A/N: First story here, I'd like to be criticized so I can become a better author, seeing as that is the future career I am taking~

Anyway, in this story are the original Lion King characters(all are copyrighted to their rightful owner, whoever has copyrights to The Lion King) and my *sigh* OC Mira, who is, like Timon, a meerkat. Teehee. There's a couple others but they were just random...

Disclaimer: All I own here is the plot, Kreeve, Mira Meerkat, and Lucera, everything else and all other characters are (C)- The Lion King's writers.

Timon was pacing around, aggravated. He was waiting on his friend Pumbaa, who had taken it upon himself to go find Kiara and Kovu's son, Kreeve.

"Ugh, we get stuck babysitting lion cubs every time a new prince or princess comes," Timon muttered darkly to himself. "Pumbaa is just all too happy to do so, too! I don't understand why he is always so eager to bring cubs with us, sure we had to RAISE one, but still..." Timon's ear twitched as he heard the grass move.

He turned in the direction he heard the grass move. He was silent for a few moments.

"Pumbaa, c'mon, I haven't got all day!" he shouted out. He heard the grass move again, this time from behind him.

He started getting a little nervous.

"Pumbaa?" He looked around for Pumbaa, but didn't see him. "Alright, who's there?" he demanded, worried about his own safety.

"Ooh, did I scare the little brown meerkat? I apologize, I was simply passing through," he heard a sarcastic voice from behind him. He quickly turned around and came face to face with another meerkat.

Not just any meerkat, but an albino one.

Her fur and hair was snow-white, and her eyes were a light-shade of red. If not for her eyes, he would have thought he were looking at a snow-kat, like a snowman but only meerkat shaped. Upon closer observation, he noticed light-tan markings on her arms, sides, fingertips, and tail.

He immediately backed away from the female, instinctively scowling. Albinos were generally shunned by all but the stronger races, such as lions and tigers, because they had no camoflouge and, therefore, were a threat to the general population they lived with. With meerkats, they were either sent away or kept underground, only allowed to come out if they were caked with dirt or something when they moved.

Timon was never your average meerkat, and he knew such beliefs weren't any good to him or his meerkat population as they now lived in a predator-free oasis, but instincts told him she was trouble. Big trouble.

"What, is the normal meerkat afraid of li'l ole albino me?" she asked sarcastically, rolling her eyes.

"What's an albino like you doing here?" he demanded.

"As I said, I was passing through, but you're so jumpy you caught my attention and I just had to confront you about it. But now that I have, I should be going. After all, I am in a 'no albino's zone'," she replied. "Have a good day, Mr. Normal."

With that, she turned around and began leaving, but another voice stopped her.

"Hey Timon, who's you friend?" Pumbaa's asked his smaller friend while Kreeve sat down beside him.

"Cool! A snowy meerkat!" Kreeve exclaimed.

Said snowy meerkat turned around and looked oddly at Kreeve, Pumbaa, and Timon.

Before Timon could reply, she stated matter-of-factly, "I am Mira Meerkat, and I am not this boy's friend. I was passing by when he caught my attention and he was worried I was going to attack him-until he realized what I was, that is. He thought I was you or something. May I ask your names?"

"I'm Pumbaa, this is Kreeve, and he's Timon!" Pumbaa answered joyously. "Hey, Timon, why do you look so angry?"

"Oh, maybe the fact that she's putting us all in danger by being here?" Timon asked angrily.

"How?"

"How? She's an albino, Pumbaa! She has no camouflage whatsoever!"

"So?"

"She'll attract predators!"

"I usually don't travel in daylight," she interrupted, scowling slightly and crossing her arms. "And besides that, why would predators go for a small thing like me? They'd much prefer something bigger and tastier." Mira glanced to the side and suddenly became alarmed.

Timon looked where she had and saw Simba and Kovu coming towards them. He smirked suddenly. "Hey, Simba! Kovu! C'mere!"

Simba looked over at Timon, smiled, and came over with Kovu in tow. "Is something wro-Oh, who's this?"

"Mira!" Pumbaa answered before she could reply.

"Well, it's nice to meet you, Mira."

"What do you mean nice? She's an albino!" Timon exclaimed.

Mira glared slightly at him, then ran her hand through her hair. "Albinism is something that naturally occurs every now and then. Now, if you will excuse me, I am a little unnerved with being the smallest one here, and the only female."

"Wait, wait, wait!" Kreeve suddenly exclaimed, tackling the small meerkat girl. "Don't go yet! You have to meet my mother and grandmother! Oh, and my friend Lucera! They're all girls, just like you!"

"Yea, you should come meet my wife, she's really kind," Kovu stated proudly, smiling. Simba just laughed at his grandson's excited demeanor.

"Yea, c'mon, you should meet them!" Pumbaa agreed enthusiastically.

"Oh yea, sure, just let the albino infiltrate your den and bring the hyenas!" Timon exclaimed angrily. "Is anyone even listening to me?"

"I'm sorry, but I must be on my way. I... I'm searching for something. The baboon said I must get there before the sun sets on the tenth day of my journey, and I've already been traveling three days," Mira explained, trying to push Kreeve off of her.

"Baboon? You mean Rafiki?" Simba asked curiously.

"I don't know his name. All I know is he is a crazy baboon who speaks in metaphors alot, and carries a stick with him."

"That's Rafiki alright," Simba laughed. "So where are you going anyway?"

"Somewhere I'm not in danger because of my fur, but I'm not sure. He just told me to keep going until I find what I'm looking for. Said something weird like... what was it? I forget what he said. It sounded weird."

"Hakuna Matata?" Pumbaa and Timon asked at the same exact time.

"Yea, that's it! He told me to find Hakuna Matata. Can I get up now, Kreeve? I need to get going now." She attempted to push Kreeve off of her again.

"Aww, just meet them, please? Pretty please?"

Who could resist those adorable begging yellow eyes of Kreeve's?

She reluctantly agreed to meet his mother and friend. He seemed really happy and pulled her up on his head.

"It'll be faster if you just stay up there!" he stated happily. "After all, you're so small and the grass is so big."

"Umm, okay then..." she muttered under her breath, glancing to the side. "But this is only a short visit, got it? I still need to get going soon."

"Haha, don't worry, I got it!"

The others followed Kreeve and Mira, listening to Timon's complaints the whole way.

Mira saw nothing wrong with visiting the cub's family. It wasn't like it would be life-altering. Just new faces in an old life, was all.

Mira had been wrong at many points in her life, but never so wrong as she was this time.

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Okay, first chapter done. Tell me what you think... Oh by the way, this WILL be a chapter story, and will NOT be a TimonxMira thing. They might "become", but not anytime soon. Sorry if you were hoping.