Nuka woke up and found himself in the same dark shadowy mist that he had before. He knew what was going to happen and tried to wake up. He kept biting his tail, pinching his ears, and knocked his head on the ground. Sadly, no matter what he did he can't wake up.

Suddenly, a monstrous voice roared behind the lion cub and spoke, "What's up termite!" Nuka turns around and spotted a young adult who looked exactly like Kion. "What a pathetic cub like you doing out here without having someone with you so he can eat you!"

The lion dove in for the kill, but Nuka dodge him and ran away from him. The cub ran so far away that he couldn't see the savage lion presence in the mist. Out of nowhere, two shadowy lioness emerges from the mist and stop the young cub.

The two lioness looked exactly like Zuri and Tiifu. The lioness who looked like Zuri crawls slowly towards Nuka as she's smiling sinisterly. "I'm glad you came here," she growled. "It has been ages since we ate a weak and delicious lion cub like you!"

The lioness who looked like Tiifu roared to grab Nuka attention and spoke as she's snarling, "You're so adorable I could just eat you up… AND MAYBE I WILL!"

Luckily, Nuka made a run for it before the two lioness could attack him. The young cub managed to escape from the lioness by losing them in the mist. Suddenly, an adult lioness emerges from the mist and grabbed Nuka body with her teeth. She threw him to the ground and hold him down with her paw.

The little cub has a good look at his attacker and she looks exactly like Nala. "You're the sweetest little thing that I have ever met," she laughs sinisterly. "Too bad that I have to devour your adorable body!"

The adult lioness drove in to kill him, but Nuka dodge as he ran underneath her and escaped. As the young cub running for his life, he looks around at his surroundings for anymore lions. Suddenly, he stops at the presence of a lion body. The little cub moves towards the body cautiously and gasps when he saw the face of the body… it's Kiara.

The lion cub rushes to the lioness body and tries to wake her up. "Kiara," Nuka cries her name. "Kiara wake up please! Please wake up! Kiara! Kiara!" Sadly, Kiara isn't waking up no matter how many times the little cub beg to her… she's dead.

Before he could have time to mourn, Nuka was suddenly knocked away by an enraged lion. When he picked himself up, the lion who knocked him off is none other than Simba. The lion king stared angrily, with red eyes, at the young and roared, "You did this! You killed her!"

"No," the little cub gasps in horror. "No! I didn't do this to her! I would never hurt Kiara! I love her!"

"Liar! You outlanders can never be trusted! Especially, the one who's the son of Scar! We welcome you to our home, care for you, loved you, treated you as you were one of our own, and this is how you repaid us!"

"Please," Nuka begs as tears running down his cheeks, "you have to believe me! I would never hurt Kiara! I swear-"

"LIAR," Simba yelled as he smacks Nuka face away from him. The enraged king holds down the little cub and roared, "I WILL SHOW YOU OUTLANDERS WHAT HAPPENED IF YOU DARE ATTACK MY PRIDE!"

"Please! I beg of you! Please, don't kill me!"

"THIS IS FOR KILLING MY DAUGHTER!" Finally, Simba sinks his claws at Nuka… killing him.

"NUKA! NUKA PLEASE! WAKE UP!"

Kiara is trying to wake up the little cub by shaking him as he was crying in fear. "PLEASE," Nuka begs in his sleep. "PLEASE I BEG YOU! PLEASE!"

"NUKA! IT'S ALRIGHT! YOU ARE SAFE! PLEASE WAKE UP! PLEASE!"

Finally, Nuka wakens from his horrific nightmare with tears in his eyes. As he's catching his breath, he looks up at Kiara with a concerned look on her face. "Nuka, are you okay," she asked worriedly. The lion cub responded by rushes to the lioness and nuzzles her fur as he was crying. She comforted him by nuzzling his head and told him, "Shh… it's alright. It's alright, Nuka. It's okay. Nothing is going to hurt you."

Simba and Nala are woken from the disturbance and check on their daughter. "Kiara, are you alright," Simba asked her with concerns. "We heard screaming!"

"It's alright. Nuka had a nightmare."

"What," Nala gasps. She went over and lay beside Nuka. "Is he alright?"

"I'm sure he will, but he was so scared like… as if there was something trying to kill him."

"Nuka," Nala call him. "Nuka. Are you okay, sweetie?"

