Chapter 1

unfinished

Vitani looked at Nala, then dropped her gaze. So much had changed. 

"Nala I'm sorry, I never wanted to fight with you. It wasn't my fault,"  Vitani was desperate for forgiveness, for love. 

"I never wanted to fight you either, Vitani. I had to fight for my pride."

"Why didn't you fight for your pride the first time Nala?"

"Vitani, it wasn't like that. I was loyal to the true king, destined to be King since we were just cubs."

"We can't be talking about the same person," Vitani argued. "Simba? True King? Simba ran from the pride-lands, letting everyone thing he was dead. What kind of King would do that?"

"The scared kind," Simba said as he walked up behind Vitani. " I was only a cub, and I was threatened.  If I remember correctly you felt the same way last time you left the pride-lands."

"I was a cub, you threatened to kill me. All I wanted was to see Kopa, now that will never happen again. I wanted to run to Nala when something was wrong because she was closer than my mom. I wanted to play safety in my father's paws. I wanted to grow up with my brothers, happy and healthy. I wanted to have the reassurance that if something happened, mom could fix it. Simba all I wanted was  to be with the people I love. All I have left is my little brother. Maybe now I can see Nala again too, unless you're going to take that away too."

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Kopa paced in the desert sands, looking for food, or hope, or something he guessed. He wished he knew how things were back home. Home, what kind of word was that. He didn't belong there, not anymore. How was baby Kiara, she wouldn't be a baby anymore. Neither would little Kovu. Kopa wondered if Kovu would ever really be King, or if Kiara would be Queen. And Vitani, how he missed his best friend. He wondered how she was. Still fighting with Nuka about everything? He doubted they grew up so much. 

Author's Note

Not Done!!