Sandra walked up to Rafiki. She was now a teanager along with her friends Alex, Madoka, Gingka, Tsubasa, Kenta and Yu. Gingka had grown up to be very muscular and skillful in battle. Nobody had beaten him yet. The only bad thing was he had started acting weird around Sandra. The princess knew what that meant; he liked her! Sandra liked him as a friend but she wasn't sure that he was the one she would want to live out the rest of her life with and have cubs with. Her father seemed like he was all for that idea but Sandra refused to mate with him. She didn't want to ruin the great friendship they had.
Gingka smiled at her as she walked down toward her parents while the lioness of the Pride watched. Nala came up and nuzzled her. "You'll do just fine," she purred. Sandra nodded. Today was the first day she was going out to hunt all by herself. Alex and Madoka were doing the same thing. They all hoped to bring back an antelope for the pride. Sandra then caught her father's uncertain gaze.
"Daddy, you have to promise to let me do this on my own. Promise?" Sandra asked.
Simba looked at Nala and then sighed. "Alright, I promise," he agreed. Sandra smiled joyfully and ran up and nuzzled her father. She then dashed out to look at savannah. She glanced back at her father, who just nodded, before dashing down the rocks with Alex and Madoka following close behind her. They three friends stopped at the waterhole.
"Well, we'd better get to work. Good luck you two!" Madoka said as she dashed off.
"See you back home later tonight, Sandra!" Alex called as she ran off.
"Time to show my father I can do this on my own!" Sandra declared, determination rising. She dashed off in search of a herd of antelope. The first time she found one they heard her paw step on some grass. The sencond time her paw brushed against a stone. As she gave chase she saw a lion crouched low trying to avoid being trampled by the antelope. Sandra stopped and growled when she realized it was Tsubasa.
"S-Sandra!" Tsubasa exclaimed as he quickly got up.
"Tsubasa, what are you going here?" Sandra asked, her eyes narrow.
"Uh, well, I just thought..." Tsubasa trailed away.
"My father sent you! After he promised to let me do this on my own! He lied!"
"No! He just doesn't want you to get hurt."
"I should've known he'd never give me a real chance!" Sandra dashed past Tsubasa. "I'll do this on my own! Away from the Pridelands!"
"Sandra! Wait! Come back!" Tsubasa called but the princess ignored him. She couldn't believe her father broke his promise!
Sandra shook the thought away. I'll show him! I'll catch the largest antelope I can find and that'll show him I can take care of myself! Sandra found a herd of antelope eating some grass soon and she stalked toward them. She didn't know what caused them to run but they all lifted their heads and dashed away. Frustrated, Sandra gave chase to the herd. She stopped after awhile and rolled her eyes. The antelope then suddenly began to run back. Sandra stared on for a moment in confusion but the saw the flames and gasped in horror. She turned and ran as fast as she could in an attempt to get away from the fire but it soon caught up with her and she found herself coughing from smoke inhalation. Sandra glanced around for anything that might provide her with some saftely until someone found her. She saw a rocky ledge not far away and dashed toward. She gathered all the strength she could muster in her legs and leaped up, just barely managing to grab onto the ledge with her paws. She eventually managed to claw her way up to the top, but she passed out before she could do anything else. The last thing she saw a a male lion gazing down at her.
Kyoya POV
Kyoya gazed down at the unconcious princess. Zira's plan was working so far. Benkei and Hikaru had lit the savannah on fire and he would save the princess in order to gain Simba's trust. Kyoya bent down and lifted Sandra up onto his back. He then went to the edge of the ledge and leaped down into the burning savannah. He ran through the burning trees but stopped when he saw one falling straight down toward him and he quickly backed out of the way. He then ran blindly off the side of a rocky slope leading down to a river. Kyoya quickly saved Sandra before she could sink to the bottom and dragged her safely to shore just as she was regaining conciousness.
