The hot sun rise into sky above the meerkat colony, miles away from mighty Pridelands. A caw from a hawk monetarily interrupted the solemn proceedings occurring below.
" Timon Berkowitz, you have been found guilty of recklessly endangering the colony. Your sentence is banishment.", stated the wizened, old meerkat. " Take the convicted to the edge of the territory and release him." Timon's mother tearfully hugged her son, little more than a pup, for what would likely be the last time. " Good bye, my son."
" Good bye, Ma.", Timon said, barely concealing his own tears. The guards pulled the young meerkat away from his mother and began marching towards the border. Eventually, after walking for what seemed like hours, the group halted. " This is the border.", the leader stated. " You come back arcoss it on pain of death." With that, the guards marched back to their burrows, leaving Timon to continue his journey away from his old home in solitude.
Meanwhile, another young creature, a red skinned warthog piglet, ran for life from an irate lioness. " Halt in the name of King Ahadi!", she roared. The warthog continued his attempts to escape the predator, dashing through the tall grasses of the plains. Panting, he began to tire as he had been running for the better part of the day. " All this because I drank from some puddle that supposedly such inferior beings like me aren't allowed?", he thought with disbelief. Momentarily distracted by his thoughts, he tripped on a stone and began to roll down the hill.