Meanwhile back in the castle, Koba was walking through the edge of the castle where he simply kicked a bone in frustration and walking away with both of his arms was below into his pocket.

That was until Ken running up into his uncle with a huge smile on his face after Matilda sending him back home. His uncle had to be the best uncle that he always had in his life without noticing that's Koba secretly have a hatred for him and his father. "Uncle Koba! Guess what just happened!"

Stopping his track, the former prince would looking back at one of the two thorns in his back with one of them being his own brother. Before said in sarcastic tone. "I despised guessing games so much."

"I'm going to be the next King of Pride Rock after something happened to my dad !" Ken gave off a proud and prideful grin on his face while putting both of his hand against his hips which showing how much potential he will get to being king.

Silently growling at this, Koba turning his back away from Ken where he leaning against the wall of the castle and seeing the view of Pridelands. "Oh, Good for you..."

The little prince ran past his uncle where he, too, seeing the view of the land where he going to be the king for his people. "My dad just showed me the entire kingdom, and I'm going to rule them all!" He letting out a laugh after that with the wind would blowing through his hair.

"Yes, well, forgive me for not leaping for joy to celebration of you being the next king after your own father because of a bad back and not in a good mood, you know." Koba would lying down on the floor while putting his skull-like mask to covering up his face from his nephew.

Ken ran in-front of his uncle and tilted his head to Koba. "Hey, Uncle Koba. When I'm grown up and become king, what'll that make you?"

"Perhaps, a Monkey Uncle..." Koba responded back to his nephew in the same sarcastic manner and he was getting annoyed by Ken's presence already.

Chuckling at what his uncle said and lying down on the floor like he did. "You're so weird today, Uncle Koba."

"You have no idea..." Koba stood up from the ground as he walking towards the view of the Pridelands and making his eyes towards the shadowy border of it where he came up an idea. "So, did your father told you anything that's the light touches over a decades even what's beyond the northern border, does he?"

"Well. He did told me that's it a place where those murderous Hyena Clan live in, but other than that... no." Ken sighed at the last part due where he wanted to go there so badly but he doesn't want to disobey his father.

"And he's absolutely right about it!" Koba said in somewhat protective manner. Now this got Ken attention from seeing his uncle acting like this, but he doesn't mind a bit from it "It's far too dangerous for a cub like you to go there where there are nothing savage Hyena living there, as it only take the bravest and strongest lion to go and survived."

"Well, I'm brave and strong." Ken said, getting up from the ground and raised a brow at his uncle "What's out there anyway?"

"I'm very sorry, Ken. But I can't tell you because I'm only looking out for a well-being of my one of my favorite nephews after all." Koba would rubbed his hair on Ken hair with his armored hand like he was being protective towards his only nephew.

Grabbing his uncle with a smile on his face, Ken looking through his hand towards his uncle. "I'm the only nephew that you ever had."

"And that's one of the reasons for me to be more protective." Koba smiling back at his nephew, but in a pretended manner before turning his head away. "The Elephant Graveyard is no safe for a young prince or any cubs to there... Oops!" He pretended to realized what he just did and covered his mouth from what he just said.

"A Elephant what? Whoa!" Ken was amazed by what he heard from his uncle. A graveyard for Elephants Anthro who died from anything that killed them, that sounds amazing!

Koba would pretended to putting his hand against his head like he was disbelief from what he just said to his only nephew "Oh dear! I've said too much!" Before long, he putting his hand on his nephew in a dramatic manner. "Well, I suppose you'd have found out about the Elephant Graveyard sooner or later because you're so clever much like your father, but promise me that's you will never go to that dreadful place for your safety?"

Ken took a moment to think about it, before looking up at his uncle and giving him a wink to promising his uncle. "No problem, Uncle Koba." Soon, he took his leave to somewhere away from his uncle into the castle.

"That's a very good lad. Now run along now and have some fun," Koba watching him go away from the castle until he spoke again. "Oh, and Ken..." Ken stopped his track to looking back at his uncle. "You need to remember, it's our little secret between both of us."

Ken nodded at what his uncle said and once again, headed off inside of the castle. Meanwhile, Koba would only smirked at this as this is simply phrase one of his plan to come while a dark figure who seemed to be a teenager watching on with two orange eyes glowing like he knows something is off.

~*~

Soon, Ken ran up into the room where he saw a group of three kids who getting their hair brushed by their mother while chatting about something before he ran toward the group with a smile on his face "Hey, Guys."

"Hi, Ken." The group of kids all said to the young prince whom still getting their hair brushed by their mothers.

