i am kovu.Now I will tell the story of how I met Kiara. I was just strolling about as I used to, and then she litterally bumbed into me! I got offensive, prepared to defend my land from this stranger. I growled at her, and she moved back and forth in front of me, looking very frightend. I got confused, and asked her what she was doing. She explained that her dad had told her never to turn her back to an Outlander. I mocked her and told her if she always did as she was told. She denied it, but I did`nt believe her.I told her that Outlanders did`nt need anybody, and that I could take care of myself. Kiara was clearly impressed, and it seemed she wanted to know more. I sat down on what I believed to be a log floating in the water. Kiara followed me, and the inayofuata I knew we were being attacked kwa at least fifteen huge, green monsters with snapping jaws! I

Trying to make a deversion, I almost got eaten! Kiara saved me, and me both made ut to solid ground. Kiara was thrilled with all the exitement. I learned later on that she had lived a very protected life.Then we introduced ourselves, and Kiara started jumping arouns and wanted to play. I did`nt understand what she was doing. I never played with my siblings, we just fought for fun. I must have been looking like a complete idiot, and Kiara looked at me and asked: “Whats wrong with you? Don`t wewe know how to play?” Then she looked a little sad before she started growling at me and wanted to start a fight for fun.

This I knew, and I was about to jump at her when Simba appeared out of the blue. My mother emerged from the nyasi in which she had been hiding, spying on Kiara and me. Simba threatened Zira, and walked over to Kiara, and carried her kwa the scruff of her neck. Zira turned to them and proclaimed that this was only the beginning. Then she walked over to me, picked me up and carried me home. Kiara whispered a sad goodbye. None of us knew that we were going to meet again.That’s the story of how she and I met. When I first met Kiara, I didn’t think she was bad at all. She seemed like a nice girl, and I thought that she might be my friend. But my mother used that thought to make a plan. A plan on how we could get back all that was taken from us. I tried to tell her that I would`nt like to be used like a piece in a game of chess. But my mother just told me to be quiet, and then she sang me a lullaby.

Kiara and I grew up, in different environments, in not so similar ways. When Kiara set out on her first hunt, Nuka and Vitani started a fire. Kiara was desperate trying to escape the flames. She fainted, and I came to her rescue. It was all a part of a plan to make Simba approve of me, and let me stay at Pride Rock. That way I could get close to him, and kill him once I had a chance. That was the plan, but I failed to do as I was told. My feelings for Kiara grew stronger with each passing day. I taught her how to hunt properly, and we gazed at the stars together. It was wonderful! Kiara made me happy. But at the same time I could`nt hide the fact that I was supposed to kill her father! I never told her. I was trying to, but I failed several times. When I was walking with Simba, the Outlanders suddenly attacked us. Zira alisema that she and I had been planning this the whole time, and ofcourse Simba believed her. He got injured, and I got blamed. When I returned to Pride Rock to ask Simba for forgiveness, he banished me from the Pride Lands. I ran away, and wandered alone for hours. It got dark, and then I saw her. Kiara was sitting on a henge, crying. I walked over to her, and we were as happy as we could be.

I wanted to run away together with Kiara and start a pride of our own, but Kiara told me that if we left, the two prides would never be reunited. I realized that she was right. In the meantime, the Outlanders had started a war. Kiara and I ran to stop them. It was time for Vitani and me to stand up to our mother, and stand up for what we believed in. Zira told me that I was nothing zaidi then a big coward, and she even threatened Vitani with killing her if she didn’t want to fight. But Vitani didn’t care, she just walked over to Kiara and Simba. I have never been so proud of her as I was that day. Finally, Simba accepted me and the two prides was whole once again.