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Ahadi watched over his kingdom with a sigh, the view from pride rock was absolutely majestic despite the dreary weather. The sun was obscured by the grey clouds towering over the sky, rain coming from the puffy substance hanging above.

However, time began to pass and not a sign of another animal was in sight. Outside of the lionesses that were awake, no other animal had come to the ceremony. Ahadi began to tap his tail against the ground, his ears lowering. Where were the other animals? The ceremony had to start soon!

Eventually, Zazu came flying by and landed on his shoulder."Sire, I got it. I delivered the news of your son's birth to the kingdom." He sounded a bit out of breath, but he managed to regain his posture.

The king narrowed his eyes at his messenger."I don't see anyone." Maybe it was the dreary view but the king honestly couldn't see anyone coming. He was ready to berate Zazu, seeing as he didn't need the presentation to be delayed any further.

"Look over there, I swear I told them to come."

"Zazu, I swear, I need to have my son presented. If they don't come here, I'm going to get a 'little' angry."

Anyone sane knew that if Ahadi was ready to lose his patience that it was going to be a fit. Zazu sweatdropped, the last thing he wanted was to get on Ahadi's bad side, other animals who had seen Ahadi get mad usually knew not to try it again. He would much rather live not experiencing that.

"The weather is slowing them down, it's rather chilly out here, but I'm sure they'll arrive soon enough."

The animals one by one were marching over towards pride rock, the ceremony of Takata's presentation was on the horizon. Every animal that was allowed to come was coming from far and wide to make in time to see the newest prince around.

The sun began to creak above the horizon. Everything was coming to place. From the largest elephant to the smallest ant, all were coming together to see Taka's presentation. The snow made things rather chilly, but the older king was sure the animals could pull through to see his newborn heir.

The birds that should've stayed inside in their dens from the cold were flying over the sky, and Ahadi almost mistook them for the clouds. The loud sound of splashing was heard from the other animals making their way over.

Some tripped over the new ice that had formed, but it was rarely enough to freeze the entire thing over. The rain pounded on the entire savannah, every animal in sight was getting soaked with water.

Eventually, Ahadi's eyes managed to catch sight of the horde of animals marching towards pride rock with water dripping down their skin. Ahadi himself couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine, seeing as this child was going to be his last link to the throne. The last thing he wanted was for everyone to be taking their sweet time.

"They better hurry up, my son isn't supposed to be waiting this long."

"Sire, they have come from a long way, it's going to take some time to get here."

"That doesn't mean I have to wait that long. I have been up here for an entirety, I expect a ceremony not to take this long. My patience is running short and I want those animals here immediately."

"Give them time. They are almost there." Zazu was honestly trying to keep Ahadi calm, seeing as the thought of his unborn cub and his surviving one was still on his mind. He walked back and forth, shaking the younger hornbill off of him. Zazu rubbed his head and muttered something under his breath.

Ahadi simply sighed."Better hurry, my son isn't supposed to wait over thirty minutes for this." The king calmed himself down and left the younger bird behind to visit his family. He wasn't in the mood for this. Stress could get to the best of them unfortunately.

He entered the cave and saw Uru watching over the little ones. Uru sadly smiled as she looked at her son's, Mufasa was still toying with his younger sibling by using his tail as a lead. Taka's paws managed to get a hold of his tail and took a bite.

"YEWOUCH! Aw, he bit me!" Mufasa struggled to remove his brother's jaws from his mouth, who only saw his brother's tail as a plaything and not a sensitive body part.

She chuckled at this, playfully smirking at her future heir."Mufasa, you should've known that would happen. You were teasing him, it was only a matter of time before he got you."

The queen laughed softly seeing her son's playing with each other. Taka was still a baby and he could hardly move without struggling, but he still managed to catch the tail tuft attached to his brother.

"OW! Get off! Come on!" Mufasa growled, trying to pull his brother off of him. Ahadi narrowed his eyes at this foolishness and forced Taka to release his brothers tail. Mufasa quickly recovered and let out a disgusted groan."EW! Slobber! Gross!"

Ahadi sighed."Mufasa, are you seriously toying around with Taka? He does not need to be rolling around, he needs to be ready for his presentation. The others are coming and I need you to please step aside."

"Ok, fine." Mufasa backed away and Ahadi began to approach his younger son. Ahadi lowered his head and picked up his son. Uru followed him and they both went outside. Mufasa narrowed his eyes before following them as fast as his small legs could carry him. When they managed to get outside, the animals from all over the pridelands had managed to come.

