Several weeks went by as Nala's stomach has grown about 2 times then what it was getting close to the predicted birth date which is within a week as she already experienced the cravings and the not able to move symptoms her mom and Sarabi warned her about. Nala lays on her side in the cave of pride rock bored out of her mind, Nala:" (sigh) I'm so bored what is there to do for a pregnant lioness" she says laying there as Simba comes running with a antelope leg setting it next to Nala, Simba says panting for air:" I'm (pant) I'm here, sorry I had to do patrol which was stopped by a fight between the hippo and a elephant, the elephant claimed the hippo was swimming in his drinking water" Nala listened while eating the antelope leg as a sudden mood swing occurred which gave Nala a massive painful headache, and slight pain from her muscles also, Nala:" Silence Simba, ugh please silence" she said putting her head on her crossed paws Simba gotten a bit worried Simba:" you ok?!" he said looking at her getting up prepared to run for Sarabi, Sarafina, anyone that knows about delivering if it's that case.
Nala growled when he spoke " just get out" Simba:" but don't you wan-" Nala:" LEAVE!" she then yells as Simba turned around quickly towards the exit not wanting to argue or fight her leaving the cave. Simba walks to the top of the slanted rock of pride rock wondering what he did wrong, Simba:" what did I do to make her angry?" Sarabi came up behind him sitting next to him hearing the yell from Nala, Simba looked to see who it was Simba:" oh hey mom" Sarabi:" I heard the commotion" Simba:" I don't know she's angry at me for literally nothing, I brought her food, talked to her to keep her company then all of a sudden exploded with anger" Sarabi giggled at what Simba doesn't know of Sarabi:" Simba the best thing you need to do is learn about mood swings" Simba:" about what?" says turning to look at her Sarabi:" mood swings, every pregnant lioness goes through with it, sudden pains and headaches is what makes your emotion go out at someone " Simba is silent listening to what his mother is telling him.
Nala is still having the headache and slight pain but started to slowly go away, once it completely went away Nala went back to her calm self but realized the swing made Simba leave possibly with hurt feelings making her feel very guilty Nala:"(sigh) I'm sorry Simba, he probably hates me right now" then out of nowhere Simba speaks from the entrance of the cave coming in " I do not" Nala:" Simba" she says as he comes closer Nala:" I'm so sorry, I was hurting tremendously and-" she was cut off by the nuzzle of Simba's, Simba:" don't say anymore it's ok, you couldn't control it" Nala didn't want to finish her sentence but the thing she wants to do now is to stay where she is with Simba loving on him with him doing the same to her. Simba then got up to head towards the exit Nala:" please don't leave" Simba:" I'm not I'm just going to get a drink of water and I'll be back as soon as possible" Nala:" ok she says laying her head down as Simba started to sprint to the waterhole.
As soon he left there's a lioness in the shadows of the side of pride rock laying by her self in anger of grudge. Lioness:" Simba king puh, should of been Scar, and rightfully was, wasn't his fault Mufasa wasn't strong enough to climb up" she got up looking at the running Simba to the waterhole lioness:"hmm, oh that's right a new born cub is about to be birth, hmm" she said in a evil thought hum Lioness:" maybe when it is born I shall... Oh yes, Scar if you were here you would be proud of my plan of your revenge, it just takes time" she says looking at Simba running back "it just takes time" she repeats then laughs evilly. Simba comes running by the laying lionesses and up the stairs of pride rock and into the cave to find sleeping Nala. Simba smiles at her Simba:" you look so cute when your sleeping" he says very quietly as he walks over to her and lays down next to her to sleep with her.
One week went by as Nala woken up from her nap to see Simba next to her asleep. Nala felt something moving rapidly inside her which was the unborn cub kicking, Nala smiled but then felt enormous amount of pain making her scream. Nala:" SIMBA OW!!" Simba almost instantly woke up to the scream and agony. Simba:" What's wrong?!" Nala:" It's time, get mom or someone!" Simba panicked at first then ran as fast as he could almost slipping down the stairs and going to where Sarafina and his mother who was with the other lionesses. Simba:" MOM! (pant) SARAFINA!" he yells as he runs making both of them and the lionesses stand up quickly Sarabi:" what is it son?" Simba:" It's Nala (pant) it's time" Sarafina ran towards Nala knowing what he meant as Sarabi followed along with other lionesses and Simba following. Simba walked in the cave Sarabi:" you might want to stand outside son" she says smiling at her son " I'll tell you when it's done" Simba nodded and walked to the edge of the pride rock to look over the land.
