off. The hyenas yelped and ran away. Kopa turned to Jasiri.

"What did you think you were doing, son?" he asked. "You could've been killed."

"the main thing is that you're safe and no one got hurt." Kovu said to the two cubs, who had their heads down.

"Lets go home." Kopa said and lead the cubs home.

On the way, as it began to get dark, Kopa stopped.

"Take Kiburi, Timon and Pumbaa home, Kovu," he said. "I need to talk to Jasiri."

Jasiri expected a scolding when Kovu took Kiburi and Timon and Pumbaa away. He tried to hide.

"Jasiri." Kopa called.

Jasiri sat down sadly beside his father.

"Jasiri, that was a very brave thing to do. Standing up for those hyenas by yourself. At this rate, I'm gonna be expecting every animal to tremble in your shadow when you grow up." Kopa said, a little pride in his voice.

"So you're not mad?" Jasiri asked.

"Why would I be?" Kopa said. "I'm proud of you showind your kingly attitude.

"Dad, I told you I didn't want to be king." Jasiri sulked. Kopa considered.

"That conversation can wait for later. Now to the real reson why I wanted to talk to you. This is something my father told me." Kopa looked to the stars. "Look at the stars. All the great kings of the past look down at us from those stars. My great-grandma Sarabi and great-grandpa Mufasa are up there."

"So is Scar up there too?" Jasiri asked.

"Maybe," Kopa said. "But I really don't know."

Jasiri stared up at the stars and tried to imagine Scar looking down on them. Then Jasiri remembered something.

"Dad," he said. Kopa nodded. "Those hyenas back there, said that they were looking for a crystal."

"A crystal?" Kopa asked.

"They said it belonged to the King." Jasiri said.

"Dad never said anything about a crystal." Kopa muttered to himself. He wondered why Simba never told him about it.

As the evening set on the Pride Lands, Kopa went to Simba. Simba himself was confused when Kopa mentioned the crystal. 

"My father never told me about it." Simba muttered to himself. He looked at Rafiki. "Do you know something about this, Rafiki?" he asked.

"That crystal was discovered even before you were born, Simba." Rafiki replied. "Your father didn't tell you for the safety of the Pridelands."

"Hey guys, relax." Kopa said. "If this crystal hasn't been told to anybody, there's no way Kuua'll find it so soon. You know about Kuua, don't you? She looked after me when I ran away but she betrayed me to Zira many years later."

"You never told me, son." Simba was amazed.

"I knew you didn't want to hear that piece of news." Kopa muttered.

Chapter 6

"ITS HAPPENING!!!" Jasiri yelled as he ran up to Kiburi. Kiburi was sunning himself on a rock and got up, annoyed.

"What's it now?" he asked, irritated.

"Your mom.......she's....." Jasiri began to say but Kiburi interuppted him.

"What..? No........She's not..............is she?" he stammered. Jasiri nodded his head.

Kiburi got up and began to run towards the den with Jasiri following him. When he got there, he saw his mother holding a tiny brown cub in her paws with Kovu sitting beside her. Kiburi desperately hoped it was a girl who couldn't attack him but he saw clearly that the tiny cub was a male. He walked over to his mother and the little cub looked at him.

"Well, Kiburi?" Kiara asked. "Aren't you going to say hi to your new brother?"

"Does he have a name?" Kiburi asked half-heartedly.

"Wema." Kovu said. "What do you think of it?"

"We wanted to hear your suggestions for a name, but we just couldn't wait." Kiara said.

"He's amazing." Jasiri said.

"Wema." Kiburi whispered, secretly smiling to himself. "I love it."

Kiara smiled at her new son and licked him. Soon, Simba and Nala came in to hand in their congratuations to their daughter. Later, Kopa and Vitani came in. It wasn't long before the entire pride was there, exclaiming about the new cub. Kiburi felt good about being a big brother but at the back of his mind, he remembered the story of Scar and Mufasa. What if Wema grew up to be like Scar? He looked at Jasiri hopefully. He needed to talk to someone and Jasiri was the only one who could understand him. Jasiri raised an eyebrow and followed Kiburi outside. Kuona and Nadhari saw them but didn't go after them.

"Well," Jasiri asked once they were outside. "What's up?"

