So here's the third chapter. Thank you to the reviews and for those of you who are wondering if Mufasa will dies, you will just have to find out. Hope you enjoy the third chapter and please review and give me your opinions.

Nala, Tojo and Moraan arrived at The Fallen Trees. The Fallen Trees were four huge trees that had fallen when they had been young cubs. Now the huge branches of the trees were perfect for resting on and getting some shade. The three lions saw that Tama, Kula, Shari, Shani, Shinda, Alex, Chumvi, Thresh, and Simba were already there.

"Hey guys. I was wondering where you were" Tama called out, her dark blue eyes sparkling. "Alex was telling us of Simba and Chumvi's little stunt"

"I know, Moraan already told me" Nala giggled. Simba gave Moraan a look. "Go tell the whole world, Moraan" he grumbled. Nala lay down next to Simba. She and Simba didn't notice the look Thresh was giving them.

Kula looked at the other lionesses. " You guys are coming to the hunt this evening, right? We need to practice if we want to be the next leader" Nala rolled her eyes "You sound just like my mother" she muttered, just loud enough for Simba to hear and he grinned.

Nala looked at Kula " You do realize only one of us can be the leader, right?" Kula nodded, her brown eyes serious. "I know. I don't care if I'm not the leader, but I'm still going to try."

Chumvi looked at her "My mother is the leader and she said that she isn't the only one who decides. The whole hunting party does". He blew some of his dark brown mane away from his emerald green eyes.

Nala knew that. There were several different hunting parties, and daughters usually ended up being part of their mothers party. Her mother was in the same hunting party as Sarabi, Kudeka, Penda and some other lionesses.

The group spent the rest of the afternoon talking and gossiping. At late afternoon, the lionesses started walking back to Priderock to help with the hunting.

Shinda looked at Nala and said "You know, Simba likes you"

Nala was shocked at her cousin's words. "No! We're just friends. He was always a really close friend of mine. That's all."

Shinda shook her head, her olive green eyes sparkling with amusement."Yes he does. I can tell by the way he looks at you."

"He does Nala" Shani said and the rest of the lionesses nodded in agreement.

"You are all out of your minds! We're just friends and that's it" Nala exclaimed.

"You know, he isn't bethroed. The postition is always open" Shari giggled.

The royal couple chose whether to bethroe the hier or not. Usually if it was a female heir they were, but sometimes a male heir wasn't like Simba.

"No" Nala shook her head firmly. She couldn't imagine, the Prince of the Pridelands, the future King falling in love with a lioness like her. She had golden fur and sapphire blue eyes, but she wasn't very beautiful, was she?

They had reached Priderock and went to the other side of it to see the most powerful hunting party in the Pride getting ready. Kula made her way over to her mother, Sarina. Shinda and Shani walked over to Kudeka and Shari and Nala found their mothers beside Sarabi and Penda.

Kudeka greeted her daughters with a nuzzle, which Shani returned, but Shinda didn't. Things between Tojo, Shinda, and Kudeka hadn't been right ever since Kudeka had found a new mate, Hariku.

Flashback (Three and a half years ago)

Shinda was laying on the top of Priderock thinking as she watched the sunset. That afternoon, Kudeka and Hariku had announced they were going to be mates and the Pride was happy with the news. Shinda and her siblings had acted happy so not to disappoint their mother. She sighed as she thought of her father. She had been four years old when he had left and Shani hadn't even known her own father. He father, Aman had been her mother's mate first. About three years after she and Tojo were born, he began to spend much less time with them. Later her own mother had spotted him with another lioness and realized the cub the lioness had given birth to was sired by Aman. She shuddered remembering Kudeka crying and the confusing noise. Tojo being head strong had run in and demanded to know what was happening. She had just gone to the corner of the den covering her ears, telling herself in the morning everything would be ok and she would wake up against her parents warm fur. But it never happened. Aman left the Pride with his new mate without saying a word to Shinda or Tojo. Two months later Shani was born. Shinda had looked at her baby sister with curiousity then had felt a fierce tug of love. From that moment on, she loved Shani more than anything and had tried to protect her in everyway she could.

The arrival of her siblings interrupted her thoughts. "Shinda?" Shani asked "What do you think of all of this?" Shani had always been more respectful and obedient toward their mother.

Shinda sighed. She was the oldest of them three, being two minutes older that Tojo. "Shani, Tojo someday we're going to find mates and leave and start our own family. And then Mother's going to be alone. But now she has Hariku to stay with her. I'm not saying I like this one bit. But, I have not seen Mother so happy in years."

"I understand Shinda" Tojo said softly. "And Hariku's always been really nice to us. He's strong and will be able to protect her. But I'm always going to protect you two. And Nala. We can get through this together"

End Of Flashback

Shinda knew things never would be the same between them again. But she still loved her half sisters Zuri and Angani. But she knew, she would never love them as much as she loved Tojo and Shani. Even Nala and Hofu had a stronger place in her heart than them.