Princess Kairia, was engrossed as she listened to her grandfather the former king Simba, as he told her a story of one of the adventures he had with her grandmother when he was a cub.
"There Grandma and I were cornered da the hyenas they were moving in for the kill. I did the only thing I could think of, I roared at them." Kairia looked at her grandfather impressed and asked him
"Wow Grandpa did that scare them off?"
Simba laughed heartily at his granddaughter and detto "No, Dear One I'm afraid it didn't."
Kairia asked confused "But Grandpa if it didn't work then how did te and Grandma get away?"
Simba laid down successivo to Kairia and replied "Well, after my roar didn't scare them off I truly thought me and grandma were done for then my father came to our rescue. It was very scary but also exciting, Dad made those hyenas run to the ends of the earth!"
Kairia laughed and detto "Grandpa that was a great story,can te tell me another one?" Just as Simba was getting ready to tell his granddaughter another story Kiara his daughter and reigning Queen of the pride lands found them sitting on the summit of Pride Rock,
"Kairia,Father there te two are, I've been looking every where for te both, What have te two been doing here all morning?"
Kiara asked them as she laid down successivo to her father. "Grandfather has been telling me the coolest stories about when he and Grandma were my age, Oh mother they are so cool, te should ask he has had some really crazy adventures!"
Kiara turned towards her father she gave him a angry through subtle look. She then detto to him angrily "Yes I should ask him più about that, due continue Father"
Simba detto backtracking "Um,that is enough stories for one morning Dear One, why don't te go off and play now." Kairia detto disappointed "But Grandpa I really want to stay here with te and listen to più of your stories."
Kiara stood up and replied
"You have spent più than enough time with your grandfather this morning Kairia, now why don't te go off and visit Aunt Vitani and Cousin Vitana ,they are laying on the sunbathing rocks on the south side of Pride Rock, your grandmother is there too, te mind her for the rest of the day. I need to go and scout the perimeter of the pride lands."
Kairia's ears perked up in excitement and asked "Mom can I come too?"
Kiara bent down and replied "No Kairia it's too dangerous, te run along now all right, we'll spend più time together soon I promise." Kiara swiped her daughter up with her right paw and hugged her tight to her chest, and licked her. She gave her father a small nuzzle and said
"Well I need to get going, Daddy why don't te go and take a nap te look exhausted, Kairia te mind your grandmother."
Kairia sighed and detto "Yes, Mother I will I promise." The young Queen smiled and gracefully scaled down off the summit of Pride Rock.
Kairia asked her grandfather "Grandpa why won't Mom let me go with her, I never get to go anywhere." Simba laughed and detto "You sound just like me when I was your age."
Kairia looked at her grandfather and detto "I bet great-great grandfather let te do whatever te wanted and go where ever te wanted to go."
Simba laughed once again that giorno at his granddaughter and replied "No he was very strict and hardly let me go anywhere without Zazu.
Kairia looked at Simba and asked " Really why was he like that ?"
"Well te see Dear One, when I was prince I was just like you, I wanted to go and do everything my father did, but I realized that the things that sound really fun and exciting are usually the most dangerous."
Kairia looked at her grandfather and replied "I don't understand, Grandfather"
Simba nuzzled Kairia and detto "You will one giorno Dear One te will." Kairia sighed then detto "I hope so Grandpa."
Simba laughed and detto "I promise te te will Kairia, now let's get te to the sunbathing rocks, I'm sure everyone is waiting for you.
Kairia asked "Grandpa will te tell me a story tonight before I go to sleep?"
Simba nuzzled his granddaughter slowly and replied "We'll see Kiaria." They finally had made it to she south sunbathing rocks Simba gave Kairia a slight nudge with his nose and detto "Go on now have a good time with Vitana. Say hello to your Granmother for me. I'll see te tonight."
Kairia ran back to her grandfather nuzzled him and detto "Okay, Grandpa see te tonight." Simba watched her clamber down the large rocks towards the south sunbathing ones he shouted after her "You be careful today te hear me Dear One!"
Kairia shouted back "Yes Grandfather I will!"
Kairia finally made it to the sunbathing rocks she ran towards her cousin and best friend Vitana who was being bathed da her mother Kairia's Aunt Vitani,
"Hi Vitana" Vitana looked up at her and detto "Hey, Kairia."
Kairia whispered in her ear "Come on Grandpa just told me about this really amazing place."
Annoyed Vitana detto "Kairia I'm kind of in the middle of a bath." Nala the former Queen of the pride lands and
Kairia's grandmother detto "Speaking of baths its time for yours, dear" With that Nala grabbed Kairia da scruff of her neck and started bathing her. Kairia struggled out of her grandmother's grip
"Grandma, grandma stop your getting me all wet te know how much I hate getting wet!"
Nala smiled and released her. Kairia shook off the excess saliva on her and replied "Okay, Okay, I"m all clean can we get going ".
Vitana detto "So were are we going, it better not someplace be stupid." Kairia replied "No it's really awesome."
Nala asked "So were is this really awesome place?" Kairia detto "Oh, um around Rafiki's Tree."
Vitana chimed in "Rafiki's albero what's so great about Rafiki's Tree?" Kairia bent down and whispered in Vitana's ear
"I'll mostra te why when we get there." The notion dawned on Vitana and playing along she whispered back "Oh right"
Turing around to face her mother she asked "Um, mom can I go with Kairia?"
Vitani stared at her daughter for a secondo then she looked at Nala and asked "Hmm what do te think Nala?"
