"Lily, my sweetheart, it's time for your bath" my mother says. "Aww mom I got one yesterday! I doubt I smell that bad!" "Don't argue with me young lady!" her voice sharpens and her eyes turn icy blue instead of a soft green-blue. "Your father wants to show you around the pride lands, helping you learn the importance of being queen. Now you don't want to walk around dirty do you?" "No mom." "Good now let's take a bath." She lifts me up from my scruff and puts me in her lap and starters to lick my head. I set my head down on her paws and think of what my dad said 'you may not look like me but you remind me of myself when I was your age.' Do I really act like him? Or is he trying to make me feel better about taking the throne? I think to myself. I look at my mom and she's almost done with my bath. She looks beautiful in the afternoon sun, her cream-golden fur radiates warmth off of her and her blue-green eyes shine with kindness. Everyone says that I look just like her but I don't really see it. I have light colored cream fur on my back but on my stomach it's a little darker. My eyes are more green than blue and I don't look like a goddess while standing in the afternoon sun. "Alright Lily I'm done! You can find your father by the watering hole. Please don't fool around. Also Zazu is coming to watch you." "Ohh mom I don't need Zazu!" "Yes you do just in case." She nuzzles me and I run off to find dad with Zazu flying above watching my every movement.
"You know that future queens don't need a cub sitter so I think I can walk on my own!" "No, no, no Lily I know what you're doing! You're going to try to persuade me to leave you then you'll just run off to find your friends and get into trouble. I'm not going to leave your side until we reach the king." I roll my eyes. "Fine." Out of the corner of my eyes I see movement in the bushes and a blur pounces on top of me. "Surprise Lily! I got ya!" the lion cub with rusty orange hair and golden eyes says while trying to pin me to the ground. "Ha oh ya Kopa it's more like I got you!" I say while flipping him onto his back. "Pinned ya!" Ever since I was little, Kopa has always been my best friend. We would always go on adventures together and end up in trouble. My mom says that we are two peas in a pod, can't get separated. "Fine you won this round…." "I win every round Kopa!" "Excuse me for interrupting, Lily your father is waiting! And there is no time for horseplay!" "Kopa I don't think my dad would mind if you tag along with me." "No I think the king would mind, terrible idea, he wants to spend time with you, his daughter" Zazu blurts out. "Zazu stop being a party pooper!" Kopa slyly says. "Fine if the king gets mad at you don't come crawling back to me."