One of the groups who seem to be a fair-skinned female lioness cub anthro around Ken age as she has golden blonde hair, having a blue hair band on top of her hair, she has a white dress with a blue ribbon around it with a pink heart on it while having two lion ear on top of her head and a tail with a blonde tip of hair on it. Her name is Jennifer Scott, one of Ken best friends and the daughter of Annabelle Scott, the close friend of Barbara Norris and the lead handmaiden.

The other member of the group is a fair-skinned brown-haired male lion cub anthro who wearing white shirt with blue outline on it with a dark blue sleeveless, blue pant and black shoes. His name is Braedey Martin, the son of Captain James Martin and his wife, Naomi Martin as he was destined to becoming the next Captain after his father.

And the last of the group is a fair-skinned female lioness cub anthro with scarlet-red hair. She is wearing an armor that hid her dress that only showing the red skirt, having red shoes and her red hair was tied into a ponytail. Her name is Jasmine Russo, the daughter of James second-in-command, Grant Russo.

"Come on. I need to show you guys about this amazing place." Ken whispered to three of his friends about the place that his uncle told him.

Meanwhile, Jennifer still getting her blonde hair being brushed by her own mother and looking back at the young prince. "Ken! I'm in the middle of getting my hair being brushed right now."

"And don't forget about your hair being brushed to, Ken." Ken stood there where his mother was behind her with a hair brush. Ken tried to make a run for it before he was caught by his mother by grabbing him by the collar and putting him into the chair where he getting his messy hair being brushed. "Because that hair is yours must be very messy."

"Aw, C'mon! Mom, you're messing up my hair!" Ken was annoyed by this due to hate being brushed before looking back at his mother with annoyed expression on his face after she was done with his hair which made it into a flat hair which made Jennifer, Braedey and Jasmine chuckled at it before he fixed his hair back into being messy. "Okay, You're done brushing my hair? Can we go now?"

"So, what are we headed into? It better not be anything boring, Ken." Jasmine said with a harsh tone, she was seen as a tomboyish type by her friends but, underneath the tough personality was a caring person who loved her friends so much.

"Or everything scary, in fact." Braedey said with a scared tone, despite being the captain of the Lion guard. He was mostly a scaredy-cat and was nicknamed 'Mr. Scaredy-cat' by Ken which kinda harsh, but true sometimes. Meanwhile Ken, Jasmine and Jennifer would only rolled their eyes at their friend cowardliness.

Ken walking back at his friends with a huge smile on his face. "Nope! I'm going to show you something that's very cool and awesome!"

Barbara raised a brow in suspiciously and smirked at her son. "So, where is this cool and awesome place that you're taking your friends to, Ken?"

Ken only freezes at what his mom said to him, thinking of an idea to covering this up. Ken only turning around to looking at her with an innocent smile. "O-Oh! We're doing to the waterhole."

"The waterhole?! What so great about that boring place!" Jennifer exclaimed, as she was done with her hair being brushed and walking up to the young prince with a slightly angry expression.

"I'll show you guys if we get there there." Ken whispered to Jennifer through his clenching teeth.

Jennifer stood there with a confused expression on her face until she finally get what he was actually saying and soon, looking back at her mother. "Hey mom, is it okay for me and the others going to the waterhole?"

Annabelle would only pointed her finger in her mouth at her daughter request before looking at Barbara and the others. "Well, what do you think, girls?"

"As long as Braedey safe. I'm pretty okay with it." Naomi responded due to her and James being protective over their son but they knew one day, their son will be strong and brave like his own dad.

"Very well, but I still don't trust Naomi or the prince around my little girl as I don't want her get hurt by anything." Roxanne responded to Annabelle with a crossed arms. He just doesn't trust the two boys around Jasmine even they're just friends.

The Queen only chuckling softly at this with a smile on her face. "Calm yourself, Roxanne. My son is the future king as he knows how to protect her friends due to him having the strength of his father and he have better manner towards ladies as well." But, she just remembered something what happened between her and George as she need to tell Ken "Oh, and Ken... I've something to tell you about that's your father forgot to tell you during his teaching."

"Oh, sure. What is the news?" Ken asked confused, since he seen his friends smiling at him with a delightful manner and their mother only smiling softly at his mom.

The Queen would slowly rubbing her stomach as Ken knew what that meant from that stomach rubbing before gently putting her hand on the young prince shoulder "Ken. You're going to be a big brother and it's going to be a girl."

"I-I'm going to be a big brother..." Ken was shocked by the announcement from his mother. He's couldn't believe that he will be a big brother but the excitement will have to wait "That sounds amazing, Mom! But, can I go to the watering hole with my friends, please?"

Barbara would thinking about it for a few seconds before putting up with a smile on her face "Very well, you and the others can go."