Nala looked at the two cubs and detto " Well,...
Kairia and Viatana smiled extra sweetly and detto "Please!"
Nala relented and replied “It's fine with me."
Kairia and Vitana rejoiced happily jumping up and down. "Yeah, all right!" they detto in unison.
As they were leaving Nala detto "As long as Zazu escorts you." Kairia and Vitana were crestfallen.
Vitana detto "Kairia you've got to do something we can't have that bossy dodo around"
Kairia nodded and detto " Your right I'm going to see if I can get Grandma to change her mind, wait here all right?"
Vitana detto "Okay, hurry up Kairia ." Kairia ran back to her grandmother and detto "No Grandma not Zazu, Why can't Vitana and me go da ourselves?." Nala who was washing her paws detto "I'm sorry but te either let Zazu escort te o te stay here."
Kairia sulked and detto "All right" She ran back to Vitana and detto "No go, but don't worry I've got a plan."
Vitana asked "So were we are really going?" Kairia whispered "The old elefante graveyard." Vitana's eyes grew wide with excitement and she detto loudly "Woah, cool!"
"S shh, Zazu will hear you." Kairia whispered Vitana replied "Right so how are gonna ditch the Dodo?"
The two cubs then began whispering in the tall erba about their plan to loose their pesky and annoying escort.
Zazu, landed down in front of them and asked rather hotly "Why haven't te two picked up the pace, it is nearly midday and we aren't even half way to the albero yet, what is the problem?"
Kairia whispered in Vitana ear "Let Operation Ditch the Dodo commence." Vitana nodded slightly.
Kairia then detto slyly to Zazu, "Zazu we're thirsty I mean we've been walking for at least three hours, why don't te go the watering hole and get us some water, that way we'll get to Rafiki's albero faster".
Zazu looked at her with scruity and said
"Oh no te don't your grandparents pulled a similar trick on me before and I will not fall for it a secondo time I will not be swayed form course, besides there is a small pond near the albero te can both have a drink when we get there. Now come on te two let's get moving!" Zazu detto with crazy passion.
Kairia stayed where she was and replied slyly " All right we'll go but I would hate to tell Grandmother and Mother that te disobeyed a direct order form the princess. I don't think they'll like that at all. What do te think Vitana, do te think they'll like it ?"
Vitana shook her head and replied " No they won't they'll probably strip away your majordomo position, and kick te out of Pride Rock."
Zazu who was in mid take off stopped and went back down to the two cubs he replied smugly "In case te two didn't know I have been the majordomo to this royal family since Kairia's grandfather was a cub! They would never banish me I am far too important!"
Kairia replied coolly"I doubt that Zazu because I heard Mom and Dad talking yesterday and Mom was saying how frustrated she was because she couldn't catch anything for cena the giorno before, she detto she was so mad she might just fuoco you."
Zazu looked più closely at Kairia and finally his expression faltered and Kairia knew was going to give in to her request.
He sighed and detto "Oh all right I'll go and get te two some water but its not because I believe your ridiculous lie I just don't want te two to get dehydrated. Stay right here I'll be back in a flash" Zazu then took off for the watering hole. As soon as Zazu was out of sight
Kairia turned to Vitana and detto "Come on let's go." Vitatna replied "Yeah let's get out of here!"
The two cubs then ran all the way the graveyard. They clambered up a large elephants tusk, to get a better view looking down at the whole yard they were in awe.
After a few secondi Kairia said"Whoa this place is amazing!" Kairia exclaimed Vitana nodded her head and replied "Sure is but its pretty creepy." Kairia nodded and detto "Yeah, but isn't it awesome." Vitana detto "We could get into huge trouble." Kairia replied "Yeah I know."
Suddenly Kairia spotted a large elephants skull and detto "Cool look at that !"
They ran towards it and Vitana wondered out loud "You think it's brains are still up there?"
Kairia started walking towards it "There's only one way to know, come on let's go check it out."
Suddenly Zazu apperaed before them and detto "Wrong the only checking out te will do will be to check out out of here!"
Kairia groaned "Aw ,Zazu we were just having some fun"
Zazu ruffled his feathers and replied indignantly "Fun, Princess we are way beyond the boundaries of the pride lands. This place is riddled with danger
Now come along now te two we need to get back to the pride lands before anyone notices we've gone"
Kairia hadn't moved form her spot she detto "Zazu my Grandpa told me that the hyenas cleared out of here years ago. Relax there isn't anything here expect bones."
Zazu detto " Princess, I implore te to see reason even though the hyenas maybe gone there are still grave dangers here, We must go now."
Just as Kairia was about to retort to Zazu they all heard a loud growl.
Out of the shadows of the graveyard came a large and powerful leopard. The trio huddled together in a cerchio Kairia in front as the dominating predator came towards them.
The leopard just stared at the frightened threesome for a few minuti then it spoke in a voice dripping with a crazed sweetness "I am Solmari. Who are te and why have te entered my home?"
Kairia puffed herself up stepped inoltrare, avanti and detto "I am Kairia daughter of Queen Kiara and King Kovu. I am the Princess of the Pride lands."
Solmari's crazed sweetness possibly got even sweeter as she replied " So te are the future Queen of pride rock, I have always wanted to kill a member of the royal family!" Kairia detto "You can't do anything to me!"
Zazu spoke up "Actually she can we are on her land."
Kairia replied "But Zazu te told me that she was just a mangy good for nothing predator?"

