The Lion King: Back to the future
Prologue and chapter 1
Tick-tack, tick-tack, tick-tack, tick-tack, tick-tack, tick-tack, tick-tack…
"October is inventory time, so right now, Statler Toyota is making the best deals of the year on all 1985-model Toyotas. You won't find a better car at a better price with better service anywhere in the Pridelands. That's Statler Toyota in downtown Pridelands," the radio announcer said.
"The Senate is expected to vote on this today. In other news, officials at the Priderock Nuclear research facility have denied the rumour that a case of missing plutonium was in fact stolen from their vault two weeks ago. A hyena terrorist group had claimed responsibility for the alleged theft," said the news lady.
"DRING, DRING, DRING, DRING!," at the sound of the alarm two toasts jumped out of the toaster.
"BEEEP!," the buzzer blared. A can of dog food slid down the machine right into its metal arm. The arm handed the can to an opener. It did its job and the mechanic arm took the can and turned it upside down. The food dropped right into a bowl. The arm continued its job and threw the can into the bin. The door suddenly opened.
"Hey Doc?," a teenager lion appeared on the door. He had a golden coat and a little mane growing out of his head. He came in with a skateboard and put a key under the front door carpet before he entered, "Doc? Hello, anybody home? Einstein, come here, boy!," he whistled as he said that. Einstein was Doc's, better known as Rafiki, mute companion, "What's going on? Oh, jeez. Oh, Great Kings! That is disgusting! Where the hell is he?," he rolled his skateboard under a table and walked over to the big loudspeaker. Not far away there was a yellow electric guitar lying. He took the guitar and connected it to the loudspeaker and turned it on, on the highest level of sound. With sunglasses on his eyes, he took one last big breath and played the guitar. The sound that was coming out of the loudspeaker was so strong, it pushed the teen away, so he went flying through the air. He groaned as he slowly raised his head out of the large pile of papers.
"Whoa!," he took the sunglasses off to have a better look at the damage, "Rock 'n' roll," he added.
"RING, RING, RING, RING!," the red telephone bell rang. The boy knew what to do and answered the phone.
"Yo," he said.
"Simba, is that you?," an old voice said on the other line.
"Hey. Hey, Doc. Where are you?," Simba asked gasping.
"Thank God I've found you! Listen, can you meet me at Priderock Mall tonight at 1:15? I made a major breakthrough and I'll need your assistance," Rafiki asked like he was in hurry.
"Wait a minute. 1:15 in the morning?," Simba tried to put some things together.
"Yeah," he replied.
"Doc what's going on?," he asked confused pulling the telephone wire, "Where have you been all week?,"
"Working," the answer was short enough.
"Where's Einstein? Is he with you?,"
"Yeah, he's right here,"
"You know, Doc, you left your equipment on all week,"
"My equipment. That reminds me, Simba. You better not hook up to the amplifier. There's a slight possibility of overload,"
"Yeah. I'll keep that in mind," Simba said reminding himself of the damage he has done.
"Good. I'll see you tonight. Don't forget now. 1:15 a.m., Priderock Mall,"
"Right," Simba said emotionless. All of a sudden the clocks started chiming.
Tick-tack, tick-tack, tick-tack, tick-tack, tick-tack… Ku-ku, ku-ku, ku-ku…
"Are those my clocks I hear?," Rafiki shouted for better hearing.
"Yeah, it's ," Simba shouted back.
"Perfect! My experiment worked!," Rafiki laughed crazily, "They are all 25 minutes slow!,"
"Wait a minute. Wait a minute, Doc. Are you telling me it's 8.25?," he asked confused.
"Precisely," was his answer.
"Damn! I'm late for school!," he exclaimed and hurried over to the door. He grabbed his skateboard and rushed out.
From the day we arrive on the planet
And blinking, step into the sun
There's more to see than can ever be seen
More to do than can ever be done
There's far too much to take in here
More to find than can ever be found
But the sun rolling high
Through the sapphire sky
Keeps great and small on the endless round
He opened the gate and put his skateboard on the ground. He jumped on it and rushed out on the dangerous street. Luckily there was a blue car nearby and he was able to hold on to it. The leopard in it just turned around and sighed.
It's the Circle of Life
And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the Circle
The Circle of Life
It's the Circle of Life
And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the Circle
The Circle of Life
When the blue car passed near his school, he let go and hurried over to the entrance, but Nala, his girlfriend was waiting for him.
"Nala," he said smiling at her.
"Simba, don't go this way," she gave him a small quick smile, "Banana Beak is looking for you. If you get caught, it'll be four tardies in a row," she added and pulled him away from the entrance.
They ran behind the school, where the yard was and opened the hind door.
"All right, come on. I think we're safe," Nala whispered to Simba who was hiding behind the wall.
"You know, this time it wasn't my fault," Simba said and threw an arm around Nala, "The doc set all his clocks 25 minutes slow," he added.
"Doc?," he heard a voice with quite a British accent. It was the strictest teacher in school, Banana Beak, "Am I to understand you're still hanging around with Dr. Rafiki Brown, McFly? Tardy slip for you, Miss Parker," he said and gave a ticket to Nala. She gave him a glare full of hatred, "And one for you McFly. I believe that makes four in a row. Let me give you a nickel's worth of free advice, young lion. This so called, Dr. Brown is dangerous. He's a real nutcase. You hang around with him, you're gonna end up in big trouble,"
"Ooh. Yes, sir," Simba said sarcastically and rolled his eyes.
"You got a real attitude problem Mr. McFly! You're a slacker. You remind me of your father when he went here. He was a slacker, too,"
"Can I go now, Mr. Banana Beak?," Simba practically laughed in his face and pulled away.
"I noticed your band is on a roster for the dance auditions after school today. Why even bother McFly? You don't have chance! You're too much like your old man! No McFly ever amounted to anything in the history of the Pridelands!," Banana Beak yelled in his face, with his beak only a few inches away from the young lion's muzzle.
"Yeah, well, history's gonna change," Simba replied cockily and went to class.
Wheew! What do you think? Was it good? JJZ-109 what do you think?