Alright, so here's my latest story, "The True Heirs". I would advise you to read my other stories first, because it will give you a better understanding about the characters. The story plotline does not have to do anything with my other stories though. And reminder that I don't own The Lion King, Disney does.

Anyways, here's chapter one and please review!

A young lioness crouched into stalking position, inching closer to the warthog. She knew that she couldn't miss this opportunity at a meal. It could mean the difference between life and death.

The lioness pounced and caught the warthog by surprise. Its panicked squealing was silenced in seconds.

"Nice catch, Nala!" Came a voice. Nala turned to see one of her best friends, Kula walking towards her.

"Thanks, come on let's go find a place to hide this before the hyenas see." Nala said.

"Don't let Scar see it either. He might make you give it to Zira." Kula reminded and Nala nodded.

Ever since Mufasa had died, and Scar took over nothing had been the same. The Pridelands were now Shadowlands with barely any prey left.

Nala quickly dragged the warthog to the cover of a large boulder and she and Kula quickly finished it off.

"I went to see my father," Kula said. "And Sahil." Sahil was Kula's younger brother.

"How are they?" Nala asked.

"Apart from not eating properly, they're fine." Kula said.

Once Scar had become King, he had passed a law that there were only a certain number of males allowed in the Pride.
Many of the males had been exiled and now lived on the border of the Pridelands. Nala's father, Runju had been lucky or maybe not so lucky to have been given a place at Priderock.

The lionesses hadn't been allowed to go with their mates. Scar had kept them at Priderock, saying that he needed them for hunting.

However the rebel lionesses secretly visited their mates every once in a while. Scar had heard of it but oddly, he had done nothing to stop it.

Nala herself was one of the rebel lionesses who didn't want Scar as the King. She would do anything in her power to make sure of it.

"I went to see Chumvi too. He hates it there." Kula said her voice soft.

"Everyone does," Nala reminded.

When Scar had been King, he had made no law that they couldn't have cubs, and didn't kill any of the males either.

But when the males had reached adulthood, he had forced them to leave the Pridelands. The males had joined their fathers at the border of the Pridelands.

Nala's own cousin, Tojo had been sent away, along with many of her good friends including Moraan, Amri, Tonal and Alex.

"We're my parents there?" Nala asked. "And Hofu?"

"Yeah, they were." Kula answered.

Nala had been surprised when her mother had told her that she was pregnant, but Nala had been thrilled when her little brother had been born.

"They didn't even tell me that they were going," Nala sighed, shaking her head.

The rebel lionesses and males at Priderock went to visit their exiled friends, but always made sure to come back to Priderock soon.

Suddenly, there were two angry roars.

"That sounds like Shari and Tama!" Kula said, jumping to her feet.
Nala and Kula ran to where they had heard the roar. Sure enough, Tama and Shari were surrounded by hyenas.

"Tama!" Nala called. She caught Tama's eyes, and Nala shook her head.

Even with the four of them the hyenas outnumbered them and more were coming in.

Growling, Tama and Shari stepped back and let the hyenas take the hare they had been defending.

"Wasn't much anyway," Kula said.

"It would have been good for some of the cubs," Shari sighed.

"Come on, let's go back to Priderock." Nala said. The lionesses began making their way back to Priderock.

The former Queen, Sarabi greeted them as they came back.

"Did you have any luck?" Sarabi asked.

"We did, but they hyenas stole it." Tama sighed.

Anger flared in Sarabi's eyes. Despite the fact that she wasn't Queen anymore, the rebel Pride still considered her the Queen.

Nala walked into the den the rebel Pride shared and waited for her family to come back. It was a short wait.

Runju and Sarafina walked in and nuzzled their daughter.

"How did the hunt go?" Runju asked.

"Kula and I caught a warthog but that's all." Nala said.
Sarafina nuzzled her. Nala was the best hunter and fighter in the Pride and it was no surprise that if there was still a proper hunting party, Nala would be the leader of it.

"Look what I caught!" Hofu said, running into the den with a lizard.

"That's very nice," Sarafina chuckled.

"Does this make me a good hunter like Nala?" Hofu asked.

"Yes it does," Runju answered. All the cubs looked up at Nala like a hero because of her hunting and fighting skills. On several occasions, he had heard the cubs talking about something amazing Nala had done. Runju was proud of his daughter but she wished Nala could have gotten a better life than this.

"How's everyone doing?" Nala asked her voice low.

"They're fine. Somehow they found a lone giraffe a couple days ago and managed to take it down." Sarafina answered.

Suddenly there was a cry from the den that Scar used.

"Zira's in labor!" Came a voice.

Nala shot her head up. Zira and Scar's firstborn son, Nuka had been born unhealthy and Scar had refused to take him in as his heir.

They had tried again and Zira had given birth to a stillborn cub. Scar had been furious and there were rumors going around that he would only give Zira one more chance to give him a suitable heir.

"Let's see how this one turns out," Nala muttered.

Runju frowned, "He's going to be looking for a new Queen if the cub isn't good enough for him."

Hours passed and Hofu fell asleep before the news of Zira came. Nala felt herself getting drowsy just as Shari hurried into the den.

"Shari, what happened?" Sarafina asked.

"She gave birth to a healthy cub but it's a girl!" Shari exclaimed.

