Here is when Lion King and Dark Crystal start to cross over.

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Shenzi was too sad to hunt anymore for several days following the death of her mate and best friend. But hunger was beginning to have an effect again. Now she would have to be even more careful hunting by herself.

She went hunting for whatever animal would be around first.

So many of the other females in her clan felt bad for her that she had lost her mate. They were all coming along well in their pregnancies. Soon there would be pups born. Shenzi was kind of way behind them all. They weren't even sure she was pregnant, as she was showing no signs or symptoms of discomfort like they had in the earlier stages.

Shenzi herself though, knew she was pregnant. She had felt some nausea, but she still had to eat. She didn't eat every day, so hunger would have a chance to kick in.

But now, as she was hunting for the next best animal to have to kill for food, and keeping an eye out for those evil lions, she saw none around at the moment, Shenzi all of a sudden came upon a weird device laying on the ground.

It was clear to look at. She didn't know it was a crystal shard that had magical powers. A magical being had come through and lost it.

Shenzi came up and smelled the fragment, then touched it with a paw. That had an instant effect. Shenzi gasped as she was grasped up in it's embrace of light as she mysteriously disappeared into thin air. The shard was now gone too as it was gone with her.

...

This was now Planet Thra.

When the female hyena opened her eyes again, she found she was lying in a swampy area. Nothing looked familiar. But there were trees, grass, and water that surrounded her. Something very weird had just happened to her. She looked down at the ground, and there was that magical crystal. (It is not part of the Crystal.)

Shenzi just got up and ran for her life to get away from that thing. As she ran, she now knew that she was not at home. She was somewhere else entirely. She didn't normally like to talk to creatures that were not her own kind, but right now, she didn't have much of a choice. Shenzi was going to find out where she was.

As she came to a stop, she began asking other creatures where she was, but everything in this swamp was afraid of her and would run away or dash back down into the water or its den. Surely something would speak up. Everything seemed to be alive here, even rocks.

She did find this new place fascinating and scary. She just hoped this wouldn't stress her pups. She didn't want to lose them.

...

Far away from this swamp however, at a Castle in a dry, cracked valley, the Suns were shining today, but there was war within the Castle.

Nine vulture-like creatures were trying to find out who would be their next new leader or Emperor, since their most recent one had just died the night before. They were called Skeksis. Supposed to be the evil half of a creature split long ago.

SkekSil the Chamberlain and skekUng the General Garthim Master were the ones that were finally going to settle this matter once and for all. They drew on the Trial by Stone matter to resolve who was going to be the new Emperor.

The seven others looked on and cheered. Most were cheering for General. But a few cheered for Chamberlain.

Both of them picked up the swords once the Pod slaves had pulled the stone and swords up from below the floor. They screamed their challenges and clashed their swords together. Now the dual was on.

The two Skeksis circled around the black shaped rock they were going to try to shatter, hissing and growling at each other. They each ended up on the opposite side of which they started on. Their swords were heavy too, so it didn't make it any easier.

The General growled and waved his sword over to his opponent's chest. "You whimpering worm!"

The Chamberlain bared his teeth and just looked at him before giving off his whimper. It was annoying to everyone. The others that were most loyal to General would be glad to see him go if he lost. Especially General.

General then made the first strike. The sword hitting the stone made a loud and strong CLANG and a bright flash of light. All the Skeksis cheered for it, and it had been a surprise to all.

Chamberlain didn't like what he had seen and now hearing. He had to beat that. So now it was his turn. He put his own sword to the stone and would make sure to hit his mark. He brought his weapon away from the stone, and just like General had done, he screamed and hit the stone, hoping to shatter it to pieces.

The stone shook a bit, but not nearly as much as when his enemy had hit it. And the light flash wasn't as bright either.

General was proud of that. Now he had another shot at it. He was going to shatter that stone! He was going to make sure that skekSil lost.

Chamberlain was now looking on, worried. He knew the General was strong. With that he knew his answer when he swung the sword the second time.

The rock shattered on impact in half! Chamberlain was so shocked he dropped his sword and knew that he had lost. Now if he could just sneak out before getting caught.

"Me! The new Emperor!" General said proudly.

But skekZok the High Priest, didn't let Chamberlain's failure go unnoticed. "Now, by the law, he must pay!"

Chamberlain was now scared for his life. He began whining and the others were now backing him to the wall, where they stripped him of his robes and his position. He screamed with what his lungs gave him, but they didn't stop until he was completely naked and General told them to stop. He was now officially banished.

Chamberlain stood leaning against the wall, panting hard. He looked over at the others, who had now turned their backs on him. He remained there until he could catch his breath. He had almost thought that they were going to end up killing him. But he would rather take the banishment then if it meant he was going to live.

"I am Emperor!" General cried out over the whole room and the others all bowed to him. Even the High Priest. He was the tallest.

Chamberlain whined in his wheedling voice once he had caught his breath, picked up some of the clothes on the floor of what he could carry in his hands and began to walk off to get dressed before he would leave the Castle. He stopped when he heard a sound.

The other Skeksis all perked up at the sound. "The Crystal! The Crystal calls. To the Crystal Chamber." General commanded. They all moved out.

Chamberlain moved to quickly dress himself in what he could as quick as he could. He followed to a different and darkened corner of the Chamber. He had to see too what all the racket was about.

There, in the Crystal, was a strange new creature, grayish is color, had spots, had pointed ears, and walked on four legs. It had a mane and sloping back. It's tail was thick and bushy. It had a black nose and long muzzle. A Crystal Bat had spotted it.

"I've never seen a creature like that before in all the time I have lived here." High Priest said.

"Neither have I. I don't think it's of any threat." General said. Since it was daylight out, they had been able to see the new creature perfectly from the image. It was of no concern to them. Since none of them ever really left the Castle anyway, they didn't even know what all the creatures were out there anyway. So now a new one had popped up, big deal. As long as it was no threat to them.

The Skeksis did not send the Garthim after the new creature. They just went about their business. They left and went back to the Council Chamber. All but Chamberlain. He had hidden himself as they walked out, but then he walked over to the Crystal afterwards and took a good look of where this thing could be.

He noticed the swamp area. It was possible that it could over be closer to the Keeper of Secrets' place. He would head that way in search of this creature. Perhaps it could prove useful. He left the Castle without worrying anything was going to bother him.

The fight was based off the Dark Crystal's movie scene.

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