Taka's eyes scanned the pridelands. When Ahadi placed him down, he tried to move over to the ledge, which was slippery with water. He wanted to see all the animals from there, but was careless for his age. Uru literally jumped and managed to grab him. She brought her son into her paws and to keep him from moving licked him affectionately.

Ahadi glared at his younger son."He certainly likes to move, make sure to protect him while he's vulnerable. We don't need to lose another cub, do we?"

The queen nodded."Of course."

Despite it being addressed to Uru, it was also being addressed to his older son. Mufasa blinked at this before staring at his younger brother mewling in his mother's paws. A strange part of him opened up, and his heart had the strangest urge to do whatever he could to protect the fluffball of brown curled up with his mother.

Speaking of nearly falling off the ledge, a hand began to climb it's way up. Ahadi turned around to see the young baboon forcing his way up towards the ledge of pride rock. The baboon looked slightly confused and worried, remembering Ahadi's outburst yesterday, but that cleared away when Ahadi gave him a look.

"I apologize for my outburst yesterday. I was out of control, I had lost two children and I'm afraid it got the better of me….However, it seems that one of them managed to pull through." He pointed to the child in Uru's arms and Rafiki quickly approached the child with his staff. He stared at the child before summoning his staff.

Taka's emerald eyes floated everywhere upon pride rock, his attention span seemed to be rather low. However, upon seeing a rattle attached to Rafiki's staff, he quickly tried to grab it. He saw the orange fruit attached to the stick. He attempted to snatch it off the stick, but his short paws caught the air.

"Aw…." The baboon put his staff to the side and plucked the fruit off. He approached the cub and rubbed the juice on his forehead, and jumped back a bit when Taka began to lick his hands that were covered in juice.

Rafiki smiled before pulling his hand away. He grabbed some dirt and spread it over the cub's forehead, who sneezed at this. The royal family smiled upon seeing their son's coronation and Mfasa even managed to get closer to him.

Zazu watched this with an amused smirk on his face. This was rather cute looking for the ceremony. Now all they had to do now was hold the cub up into the air. This was going to be great wasn't it? However, the rain was still here and it wasn't going away.

Rafiki grabbed the newborn and turned to the subjects of priderock. The rain began to pound harder and harder at this point, and it was already getting dark. Thunder began to strike when Taka was lifted into the air, the lighting flashing before everyone's eyes.

As he rose up to the top, the cub began to squirm upon seeing the view. He wanted to go down there and see those other animals! The cub smiled and mewled, however Rafki was having trouble keeping the cub steady. He was squirming and it was raining, making everything even more slippery.

The crowd gasped when the baby cub slipped out of the baboon's grip, and everyone's hearts nearly froze in that moment. It felt like time was slowing down. Everything was coming to a halt at this point.

The royal family nearly had a heart attack when Taka slipped from Rafiki's hands. Rafiki nearly jumped out of his skin at this point and used his staff to catch Taka before he fell down. Instead of screaming or showing a sign of worry, Taka simply giggled at Rafiki and managed to force himself to say."Again! Again!"

Ahadi shook his head."Not again. We are not going through such a traumatic event." The last thing the king needed was another dead child. Rafiki handed the cub over to Ahadi, who simply glared at him before giving him back to Uru. They all retreated to the cave to keep the conversation private.

Ahadi stopped breathing for a moment before sighing out of relief."Thank the great kings. He's alive." He nearly died when he saw his son fall and Uru looked like she was paling. Mufasa gasped and had a stunned look on his face, but the casual look on their face returned upon seeing their future prince.

He turned around upon hearing his younger son calling him."Hm?"

"Wee! Again! Again!" Taka begged his father to let him try again, but Ahadi was firm and remained in his position.

"Not again. Not again." He really didn't need that. He gave his on over to Uru before turning to Rafiki.

He scooted his son over and gave a glare at the shamen. He walked away and rolled his eyes at this.

He snarled at him."What just happened? My future heir nearly fell off the ledge thanks to you!" If he lost another child he would have lost it within seconds. That would have been a death wish for any sane animal to do such a thing within seconds.

"The rain was making it slippery. I swear, that if it was normal that would have never happened."

Rafiki knew that the rain nearly ruined the ceremony, and while he was young, he was smart enough to know how to hold a cub into the air in normal weather. It was the rain that literally caused the cub to slip away from him.

"That better be the case, I don't think I need to lose another child. Just don't mess up again or else." The golden lion narrowed his eyes before turning his back on him. Rafiki sighed before leaving the cave and walked away.

