Here's chapter six and please review.

As the days went by, Nala carefully observed Scar to decide what kind of father he was and what role he would play in her cubs' lives. He seemed to be okay, giving his cubs attention if they needed attention, and she would see him playing with them once in a while as well, but not often.

But Nala also knew that Scar wouldn't be the type of father who would wrestle with his cubs every day or come home forward to seeing them. He wasn't that type of father that Simba would have been.

One cold night, Nala was with Kiara and Kopa in the den, as Scar entered the den.

It was a thunderstorm outside. Sadly though, there was no rain, just thunder and lightning. Nala so badly wanted it to rain, but she had given up hope on that thought.

Kopa and Kiara were both whining and whimpering, obviously terrified of the storm.

"Shh, my little ones." Nala soothed. "It's only a storm. It can't hurt you."

Scar looked at the twins for a minute as they continued to whine and cry out.

"Kiara, Kopa." Scar said and the twins turned their attention to him. "It's a storm. Do not be afraid."

There was a rumble of lightening and Kopa cried out.

"Kopa!" Scar snapped. "It's only a storm!"

"Scar, they're only cubs." Nala said.

Scar looked at her, "Nala, he has to be tough from young age. Life is cruel and he has to be ready for that. Whether he is a newborn or not."

This was what Nala had been scared of. That Scar would be too rough on the cubs. She wanted her son and daughter to grow up happily like a cub should. But would Scar allow that?

Kopa just continued to whine out, wanting anyone's attention. Nala knew that Scar wouldn't let her comfort him and her heart ached as she heard her son's cries, wishing she could comfort him.

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Tama, Kula, Nala, Shari, Zakia and Kareena were all resting by the Pride's resting place. It was the only way that Nala could spend some time with the other than hunting, since Nala wasn't really welcome in the rebel Pride den anymore.

"Did you go see your mates?" Nala asked.

"Only once," Tama replied. "I don't want to risk taking Danyssa out too far." Beside her, her friends echoed her words.

"I'll ask Scar if he can let the males take turns being in the Pride." Nala said.

"Do you think that he's going to agree?" Zakia asked.

"I'll try my best," Nala said. "After all, it is no secret to him that the other males are just beyond the border."

By some miracle, after one hour of pleading, compromising and begging, Nala managed to get Scar to agree to let the males take turns being within the Pride.

When the news went out to the rebel Pride, they had been quite happy and surprised.

The following day, Ishan gladly let Chumvi take his place for a couple days so he could be with Kula and his cubs. Aran, Shari and Zakia's father, gave his spot to Shari's mate, Amri, and Runju gave his spot to Tojo, so he could see his sisters and mother. Tama's father, Rohan gave his spot to Tama's mate, Moraan so he could be with Tama and Danyssa. There would be another shift soon, and the other lionesses would get to see their mates.

Nala was happy to see the rebel Pride's spirits being slightly lifted and she was even happier that her friends would finally be able to come to Priderock.

Nala had been glad to see Tojo. He spent as much time as possible with Kiara and Kopa and she was glad. She knew that Tojo and Alex would somewhat fill in the loving father figure that Kopa and Kiara would miss out on until they met Simba.

Despite Nala convincing Scar to let males take turns being in the Pride, the older adults of the rebel Pride still hated Nala. They treated Kiara and Kopa like a disease as well. Nala didn't mind them giving her a rough time but she didn't want Kiara and Kopa go through that.

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Despite Nala's authority as Queen, Zira didn't seem to care about that. She would give Nala orders like she was a regular lioness. Nala would warn her to remember her place which would just cause Zira to get angry and storm off. Nala's biggest fear was they she'd take her anger out on her cubs.

Kiara and Kopa were still unable to move, and Nala knew that they would be defenseless if Zira did attack them. Scar had assured her that it was perfectly safe to leave Kiara and Kopa in the den by themselves. No hyenas would dare to touch the King's son and daughter.

But Nala wasn't worried about the hyenas. She was worried that Zira would hurt Kiara and Kopa if she left them. Or at the very least, she would send one of her friends to hurt them.

Nala was worried enough not to leave Kiara and Kopa on their own. If she had to go out, she would leave them with her friends. But they were often off on long hunting trips and their own cubs would be watched by the older adults of the rebel Pride. Nala knew that the older adults wouldn't tolerate Kiara or Kopa near them.

Nala would mostly just stay with her cubs. She often got hungry, but she refused to make the rebel Pride hunt for her. Scar would just tell her to tell the rebel Pride, but Nala refused. This caused her to be hungry all day long sometimes. She would go and eat when her friends or Scar came back so they would watch Kiara and Kopa.

