So here`s chapter 4. Thank you to my loyal reviewers.(especially Vitani825) Give me some more suitable lion king names for males. I`m out of good ideas. If you want anything in the story please mention it in a review. Hope you enjoy chapter four and please review

The males had also started walking back to Priderock to watch the hunt, since they had nothing else to do. Simba and Alex watched as the lionesses stalked the prey. Simba realized the only lioness he had really been paying attention to was Nala.

``Hey Simba, you can stop staring at Nala now,`` Alex said with a grin.

"I'm not staring at her!" Simba explained.

"Come on Simba you love her don't you?" Alex said softly.

"Yes, I do," Simba murmured "But she doesn't see us as anything more than friends. I don't stand a chance."

"Sure you do buddy" Alex said to his cousin. "Just tell her that"

"I couldn't. It would never work" Simba sighed. "Lets just go back to Priderock. Mom's probably got a kill ready. The two walked back to Priderock, both unaware that Thresh had been hiding behind a rock and had listened to their whole conversation, and he didn't like it one bit.

Simba met his family at a base of tree, with an antelope in front of them.

"Hello son," Mufasa said nuzzling Simba. "Hi Dad," Simba replied returning his father's nuzzle. Then he bent over and nuzzled his little sister Ajjali. "Me, Hofu and Zuri learned how to swim today" she said proudly.

"Ajjali, just because you learned how to swim does not mean you get to go anywhere near the river. Understand?" Sarabi said.

"Yes Mom" Ajjali said taking a bite of antelope.

"Simba," Mufasa started, "I'm going to start training you to be king. You-"

"I'm going to be king so soon?" Simba interrupted.

"No. But I want to take your training slowly" Mufasa said patiently. "My father did that with me"

Simba nodded and the family continued with their meal.

A little way off , a set of green eyes burning with jealousy was watching them. "I should have been King. What Ahadi did was completely unfair. I made Ahadi pay and now Mufasa's family will too. Starting with Simba." Scar thought.

The hunt had gone well for Nala. Much to her parent's surprise, she had brought down a zebra by herself. Sarafina had told her that next month, the new leader of their hunting party was going to be announced and trained. Secretly Nala hoped it would be her, but pushed the idea out of her head. After her family had eaten, Nala's parents had taken Hofu inside the cave, but she had stayed out, star gazing, in the meadow. It had short acacia trees and soft medium length grass.

"Quite a sight tonight, isn't it?" came a voice from behind her. Startled, Nala turned to see Simba appearing behind her.

" Yeah. I was thinking of our ancestors" Nala said softly. They had been taught that their ancestors looked down at them from the stars. Simba came over and lay down next to her.

" I like thinking of them too. I wonder if they resembled me a lot. I mean my father's side had always head amber eyes" Simba said thoughtfully.

Nala thought for a second, " My whole family and Shinda's family have green eyes, but I have sapphire blue eyes. I've always felt out of place. I mean, they have pale tan fur and I have golden fur. I sometimes wonder who I've gotten it from."

"And that's a bad thing? You look very pretty to me" Simba said, smiling.

Nala's heart skipped a beat, and the conversation from earlier in the afternoon replayed in her head.

"Nala? " Simba asked " Did I say something wrong?" "No you didn't Nala said quickly and then changed the subject.

After a while, both of them walked back to Priderock. Before Nala could say goodnight, Simba leaned forward and gave her a warm nuzzle. "Goodnight" he whispered. For a second she felt shocked, but then quickly returned the nuzzle. "Goodnight" she murmured and then walked into the den and Simba went into the much smaller den for the Royal family.

The next morning, Alex woke up sleepily then walked over to the waterhole. He had a strange dream last night. It was about his mother, Shireen. Shireen had left the pride three years ago, not long after Kudeka and Hariku had become mates. His father had died when he had been a few months old. A rogue, named Dillon, had come to stay with the pride and his mother had become very friendly with him. Later, they discovered that he was a Prince and helped him take back his throne. He wanted Shireen to be his mate and Shireen had agreed without even talking to Alex. At first, she had decided to make Alex go with them to Dillon's kingdom, but after a lot of pleading, begging and help from the Pride, Alex had convinced Shireen to let him stay.

He and the Pride thought him staying would also make Shireen, as a mother stay, but she had wanted to be with Dillon. The Pride had been surprised but no one said anything. After his mother left, he visited her once in a while and got news from her. The last time he had seen her was almost two years ago, and had also seen his new half little brother and sister. He hadn't received any news from her either. Alex closed his eyes and sighed. He could not nothing more now. He had to accept the that the relationship between him and Shireen was over, and there were lions more important to her than Alex.