Adventures of Dr. Whooves: Pride Lands Mayhem!
A/N: (Pinkie Pie is still chasing Rarity around the backyard, when Dede42 steps out of the writers studio and calls out to her.)
Dede42: Pinkie, quit chasing Rarity around with those torture devices! I posted the first chapter of the revised version of Pride Lands Mayhem yesterday!
Pinkie Pie: (stops suddenly and drops the torture devices) Oh, ok! (she bounces away) Lalalalala!
Rarity: (stops and flops onto the ground, panting) You - you couldn't - have - told her - that - sooner?!
Dede42: (goes over and helps the grey unicorn up) Sorry, I wish I had, but I'm trying to keep Roleplayer48 happy since Timon is being a downer lately.
Rarity: Oh dear, what did he do?
Dede42: Let's go inside and I'll tell you all about it.
Rarity: Ok.
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Disclaimer: I don't own anything from My Little Pony: Magic is Friendship. I just own any and all characters that I just happen create.
CHAPTER TWO: NEW ARRIVALS
Out in the Outlands, a clan of hyenas lead by Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed, were awaken when there was loud boom, and Shenzi was the first to see a cloud of smoke rising out of the desert region near the volcano. She also saw the objects falling from the skies and toward the ground, causing more explosions, and this woke up the other hyenas.
"What's going on, Shenzi?" Banzai asked, yawning. "What's with all the noise?"
"I don't know, but we're going to figure it out," said Shenzi and when Ed began complaining along with the other hyenas, she growled at them, and they all headed for the volcano and the continued explosions.
When the hyenas finally reached the base of the volcano, the objects had stopped falling, and they found that the objects had landed in a large circle. There was a hundred large white pods half-buried in the ground and they were glowing softly.
"What are those things?" Banzai asked quietly as the clan cautiously made their way down the slope to reach the circle. "Are they edible?"
"I don't know," Shenzi admitted, "but whatever they are, they're ours now." She moved until she was a few inches from one of the pods. She nodded to Ed, who picked up a stick with his teeth, he carefully poked the pod. They jumped back when the pod started glowing more brightly, flashing the colors blue, green, purple, and red.
The light show went on for several seconds that seemed to last much longer, and then the pod stopped glowing. With a clicking sound, a line appeared and the top of the pod split open and slid down, and a beam of white light shot out of the pod. A figure rose out of the pod, floated out of the light, which disappeared, and landed on the ground before the stunned hyenas.
The figure was tall, graceful-looking, with pale purple skin, large pink eyes, antenna growing from its' forehead, long white hair, and it wore a white gown inlaid with blue/green thread. The figure approached Shenzi, who was debating whether to run or fight, was surprised when the figure smiled and spoke in a musical voice.
"Greetings, Shenzi, daughter of Sheba," it said. "I am Selenite of the Petalite race from the planet Pearl."
"How do you know my name?" Shenzi asked suspiciously. "And how do you know my mom?"
"My people and your ancestors were once allies," Selenite explained. "Back when they ruled the Pride Lands and before the lion pride forced them out with some allies from a different realm."
Shenzi was surprised to hear this strange creature knew about her family history and yet she knew that she was right. Long before the first lion ruled the Pride Lands as king, the hyenas had ruled the land with an iron paw, and the leader of the hyenas had been her ancestor Sheba, and when the lion pride arrived from a distant land, the hyenas had tried to force them to bow.
However, the lions had called upon allies that weren't from Africa, and the resulting battle had forced the hyenas to flee the Pride Lands and take refuge in the Outlands, where they've been living ever since, minus the time that they had regain control of the Pride Lands when Scar murdered his own brother to become king.
"If what you say is true, then where have you been all this time?" Banzai demanded angrily, speaking up after he got over his shock. "It's been centuries since our ancestors were forced out of the Pride Lands by those blasted lions, and where were you?!"
"My people have been confined to Pearl by a powerful force and we have only recently been able to free ourselves," Selenite replied with a sad expression. "As you said, it has been centuries, but we are here now to help you take back what is rightfully yours, and we can reclaim what we have lost as well."
"And what's that?" Shenzi inquired, both curious and cautious since she and the other hyenas had trusted Scar, and he had betrayed them in the end.
"Before we were trapped on our own world, the Petalites ruled a grand empire of which the Pride Lands were once a part of," Selenite explained. "And we drew our power from from a type of crystal that is abundant. However, we do not have enough of these crystals, and if you let us help you take back the Pride Lands, Shenzi, we can have the crystals once again."