Simba waited and waited what seemed like a hour and a half as Sarabi walked out of the cave. Sarabi:" Simba" she whispers "Simba come on in but be quite" Simba quickly ran inside the cave to find her queen cleaning and licking their new born cub wrapped around in her arms. Simba went over and laid down to where he's face to face with Nala and the cub is in the middle of the two nuzzling both cub and Nala. Nala:" say hello to your father, Kopa" Simba caught surprised smiled proudly to hear it's a boy. The small Kopa turned around to see Simba and smiled but closed his eyes still a little weak to stay awake for very long, Nala and Simba smiled proudly then nuzzled each other as they stayed where they are to sleep with full protection on the cub. As they sleep Sarafina, Sarabi and the other lionesses decided to lay down to sleep around the king, queen and the baby cub since the sun was going down anyways adding protection to the three. While they sleep a lioness peeks into the cave Lioness:" hmm, not yet too early, too early" she says in her head backing off and heading back to the side of pride rock.
Another few months later Kopa has grown to where he can, walk, talk, see, and already grown a part of his mane already on the top of his head with the color of brown. The morning sun has risen and for once Simba has been beaten up as young Kopa comes running out of the cave and up pride rock seeing the still dark land as the sun just now peeks out of the horizon. When he turned around to go see if his fathers up he runs into the leg of his father, Kopa looks up Kopa:" oh morning father!" he said cheerfully Simba:" morning Kopa" he said smiling and nuzzling his son. Kopa:" what are you gonna do today?" Simba walks up pride rock with his son next to him Simba:" well I'm gonna show you the kingdom" Kopa:" cool!" he says cheerfully excited as they sit at the edge of pride rock as the sun rises more into the sky lighting up the land. Simba:" Everything the light touches is our kingdom" Kopa:" really?" Simba:" yes, and soon will be yours as king" Kopa:" King?" Simba:" yes like my father once said the new king rises with the sun and soon the sun will set on my time and will rise with you as the new king" Kopa:" so tomorrow I'm king?" Simba laughed:" ha ha ha Kopa".
As they sit at the edge of pride rock with the sun higher in the sky lighting the whole land, Nala walks out of the cave stretching looking around to see her Husband giving their son a look of the kingdom like what Mufasa shown Simba when he was young. Nala smiles proudly as Simba looks behind him to see her smiling then started to walk down the rock like stairs heading towards the waterhole as Kopa sees her, Kopa:" morning mom" Nala she stops and turns to look at him " morning son" she says then continuing the path that leads to the waterhole. Simba walked towards the stairs and started to walk down them as Kopa ran to catch up, they walked to the grass of the pride lands while Simba tells him about the land and the balances Simba:" Once you become king you'll have a important responsibility of keeping the balance of life and peace from the smallest ant to the leaping antelope" Kopa:" but don't we them, the antelope don't we eat them?" Simba:" yes, but let me tell ya, when we die our bodies become the grass and the antelope eats the grass making us all connected in the great circle of life" Zazu flies above and lands in front of Simba on a rock Zazu:" morning sire" Simba:" Zazu I haven't seen you in ages where have you been?" Zazu:" oh I left once Scar was reign I didn't see any point in staying knowing that I'll get eaten alive" Simba:" what made you return?" Zazu:" I heard word that there's a new king around so I was curious on seeing who it was then I recognized Nala at the waterhole said hi to her and told me you were out and around here" Kopa looks at the bird not recognizing him or knowing him.
Kopa:" dad, who's this?" Simba:" Kopa this is Zazu our messenger and alerter throughout the land also a good friend, Zazu this is my son Kopa" Zazu bows greeting him Zazu:" hello young prince Kopa" Kopa:" hi" Zazu:" welp I gotta fly" Simba:" where you going?" Zazu:" to do my job that's not done to give you the morning report later" he says flapping his wings to fly away. Kopa looks around then sees a area in the distance that looks dim with no grass just dry land with what seems like endless rows of bones of elephants and other animals. Kopa:" whoa" he says walking closer getting interested in the sight Simba notices what he sees as he runs getting in front of Kopa and stops him picking him up and carries him away Kopa:" dad I just wanted to see what's over there" Simba puts him down on a rock away from the area " that's beyond our borders which you should never go" Kopa:" but I thought you said everything the light touches is ours?" Simba:" yes, but there's a certain limit of our power that's given to us, and we need to respect it unless strong enough to take on what's thrown at you it's best to stay in the pridelands" Kopa:" what if I am strong enough" Simba chuckled a bit:" You'll understand someday at what I mean" Kopa:" but-" Simba nuzzles him.
