Hola my viewers! So here is another chapter for you guys and to be honest I really loved this chapter because my favorite song from the movie is in this chapter: "I Just Can't Wait To Be King". Man I love that song! Anyways, I'm extremely sorry for the long delay of this chapter. I had lots of schoolwork and recently came back from Florida so I had a lot on my mind but now let's continue with the story!

Disclaimer: I do not own the Lion King or any of the songs used in this chapter.

Chapter 4: "I Just Can't Wait To Be King"

In my recent time of being in Mufasa's pride, I learned 2 things: Love has no boundaries and the meaning of having a best friend. When I first came into the pride, I was deeply depressed. I had lost my mother, my home, my family, all of it. And at that point I really didn't believe that I could ever be happy or even smile again, but Zahra changed that. Zahra understood my pain and how it felt to lose someone you love, in her case two. Zahra's love for me and willingness to adopt me and help me forget about my grief of my mother and my old life was what I needed to be able to move on. At first I thought that Zahra's love was just forced upon her. That she really didn't love me and that she pretended to just make me feel better, but she told me that it was genuine and that she would never pretend to love me out of pity. She told me she loved me like her own cub because she knew I had a good heart and a good character and that she understood me. No one else in this pride understood our shared pain, but all the other lionesses were very nice and caring just the same. Having a mother once again gave me my happiness again, but having a best friend was definitely something foreign to me. I never had any friends in my old pride because none of them liked me. They all used to look at me like I had grown another head or something and used to say terrible things about me because I was different, but Simba didn't do that. Simba didn't care about all of that, he liked me for me. If I couldn't do something, he would help me learn. If I didn't know something, he would teach me and most of all, he was always there for me. I always felt so honored and so happy that he was willing to help me and in return for his generosity, I always tried to the best of my ability to help him with anything. I loved my new life and everyone in it. Zahra and I were relaxing in the sun with Sarabi, Sarafina and her daughter, Nala. Nala really didn't like me although the word hate would be a better word for how she felt towards me, though I didn't know why. I haven't done anything to her at all, but I could tell that she definitely felt threatened with my presence. It was really hard to relax with Zahra right now with Nala glaring daggers at me while her mother bathed her. I tried to ignore her, but it wasn't really working that well. Simba came running down from wherever he was before towards us and I smiled at him.

"Hey Nala" he said and she smiled brightly.

"Hi Simba" she replied happily. Simba turned towards me and Zahra and walked towards us.

"Good morning, Zahra" he said politely and she smiled at him and bowed her head in respect.

"Good morning, my prince" she replied. Simba looked at me and bumped his forehead against mine. I smiled at his friendly gesture, but from the corner of my eye I saw Nala glaring at us.

"Hey Anaya"

"Hey Simba, what's up?" He leaned close to my ear and whispered to me.

"I found out about this really cool place from my uncle. I want you, me and Nala to check it out." I quirked an eyebrow at him.

"Where is it?" I asked. He looked at Zahra, who was talking to Queen Sarabi and Nala's mother Sarafina, before looking back at me.

"I can't tell you now, but I'll show you when we get there, okay?" I got a strange feeling that somehow this was going to get us in trouble or maybe I was being paranoid. Simba was my best friend and I trusted him with my life, so it probably wasn't bad, right?

"Okay, Simba" I said with a smile. He smiled back and nuzzled my cheek.

"Thanks, Anaya. Let me let Nala know" he said before walking over to Nala and Sarafina, telling Nala what he told me. I looked at the two of them and saw Nala's face light up but then I heard Simba mention my name and immediately that smile on her face vanished completely and she looked at me and scowled. I rolled my eyes at her and looked down. What was her deal with me? Simba and Nala looked at Sarafina and asked her if it was okay for the three of us to go explore together, but she just looked at Queen Sarabi and Zahra and asked them what they thought.

"Hmmm? Zahra, Sarabi, what do you two think?" I looked up at Zahra and she looked down at me and smiled.

"I think it's okay, but I also think that Sarabi should decide" Zahra answered. All eyes were now on Queen Sarabi.

"Well?" Queen Sarabi said. The three of us walked up to her and put on our best sweet faces.

"Pleeeaaaassse?" we asked. She smiled at us.

"It's alright with me" she answered. Simba was the first to respond because he jumped up and licked his mother's cheek before celebrating with me and Nala.

"As long as Zazu goes with you" the Queen later replied and that sentence alone made us stop in our tracks.

"No, not Zazu" Simba whined. Great.

"Follow me young cubs. The sooner we get to the Watering Hole, the sooner we can leave" Zazu said. The Watering Hole was what Simba told me, Nala, Zahra, Sarafina and Queen Sarabi of where we were going. But I had a feeling that the Watering Hole wasn't our real destination. I walked up alongside Simba, playfully bumping my shoulder against his and he smiled and pushed back. Nala growled silently at our playfulness and ran up alongside Simba as well and smiled pleasantly at him. Oh brother.

"So where are we really going?" I whispered to Simba.

"An Elephant Graveyard" he whispered back.

"WOW!" Nala said rather loudly, overhearing our conversation, and together Simba and I shushed her.

