All the lions were cheering as they were reunited with their friends. Timon just stood their in shock.

"Where'd you come from!?" Nala asked.

"It's great to see ya!"

"It's great to see you!"

"Hey! What's going on here?" Timon asked.

"What are you doing here?!" Simba asked.

"What do you mean 'What am I doing here?' What are you doing here!?"

"HEY! WHAT'S GOING ON HERE!?" Simba and Nala looked at him as they stopped talking.

"Timon, this is Nala. She's my best friend."

"Friend!?"

"Yeah!"

Timon looked at Bliss and Sonic.

"And who is this!?"

"This is also one of my friends, Sonic!"

"Nice to meet you." Sonic said.

"Hey Pumbaa! Come over here!" Simba said as Pumbaa was able to get himself free.

"Huh?"

"Nala, this is Pumbaa. Pumbaa, Nala."

"Please to make your acquaintance." Pumbaa said.

"Pleasures all mine." Nala said.

"Pumbaa, this is Sonic."

"Nice to meet you Pumbaa."

"Same to you buddy!"

"Whoa! Whoa! Time out! There's so much going on! So let me get this straight!"

Timon looked at Sonic and Bliss.

"So, you know each other right?"

"Yup. He also used to be a hedgehog but I guess this place turned him into a lion."

"I can tell it did the same to you. You do look great though."

Bliss blushed a bit.

"Thanks."

Timon looked at Simba and Nala.

"You know her, she knows you, but she wants to eat him." Timon said as he pointed at Pumbaa.

"And everyone's ok with this? DID I MISS SOMETHING?!"

"Relax Timon." Simba said.

"Yeah. It's just a friendly reunion." Bliss said as she sat down.

"Heh. Sounds like he's not the chilliest Meerkat." Sonic said with a chuckle.

"Wait til I tell everyone you've been here all this time! And your mother, what would she think?" Nala asked.

"She doesn't have to know. Nobody has to know."

"Of course they do. Everyone thinks you're dead."

"Really?"

"Wait what?" Bliss was almost as shocked at Simba.

"Yeah. Scar told us about the stampede." Nala said sadly.

"He did? What else did he tell you?"

"What else matters? You're alive. And that means.... you're the King!"

"King!?" Timon and Sonic said at the same time.

"What!?" Bliss was once again shocked but then she remembered what Scar said to Simba.

*Flashback*

"But the King is dead and if it weren't for you, he'd still be alive."

*Flashback ended*

"That was his father that tried to save him and he was the King. So that means he's...a prince." Bliss said in her thoughts as she looked at Simba shocked.

"King? Your majesty! I will grabble up your feet." Pumbaa said as he kissed his feet.

"Stop that!" Simba said.

"It's not grabble. It's grapple. And don't. He's not the King....are you?"

"No!"

"Simba!"

"No! I'm not the King! Maybe I was gonna be but, that was a long time ago."

"Let me get this straight. You're the King!? And you haven't even told us?"

"Look, I'm still the same guy."

"But with power!"

"Could you guys excuse us for a few minutes?" Nala asked.

"Well whatever she has to say, she can say it in front of us, right Simba?" Timon asked.

"Hmm... Maybe you better go."

Timon looked at him surprised.

"It starts... you think you know a guy." Timon said as he walked away with Pumbaa.

Bliss walked towards Simba and said,

"We'll be here if you need anything."

"Thanks." Bliss smiled and walked away with Sonic.

"It's so good to see you again Sonic."

"Same with you Bliss. What happened while you were here?" Bliss told him everything and he was surprised.

"Man. That must of been pretty rough."

"Yeah. It was. But he's been better since Timon and Pumbaa took care of him. What about you?"

"I ended up at a place called the Pride Lands and I met Nala. She told me a bit about Simba but she didn't want to talk to much since she thought he was dead."

"After awhile, everyone was starting to get hungry but there was no food or water so Nala went to go find help. I wanted to go help too but I lost track of her after awhile until we came here."

"Wow. I'm so sorry to hear that."

"Hey. Don't sweat it. At least we have each other." Bliss smiled and hugged him as he hugged back.

Bliss lifted her head and saw Timon with a frustrated face as he watched Simba and Nala walk away.

"I tell you Pumbaa. It sticks!"

"Oh sorry."

"Not you. Them! Him, her, alone!"

"What's wrong with that?"

"Problems little meerkat?" Sonic asked as they standing by them.

"Problem? Oh! No problem! No problem at all! Except for the one where this girl shows up out of nowhere and gets in the way with our friendship with Simba!"

"Hey. It's not like that at all. They haven't seen each other in a long time and just wanted to reconnect. Which reminds me that me and Sonic have to do the same."

"Yeah so we'll be back later."

"What!? But..." Bliss and Sonic already began to walk away.

"Great! Now we lost two friends." Timon crossed his arms.

Pumbaa just looked at the direction that Simba and Nala went to as they were now gone.

Later, Timon and Pumbaa were by the waterfall, losing hope that their friendship with their new friends might be ending but suddenly, they heard arguing.

"You think you can just show up and tell me how to live my life!? You don't even know what I've been through!"

"I would if you just told me!"

"Forget it!"

"Fine!" Nala looked away in anger as Simba walked away from her.

"Aha! We did it! We split them up!" Timon said in happiness as he chased after Simba.

"And... that's a good thing?" Pumbaa asked himself in confusion as he followed him.

"Uh he seems to be taking it kinda hard."

"Yeah but things will work out for us. I mean for him."

"Hey Timon! Hey Pumbaa!"

They turned their heads and saw Bliss who was smiling at them.

"Hey Bliss!" Pumbaa said.

"Where's the blue lion?" Timon asked.

"He went to get a drink of water. I heard arguing over here. Is everything ok?"

"Oh everything is great! They are not longer together and we split them up!"

"You did what?"

"Look at the bright side, nothing is gonna take out boy away now!"

Bliss looked up ahead and saw that Simba was looking at the sky.

"I'm gonna go check on him." Bliss said as she ran into the field.

"Bliss! Come back!" Timon said.

"Maybe we should leave them alone for awhile and get some sleep."

"Yeah I guess you're right. Let's go." They began to walk away.

"Where are you going? Where's are the others?" Sonic asked as he walked towards them.

"Oh. Nala ran off somewhere and Bliss is with Simba. They are chatting for a bit and we're gonna head to bed." Timon said.

"I guess I'll join you guys. I am getting tired." Sonic followed them as they walked away.

Bliss slowly walked towards Simba slowly as she saw he was now staring at the pond with a monkey holding a stick.

Bliss was now beside Simba and rubbed her head against him. Simba looked at her as she moved her head back.

"You ok?"

"Yeah. Just had a rough moment with Nala. I rather not talk about it though."

"Who's this?" Bliss asked as she looked at Rafiki.

"Some monkey that knows my father. He said he's still alive but he only brought me to the pond." Bliss looked at the pond.

"That is your father Simba! Trust me!" Rafiki said.

Bliss looked back and forth confused.

"That's not my father. It's just my reflection."

"No. Look harder." Simba looked again and noticed his reflection changing.

Bliss watched as well.

"You see? He lives in you."

Simba was surprised until he heard a familiar voice.

"Simba..."

What's gonna happen next? Find out on Chapter 5. Have a good day. Author out ❤️❤️❤️