When Nuka turns to the queen, he immediately spotted an evil version of her from his nightmare and looked away in fear. They were very concerned and confused about what the little cub just did. "Nuka," Simba tries to get his attention. "Please tell us what's wrong?" The little cub did the same thing to the king, but he whimpers and shivering in complete horror.

They all stared back at one another trying to figure out what was wrong with him. Simba immediately exited the cave as he told them, "I'm going to get Rafiki. Maybe he can help what's wrong with Nuka. Just stay with him until I get back."

After Simba left the cave, Nala and her daughter stayed by the lion cub side and comfort him. The queen began to nuzzle and lick Nuka head, trying to calm him down. "You're going to be alright, Nuka," the lioness calms him. "Simba getting a dear friend of ours to help you. You'll be better soon."

The little cub tries to look at the queen, but when he looked directly at her he keeps seeing her like a monster from his nightmare. Kiara kept comforting the poor cub with a worried look on her face. "Oh Nuka," she anxious. "I just don't know what's wrong with him, mother."

"Don't worry, Kiara. Soon, your father will be back with Rafiki and everything will be fine."

"Are you sure?"

"It's alright. Don't forget that he used to serve your grandfather. He'll know how to help Nuka."

Later, Simba and Rafiki both headed to the cave to figure out what's wrong with Nuka. "I really appreciate this, Rafiki," the lion king told his shaman. "I'm really sorry though for waking you up this late, but he really needs your help."

"It isn't a bother, my king," the mandrill told him. "I would do anything for you and your family. However…" The shaman hit Simba in the head with his staff. "Why didn't you tell me that you have another cub," he shouts with joy. "We must alert everyone of the new royal blood has been born!"

"No! No! He isn't my cub! He was a lost cub my daughter found in the forest. We brought him in and let him live with me and my family. We need you to check on him. I don't know why, but I think he's really sick or something."

"You have nothing to fear. I will see if the little cub is ill or not." Before they enter the cave, Rafiki immediately spotted Nuka shivering in Kiara paws. The shaman stop the king and told him with a strict face, "That lion cub is from the outland!"

"Y-Yes," Simba nodded with a worried look.

"You and your family are taking care of an outlander and accept him to your pride?!"

"Y-Yes."

He stared at Simba for a while, until he laughs and shouts for joy. "Oh, Simba! You're uniting the kingdom! Well done, Simba! Well done, my boy! HAHAHA!"

"No. No, I am not. Listen, he's not a plain outlander." The mandrill tilts his head confused. "He is the son of Scar."

"What," he said shocked. "He is Scar son?" The lion king nodded. "Why is he living in the prideland?"

"He told us that Scar tries to kill him in the Elephant graveyard, but he escaped after being saved by an unknown lioness."

"Was it…" The ape clears his throat and whispered to Simba, "Was it her?"

"I don't know. Could be. Anyway, my daughter and her friends found him all alone and brought him here."

"And I assume Scar has given him that scar."

"I'm afraid so."

"After the year Scar and his followers were banished from the prideland… that beast never changes."

"That's what scares me."

Rafiki looks back at his king and seen only doubt and fear upon his face. Knowing that Simba is afraid of Scar and what he's planning to attack the prideland once again. He comforts the lion by patting his side and told him, "Come now. Let us check on that little lion."

When they entered the cave, Kiara was so relieved to see her father and the shaman. "Dad," she whispers. "I'm so glad that you're back." She turns to the mandrill, "Thank you so much for coming, Rafiki."

"You're very welcome, princess," the shaman bow to her. "Now, let's see the young cub."

Kiara began nuzzles the little cub to wake him up. "Nuka," she whispered to him. "Please wake up." The lion cub yawned as he had awakened and begun rubbing his eyes. "Nuka, we have a friend of ours here to help you with your nightmares. He's right in front of you."

When the little cub turns and looks up to the mandrill, he was immediately scared by his face and immediately hid in Kiara's paws. Rafiki sits down in front of him and spoke peacefully, "You have nothing to fear, my little cub. I will not harm you. I am here to make you feel healthy and not sickie sickie. You can trust me. Watch."

The young cub looks back at the shaman again and he was immediately scared by mandrill angry look. Until, Rafiki slides his hand down his face to turn from an angry face to a goofy face, causing Nuka to smile. He kept making a bunch of silly faces making the little lion giggle.