Simba:" you'll learn" he says as the sun starts to show evening about to make the sky orange hint of coming night, as Kopa is left by himself but with supervision from Zazu who is on a tree branch keeping an eye on Kopa as he tries to find some sort of fun to do since he's the only cub in the pride while Kopa search for some form of entertainment a lioness in the tall grass distanced away from Kopa or sight from Zazu watching the little cub Lioness:" hmm wait for the right moment at the right time" she says very very quietly as she waited a little bit longer. While she waited another lioness comes walking by the lioness in the grass not seeing her as the lioness in the grass looks to see who it is it turns out to be Kopa's grandmother or Simba's mother Sarabi take a stroll through the pridelands before night fall.
Kopa looks and sees his grandmother Kopa:" hi grandma!" he says running catching up with her, Sarabi stops hearing the voice turning around to look at her grandson smiling Sarabi:" hello Kopa" she says continuing to walk down the path once Kopa caught up. As they walk the lioness in the grass slams the dirt in frustration Lioness:" I should of had him" she growls as she turns around to head back to pride rock knowing the timing isn't correct. Kopa:" so what are you doing out here?" Sarabi:" oh just a nice stroll of land before night, very peaceful and relaxing" she says as a cool soft gust of wind blows around making both of their furs dance around with the wind which makes her remind her of someone as her smile slowly fades looking up at the sky starting to show stars with them sitting in the dusty path with little grass, Kopa notices the emotion of his grandmother's face changed. Kopa:" Something wrong grandma?" She didn't answer the cub for a second then finally looks at him smiling Sarabi:" You didn't know him but if he was here he would be very proud of all of us" Kopa gotten confused Kopa:" who?" Sarabi:" your grandfather" she says trying not to get emotional Kopa:" oh, what happened to him?" Sarabi looks at him:" you'll be told about what happened to him when you get older to understand".
Kopa:" (sigh) no fair, how come everything has to wait when I'm older?" Sarabi chuckled at his pouting question " you sound just like your father when he was young" Kopa:" really?" Sarabi:" oh yes, he wanted to go somewhere and his father or your grandfather wouldn't let him" Kopa:" so let me guess he had to wait until he was older?" Sarabi:" that's what your grandfather said but that didn't stop your father and mother going there" Kopa:" wait mom went with him?" Sarabi nods almost giggling at the memories "yes, she went everywhere with him even if it meant they're gonna get in a lot of trouble, they were best friends since they met when they're the smallest cubs" Kopa thought about it for a second " do you think I'll meet anyone" Sarabi:" what do you mean?" Kopa:" I mean as in meet anyone that will be my best friend" Sarabi:" there will be someone, you just got to be patient" she says as young Kopa yawns.
End of part 8
Nala growled when he spoke " just get out" Simba:" but don't you wan-" Nala:" LEAVE!" she then yells as Simba turned around quickly towards the exit not wanting to argue or fight her leaving the cave. Simba walks to the top of the slanted rock of pride rock wondering what he did wrong, Simba:" what did I do to make her angry?" Sarabi came up behind him sitting next to him hearing the yell from Nala, Simba looked to see who it was Simba:" oh hey mom" Sarabi:" I heard the commotion" Simba:" I don't know she's angry at me for literally nothing, I brought her food, talked to her to keep her company then all of a sudden exploded with anger" Sarabi giggled at what Simba doesn't know of Sarabi:" Simba the best thing you need to do is learn about mood swings" Simba:" about what?" says turning to look at her Sarabi:" mood swings, every pregnant lioness goes through with it, sudden pains and headaches is what makes your emotion go out at someone " Simba is silent listening to what his mother is telling him.
Nala is still having the headache and slight pain but started to slowly go away, once it completely went away Nala went back to her calm self but realized the swing made Simba leave possibly with hurt feelings making her feel very guilty Nala:"(sigh) I'm sorry Simba, he probably hates me right now" then out of nowhere Simba speaks from the entrance of the cave coming in " I do not" Nala:" Simba" she says as he comes closer Nala:" I'm so sorry, I was hurting tremendously and-" she was cut off by the nuzzle of Simba's, Simba:" don't say anymore it's ok, you couldn't control it" Nala didn't want to finish her sentence but the thing she wants to do now is to stay where she is with Simba loving on him with him doing the same to her. Simba then got up to head towards the exit Nala:" please don't leave" Simba:" I'm not I'm just going to get a drink of water and I'll be back as soon as possible" Nala:" ok she says laying her head down as Simba started to sprint to the waterhole.
