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.

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 ;)

This is a lot shorter than my first fanfic; Cub Adventures 1: The Secert Caverns, this is mainly because I had no idea where it was going and I just played around with a few loose ideas because all my thoughts were all on Rebekah_the_Lion's idea for the third one X3

I was so excited I just decided to rush this one, but I did try to keep the storyline at least partially together XD

Because of this, there are no pictures as of yet, I'm afraid :c I'll put them in as I draw them XD
 

 

 

Chapter 1

Kovu was lying asleep in the Outlands. It had been a hot night so he had decided to sleep outside, away from his brother, sister and mother.

A sudden noise awoke him, Kovu ears pricked up, and then he opened his eyes. A bright light jolted him awake and he lifted his head with a, “Huh?” of surprise.

Kovu looked up to the sky in the direction of the bright light. He watched as the bright light glowed from behind Pride Rock.

“Morning?” he wondered.  Then he realised that the sun didn’t rise behind Pride Rock, it rose in front of it.

He jumped to his paws and gasped, what was it? He could see the moon clearly above him, so what was this light?

Suddenly, a bright ball came from the centre of the glow; it looked like a star but bigger and brighter.

Kovu stared in awe as it blazed over the Pride Lands and over the Outlands, himself included, turning the sky pale blue instead of black. It landed somewhere far off and landed in the ground. The light died for a moment then there was a small explosion of fire and dust.

Kovu stood for a moment longer then ran into the termite mound, “Mother! Mother!” he called.

Zira was lying asleep with Nuka and Vitani nearby. She lifted her head, “Kovu?”

“Mother, I just saw a star flying through the sky!”

Zira stared at him, “What?”

Nuka snorted, “A flying star! Yeah, right, termite!”

“Silence!” growled Zira, “Kovu, flying stars a perfectly normal; rare, but normal.”

“Really?” said Kovu in a disappointed tone.

“Yes.” said Zira, “Now, go back to sleep.” She put her head down again and closed her eyes.

“I can’t sleep now.” Kovu looked annoyed with himself for getting hyped up over something that was perfectly normal, and annoyed further that he now probably wasn’t going to be able to get back to sleep because of it.

Nuka grumbled something about The Chosen One, then he paused, after some thought he grinned, “Erm, Mother, I’ll take Kovu for a short walk around the ‘Lands until he can get back to sleep. Ok?”

Zira opened her eyes and nodded, “Don’t stay out too long.”

Nuka sneered as he knew she was much more concerned about Kovu than himself, but not for long.

He walked Kovu out of the cave and further out into the outlands. When he was out of earshot of Zira and the rest of the Pride he casually asked, “So, what did this flying star look like?”

“I thought you didn’t believe me?” Kovu inquired.

Nuka shrugged, “I was just kidding around.”

Kovu paused then replied, “It was bigger than a regular star, and it burned brightly in a blue light…” He was suddenly abruptly cut off by Nuka.

“Oh, it was a blue star!”

“Does it matter? Mother said…”

“Mother said that flying stars were perfectly normal. Look at them, though! Stars are white not blue!”

Kovu looked up and realised Nuka was right.

Nuka grinned, time to out his plan into action, “You know, Scar tells me all the time to how blue flying stars are magical.”

“Magical?” Kovu gasped, “How magical?”

“They can grant any wish you want!” Nuka grinned, “They could… They could make you a king!”

“I’m already gonna be a king.” Kovu said.

Nuka shrugged, “Why wait?”

Kovu’s eyes widened, “So, if I could find it…”

“…You could rule all of ‘Lands, every Pride in Africa, even!”

Kovu bounced up and down with excitement, “Can I go now? I can tell mother and…”

“Oh, no!” said Nuka, “Don’t tell mother, or she might not let you go! Go tomorrow morning, as soon as you can. I’ll tell her you went to spy on the Pride Landers’ or something.”

Kovu grinned, “Thanks, Nuka!”

“You’re welcome. I’m going back home now, see you later, when you’re King!”  And with that, Nuka turned and stalked away, chuckling to himself, “Or when I’m King…” he added silently to himself.

 

Chapter 2

 

Nala and Kiara were both drinking at the watering hole.

“You know,” said Nala, “I think we should go to the secret caverns today. I wanna go somewhere that’s not dumb.”

“Yeah,” said Kiara, “I’d like to try some swimming, I’m not too good at it,”

She trailed off when she heard someone say, “Psst!”

“D’you hear that?” she asked.

“Hear what?”

“It sounded like someone saying ‘psst!’.”

“Probably just your imagination.” muttered Nala.

“PSST!” Surprised, Nala jumped.

“And yours? I don’t think so.” Kiara turned around, “Hey, who’s there?”

She saw a brown tail stick up from the long grass, “Pumbaa?”

Then a face appeared, “Oh, Kovu! What are you doing in the Pride Lands? It’s dangerous!”

Kovu glanced around, fully aware of the danger, “Where’s Simba?” he whispered.

“He’s still in bed. It’s really early, you know.” Nala tipped her head, “What do you want?”

Kovu glanced around one more time, “Meet me near the elephant graveyard, bring Simba and I’ll tell you there! Come when the sun reaches Pride Rock.” and with that he dashed backwards into the brush and ran off.

“You know, Kovu is a great friend and all but sometimes he can be a bit…” She rolled her paw around the side of her head and whistled.

Nala giggled, “Like Simba! He can be a bit crazy too… Come on, we’d better find him and see what exactly Kovu wants.”

 

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Later, the cubs found themselves at the edge of the elephant graveyard, waiting for Kovu.

“Huh.” muttered Simba, “I can smell hyenas. And it’s cold here.”

“Cold?” scoffed Kiara, “It’s warm enough for me.”

“Might have something to do with Simba falling in the watering hole.” muttered Nala, “Which is why we’re late. I hope we haven’t missed Kovu.”

“Why would we? He was so desperate to tell us something, I doubt he would have wandered off.” said Kiara.

Simba shivered and Nala moved closer to him, “When you dry, it’ll be fine.” she said.

Kovu appeared shortly after, “Sorry.” he said, “I just wanted to be sure.”

“Sure of what?” asked Nala.

“Sure of where the shooting star landed.”

“A shooting star?” asked Simba, “I’ve seen one of those.” said Simba, “Please don’t tell me you’ve dragged us out here for that- they’re perfectly normal.”

“Not this one!” insisted Kovu, “It was blue! So that means it is magic!”

Kiara said, “I saw it too but Rafiki says…” She was interrupted by the cubs bursting out laughing.

A few metres away, behind an elephant skull, Shenzi, Banzai and Ed watched the cubs.

“A magic star?” said Banzai.

“I think the cub’s taken a few too many hits on

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