Here's a fic for any of you who are interested in such things. And it's going to be about Simba! Yeah, my first fic starring Simba. Kinda strange for me, I know. But you can't not love Simba.

Also, if anybody thinks they have a good idea for a tlk fanfic, be sure to PM the idea, and if I like it, I'll put it on my 'to do' list, and eventually, I'll write it! And if you're just a guest, leave a review on any one of my stories with the idea.

Anyways, be sure to leave a review! And enjoy the fic.

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Simba's POV

"Mom! Hey mom!" Called Taka, as he ran alongside Pride Rock.

They had left Rafiki's tree, having plundered the full collection of the jars of colors. Sarafina's paw were black, blue, red, pink, yellow, and orange, having dipped all four into different colors. She looked a little ridiculous, especially since the paint had dried, and she couldn't wipe them off.

They were hoping water would get it off, or Sarafina would be a walking rainbow for a few weeks.

Currently, they were going to find Uru, Taka's mother. Taka had assured them she would want to see his brand new friends, and he was bounding towards her den. He said that Uru had a den next to Pride Rock, where she liked to nap by herself. Simba and Sarafina were following him, with Simba listening to Sarafina complain.

"Yech! These darn colors won't come off!" She whined.

"I'm sure they're washable." Replied Simba, rolling his eyes.

"But what if they're not?" She said.

"Well, it's your fault then, you tried all the paints." He retorted.

"I didn't know they could be permanent!" She complained, sticking her tongue out.

"They aren't permanent!" Snapped Simba.

"But they could be!"

"They're not!

"But they could be!"

"They're not!"

"But they could be!"

"Geez Sarafina, listen to me!" Shouted Simba, exasperated. He had never known that Sarafina had been so whiny as a cub, it was rather off putting considering he was used to Sarafina being a wise, older lioness. An advisor, really.

"I am listening to you!" Replied Sarafina, glaring at him. "I'm just trying to brace myself for the worst!"

"That's awfully pessimistic."

"Yeah? Well… uh….."

"Exactly." He said, hoping that this ended the conversation. He turned back to Taka, who was still bounding across the grass. Taka turned a corner around a rock, and they arrived at a den.

"Mom! Mom, are you in there?" Called Taka, as he trotted into the cave with Simba and Sarafina on his heels.

"Taka? Is that you?" Came another voice. Simba's eyes began to adjust to the sudden darkness, and he saw a lioness pick her head up off the floor. They must have just woken her up.

The lioness was orange, her fur the same color as Taka's. She wasn't especially large, certainly no bigger than Nala had been once she had grown up. No defining characteristics immediately struck Simba, except the stripe on top of her head. To Simba's discomfort, it looked exactly like the stripe Zira had on her own head.

"Hey mommy!" Exclaimed Taka, smiling widely as he sat down.

"Hello little one."Replied Uru, smiling back. Then, she noticed Simba and Sarafina, standing rather awkwardly behind him. She gave a small gasp, and Simba saw a little wave of relief flash across her face. She closed her eyes for a moment, then opened them back up. "And who might you be?" She asked, looking at Simba.

"I'm Simba." He said, standing a little straighter.

"Hi queen Uru!" Said Sarafina, waving a purple paw in the air as greeting.

"Hello to you too Sarafina." Replied Uru, smiling happily. "Taka, are these your friends?"

"Yeah mommy, these are my friends! I made friends!" Said Taka. Uru brightened.

"Well that's perfect! Little one, that's really, really good!" She said, congratulating Taka happily.

"I played with them! We played tag!" Added Taka, buoyed by his mother's approval.

"Did you really?" Asked Uru, smiling warmly.

"Yup! Sarafina showed me how!"

At this point, Sarafina took her que to step up next to Taka. She cleared her throat quickly.

"I told Taka all about tag, and how to play it! Now he knows the best game in the world!" She announced, puffing herself up proudly.

"That's really sweet of you Sarafina. Thank you for teaching him, I'm sure he appreciated it." Replied Uru, as she stood up.

"I did!" Agreed Taka.

"But how about you… Simba, is it?" I've never seen you before, where do you come from, how did you meet Taka?" Asked Uru. Simba frowned. He hadn't a clue for any sort of backstory or explanation to his presence, or his lack of parents. What had he told Taka? Uh,...

"I come from around the Southern Prides." He said, trying to smile naturally.

