Welcome back to the sequel of The Crown. Just a quick reminder warning, there's a gay couple in this story. Including the the one from the previous story. Enjoy.

Prologue: Unwanted Birth

The stars shined brightly across the dark blue sky. The cool night breeze blew through the quiet plains. Ruffling the leaves of countless trees. The green grass sway from the wind as peddles and dust swirl in the air. A zebra lifted it's head at the sound of a loud roar. In a large hollow log laid a peachy cream lioness. Her bright green eyes were clenched close as her large stomach rised and fell. She panted as a sharp pain shot through her. When another roar erupted the pain intensified. Soon the pain stopped which was followed small mewing. She moved her tired eyes toward her tail to see a tiny bundle covered in blood. She picked up the cub and placed it in her paws. Before she bathed it clean, the cub's appearance soon came to eye.

"Sister.."

The new mother moved her eyes from her cub to the voice at the log entrance. "Elena.."

The dark cream lioness walked closer and nuzzled the younger lioness. "He isn't Malka's, is he?"

The peachy cream lioness nodded, tears pouring from her eyes. "I didn't want to mate with Simba. I love Malka. But...now I have this cub that I don't want and Malka's going to kill."

Elena frowned before sighing. "My friend in my pride had given birth. I'll take him...only because his life is in danger." she pulled the small male to her and looked her sister in the eyes with disappointment. "Rest and when you are able, leave."

Before the peachy cream lioness could respond her dark cream furred sister grabbed her cub and ran out of the log and out of sight.

...

A Month Later

"Radcliffe!" A light golden month old cub yelled as he scanned the plans with searching amber eyes. His dark red brown tuff on his head ruffling gently in the afternoon breeze. "Radcliffe! Come on, this isn't funny!"

A nearby bush rustled before a month old pale greyish-beige cub with a scruffy pale greyish-beige tuff on his head leapt out and on to the unexpected light golden cub.

"Ha! Got ya!"

The light golden cub spit out some grass before rolling over and sat up, to turn his amber eyes on the pale greyish-beige cub. "Radcliffe..."

"Kaidan.." Radcliffe repeated in a singing voice. Amusement in the pale greyish-beige cub's greenish eyes.

Kaidan rolled his eyes. "You know I have to keep clean." he then raised a dark red brown eye brow. "So do you. We're meeting the leader of the pride today."

Radcliffe went to say something when a new voice, one he knew all to well caused him to lowered his head.

"Radcliffe!" the cubs turned to see a two year old light beige lioness with glaring greenish eyes. "I told you to not get dirty. The leader of the pride is on his way."

"Actually...he and his uncle are here." a dark cream lioness announced as she apporched the light beige lioness and the cubs.

"Mommy!" Kaidan cried as he ran and embraced the three and half year old dark cream lioness. "I tried to keep clean but it's impossible to when Radcliffe is around."

"Hey!" Radcliffe protested but quiet down when his mother, Rera growled at him.

"Quiet! Here they come!"

Coming over a hill was a three year old light cream lion. His light brown mane blew in the wind, standing besides him was a six year old whitish-beige lion. His pale brown mane tossed in the breezed as his dark golden eyes glared at the group below. The light cream lion decended down first with the other following.

"Elena, Rera." the light cream lion greeted when he got in front of the lionesses and their cubs.

"Alenko." the mothers greeted with a dip of their heads.

The whitish-beige lion grunted before looking towards his nephew. "Let's skip the formalities and get this over with. We have a meeting to get to."

Alenko sighed but nodded. "Alright. Who are these strapping young lads?"

Rera pushed her son up with a smile. "This is my son, Radcliffe."

Alenko smiled at the shaking cub to frown and pinn his ears. "Hey, hey. It's okay, I'm not going to harm you." he then moved his pale golden eyes to Rera. "Go on ahead."

Rera nodded before grabbing her son and headed for the pride. Alenko turned his smile towards the light golden cub that sat in between Elena's lighter colour paws. As Alenko looked the cub over he couldn't help but feel he meet him before. And his amber eyes, there similar to Elena's but richer.

Alenko shook his head. "Who's this young one?"

Kaidan stood and dipped his head, remembering that's what Rera and his mother did. "My name is Kaidan, Sir."

Alenko liked this one. He wasn't afraid. "Well Kaidan, welcome to the Normandy."