In the Pridelands, it was a very sleepy evening, the sun was not yet shining, but there was a cub that was already awake and full of energy. He then went into the cave of the rock he lived in with the other lions and lionesses, he then rushed inside the cave and came to his slumbering parents who were the new royals of the jungle.

"Come on, Dad, wake up!" the cub urged his father, even tugging on his ear. "Dad? DAD!"

"Boy, does this bring back memories." the adult male lion chuckled in his sleep.

"You better get up Simba or else he'll never stop." The adult female lioness said in her sleep.

"I know, I know..." the lion chuckled, then yawned a little. "Okay, I'm up..."

"You promised..." the cub reminded his father.

The adult male lion got up with a small stretch and led his cub out as the sun was slowly coming up and waking up the others in the jungle.

"Come on, the sun's almost up!" The lion cub told his father.

"Okay, Kopa, okay, I'm coming, I'm coming." Simba chuckled.

"He is so your son." the lioness chuckled to her mate.

Simba gave her a small smirk and came out to the front with his son and going to tell him what his father told him when he was Kopa's age. "Now, Kopa, this was something my father taught me when I was about your age," he gently told the cub. "Everything the light touches is our kingdom. A king's time as ruler rises and falls like the sun. One day, Kopa, the sun will set on my time here, and will rise with you as the new king."

"And this will all be mine?" Kopa asked.

"Everything the light touches." Simba informed.

Kopa smiled and agreed, then looked further to see a shadowy place. "What about that spot, Dad?"

"That's the Outlands, Kopa, you must never go there." Simba warned.

"But why?" Kopa asked. "And I thought the king could do whatever he wants."

"Believe me, I used to think that too, but there's more to being king than just getting your way all the time." Simba clarified.

"There's more?" Kopa sounded delighted.

"There he goes, our new future king, it's just exciting just thinking about it!" a warthog beamed.

"You got that right, pal, it'll just be like the old days!" the meerkat agreed. "It'll be you, me, and the little guy!"

"Hey, Timon, hey, Pumbaa." Kopa smiled as soon as he saw the two animals that were best friends with his father.

"Hey, kid!" Timon smiled to him.

"Good morning," Pumbaa added with a warm smile. "How's it feel knowing you'll be king of the jungle someday?"

"Amazing!" Kopa smiled before going off on his own.

"Should we go with him?" Pumbaa was worried.

"Ah, let him explore..." Timon insisted.

The other lionesses smiled to Kopa as he went off and admired him.

"Oh, look at how much you've grown." Sarabi praised her grandson.

"Thank you, Grandma." Kopa smiled as he continued to go on.

Sarabi smiled. Kopa laughed with endless joy, remembering his father's warnings to stay out of the Outlands. There was a rather evil lioness with blood red eyes glaring, but she kept herself hidden away in case anyone would see her. And where she saw Kopa running around, care free, but then she saw a vehicle driving by and found this her opportunity to get rid of the son of Simba because when there was a vehicle that meant humans that could be either travelers or for her luck, poachers.

Kopa laughed, having a very happy and peaceful morning, chasing a butterfly playfully. He then looked around as he heard a door shut and he wondered that the noise could had been or what happened. "What was that?" he asked himself, looking around.

"Hey, look over there." A male voice said.

"Looks like that little guy could make us some big bucks." A second male voice said.

"How?" The first male voice asked.

"By selling it, also keep your voice down." The second male voice whispered.

The first male saluted and kept quiet. "Wonder where its parents are."

"Doesn't matter, he'll just be easier the catch." the second male replied.

Kopa watched as the butterfly landed on his nose, making his eyes cross, he then laughed in mild amusement.

"And besides, he's focused on that butterfly, he'll be even more easier to catch." The second male whispered.

"Let's go then." the first male suggested.

The evil lioness seemed to chuckle darkly at this, still keeping her distance.

Kopa smiled, but frowned once the butterfly flew away. "Hey, come on!"

"Okay now!" The second male told his partner.

Kopa was watching the butterfly leave, but then saw something he had never seen before: a human being. "What the!?" he backed up from the first male. "Get away from me, I'm the future king! You can't do this to-"

The male came closer, all he heard were stray growls and roars, but not as threatening as an adult lion's roar would be. "Here, kitty, kitty..." he then grabbed Kopa. "Now, let's take you to a nice and much better home than this old jungle, huh?"

But Kopa didn't like that one bit and decided to bite human so he could get free.

"Ow!" The first male winced out of pain, letting the lion cub go.

This was Kopa's chance to get away.

"Must I do the thinking around here?!" The second male groaned before getting out a net gun.

"That really hurt..." the first male pouted like a baby.

"Oh, for the love of!" the second male groaned.

