Lion-O looked over the kingdom he now ruled and let out a pained sigh from his throne room. This is everything he wanted. The recognition, the oeace, the family he made along the way. Yet despite all the good he has done, despite Mumm-Ra no longer being a threat.....he was still lost

He had no Queen....Pumyra, a long dead memory. His friends were scarred from his ten year absence...forced to suffer at the hands of Mumm-Ra. And most important of all....he had no ambitions to rule.

It had been a while since Tigra let go of his role as leader after Lion-O was stuck in the book of Omens for ten years. Lion-O believed Tigra let go of the role so willonglydue in no part to how controversial he was. People didn't want him....they wanted Lion-O. And a part of that vitriol broke Lion-O's heart....while also making him reconsider as he looked down at his claw and sword

["Maybe the prophecy was wrong. Maybe he shouldn't be the one to rule."]

Then another thought popped into his head: [What even IS HE without the throne?]

As his head slumped low in contemplation, he heard familiar footsteps approach