This idea kind of popped up while I was working on a chapter for one of my stories. So without that out of the way, here's the first chapter of Trials and Tribulations. Enjoy.

Crossing across the hot desert was a family of five lions. The father walked behind his mate and three sons while constantly looking around with scanning greyish blue eyes. Up ahead was a creamy white lioness, she kept her dark brown eyes on her sons. She was tired and knew that her sons were too.

Darya looked over her shoulder at her pale beige, black and platinum blonde maned mate. "Kosar, do you know how long it will be until we-"

"No!" Kosar snapped at his mate. "We have to keep moving. So stop running your muzzle and get moving!"

A light beige year old teen with a small black mane growled but continued walking in between his brothers. As his mother swallowed the hurt that was rising before turning back to the unknown journey to a better life.

By sunrise the next morning, the family crossed over into a new area. Grass was green but was it wasn't luscious like the oasis, their old home. The grass was two heads higher than than the youngest family member, who was three months old. By now the sun was setting and more and more stars were appearing as the sky darkened.

A small groan reached Darya's ears. She moved her head where her eyes landed on her sons.

"Boys, are you three alright?"

A five month old pale cream cub with dark brown ear rims looked from the ground up to his mother with tired dark brown eyes. "I'm just tired mommy."

"Kaidan is not the only one mom. My paws hurt and Draco is about to pass out from exhaustion." whinned the light beige teen.

"Can we stop for a rest, mum?" pleaded the pale white three month cub.

Darya inhale and exhaled before looking at Kosar. "Kosar... we need to stop. The cubs can't go on much longer."

Kosar looked at his sons and sighed before nodding. The brothers flopped down and began to go to sleep. Darya looked over her sons while Kosar kept a look out.

"Kosar, you should rest..."

Kosar growled as he shook his head. "No. Now rest so we can move on."

Darya sighed deeply before looking at the cubs. The creamy white lioness laid down with the boys in between Darya and Kosar sound a long glance to the now star filed sky before smiling lovingly at her cubs before closing her dark brown eyes.

...

In a land further away from the family, was a luscious land. A kingdom, vast greenery and animals of different species living in harmony. As one. In the heart of the kingdom, the Pridelands was a ancient monument since the first ruler. Priderock. Stepping out of the cave was the kingdom's blood queen, Queen Kiara. The golden orange lioness was heavily pregnant and stepped with a regal grace. It's been eight months since she became queen and two years since the joining of the prides.

She married the love of her life after six months of getting to know Kovu better. Now she was happy with her life, there was nothing to upset the balance she so hard created.

"Kiara,"

The queen turned towards the cave entrance to see one of her good friends walking out of the cave. Scampering behind the dark cream lioness was Kiara's four month tawny cream nephew.

"Tiifu, let me guess. Kovu sent you."

Tiifu smiled and went to reply when her son ran ahead and weaved in between Kiara's legs. "Jackson,"

Jackson poked his head through his aunt's legs and smiled with bright bluish eyes. "But moooom,"

Kiara chuckled before pushing her nephew towards his mother. "It's alright. How's Dayna? I didn't get the chance to visit last night."

Tiifu sighed as her platinum blonde rimmed ears folded back. "She's getting closer to her due date. But the odds aren't in her favor at the moment. Rafiki is trying everything he knows."

Kiara frowned and went to comfort her friend when her brown eyes went to the now bright sky where a white egret was flying towards the kopje. "Ono, what are you doing here so early?"

The keenest of sight landed by the queen's paws. "I was on my round for the morning patrol when I saw a group of rogues."

Tiifu looked at her sister in law and queen. "I'll gather Kion and Minx."

Kiara nodded. That's all she could do until she gives birth. Meeting rogues are out of the questions, Kovu and her parents made sure that she didn't have a large load of responsibilities as queen. Good thing she picked Tiifu to be one of her advisors. But just because her family and friends were looking out for her best interest, doesn't means she has sit and like it.