Disclaimer: I don't own Lion King, but I do own Lina and Nama.

Author's Note: If you haven't read my previous story, then please don't start reading this one, because it won't make any sense until you read my other story.

The Lion King 4: Kovu & Kiara's Cub

Chapter 1: The Beginning

The sun and moon rose and fell many times. Time passed and the Pridelands aged as well. A lioness in the pride, Misti, had had a cub not too long after Kiara gave birth to Nama. Misti's cub was a girl and her name was Lina. She had brown-tanish fur, blue eyes and a white creamy underbelly.

She and Nama were best friends and always played together as they were the only cubs in the pride. The lionesses, along with their leaders, were happy with the new life. Peace was in the Pridelands and everyone enjoyed it. Kovu proved himself to be a good king and with Zazu's help kept the animals satisfied. Kiara was a good queen, though she still had some problems with hunting so she rarely joined the lionesses.

Now the African sun was sitting on the horizon, ready to greet the day. The animals were out, drinking at the waterholes and chatting while the lion pride still slept.

A single cub came bounding out to the edge of Pride Rock. It was the princess, the daughter of Kovu and Kiara. It was Nama. She had grown in the many months that passed from a young infant into a curious and beautiful cub.

Nama sat on the edge of Pride Rock, scanning with excited eyes on the land as it stretched out before her. "Wow," she said under her breath. "This will all be mine someday... cool!" Her parents had spoken to her when she was old enough to understand that the Pridelands would be hers to rule. They taught her everything Simba had taught Kiara and what Mufasa had taught Simba when he was a cub.

She sat watching the land peacefully, her tail flicking at her side until something hit her. Startled, Nama leapt into the air flinging both herself and her attacker head over heels. She landed on her back with a thump. Her attacker was like her, a cub, who was laughing so hard that its body shook.

Nama stared up at the cub with a glare. "Lina! That was so unfair!" she shouted while pulling herself out from under her as she looked at her friend with a mock pout.

Lina stopped laughing then picked herself up, flopping herself down ungracefully next to Nama. She looked at her and said, "Sorry, I just couldn't help it."

Nama increased her pretend pout. This was their usual game, to see who could last the longest with out cracking.

Then Lina uttered, "It's like I'm pouncing on a stump."

Before she could utter a laugh, Nama's self-control broke. She turned and leapt on Lina, pinning her to the ground. She usually lost their patience game but she didn't care. She had more fun when she tackled Lina. "Hah, whose a stump now?" Nama said playfully as she looked down at Lina.

Lina was unable to reply as they heard a large yawn. Both cubs turned to see Kovu come out of the den and into the morning light. The dark brown lion stretched, his black mane shining in the sun. He shook his head and looked to the cubs.

Nama got off Lina and ran to her father. "Morning Daddy," she said happily.

"Good morning Nama," Kovu said as he nuzzled his daughter, kissing her head.

"Hey Uncle Kovu," Lina said, coming over. Kovu smiled at her. "Can we go play? Please! We'll be careful, I promise." She looked up at him with big eyes. Though Kovu was not her father, she loved him as a father figure, something, which made Kovu happy.

Kovu looked down at the cub with a smile. "You may."

"Thanks uncle Kovu!" Lina yelled, and she started running down the stone steps but turned, waiting for her friend.

"Yeah, thanks daddy!" Nama said, nuzzling her father, her small head almost buried in the lion's mane.

"You're welcome," Kovu said but then his kind look turned serious. "But promise you'll be careful and don't go looking for trouble."

"Yes father!" Nama replied and she went to join her friend. They ran down the stone steps and into the grass, chasing one another towards a waterhole.

Kovu smiled as he watched them. He often wished he had the same cubhood as his daughter was having now. He shook his head, not wanting to remember. He rarely thought of his past but knew that if things had turned out differently, that if he followed his mother's wishes and killed Simba, he wouldn't be the king he was now.

"I wouldn't have a daughter and I wouldn't have…" His thoughts stopped and he felt cold thinking that way. He shook his head again and returned to the den to see if Kiara was awake. It would be time for the morning hunt.

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Lina, and Nama ran to the water hole and played. After an hour they grew bored and just spoke. Nama turned Lina and asked, "Want to play hide-and-seek!"

"Sure that sounds great," Lina replied with brightened eyes. She ran off, searching for hiding place, which was a small cliff like a rock formation.

Nama searched and searched but couldn't find Lina. As she hopped onto a rock, staring out she noticed the Outlands. She tilted her head sideways. The Outlands had always made her curious. Whenever she asked about them, no one would tell her. Her parents, her father mainly, didn't want to be reminded of his former home neither did her Aunt Vitani. When she brought it up to Nala, the former queen would change the subject, as if the Outlands brought bad memories.

After a moment of thinking, something in Nama told her that it was possible that Lina was hiding in the still barren lands. Though the Pridelands were a big kingdom, the young cub probably wanted to make the search difficult and entertaining for her friend. Nama smiled at that and leapt off the rock to search for Lina.

As she strolled through the Pridelands, away from safety, no longer paying attention to her father's warning, she was unaware that a trip to the Outlands would change her life just as it once changed her mother and the destiny of her father.

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-Kovu 01