Well well well, doesn't this look familiar. Another chapter about a Lion King fanfiction by Gulefritz.
Hello everyone, as I noticed a lot of people wanted a sequal to Life in the Pride lands, did I decide to follow through with your requests, so here we are.
I am proud to bring you, Life of Kiali, sequal to Life in the Pride Lands.

This is an introduction and will therefore be shorter than the average chapter.

The sun raised above the fields of the pride lands. The sky is a mixture of orange and red, and a king watches the sky rise with a heavy hearth. The King watched the sky rise and a tear immediately fell down from his chin. He is not alone though.
Beside the king stands his queen, his daughter and one who means a lot to the royal family. All four of them watches as the sun rises and all four of them sigh as they all remember the same juvenile and happy lion that used to be in their life.

An old mandrill looks at them from the distance, sighing as he paints on the wall, he is joined by another much younger mandrill. The young one looks at the four sad looking felines before looking to Rafiki.

"Why are they like that Uncle Rafiki?"

"It is a complicated story Mpilo. Short version is that they all are grieving the loss of one they used to love, one who was lost on this very day"

The younger mandrill nodded but would not let this go, he decided to ask one more time.

"I know, you told me this twice now, who is this lost loved one Uncle Rafiki"

Rafiki stopped painting on the wall of the cave. He himself sighed as he looked over to his nephew. He shook his head before pointing at a rock, motioning Mpilo to sit down. The younger Mandrill did so and Rafiki turned to face him with a very serious and sad look on his face. He held up three fingers.

"Three years ago, a tragedy struck the royal family"

Rafiki points at a picture on the wall behind him. The picture shows a young lion with a red mane surrounded by four different animals. One of them is a cheetah, Mpilo noticed, just like one of the grieving animals.

"Kion, Prince of the Pride Lands, Leader of the Lion Guard. The youngest cub of King Simba and Queen Nala. He patrolled these lands and kept it safe like none before him. No one dared to come to our lands when he and his guard was defending the pride lands"

Rafiki's voice turns into a happy one as he remembers the many deeds and missions of the young prince and his guard.

"On a daily basis did he throw out several Hyenas or Jackals or whoever came to disturb the circle of life. He stopped disputes over food, he got animals out of trouble and he was loved by all in the pride lands. But one day, he was gone."

Mpilo raises his eyebrow and is about to ask something, but never manages to as Rafiki continues with the story. He points at the blue animal, which looks to be a honey badger.

"Bunga the brave. Best friend of Kion and bravest of the guard. Those two were inseperable, until three years ago. I have not seen him for one and a half year now. Some believe he went to look for Kion"

He points to the white animal, an egret.

"Ono, the keenest of sight. A valuable member and good friend to Kion. He still lingers around Pride rock together with the royal family, but has been busy lately, building up a home in the east with the other egrets"

Rafiki points at a gray animal.

"Beshte the Strong. Only one member of the guard was stronger than Kion, and that was Beshte. He could flip trees, move rocks and ram hyenas into the distance. Many times, raiders from the outlands ran when they saw him in full charge. I miss the sight of that"

A smile formed on the old mandrills' face, right until his hand landed on the last animal. A yellow spotted cheetah. Rafiki had to stop himself from crying. Mpilo noticed that the cheetah looked like the one down by the royal family.

"Fuli the fast. None in the pride lands is faster than her. Her strength, her speed and her devotion to the guard was a motivation for all the animals to see. She was the most valuable of them all to Kion. Just like every other male, Kion fell in love. His love turned out to be Fuli. She stood by his side from the very start to the very end. Together they had a cub, the young princess, Kiali"

Mpilo put down his finger. He raised it again and this time Rafiki saw it and nodded at his nephew.

"Uncle Rafiki, what happened to Kion? Where is he now?"

The old mandrill let out one last sigh as he turned to look at his paintings one last time, before turning to face his nephew.

"Three years ago, the outland lions, the same who live with us today since Kiara and Kovu joined together, they tried to take over the pride lands. King Simba and his son lead the pride landers to victory against the outlanders. They banished Zira and she never returned to the pride lands, except for the last battle three months ago"

Mpilo nodded as his uncle told him the tale. He could not stop to look worried when his uncle stopped and was about to say something when Rafiki continued.

"Simba and Kion had followed Zira north to Tekani river. Zira attempted to one last attack against the king, but Kion intervened. He rammer her with his head and slammed her back to the outlands. Only problem was, he did not see how close he was to the cliff over Tekani River. Kion fell into the river and has not been seen ever since"

Mpilo nodded. He knew something was up every time he saw the animals of the pride lands with their heads down on this specific day. He nodded at his uncle who turned away from him to continue his painting.

Mpilo walked to the edge of the cave and looked out. Kovu had joined the grieving lions and he himself was not happy. He might not have known Kion that well, but he knew what it meant to lose a brother. Kiara was lucky to have him around.

Mpilo noticed something and a smile immediately formed on his face. Fuli had walked away from the ground and decided to head inside. She never got that far though. From a nearby bush by the entrance, sat a young princess of the pride lands. She pounced from the bush when she saw her mother pass, and the two of them played on the ground, which made Fuli laugh.

"Well, seems someone can cheer up the crowd"

Mpilo laughed and turned away from the scene and laughed.

Well, that was the introduction for Life of Kiali. Tell me what you liked or disliked. Future chapters will be longer, until next time. Cya.