Here's chapter 3

I hope you like it so far

Simba stopped at the top of the slope and watched the lionesses head toward Pride Rock. Nala noticed that he stopped and looked back at him. "Simba?"

Simba motioned for her to follow the others back. Nala smiled and continued on. Simba put Sandra down on a rock. Sandra knew she was in a huge amount of trouble. She turned and gave her father an innocent smile but her father just gave her an angry look. Sandra's ears drooped and her smile vanished. She turned her gaze to her paws.

"Sandra, what did you think you were doing? You could've been killed today," Simba scolded.

"But dad, I...I didn't mean to disobey..." Sandra was cut off.

"I'm telling you this because I love you. I don't want to lose you," Simba explained.

"I know," Sandra said.

"If something happened to you I don't know what I'd do," Simba continued. "One day I won't be here, and I need you to carry on in my place. You are part of the great Circle of..."

"Circle of Life. I know," Sandra cut him off. She had heard him say that too many times.

"Exactly, and you need to be careful," Simba warned. "As future queen..." Simba put his paw over Sandra but she pulled away.

"What of I don't want to be queen? It's not fun!" Sandra growled im frustration.

"That's like saying you don't want to be a lion. It's in your blood, as I am," Simba replied. "We are part of each other." Sandra turned her back on him but he pushed her off into the soft grass below. Sandra looked up at her father and he smiled, innocently. The two then raced each other back to Pride Rock. When they got there, Simba nuzzled Sandra and licked her pelt before he went into the den.

"As long as you live here, it's who you are," Simba said. "You'll understand someday." Sandra turned once he was gone and looked at the sunset for a little while before going inside.

In the Outlands

Zira carried Kyoya back to the Pride. She dropped him beside his brother and sister, whose names were Hikaru and Benkei. "Hey, Kyoya! Want to fight?" Hikaru challenged. Kyoya crouched down and bared his teeth at her.

"Enough of that!" Zira roared. Kyoya turned as she walked slowly toward him. He met his mother's fierce gaze but still backed away. "What did you think you were doing?"

"Nothing!" Kyoya answered.

"Who has made us outsiders?" Zira questioned.

"Simba!" Kyoya answered as he tripped and fell onto his back.

"Who killed Scar?"

"Simba!"

"What have I told you, about them?"

"I'm sorry, mother!" Kyoya apologized. "She didn't seem so bad. I thought we could be..."

"Friends!" Zira finished for him. She began pacing around him. "You thought you'd get to the daughter and that Simba would welcome you with oipen arms! What an idea!" A smile then spread across her face. "What an idea!" She reached for Kyoya and ran her paw down his back. "You brilliant child! I'm so proud of you! You have the same brilliant mind that made Scar so...powerful!" Zira then picked Kyoya up and carried him into the den. She placed him in his normal sleeping place in a weird looking stump.

"I now see the path, to our glorious return to power!" Zira said.

Kyoya stared up at her. "But I don't want..."

"Hush!" Zira growled, but then her voice softened as he nuzzled him. "Hush, my little one. You must be exhasted."

"Goodnight," Kyoya said as Zira walked away.

"Goodnight, my little prince. Tomorrow your training intensifies!" Zira replied before she disappeared into the shadows. Kyoya then silently leaped out of the stump and followed his mother. He found her meeting with a few of her lionesses.

"What's the plan, Zira?" one asked.

"When Kyoya is fully grown, we'll have him pretend to get closer to the daughter. With any luck, Simba will fall for it and once Kyoya has Simba alone he'll kill him! Then we'll march in and kill his young daughter, his queen and whoever else oposes us!" Zira explained. The lionesses in the room roared in agreement. Kyoya's eyes were wide as he dashed back to his sleeping place. He thought that Simba was the only one they were after but now it seemed that they were also after Sandra. Why her? She seemed so nice. Maybe Zira would change her mind in the future and spare Sandra. With that last thought repeating itself in his mind Kyoya leaped up into the stump. He curled up and fell silently to sleep.