Cam

The male hyena paced around the Outlands knowing it wasn't safe for him to be in the elephant graveyard anymore as the lions knew he was there. If only Liz hadn't lost their hunt he wouldn't be in this mess, away from his future cubs ( he was unaware that they were already born), alone in the world and hungry during the night. He gritted his teeth and swallowed his fears. He had to go to the Pridelands to find her and get or kidnap at least one of his pups.

He traced through the grass following his ex-mate scent. The hyena followed it until he found Pride rock.

"Drat!" Cam cursed knowing that the lions lived in there. He sneaked up the slope and peered in to see if any of them were awake. None of them were so he tip toed in. Cam froze when he saw Liz and his pups. They were so perfect and he had messed up so badly. He sighed and returned to his normal snappy self.

"Hey there little ones which one of you is a strong healthy boy?" Cam whispered into the little pups ears. They all squirmed. Liz began to stir.

"Who is there?" She said looking up and seeing Cam. She growled quietly so no one awoke," What do you want Cam?" Liz stood up in front of her pups so they were protected.

"I have come to take one of them to raise away from you!" Cam snarled. Liz snarled back. Jamal woke up and looked at the new hyena in the cave. Liz put her leg in his way so the pup would be safe.

"No I wont let you! Simba! Nala! Help!" Liz shouted and all the lions woke up and saw Cam. Kovu instantly got up and so did Vitani. Simba walked behind Liz and took the pups from under her to somewhere else so they would be safe.

"You coward!" Cam snapped baring his white sharp teeth. He went to pounce at Kovu but was pounced on by Vitani. The hyena tried fighting away the lions but he was loosing the battle by a landslide. He sunk his teeth into a random animals leg and they cried out in pain. This sent the others off guard as they rushed to help the hurt lioness - who was Kiara-. Cam took his chance, grabbed a random pup and ran out of the cave.

"He is getting away with Jamal!" Liz shouted as she watched the hyena run out of the cave. Simba jumped to his feet and ran after him but Cam was too far ahead and Simba could not catch up. After running right to the edge of the Pridelands, the lion knew he couldn't catch up to the hyena. In defeat he returned home.

Simba

"I couldn't catch him," Simba said regretfully. Liz burst out crying and snuggled her remaining pups. Vitani nuzzled her hyena friend to comfort her but the mother of the stolen pup was inconsolable.

"We will get him back Liz don't worry," Kovu said from Kiara's side. His mate's injuries were not that bad but just to be sure they had sent Sazu to fetch Rafiki.

"I will miss my little Jamal too much!" Liz cried and Sarabi came over.

"At least you know he is alive. When Simba went missing as a cub we assumed he was dead. I cried every night but when you get them back it is better than seeing them for the first time," Sarabi said remembering those horrible days when her son had been gone and was assumed dead. Simba came over and nuzzled his mother lovingly.

"Yes I guess so. I mean it is hyena law that the male gets his pick of the litter," Liz said sadly and Simba looked stern.

"But when he is in the Pridelands he goes by our rules so from now on all hyena mothers are entitled to raise their cubs alone when they have an abusive mate!" Kiara declared and Kovu nodded in agreement.

"Make it a new law by the King and Queen!" Kovu added. Every lion couldn't find a fault in the new plan.

"So if Cam crosses back here he can be exiled and the cub can be brought back to me?" Liz asked hopefully and the King and Queen nodded. She dried up her tears and hoped that Cam would make the mistake of coming back.

A few weeks later...

Bora, Lola, and Mina

Bora grew up like any normal cub and was lead to believe she was truly Simba and Nala's daughter. She would get special hunting lessons with her sister Kiara and her now 6 month old cubs but she most enjoyed playing with Malka. They would swim in the waterhole playing lion and gazelle to see who was the better hunter. Most of the time Bora won as she was trained specifically for it but Malka didn't mind. His sisters and him were raised not knowing of their older brother Jamal. Who still hadn't been found.

Lola and Mina disliked Nova. That was fact. They hated how she constantly got them into trouble with her 'adventures'. The two hyenas would watch Nova and Kula run around the Pridelands showing no regard for the two of them. Only yesterday they began to truly hate her...

"Hey Lola and Mina...Do you want to come and umm play?" Nova said barley hiding her laugh. Kula was at her side smiling with a bright beam.

"Ok sure!" Mina said jumping up. So did Lola.

"So where are we going?" Lola asked.

"A place," Kula said giggling. The two hyena pups looked at the lions with suspicion.

"So what are we going to play when we get there?" Mina said. Nova shrugged.

They all kept walking until the two lions stopped and sat on a rock.

"Come sit!" Nova said placing her paw where they could sit. The two hyenas strolled over and laid down near their friends. Kula winked at Nova and Nova winked at Kula. The two lions got up and in one big movement they shoved the hyenas off the rock into a pit of mud about a metre deep. Mina swam out to the shallower end with Lola at her side they glared at the lions.

"Why did you do that?!" Lola shouted angrily but the lions just laughed and ran back to Pride rock. Mina looked like she was about to cry," Don't be upset we will tell Kiara and Vitani then they will get so told off!"

"We can't though! They will keep bullying us or call us babies for telling them," Mina said licking her left front leg to get it clean. Lola froze and greed with her sister.

"Knowing them two they would pull even worse pranks if we tell on them," Lola said. She sighed and ran off towards Pride rock. Mina sat in the tall dry grass and watched a lioness hunt. However this lioness was not hunting she had something in her mouth. It looked like a cub but not one she had seen before. Mina crept through the grass to see a skinny darkish tanned lioness but another lion emerged from behind a rock. He was orange and had a black frizzy mane. The pair nuzzled before dropping the cub tenderly licking it on the head and running off towards the Outlands. Mina sat in shock after witnessing what had happened. Had the parents left their cub behind?

Scar and Zira

Zira dropped her male cub -who she called Kai- off. He looked up at his mother with a questioning look.

"Mama why must you leave me?" Kai asked. Zira didn't answer, she just licked the top of his head caringly and ran off. This upset the cub more that his mother would not tell him why.

"We have to!" His father Scar said leaning down and licking his cubs forehead. He too ran off after his mate and the cub was all alone. Over the past few weeks Kai's fur had changed to a dark black with peach spots on his back. His eyes still remained the same colour. Kai looked at the ground sadly.

"Who are you?" Mina said pouncing out of the grass onto the new cub. Kai struggled back onto his feet.

"Kai, who may I ask are you hyena?" Kai asked standing his ground. Mina turned her head to the side.

"Mina! So do you know why your mum and dad left you," Mina said watching the lion cub relax knowing she was no threat.

"No not really," Kai answered," I have no where to go and no mum or dad!" Mina put a paw on her new friend's shoulder.

"I guess you could always join my pride," Mina said the young cub looked confused.

"Don't lions live in prides and hyenas in packs?" Kai said and Mina nodded.

"My mum and my siblings are part of the pride! We are like one big family but it is a bit weird," Mina said and Kai smiled.

"I like weird," Kai said. The two lions headed towards Pride rock talking about their new and old families.