Once everything settled, everyone went back to what they we're supposed to do. Uru organized the hunting party to set out for food, while Ahadi went to deliver his duties with Zazu helping on the side. They trusted Mufasa to not let Taka wander off anywhere, as they still had royal duties to attend to.

When they left to the cave, Taka once again began his adventure outside, and once he was at the ledge, he was ready to fling himself off to feel the exhilarating wind, but was once again distracted when his brother used his tail to lure him away. The newborn struggled to catch his tail, the mere sight was now becoming his greatest obstacle.

"Not so fast, Father told me not to let you go anywhere." The cub still ignored him and tried to bite his tail, but always managed to miss his target. Eventually, the cub began to feel himself getting exhausted, seeing as he had been chasing his brother's tail for over fifteen minutes and still managed to fail.

The cub wiggled around, only to finally rest curled up against his brother. Mufasa smiled and kept the newborn in place while he slept. Mufasa was ready to fall asleep too, only for two figures to enter the cave. As his eyes squinted, he managed to recognize the two lionesses, Sarabi and Sarafina.

Out of the two lionesses, Sarabi was the oldest by a few months. She was born around the time Mufasa was born, and she was still a young cub at this age. She was slightly taller than Sarafina with beige fur and daring amber eyes. With her beauty that outshined the sun, her strong and defiant personality made her quite the looker. Often, when it came between the two, she was the more mature one.

Sarafina was a smaller and more playful lioness with minty pearls for latte colored fur and a sparkling personality, she was often more energetic and happy than Sarabi due to her younger nature. However, what they both had in common was that they were interested in seeing the new prince of pride rock.

"Hey, Mufasa, what do you have there?" Sarabi smiled upon seeing the new cub, she had to admit, he was rather cute looking for a baby.

The red maned lion smiled."Oh, it's my new baby brother, his name is Takata, but you can just call him Taka. He's sleeping right now, so I suggest you remain as quiet as possib-"

"AW! He's so cute!" Sarafina just ignored what Mufasa said and leaned in to see the new cub. Her outburst literally caused the cub to awaken from his slumber and he let out a high pitched yawn while squirming slightly.

"Sarafina, he said not to wake him up." Sarabi chided playfully while looking at the formerly resting prince.

"Aw, but he's so small. You can't hog the fluff ball to yourself, Mufasa. That's being selfish."

"Alright, fine. Just don't hurt him, he's still a baby and my father doesn't want me to let anyone hurt him."

"We'll be gentle, we promise." Sarabi got closer and Taka's eyes wandered towards her. The beige lioness smiled upon seeing the child, who's emerald eyes widened upon seeing her. The cub had limited understanding of certain emotions outside of happiness and sadness, but this strange feeling took over his heart.

His small beating heart began to pick up the pace, his large eyes were memorized by the lean figure of her body and her welcoming smile. Her beauty was like no other and the cub felt his heart growing upon seeing her.

Sarafina smirked upon seeing those lovey dovey eyes."Sarabi, I think he likes you."

The beige lioness shrugged."Of course he likes me, who wouldn't?" Sarabi usually got many other animals to like her.

Sarafina shook her head."No, I mean like, he likes likes you."

She rolled her eyes."Sarafina, it's nothing more than a silly crush. He's a baby, he won't even remember it when he's fully grown. He's just a child, he's too young to have these feelings."

Sarabi didn't believe that Taka would have a long term crush on her, mainly because he was only a child. He was only a cub and cubs always had crushes on others, but nothing could be wrong with this. He would get over this eventually.

She gave her a weary look."Sarabi, who knows? There is a chance that he could remember this."

Mufasa chuckled."Taka's a baby, he doesn't understand such concepts like love. The most he's concerned with is with fun and games. He won't remember this, I guarantee it." Sarabi was about to walk away and Sarafina was ready to follow her.

However, Taka continued to stare at Sarabi and struggled to get to his paws. He walked up to Sarabi and forced himself to say."You pretty."

He wasn't quite at the point where he could talk properly, but anyone with ears could tell that he was calling Sarabi pretty.

"Aw, he's already a charmer. That's beyond sweet." Sarabi was still convinced that this was only a small crush, and besides, what the worst could do? He's a baby, he hardly understands the emotions he's feelings. She and Sarafina were about to leave once again, but something froze her in her tracks.

Sarabi blinked when the newborn crawled onto her paw and mewled at her. She averted her gaze downwards and saw Taka trying to make her stay. She sighed and lowered herself downward to his level and her lips rose upwards.

