Anana Banana

By corset-rebellion-follower

Disclaimer: I don't own TLK

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A/N: Hey everyone! Congradulations, you've successfully found what I think is going to be a pretty good story! I hope. Anyway, this is my first Lion King fic, and I'm struggling in my other areas of Fanfictionland, so I'm not only writing this for your pleasure and mine, I'm doing it to fuel my dwindling fanfiction life. So here's for the best! This chapter is in my OC's POV, but I don't want to reveal her name yet, you have to read the whole chapter, silly! Enjoy!

Chapter 1- Name Pronunciations

It's day 182. My current status: bored out of my brains and in the middle of nowhere. The only way this could get worse is if a pack of hyenas jumped me.

My eyes widened a little. There weren't hyenas watching me now, were there? I did a quick once-over of the area, just to be sure. Nothing except dirt, grass, sky. Curse my insecurity about being eaten! I'm a meerkat, for heavens sake, not a turtle hiding in its shell! And I'm not getting any closer to food or water by just standing here. I sighed and made my way further into the savannah. Not that I wasn't used to it. I've been staring at the same landscape for three out of the six months I had been wandering, maybe longer. I'm so used to it that the lush watering hole over there is like a pimple on the landscape.

Wait a minute… watering hole?

I rubbed my eyes. The watering hole was still there, complete with trees and other animals.

No, don't fall for it; it's just a mirage. Like all the other mirage watering holes I've seen and passed up. I turned my back to the watering hole and started my way in the other direction. No mirage makes a fool out of me! And it doesn't matter that I haven't had any water since I found that puddle three hours ago…

I looked back at the watering hole. It's at least worth looking at. Just to confirm that it's a mirage.

Running in the other direction, I got closer and closer to the glistening, clear water. It wasn't a mirage, it was real, and I was going to feel great as I jumped in and got completely soaked.

But there was one problem.

I was so focused on the water that I didn't see the herd of elephants already sipping at it. So when I reached the watering hole, I smashed into one of the elephant's legs.

It trumpeted in surprise and reeled backward a little. The other elephants were startled and looked around for what could have caused their friend to go nuts. And they saw little old me, sitting on the ground and rubbing my head. My eyes went wide as they all stared at me crossly. I scrambled to get up, but one of the elephants picked me up with its trunk and brought me up to eye level. By the way, did I mention I'm afraid of heights?

"Well, I think we found the problem, girls. A meerkat with no manners," the elephant said, squinting at me.

My throat tensed up. "Um, well, you see, this was all a big mistake…" I stuttered, struggling in the elephants grasp.

"You're kidding me, Tunica. A meerkat that isn't cowering underground? No way," objected the elephant next to "Tunica".

"See for yourself." Tunica passed me to the elephant next to her. She looked at me for a few seconds.

"Well take my tusks and use 'em to make a piano, it is a meerkat. I've never seen one from this close before. They usually see you and run for cover!" All the elephants started laughing. Since they were all consumed with their ridiculing laughter, I tried wriggling out of the elephant's grasp. I finally got out, but the elephant just caught me again and tightened her grip.

"And where do you think you're going?" she asked.

"You see, I just came to get some water, I didn't notice you guys at all, and…"

"Yeah, you can say that again. Crashing into Tunica and not even apologizing for it? Didn't they teach you how to behave when you were cowering underground?" she asked. I sighed and looked to the ground, which seemed farther away than ever. That was the legacy of the meerkat, the scaredy-cats of the savannah.

"Aww, look, she's ashamed. Poor thing. Maybe we should let her go," proposed another.

It was silent for a split second, and my heart rose in anticipation. Well, that all crashed and burned when they burst out laughing again. "Oh, that was a good one, Rasheeya!" said Tunica between laughs.

"I know, I know, I'm good!" Rasheeya agreed. They finished their laughter and started passing me around, as if I were an object.

"Dang, she's kinda puny, even for a meerkat," one said.

"Yeah, and look at the color of her fur, she's got to be overheated," said another.

It was true about my fur color. It was extremely dark, like the color of the seeds of the coffee plant after they've been in the sun long enough. A dark, deep brown.

"Maybe we should cool her off a little." Tunica grabbed hold of me and threw me behind her and straight into the watering hole. It wasn't exactly the refreshing feeling I had been hoping for earlier, since I did a belly flop as I hit the cold water. I quickly swam to the surface and pulled myself out. My dark fur was matted to my forehead, and it looked even darker with the water soaking it. Before I could get away, Tunica grabbed me and lifted me up again.

"Better?" she asked in a sugary-sweet voice. I didn't answer, I merely coughed out some of the water that was lodged in my throat.

"Maybe she needs another dip." My eyes got wide again and I froze in terror. I could not go in that water again. Just as Tunica was about to chuck me back, a strong voice addressed her.

"Is there a problem here, ladies?" I tried to turn to see who it was, but Tunica's grip was too tight. Whoever was stepping in was my Savior.

"Uh… no, of course not." Tunica dropped me to the ground and I hit it with a thud.

"Good. Then you'd better be on your way," The voice said calmly. I didn't open my eyes, not wanting to see an elephant foot coming down on me. I did hear the sounds of the elephants stomping away. "Are you alright?"

I sat up and opened my eyes. It took a moment for me to get adjusted to the bright sunlight after squeezing my eyes shut so tightly. And I saw a lion staring back down at me.

My first reaction: I screamed.

This was it I knew it was the end. My last living memories would be of taunting elephants and being a lion's snack. "Whoa, whoa, calm down, it's ok," the lion said soothingly.

Second reaction: I begged for mercy.

"Please, please don't eat me. I… I didn't mean to stumble in on your territory or anything, I swear! I just came to get some water, and…"

I looked up at the lion.

He wasn't moving to attack. He wasn't getting ready to pounce. He wasn't even standing up. He was sitting, in fact, he was smiling at me. What in the name of the Circle of Life is going on here? Isn't he supposed to be devouring my flesh by now?

"Are you done now?" he asked kindly. I just nodded a little, now frozen in fear of what he would do next. Would he tear off my skin and eat me like corn-on-the-cob, or would he just swallow me whole? He nudged me with one of his paws. "You alright?" I snapped out of it and looked up at him in confusion.

"Ok, what kind of crazy lion are you? Usually I'd already be served up on a platter next to a side of zebra," I said disbelievingly. The lion chuckled. A lion was chuckling at me. Is he crazy or is it just me?

"I'm not going to eat you. But I did see you nearly drown. Are you alright?" he asked. I nodded and coughed up some more water.

"We should probably get you dried off and something to eat. Do you trust me enough to follow me?" he asked. I nodded and stood up, swaying a little. He steadied me with his paw and stood up. I flinched a little out of instinct, and he chuckled again.

"So, what's your name, crazy lion?" I asked.

"Simba. And do I have the pleasure of knowing yours?" he asked.

"Anana," I introduced.

"Anana? That's an interesting name," Simba commented.

I stopped and stood in front of him, blocking his path. "No, no, no, you're pronouncing it wrong. It's Ah-nah-nah, not A-nana. And if you're going to continue pronouncing it like I'm a babysitter, then we have no more reason to speak to each other." I turned swiftly in the other direction and started walking off. Simba placed a paw in front of my path.

"Sorry, Ah-nah-nah, I didn't mean to. I'll pronounce your name right from now on," Simba said. I nodded in satisfaction.

"That's more like it."

A/N: Ok, end chapter 1! Was it good? Bad? Funny? Not really that funny? Leave me your comments in reviews or PMs, I drink those up like Diet Pepsi. Please review!