It has been a little over a year since Simba had come back to Pride Rock and a year for all to be right again. The king awakened as usual to find his beloved Nala lying beside him, her tail lay lazyly over his back. So as not to disturb her, he rose to his feet and walked out to the edge of the huge rock overlooking his kingdom.
"Come to watch the sunrise, Simba?" Nala asked as she rubbed lovingly against her mate,
"I've just seen it,"Simba retorted, licking the top of her head.
"Your majasties?" Zazew inquired of the royal couple as he fluttered near Simba's head,
"Zazew, how many times do I have to tell you that you don't have to call us that."
"Oh, I'm truly sorry your majasties."
Simba sighed while Nala giggled, "what is it?"
"It's the morning report your Majast...ahhhhh, Simba."
"Anything?"
"Well, the hippo are complaining that the elephants are taking up the water holes to much."
"Hmmm, each animal needs it's space," Nala commented.
"Especially one's so big," Simba said.
"The antalope think that your lionesses are over hunting them."
"What? Nala?"
"I don't understand Simba, I'm the leader I see what and who gets killed."
"I just pass along the news," the bird said when Simba gave him a questioning look.
"Anything else?"
"No Simba."
"Hmmm, go tell the hippo population that I will try and sort out the mess with the elephants."
"Yes your....Simba."
Simba smiled as Zazew took flight, "he's getting better at that."
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Kamaria could feel the hot Affrican sand scorch her paws as she tredged her way through them. Kamaria had just been banished from her pride for supposedly trying to mate with the king's young son Mattan. But, the truth was he had tried to mate with her and she had refused thus he had turned around the story. Kamaria could care less about that pride since her mother had died she had always felt she was on the outside looking in. The young lioness hadn't eaten in days and when she smelled a kill she darted
for it.
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"Nice catch today Nala!"
One of the lionesses remarked as she bit into the juicy flesh, "I couldn't do it with out you all," Nala retorted as she gentley but firmly cuffed the lioness who was eating the kill.
"We must take it back for Simba Kama, you know that."
"I know Nala but look," Kama said as the others turned there heads to see.
"That rogue lioness has been watching us for a while;like she's going to take it or something."
Nala just stared at her, in shock her ears down and tail moving from side to side.
"What is it, Nala?"
Hearing Kama's voice the queen snapped back to reality, "nothing, let's go."
Nala just shook her head as she took one last look at the lioness, "Kamaria," she whispered,in shock before taking up part of the kill in her powerful jaws to take back to Simba.