Shenzi turned to Banzai and Ed, and they quietly spoke to each other about the request, and she made the decision, turning back toe Petalite. "We've got a deal," she agreed and they shook on it. "So, how are we going to take back the Pride Lands?"
Selenite smiled. "I have a plan…"
Several days later, there was a trumpeting sound and the TARDIS appeared under a large tree. Once the light on the top stopped flashing, Dr. Whooves exited the time machine with Derpy at his side, and he locked the door while she looked around at the wide-open space.
"Wow, so much open space," Derpy commented, awed by the sight. "So, where in Africa are we?"
Dr. Whooves took a scan with his sonic screwdriver and checked the readings. "We're in the Pride Lands, and there seems to be some strange energy readings," he announced, frowning. "They seem familiar, odd…"
"Doc, can we explore before we get those crystals?" Derpy asked eagerly, pulling the Time Lord from his thoughts.
"Huh? Oh, oh of course we can," Dr. Whooves agreed. "In fact, we should visit Pride Rock first," he added, nodding to a large rock foundation in the distance. "That is where the lion pride live and we can meet their king."
"Uh, are you sure we should go near lions?" Derpy asked uncertainly as they started toward Pride Rock. "I mean, they eat meat."
"Don't worry, Miss Derpy," Dr. Whooves said reassuringly. "The lions are ruled by a just and loyal king, who has been friends with the Time Lords for centuries, and they are also friends with Princess Celestia. So there is nothing to worry about." He was, however, startled when a red/black beetle scurried out of the grass, being chased by a meerkat and a warthog. "Oh my!"
Timon, who'd been about to pounce on the beetle, suddenly stopped and ended up getting flatten by Pumbaa, who didn't stop in time. "Pumbaa get your rear end off of me!"
"Oh, sorry," said the warthog, quickly getting off his friend.
The meerkat got up and dusted himself off before facing the two ponies. "Who or what are you two?" he inquired.
"My name is Dr. Whooves and this is my friend Derpy," said Dr. Whooves. "We're from Equestria and are here to-"
"Equestria?!" Pumbaa exclaimed. "Then do you both know Sunrise Blossom?"
"Er, yes, yes we do," the Time Lord confirmed, taken aback.
The warthog looked at the meerkat eagerly. "You hear that, Timon? They know Sunrise Blossom!"
"I heard, Pumbaa," said Timon, shooting his friend a look before returning his attention to the two ponies. "We met Sunrise Blossom a while back and if you know her, then you know how she's doing?"
"Oh yes," said Derpy. "She runs the Apothecary in Ponyville and she's really nice and friendly."
"It's great to hear that she's doing well," said the meerkat. "So, what brings you both here to the Pride Lands?"
Dr. Whooves explained about the type of crystals he and Derpy were there to find and how they were going to visit Pride Rock first. "I thought visiting the King would be the best first action to take," he concluded.
"Any other time that would be the right idea," Timon agreed. "Unfortunately, the royal family left on a trip and they won't be back for a while. Which is a shame since odd things have been going on these past few days."
"What kind of odd things?" Derpy asked.
Pumbaa answered the question before the meerkat could. "There were strange lights several nights ago," he informed the two ponies.
Dr. Whooves' ear twitched at the words "strange lights". "Really, and what kind of lights were they?" he asked since that could mean a number of things, and not all of them were good.
"Why do you want to know about some strange lights?" Timon questioned, eying the Time Lord suspiciously. "Do you know something about them?"
"I might, but that depends on the lights," Dr. Whooves replied. "Why don't you both tell me about them?"
The meerkat considered this and then gestured the warthog aside to speak with him quietly. "What do you think, Pumbaa? Do you think we can trust these ponies?"
"They're friends of Sunrise Blossom," Pumbaa pointed out. "So, I think we can trust them."
"Hmm, let's take them to see Rafiki," Timon suggested. "That monkey might be able to enlighten these ponies on the lights better then you and me." He turned to the ponies and his stomach chose to grumble at that particular moment. "Oops, we were looking for lunch when we ran into you two," he said sheepishly. "Would you both like to join us?"
"Sure!" said Derpy. "Come on, Doc!"
"Very well."
A/N: Here's a chapter to cheer you right up, Roleplayer48, and if Timon tries to bring you down again, just sic Discord on him. See you tomorrow! Later! ;)
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