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Sina walked through the Outlands, her bright green eyes searching for one Outsider only; her little brother. She was with her mother and aunt hunting when they seen Kovu with her cousin's cubs escaping a float of crocodiles. Her mother sent her and her aunt, Jela back while she went to get her half brother. When she did find Nuka he was in one of his daily ramblings.

"Kovu. Kovu. Kovu." he sneered. "Dad wasn't even his father."

The rich brown lioness watched until he started to get on their sister's nerves. She sighed before walking over to her siblings. "Vitani's right, Nuka. Mother is going to be pissed."

The rich brown lion rolled his orange-red eyes. "I'm Scar's son. I should be the chosen one."

Sina rolled her eyes before looking towards a direction where a teen dark tan lion was flirting with some of the pride's teen and mid adolescent lionesses before turning her inherited eyes towards her brother. "Nuka, Nero is also dad's son but do you see him complaining? No. You don't and you won't."

Nuka turned with a snarl. His sister was right but didn't mean he had to lay down and take it. "I could be what the pride needs if she just gives me a chance."

Vitani chuckled before smiling. "Here's your chance."

"What?" Nuka turns to see his mother carring Kovu in her muzzle. "Oh... Mother! Mother, hi!" Nuka laughs nervously as Zira walks by, ignoring her oldest son entirely. "Mother, I caught some field mice for your dinner, I left them by the, um... by the... okay."

Vitani rolls her light blue eyes and whispers "Patheic" to Sina who sighed.

Zira drops Kovu on the dusty, cracked ground of the Outlands before Vitani runs over to her younger brother.

"Hey Kovu. You wanna fight?" Vitani mock growled as she got ready to pounce.

Zira snarled and turns to Nuka, who is visibly frightened. "You were supposed to be watching him!"

Kovu stops what he's doing and turns to face his mother. "It's not his fault! I ran off on my own!"

Zira turns her orange-red eyes on her youngest son, backing him along the ground with her words."What were you doing?"

Kovu backs away scared and starts stuttering "N-nothing..."

"Who made us Outsiders?"

"Simba!"

"Who killed Scar?"

"Simba!"

Zira growls as she spat out her next words. "Than what have I told you about them!"

Kovu looks down still on his back, his paws on his small chest. "Sorry, mother!...T-they didn't seem bad. I thought we could be-"

Zira gets in Kovu's face and growls, "Friends? No cub of mine will be friends with the brats of that brute!"

Zira started pacing around Kovu with a sneer. "And what did you think? That you'll get to the princess and prince? And that brute will welcome you with open arms? What an idea!" Then the pale tan lioness stops pacing as she reconsiders."What an idea! You brilliant child-I'm so proud of you!" She pulls the frighten Kovu closer with unsheathed claws. "You have the same conniving mind that made Scar so...powerful."

Nuka sticks out his tongue in disgust."Yecch!"

Zira glares and snarls at Nuka, then picks up Kovu. She carries Kovu into a cave, as Nuka glowers.

Nuka says "Ugh. The 'chosen one'." disgustedly.

Sina glared at her brother before following her mother as she carries Kovu into their cave and drops him in a hallow tree trunk; he lands with a grunt. Zira smiles evilly. "I see the path to our glorious return to power!"

Kovu looks up and tries to say, "But I don't want-"

Zira looks down and cuts him off with a harsh tone, that turns soft and motherly. "Hush! Hush, my little one. You must be exhausted."

Zira licks Kovu and smiles as she sung "Sleep my little Kovu, let your dreams take wing, one day when your big and strong, you will be a king!"

Zira tucks Kovu in and starts to leave, until Kovu stops her. "Good night...mother."

Zira smiles as she turns to Kovu and says "Good night, my little prince. Tomorrow your training intensiflies." along with her daughter they disappeared into the darkness of their home.

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Pridelands, Priderock

A pale brown lioness sat by the nursery den that held the prince and princess with the pride's cubs. That consists of her almost teenage son and her two daughters. She was watching them while her cousin spoke to the royal councils that contains most of the royal family. So she was pretty surprised when a brownish lioness sat by her, who was one of the members of council.

"Elena? What are you doing out here?"

The brownish lioness looked from the gathered cubs, her own daughter in the group before looking at her cousin and friend. "I'm worried about Kiara and Kion. They met Zira and that's going to scar anyone."

The pale brown lioness nodded, agreeing. Zira was different, even when she was born she was different. She never played with the cubs in the pride and stayed to herself. She shook her head before thinking about something else. "I'm worried too, Elena. What if she comes for our cubs next?"

The brownish lioness went to respond when a young voice caused them to look towards the nursery den to see a ten month old russet brown furred cub with a tuff of black fur on his head and a line of black going down his neck. She turned to her friend with a smile. "I'll leave you to it, Kula."

The pale brown lioness shook her head before turning to her son. "What is it, Khairi?"

The russet brown cub looked up with clouded purplish-blue eyes. "I...I had a bad dream."

Kula folded her eyes back, she has a idea what it was about. She closed her eyes before nuzzling her son. "Don't worry about it, Khairi. Nothing bad is going to happen, not while I'm here."

Khairi smiled before a yawn escaped his throat. Kula smiled and picked Khairi up before heading in the nursery den with the other cubs.