Solmari threw back her head and roared angrily then she grabbed Zazu da his neck and flung him. The horn bill went flying through the air.
Solmari then turned her attention to Kairia and Vitana she spat out acidly "I start running if I were te right... Now!" With that she gave chase and pursued the two cubs throughout the entire graveyard.

Finally they reached a large cliff face that was too steep for them to climb they were trapped. Kairia was scared out of her mind. She did the only thing she could think of she roared .
Unfortunately it wasn't strong enough to even scare the powerful leopard.
Solmari laughed and detto "Oh come now is that the best te can do, surely te a future Queen can do much better than that ?"
Kairia stood her ground and roared at the Solmari again but it wasn't her roar that came form her mouth.
In a flash her mother leaped between the two cubs and Solmari.
Zazu ushered them against the cliff side out of the way of the ferocious battle. Solmari was strong but she was no match for Kiara and with a few swipes of her paws she was able to pin down the leopard
Kiara detto angrily "Consider this a warning if te ever threaten my daughter again I will not be so gracious. I will end te "
Solmari bowed. She then detto with false formality "Yes of course Your Highness."
Kiara roared and Solmari ran off. Zazu looked at Kiara proudly but she gave him only a angry glare in return. Kairia stepped inoltrare, avanti "Mom I didn-”
Kiara whipped around to face her "You deliberately disobeyed me" Stunned Kairia detto "Mom, I'm - I'm sorry."

