Forbidden Love

Undesired News

Hi there! So this is my first Lion King/Lion Guard fanfic that I'm posting here on Wattpad, so I hope I won't disappoint my readers lol :P Please do vote and comment on my story here, I welcome all kinds of criticism and I'll definitely appreciate them :) So without further ado, please enjoy the story! :D

Disclaimer: The Lion Guard and The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride characters all belong to Disney and its associates. I own nothing but the plot.

Forbidden Love

Chapter 1: Undesired News

It had been exactly two weeks since the events that unified the Lions of the Outlands together with the Lions of the Pridelands, which all started when Zira, the now-deceased, former leader of the Outlands' Lions plotted to kill Simba and take over his reign to conquer the entire Pridelands herself. Unfortunately for the ambitious, evil lioness, fate chose to be cruel to her that day, and she eventually found herself falling to her death into a rapid-flowing river during a horrendous battle between the two prides of lions.

And with Zira gone, the lionesses of her faction defected and were eventually welcomed to live in the Pridelands with Simba's blessing, which he had done so in Kiara's honour. Zira's death wasn't the only good news that spread across the Pridelands; animals from all over the Serengeti had the opportunity to gather at Pride Rock to witness the union between Kiara, Princess of the Pridelands and Simba's heiress, and Kovu, the youngest son of Zira and is now Kiara's mate and Simba's son-in-law.

The following couple of weeks to come since that fateful day have been rather peaceful, as the Outlands Lions eventually settled down and were getting along just fine at their new home at Pride Rock. With Kovu as her mate, Kiara's life had never been happier. Simba and his mate, Nala, too had enjoyed the peaceful retreat of the following weeks, as order was once again restored over the Pridelands.

One particular morning, just as the Sun had began to rise, two animals were seen walking across the vast Acacia grazing grounds and heading towards Pride Rock; an elderly mandrill and a young adult Lion. The mandrill was Rafiki, a mysterious old shaman who, despite his senile-like mannerisms, was considered the wisest being and the sage of the entire Pridelands, and whom also happened to be a close friend of the Royal family. The young Lion was Kion, the young Prince of the Pridelands, Simba's heir and leader of the respected Lion Guard, a band of five animals who had sworn to protect the Pridelands with their lives.

Kion had formed the Guard when he was a cub, after it was discovered that he possessed a special ability known as the 'Roar of the Elders', which, when applied, will instil a huge amount of power to his roar and would in turn have a destructive effect to whomever or whatever it was aimed at. In his years of growing up, Kion had to use the 'Roar' quite a few times, most of which were used as a last resort to fend off enemies. Of course with great power comes with great responsibilities, and as such, the young Lion was always training to discipline himself whenever he had the time, either on his own or with the help of Rafiki. And on that morning, Kion had just finished his daily meditation session with Rafiki at the mandrill's baobab tree-home and were now heading back to Pride Rock.

"I must say, Kion, your focus and attention have proven to be much sharper than usual this morning!" Rafiki exclaimed to the young Lion in his thick African accent.

"Heh, what can I say, Rafiki? I learnt from the best!" Kion replied as he grinned at the mandrill. "That journey that you forced me and the rest of the Guard to go on sure changed us a lot!"

The 'journey' that Kion was referencing to was actually a task assigned by Rafiki to the members of the Lion Guard exactly two weeks ago. The old mandrill had met with the Guard at their lair and tasked them to climb to the highest point of Mount Kilimanjaro and visit the eternal resting place of the founding members of the Lion Guard, which, according to Rafiki, was a ritual that every subsequent generations of the Lion Guard had to adhere to. The journey itself proved to be a very daunting task, and it took Kion and the Guard five whole days to complete it.