A Note From The Author

Hello, reader!

I have a few things to let you know, but before you skip down to the story DO NOT! It won't make any sense if you don't read this first.

Ok, first off, thank you for at least looking here, I hope you'll want to read on and comment, thank you!

Second; This fanfic is called Cub Adventures for a reason; it's an idea I came up with about 2 years ago, and has only made it to paper now.

The idea of this story is that it takes place at no certain time, but Simba, Kovu, Kiara and Nala are still all cubs! See? If you had read on, the 'fic wouldn't have made any sense. Supporting characters will soon make an appearence too such as Mheetu, Malka...etc...

Now, I know what you're thinking, "What? You can't do that! It makes no sense. Plus, how does Kiara even exist if Simba and Nala are still cubs? Yes, I know, it's confusing. Just... don't think about it, and enjoy the story.

The third and final thing I have to mention is the good guys and bad guys; Zira, Scar and the hyenas remain the bad guys here. Of course, the cubs are the main protagonists, but as far as adults go, Mufasa, Sarabi and Sarafina are the good *adult* guys. So, yes, that's just about it.

Now, I know by this stage your probably thinking, "PFF. Dum fanfic. In fact, dum doesn't even cover it. Where's that Harry Potter book?" I ask you to give it a chance; THEN you can criticise in the comments ;) Enjoy the pictures, I worked hard on them! (Well... MOST of them... Namely the one at end... hint hint...)

LAST THING; This fanfic and it's pictures will also be seen on my DeviantArt account, but, because I don't want to seem like I'm asking you to go look at my other pictures there, I'm not going to tell you the name, but if you find it, ask in the comments if you don't believe me now.

Chapter 1

Kovu and Simba were both bored.

Kovu sighed, “I wish we had somewhere we could all go and hang out or something.”

“You mean like a secret hideout?” asked Simba.

“Yeah,” said Kovu, “Our own secret hideout.”

“That’d be awesome.” Simba sighed.

“Hmm.”

There was a bout of silence then Simba said, “So, Why don’t we go find one?”

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 Later, Simba and Kovu travelled the far plains, although not as far as they would have liked because they knew their parents would be angry if they did.

Soon, though, Kovu and Simba got tired of searching. Exhausted they both flopped down next to a pile of rocks.

After a few minutes, Simba already felt more refreshed. He climbed to the top of the pile of stones and roared, “I am the King of Pride Rock!”

Kovu crouched down; “No way!” he jumped with his paws extended. Simba rolled backwards away from Kovu and fell off the pile of rocks.

Kovu landed heavily on top of the mounds and grinned, “I’m the King of the Outlands!”

There was suddenly the sound of cracking and crumbling. On his back Simba only caught a glimpse of Kovu’s terrified eyes then him dropping down as he fell through the rocks and into a dark tunnel.

Chapter 2

“KOVU!” cried Simba. He threw himself forward in an effort to grab Kovu and pull him back up to the surface.

But Simba missed Kovu’s paws by centimetres, he gasped as he realised he’d leaned too far forward. Simba tried to regain his balance but it had already been lost like a twig in the river.

His back paws tripped over the remainders of the loose stones. Simba fell forward and tumbled after Kovu down the tunnel.

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When Simba opened his eyes all he saw was darkness. He didn’t know which way was which within the inky blackness of the tunnel. Slowly, the darkness dissolved and a little light came in focus that had been shining all along through some cracks in the cave the two cubs had landed in.

Simba suddenly remembered, “Kovu?” he called, “Kovu!”

He gazed around and could just see Kovu’s shape beginning to rise in a cloud of dust. He saw his dull green eyes open and look up, “Simba?” he coughed. He groaned and Kovu put his paw to his head, “What’d we hit?”

“A cave, I think.” Simba looked around.

“Which one?” groaned Kovu, “There are probably hundreds of caves in the Pride Lands, is it one we know?”

Simba shook his head, “I don’t think so. ‘Sides I bet there’s more caves in the Out Lands.”

Kovu sighed, “I hope it’s not one of the Out Lander’s caves. If Zira finds you, Simba…” he trailed off leaving Zira’s threat hanging in the dusty air.

Simba gulped, “Anyway…”

There was another short silence and then Kovu announced, “I’m going to try and get back up the tunnel we fell down.”

He looked up, he could just about make out a small patch of blue sky in the ceiling; at the end of a very long tunnel.

“If I could just make it to its mouth…” he muttered, “Then I could claw my way back you. Then I could grab a vine or something for you, Simba.”

He bent down and pounced as high as he could, but he didn’t make it up to even the mouth.

“Try standing on my back.” said Simba, “And grabbing one of those pointed rocks from the ceiling.”

Simba crouched down as Kovu clambered on to his back. They wiggled a little as Kovu reared up on his hind legs and threw his paws up to try and grab the stalactites’ from the roof of the cave.

He kept missing, and when he eventually got a hold of one his paws slipped and he crashed down to the ground.

Kovu looked at his paws, “It’s no good.” he muttered, “They’re all wet! I’ll bet even Scar’s claws couldn’t grab those rocks.

“You wanna try jumping up to the mouth again?”

“Na. Let’s go down this way.” Simba pointed to his left, “Since the right way is blocked.”

Simba didn’t admit it out loud but in his mind he knew if Kovu couldn’t reach the mouth of the tunnel, neither could he. Kovu had much more pouncing experience and longer legs than Simba did.

Chapter 3

The two cubs wandered for some time. All they saw was the same old cave, with the same old rocks. There weren’t even any forks in the path, and slowly Kovu and Simba found themselves more bored than ever.

It was only when Simba tripped and fell with exhaustion that they finally stopped.

Simba sat on a small rock and sighed, “S’pose we never get out of here?”

“S’pose we don’t?” Kovu replied.

“But just sup…” Simba stopped short, “Did you hear that?”

“What?” Kovu said; not wavered in the slightest he raised an eyebrow.

“It sounded like something sliding, almost slithering.”

“Pfff,” Kovu rolled his eyes, he didn’t believe Simba because he figured living in the Pride Lands and being used to living only in Pride Rock that he wouldn’t have got used to the sounds of termites and other bugs crawling around like he had, “Whatever, Pride Lander.” he walked over to a small pool to get a drink.

Simba sat nervously on his rock and glanced around. He was so concentrated on what he could see in front of him; he didn’t see the huge cobra- named Nyoka- rising up behind him and unfold its hood.

Kovu’s head flew up when he heard Simba’s yell and then his chocking sounds.

He turned and saw Simba wrapped in the Nyoka’s long thick coils.

Kovu growled and raced towards the cobra, he raised his paw with his claws extended.

The cobra spat and then snapped at Kovu’s out-stretched foreleg with his poisonous fangs.

Kovu jumped back and gasped as Simba turned blue under his fur.

Kovu realised he couldn’t get close to Nyoka without getting bitten. He glanced around and then saw exactly what he needed; a large branch lying a few feet away from the pool. Quickly, he lifted it up and swung it at Nyoka’s head.

WHAM!

The cobra went down and his coils loosened around Simba.

Simba fell, coughing and gasping, “Woah.” he said, “I thought I was going to join Ahaidi there… Thank you, Kovu.”

Kovu rolled his eyes in an amused way, “Just don’t tell Zira, Mmkay?”

Simba nodded, “Yeah, sure whatever.”

“Hey!” Kovu cried, “Look, that branch was blocking a little stream!”

“So?” said Simba.

“So, all rivers have to lead to some kind of waterfall, right? That’ll be our way out!”

Chapter 4

More ready for action now, the two cubs trudged on ahead.

Kovu sighed, “Hm. Wonder