Back at Pride Rock, Nala was nuzzling Simba as he rested from his wounds, but Kiara and Penny S both looked very upset.
"Daddy it can't be true." Kiara pleaded.
"Of course it isn't true…." Penny S agreed, close to tears.
Animal whispers suddenly interrupted her. As Eliza translated to us – except with a gentler tone of course – "It's Kovu and Rudy". Sure enough, Kovu and Rudy had arrived. When they got closer we noticed their scars with horror, so Early quickly explained what happened.
"Kovu (Rudy)!" Kiara and Penny S said happily, running towards them.
Unfortunately, Simba cut them off with a roar and walked to the edge of the main ledge with a frown on his face.
"Oh, why I oughta!" Timon said angrily before running in place in Kovu and Rudy's direction. "Let me at 'em, let me at 'em! Here hold me back." Timon said to Pumbaa, holding out his tail.
"Okay." Pumbaa agreed, taking Timon's tail.
"Let me at 'em, let me at 'em!" Timon said angrily, running in place towards Kovu and Rudy again.
"Okay." Pumbaa agreed, letting go of Timon's tail and causing Timon to fall to his knees.
"I think you're missing the basic point here." Timon said dryly, holding out his tail again.
"Oh." Pumbaa said.
For once, none of us laughed. None of us even smiled for that matter.
Kovu and Rudy walked between the rows of animals, looking nervously at them as the animals whispered about them with disapproval. They soon neared the main ledge where Simba was.
"Why have you two come back?" Simba asked angrily.
"Simba," Kovu and Rudy said. "We had nothing to do with…."
"You both don't belong here!" Simba snapped.
The rest of the team and the four of us gasped! That hurt Rudy so much that he fell silent and put a hand over his heart as if he had been shot!
"Please," Kovu begged, deciding to try a different tactic. "I ask your forgiveness."
Kovu said 'I' instead of 'we' because Rudy didn't need Simba's forgiveness, he needed Simba's thanks! In Kovu's case however he really was following Zira's plan, even though it ended up being temporary.
"Daddy (Simba) please, listen to him." Kiara and Penny S pleaded.
"Silence!" Simba snapped before turning back to Kovu and Rudy. "When you first came here you asked for judgment and I pass it now…for the both of you!"
Kiara, Penny S and the rest of us looked both shocked and upset as we waited with fear for whatever unnecessary punishment Simba was going to give them. Even Nala looked concerned, though she didn't look as upset as Kiara and Penny S. The other animals, however, yelled shouts of agreement to what Simba was saying. Eliza translated that most of the animals were shouting the word 'judgment'.
"EXILE!" Simba declared.
"NO!" Kiara and Penny S cried.
Kovu and Rudy looked around in fear and shock as the animals started stomping and yelling in effect to the exile.
"Noo!" Kiara and Penny S cried as they tried to run to their true loves; unfortunately, a couple of lionesses cut them off. "Kovu (Rudy)." Kiara and Penny S said desperately.
My team and I would've done something to stop this, but we were to shocked/stunned/horrified/furious – well, you get the idea – to think of a way to stop the exile. However, I did conjure up speakers that connected to Camera as he turned on his universal translator. Better to hear what was really being said rather than imagine the worse. Rudy and Penny S almost never heard what the animals were calling Rudy and Kovu because I thought that the exile itself was painful enough for them without the insults. I ended up slightly wrong: by reading their minds I found out that they actually wanted to hear the insults, they didn't want to imagine the worse either. I obliged and secretly conjured up some invisible translators for them to wear in their ears. When the song was done the translators magically disappeared.
The animals started to chase Kovu and Rudy away and sing in disapproval to them. The chase and song started when a couple of antelopes lowered their heads and drove Kovu and Rudy away with their horns.
ANIMALS:
Deception
Disgrace
Evil as plain as the scar on their face!
ZEBRAS:
Deception!
An outrage!
GIRAFFES:
Disgrace!
For shame!
