Adventures of Dr. Whooves: A Jungle Misadventure

A/N: Here's the next chapter and it's time to see if our favorite time travelers can find Timon and Pumbaa. And yes, there will be another chapter after this one.

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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: ENTER BALOO

In a different part of that same jungle, a sloth bear with blue-gray fur, a periwinkle muzzle, a large aqua-gray belly, a crimson nose, with dark eyes, and a short tail was strolling through the trees and humming his favorite song.

"Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bare necessities
Old Mother Nature's recipes
That brings the bare necessities of life…"

Baloo paused in his humming to bump his hip against a tree and easily caught a banana that dropped down in one paw, which he peeled, and he ate it as he resumed walking and humming his song.

"Wherever I wander, wherever I roam
I couldn't be fonder of my big home
The bees are buzzin' in the tree
To make some honey just for me
When you look under the rocks and plants
And take a glance at the fancy ants
Then maybe try a few
The bare necessities of life will come to you
They'll come to you!"

Soon enough, Baloo was dancing and singing outright by this point, and he was so caught up in his singing that he didn't hear the cries coming from straight ahead until he accidentally tripped on a rock. This caused him to go tumbling down a hillside, crashing through a bunch of bushes and into a clearing.

"Ow…" he mumbled, pushing himself up and blinked until he could focused and found himself looking down at the meerkat and the warthog, who were clinging to each other with frightened expressions. "Oh, hey there."

"It's a bear!" the meerkat wailed and jumped onto the warthog's back, tugging on his ears. "Run, Pumbaa! Run!" And they ran off into the bushes.

Baloo blinked and hurried after them. "Whoa! Wait up! Wait!"


Pumbaa ran as fast as he could through the unfamiliar jungle with Timon clinging to his back, and he wasn't about to stop for anything – only to end up falling down a hillside when he tripped on a rock. They screamed as they fell down the hill, banging into rocks, tree trunks, and they both ended up landing in what appeared to be a batch of cactus.

"Owie! Get me out of here, Pumbaa!"

"I can't! I'm stuck and it hurts!"

The meerkat and the warthog were so focused on trying to get out of the bush, that they weren't aware of the arrival of the sloth bear until he reached into the bush and pried them both out. "Wah! He's going to eat us!"

"I'm not going to eat either of you," Baloo said reassuringly, carrying them over to a nearby pool of water. "Now let's get those cactus spines out before you start itching and make it worst." He dumped the two animals into the cold water and, ignoring their protests, began teasing out the spines, earning yelps of pain each time.


By the time that Baloo had gotten the last of the spines out, Timon and Pumbaa had stopped their protests and had let the sloth bear get rid of the spines. "There we go, that's the last of them." And when he let go of them, they leapt out of the water, and tried to run, but he managed to get ahead of them. "Whoa, whoa, now where are you two going?"

"We're getting away from you!" Timon exclaimed from his perch on Pumbaa's back. "You're a bear and you're gonna eat us!"

Baloo stared at him for a long moment and then he began laughing, he laughed so hard that he fell onto his back and rolled around on the ground.

"Uh, what's so funny?" the meerkat asked after exchanging a confused look with the warthog.

Baloo began calming down and wiped a tear from his eyes as he sat up to look at them. "You really think I'm going to eat you because I'm a bear?" he asked and they both nodded. "I'm not that kind of bear, and I won't eat either of you. I'm a sloth bear, you see," he explained, "and I eat fruit, vegetables, honey, and insects like termites and ants."

"Wait, you eat bugs?" Timon asked and the sloth bear nodded. "We eat bugs, too!" He hopped off his friend's back and held out his hand. "Name's Timon, and this is my friend, Pumbaa."

"Baloo," said Baloo and shook the meerkat's paw, "so, where are you two from anyway? I haven't seen animals like you around here before."

"Well, it's a long story," Timon said and flushed when his and Pumbaa's stomaches both growled. "And it isn't one to explain on an empty stomach."

Baloo chuckled. "Come with me, and you can tell me your story on the way," he offered.

"Sure!"

"Ok!"


Meanwhile back in the other jungle, Dr. Whooves was still scanning the area of where the rift had open, and he was checking the readings that his sonic screwdriver was picking up when there was a crashing sound from above. He looked up and dove out of the way when a green/gray blur shot down and stopped short of the ground.

The Time Lord sat up from where he landed on the ground and shook his head when he saw Derpy was tangled up in some vines with a sheepish expression on her face. "Do I dare ask how this happen?" he asked, getting onto his hooves and walked over to his friend to help her down.

"Miscalculation?" the pegasus suggested sheepishly and grunted when she dropped to the ground once she was freed. "Ow, thanks."

"One of these days we'll need to work on your flying," Dr. Whooves remarked, helping her up. "I take it that there's no sign of our friends?"

Derpy shook her head. "No, and I searched everywhere short of the Pride Lands," she answered. "I don't know where they are."

"I may know how to find Timon and Pumbaa," the Time Lord informed her and he lead the way back to the TARDIS. "I picked up some readings that should help us pinpoint where our friends ended up, and once I've programed them into the console, we'll be able to go there, too."

"Ok!"


A/N: Yes, Baloo has arrived on the scene. R&R everyone!