Queen Sarabi paced back and forth as Sarafina sat not far away, near the cave.

"Sarabi, would you stop worrying."

Sarabi sighed as Mufasa walked up the stone slope of the kopje before he pulled a sleeping Kiara off his back.

Sarafina smiled and said, "I'll take her" before grabbing the princess and headed in the cave.

Mufasa looked at his mate and said, "What was that about?"

Sarabi took a deep breath and said,"Follow me."

-O-

On the east side of the Pride Lands was a small clearing with a pound and a large tree shadowing over. This area is where Princess Kiara was conceived. Under the tree laid the king and queen.

"Mufasa, I'm just going to come out and say it. I'm pregnant, again."

Mufasa was speechless, but that didn't help the smile that formed on his yellow muzzle. The king went to nuzzle his queen, but she pulled away.

Mufasa was taken back, "Dear, what's wrong?"

"Mufasa, I'm worried."

Mufasa nuzzled Sarabi's cheek and said, "About what, love?"

Sarabi looked down with her ears pinned and said,"Remember when I said I ran away?" Mufasa nodded, so Sarabi continued."I was my father's eldest, but when my mother gave birth to a son. My father striped my title as furtre queen and gave the throne to my brother."

Mufasa looked down and said,"I had no idea, love. But what does this have to do with the new cub?"

Sarabi sighed and said, "I'm worried that if I have a boy, you'll take the throne away from Kiara and give it to our son. I don't want Kiara to go through what I went through."

Mufasa licked Sarabi's head and said,"Of course not. Kiara is the rightful queen and if this new cub is a boy, Kiara is still our rightful heir. I changed that rule about only males could rule a week after Kiara's birth."

Sarabi smiled and nuzzled under Mufasa's chin as a loving purr escaped her throat."Thank you, Mufasa."

Mufasa smiled and said, "Anything for my queens."

...

"Wakey, wakey princess!"

Kiara groan as she blinked her amber eyes open. When her vision cleared, she nearly jumped out of her fur.

"Kovu!"

The brownish cub snickered and said, "Come on, my dad said Uncle Mufasa has a surprise for you."

Kiara smiled before running out of the cave. Standing near the stone slope was Scar with a bright smile on his face.

"Morning Kiara."

Kiara nuzzled her uncle's forelegs and said, "Morning Uncle Scar!"

"Come with me, I believe your father has a surprise for you."

Kiara giggled before running down the slope to the savannah where Scar's features turned sinister and cold as he looked down at his son, "Keep her friends away from the gorge."

Kovu nodded before running off. Scar smiled darkly before following his niece.

-O-

"Hey Uncle Scar, will I like this surprise?"

Scar looked over his shoulder and said,"Dear, it's to die for!"

Kiara watched her uncle disappeared before slumping down on the rock she was on. A few minutes passed when Kiara felt the ground shake. Kiara looked up and to her horror seen a stampede of widebeast heading towards her way.

-O-

"Mufasa, stampede in the gorge. Kiara's down there!"

Mufasa's heart nearly stopped at his brother's words. Without a second thought Mufasa ran off with Scar and Zazu following. When they got the gorge they saw Kiara on a dead tree hanging on for dead life.

"Hold on Kiara!" Mufasa roared.

A widebeast ramaed into the tree, sending the princess soring through the air.

Mufasa jumped from ledge to ledge and caught her just in time. Just then another widebeast ramed into the king, making Kiara slide across the gorge floor. Kiara looked around for her father, fear writened in her eyes.

Before she knew it she was pick up and placed on a ledge. Father and daughter stared into each other's eyes before Mufasa was thrown back in the stampede.

"Daddy!" Kiara cried.

With a thumderous roar Mufasa leaped up and landed on a nearby rock face. Kiara smiled and went to climb to the top. But at the the top things were not going well for the exhausted King.

"Brother, help me!"

Scar looked at his brother before grabbing the golden king's paws with his black sharp claws. Mufasa roared out in pain before looking in his brother's cold green eyes.

Scar smiled tripumly before whispering in Mufasa's ear, "Long Live The King."

Mufasa's eyes went wide before he was thrown off the cliff.

"Noooo!" Kiara cried as she watched her father fall to his death.

After the stampede cleared Kiara made her way down to the gorge floor. A stray wildebeest dashed past. The wildebeest curves around a log further down the gully. Under the log is Mufasa, laying on his side. He is not moving or breathing. Kiara frowns before she started to approach the body, slowly.

"Daddy? ...Daddy, come on." hopefully said Kiara before she rubs up against Mufasa's cheek. The head merely rolls back in place after the rub. "You gotta get up!" she places both forepaws on her father's cheek and pushes. "Daddy. We gotta go home!"

She tugs at Mufasa's ear. Again the head limply moves back in place. Kiara runs off a bit, obviously very scared. "HEEEEELP! Somebody!" Her voice reverberates hollowly off the sides of the gorge. "Anybody... help..."

Tears escaped Kiara's eyes before she turned back to the body. She nuzzles up under the limp paw so that her father is embracing her.

"Kiara."

Kiara looks over her shoulder and seen her uncle."I'm sorry, I didn't mean for this to happen."

Kiara cried on her uncle's leg. "Of course you didn't. No one... ever means..." Scar pulls Kiara closer; Kiara hides her face on Scar's foreleg, "..for these things to happen. ...But the king IS dead!" looking with mock regret at Kiara, "And if it weren't for you, he'd still be alive."

Kiara is crushed, believing her guilt. Another thought "occurs" to Scar."Oh! What will your mother think?"

Sniffing up some tears, Kiara looked up and said,"What am I gonna do?"

"Run away, Kiara. Run... Run away and never return!"

Kiara takes one last glace at her father's body before running off blindly, obviously broken. Shenzi and the two others from her clan appeared behind Scar.

Without looking, Scar said without emotion, "Kill her."