Taka listened onto his mate finishing her tale. He was just as shocked as her to know Uru and Ahadi had another cub before their golden prince came to be.

Sarabi finished with a heavy sigh as she thought about Mufasa's reaction. A look of hurt and sorrow was set on his features before he nuzzled his parents. "They never could find their lost cub. They were so heartbroken."

Taka nodded before nuzzling her. "Did they tell you the cub's name?"

Sarabi shook her head as she placed her head on Taka's shoulder. "They looked too hurt to say it." she explained to him. "It seems to hurt them by even talking about the poor cub."

The rogue smiled softly as they continued on nuzzling, a soft pray for the lost cub filled his mind.

He knew about the hurting ache of losing a cub, his parents always expressed that when they spoke about Uhuru whenever he asked. Sarabi suddenly pulled away with a deep, thoughtful expression on her features before she looked at him.

"Taka."

Taka arched an eyebrow at his love, allowing her to continue on with whatever she wanted to say. For a moment, he saw a flash of sorrow filling her eyes. His heart ached with what could come.

"When the wedding comes, this will never be."

Taka sighed sadly. "I know, Sarabi. I know that will come one day."

Sarabi took a deep breath as she licked his cheek. "Taka, I don't want to become Mufasa's."

Taka arched an eyebrow. "Then simply tell him those words!"

The lioness shook her head. "He would never allow that. He loves me."

The rogue held back an annoyed groan at his mate's words but didn't say anything that would upset her, he didn't want to risk their love at this point already.

Sarabi stood her paws and nuzzled him once more before flicked her tail, Taka's eyes widened as he followed before noting how they were moving away from the falls. Wouldn't they be seen if they moved away from the falls?

"Sarabi." Taka said as he walked at her side. "Where are we going?"

The future queen laughed as stopped. "For a run." she replied and Taka's eyes widened. "I want to get out of here for a while."

Taka shook his head. "But you said it yourself; what if he finds you? What if he finds us?"

The lioness laughed as she realized what he thought. "Oh, no! Taka, we're not going to run away. I mean, we're going to run through the Pridelands. I want to show you the land, not just the falls."

The rogue rolled his eyes with a grin. "Cheeky lioness."

*TP & TR*

Haki and Sarafina rolled their eyes as they watched Mufasa pace back and forth. The golden lion had been like this ever since learning about his dead older sibling. Ahadi and Uru could barely manage to get through the story without breaking down.

Mufasa was thorn. Thorn between being angry at his parents for keeping this from him or being sadden for them, having to go through the loss of a cub.

"Calm down, buddy."

Mufasa looked over his shoulder at Haki, who's head was resting on Sarafina's back.

"I can't! They kept this from me!" Mufasa replied.

Sarafina rolled her eyes as she looked at her cubhood friend. "They can barely talk about their lost cub! It's no wonder. How would you feel if you had to tell your cub that they had an older sibling who was lost?"

Mufasa sighed. "Horrible."

Haki gave him a soft smile. "I'm sure they wanted to tell you, but their hearts were still healing."

The golden prince's mind went back to the conversation. His father was so heartbroken as his mother could barely keep the tears from falling as they spoke about his deceased sibling. They couldn't even say if he had a brother or a sister.

Ahadi managed to finish the tale by saying how his sibling was taken away from them by rogues. They didn't know if they survived or not, but all they knew was; they were gone. Mohatu, his grandfather, sent a pray to his mate above to keep watch over their grandcub if they had joined her with the ones of the past.

"I just wished I had known sooner." Mufasa sighed heavily as he sat down, flicking his tail over his creamy paws. "I know it would've hurt talking about them, but isn't that how you get over a passing?"

Haki shook his head. "There's a lot of ways for grieving. Not just one way, Muffy."

Mufasa nodded slowly as he took in his friend's words. "I see then."

Sarafina smiled at him. "Why don't you ask more about your deceased sibling?"

The golden prince nodded as he moved to find his parents.

*TP & TR*

Taka smiled at his love as she lead them to a small area of the Pridelands that were surrounded by trees, not really allowing much insight to whoever might be within the shady area. The rogue laid down next to her and purred when she nuzzled into his black mane.

There was still a lingering feeling about being caught by the prince himself. Sarabi knew how angry Mufasa could get due to having a short temper like Ahadi, but at least the King could catch himself when he knew he was going to explode until Mufasa.

"Tell me Sarabi, what was it like growing up here?" Taka asked with interest.

Sarabi purred as she thought back to her cubhood days. "We were all playful. The animals usually rolled their eyes when we came through."

Taka laughed. "That much of a troublemaker?"

Sarabi rolled her eyes at her mate. "Believe me, Mufasa was a bigger one then Sarafina and I."

"What a sight it would've been!" laughed Taka. "I wish I could've grown up here."

Sarabi gave him a look. "So, what were you like growing up?"

Taka looked away. "Shy, silent. I didn't do much."

Sarabi frowned. "Why not?"

"Most of the cubs in my Pride didn't like me that much." admitted the rogue. "Especially this one cub, Ni. He hated me."

The future queen listened as Taka told his tale on growing up. Ni had died later due to an unknown illness and the Pride buried the white lion as they mourned. Taka explained how he had saved Ni once, gaining his scar, and the two began to get on good terms before Ni's unexpected death.

Sarabi smiled sadly for her mate before nuzzling into his mane. She silently promised to name her first born cub after the lion who her mate saved.

Then he went onto explaining how he and Ni trained together to fight. In their Pride, it was expected of the Males to defend their Pride no matter what. Ni might've been bigger and had more muscle, but Taka was more stronger. They quickly learned they were much better fighters when they fought side by side.

A duo.

"Sounds like you miss him."

Taka nodded. "Every day I do."

Sarabi licked his cheek as she saw a tear rolling down Taka's eye. "I'm sure he's watching over you to this day."

He could only hope so.