A/N I'd like to thank Whoa it's fandoms, thingsareweird, Keep Calm and Join Team Loki, TRON0602, and gary2000 for reviewing ch 3. Here's ch 4 for ya and as always see ch 1 for disclaimer.

Ch 4 A Surprising Solution

The next Sarabi awoke to her cub looking at her with wide white eyes. Sarabi gasped slightly when she saw those eyes but quickly recovered. "Oh go away you," she grumbled pushing the cub away from her. The cub let out a mew in protest when he was pushed away from his mother. The mewing caused Mufasa to wake and he glared at the cub. "Can't you keep him quiet Sarabi?" the golden lion asked in irritation.

"He isn't my problem Mufasa," Sarabi hissed glaring at her boyfriend.

"Until we find a new mother for him then he is your problem," Mufasa hissed back. "Now feed him so he'll shut up and I can get some sleep."

"Fine," Sarabi growled. "Come here you." With that Sarabi roughly pulled the cub towards her and allowed him to latch on and nurse. "We had better find someone to take you soon," she muttered. "Otherwise we'll just have to leave you here." With that Sarabi closed her eyes and promptly went back to sleep while her cub nursed.

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A few hours later Sarabi awoke to find her cub gone. "What the.." Sarabi exclaimed her amber eyes wide in shock. Just then Mufasa and Selena walked up to the tan lioness. "Where's the cub?" Sarabi asked.

"Good news darling," Selena said with a smile. "We found someone to take the cub in."

"Who?" Sarabi asked, shocked that someone would agree to care for an albino cub.

"As it happens I took the cub," a voice said. Sarabi turned and saw a light brown lioness with dark blue eyes standing there with the cub on her back.

"Who are you?" Sarabi asked.

"My name is Recko," the lioness said. "I believe you already know my sister, Safi."

"You're Queen Safi's sister?" Sarabi asked.

"Yes," Recko replied with a smile. "And like my sister I have been unable to have cubs of my own. And unlike my sister I am not so judgmental. I don't care if the cub is albino. He's healthy and that's all that matters. I'd be happy to take little Kali in."

"Kali?" Mufasa said arching an eyebrow.

"Yes," Recko said. "I've always wanted to name my son Kali. For it means strong and fierce. I hope that's ok."

"Name him whatever you please," Sarabi said. "He's yours now. Thank you Recko. Now we can go home."

"So soon?" Mufasa said. "Sara' do you think that's wise? You just gave birth yesterday."

"Oh Mufasa I'm fine," Sarabi insisted getting to her feet. "The biggest problem I'm going to have is all this extra milk I'll have."

"That'll dry up in a few weeks," Selena said. "But who will nurse Kali since you obviously have no milk Recko?"

"There is a young lioness that recently gave birth," Recko said. "She agreed to nurse Kali along with her cub."

"Then it's all settled," Sarabi said. "Now we can go home."

"Agreed," Mufasa said. "Shall we?" With that Mufasa, Sarabi, Selena and Sarafina went to find Safi and Rhondo and thank them before they headed for the Pridelands. After they had left Rhondo and Safi approached Recko. "You know the deal Recko," Safi whispered.

"Yes dear sister I'm well aware of the deal you forced me to do," Recko hissed glaring at her older sibling. "I still don't understand why I can't stay and raise little Kali here."

"Because I don't want that thing anywhere near me or my Pride!" Safi roared. The Queen looked around and to her relief no one had heard her. "Look," she whispered. "As soon as he's able to be weaned you take him as far away from here as possible. Get it?"

"Yeah," Recko said glaring at the Queen. "I got it."

"Good," Safi said. With that the dusty orange Queen took her leave. When she was gone Rhondo turned to his sister-in-law and said, "I'm sorry Re' but you know how stubborn your sister can be."

"Oh I know," Recko said with a heavy sigh. Then she looked at Kali, who was sound asleep in her paws. "How can anyone hate something so innocent?" she said sadly. "It's not Kali's fault he's albino."

"I know," Rhondo said with a sigh of his own. Just then the young lioness who was going to nurse Kali came in to feed him. "Well I'd better go," Rhondo said. "And once again I'm sorry Recko." With that the King took he leave.

"What was that about?" the lioness asked.

"Oh nothing important Rema," Recko said as she gently pushed Kali towards the light brown lioness. With that Kali latched on along side Rema's cub and they both began to nurse. As Kali nursed Recko looked down at her new son with a sad expression. "Oh my child you will have endure many hardships in your life simply because of what you look like. But I swear to you Kali I will protect you with my last breath. And I will teach you how to be brave and fierce like your name. As long as you have me Kali you'll be just fine." With that Recko gave Kali a lick and layed down beside Rema to watch him nurse.

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Later that day Mufasa, Selena, Sarabi and Sarafina returned to the Pridelands and were greeted by Ahadi and Uru. "Welcome back my dear," Ahadi said smiling at Sarabi.

"Thank you King Ahadi," Sarabi said with a smile.

"How are you feeling my dear?" Uru asked.

"Much thinner," Sarabi joked. "But seriously I feel better than I have in the last two months."

"I'm just thankful it's over and done," Mufasa declared. "And that we won't ever have to think of that albino curse again."

"Albino?" Uru asked, confusion in her amber eyes.

"The cub was an albino Mom," Mufasa explained. "He had a grey coat and a whit tuft on his tail."

"Yes complete with white eyes," Sarabi said with a shudder. "But at least he's someone else's problem now."

"It was a boy eh?" Ahadi said running a paw through his jet black mane. "But Mufasa what did you mean by curse son?"

"Rafiki came to me right before the cub was born Dad," Mufasa explained. "And he told me that the Great Kings had come to him to warn him about my cub and how he would be problematic if he wasn't dealt with."

"Well all the better that that cub won't be around us," Ahadi declared.

"I agree," Uru said. "As much as I hate to say anything bad about a child but Rafiki's predictions have never been wrong. In fact no prediction from the Great Kings has ever been wrong before."

"Well now he's gone and we never have to worry about him causing us trouble," Ahadi commented.

"Yeah," Mufasa said with a nod. "He's Recko and the Sunshine Lands Pride's problem." With that the group began to talk amongst themselves about the cub thinking that everyone was out for the hunt. Little did they know that Taka was hiding in the shadows and was listening to every word they were saying. "Now this is interesting," the brown Prince thought to himself. "Mufasa and Sarabi rejected their albino son eh? This couldn't have gone better even if I had planed it myself. When the boy gets older I'll just seek him out and tell him the truth about where he came from. Then I can use him to help me take down my brother once and for all. But first I have to get rid of Father. But that should be easy enough with those stupid hyenas helping me. Yes things are going better than I could ever dreamed of. And nothing is going to stand in my way. Nothing." With an quiet cackle Taka slinked back to his hidey hole very pleased with the day's events.

A/N Well there you have it folks ch 4 complete. Did you all enjoy it? I hope the answer is yes. Review please.