It was about 3 weeks after the tragedies that went on at Pride Rock. Shiba disappearing, Sifa dying, and all of the other stuff happening around that time.

Aslan was in a great depression. He lost the love of his life, and got a cub to replace her. He was going to treat his daughter, Tamu, like he had treated her mother. She had the attitude like her mother, like her calmness, but also, her stubbornness.

During the time, the queen of the Pridelands had passed away, therefore, leaving Kiburi to rule on his own. Things were disaster. By the rule, he needed to have another Queen, but he could not do that to Kefira's spirit. Resulting, Kiburi stepped down, and Kiara once again became the Queen. She had 3 months until she had to get a King to rule beside her. But who, she always asked herself?

Kiburi mainly never spoke. He didn't have anything to do with Shiva anymore, after what she had done to her sister. Practically, he disowned her, leaving her an orphan cub. Vitani felt bad, so she cared for the abandoned Princess.

So, if Shiva was informed that she would /NOT/ be Queen, who would be? Perhaps if Kiara passed away, Kopa would rule like he should? But then, what would happen if /HE/ passed away? Would Vitani rule? Amira? Tamu? Kumo? Everything was SO screwed up.

Kumo spent most of his days out at the Waterhole, waiting to see if perhaps Risa or Shiba would end up showing up. He missed both of them very much, and wanted them back. Though, how could a cub like him, go around and look? Perhaps, he thought, he should just give up hope of them returning, and move on with his life.

Amira had seemed to have caught the sickness that the others had recently. So, she was quarantined away. But, since Rafiki had passed, what were they to do? What is Kifo strikes back, who would be there to aid them? The Pridelands was in a threat to lose their lands, and be forced out.

2 MONTHS LATER.

"Ha, catch me if you can, Tamu!" Amani screeched at his niece, who was falling way behind him in their came of tag.

"Uncle Amani, it's not fair! You're SO much faster than me!" She whined, and tripped, faceplanting. Amani hurried over to her, and nuzzled her up.

He looked at her face, covered in dirt, and began to groom it. "You need to watch where you're going." He sighed, and retreated his tongue back where it belonged. "You could easily get-"

"Hurt or stepped on, or even get lost." Tamu mocked.

"No, what? I was not going to say that." He rolled his eyes, "Whatever, let's get back to Aslan." He let her take the lead, so she didn't feel left behind.

Kumo flicked his tail, lying by Vitani, who was grooming Shiva. Shiva glanced over to her father, Kiburi, who was lying with his back turned from them, and tears began to fall. She felt as if he didn't love her anymore. Was it /HER/ fault that her the Queen died? She was upset too, but she was not ignoring others like he was. She had now looked like Scar, and Kovu, so the others looked at her funnily. She seemed unwanted in the pride.

Kumo grunted as Shiva walked over to him, and got up, padding away. He had nothing to do with her anymore. Shiva turned her head, and began to cry. She headed down Priderock, and continued on to the Watering Hole. Shiva lied down, and began to cry into the water.

She perked her ears up and turned her head, to see a large, muscular body. He was snarling, and hovering over her. It was Kifo! Shiva screeched and ran for her life, as the black pelt gained his speed on her. She crawled into a hole in a tree, and gained her breath, and didn't see the lion anywhere in sight.

Shiva exhaled deeply. *Who WAS that?* She thought, and looked out, to see if it was clear. She then noticed a different pond, and walked over to it. He lied down again, crying. She didn't even care if the big black lion came to kill her. She was an outcast, pretty much. She then saw the paws of the pursuer lion beside her again, and the name snapped to her mind. She heard of this lion.

"Go away, Kifo, nobody likes you." He sniffled, her heart racing, not knowing what horrible things he may do to a tiny scrap like her.

"But you summoned me.." A different voice sounded, looking peacefully at her.

Shiva's eyes widened, and she looked at the male, who towered above her. He was not black like the lion from the chase, but a dark brown. He had a similar structure though. Guess who THAT may be?

"W-who are you?" Shiva faced the lion that stood beside her, her tail between her legs.

"Young Princess, I am Kovu, a Great King of the past. I am your grandfather." The lion dipped his head to the young Princess.

"But, I'm not a princess! Ma and Pa said so…they hated me..they didn't even want me alive." She turned away, not even frightened that a dead lion was speaking to her.

"No, Shiva, it is not like that. Your father is sad that your mother is gone, as you are. He lost two of the dearest things to him, but seemed to forget that another one was there for him. Kiburi loves you, and he would hate to see you gone. He NEEDS you there, to stay sane. He just has not realized that." Kovu pulled the saddened princess towards him.

"Yeah, you're right.." She sniffled.

"Just remember, young Princess, that in hard times, always call for your ancestors. They will guide you, everywhere you go." The Great brown lion disappeared, leaving Shiva alone.

Shiva looked around, searching for the male, and sighed. She pulled herself up, and started back to Pride Rock.

Hello guys! I know it's been FOREVER since I've updated. This year, I was not visiting my family in Texas, I was just lazy! Haha. I was sitting there, none of my RPs alive in FeralHeart, all of my Skype buddies offline, and thought. *I NEED TO FRICKIN' UPDATE MAH STOREH! GAHHHH.* So I moved my ars over here, updated my profile that had not been updated since 5/10/11, and got to typing the chapter! This is a fairly long chapter, because I felt the need to type more in my chapters, and not just sit there with 300 words like a beached whale. I mean, JEEZ. This was last updated almost 6 months ago! That's half a year! Lol, enjoy this chapter, and stay tuned! HURRHURR.

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~Ana.