Here's my next Lion King fic! I was working on a few chapters while still publishing "Down the Foodchain We Go", but I only upload one story at a time. That's just my way.

Full Summary: Simba, Nala, Shenzi, Banzai, Ed and T are turned into human-like beings, and I say 'human-like' because they have human bodies but keep their original faces (and they keep their fur too, but it looks like a skin tone). But to the humans they have to live with, they look just like regular people (who act quite strangely). I'm not saying anymore though.

Now, I don't want to spoil anything, but some authors you might know appear in this fic. Also, there are a lot of scenes with my OC in it. If you don't know who "T" is, read my story "All Switched Up!" before reading this. For those of you who do know about my OC and everything, enjoy this fanfic!

It was a hot day in the Serengetti, and all the animals were doing everything they could think of to cool off, including a few animals we all know and love.

"Man, I just gotta get me some water. I'm so hot, I feel like I could fry an egg on my brain." Banzai complained.

"What brain?" Shenzi said. At this, Shenzi and Ed laughed and Banzai was annoyed.

"Are you sure we checked all the water holes?" T asked Shenzi.

"Yep. An' they're all either over-crowded or dried up." Shenzi replied. Ed whimpered pathetically, he was very thirsty.

"Hey shut up Ed! You ain't the only one who's dehydratin' around here!" Banzai snapped, apparently the heat was getting him more steamed than usual.

"Ok ok knock it off!" Shenzi said.

"Look I think I saw a cave somewhere off from the Pridelands. Maybe there's some drippy pointy thangs hangin' on the roof, that might be drippin' off water." Shenzi said.

"You're talking about stalagtites." T stated. Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed just looked at her confusedly.

"The drippy pointy things." she said.

"And anyway I don't know if that's such a good idea. I mean it's dripping off some kinda rock formation and the water'll either be full 'a minerals that'll be good for us, or full 'a lead or some other toxin that'll most likely kill us." T finished.

"You got a better idea?" Shenzi said. T was quiet.

"Well unless you wanna shrivel up like a snail mixed with salt, let's get goin' already!" Shenzi finished as she walked in the direction of the cave, Banzai and Ed following her. T watched them for a minute, then reluctantly followed as well.

Meanwhile...

"I hope the rains come soon." Nala said as she and Simba laid out under some shade on Priderock, Timon and Pumbaa beside them.

"I don't think the pride can last much longer." she finished.

"Don't worry, everything's gonna be fine." Simba reassured her.

"Let's all hope, look at me, I'm skin an' bones over here!" Timon said, lying on his back.

"Ya look the same ta me." Pumbaa said, who was lying on his stomach.

"Oh sure, you can say that seein' as how you haven't been shrunken down to size by this drought since it started!" Timon said.

"Why doncha just throw me ta some nearby predator and save mother nature the trouble?" he continued, getting a little delirious.

"Sorry Timon, but the only nearby predators around here for the moment are hyenas, and they don't eat meerkats anymore." Simba said, though smiling.

"Oy." Timon said, putting a hand up to his forehead.

"Why did I ever help 'em in the first place?" he said to himself, remembering that little episode he had with Shenzi and Banzai awhile back.

"What was that Timon?" Pumbaa asked him.

"Uh, nothin'!" Timon quickly said. For awhile, the four were quiet.

"Simba." Nala said turning her head in her paws, looking in his direction.

"Yeah?" Simba said, looking in her direction.

"I was just thinking...isn't there a cave somewhere off from here that has water dripping from the roof?" Nala said.

"Water?" Timon said.

"Yeah but we don't know what could be in it." Simba replied to Nala.

"Who cares?! As long as it's clear an' wet, I'll drink it!" Timon said.

"Timon it could poison everybody." Simba said.

"He's right Timon. Drinking something when you don't know what it is can be dangerous. You wouldn't want everybody to get sick, would you?" Pumbaa asked his friend. Timon was silent.

"Uh, tell ya what though. How about me and Nala go see if the water's alright? If it is, we'll come back and everybody can have a nice long drink." Simba said.

"Sounds good ta me!" Timon said, an eager expression on his face.

"Be back in a minute." Simba said, then he and Nala went off in the direction of the cave.

After a few minutes of walking, Shenzi, Banzai, Ed and T reached the cave.

"This it?" Banzai, Ed and T asked Shenzi, Ed asking her in gibberish.

"Yep." Shenzi replied. Suddenly, the four heard a twig snapping to their right. They looked over, and saw Simba and Nala emerging from the tall grass.

"What're you guys doin' here?" T asked them.

"We might be here for a drink." Nala replied.

"Hey, you guys can get your own cave!" Banzai said.

"First of all we don't even know if it's safe to drink yet. And second of all if it is I'm sure there's plenty for everybody. Or would you all like to go back to the Graveyards again?" Simba said.

The trio's eyes widened, and (all but T) reluctantly but annoyedly growling, backed away from the entrance letting Simba and Nala enter first. Then the four followed after them.

After taking a few steps inside, Nala looked to her right and saw some cave paintings on the wall. She stopped for a minute but everybody else kept going, except for Simba and T who stopped when Nala stopped, both puzzled when she did.

"Simba, get over here." Nala said glancing back at him.

"What?" Simba said as he and T walked up to her.

"Look." Nala said, looking at the walls.

"Wow." Simba said after looking at the drawings.

"Whaddya think they mean?" T said.