Kiara detto curtly "Let's go home."

As they all walked home Vitana whispered to Kairia "I thought te were very brave, thanks for saving me cousin." Kairia whispered back "l didn't really but your welcome."

They stopped halfway towards Pride Rock Kiara detto "Zazu." Zazu landed down near Kiara and detto head bowed "Yes, Your Majesty?"
Kiara ordered "Take Vitana home, I need to have a talk with my daughter."

They were in the plains and Kairia slumped down into the tall grasses fearfully. Zazu swept over to Vitana and detto "Come along Vitana." Before leaving Zazu went over to Kairia put his wings on her shoulders looking at her with sincerity detto "Kairia good luck you'll need it." With that Zazu and Vitana left for Pride Rock.

A few secondi of silence passed before Kiara detto "Kairia."

Kairia winced at her name being called da her mother but obeyed and walked slowly to Kiara her head hung low in shame. She sat down beside her mother.

None of them spoke for a few secondi finally Kiara sighed and detto "Kairia I am very disappointed with you. Do te realize te could have been killed today?"

Kairia nodded her head and detto "Yes I know."
Kiara continued " te purposely disobeyed me and what's worse te put Vitana your own cousin in danger!"

Kairia exhaled on the verge of tears detto "I was just trying to be Ribelle - The Brave like te and Grandpa."

Kiara detto "Your Grandfather and I are only Ribelle - The Brave when we have to be, to protect the ones we love. Kairia being Ribelle - The Brave does not mean te go seek out trouble."
Kairia exhaled again and replied “Mom nothing scares you"

Kiara bent down so that she was at eye level with her daughter. "That's not true I was very scared today." Kairia detto "Really, te were?"

Kiara bent down più and detto "Yes I was afraid I was going to loose you."

Kairia detto "Oh I guess even queens get scared don't they?" Kiara detto "Yes they do" Kairia whispered in her mother's ear "But te know what?" "What?" Kiara asked "I think that leopard was even scarederer"

Kiara laughed and detto 'Because no one messes with the Queen. Least of all my own daughter. Come here you!” Kiara then swept Kairia up and started licking her all over.

Kairia detto "Oh no, Mom stop get off !" She pushed her mother down and the two of them chased each other around the plains until Kairia tackled her mother and grabbed onto her tail pulling it she detto "Ah, I got you, admit it your defeated!"
Kiara detto tiredly "All right All right te win."

Kairia detto happily "Yes I won!"

The two of them were laying on the plains Kairia laughed and clambered atop her mother's back and onto her head. Kiara sat up so that she could position herself più easily.

When they were both settled Kiaria asked "Mom we' re best Friends right?" Kiara laughed and replied "Right we're the best of friends"
Kairia then asked "And we'll always be together won't we Mom?"

Kiara detto "Kairia let me tell te something Grandfather told me. Look at the stars, The great kings of our past look down on us form every single one of those stars."

Kairia asked awestruck "Wow really Mother?"

Kiara detto "Yes, so always remember whenever te feel alone o scared in this world just look up at the sky and those Kings will always be there to guide you. When my time comes I'll be up there too. That way we'll always be together."

The two of them just stared at the sky for a few moments.

Kiara took a deep breath and detto "Well it is very late, I think we should call it a night don't you?"

Kairia replied "Aw Mom we were just starting to have fun!"

Kiara laughed and detto "Oh I would think te would be tired of fun after everything that's happened today."

Kairia shook her head and replied "Nope I am always up for fun!" Kiara laughed again and detto "Okay then how about a little race to Pride Rock, te up for it?"

Kairia laughed and detto "Oh yeah defiantly!"
Kiara detto "All right then, on the count of three we start one, two, Three!" Kiara darted inoltrare, avanti as soon as she detto three. Kairia detto "Hey no fair te got a head start!"

Kiara shouted "Come on slowpoke come and get me!"
Kairia ran happily after her mother she shouted "Don't worry I will!"

FIN