All of the kids are excited to spending time together with the young prince going to show them about that amazing place. But before they headed out from the castle. Barbara said one more thing to the children "Oh, and as long as Matilda goes with you."

"Aw, man! Not Matilda!" Ken exclaimed as the Hornbill Anthro will ruined their fun. Meanwhile Jennifer, Braedey and Jasmine would only groaned in annoyance with Matilda coming with them!

~*~

"Step lively, children. The soon we get to the water holes the sooner we can headed back to the castle." Matilda told the children while flying toward the watering hole with her wing flapping through the air.

Jennifer looking at her friend before she started to whispered toward him "What are we actually headed into, Ken?"

"The Elephant Graveyard." Ken whispered back, while looking up at the Hornbill Anthro to trying making sure she won't know what they're trying to do with her.

"Wow! Really!" Jennifer said in excitement manner, but Ken shushed her since they don't get the attention of Matilda meanwhile Braedey remembered something from what the young prince said like he heard it before? "Oh, right... so, how should we going to ditch the dodo bird?"

"Well, I got an idea and this one is fool-proof." Ken gave off a smirk toward his friends before started to whispering about the plan to get away from her sight.

Meanwhile, Matilda took noticed of them whispering about something and what caught her eyes was Ken & Jennifer whispering about something with a smile on her face. "Oh, look at you two. Little seed of romance blossomed across the kingdom. Oh, I can imagine your parents will be thrilled by this!"

"Uh, Matilda? What are you talking about?" Ken asked the Hornbill Anthro with a confused expression on his face with the others being confused as well.

Letting out a soft chuckle from her own mouth, Matilda looking down at the young prince with a gentle smile on her face and kneeling down at his height "Well, you and Jennifer are being betrothed." But this got all of the Lion Anthro Cub more confused "Intended..." But no response at all, and soon she sighed at this "Oh, for crying out loud... one day, two of you will be married to each other."

Soon after what she actually said, this would make Ken and Jennifer grossed out from thinking about marrying to each-other as they only seen each-other as best friend and nothing else as Ken looking up at the hornbill Anthro with a displeased expression, "I can't marry Jennifer! She's my best friend and it would be weird to marrying her when we turn adults!"

"Well, too bad for you since both of your parents has planned this since two of you were infants and you cannot escaped your destiny from not just being the king, but also hand of marriage as it has been a tradition throughout generations after the Great King Kenneth Maxwell Norris the First when he married his long-time lover." Matilda said formally, as she would crossed her arms against the young prince.

"Well, that's the first thing to go when I became king as I can do anything." Ken said, with a smirk on his face as that would be one of the few things he can do when he becomes the new king after his father.

"With the attitude like yourself. You would be a terrible and pretty pathetic king throughout the history." Matilda once again crossed her arms, disapproving at how the young prince acted toward the law that's his ancestors that he named after when he became king.

Kept smirking at this, Ken walking up toward the Hornbill Anthro with a smirk on his face, "Oh, yeah? Well, I'm going to prove you wrong!" Soon, he started to sing with the background started to change its color.

KEN

' I'm gonna be a mighty king! So enemies beware! '

Ken would jumped towards Matilda which would making her backing away from the young prince despite being older and bigger than her and getting her rear stuck on the hole of a tree that's she felt into.

MATILDA

' Well, I've never seen a king of beasts with quite so little hair '

The Hornbill Anthro pulling herself out from the hole and glaring at the rude young prince before picking up one of Ken hair which caused him to winced in pain.

KEN

' I'm gonna be the main event like no king nor queen was before, I'm brushin' up on lookin' down. I'm workin' on my roar! '

Ken would having his head covered leaf seems to be similar to a mane before climbing up to the tree where Matilda was on top with a glare before he would letting out a roar that sending the hornbill Anthro down below where her face and hair was covered in mud.

MATILDA

' Thus far. A rather uninspiring thing '

Matilda was trying to find something to cleaning herself while covering her eyes from the mud. Soon enough, she found something and cleaning herself up with it, after she was done. She has unpleasant surprises that it turned that's she washing her face with a female elephant anthro ears and get punched in the face by said anthro.

Meanwhile, the group was running past the flamingo flocks in the water where they started to flying away from the young prince and his friends who were running across the water.

KEN

' Oh, I just can't wait to be king! '

After recovering from the punch, Matilda walking up into the cubs who stopped their tracks while she was letting her heel being wet from the water she was standing upon.

"You're still have a long way to do, young Master. If you think-" Matilda was trying to scolded Ken but she noticed that's the girls was making funny faces upon the Hornbill anthro before turning her head at them while they looking away with an innocent smile.

