After a ceremony to the young Prince, a small mouse was crawling through the castle without being noticed by one of the handmaidens until entering a dark room that it was unfamiliar with. Soon, it ear begun to perked up like it was sensing danger, before it would getting away with something. A huge blade clashed down into the floor where a metal hand picking up the small rodent before the hand begun to rising up to revealing who it was holding to the mouse.

It was a middle-aged leaned Lion Anthro with a familiar set of armor just like George yet his armor was golden, but it was dark armor with two armor shoulder plates having spike on both of them. He having a huge scar across his face while his hair is black and his eye color are blood red while having a dark cape with a dark lion-shaped clasp over his neck. His name is Koba Norris, the younger brother of George Norris and Uncle to the newborn Prince Ken as he was sitting on his throne glaring down at his prey with amusing smirk on his face before sighed "Life's not fair, is it? You see, I.. Well, I shall never become king as it was taken by me but, for you... my little friend will never see the light of another day." He letting out an evilly chuckle as he slowly putting the poor rodent into his mouth until a light came through his dark room with a feminine voice was heard, to his annoyance.

"Did your own mother ever told you to never play with your food, Koba?" It was Matilda who glaring at the prince while crossing her arm together, waiting for his response.

Putting the mouse down into his floor while rolling his eyes at the Hornbill Anthro presence into his lair "What do you want from me, Bird? Do you see I'm trying to eat in peace?"

Matilda was bowing her head at the prince before looking at Koba with annoyed expression on her face "King George is making his way to your lair so you better make a good excuse for kissing out the morning's ceremony of your own Nephew!"

While Koba was focused on Matilda, the mouse finally getting his way out from the prince grasp, which made Koba growling at this "Oh, look what you made me do, Matilda... you made me lose my lunch."

"Hah! You will lose more than just a lunch when your brother came here because he is mad as a hippopotamus when someone entered its territory!" Matilda said in a mocking tone, where Koba pulling his sword out from the floor and looking at it to showing the reflection of the female Hornbill Anthro.

"Tell me, Matilda... do you know fear?" Koba asked to the Hornbill Anthro who only staring back at the Lion Anthro Prince with confusion "Because, the only way for someone to fear another because of their power and... ambition to striking the heart of their enemy!" Before long, Koba grabbed Matilda by the throat and slamming her against the wall with his sword slowly getting close to her head.

Matilda was shrugging to getting her neck out from his strong grasp while gasping for air "Y-You can't kill me! It is forbidden to killing a royal adviser in cold blood!"

Before putting his sword much closer to the Hornbill head, the door opened again where a loud yet strong voice was heard "Koba! That's far enough!"

Growling at this, Koba throwing Matilda down into the floor where he turning his head at someone who he's not happy to seeing "Look who coming down to mingled with the commoners...

Stepping out from the light was none other than George and his right was an tall leaned Lion Anthro who seemed to slightly shorter than the two while he was an knight armor over his body while carrying a helmet over to his arm. He seemed to be wearing a blue scarf over his neck as his hair is black and his eyes are dark brown, his name is James Martin, the current leader of the Lion Guard, which off for him since only the second-born to the royal family are the leader to the Lion Guard but he was given to this position by George due to his loyalty to him as a Knight "Barbara and I didn't see you the ceremony to my son, Ken."

"Oh, that was today? Oh, pity me! It must slip my mind." Koba said sarcastically while sitting on the throne of his lair before cleaning his sword from the dirt on it.

This made James frustrated which caused him to walking up into the prince with a glare on his face "As your Majesty brother, you should've been in first in line."

"I was first in line until the precious Prince has arrived!" Koba said angrily with a hint of jealousy in his tone, before walking away from both George, Matilda and James.

"Do not turn your back against on me, Koba..." George told his brother sternly, hinting he was slightly annoyed from seeing him turning his back away from both of them and walking out from his room.

Stopping his track, Koba turning his head at both of his brother and James while he grabbed hold of the tip of his sword "Oh, no George. You shouldn't have turn your back on me..."

Enraged by this, James rushed toward the prince while letting out a roar and grabbed him by the collar "Is that a challenge that you asked for?!"

"Temper, Temper... I wouldn't dream to challenging someone like you, Captain nor having a rematch against my own older brother..." Koba grabbing James hand away from his collar and brushing it off from the dirt.

Recovering from this, Matilda gotten up from her feet and staring at Koba with a raised eyebrow "Pity, why not?"

"As for what Brain work, I got the lions shares of intelligence..." Koba gave off a glare toward the three which made Matilda flinched and leaving both George and James unfazed by the glare "But when it come to brute strength of the lions, I afraid that's my big brother and the leader of the Lion Guard has advantages including James having the roar of the elders even he wasn't part of the royal family to begin with... beside that, my big brother will always ruled.." He looking at George for the last time before heading out from the castle

George shook his head at this "Not always, Koba. One day, It will be my son who ruled." Then, he putting up a proud smile on his face which made Koba grimaced in anger at this "Ken will be your king."

Koba didn't say anything as he continued walking out from the castle, grabbing the door handle. Koba then stopped his track "Oh, one more thing that you need to remembered, brother... when something going to happened to you, remember these words when I spoke to you: Long Live the King..." He take his leave while living the three alone.

Sighing at this, James shook his head at seeing Koba leaving "When will we going to do with him..."

Silence was heard across the room before Matilda broke the silence "Well, there are one in every family including mine, is that right, your highness?" She looking back at George who stood there speechless "George... Are you alright, sire?"

Shaking his head at this, The king getting his mind out from what his brother said to him "Y-Yes, I'm alright..." He then remembered something what one of the guards said to him about James and his wife "James, I heard you and Naomi have a newborn child right after the ceremony of my son, isn't that correct?"

"O-Oh, that's correct! Me and my wife have a healthy baby boy as we named him Braedey after Naomi father who served your dad army during the War." He chuckled fondly at his newborn son before looking back at his old friend "By the way, we should headed back to your room. You have a son to take care of."

Nodding at this, George begun to headed away from the lair where he need to take care of his son with Ken destiny of being the new king is upon the horizon...

~*~

In a massive tree far away from the Priderock Castle where Rhouth was looking afar at the castle with a smile on his face. Then headed into the tree where there was a secret doorway into a secret passageway with photo of the past rulers and their respective armors.

Rhouth looking at each past rulers as it revealed that he has been around for centuries since the first ruler, Ken Norris the First and looking at the photo of George and he started to grabbing hold of a photograph where he used his magic that he hidden away from the newborn prince since the ceremony.

While magically painting the photograph with paintbrush and focusing on it. He was speaking in Xhosa and grabbing a few sand like he did so before blowing it against the painting to revealing the young prince grown up to be a strong king.

He putting his finger against the same gourd juice and finishing off it off the painting by putting the juice against the young prince head and soon, he putting it up to other painting of past rulers with a bright light appearing from the painting which made Rhouth closed his eye from the light.

Soon after the light dying down, it revealed being a full suit of armor but unlike the others, this suit having a black and red color scheme on it with bright red cape with a lion-shaped clasp made out of black garnet and a black scarf. Smiling at this, Rhouth looking at the future version of the young prince "I can tell you're going to be a different type of King, Young Norris and you will have great potential for your future..."

He then headed away from the passageway while shouting in Xhosa and climbing up into the tree where he letting out a hearty laugh upon the stars, knowing the Great King of Past are watching over the young Norris..