HIPPO:
They asked for trouble the moment they came
Ron W suddenly leapt down off Pride Rock and started to run after Kovu and Rudy behind all of the animals! Unfortunately, he didn't run more than a few feet when he somehow tripped and broke his front leg! I made a motion that signaled for him to come back so that I could fix it, but Ron W refused and continued on. Unfortunately, he was so upset and desperate to stop the exile that he ironically forgot that he could fly. We other Superwolves didn't remind him through telepathy because we too ironically forgot. Later we found out that after Harry was unfairly treated like a traitor back in our second year Ron W just couldn't stand to see it happen again to any other friend. This also meant that Harry too was feeling empathetic pain.
Meanwhile, Kovu and Rudy had to run past vipers and dodge their strikes! Fortunately, the vipers completely missed them, but Rudy grew pale with fright anyways. After all being chased away was one thing, but he never expected the animals to try to hurt him or Kovu!
ANIMALS:
Deception!
An outrage!
They can't change their stripes!
Disgrace!
For shame!
You know these Outsider types!
Evil as plain as the scar on their face!
See you later, agitators!
Just leave us alone!
An outrage!
Disgrace!
For shame!
Traitors, go back with your own!
HIPPO:
They asked for trouble the moment they came
ANIMALS:
See you later, agitators!
Born in grief
Raised in hate
Helpless to defy their fate
Let them run
Let them live
But do not forget
What we cannot forgive!
Continuing on, Kovu and Rudy then ran into zebras that reared angrily, ran through antelopes that head butted each other above them, and through rows of ostriches that jabbed them with their beaks. An ostrich even got Rudy in his non-scarred eye! Monkeys then threw rocks at Kovu and Rudy, even striking Rudy in the head! Rudy clutched his head in pain as he and Kovu rounded a bend. A flock of birds then flew after them and started to attack them! Rudy, luckily, was smart enough to bury his face into Kovu's mane and protect his neck with his arms. By the time Kovu and Rudy reached a river and had escaped all of the animals, they were badly beaten up, though it was easier to see it on Rudy since he didn't have any fur to cover the wounds. Rudy was still pale, and now his eyes had started filling with tears, which gradually became heavier.
Ron W, meanwhile, ran the best that he could on a broken leg – which isn't very fast even for a Superwolf – but was delayed when he stepped on his broken leg wrong and tripped into unconsciousness!
ANIMALS:
And they are not part of us
They have never been part of us
They are not part of us
Not our kind
Someone once lied to us
Now we're not so blind
For we knew they would do what they've done
And we know that they'll never be part of us
ANTELOPE:
They are not part of us
Kiara and Penny S managed to dodge the lionesses around this point, but they ended up re-trapped by two other lionesses.
Kovu and Rudy looked back towards Pride Rock with sadness, and then looked away. Kovu looked at his reflection in the water for a moment…it suddenly turned into Scar! Startled, Kovu continued running away. Rudy was very confused at Kovu's sudden movement since he never saw Scar's reflection in place of Kovu's. The image of Scar was actually just a hallucination caused by Kovu's own fear of turning into Scar.
"I'm going to go help Ron back here." Harry said to the rest of us, leaping off Pride Rock.
Not wanting to break his leg like Ron W did, Harry went slowly, but not before sending a growl back in Simba's direction. Harry then continued on with tears forming in his eyes.
ANTELOPE:
Deception
ZEBRA:
Disgrace
Rudy, completely heartbroken – actually more like heart-shattered – looked back and burst out crying into Kovu's mane. Kiara and Penny S looked after them sadly and hung their heads heartbroken. A tear flowed down Penny S's cheek.
ANTELOPE:
Deception
ZEBRA:
Disgrace
Simba only looked after them with hatred – like he did throughout the entire song – but the rest of the team and Hermione and I hung our heads miserable as those who wore hats or hoods took them off in sympathizing respect. We wouldn't be surprised if Boss and the other Stone Gods had also hung their heads sadly.