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Kiara and Kopa began to walk quite early in life, and Nala hoped Scar saw it as strength.

In Nala's opinion, Kiara would run more than she would walk. She was always trotting as fast as she could before she fell down.

Kopa was doing well with learning how to walk. He didn't run as much as Kiara, but in Nala's opinion he was doing fine.

Nala began to take note that Scar would be tough on the cubs, especially Kopa. He already was.

Kopa had been trying to catch Kiara. Mewing he ran after her, only to fall right on his face.

Wailing, Kopa began to call for his mother, wanting her comfort. Nala got onto her paws to comfort him, but before she could, Scar stopped her.

"No, my dear." Scar said. "Let him get up on his own."
"Scar, he hit his face. Please just let me-" Nala tried, but Scar cut her off.

"Nala, if he's going to be the future King, he needs to be tough, and be able to do things on his own. Let's not forget that he has two brothers to compete with if he wants the throne." Scar said.

Nala watched with an aching heart as her son continued to cry out for her, but there was nothing she could do. She so badly wanted to soothe and comfort him but she couldn't.

To Nala's surprise, Scar spent an equal amount of time with all of his cubs. Even with Nuka and Vitani. He would allow them into their den and let them play with Kiara and Kopa.

Nala would watch her cubs carefully as they played with their "half siblings". She could feel the tension between Zarana, Kana and her. Nala knew that Kana and Zarana were both determined to make their son the King as well. Shanti was a bit better in Nala's opinion, but Nala soon came to realize that she would always try to make Scar favor Eisha over Kiara.

Nala also took note on her cub's wrestling skills. She was happy to see that most of the time, Kiara and Kopa managed to pin their opponents down. They definitely had her wrestling skills, not Simba's.

Other than playing with Scar's other cubs, Nala would take them to play with the cubs of her friends. Kopa, Kovu and Haru got along very well even though all three of them were very competitive. And Nala would watch them happily, with her friends beside her, all of them enjoying a sight that they wouldn't be able to enjoy for long. Time would pass by fast. Nala was sure of that.

Despite the fact that the twins enjoyed playing with their half "siblings", and friends, they seemed to like playing with each more.

Nala always enjoyed watching them play. When the two of them wrestled, it was always Kopa who managed to pin Kiara down but that was only because Kiara was a bit small for her age.

Every night, Nala would gather both of them into her paws and would give them a good bath since there fur would be dirty from running around so much.

Bathing Kopa however, was a bit challenging. Nala would bathe Kiara first since she was much easier to clean. It was bit of a fight with Kopa.

During those times, Nala was actually glad that Scar was with them. He would occupy Kiara with something and leave Nala to deal with Kopa.

On the nights that Scar wasn't with them, Nala would have to keep her eye out for Kiara. The little cub hated staying in one place and would often try to wander away.

One night Nala was bathing Kopa, who was squeaking and mewing at him. Nala smiled at her son. "It's not so bad Kopa." In her eyes, she saw Simba, whining at his mother not to bathe him.

Suddenly she realized that Kiara wasn't beside her. Quickly, she put Kopa at her side, who let out a happy squeak at being let go from his bath early.

"Kiara?" Nala jumped to her feet and looked around. He wasn't in the den. Quickly she hurried out of the den and to her relief, she saw Kiara outside.

"Kiara!" Nala went to her daughter. "Where do you think you're going?"

Kiara squeaked and mewed at her, motioning to the path down Priderock.

"No, little Princess." Nala said. "You're too young."

Kiara looked at her mother with bright blue eyes, pleading her to let her go. Nala felt like letting her, when she saw how badly she wanted to go, but she knew it was too dangerous.

"Those pretty eyes won't change my mind, sweetheart." Nala chuckled, seeing Kiara's face fall.

Nala herded Kiara back into the den. Just as she was about to go in, Shanti walked by with Eisha trotting behind her.

"Do you know where Scar is?" Shanti asked.

"No," Nala said, shaking her head. "Why?"

"He promised to spend some time with Eisha. She's been missing out on time with him." Shanti replied.

"Shanti," Nala said. "He promised to spend time with all his daughters. That's including Kiara and Vitani."

Shanti let out a frustrated growl, "He's been neglecting Eisha. He always spends time with Kiara and not with her!"

"Don't be ridiculous!" Nala snarled. "He's treats all his cubs equally!"

"Kiara and Kopa are favored over the others." Shanti said.

Nala opened her mouth to say something when she noticed that her daughter had begun to wrestle with Eisha.