Kopa kept running as fast as he could back to the safety of Pride Rock. But before he could get back to Pride Rock, he was caught in a net, unfortunately for the two humans that caught him, they were now only ten feet away from Pride Rock.

"Help! Mom! Dad! Grandma! Somebody! Anybody!" Kopa cried out.

The human males then grabbed Kopa and went to take him away.

"HEEEEEELLLLLPPPP!" Kopa yelled out as he was kidnapped, he tried to get out of the net, but it was no use.

Luckily for him, Sarabi was the first to hear his cries for help and decided to go and attack the two men and where Simba followed after her.

"What's happened?" Simba asked his mother.

"Two men have taken Kopa!" Sarabi alerted her son. "I don't know where they're going, but it's not going to be far!" she then growled, looking very aggressive.

"Then we better go and stop them from taking him away." Simba said.

They both then ran off and to try to stop the two humans from taking Kopa away to wherever they were going to take him.

Kopa gave up trying to free himself, he just looked very unhappy that he was taken away from his family. Didn't these humans care that he was taken right away from the only home he's ever known? He then smiled as soon as he saw his father and grandmother coming to his rescue.

"Hang on, Kopa, we're coming!" Simba called.

One of the men looked to the rear view window and saw the two other lions coming. "Uh, we got company." he told his colleague.

"Oh, great." The second man groaned.

"The lion must be his father, but that lioness looks a little too old to be his mother." The first man said before seeing his partner bringing out a loaded gun.

Sarabi looked overwhelmed by the gun and had stopped running. "Simba, look out!" she warned her son. She was then silent with widened eyes as the sound of the gunshot was heard and the bullet hit her in the heart. "Oh... My..."

"Mother!" Simba stopped, going to his mother's side. "Mom... A-Are you okay?"

"S-Simba, w-watch out for the gun, it's very dangerous when a human uses it." Sarabi said, still clinging to life.

Simba nodded, he was very worried for his mother, but he was more worried about Kopa since the cub was his son after all and kept running after the vehicle. "I'll teach you to cubnap my BOY!"

"Dang it! Drive, you idiot, before he catches up to us!" The second man told his partner.

The first male kept driving, trying to avoid Simba.

"Dad, help me!" Kopa cried.

"Kopa!" Simba cried back while still running after the vehicle.

The vehicle was driving faster.

Simba kept trying to keep up, but he had to stop to catch his breath. He could only watch the vehicle get further and further away and it looked like he wouldn't be able to get his son back. "Kopa..." he whispered, hanging his head sadly.

"Daddy! NO!" Kopa cried out of sadness.

"Don't worry, little guy, you're going to a much better place." the first male chuckled as he continued to drive.

"Yes, loads better than the jungle, you'll see!" the second male agreed.

Kopa sniffled, he hunched himself down and started to cry, fearing he would never see his family ever again.

"Hey, you know, I think he's going to miss this place." The first man said after hearing the lion cub sounding like he was crying.

"Oh, please, it's an animal, as soon as we get this little guy sold to a zoo, we'll make some money." The second man said.

"I'm just trying to make it feel better..." the first male said.

"It's an animal, all they care about is whether if they'll eat again!" the second male scoffed.

"What?!" Kopa asked out of rage. "I care more about my friends and family than food!"

"Silence!" the second male growled, he then shot Kopa with a tiny gun.

Kopa winced, he then looked to his arm to see a dart with a feather attached to it, and he suddenly felt sleepy and passed out, going into a very deep sleep.

"You know what, I'll take him to the zoo myself," The first man said before stepping on the brakes. "Get out."

The second man looked to him. "What? Why!?"

"OUT!" the first man demanded.

The second man shrugged and got out of the car as told. The first man then drove off, leaving his cold-hearted partner in the Savanna to get eaten.

"Don't worry, little guy, I'm going to send you to a zoo that takes good care of their animals and I know just the lion who will be a good father figure for you, he has a son too." The man said.

Kopa did not respond, but at least this man was more gentle and kinder than his 'friend' was. He just wondered what he was going to get himself into and no longer live in the Pridelands to restore his family name and title.

The man was able to get the young lion cub to an airport and traveled with him so he would get him to the zoo he was thinking of. Kopa was still knocked out, but eventually woke up, looking around. He freaked out a little to see more humans as he was in a cage.

"Sorry, little guy, as soon as you wake up, you're gonna have a whole new life, you'll thank me later." the man smiled, giving Kopa a sleeping pill to knock him out during the flight like passengers did with their dogs.

Luckily the flight wouldn't take long as did the sleeping pill and where this was the start of an adventure or two. Kopa fell asleep again and would wake up in a whole new world. The plane was then taking off and Kopa was being sent to a zoo.