I don't own the Lion King

In the morning, Amar was the fist one awake. He walked out of the cave and walked up at the peak of Pride Rock. He collected the events that had happened last night in his mind. What if Scar was right? What if he was too childish to even be a king? He had been waiting for a long time to become a lion and take his father's place. Now, his youngest brother was telling him that he wasn't worthy enough to become a king. That hurt him. Sure he didn't take things seriously but what was he supposed to do?

The African sun rose into the horizon as it created Amar's shadow behind him. Maybe he should take this position seriously. Scar was right, he did act like a cub and that phase should have ended a long time ago.

"Watching the sun are we?" a deep voice said behind him.

Amar's ears perked up as he turned his head and saw Mufasa approaching him. "Yep," he simply replied as he looked back at the sunrise. The word "yep" sounded like something a cub would say. He should have said "yes."

Mufasa waited for Amar to give him his daily good morning routine which consisted of poncing on him and pinning him to the ground. The only thing that Amar was doing was swishing his tail back and forth. "Aren't you going to pin me right now?" Mufasa asked. It wasn't because he wanted him to do it, it was because Amar always did it to him.

Amar shook his head which surprised Mufasa. At least I won't get pinned he thought. "This doesn't have anything to do with Scar does it?"

Amar let out a sigh. "Do you think I act like a cub?"

Mufasa's eyes narrowed. I think you already know he thought. "Truth or lie?" he asked as Amar rolled his eyes at him. "Well," Mufasa began, "you kind of do. You can't just pounce on lions like you did when you were a cub."

"But its so much fun," Amar whined.

"And you cannot whine either," Mufasa added, "if you want this to work, you have to be proud to be king."

Amar stood up on his paws and puffed up his chest. "I am proud."

"Yeah but you're cocky," Mufasa told him as he received a glare from Amar. "What you wanted the truth," he added, "which is a characteristic that a king should always have."

"And how do you all of this smart one?" Amar asked.

"From father," Mufasa answered.

Amar let out a sigh as he rolled his eyes as he walked away from Mufasa. There was so much to do and train to become a good king. Maybe he shouldn't be a king. Maybe he should just let Scar or Mufasa be king. If only that were possible because the oldest was always in line and he was the oldest lion in the family aside from his mother and father of course. Just then, he saw his parents walking out of the cave.

Uru had a warm smile on her face as she peeked over at Ahadi. "I have some great news," Ahadi said as he approached Amar and Mufasa, "your time to find a mate has come."

Amar turned his head and looked at Mufasa gave him a smile and raised his eyebrows. He looked over at his father. "I don't want to be betrothed."

Ahadi's and Uru's smiles faltered when he said that. "Why Amar, you need a mare to create an heir to the throne."

"I know," Amar said. He didn't want to be engaged to a lioness that his parents had picked out for him. What if he didn't like her? What if she didn't like him. He wanted to marry a lioness that he had met before, "but I want to find my own mate." His mind raced back to the cream colored lioness that was with the red eyed one. He liked her the first time he saw her. He thought that he made a great first impression.

"Have you found one?" Ahadi asked him.

"I think so," Amar answered, "it was only yesterday and I don't know too much about her pride."

"Do you at least know her name?" Uru suddenly asked.

"Sarafina?" Amar said as he looked at Mufasa for help. Mufasa only gave him a nod. "Its just that I don't know where her pride is."

"Well the only thing left for us to do is to find her pride," Ahadi said.

Throughout the grasslands, Sarabi and Sarafina were trying to find some prey so they could bring it back to their pride for some breakfast.

"What do you think Sarabi? Zebra or antelope?" Sarafina asked as the grass blades brushed against her paws.

Sarabi gave her a shrug. "Oh I don't mind what we get," she answered. Sarafina always asked her what Sarabi wanted. Sarafina never asked what she wanted herself.

Sarafina looked up as she saw a majordomo bird flying above them. The bird was followed by three lions and a lioness. Sarabi let out a small gasp when she noticed Mufasa. "It's the prince's family," she whispered to Sarafina as they both bowed their heads to the royal family.

Ahadi turned his head to Amar. "That's the one," Amar said as he pointed at Sarafina.

Ahadi turned his head and looked at Sarafina. He approached her and looked at her really closely. The young lioness raised her head as her blue eyes pierced through his.

Sarabi stayed quiet as she peeked over to the lion king and saw him surveying her friend. She looked up at Mufasa who was looking at his father.

Ahadi's sight broke away from Sarafina when he walked back to Uru. "That lioness does have potential in being a queen," he whispered.

Uru gave him a slight nod. She looked over at Sarabi as she saw Mufasa approaching her. Uru saw as Sarabi gave Mufasa a warm smile in return. Something about Mufasa and Sarabi being together clicked. "Should the other one be Mufasa's mate?" she asked Ahadi.

Ahadi looked over his shoulder to Mufasa and Sarabi. "I'll think about it, but for now, Amar is our problem." He turned around and walked over to Sarafina. Sarafina herself was confused. What did the king of the Pride Lands want with her? She looked at Ahadi as he looked down at her. "Take us to your pride," he told her.

Sarafina was about to ask why, when Sarabi jumped in. "Yes your majesty," she said as she led the royal family to their pride.

Ahadi did like Amar's choice of the lioness. She seemed sweet but also had the potential in being a queen. Uru did not mind what lioness Amar was betrothed too. She only wanted him and her future daughter-in-law to be happy. Mufasa was being calm about the whole thing. He was only glad that he met Sarabi again. To him, she had the face of a soft-creature. She was sweet and mild-mannered which was a characteristic that he liked. Amar on the other hand was really nervous. He wanted everything to go his way. He wanted Sarafina. He had only met her yesterday but she was the only lioness that he had met and since it was time for him to find a mate, he chose her. He only hoped that she would say yes so he could show Scar that he was worthy of being king.

The walk to Sarabi's pride was a little farther away from Pride Rock. They passed the flowing river that went straight to a waterfall, they passed Rafiki's tree and a series of other trees and meadows. As Sarabi walked, she stopped as she felt her paw stepping on something moist. She looked down and saw a puddle of red blood. There was no carcass next to the blood.

"Oh my God!" Sarafina suddenly screamed.

Sarabi looked behind her and then looked ahead of her where a horrible sight met her.