A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I was having computer problems.

A few days had passed as Simba walked through a large forest. He had a rather brooding expression on his face as he moved along aimlessly, still not sure of what to do or think. He soon came upon a small puddle, he was feeling thirsty. He dipped his head down to drink lazily.

Suddenly, the water began to ripple. Birds flew over chirping. Simba looked up at the water and took a few cautious steps back, not turning on the water in case it was a predator. Animals started to flee as a loud rumbling sound was heard. Suddenly, three giant hovering MTT droid transportation vehicles emerged from the trees. Simba gasped in fright, then turned to flee along with everything else.

In the midst of the rampage, a lone humanoid froglike creature with the mouth of a duck and long floppy ears stood there dumbstruck at what was going on. He then saw the giant machine and panicked, but was too scared to move from his spot.

Simba, looking over his shoulder, suddenly bowled into the strange creature. "Get outta my way!" he yelled, scrambling to his paws. Suddenly, he spotted one of the large machines and clung on tight to the strange creature. Soon the large machine hovered over them and disappeared. Simba got up and ran.

The creature got up and spotted Simba running aay to the side. "Hey wait!" he cried. He later caught up with the cub. "Oyi! I luv yous!"

Simba was now sincerely freaked out and was not in the mood to talk to anyone as strange as this creature. "What do you think you're doing? Get away from me!"

The creature shook his head. "No, no. Mesa stay! Mesa called JaJa Binkss, mesa yous humble servaunt."

Simba stopped and stared at him. "…Servant?" he asked carefully. "But I've never met you before…"

"It is demanded by de gods that mesa be yous servaunt for yous saven mesa life."

Simba sighed and shook his head. "I didn't save anyone's life… I'm no good at doing that…" He began to walk aay again.

Jar Jar stomped his foot to the ground in stubbornness. "Where yous go, mesa go."

Simba seemed to be getting annoyed now. "That's not a good idea. I'm bad luck. A prince like me doesn't deserve any servant."

Jar Jar began to walk beside Simba. "Yous need place to hide?"

Simba shrugged as he walked. "It'd definitely be better than walking all the time."

Jar Jar smiled, "Da moto grande safe place would be Otoh Gunga. Tis where I grew up. Tis safe city."

Simba raised his eyebrow. "City?" he asked. "Can you take me there?"

Jar Jar hesitated. "Ah, will, on second taut - no, not willy."

"Why not?"

Jar Jar looked down. "Iss embarrassing, boot - my afraid my've been banished. My forgotten, der bosses would to terrible things to my, if my goen back dare."

Simba stopped and perked his ears. "Oh... you too, huh?" he asked. "I've been banished too. They'll kill me if I go back... looks like we're under the same log."

Then Jar Jar looked at the young prince and smiled. "But since you saven my, my risk it." Then he turned and jogged off. "Dis way, hurry!"

Simba despondently got up to follow slowly behind him.

The odd froglike native led Simba to the shore of a lake. Simba looked around slowly. "...So? Where is it?"

"Wesa haffta go unda wata," answered Jar Jar. "Okiday?"

Simba suddenly sprung back. "What? Swim? I'm a lion! Lions can't swim!"

Jar Jar was then struck with an idea. He pulled out a long piece of cloth from his pants pocket and tied one end around Simba's waist and the other end to his own. "Here," he said. "Yousa hang on to dis end."

Simba looked at the cloth and gulped. "Umm... how far down is this city of yours?"

"Not too fa down. Now wemember, Gungans no liken outsiders, so don't expect warm welcome."

Simba rolled his eyes. "I wouldn't anyway..."

Jar Jar leapt high in the air and dove into the water. The young cub soon waded in after him. Sunlight barely penetrated the murky lake water. Less than a meter below the surface, the light began to dim. Soon it was hard to see. As Jar Jar led Simba deeper and deeper, the young cub began to fear that he would lose him in the increasing darkness.

Suddenly, Simba saw a gleam of light ahead. In another moment, he could make out a string of amber bubbles, shining warm and bright through the dark water. The rich yellow glow lit the water for meters around. The bubbles varied in size; the largest looked to be nearly seventy-five meters tall. A lacework of metal the color of old bronze tapped each globe, helping the walls keep their shape and providing a place to link bubbles together.

As they drew nearer, Simba could make out buildings inside the bubbles. Gungans walked casually along the streets, while fish swam past a few meters away outside the bubble wall. They had almost reached the bubble city, and Simba looked for a door. But Jar Jar swam straight toward the side of the bubble - and passed right through it into the city inside. The bubble wall sealed seamlessly behind him. Simba followed Jar Jar inside. Simba looked around in amasement. "Wow," he thought. "How didn't we notice all this before?"

Jar Jar stretched his limbs. "So good bein home!" he shouted. Many Gungans suddenly noticed him and Simba.

Suddenly, they were greeted by five Gungan soldiers astride amphibious two-legged animals. "Hey yousa!" shouted the leader. "Stop there!"

Jar Jar smiled nervously. "Hello there Captain Tarpals, mesa back."

Tarpals shook his head and pointed a spear at Jar Jar. "No again Jar Jar, yousa goin to de bosses, yousa in big doo doo dis time!"

Simba looked up at them all, still in amazement. "Umm... wait. Does this mean I'm in trouble, too?"

Jar Jar nodded as they were taken away to the bosses of Otah Gunga.

"Wesa no like the Pridelanders!" the head Gungan, Boss Nsss, declared when Simba was brought before him. "Un dey no liken ussens. You tink you so smarty. You tink you brains so big."

Simba hmmphed. "Bigger than yours, I bet..." He muttered under his breath.

"Wesa no care-n about yous kind," Boss Nass said flately.

Simba was getting fed up with these stubborn creatures. "Fine! If you don't want me here, then speed me on my way."

"Wesa ganna speed you away," the Gungan Boss said, readily to Simba's suggestion. "Wese give yousa una bongo. Da speedest way tooda outlands is through da planet core. Now go."

Simba thanked him and turned away. As he walked toward the exit, he stopped. Jar Jar Binks stood between two guards, wearing handcuffs and plainly waiting for judgment.

Catching Simba's eye, Jar Jar said, "Ahh...any hep hair would be hot."

Simba nodded, "I do need a navigator, I don't know how to drive." He turned back to the Gungan bosses. "What's gonna happen to Jar Jar Binks?"

"Hisen to be pune-ished," Boss Nass said. "Pounded unto death.

Jar Jar moaned.

Simba raised both eyebrows. "Punished? For what? You can't do anything to him! He's my servant!" then he turned to Jar Jar and smiled. "I saved his life, he owes me."

"Hisen live tis yos, Pridelander," Boss Nass said. "Begone wit him."

Jar Jar looked from one to the other and shook his head. "Count mesa outta dis! Better dead here den deader in da core... Te guds, whara mesa sayin?"

The guards then removed Jar Jar's handcuffs and soon, he and Simba went on their way to the bungo holding bay.