Weeks turned into months, and soon the hot, sunny session turned into the chilly, rainy session. At the edge of the Pride Lands stood another landmark. A huge baboaa tree is home to the crazy old, but wise mandrill and Royal Mjuzi Rafiki.

Legends says that this very tree was alive before King Mufasa's grandparents' rule.

As the cool rain poured down onto the savannah, that had so much blood shed that, all that crimson liquid could have formed a ocean.

Royal Mjuzi Rafiki was in his tree chanting an old African spiritual chant as he painted the newest cubs. As pride tradition, when the pride cubs are six months they are painted on the tree's wall.

A semble that tells anyone that the cubs are officially the pride's newest members. Of course one of the newest addition to the wall are none other than Princess Kiara, who's the only cub that gets the royal mark across the head.

The other paintings was of Sarafina's cubs, Simba and Nala.

Simba had tawny fur and pale green eyes from his mother but overall the son of Sarafina looks like his father, Alistair.

Alistair is a large tawny lion with bright green eyes that he passes to his daughter, Nala. Nala has creamy fur, like her mother.

Over the months King Mufasa and Queen Sarabi talked with Alistair and Sarafina about their cubs' futures. And it was decided that Simba and Kiara would be the future rulers.

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As the mighty golden globe rose from the savannah and lighting the waking kingdom in a golden glow. A light beige cub with bright amber eyes stood at the peak of Pride Rock. With a smile, the princess ran inside the cave and over to her father.

"Daddy! Daddy! C'mon dad, wake up we gotta go!" Kiara accidentally stepped on a tan lioness' tail, name Katja.

"Sorry," the princess ran up to Mufasa, "Dad! Daddy!"

Sarabi yawned and said sleepily, "You're daughter is awake."

Without opening his eyes, the king replied sleepily, "Before the sunrise, she's your daughter."

Kiara pulled on Mufasa's ear, the princess fell backwards with a loud 'ooof'. So Kiara went with planed b, she head butted him.

"You promised!" Kiara shouted as her father looked up into his daughter's eyes.

"All right, I'm up. I'm up."

Mufasa said getting up and heading out of the cave. Sarabi walked the pair out before giving her mate and cub a loving nuzzle. Once at the top, Mufasa gave Kiara a nuzzle. The princess smiled.

"Kiara, everything the light touches, is our kingdom. A ruler's time rises and falls like the sun. One day Kiara, the sun will set on my time and will rise with you as the new queen." Mufasa started the lesson.

"And this will all be mine?" Kiara asked.

Mufasa smiled and said "Everything."

"Everything the light touches..." Kiara repeated sitting down looking at the shadows, "What about that shadowy place?"

Mufasa calm, playful features turn serious and stern as he said, "That's beyond our borders. You must never go there, Kiara."

Kiara looked at her father with her head tilted and said,"I thought a queen could do whatever they want?"

"My daughter, there's more than being queen than getting your way all the time," Mufasa began walking away with Kiara following.

Kiara's eyes lit up as curiosity was seen through them as she asked, "There's more?"

Mufasa chuckled as he feautures returned back to calm and playful, as he playfully chided his daughter, "Kiara."