Name: Saka

Meaning: hunter

Gender: male

Age: depends on use

Personality: unlike his siblings Saka is quite quiet and doesn't get into trouble very often. Sometimes other cubs call him mean names but he doesn't care about that. He would often stay near his mother and would chat with her about different things since she was the only one who understood him.

Parents: Nala and Kovu

Siblings: Kiara and Kopa

Likes: playing, staying with his mother, 

Dislikes: getting bored, Simba, getting dirty other cubs calling him names

Mate: none

Cubs: none 

Friends: none

History: It was at the time that Kovu just joined the pridelanders that Nala got interested in him. Usually she would come out of the cave and spend some time with Kovu. A few days after Kovu's first night at priderock Nala found out that she was pregnant. She couldn't hide that so she told Simba that HE was the father. When Nala told Kovu about that they decided to keep it a secret and never tell anyone who the true father was. When the war started it was really hard for her since it was getting close to her giving birth and fighting wasn't the best thing to do at a time like that. She tried to avoid any outlanders but Vitani got her. She managed to survive that but did the cub? Soon after the outlanders joined the pridelanders Nala gave birth to a cub. All the pride members were surprised at what they saw cuddled in Nala's paws. Unlike Kopa and Kiara the cub was darker but with Nala's beautiful eyes. Nala told Simba that there is a chance that someone from their families could have been an outlander and that's the reason why he looked like that. After a short while Simba decided to believe her.

As the cub became older he never really played with other cubs who were the same age as him. Nala tried to get him some friends but they would just start calling him names. After a while she gave up and decided to let Saka decide what he wanted to do. He normally stayed around his mother or any of the other lionesses. Saka always wondered why Simba was so cold to him, he didn't do anything to make that happen so he always thought that it was because he was too outlander-like unlike Kiara or Kopa. Sometimes Kovu would take Saka away and spend some time with him. Kovu was like a big brother to him so he enjoyed playing with him. 

When he became a young teen he got a crush on a young lioness. She was just perfect for him but he knew that he didn't have a chance since the only way he could be with her was by defeating Jabari, her crush. One day while he was resting near priderock Jabari came up to him. "Oh so who do we have here? A little hair ball. Even a mouse can beat you!" Saka stood up but before he could leave Jabari decided to say more "Oh we made the little hairball sad aww, go tell your daddy" That was it. Jabari couldn't hold it anymore. He attacked Jabari. The fight went on until another lioness called Simba and Nala. Even Nala looked as if she didn't want to see him. "So you ARE a real lion Saka" He looked around and saw Kovu standing behind him. "You did a good job, I think you're ready" He was confused about what Kovu meant but he followed him. But when they finally got to the place Saka became even more confused. "Um Kovu, why did you take me here? These are the outlands so why would we be here?" "You'll be training here. Since Simba doesn't want to do that I will."

As time went on Saka became stronger from the training and he would be away all day. One night his mother called him. They left the cave where Kovu was sitting. "Saka we have to tell you something..." His mother whispered "Is something wrong mother? And why is Kovu here?" "Why can't your father be here?" Kovu asked. It took a few seconds for Saka to realize what the older male just said. "B-but Simba?! You told me that he's my father! How can this be?!" Saka didn't know what to say. It's true that he was similar to Kovu but he wouldn't think that HE was his father. "Saka if we would tell Simba and Kiara then there was a chance that Simba would kill you... we tried to protect you..." Nala said. It took a long time until he finally got over the fact that most of his life he was told a lie but he did it. He promised his mother and his true father that he wouldn't tell Kiara or Simba even if he wanted to. He didn't speak with any of them for days. Many pride members asked him about that but the only thing that he said was "I'm just not in a good mood today" and nothing else.

TLK related: Nala's and Kovu's son

Design and render: Newt (thank you so much for him!)