Adventures of Dr. Whooves: Pride Lands Mayhem!
A/N: (In the writers studio, Sunrise Blossom is watching Dede42 through a window as the woman argues with her accountant. She glares at the nearby clock and then looks round when Rarity enters through the special door.)
Sunrise Blossom: Hey, Rarity.
Rarity: Morning, Sunrise. Where is Dede42?
Sunrise Blossom: (nods to the window) She's outside and arguing with her accountant.
Rarity: Oh dear, and i thought he would've backed off after pancaked twice.
Sunrise Blossom: Same here. (she glances at the clock again)
Rarity: Why are you looking at the clock, Sunrise?
Sunrise Blossom: When her accountant showed up, Dede42 asked me to set up a plan that'll go off in the next minute or so to scare him off if he doesn't leave on his own.
Rarity: Oh, and why are they arguing this time?
Sunrise Blossom: He doesn't like that the fact that Dede42 has spent a lot of money to go on a vacation in 9 days.
Rarity: Well, that's just rude of him.
Sunrise Blossom: I know. (she glances up at the clock again) Ok, it's time.
(Outside, Dede42 is still arguing with her accountant when Pinkie Pie suddenly goes running by with her tail twitching.)
Pinkie Pie: Twitchy tail! Twitchy tail!
Dede42: Run! (And she runs inside the writers studio.)
(Before the accountant can run, Rainbow Dash suddenly flies over and starts dropping water balloons, and he flees, screaming as he gets soaked by the water balloons.)
Dede42: Yes! Now, how about we have a water party with the remaining water balloons?
Rarity and Sunrise Blossom: Sure!
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CHAPTER FOUR: AMBUSH!
Meanwhile in the Outlands near the volcano, Shenzi and her clan was feasting on a special type of meat provided by the Petalites, which was making them stronger and faster then before. Apparently this was the kind of meat that their ancestors had eaten according to Selenite, who was leader of the Petalites, and it was better then the meat found on the animals in the Pride Lands.
Shenzi didn't care, just like she didn't care of what the Petalites were doing with the animals that they were collecting with each raid on the Pride Lands. All that matter was that their new allies were growing stronger thanks to them, and that the time was fast approaching when they would be able to take over the Pride Lands once again.
'I'll rule the Pride Lands the way that my ancestors ruled, and I'll use the Royal family as rugs in my chambers,' Shenzi thought smugly. She glanced briefly at the white web-like structure that the Petalites had built near the base the volcano and then she went back to eating his meat, eager to go on another raid, which she hoped would lure out members of the lion pride.
In the structure, the Petalites were placing a family of monkeys that had been captured in the last raid into a collection of clear crystals, which began glowing once they were sealed, and the monkeys all began the slow descent into an enteral sleep as their energy was slowly and gently drained away.
Selenite watched all of this and nodded in approval at the five long rows of stasis crystals that were holding the sleeping animals, and they were all glowing. The energy was being drawn through tubes that were connected to odd-looking pale blue machines that were buzzing and manned by members of her race. And high above them was a white orb, which was being filled with the energy.
"How are the energy levels?" she inquired of one of the scientists manning the machines.
"They're growing steadily, my Queen," the scientist answered, gesturing to one of the screens that was indeed showing that the green symbol for the energy levels was moving upward. "At this rate, we will be back to full strength within a fortnight."
Selenite was pleased. "Good, let me know if there are any changes," she instructed before turning back to look at the stasis crystals. 'Soon, soon we will reclaim our empire, and our enemies will pay for what they did to us so long ago.' She was one of the last surviving members of the Royal Family of Pearl, and she'd been planning her revenge for a very long time.
Before the fall of her people, the Petalite Empire had controlled nearly the entire universe and a large number of neighboring dimensions when the lion pride had ruined everything with their allies, the Time Lords and two Princess from a different dimension. Because of them, the Petalite Empire had collapsed when their subjects rose up against them, and they had ended up being imprisoned on Pearl thanks to a Time Lock.
'No longer,' Selenite thought with an evil smile. 'Thanks to that Time War, the Time Lock broke, and we shall have our revenge.'
Back in the Pride Lands, Zazu was flying through the eastern plains, patrolling the area while the other areas were patrolled by various animals that were part of the security for the Pride Lands. He was still skeptical about the two ponies, but since it was clear that the Time Lord knew about the enemy that had allied itself with the hyenas, he knew that they could be trusted.
'I wish the royal family hadn't left,' he thought sourly. 'They could be dealing with this problem instead of me, Rafiki, and the slackers Timon and Pumbaa.'
