A/N:Thanks for the reviews. Here's the next chapter. Enjoy!
"Come on, mom! We're going to be late!" a light cream cub exclaimed, his brown eyes full of excitement.
Today was a special day. Prince Ditto and Princess Dreama were finally old enough to go out and play with the other cubs. Kiara smiled lovingly at her children.
"I'm coming." She said tiredly.
The royal family walked out of the cave where the twins sat and looked at their mother. Kiara smiled as Kovu, Baruchel and Nala walked over.
"Now you know the rules." She started.
Ditto and Dreama both rolled their eyes. "Yeeees moooom." They said together in an annoyed tone.
Nala smiled before chuckling lightly. She watched her grandchildren run down the rocky slope of Pride Rock before turning to her daughter. "They're just like you were when you were young." She said.
Kovu and Baruchel snickered, earning a glare from the queen. The two males yelped before running off in different directions. Kiara smiled before sighing deeply. This caught the attention of her mother.
"My dear, what's troubling you?" She asked.
Kiara was silent, her ears pinned and her head low. Tears slowly began to fall from her amber eyes. "It's been a month, and there's been no sign of father or grandma Sarabi."
Nala looked away and sighed. "I'm sure your they're all right."
The golden lioness sobbed uncontrollably causing Nala to pull her daughter close. Nala nuzzled Kiara as tears of her own began to fall.
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Ditto and Dreama had caught up with their aunt and uncle, as well as Raziya's daughter, Alika.
"So what do you want to do?" Ditto asked with excitement in his eyes.
Chaka stood and smiled at the younger cub. "Me and a few others are going to the water hole. You can come if you can keep up."
"Phh. Of course I can" Ditto replied.
The creamy golden cub smiled before looking at the others three. "What about you three?"
Kamaria stood and looked at the two younger lioness cubs. "You guys can come if you want."
Dreama shook her head. "Nah, I'm going to practice hunting."
Alika nodded her head. "Me too."
Chaka scampered off with Ditto and Kamaria following.
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"Hey guys, slow down"
The light cream cub huffed and puffed before looking around for the others, only to see that they left him. Ditto sighed before turning to head back home when his brown eyes caught something. Lying on a ledge of Pride Rock was Jaali. A smile formed as the prince ran up the slope and came on the ledge, stopping besides the golden brown cub.
"Hi! I'm Ditto! What's your name?" He asked in a friendly manner. "Do you want to play?"
Jaali grunted before pushing the younger cub away from his spot on the ledge. Not a second later, Ditto sat up with a dazed look.
"Hey, no need to panic. I'm okay." Ditto said sarcastically. He frowned when he didn't get a response out of the prince, so he glared at the older cub. "You hit like a girl"
Jaali suddenly cast his green eyes on the light cream cub. "Oh yeah. You must get hit by a lot of girls." He replied rudely.
Ditto puffed out his chest and smirked. "Naw. You're the first."
Jaali's eyes widened before he growled. Ditto realized what he had said and took off.
"Why, you little...!"
"Bwahahahaha!" Ditto screamed as Jaali chased him across the savannah.
'Not my brightest idea' he thought to himself.
He looked back to see Jaali closing in on him."Whoa, whoa, WHOA! Dude! It was just a joke! You know... haha!"
The light cream prince was only answered to a angry growl.
"Okay! Not funny! Noted! I'll never do it again! So how about we start over, huh? Friends? Pals? Comrades?"
Jaali snarled. "Stand still so I can clobber you!"
"Oh snap!"
Ditto ran across the plains like a speeding bullet. In the heat of trying to get away, he wasn't paying attention where he was stepping and tripped over a tree root. He fell to the ground right when Jaali pounced, causing the golden brown cub to soar over Ditto and land into a nearby mud puddle. Ditto stood up and looked around to see the golden brown cub no where to be seen.
"Where did gumpy go?" Ditto asked himself as he walked forth.
He went through some tall grasses where he saw the golden brown cub in the mud puddle. He put his lighter color paw over his mouth to hold back his giggles, but couldn't do it and burst out laughing. Ditto's laughter caught the attention of Dreama and Alika. The two lioness cubs walked over to the see the light cream cub on the ground laughing. Jaali was heated and the sound of that termite's laughter made it even worse. Jaali growled as he walked up on the laughing cub.
"You think mud baths are funny, huh?"
Dreama and Alika watched with wide eyes as the golden brown cub forcefully pulled Ditto into the mud. The golden princess and her new friend shared a look before busting out laughing. Ditto frowned causing Jaali to smirk.
"Don't like it when your brother and your girlfriend are laughing at you, huh?"
Dreama and Alika stopped laughing and glared at the two-and-a-half month cub.
"I'm not his girlfriend." She said.
Dreama glared dangerously at the older cub. Her amber eyes burning. "I'm not a boy!"
Jaali smirked at the golden cub. "Could have fooled me."
Over the weeks as the cubs had grown, Dreama and Ditto gained small tuffs of fur on their heads like their grandfather had, and they now had dark brown ear rims.
"What's your name anyway?" Jaali demanded.
"Princess Dreama" Growled the golden cub.
"Hey!" Ditto stepped between his sister and Jaali.
He simply laughed at the cub's bravery. "You've got guts."
"Ditto! Dreama!" They suddenly heard their mother call."
Come on guys. Let's go." said Alika, heading towards Pride Rock
Ditto frowned before following the day-older cub. Dreama growled at him before storming after her brother and friend. Jaali snorted before heading towards his own mother. But deep down, he felt terrible for hurting Dreama's feelings.