Kiara managed to pin Eisha down a bit too roughly. Eisha began to whine.

"Stay away from my daughter!" Shanti hissed, shoving her face in front of Kiara's and then pushed her off Eisha. Kiara landed on her back with a squeak, and tears in her eyes.

Nala let out a roar of anger in her daughter's defense and whirled around to Shanti.

"Shanti you-" Nala began, but a voice cut her off.

"What's going on?" It was Alex. He had begun his turn at Priderock a couple days ago.

"Kiara was trying to hurt Eisha," Shanti snapped. "She's just like her mother. Someone who would like to hurt her family!"

Nala growled at her and looked like she was about to lunge, but Alex grabbed her and held Nala back.

"Kiara would never intentionally hurt Eisha, Shanti." Alex said. "She was only playing. You're over reacting. And you have to remember your place here. Nala is the Queen and you have no right to speak to her like that!"

Shanti growled, and then picked up Eisha. She gave Kiara and Nala another glare before walking away.

Alex turned to his niece, "It's okay, sweetheart." Kiara squeaked at him and nuzzled her nose against his.

Nala smiled at the two. Alex treated Kiara and Kopa like they were his own. Nala so badly wanted to tell him that he was related to Kiara and Kopa by blood. After all, Alex was Simba's cousin. As far as Alex was concerned, the only way he was an uncle to the twins was because his mate was Shinda, who was Nala's cousin.

But she knew she had to wait until the time was right.

"Thanks for the support." Nala said, gently.

"No problem." Alex said. "Does she always give you a hard time?"

"She's always trying to get Scar to favor Eisha over Kiara," Nala said, shaking her head.

"Just don't bother with her, Nala. She's not worth it." Alex said.

Nala nodded and after chatting with him for a few minutes, she took Kiara into the den. Kopa had already drifted off by himself. Nala smiled and placed him in her paws along with Kiara.

"Sleep tight my little ones," Nala whispered, as she laid her head down on top on them.

Apart from Shanti, Nala also had to deal with Zarana and Kana.

Nala had taken Kopa and Kiara out to the Pride's resting place. The rebel Pride used the section that was lower on the slope while Scar's lionesses used the section that was higher on the slope. Nala herself used to belong at the lower section but that was one of the things she had sacrificed to save Kiara and Kopa.

To Nala's dismay, she saw Kana and Zarana making their way towards the resting place with Tanabi and Akila in tow.

Nala knew that Zarana and Kana were friends. Shani had told her that she has overheard one of their conversations. Apparently, they had decided that if either of their sons were chosen as the King, they would make sure that that whoever was the one that didn't get chosen would be the second in command. Scar didn't believe in having a second in command, but they did.

Nala knew that Tanabi and Akila would team up against Kopa. He would have a rough time, but Nala kept reminding herself that Kopa had the blood of the true King of the Pridelands and he would pull through.

Zarana and Kana lay down a distance away from Nala. Tanabi and Akila made their way to Kiara and Kopa.

Kiara, who seemed a bit tired, trotted towards her mother and climbed into her paws. Nala licked the top of her head as she curled into her paws for a nap.

Kopa began playing with Tanabi and Akila. He playfully chased them around, trying to pounce on them. Kopa pounced on Tanabi but missed and fell head first into a rock.

"Kopa!" Nala got onto her paws and went to her son. Tanabi seemed to feel sorry for Kopa because he tried to help him into his paws, nuzzling his nose against his head.

"Don't help him Tanabi!" Kana snapped at her son, "If he's so precious, he should be able to take a bit!" Tanabi looked at his mother with wide eyes, but he continued trying to help a whining Kopa up.

Nala growled at her, "Watch what you say Kana!"

Kana growled at her, "Shanti was right! You think that just because you're Queen, you're cubs should get special treatment!"

Nala growled at her. "If you think that-"

"What's going on?" It was Scar. Scar looked at his mate and then the two other lionesses.

"Nothing," Nala muttered. She picked Kopa up by the scruff and then headed back into the den, momentarily forgetting about her daughter, who had been watching the scene with wide eyes.

Scar looked at Zarana and Kana, "Remember that she's your Queen!" He picked Kiara up and then went back into the den.

So in this chapter, you find out that other than the rebel Pride, Nala has to worry about Shanti, Zarana and Kana. Will Zarana and Kana try to harm Kopa to get their sons to the throne? How about Shanti? Will she do anything to Kiara? You also found out how tough Scar will be on the twins, even though they're still very young.

I know this chapter wasn't very action filled, but the next chapter will start the real story plot and the battles the family has to go through to get Kopa to the throne. Stay tuned for more!