Sarafina smiled, this was beyond adorable. Not to mention this prince was going to the highlight of the day for a while. The girls were cooing over Taka while Mufasa smirked.

Mufasa looked at his 'betrothed'. Really, what was Zazu talking about whenever he said that he and Sarabi we're betrothed anyway? Maybe it meant that they were friends! That's it right? Honestly, he never told them what it meant, but the future king didn't care. All he cared about was his family and most of all, his baby brother.

Taka nuzzled up against Sarabi and gave her an affectionate lick. The lioness gave him a small nod and he continued to rub up against her in an adorable and childlike manner. The cubs eventually decided to show Taka games so when he was older, he could be able to play alongside them.

"Ok, Taka. I'll show you a game that we cubs like to play." Mufasa stood up while Sarabi wasn't paying attention.."See what happens? Now, you have stand back at bit…." Mufasa slowly backed away and Sarabi turned around to see a golden blur ram it's way towards her with no warning.

She gasped when Mufasa slammed into her and they began roll around. She finally managed to get the upper hand and smirked."Even when I was off guard I still managed to beat you." She giggled and Mufasa managed to kick her off of him.

"No fair. How did you manage to win? I'm the king, I should be able to win!"

Sarafina rolled her eyes."Being king doesn't mean getting your way all the time, Mufasa. I know Ahadi told you that more than once."

Not as though she was wrong, because Ahadi had told him that more than once. Ahai had to remind Mufasa that being king wasn't a free pass into doing whatever you pleased, because that would lead to being a tyrant that used their power for whatever they pleased.

"Yeah yeah, but that doesn't mean I can't be king! I can't wait, I'll be able to explore other areas and play!"

Another voice managed to get in the way, causing Mufasa to freeze."Mufasa, being king is not about having fun. Being king is about taking care of the kingdom and doing what is best for everyone in the long run. I thought I taught you that already."

Mufasa whined with obvious annoyance."But dad, that does not take back the fact being king is a lot more than just getting your way all the time."

Uru sighed."Ahadi, he's only a child. He doesn't understand the whole responsibilities of being a king. He'll understand when he is older."

She knew that Mufasa had a very limited understanding of the responsibilities of being king, so they would have to wait until he was older. While he still was getting his training, he still had a childish vision of what being king was. Mufasa's vision of being king was based off of the childish delusion of getting everything you wanted.

Zazu flew into the cave and narrowed his eyes."Mufasa, you do realize that being king isn't about having childish fun. Your father is right, it's more than having your way. It's about taking the weight of the kingdom on your shoulders."

"Come on Zazu, you can't tell there isn't something fun about being king? Right? I mean, I can't sit there and do nothing!"

"Of course you do something. You take care of your subjects and make sure things are working properly. You wouldn't be much of a king if you don't follow the laws and make sure everything works."

The golden cub yawned at this claim."Sounds rather boring."

Ahadi facepalmed, but Uru reminded him that Mufasa was still a child and that the maturity could take some time before he understand the true responsibilities of being the king of the pridelands.

Zazu sighed, this was going to be a long process of getting this cub to be molded into the next future king. Eventually, the bird flew off, leaving the den of the lions in search of a place to rest.

The raven maned lion narrowed his eyes."Children, go out and eat. The lionesses have brought a couple of fresh kills."

Mufasa's eyes grew with worry."What about Taka? He is too young, he can't eat like us!" Cubs this young couldn't eat like this. They needed to eat with their mother in order to get their fill with their mother nursing.

The queen of the pridelands smiled."No need to worry, all Taka needs is my assistance." She had already ate earlier and now all Taka needed was to get close so he would be able to nurse for his fill.

"Come on everyone, let's go out to eat." Ahadi led the three children outside with the other lionesses who were eating their pieces of dead flesh. Ahadi took a bite of the zebra leg and he gave the kids their individual pieces of meat.

"Wow, this is amazing! This is the best zebra leg I ever tasted!" Mufasa continued to gnaw on the piece of flesh and continued to stuff his face with meat.

"Geez, no need to choke yourself." Sarabi chuckled upon seeing her friend literally munching on on the piece of zebra. Sarafina sighed before calmly taking a piece of zebra and eating like a normal animal. Sarabi followed this while they quitely laughed when they saw Mufasa literally being covered with red.

He licked the red off of his muzzle and laughed when he saw it on his chest."Guy's, look! I've grown a mane!"

Sarabi smirked."Wow, I'm surprised, you managed to do that! That was just fast and quick!" She covered her laughter, seeing as Mufasa looked ridiculous with the red blood on his chest and mouth. Sarafina did the same and smiled at this.