"I'm scared." Kiburi said.

"Of what? The cub?" Jasiri asked, realising Kiburi's fears. "How many times do I have to tell you the cub is harmless?!"

"You don't understand," Kiburi said but Jasiri walked back inside.

It wasn't long before Wema was standing and running with the other cubs. He got singled out because of his age but Jasiri always defended him. But they never knew a hyena was always watching them.

The hyena ran beck to the Outlands. Kuua put her head up and growled.

"You're late!!!" she showed her teeth.

"I'm sorry but I was held back a little in the Pridelands." the hyena bowed.

"What happened?" Kuua snarled.

"A new cub has been born to Kiara and Kovu. He's the youngest and not able to fight. He's the weak link." the hyena bowed again.

"Then we'll strike at this new cub." Kuua smiled, her blood-red eyes glinting in the dim light of the sun.

A few days later, as the three cubs played together, Kuua hid in the grass. She was waiting for the perfect moment to strike. But she got a little careless and Jasiri heard her. He stopped playing and looked around. He saw nothing.

I must be imagining things. He thought as he continued to play.

But that was the second Kuua chose to strike. She jumped out growling and caught hold of Wema. But Simba jumped out from the grass behind Kiburi and attacked Kuua.

"Get back to Pride Rock!" he roared to the cubs.

They wasted no time and ran back. Kopa seemed to know what was going on and hid the cubs before telling Zazu to check on Simba. When they got to the scene, Kuua had left Simba fatally injured and had left. The cubs were heart-broken at the sight of their dead grandfather. Nala pulled all three cubs towards her and they cried on her legs. Tears were streaming down her face.

"He's never coming back, is he?" Kiara asked Nala.

"No." Nala whispered.

They turned and left, knowing Simba would never come back. But after they left, a hyena came up and saw Simba. She looked at the body and knew that he wasn't dead. She put her teeth around his mane and dragged him to where the rest of her clan were hiding---

Meanwhile, a hyena ran back to the Outlands. Kuua woke up on the arrival of the hyena. She stared at him with her eyes, her scars seeming to tingle. He told her that Simba was dead. She smiled.

"My revenge is almost complete, with him dead." she snarled. "Now all I have to do is kill those traitors: Kovu and Vitani."

"But in that case you'd be killing your own nephew and niece." the Alpha said, in a relaxed tone.

"What do you mean?" Kuua asked.

"Their parents are Tama and Chumvi. Tama's your sister, making them your nephew and niece." the Alpha replied.

"THEY ARE NOT MY FAMILY!!!" Kuua yelled. "They betrayed me and ZIRA! They joined the wrong side! They had cubs with my mortal enemy's children!"

The Alpha shook his head and got up.

"See you later." he said, before leaving.

Meanwhile, Simba was having a dream. He dreamt that Kuua was killing his grandchildren and he saw himself jumping in front of the cubs and attacking Kuua. Then the dream faded into white light and he felt wet. Wet? He shook his head and opened his eyes. A hyena was standing in front of him with Rafiki beside her.

"Oh good, you're up." she said.

Simba raised his eyebrows suspiciously.

"Who're you?" he asked.

"Oh, me?" the hyena asked, looking at him. "I'm Kipanya, you can call me Kip, I'm fine with that."

"Well, now I know who you are, I'd like to find out what you're doing in the Pridelands." Simba growled. "Hyenas are forbidden here. And Rafiki, what ARE you doing with her?"

"I apologize, Your Majesty, but this is my friend from my old home, the Grass Walls. The land is dry and hence, she and her pack have been forced to move to the Pridelands." Rafiki bowed low.

"How do I know you're not trying to kill my family." said Simba to Kipanya.

"I have known Rafiki for as long as I can remember. His family told me about you and how you lead them to a safer place. The clan who started the wildebeest stampede and killed your father is our pack's sworn enemy. We have been fighting against them for generations." said Kipanya.

"So you're not intent on killing me and my family, are you?" Simba wanted to be absolutely sure.

Kipanya shook her head. Simba made an effort to get up and stumbled. Luckily, Kipanya caught his mane and helped him stand up to loud cheering from the rest of the pack.

"Thank you very much." said Simba, guiltily. "I was wrog to jump to conclusions like that. Would you and your pack like to move in to

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