Time passe as a little cub came running out of the cave of pride rock, she was ready to get out and explore, before she could get any further the cub was stopped by Simba, he picked her up by the scruff and carried her back to pride rock.

" where do you think your going Kiara?" he asked as his young daughter tried to get away but he caught with his paw.

" Daddy" she wined as he picked her up " let go" she commanded as her father gently placed her down.

" Now Kiara, I want you stay in sight of Pride rock.." Simba started but his daughter got frustrated.

" At all times!" she cut him off finishing what he was about to say " I know, and if I see any stranger do talk to them" she then pretended to stomp like an elephant " come straight home".

" Can I go now? please!" she smiled showing her teeth the way she smiled she resembled Simba and Nala back when they were cubs, Simba smirked at her daughter .

" Very funny" he told her Nala came over and sat down next to Simba " mind your father Kiara" she told her.

" Of course mom" Kiara answered. Simba and Nala looked at eachother then back at their daughter.

" Be careful" Simba told her as his daughter walked over and rubbed against his arms then took off from pride rock.

" Simba who does she remind you of?" Nala asked her mate, Simba was a bit confused.

" Who?" he gave up. his queen chuckled and lean into him.

" She's just like you when we were young" she told him.

" If she's anything like us she going to get into danger" Simba said to her, Nala quickly tackled him pinning him down.

" like the dangers you put us in" she corrected him. The two lions nuzzled each other with affection. " She'll be fine" Nala got off of him and walked back into the cave.

Simba was about to follow but saw Timon and Pumbaa relaxing in the shade, the king walked over to them he poked Timon with his paw.

" Timon, Pumbaa" he called to them, The meerkat looked up, he then elbowed Pumba in the gut to wake him up.

" Whu..Wasn't me" Pumbaa quickly said, Simba rolled his eyes at his friends.

" Now that you two are up" he leaned over to whisper something.

...

Kiara was having a great time, a butterfly caught her attention as she was chasing it.

" Hey come back" she tried to reach for it then pounced but the butterfly was to far from her reach" I just wanna play" she followed the butterfly until it landed on a rock.

" Ah mighty hunter" she said and she crouched to the ground " Has quarter her prey" she put what her mother taught her so far to practice as she slowly crept towards the butterfly.

She was about to leap when Timon got in her line of sight " KIARA!" he cried out. His sudden appearance startled her and the butterfly was gone.

" Now Princess Kiara" Pumbaa spoke from behind her " as Simba's daughter you know better then to go off alone" he then sat down next to her " you could of been hurt".

Kiara was about to protest but Timon was on her back checking her spine, he then touched her forehead " do you have a fever, we should take you back home" Kiara shook the meerkat off of her.

" Timon!" she said in a irritated tone " will you just listen to me!"

" Sorry I wasn't listening, did you say something Princess" Timon asked. Kiara hated being called by her royal title, she was about to lash out when she spotted a log, and knowing a long will contain bugs, one of timon and pumbaa favorite things to eat.

" Why yes" the cub smirked " in fact" she started to walk over to the log " If daddy has told me, these logs have bugs" she stick her paw in the log, she winced in disgust as she pulled one out, it was so gross she quickly flicked it away.

Pumbaa walked over " here, let me show you how it's done" he lifted the log with his tusks, Timon came over with a leaf and picked up the bugs.

" I have to admit princess" Timon plucked the bugs from the log " you getting good at looking for grubs" he held out the leaf full of bugs to her " here you take the first one"

" Uh.. No thanks" she decline " I..I think mom wanted me to save my appetite for later".

Timon shrugged and then turn to Pumbaa who didn't hesitate to take one, but the moment he bit into it he spits it out.

" That wasn't a slimy one" he said " slimy are the best".

" Slimy" Timon picked a bug with is paws " it's the crunchy one that are the best" as he ate one.

"Slimey Pumbaa argured

"Crunchy" Timon argued right back. this continued for a bit , but Kiara saw an opportunity to slip away, she snuck around Timon and Pumbaa and once she was out of their sight, she took off

...

Kiara was free to explore on her own again, as she was walking she wasn't watching where she was going for she ended up tripping over her feet.

" Hey watch where you going" a voice spoke, A lion cub around her age was under her and he looked annoyed.

Yup.. Made cub Kiara a bit smarter around Timon and Pumbaa. She's still not a fan of eating bugs.

Next chapter, who's the mysterious cub she tripped over.