"The Southern Prides? Have you a family?" Asked Uru.

"No. I don't know who my parents are, and I don't think I ever will either." Replied Simba, his mind racing for any others answers he might need.

"You're awfully young. But you'll be welcome here in the Pridelands, I'll make sure of that." Said Uru, nodding. "How did you meet Taka?"

"I found him!" Quipped the orange cub. "He was wandering by himself, and I went up and talked to him!"

"Yeah Queen Uru, Taka is a nice cub. I'm sure we'll be…. good friends."

"Well This is great! Taka, you have two friends now!" Said Uru, rubbing the top of Taka's head with her paw.

"It's nice." He replied, smiling as she removed her paw.

"It is indeed." Said Uru. She grinned, the queen unable to contain herself as she gave a little chuckle. "So are you going to play with them?"

"Yeah! Hey guys, can we play something!" Asked Taka, as he spun around, filled with energy.

"Sure. How about hide and seek?" Suggested Sarafina. Taka paused.

"What's hide and seek?"

"What's and and- geez oh pete Taka! How do you not know what hide and seek is?" Demanded Sarafina.

"Well… I just…. don't?"

"That's a crappy reason! Come on, we're going to show you!" Sarafina grabbed Taka, and pulled him outside. Taka pranced after her, grinning. Simba watched them, not moving.

"Why aren't you going with them, Simba?" Asked Uru, padding up to him. Simba turned to look up at her.

"Uh…. yeah. Just a moment." He replied, as he watched Sarafina pounce onto Taka in a demonstration. Uru stood behind him in silence.

"I suppose I should say thank you." She said, after a moment.

"For what?" Asked Simba, turning to look up at her.

"Well…. for being his friend. Did Taka tell you anything about himself?"

"A little…. His brother's name is Mufasa, and Ahadi is the king."

"Ahadi's the problem." Snorted Uru, as she examined her claws. "You know, when Mufasa and Taka were born, he immediately disliked Taka. I don't know why. But when he entered the den, I was so happy, filled with joy that we now had two male cubs, two children we could raise to be… well… kings. But Ahadi didn't like that." Whispered Uru.
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"Wha-... what happened?" Asked Simba, his eyebrow arched.

"Well…. when he saw the two cubs…. when he saw they were both male, he must have made a split second decision, one I'll damn him for until the day he dies. Two males can cause upheaval in a kingdom, it can cause strife over the successor. I'd thought of it, and I'd figured if we raised them right, there would be no problem. But Ahadi didn't think that way. He saw two cubs, and in that moment he picked out his favorite. As luck would have it, Mufasa was bigger, Taka was the runt of the litter." Uru was scowling, and Simba noticed she had extended her claws as she had been speaking. He was enraptured by the story though, it was not one he had ever been told.

"Ahadi raised his paw up to strike my little one. I saw what he was about to do, he was about to kill Taka! I reached out and out my paw over my littlest, to try to snatch him away before the paw came down, but I was too late. Ahadi's paw hit my own, but I'd managed to blunt the force of the impact. Instead of crushing him to death, it only broke a few of his ribs. It gave me quite a scare, hearing his fragile bones breaks….. but he hadn't died. When Ahadi realized I wasn't going to let my littlest one die, he growled, and said that his name would be Taka, or trash. He'd said that Taka would never inherit the throne, that he was no son of his." Uru grimaced.

"Rafiki took Taka, and saved him. He did whatever shamans did, but Taka didn't die. And now he's healthy, as a young cub should be. But…. Ahadi doesn't let him have any friends. He hates my little one so much, and all that hate is directed on an innocent cub. Taka didn't do anything wrong, he was just born. But Ahadi is determined to never let him be happy, it seems. But now he finally has friends…. could you do me a favor?" She asked.

"Erm….. sure?" Said Simba, still absorbing the story. Ahadi had tried to kill Taka? What sort of king was that? That sounded like something Scar would do, not the wise king he had been told Ahadi had been.

"Do try to play with him, and often. I saw the look on your face, you're only here because you pitied him, isn't that right?"

"Well….. sort off…." Simba rubbed the back of his neck. He was here because Rafiki sent him here, and Taka was probably the reason. He was going to stick with him, until he solved why he was here.

