Kiara, Kovu, Zazu, Rafiki, Simba and Nala stood at the edge of Pride Rock. All the animals gathered, waiting for a glimpse of the new future queen. Kovu and Kiara had just been crowned king and queen of the pride lands, and their new born cub, Miya, was now the future queen.

Rafiki gently took the small cub and lifted her into the air. The elephants trumpeted, the giraffes swayed their necks and the zebras brayed, rearing up.

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"Hurry up!" Miya whisper-screamed to her best friend, Mohatu. That was the name of her great great great grandfather, the founder of the pride lands, the pride lands which she would one day rule.

"Keep your fur on! I'm coming!" He replied, bouncing after Miya.

"We gotta go faster or Zazu will see us and tell us to go back" she whispered. Mohatu nodded.

"Just where do you think you're going?" Zazu propped down on a rock in front of the cubs, as if on cue.

"Awww, Zazu" they whined in synch.

"You're just like your grandfather and mother before you" he scoffed.

"No fair! You always ruin our fun" Miya pouted.

"Would you like me to tell you a story?" Zazu whispered.

"Yes! Yes please!" The cubs echoed each other.

"Okay. Once upon a time, there were two, little cubs. Around your age. They always got into mischief. And I told them the old, family tradition - it was that best friends always got married - just like the Great Mufasa and Sarabi before them. They were disgusted" Zazu was cut mid-way through the story.

"Ewww. Gross! I'm not marrying him!" Miya and Mohatu denied in unison, except Mohatu replaced the "him" with a "her".

Zazu shook his head.

"Then, a terrible accident happened, killing one of the cubs' father. His evil uncle then made the cub think he was a murderer, so the cub ran away. Years later, the other cub came across the him. There was a happy reunion and they were in love instantly. Oh, if only they believed me when they were cubs" Zazu shook his head at the last remark.

"They returned to the devastated pridelands, became king and queen and had a cub. That cub was none other than queen Kiara" he finished. The cubs had their mouths wide open.

"Now, the ending is also due for you two. You will fall in love. Trust me"

"Never! Ewwww! Yuck!"

Zazu sighed. "I'll leave you to it" he then flew off.

"That was weird" Miya remarked.

"Yeah, it was" Mohatu replied.

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It had been three years since Zazu's weird story, and the cubs had all grown up (one human year is equivalent to 7 cat/lion years).

"I never believed Zazu" Miya smiled as she leant on Mohatu's shoulder.

"Nor did I" he returned.

The same process went by as when Miya was named princess. Surely enough, Miya and Mohatu had not one cub, but two. Two, twins- Thamani and Hakuta (a mix of Hakuna and Matata). Rafiki raised both at the same time, the animals below roaring in celebration.

Zazu was always right.