Sarabi had to keep herself from shouting how she didn't want to marry the prince as Mufasa nuzzled her happily before looking at Rafiki. The Shawman smiled as he painted the royal wedding markings on their faces and Sarabi looked away. Mufasa felt proud to know he was having this beautiful lioness as his mate and queen when his parents stepped down.

Rafiki chuckled as he stepped back. "We are ready!"

Mufasa smiled as he nodded. "Here we go, Sarabi." he smiled at his bride.

Sarabi took a deep breath as her eyes darted to the edge, waiting for Taka.

"Right." the lioness said as she closed her eyes tightly, wishing Taka would come soon so this would end and they could be together.

Rafiki took notice in how Sarabi looked, but knew he had to go on. With a deep breath, he faced Uru and Ahadi who nodded with wide smiles. "Without anymore, let's start."

The sound of pawsteps running up Pride Rock caught Sarabi's ears as she saw a black mane from the corner of her eyes and she smiled. Taka. A sigh of relief escaped as she saw the rich brown lion waiting for the perfect moment to strike, and when it came, he roared, nearly scaring everyone.

"This will not happen! I object to this marriage!"

Ahadi roared as he lowered himself in a fighting position which Taka responded in kind.

The King of the Pridelands flicked his tail. "Who are you?"

Uru's green eyes widened as something was familiar about this lion. The name sealed the deal and she couldn't help but smile softly. "My name is Taka and I have come to object this marriage because I love Sarabi. She has fallen equally in love with me. I will not stand for this union of two hearts because it is simply one heart who has found upendi but the other has not found upendi with his!"

Mufasa growled as he lowered himself into a fighting position, knowing he and his father could take this rogue on without much trouble. But he stopped when Uru stepped in front of the rogue protectively and all the Pride members were taken aback by their Queen's actions.

"You will not harm him, Ahadi! Mufasa! Do you realize who this rogue is, Ahadi? Take a closer look into his eyes and think about his name! You will see what I have."

Ahadi stepped closer and gasped. "Taka?" he whispered out, much to Taka's confusion. "Is that really, truly, you?"

Taka blinked as he arched an eyebrow. "Do I know you?"

The King smiled happily as he realized his long lost son was alive and well. Uru gave Taka a sweet smile and oddly enough, the rogue couldn't help but feel safe when he saw that, the only ever time he had seen that smile was on his adoptive mother.

"We're your parents!" Uru explained.

The Pride gasped as Taka took a step back. "My parents? My birth parents?"

Mufasa's jaw dropped before he quickly shut it and shook his head. He couldn't believe this! On his wedding day? No. He moved closer to the rogue to see what his parents were talking about, and he had to admit the rogue looked a great deal like his mother with his father's eyes.

He shook his head. There was no way this rogue could be his lost older sibling.

Sarabi purred as she moved to nuzzle Taka, who returned it with ease and Mufasa felt his heart shatter as he backed away from the pair. He gulped as he shared a look with Haki and Sarafina.

Taka looked at the two rulers. "I don't understand."

Uru sighed deeply. "You were born to us, destined to be future King of the Pridelands, but rogues stole you away from us. How we looked, but we couldn't find you. We feared the worst."

"But yet you returned to us!" Ahadi finished with a smile. "My son has returned!"

"Wait a second!"

The group looked at the golden prince who took a moment to collect his thoughts.

"What is it?" asked Ahadi.

Mufasa took a deep breath. "How do we know it's him? Rafiki would be able to tell!"

Rafiki walked over to the rich brown lion and placed his hand on his forehead, closing his eyes as he hummed before opening them with a wide smile. "De crowned prince has returned!"

Taka couldn't help but notice how his heart sore at the words. "Well, this is unexpected."

Sarabi purred as she nuzzled him. "Who cares? We can finally be together!"

Ahadi smiled proudly as he watched his first born nuzzle the lioness, he didn't notice how Mufasa looked with the sadden expression. "Well, we have a wedding to finish!" he proudly stated. "The union of Prince Taka and Sarabi!"

The Pride gave happy roars as Mufasa sighed sadly as he joined in with the roars. This was supposed to be his wedding, but if Sarabi was happy than he was as well.

*TP & TR*

After the wedding, Taka had been spending time with his parents and brother. Ahadi and Uru had been overjoyed to know of the Pride that had taken care of their son while Mufasa tried his hardest to be happy for his brother and Sarabi but his heart was shattered.

"So Taka, how come you didn't come home sooner?" Mufasa asked as they padded along the path and Taka gave him an confused look but shrugged it off.

"My adoptive parents had already lost a cub before, they didn't like me going out of the borders."

Ahadi and Uru's eyes widened.

"They lost a cub?" questioned Uru.

"Yes." Taka nodded as he sighed heavily. "Uhuru, I don't know how he died but he did." when Ahadi questioned him on the scar, the dark prince looked saddened. "I got it from saving another cub. The scar was the result."

Uru nuzzled her son. "My brave little boy who's about to be a father."

"What!?" Ahadi and Mufasa shouted in disbelief and the two chuckled nervously.

Taka shifted on his paws. "Oh yes, Sarabi is pregnant. This happened before we found out I was the lost prince." he chuckled.

Mufasa's jaw slammed shut. "Oh, well... I'm happy for you."

For some reason, Taka didn't believe him but allowed himself to let it go.