As soon he left there's a lioness in the shadows of the side of pride rock laying by her self in anger of grudge. Lioness:" Simba king puh, should of been Scar, and rightfully was, wasn't his fault Mufasa wasn't strong enough to climb up" she got up looking at the running Simba to the waterhole lioness:"hmm, oh that's right a new born cub is about to be birth, hmm" she said in a evil thought hum Lioness:" maybe when it is born I shall... Oh yes, Scar if you were here you would be proud of my plan of your revenge, it just takes time" she says looking at Simba running back "it just takes time" she repeats then laughs evilly. Simba comes running by the laying lionesses and up the stairs of pride rock and into the cave to find sleeping Nala. Simba smiles at her Simba:" you look so cute when your sleeping" he says very quietly as he walks over to her and lays down next to her to sleep with her.
One week went by as Nala woken up from her nap to see Simba next to her asleep. Nala felt something moving rapidly inside her which was the unborn cub kicking, Nala smiled but then felt enormous amount of pain making her scream. Nala:" SIMBA OW!!" Simba almost instantly woke up to the scream and agony. Simba:" What's wrong?!" Nala:" It's time, get mom or someone!" Simba panicked at first then ran as fast as he could almost slipping down the stairs and going to where Sarafina and his mother who was with the other lionesses. Simba:" MOM! (pant) SARAFINA!" he yells as he runs making both of them and the lionesses stand up quickly Sarabi:" what is it son?" Simba:" It's Nala (pant) it's time" Sarafina ran towards Nala knowing what he meant as Sarabi followed along with other lionesses and Simba following. Simba walked in the cave Sarabi:" you might want to stand outside son" she says smiling at her son " I'll tell you when it's done" Simba nodded and walked to the edge of the pride rock to look over the land.
Simba waited and waited what seemed like a hour and a half as Sarabi walked out of the cave. Sarabi:" Simba" she whispers "Simba come on in but be quite" Simba quickly ran inside the cave to find her queen cleaning and licking their new born cub wrapped around in her arms. Simba went over and laid down to where he's face to face with Nala and the cub is in the middle of the two nuzzling both cub and Nala. Nala:" say hello to your father, Kopa" Simba caught surprised smiled proudly to hear it's a boy. The small Kopa turned around to see Simba and smiled but closed his eyes still a little weak to stay awake for very long, Nala and Simba smiled proudly then nuzzled each other as they stayed where they are to sleep with full protection on the cub. As they sleep Sarafina, Sarabi and the other lionesses decided to lay down to sleep around the king, queen and the baby cub since the sun was going down anyways adding protection to the three. While they sleep a lioness peeks into the cave Lioness:" hmm, not yet too early, too early" she says in her head backing off and heading back to the side of pride rock.
Another few months later Kopa has grown to where he can, walk, talk, see, and already grown a part of his mane already on the top of his head with the color of brown. The morning sun has risen and for once Simba has been beaten up as young Kopa comes running out of the cave and up pride rock seeing the still dark land as the sun just now peeks out of the horizon. When he turned around to go see if his fathers up he runs into the leg of his father, Kopa looks up Kopa:" oh morning father!" he said cheerfully Simba:" morning Kopa" he said smiling and nuzzling his son. Kopa:" what are you gonna do today?" Simba walks up pride rock with his son next to him Simba:" well I'm gonna show you the kingdom" Kopa:" cool!" he says cheerfully excited as they sit at the edge of pride rock as the sun rises more into the sky lighting up the land. Simba:" Everything the light touches is our kingdom" Kopa:" really?" Simba:" yes, and soon will be yours as king" Kopa:" King?" Simba:" yes like my father once said the new king rises with the sun and soon the sun will set on my time and will rise with you as the new king" Kopa:" so tomorrow I'm king?" Simba laughed:" ha ha ha Kopa".
As they sit at the edge of pride rock with the sun higher in the sky lighting the whole land, Nala walks out of the cave stretching looking around to see her Husband giving their son a look of the kingdom like what Mufasa shown Simba when he was young. Nala smiles proudly as Simba looks behind him to see her smiling then started to walk down the rock like stairs heading towards the waterhole as Kopa sees her, Kopa:" morning mom" Nala she stops and turns to look at him " morning son" she says then continuing the path that leads to the waterhole. Simba walked towards the stairs and started to walk down them as Kopa ran to catch up, they walked to the grass of the pride lands while Simba tells him about the land and the balances Simba:" Once you become king you'll have a important responsibility of keeping the balance of life and peace from the smallest ant to the leaping antelope" Kopa:" but don't we them, the antelope don't we eat them?" Simba:" yes, but let me tell ya, when we die our bodies become the grass and the antelope eats the grass making us all connected in the great circle of life" Zazu flies above and lands in front of Simba on a rock Zazu:" morning sire" Simba:" Zazu I haven't seen you in ages where have you been?" Zazu:" oh I left once Scar was reign I didn't see any point in staying knowing that I'll get eaten alive" Simba:" what made you return?" Zazu:" I heard word that there's a new king around so I was curious on seeing who it was then I recognized Nala at the waterhole said hi to her and told me you were out and around here" Kopa looks at the bird not recognizing him or knowing him.