In a different part of the Pride Lands and not far from Pride Rock, Dr. Whooves began constructing a device that would help stop the Petalites and free the missing animals from their clutches before it was too late. Derpy was helping him build the device by handing him the right tools he requested while answering Timon and Pumbaa's questions about Equestria, how Sunrise Blossom was doing, and what it was that the Time Lord was building.
"Do you even know what he's building?" Timon asked the pegasus from his perch on a nearby rock.
"Nope, but if it does what he says it does, then that's good enough for me," Derpy said cheerfully. "So, how did you both meet Sunrise Blossom anyway?"
Timon grinned and both he and Pumbaa shared with Derpy of how they found the orange unicorn in the desert after 'bowling for buzzards' and, after arguing a bit, had taken her to their place in the jungle to look after her until she recovered. "I admit, that I thought she was a spy of some kind, but it turns out that she's a great gal. I just wish we could've taken her on one of our virtual safari rides."
"Actually, it's probably a good thing that we didn't take her on one of the rides," said Pumbaa. "They never really end well for us."
"How so?" Dr. Whooves asked while working on the device.
So, Timon and Pumbaa shared with them about their virtual trips that always seemed to end with them falling off cliffs, down holes, going over waterfalls, or getting dragged into a whirlpool for some strange reason that they hadn't been able to figure out no matter how much they try.
"So, what will this thing do to the Petalites?" Timon asked, watching the Time Lord work on a device that seemed to be made out of random bits that were nothing like anything he'd ever seen anywhere in the Pride Lands.
"It will distract the Petalites long enough for us to free the captured animals," Dr. Whooves answered, using a welder to solder a pair of wires together. "I've build this kind of device before, so it should work."
"Should?" the meerkat repeated skeptically. "It hasn't before in the past?"
The Time Lord frowned. "It was only the one time and it worked perfectly last time," he insisted.
"If you say so."
By the time that Dr. Whooves had finished building the device, Gopher popped out of the ground, startling them.
"Urgent news from the Underground, Timon," said Gopher, saluting.
"What is it?" Timon asked, concerned.
"Hyenas have been spotted heading for Zazu in the eastern plains! And both your ma and your Uncle Max are with him!"
The meerkat felt his heart sink with fear. "We need to get there right away and save my ma!" he exclaimed. "Inform anyone else you can find," he added and Gopher disappeared into the ground while he hopped onto Pumbaa's back. "Go! Go!"
Nodding, Pumbaa took off with Dr. Whooves running after him while Derpy took to the air, carrying the device for the Time Lord.
Over in the eastern plains, Zazu was talking with Ma and Max on a rock. He'd come across the two meerkats and had decided to check on them since they usually didn't leave the jungle all that often since moving there.
"I'm surprise that you can't find those kinds of bugs in the jungle," Zazu was remarking to the bugs that that Max was struggling to keep inside a covered bowl made out of vines.
"These types of bugs prefer tall grass," Ma replied, finally taking the bowl and easily sealed the cover. "And I plan to give them to Timon and Pumbaa as a surprise at dinner."
"That sounds like a great i-" Zazu began when he suddenly went stiff, looking around with an intense expression.
"What is it?" Ma asked, looking at the bird questioningly while Max looked around uneasily. "Zazu?"
"We're not alone," Zazu said quietly. "There's something out there."
Both Ma and Max looked around and they were starting to get a bad feeling since they could feel unseen eyes on them. "What so we do?" she asked, keeping her voice low.
"Act naturally," Zazu advised, nodding in the direction of Pride Rock. "Like nothing is wrong." And he took to the air in a casual manner while the two meerkats hopped off the rock they'd been on and they casually followed after him, fully aware that there were shapes heading toward them through the grass and from the direction of the nearby bushes. They hadn't gotten very far when the first of the hyenas leapt out of the grass toward them.
While Max screamed and cowed, Ma threw the covered bowl at the hyena, and the bowl exploded, overing the creature's face with bugs. While it was distracted by the bugs, Ma grabbed Max's hands and they ran for the nearest hole – only to have their way blocked by Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed, who was giggling madly.
"Hello, Uncle Max," Banzai sneered as they circled around the two meerkats. "How's my favorite chew toy?"
Max just whimpered fearfully while Ma glared at the hyenas as they encircled them while two were chasing Zazu, trying to catch him. How were they going to get out of this jam?
A/N: Oh dear, this doesn't look good does it? R&R everyone!