ANTELOPE:
Deception
Neither Kovu nor Rudy saw Rafiki behind them on a rock, but he saw them and, disappointed in Simba, moaned.
Kiara and Penny S were now finally free from the lionesses, but in a way it was too late.
"Father (Simba) please reconsider." Kiara and Penny S pleaded, close to tears.
"You are both not to go anywhere without an escort for now on." Simba replied.
"No, that's not…!" Kiara and Penny S started to protest.
"They used you two to get to me!" Simba said.
"No!" Kiara and Penny S argued. "He loves me, for me!"
"Because you are my daughter and you are under my care!" Simba explained sternly, referring to Penny S on that last part. "The both of you will not leave Pride Rock! You will stay here where I can keep an eye on you two, away from them!"
Wait a minute, Penny S under Simba's care? Did this guy lose his brain in an operation or something? Penny S was supposed to be Kiara's friend and companion, not Simba's second daughter!
"You don't know him!" Kiara and Penny S sobbed.
"I know Rudy has betrayed us!" Simba snapped.
Kiara and the rest of us gasped! How could he say that?
"And I know Kovu's following in Scar's pawprints," Simba continued. "And I must follow in my father's."
"You will never be Mufasa!" Kiara sobbed and Penny S cried angrily.
Simba looked back at them with shock as they sobbed and ran into the den. They then collapsed near a wall and started crying.
Now it was our turn to argue.
"How dare you exile a Superwolf Friend and a Pridelander without reason!" I called down angrily.
This caused the animals to gasp and the lionesses to look up with shock. Nala looked as if she agreed with us yet didn't want us to be mad at Simba.
"There is no way Kovu can ever be a Pridelander!" Simba called back angrily. "He's an Outsider! And I'm sorry that you're hurt that a Superwolf Friend betrayed us but that doesn't mean you should be in denial!"
"You…you never even gave Kovu nor Rudy a chance!" Addy cried.
"Yeah!" Josefina agreed.
"You only treated them like intruders despite the fact that they saved Kiara and Penny's lives!" Samantha added angrily.
"I did give Kovu and Rudy a chance and they ended up leading me into an ambush!" Simba argued.
"As I recall you're the one who lead the three of you to where you were ambushed!" Goddard pointed out angrily, almost growling.
"Oh stop!" Simba snapped. "Zira said herself that Rudy and Kovu had been planning the whole thing with her the whole time!"
"You misunderstood something, that's all!" Kit yelled.
"How could've Rudy even been able to contact Zira anyways?" Kaya pointed out.
"Exactly, he was with Kiara and the rest of us the whole time!" Kirsten agreed.
"Well then he was corrupted when he hung out with Kovu!" Simba argued. "He should've known better! I'm surprised he was even picked to become a king!"
The rest of the team and Hermione and I gasped, horrified, how could anyone ever say that about Rudy? I mean that did it, that was the final straw, the end of the rope, the straw that broke the camel's back, the plague, the fly in the ointment, the…sorry, I almost started to go overboard there. Anyway, you know what we were feeling and thinking I'm sure. Actually, I was surprised that neither of the Stone Gods, not even Chalk Stone God, smited Simba. They aren't the smiting type but even they have their limits...
"*OOOH!*" Grim cried. "Kiara and Penny are both right!"
"YOU WILL NEVER BE MUFASA!" The rest of the team and Hermione and I screamed.
Furious and all that, we went down the back of Pride Rock to calm down so that we could search for Kovu and Rudy. What we didn't know then though, was that two of the Superwolf Friends were missing.
We were so angry that none of us could speak, though it didn't take long for some of us to get our voice back. Haddock went on a swear frenzy, which for once none of us laughed to. All of the dogs went between growling angrily and howling sadly. Stitch joined the dogs in the growling. Most of the others took to kicking the rocks around us, though Jenny ended up crumbling a whole bunch by pounding her fists at them. The rest of us cried out insults and words of angry disbelief.