Kopa:" dad, who's this?" Simba:" Kopa this is Zazu our messenger and alerter throughout the land also a good friend, Zazu this is my son Kopa" Zazu bows greeting him Zazu:" hello young prince Kopa" Kopa:" hi" Zazu:" welp I gotta fly" Simba:" where you going?" Zazu:" to do my job that's not done to give you the morning report later" he says flapping his wings to fly away. Kopa looks around then sees a area in the distance that looks dim with no grass just dry land with what seems like endless rows of bones of elephants and other animals. Kopa:" whoa" he says walking closer getting interested in the sight Simba notices what he sees as he runs getting in front of Kopa and stops him picking him up and carries him away Kopa:" dad I just wanted to see what's over there" Simba puts him down on a rock away from the area " that's beyond our borders which you should never go" Kopa:" but I thought you said everything the light touches is ours?" Simba:" yes, but there's a certain limit of our power that's given to us, and we need to respect it unless strong enough to take on what's thrown at you it's best to stay in the pridelands" Kopa:" what if I am strong enough" Simba chuckled a bit:" You'll understand someday at what I mean" Kopa:" but-" Simba nuzzles him.
Simba:" you'll learn" he says as the sun starts to show evening about to make the sky orange hint of coming night, as Kopa is left by himself but with supervision from Zazu who is on a tree branch keeping an eye on Kopa as he tries to find some sort of fun to do since he's the only cub in the pride while Kopa search for some form of entertainment a lioness in the tall grass distanced away from Kopa or sight from Zazu watching the little cub Lioness:" hmm wait for the right moment at the right time" she says very very quietly as she waited a little bit longer. While she waited another lioness comes walking by the lioness in the grass not seeing her as the lioness in the grass looks to see who it is it turns out to be Kopa's grandmother or Simba's mother Sarabi take a stroll through the pridelands before night fall.
Kopa looks and sees his grandmother Kopa:" hi grandma!" he says running catching up with her, Sarabi stops hearing the voice turning around to look at her grandson smiling Sarabi:" hello Kopa" she says continuing to walk down the path once Kopa caught up. As they walk the lioness in the grass slams the dirt in frustration Lioness:" I should of had him" she growls as she turns around to head back to pride rock knowing the timing isn't correct. Kopa:" so what are you doing out here?" Sarabi:" oh just a nice stroll of land before night, very peaceful and relaxing" she says as a cool soft gust of wind blows around making both of their furs dance around with the wind which makes her remind her of someone as her smile slowly fades looking up at the sky starting to show stars with them sitting in the dusty path with little grass, Kopa notices the emotion of his grandmother's face changed. Kopa:" Something wrong grandma?" She didn't answer the cub for a second then finally looks at him smiling Sarabi:" You didn't know him but if he was here he would be very proud of all of us" Kopa gotten confused Kopa:" who?" Sarabi:" your grandfather" she says trying not to get emotional Kopa:" oh, what happened to him?" Sarabi looks at him:" you'll be told about what happened to him when you get older to understand".
Kopa:" (sigh) no fair, how come everything has to wait when I'm older?" Sarabi chuckled at his pouting question " you sound just like your father when he was young" Kopa:" really?" Sarabi:" oh yes, he wanted to go somewhere and his father or your grandfather wouldn't let him" Kopa:" so let me guess he had to wait until he was older?" Sarabi:" that's what your grandfather said but that didn't stop your father and mother going there" Kopa:" wait mom went with him?" Sarabi nods almost giggling at the memories "yes, she went everywhere with him even if it meant they're gonna get in a lot of trouble, they were best friends since they met when they're the smallest cubs" Kopa thought about it for a second " do you think I'll meet anyone" Sarabi:" what do you mean?" Kopa:" I mean as in meet anyone that will be my best friend" Sarabi:" there will be someone, you just got to be patient" she says as young Kopa yawns.
End of part 8