However, Mufasa quickly recovered upon seeing his father. Ahadi narrowed his eyes and rolled his eyes."Mufasa? What are you doing?"

"I've grown a mane just like you dad!"

He rolled his eyes before leaning down and licking off the blood off of his son's face."Nice try, but you'll just have to learn to wait for it to grow."

"Dad, come on! I looked awesome."

"You looked ridiculous." The king sighed and put his paw on his head. His son was going to give him a headache sooner or later.

The future king narrowed his eyes."No I didn't. The girls thought I looked cool!"

Sarafina held back her laughter."Actually, Mufasa. You just looked silly."

Sarabi nodded."Yeah, you just looked weird, but hey, you tried. You should try it when you actually have a mane though."

"That will take forever!" The cub only a had tuft of red on his head, so it was going to take some time before he was going to get his mane.

The king gave his son a look."That's why you must learn how to be patient. It's one of important elements of being a king. You need to learn how to wait as things won't be immediate."

"Ugh! That sounds boring!"

"Not everything is going to be fun, Mufasa. You need to learn that if you are going to the king sooner or later."

"Do I have to?" Being a child, he really would prefer to play with the rest of the lionesses and have fun.

"If you want this kingdom to be in good paws, I suggest you listen to what I'm going to tell you, now follow me. It's time for us to go. Fun and games can wait at another time, we have important things to deal with." The king rose to his feet and began to exist the pride rock, pausing and waiting for his son to follow."Well?"

The cub lowered his ears in disappointment, and after the time had passed, it was soon time for Mufasa's training to be the king. The last thing the cub wanted was to disappoint his father before he even touched the throne. Maybe putting his pleasure off would help him if it meant making his father happy.

"Coming Dad." Mufasa began jumping down to catch up with his father and Ahadi led him the way down to their normal spot. It was time to go, the time for fun and games was put to an end and the time for training was on the table. The future of the pridelands was ahead.

It was getting late at this point and the king and prince soon left to train. At this point, they we're doing the nightly stargazing, the usual subject was talking about the responsibilities and bonding time that they were supposed to spend with each other.

Meanwhile, inside the den, everyone was resting. Uru was exhausted from the day's work and the other lionesses seemed to agree. Everyone needed to get their sleep in order to prepare for the next day on the hunt, however, the younger lions were not as tired.

Uru narrowed her eyes when her son clawed at her and she turned at him."Taka? What is wrong?"

"Muffy gone. I want Muffy."

She smiled sadly at this."Mufasa is out with Ahadi. He won't back until you are asleep."

His eyes become glassy at this."Muffy...gone?" He felt something in his eyes and Uru quickly comforted her son with a reassuring look in her eyes. Mufasa rarely left his side and he felt alone whenever he wasn't there.

"Don't worry, you're brother is out to train. He needs to train in order to make sure all is well. Just because he isn't with you doesn't mean he doesn't love you. You just have to wait until he comes back."

Taka however, didn't want to wait and wanted someone else to sleep by his side. He loved his mother, but his brother was the only other person who spent time with him. Ahadi was rarely around and the only others left were the two lionesses.

He scanned the area only gasp with delight upon seeing the most beautiful sight at the entrance. It was the beige lioness with amber eyes! He wanted to be next to her, maybe that would take his mind off of the empty feeling in his stomach.

His heart fluttered upon seeing her as the a foreign feeling bloomed inside of him. He didn't know what it was being a baby, but it was something that he wanted to treasure for the rest of his life.

Sarabi slept near the entrance of the cave, and narrowed her eyes when she felt someone wiggling next to her. The beige lionesses sensed a disturbance and felt pressure beside her.

She cracked an eye open to see Taka sleeping beside her, he must've managed to wiggle past Uru and managed to find her within the den. The cub seemed to enjoy her company a bit too much, but she didn't mind having something warm crawling beside her.

She signed, seeing it wouldn't hurt to be close to him he was only a cub after all. She felt the cub nuzzle her while he slept and began to mewl cutely in his sleep.

Uru cooed at the sight and decided just for the sake of her son to get closer. She slept just beside them, just in case Taka ended up moving in his sleep. Once they did this, everyone began to go back to sleep with a sense of peace in the air. The night overtook them and despite the chilly weather, the warm feeling in the cave kept everyone warm.

Eventually Ahadi and Mufasa returned, and upon seeing the sight in the cave, they both gave each other looks before falling asleep next to their was right to the way it was, and despite the hectic day, everyone couldn't have been happier….

And DONE!

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