KEN

' No one sayin', "Do this" '

Then it was the boys turn to making funny faces toward Matilda just to making fun of her, before she turning her head back at the boys. "Now, when I actually said that-"

JASMINE AND JENNIFER

' No one saying, "Be there" '

"That's not what I meant," But yet again, Matilda was being making fun of by the Girls who making funny faces toward the hornbill which she turned her face at them. Her face was slowly turning red in annoyance and frustration.

BRAEDEY

' No one sayin, "Stop that" '

Soon, Matilda turning her head at something like she was looking at the camera with her face was still getting redder with steams coming out from her head with a cross-popping veins coming out from her head.

KEN, BRAEDEY, JASMINE AND JENNIFER

' No one sayin', see here! '

"Now, see here!!!" Matilda yelled out in anger before the kids ran off from the hornbill anthro where they caught the attention of three young cheetahs cubs anthro and their mother where they ran with them with their super speed.

KEN

' Free to run around all day, Free to do it all my way! '

the cheetahs cub ran off away from them and soon, Matilda was able to catching up toward the kids while turning his back directly toward them.

MATILDA

' I think it's time that you and I arranged a heart-to-heart! '

But, she only got into a tree that the hornbill wasn't taking noticed and slamming her face against the tree which made Ken, Braedey, Jasmine and Jennifer stopping their track with a smirk on their face.

KEN

' Kings don't need advice from little hornbills for a start '

Matilda was able taking her face off from the tree and shook her head off from the dizziness from the impact from hitting the tree before she flying into a log that was headed into the waterfall.

MATILDA

' If this is where the monarchy is headed. Count me out! Out of service, out of Africa! I wouldn't hang about! '

She then yelling out a childish yelp when the log was falling down from the waterfall, but luckily Matilda was able to get out from there by using her wing while having annoyance expression that still on her face.

MATILDA

' This child is getting wildly out of wing '

Soon, Ken and his friends walking passed the zebras anthro who stood to making way for the young prince like some kind of guard, before turning their back against the hornbill anthro who trying to find the children.

KEN

' Oh, I just can't wait to be king! '

Ken, Jennifer, Braedey and Jasmine making their way throughout the herd of Elephants Anthro who seemed to having fun at this. Meanwhile Matilda was looking down to just looking out for the children.

Ken would stood on top of a female giraffe anthro head before she would turned her head to the left side.

KEN

' Everybody, look left '

Soon, all of the animals civilians did what the young prince to told them while stepping on Matilda in the process of this which made her dizzy from being stepped on.

KEN

' Everybody, look right '

They did the same thing from the young prince order but this time, they went to the right side which stepping on the hornbill anthro again as she would lose some of the feathers from her wing.

Soon, Ken would jumping on each giraffe anthro heads one-by-one with a smile on his face before sliding down from the neck to the body while showing off his fang

KEN

' Everywhere you look, I'm standing in the spotlight! '

Matilda was trying her best to pushed both the giraffe and zebra anthro with her hair was now messy from this mess that's the young prince caused which made her said, in exclamation. "Not yet!" But, soon both the giraffe and zebra squashed the hornbill with the shoulder in the process.

ANIMALS CIVILIANS

' Let every creature go for broke and sing '

Ken started to whispering into the hippo anthro about something, then the hippo started did the same with the giraffe and the giraffe did it with the monkey anthro about what they going to do with Matilda.

Matilda was brushing off the dirt from her uniform and fixing her hair from being messy until one of the monkey anthro would grabbed hold of Matilda and swinging her across the tree while she was screaming in fear.

ANIMALS CIVILIANS

' Let's hear it in the herd and on the wing, It's gonna be King Ken's finest fling '

All of the animals would gathered around to perform the greatest thing that they're going to do for the young prince and his friends where they stood on top of the Ostrich anthro back as they're enjoying this so much.

KEN AND ANIMALS CIVILIANS

' Oh, I just can't wait to be king! Oh, I just can't wait to be king! Oh, I just can't waittttt to be king!'

But something went off where it make the Elephant goes crazy which made the animals started to shattered with the aardvark went flying, the giraffe getting their neck tied to each other and one of the elephants got his rear stuck onto the antelope horn which made him screamed out in pain.

From the very bottom, Matilda was holding onto the female rhino rear for dear life to only be crushed below which made her lose more of her wing feather.

"Ma'am, I begged your pardon for sitting on me, but... Get off from me!" Matilda was trying to get the Rhino anthro get off from her, but this wasn't working due to her voice being muffled for everyone to hear her. "Ken? Jennifer? Braedey? Jasmine... someone help!"