"You'll be welcome here at Pride Rock, if you truly do not have family. But please, promise me you will play with my little one, and help him. He needs help, he's grown up without anyone except for his brother and I. I'm hardly a good playmate, and Mufasa is always with Ahadi or the other cubs. So…. could you promise to help him?" Asked Uru.

Simba looked into Uru's eyes. Taka….. Taka wasn't Scar, he was sure of that. Taka was a poor cub who needed friendship. He couldn't say no. Taka wasn't Scar. Not yet, anyways.

"Sure…."

"Thank you Simba. Taka will certainly appreciate it."

The two of them turned back to Taka and Sarafina, who were now chasing eachother around one of the rocks outside.

"Well… I'm going to go play with them…. I guess." Said Simba, getting up.

"Go have fun." Said Uru, as she flicked her ears. She set her head down, smiling, content to watch her youngest play with his newfound friends. Simba couldn't help but smile as well. Uru, at least, was nice.

"Hey guys! I'm coming!" He called, as he bounded out of the cave.

Taka's POV

"Hey Muffy! Muffy!" Called Taka, as he raced to catch up to his brother. The sun was now almost set, a shadow blanketing the Pridelands as night arrived. He had just had the best day ever! He had made friends, and he had played with them!

"What is it?" Asked Mufasa, as he turned around to address his brother. They were on Pride Rock, next to the main den. Mufasa was his older brother, and perhaps a whole head taller than him, despite the fact Taka had only been born a few seconds after him.

He liked his brother, although he wasn't around too often. He usually only had a chance to talk to him at night, after Ahadi had fallen asleep. But when they did talk it was rather nice, there was nothing the two of them didn't know about each other.

"Hi Muffy!" Exclaimed Taka, slowing down. "You'll never guess what I did today!"

"What? What did you find?" Asked Mufasa, leaning in.

"I didn't find anything… I made something!"

"Whaddya make?"

"Well…. two friends! I made two friends!" Exclaimed Taka gleefully. Mufasa's eyes widened.

"Really?" He asked, grinning.

"Yeah! I played with Sarafina today, and another lion cub!"

"Sarafina, huh? Nice job there." Chuckled Mufasa. "Who's the other lion cub?"

"His name is Simba, and he wandered into the Pridelands. I found him, and now he's my friend!"

"Really? Where is he?"

"He said he would sleep in the grass, I said goodnight to him a few minutes ago. But he's very fun, he knows how to play all sorts of games!" Said Taka.

The brothers entered the den, and Taka looked around. Ahadi was already inside, scowling as he normally did. Uru was next to him, eyeing him suspiciously. Mufasa pranced in, and sat down to go to sleep next to the king. Swallowing, Taka entered, hoping Ahadi wouldn't reprimand him for anything.

"You're late." Growled Ahadi.

"What? But Muffy came in the same time I did!"

"Quiet! I expect to see you here earlier tomorrow night, got it?" Snapped the king. Taka looked down at his paws in shame.

"Yes daddy. I'll be here earlier tomorrow." He replied.

"Good. Now go to sleep." He growled, setting his head onto the floor.

Taka sighed. Most evenings went like this. He supposed he was lucky Ahadi wrapped up his grump outburst quickly enough. He trotted over to his mother, who was glaring at the King.

"Hey mommy." He whispered, sitting down between her paws.

"Goodnight little one." She whispered back, smiling warmly.

Taka smiled.

He closed his eyes.

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He opened them back up, glancing around.

He was on top of a cloud, looking out across the Pridelands and all the Savannah. He gasped in surprise, his eyes widening his wonder as he took in the landscape. He felt the soft, puffy cloud beneath his paws, and he jumped up and down for a few moments enjoying the fuzziness.

He was dreaming!

He loved dreams, they were one of his great escapes from Ahadi's strict glare. Here, he could do whatever he wanted, however he wanted, no matter what! Here, he was free! Until he woke up, anyways. That was the main problem, really, when it came to dreams.

"Yipeeee!" He shouted, enjoying the warm sunshine.

"Hello there." Came a sly voice from behind him. Taka turned around, confused. There was never anybody else in his dreams, who was this?

There was a lion behind him. He had a brilliant red mane, and was as large as Ahadi had been. He was padding up to him, a little smile on his muzzle

"Wh-who are you?" Stuttered Taka.

"Who am I?" He asked, sitting down next to him. "Well little one…. my name's Uraziel."

He unsheathed his claws.

Trouble dead ahead!

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