"Scar isn't going to like that," Nala frowned, and Shari nodded.

Sure enough a few minutes later, there was a furious roar from the den that Zira was in. Nala and Shari both got up and peeked into the den.

"That was my last chance Zira!" Scar roared. "You knew I needed a son!"

"Scar please..." Zira begged, but it was no use.

"I disown you as my Queen!" Scar snarled. "Get out of the den!"

Nala and Kula jumped back as Zira stormed past them, with the newborn dangling in her mouth. Nuka followed his mother.

Nala went back to her parents.

"He disowned her," Nala said.

"He's going to start looking soon," Sarafina sighed. She was worried that Scar might choose Nala, but she didn't say anything about it out loud.

The next day, Tama came back in a great mood after visiting the rebel Pride males at the border. Nala and the rest of her friends were resting in the den, saving energy for a long night of hunting.

"What are you so happy about?" Shinda asked.

"Moraan just asked me to be his mate and I said yes," Tama gushed happily.

"That's great!" Nala exclaimed, nuzzling her friend.

"Thanks," Tama smiled.

"Nala, when do you plan on getting a mate? We all do." Shinda said. Recently, Alex had asked Shinda to be his mate and Shinda had happily agreed.
"Not all of you." Nala pointed out. "Shani doesn't either."

"But when do you plan on getting one?" Shari asked. "I know you and Simba were affianced but..." Her voice trailed off.

Nala closed her eyes and sighed, thinking of her best friend who had died in the stampede all those years ago. Simba hadn't deserved that.

"I'll think about it." Nala sighed.

A few days later, most of the rebel Pride went to the border to visit their family and friends. It was the day that marked the stampede in the gorge all those years ago and it was a touchy day for the rebel Pride, and especially Sarabi.

Nala had promised to come, right after a quick hunting trip. After an unsuccessful hunt, Nala had decided to quickly go to Priderock just to make sure most the rebel Pride had left.

However at the entrance, she was stopped by Maya, one of Scar's lionesses.

"Nala," Maya said. "Scar wants to see you in his den."

"Me?" Nala asked. "Why?"
"I don't know," Maya answered. "But if you don't, he'll send the hyenas after you."

"I know," Nala sighed. She had no choice. She had to go into the den and deal with whatever Scar needed for her. She had no choice.

Nala went into the den, where Scar was all by himself. It was strange seeing him like that, since usually Zira was always there, trying to impress him and get his attention.

"Scar," Nala said, entering the den.

Scar smiled when he saw her," Nala," He got up as Nala walked in a bit closer.

"Nala," Scar said. "How is hunting?"

"Not good because of the hyenas." Nala said her tone angry.

"I see," Scar said. "How's this? I'll make a rule to the hyenas that they're not allowed to take any prey from you."

"And how about my family and friends?" Nala asked. "Will they still be robbed of prey?"

"I'm only making this exception for you." Scar said.

"Why did you ask me to come?" Nala asked.

Scar smiled and walked in closer to her. He wrapped his paw around her. Nala tried to pull away, but his grip was too strong.

"What do you want, Scar?" Nala growled.

"Well," Scar said. "You know I disowned Zira and I need a new Queen. I was hoping that you'd agree."

"You are out of your mind!" Nala roared, trying to get away from him, but he was too strong.

"Nala," Scar purred. "Think about it. We could be mates and you would be my Queen. Our cubs would be the future rulers. I'll take care of you. We'd be perfect together."

"No!" Nala growled. Scar playfully pinned her down and stood on top of her. He bent down and nipped her cheek and then ran his tongue across her muzzle.

Nala growled and threw him off.

"I'd rather die than be your Queen," Nala snarled and ran out of the den. She heard Scar growling at her from the den, and ordering his hyenas after her.

Scar's hyenas ran after her but Nala had been given a head start and after about a kilometre, she stopped.

Nala's heart was pounding with fear. She knew that Scar wouldn't leave her alone until she submitted into being his Queen.

At the very least, he would rape her. Nala was sure of that.

"What am I going to do?" Nala murmured, to herself.
She knew she couldn't go to where the rebel Pride was visiting. Scar would have surely sent hyenas to cut off her access to there.

There was only one choice she had left.

She had to leave the Pridelands and find help. Or leave the Pridelands for good.

"But this is my home," Nala murmured to herself.

Nala's heart swelled with pain. She had been born here. She had a long line of ancestry from ancient times that had all started here. This was her place.

But as Scar was King, he wouldn't let that happen.

She had to leave. Or better yet, she had to find help.

"Mother, Father, I'm sorry." Nala thought. "But I'll be back."

What would happen to her parents and family while she was away?

"They have each other," Nala reminded herself.

Giving Priderock one sadder glance, Nala turned and began heading towards the Outlands, hiding from every hyena in sight. As Nala ran, she felt the wind urging her on as if the spirits above wanted her to leave.

Nala wasn't sure whether she would find help or not, or even where she was going.

But she would be back. She was sure of that.

Hope you enjoyed and please review. I know that most of you might be thinking that like the story line in the movie, Nala is going to find Simba and come back to the Pridelands with him, but I promise there is going to be a twist to this.

And I know in most fan fiction stories, and the movie, Scar is a REALLY bad lion, but in my story, he is a terrible lion, but not as terrible as he was in the movie or the other stories.