"You see. You can trust me." Nuka emerges from Kiara warmth and sits in front of the shaman. "Now, tell goofy Rafiki what's wrong so he can help you."

The little cub smile turned into a frown as he stepped forward to the shaman. "I had a nightmare," he told Rafiki scared.

"And what was your nightmare about?"

The lion cub look at Kiara and Simba before turning his attention back to the bamboo. "Is it okay if I tell you somewhere private? It's really personal."

Simba looks back at his daughter and his shaman about the situation with Nuka. He nodded to Rafiki and told him, "Go on outside. We will wait right here."

"Thank you, my king," Rafiki bow to the lion king and headed outside.

Before he follows the shaman, Kiara grabs Nuka and gave him a gentle nuzzle on his head. "I'll be right here when you get," she whispered to him. After she was done comforting him, she let the little lion go and join Rafiki outside.

When the lion cub exited the cave, he found the bamboo outside in a meditation position as he's waiting patiently for him. "Now, tell me little cub," Rafiki told him as he was breaking his pose. "What was your nightmare about… and why do you wish to talk to me alone?"

Nuka sat down as he took a deep breath before telling his nightmare. "My nightmare is about Kiara and her family." Rafiki was shocked by what the young lion cub just said. "I was in a very dark fog and there were these monstrous lions. Those lions are Kiara's family: the king, the queen, her brother, and her two friends. They just wanted to kill me after say horrible words at me.

"What's even more terrifying is… in my nightmare… I found Kiara dead." Nuka began to shed tears before resuming. "I tried to wake her up, I tried to push her, I have tried everything, but… she died. And before I woke up, her dad blames me for causing her death and… he killed me."

Nuka began to shiver in fear as he was crying after he was done telling his nightmare. The wise mandrill walked over to the poor cub and pet his head for comfort. "Why are you worry about this nightmare, little cub," he asked him.

"Be-Because I'm afraid that Kiara might die. And I may have caused it."

"Why would you think such a thing?"

"Because this happened before."

"What do you mean?"

"I had a similar nightmare back in the Outland and it actually happens."

"I'm afraid that I do not follow?"

"In my previous nightmare, my family was monsters and they hurt me. My father gave me this scar and said that I was a disgrace to the family name before he killed me."

"It sounds very true of what you have said, but you have forgotten one little detail… you are alive."

"I-I am aren't I."

"Of course, your nightmare came true, but you are still alive!"

"But what about Kiara?! If that nightmare came true, what about this one?! I don't want anything bad to happen to her because of me."

"It could be a lie, a mistake, a little one. It might not gonna happen."

"What do you mean?"

"Your nightmare you said that your father has killed you, but you have managed to escape from him. If all of your nightmares have happened, you weren't be here, to begin with. Thus, not all of your nightmare will come true."

"How would you know?"

"I don't. I may be a shaman, but I cannot read the future. Life has plans for all of us. It decides our path and where it will lead us. We just have to have faith in ourselves and move forward. Do you understand?"

Nuka just stood there while still stressed about his nightmares and fears about what might happen to Kiara. After a minute or two of thinking, he nodded Rafiki and accepted his wisdom. "Thank you, mister."

"You're welcome, little cub," he said as he was petting the little cub back. "Now, I believe that you need some resting. They need you up and awaken in the morning."

"Okay. Thank you." Before he returns to Kiara and her family, he stopped and turned back to the shaman before he left. "Wait! Will my nightmare come back again when I go to sleep?!"

The bamboo turns to him and responds, "Did it happen to you in your first one?" The lion cub shook his head. "Then, there's your answer." He waved goodbye to Nuka before heading off.

Finally, Nuka smiles as he returns to the other lions and lay in Kiara's paws, causing her to wake up. "Ha Nuka," she greeted him tiredly. "Are you feeling okay?"

"I feel great. Sorry, I woke you up."

"Aw. It's okay, Nuka." She nuzzles his forehead with hers. "I'm just happy to see you feeling okay. Now, time to get some rest."

"Okay." He rested in the caring paws of Kiara and whispered, "Goodnight Kiara. I love you."

"Goodnight Nuka. I love you too." Kiara licks the lion cub head before drifting off to slumber.

Before he could do the same, Nuka's smile slowly turns into a frown. He's still feared by his nightmare and the possibility of what's going to happen to Kiara. Finally, he rested his head on the princess's paws and gone to sleep.