"Rotten ryrant." Scooby growled.
"You're right Scooby, Simba is being a tyrant!" Fred agreed.
"Yeah, I would've splatted him but he's still a goodguy despite what he did." Scrappy added.
"Smart decision, Simba might've ripped you to shreds." Darwin said.
"Still, one thing is certain: Kiara will make a better ruler than Simba ever was." Patrick added.
"You got that right." Hermione nodded.
At this point, Harry and Ron W came back, causing us to stop and look at Ron W with sympathy: he was awake now and sobbing words of disappointment in himself.
"It's all right Ron, don't blame yourself," Clifford said gently. "I can't imagine anyone being able to make it on a broken leg."
"Yeah, you gave it your best shot." Fu-Fu agreed. "I should know, I've had a lot of accidents while flying but I still keep flying."
"It's okay Ron, we'll straighten this whole mess somehow." I said. "Put him in his compartment Harry, and one of you other wizards better give his leg a healing spell. I gotta think of a way to sneak Kiara and Penny out of here."
Ron W moaned in pain as his leg healed.
"Look on the bright side," Harry joked. "At least Gilderoy Lockhart isn't here."
He and Ron W cracked up, though Hermione looked sad at that one. Harry were referring to our second year's Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher who ended up knowing more about bragging than anything else. He couldn't even do a simple healing spell, which caused unfortunate side effects back when he tried one on Harry's broken arm. Hermione was hurt when she found out that he was a fake because she used to admire him for his 'accomplishments'. It turned out that he was just taking credit for what other people did.
"Say," Numbuh Three said. "Where's Wally?"
Sure enough Numbuh Four was missing! But he wasn't the only one….
"And where's Snap?" Cosmo added.
Both questions were answered when Numbuh Four and Snap came tumbling towards us! They were both fighting…or rather Snap was trying to attack and Numbuh Four was trying to keep a hold of him.
"Uh, Wally, what're you doing?" Cleo asked.
"Trying to keep Snap from making the same mistake I made last time we were here." Numbuh Four explained.
That's when we realized that Snap was trying to get back at Simba for exiling Rudy.
"Wally has a point Snap," Wanda agreed. "You could get badly hurt, plus for all we know Simba might exile you next."
"I don't care!" Snap said angrily. "He can't treat my best friend that way!"
At that, we knew we had to think of something else in order to get Snap to stop.
"You stick with figuring out a way to get Kiara and Penny out of here Miranda." AJ said. "We'll think of a way to stop Snap."
"All right, we can't waste any time after all." I shrugged.
After a few moments, Danny snapped his fingers.
"Uh Snap, I know you don't care whether you get hurt or not but obviously Rudy would be very upset if you got hurt." Danny pointed out.
Snap stopped struggling!
"How did you figure that out?" Felicity asked.
"Easy, I put myself in Rudy's shoes." Danny muttered.
The rest of us winced and looked sympathetic. Obviously it wasn't that hard for Danny to do.
"Er…sorry I asked." Felicity apologized, looking a little embarrassed.
"No, no. I'm sorry I used that tone, it's not your fault." Danny apologized.
"Don't sweat it, no goodguy is thought of as bad forever." Alex smiled.
"Thanks." Danny smiled back.
"Darn it." Snap muttered, kicking at a rock from a pile behind us.
Suddenly, we heard crying and noticed a little hole in the rock pile!
"Hm, a secret entrance…or should I say exit?" I smiled.
I dug a little at the rock pile, just enough to make the hole more noticeable, and the crying suddenly stopped! Kiara and pushed the rocks out of the way, and she and Penny S blindly ran ahead without even noticing any of us.
"Bloody brilliant." James smiled.
I smiled back, and we followed Kiara and Penny S. We didn't follow them to closely though, because it would be best if they had some time alone with Kovu and Rudy. However, Camera did fly on ahead to follow Kiara and Penny S – who was obviously riding Kiara.