"Sorry, Simba" she said, ignoring me in the process, "So how are we gonna ditch the dodo?" I suddenly had an idea of what we could do to get rid of Zazu and mentioned the thought to Simba. He smiled mischievously and whispered the plan to Nala as Zazu flew down to talk to us.

"Oh, just look at you two! Little seeds of romance blossoming in the savannah, your parents will be thrilled!" Zazu commented excitedly. Simba looked at me as I looked at him in utter boredom because honestly we had no idea of what that little hornbill was talking about nor did we know who he was talking about.

"What with you being betrothed" he added. What did he say?

"Be-what?" Simba asked confusedly

"Betrothed. Intended. Affianced." Zazu answered. Simba and Nala looked at each other with confusion written on their faces as well as my own.

"Meaning?" Nala inquired.

"One day, you and Prince Simba are going to be married" he said proudly.

"Yuck!" Simba said with disgust.

"Eww!" Nala replied but then I saw her look at me with a sly smirk. For some strange reason, my stomach twisted weirdly. I never had that kind of feeling before and it made me nervous. The minute Zazu said that Simba and Nala would be getting married in the future, it made my stomach drop and when Nala looked at me just now with that stupid smirk on her face, it made me feel a little uneasy. What was wrong with me? Simba bent down to Zazu's level and said "I can't marry her. She's my friend". My stomach eased up a bit when he said that. Okay that was weird.

"Yea, it would be so weird" Nala added. Liar.

"Well, sorry to bust your bubble, but you two turtle-doves have no choice. It's a tradition going back many generations" Zazu stated, but didn't realize that Simba was mocking him behind his back. I chuckled at him.

"Well, when I'm king, that'll be the first thing to go"

"Not so long as I'm around" Zazu answered back.

"Well in that case, you're fired"

"Ah, nice try, but only the king can do that" Zazu said while poking Simba's nose.

"Well he is the future king" I said.

"Yeah, so you have to do what I tell you" Simba said as he nudged Zazu back a little.

"Not yet I don't! And with an attitude like that, I'm afraid you're shaping up to be a pretty pathetic king indeed!" he said angrily. Simba looked at Zazu and smirked at him.

"Huh, not the way I see it" he said as he leaped in front of Zazu.

"I'm gonna be a mighty king, so enemies beware!"

"Well, I've never seen a king of beasts with quite so little hair"

"I'm gonna be the main event like no king was before. I'm brushing up on looking down. I'm working on my roar!"

"Thus far a rather uninspiring thing"

"Oh I just can't wait to be king!"

Simba sang this and motioned for us to follow him, so me and Nala ran after him.

"You've rather a long way to go young Master! If you think….."

"No one saying 'Do This!'"

Simba laughed when I made a funny face behind Zazu's back and motioned for me to sing along.

"No one saying 'Be There!'"

I laughed when Simba pulled the sides of his mouth and let his tongue stick out wildly. Nala was scowling at me, but Simba didn't notice.

"No one saying 'Stop That!'"

"No one saying 'See Here!'"

We all ran out of the way and jumped on some flamingos and they splashed water onto Zazu, soaking him.

"Free to run around all day!"

"Well that's definitely out" Zazu muttered.

"Free to do it all my way!"

Zazu tried very hard to catch up with us but the flamingoes were running at super-fast speed that he had to flap his wings so hard.

"I think it's time you and I arranged a heart to heart"

"Kings don't need advice from little hornbills for a start!"

"If this is where the monarchy is headed, count me out! Out of service, out of Africa, I wouldn't hang about!"

"This child is getting wildly out of wing!"

"Oh, I just can't wait to be king!"

Once we all hopped off of the flamingoes, we saw that huge elephants were walking across the Plains and decided to run alongside them. Simba and I were laughing so much and having a blast as we ran with the elephants. Nala caught up with us and sometimes, pushed me aside so that she could be next to Simba. I rolled my eyes.

"Everybody look left!"

"Everybody look right!"

"Everywhere you look I'm, standing in the spotlight!"

"Not yet!" Zazu said as he was crushed between two large elephants.

"Let every creature go for broke and sing!"

"Let's hear it in the herd and on the wing!"

"It's gonna be King Simba's finest fling!"

The ostrich put me and Simba on its back and then climbed on top of the elephants, the hippos the giraffes, the antelopes and every other animal, until we reached the top. I didn't know where Nala was, but honestly I could care less.

"Oh I just can't wait to be king!"

"Oh I just can't wait to be king!"

"Oh I just can't waaaaaaaaaaaaaaait!"

"To be kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!"

Simba and I leaped off of the ostrich and we found Nala before the three of us ran off together, leaving Zazu in the whole mess.

"I beg your pardon madam, but GET UP!" Zazu ordered.

"SIMBA! NALA! ANAYA!" he yelled but the three cubs were too far away to even hear him.

Alright, alright, not too bad and I think this is pretty good considering the fact that I haven't updated in like 2 whole freaking months! Alright, now it's up to you guys to review this chapter and tell me what you think of it. So hit that button and do what you gotta do!