige lioness with dark brown ear rims and beautiful bright orange eyes.
In her paws were a week old light beige cub with amber eyes.
"Alistair, this is my mate and queen Sarabi." Mufasa said with a loving smiled.
Sarabi smiled warmly up at her mate and the teen male. Alistair bowed his head as Mufasa nuzzled the cub in the queen's paws,
"And this is our daughter and future Queen, Princess Kiara."
Alistair looked in Kiara's beautiful bright eyes and felt a wave of electricity like he was hit by lighting.
"Alistair?"
The teen shook his head, his small black mane moving slightly.
Mufasa smiled knowing what just happened to the teen, "The condition is, you can stay if you agree to be betroled to my daughter."
Alistair's face paled, "What! That means I would be king! I know nothing of being king!"
Mufasa chuckled as Sarabi smiled at the reaction of the young male.
"Don't worry dear, Kiara will teach you everything you need to know." Sarabi said to help reassure the young male.
"And I'm sure you feel something, no?" chuckled the gold coated king.
Alistair sighed, "I'm not going to lie. I did feel something."
Just then a loud painful roar was heard.
"Mufasa, that was Fina!"
Mufasa looked from his mate to his future son in-law, "Come with me!"
Alistair nodded and followed the king out in a full run. The two lions ran until they reached the water hole where a cream lioness was lying on her side breathing heavy.
Next to her was a slightly older dark cream lioness with dark brown eyes. A few feet away sat a lanky reddish-brown lion with a black mane and green eyes.
The dark brown eye lioness looked up and smiled in relief, "Mufasa, thank the kings. Sarafina went in labor."
Mufasa looked at his cubhood friend before turning to her sister, "Jaha, she have to give birth here. There's no time."
"Hold it, you want my mate to give birth out in the open and in front of some stranger!"
Mufasa sighed before turning towards his brother, "Scar, there's no time and Alistair is part of the pride."
Scar snorted as Sarafina roared out in pain. Everyone looked at the in pain lioness and saw she was pushing.
Jaha ran over to her sister's tail base."Push, you're almost there!"
Sarafina pushed again and soon the pain started to melt away. But a new type of pain was about to rise.
"Fina!"
Sarafina looked at her sister and seen the fear and horror in her eyes. Lying now in his mother's fore paws is dead light brown cub.
Tears fell from Sarafina's pale green eyes.
Scar snarled, "You pathetic excuse of a lioness!" before walking off.
Alistair growled at the retreating form of the king's brother. Mufasa placed a large paw on the young male's shoulder and shook his head.
Alistair sighed before looking at the crying creamy coated lioness."I'm so sorry, ma'am."
Sarafina looked up and her dull, dim pale green eyes brighten, "I'm starting to feel a little better."
...
A few days later after Sarafina buried her dead son, Alistair was taking up a late night patrol on the far side of the Pride Lands.
The teen had turned to make his way home when he was pounced on. Alistair looked over his shoulder and seen a large young creamy gold lion on his back.
"What hell is going on here!"
A dark laugh echoed through the air as Sarafina appeared."Listen, love. This will be real easy for you. Mate with me and you live. If you don't...well you get the picture."
Alistair snarled, "I'm promised to your best friends' daughter!"
Sarafina rolled her eyes, "What's more important? Your life or a not real love?"
Alistair sighed in defeat, "She most likely won't want to be with me anyway..."
Sarafina smiled as she lied down with her tail aside. Alistair sighed and before mounting the creamy lioness.
{End of Flash Back}
Kiara couldn't believe the story she just heard.
"Your father was also doing a patrol when he came across the scene."
Kiara shook her head, "And he didn't do anything?"
"He didn't want to brake your mother's heart. If he told Sarabi what her best friend did, it would of broke her."
"So what happened to your.. I mean our bethroled?"
Alistair sighed, "Your father told your mother, when he find out Sarafina was expecting, that you should be bethroled to someone younger that he already talk to me about it and I was okay with it. We didn't announced Sarafina was pregnant until she was two months along."
Kiara looked down deep in thought, "So. Was there any real feelings for me?"
Alistair looked at the light beige lioness, he opened his mouth to speak, "I-"