"Hey, are you three comin' or what?!" came Shenzi's voice. T instinctively ran to Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed. Simba and Nala looked in their direction but stayed where they were.

"Well?" Shenzi said to the two lions when T reached her, Banzai and Ed.

"We're coming." Simba and Nala said after a pause. After walking a little more though, darkness started to consume them.

"Oh no." Nala said.

"Yeah, tough luck for you two." Banzai said.

"Good luck findin' any water though." Shenzi said to them, then she and the other two started to laugh. T was too busy walking further into the cave to hear Shenzi's comment. After taking a few more steps, she felt something wet under her paw. She looked down and saw a puddle at her feet.

"Hey guys, I found some." she said to Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed. The trio quickly came over to her and looked down at the puddle. Ed laughed happily while Shenzi and Banzai licked their lips. Just as they were about to dip their muzzles in the liquid, Simba and Nala stopped them.

"Wait a minute." the two lions said.

"What?!" the trio said annoyedly.

"We don't know if it's alright or not." Nala said. Shenzi and Banzai looked at the two lions annoyedly, then turned their heads towards Ed.

"Ed, take a sip." they told him. Ed's eyes widened and he quickly smacked his paws onto his muzzle, covering it.

"We are not using Ed as a test subject." Simba and Nala said.

"Yeah, leave the animal testing to the humans." T said, with a cold tone at 'humans'.

"Again with the humans." Shenzi and Banzai said, rolling their eyes.

"Hey, I can't help it if my parents were killed early in my life." T said.

"So were mine, but ya don't hear me talkin' about Scar all the time." Shenzi remarked.

"Alright alright." Nala said, trying to stop an agrument before it started.

"I'll see if it's ok." she said, looking down at the puddle.

"Nala-" Simba started to say.

"I won't drink it until I'm sure." she cut him off. Then she looked down at the water again, then slowly lowered her head down to it. She sniffed at it a few times, then slightly dipped her paw in it, and brought it up to her face. She didn't see anything that looked toxic.

Finally, Nala lowered her head down to the water and took a few small sips. The other five waited for something to happen, but nothing went wrong. Nala showed no signs of pain or illness.

"It's safe." Shenzi and Banzai concluded. Then without a second thought they and Ed quickly brought their heads down to the water and drunk as much as they could. T shrugged her shoulders and joined them. Simba and Nala took a few laps as well.

The water was a complete relief. The cave was a little dark though and sometimes somebody got a little water up their nose and it did have a sort of mineral taste to it, but it was cool and as far as they could make out, clean, so they happily lapped up what they could.

After finally finishing their drink, the four hyenas sighed in relief. Simba and Nala licked their muzzles.

Suddenly, there was a loud rumbling in the cave.

"What the?!" Shenzi and Banzai said. Ed and T looked worried. Nala looked frightened and stuck close to Simba, who wasn't sure what to make of the situation.

"What's going on?!" she yelled to him over the loud rumbling.

"I don't know!" Simba yelled back to her.

But then, the cave paintings on the wall started to glow, almost completely illuminating the cave.

"Timon?"

"Yes Pumbaa?"

"I'm startin' ta worry about where Simba and Nala went off to."

"What's there ta worry about? They've only been gone-" Timon was cut off when he realized the sun was near the horizon, it was in the middle of the sky when Simba and Nala left.

"Sound the alarm! Call the army, the navy, and whatever else ya can find! This is not a drill!" Timon yelled, starting to panic.

A few minutes later...

"Where are they?" Bongani said as he and the clan looked for their four missing hyenas. The lionesses were searching for Simba and Nala, but both species were helping each other. Finally, Bongani looked over and saw Inala, and ran to her.

"Find anything?" he asked her.

"No. You?" she asked him.

"No." he replied.

"Oh, Bongani I'm worried. Where could they be right now?" Inala said.

Shenzi groaned as she opened her eyes. She rubbed her head.

"What happened?" she thought to herself. She looked around and realized she was in complete blackness. But despite being able to see in the dark, she couldn't see anything.

"Banzai! Ed! T! If any of ya can hear me, say so!" she yelled.

"I'm over here!" came Banzai's voice. Then Shenzi heard Ed laughing to her.

"Is T with ya?!" she yelled to them.

"We thought she was with you!" came Nala's voice.

"Nala? Where are you!?" came Simba's voice.

"Over here!" Nala replied. Shenzi started to get a little nervous.

"T?!" she yelled.

"T?!" she yelled, louder this time. Finally, she heard Banzai and Ed coming over towards her.

"Find 'er?" Shenzi asked them.

"Nope." Banzai replied while Ed shook his head.

Then the three saw Simba and Nala emerge, the trio refocused their attention on each other, it wasn't as dark anymore but it was still hard to see. But then, Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed realized there was something different about themselves. Simba and Nala realized the same thing about each other.

"Say uh, do you boys feel any different?" Shenzi asked them.

"Kinda, I don't feel like myself." Banzai replied. Ed also noticed something was wrong.

"Simba, why do I feel so...confused?" Nala asked him.

"I dunno. I'm a little confused myself." Simba replied. Nala looked over, and saw a ray of light shining nearby.

"...Let's go into the light." she said after a minute of thinking. Simba looked at her confusedly, and the trio looked at each other confusedly, but all five just slowly walked towards the light.

But as soon as they were all in though, the minute they saw each other, they were completely horrified.

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