Not to spoil anything, but Nala finds a lot more about T when she gets to be alone with her. Enjoy!
Simba and Nala came back to the elephant skull, puzzled, after not finding Shenzi or Banzai anywhere in the Pridelands.
They saw Ed pacing back and forth in the skull until they walked up to him. Nala looked around the skull.
"Ed, where's T?" she asked him. Ed babbled words that were ineligible to her.
"T went out hunting and hasn't come back yet?" Simba said. Ed nodded his head.
Then, Simba and Nala looked completely appalled, now he could understand what Ed was saying! Nala looked at Simba.
"Must have something to do with me being in Banzai's body." Simba said.
"Well this is my stop." T said as they reached the border of the graveyard.
"You sure you're ok?" Shenzi asked her.
"Yeah I'm fine. It's gonna take more than a couple 'a wimpy lions ta finish me off. Uh, no offense." T said.
"None taken." Shenzi and Banzai said in unision.
"Well thanks for the food." T said as she was dragging the carcass back to the skull.
"Sure, no problem." Shenzi said as she and Banzai turned around to go back to Priderock.
Simba saw Nala looked a little worried and he was puzzled. But Ed, thinking Nala was still Shenzi, wasn't because he knew Shenzi liked T.
Then they looked up to see T dragging a carcass into the skull.
"Anybody hungry?" T said to them. Ed rushed over and happily helped himself to the food.
"T where've you been?" Nala said.
"I was just hunting. You two went out so, so did I." T replied. (A/N not a typing error; I meant to type that)
"In the Pridelands?" Simba asked her, showing a little frustration.
"Where else is there food? 'Cause there sure isn't here!" T replied.
"But T, what if the lions saw you?" Nala said to her.
"They did see me." T replied, acting as though it wasn't a big deal.
"What?!" Simba and Nala said in unision. Ed's head even jerked up after hearing it.
"Oh no, are you ok?" Nala said coming over to her.
"Yeah, lemme finish." T said.
"I said that lions saw me, but only four."
"That's still enough to-!" Nala couldn't say anymore.
"Yeah I know, but half of those four weren't even trying to rip me limb from limb." T said. Simba and Ed looked confused while Nala still looked worried.
"What do ya mean?" Simba asked her.
"Oh I just had a little talk with the king and queen before I came back here, is all." T replied.
"They even helped me bring breakfast back to the graveyard."
All three of them looked surprised, well, Ed actually looked more shocked.
"So that's why we couldn't find them anywhere." Simba and Nala thought to themselves.
Ed babbled more words Nala couldn't understand, but to Simba and T, they sounded like this;
"T, you're lucky to even be alive! Because all the lions, hate us! Especially the king and queen!"
"We do not hate you." Simba said, annoyed. Ed and T gave him a puzzled look.
"I-I mean they do not hate you!" Simba said quickly.
"S-so I've heard." he finished.
"Look, we have to go out again tonight so promise me you won't go into the Pridelands when we do. At least until tomorrow. Please?" Nala asked T.
T looked at Nala for a minute, and saw how worried she was. She sighed because she hated it when everybody worried about her just because how young she looked, despite her age.
"Ok." T said. At that, Nala looked relieved.
"So can we eat or what?" T asked everybody. Ed went back to eating and T happily went to chomping on a leg.
Nala even joined in. Simba had learned to deal with the fact that his mate was a carnivore but didn't really mind because this was Nala.
But he still said;
"I think I'll skip breakfast today."
Nala smiled at Simba but went on enjoying the meal. But when she got close to T, she couldn't help but notice a peculiar odor on her.
That night, Nala could hear something outside the skull. At first she was frightened and wanted to wake Simba, but then realized it sounded familiar.
She looked to where Simba and Ed were sleeping, they were there, snoozing away.
Then she looked to her side, the place T was supposed to be sleeping; no T. Nala looked a little worried and decided to go find out what the noise was.
She walked through the darkness with as much ease as her original body walked in daytime, her new eyes helping her every step of the way.
When she came outside the skull, she saw T leaning over a puddle. Then she saw her pick up a little water in her right paw and dab it on her cut.
T hissed at the pain. Nala's heart melted and she went over to help her. T heard a twig snap and she immediately jumped up and started growling, now knowing she wasn't alone.
But she calmed down when she saw it was (who she thought was) Shenzi.
"What are you doing?" Nala asked her.
"Nothing, just getting a drink." T said.
"T, we both know that puddle's too shallow for anything to drink out of." Nala said, sitting beside her.
She saw T hiss and slightly wince from her cut, now bleeding a little, T turned her head from the pain.
"Here, let me help." Nala said. T didn't want her to, and kept her head turned away. But eventually she turned her head towards Nala so she could clean it a little.
T winced as Nala gently ran a wet paw over her cut.
"Don't worry, I'm almost done." Nala said, still cleaning her cut.
"There." she said, finished. T sighed, knowing she needed her help at that moment.
"Thanks." T said, looking away.
"You shouldn't be afraid to ask for help." Nala said.
"Especially from those who care about you."
"You, care about me?" T asked her, looking back at her.
"Of course I do." Nala said about herself, then remembered she was supposed to be Shenzi.
"I'm pretty sure." she finished. What she didn't know is she was right; Shenzi did care about T. T was quiet for a bit, then sighed again.
"Can I tell you something?" T asked her.
"Go ahead." Nala said.
"This cut," T said, rubbing her paw against her cheek, looking away, "I didn't really get it from a lioness like I told you."
Nala was surprised but wanted to know more.
"Go on." she said.
"Actually, I got it from a human." T went on. Nala looked shocked. This hyena had come in contact with humans and yet she still stood before her.
It was no wonder she smelled strange to her and Shenzi, and to somewhat, Banzai. She had the scent of humans on her.
"Ya see, when I told you my parents were killed by humans, that was true. And I really did have to leave or else I'd be next." T said.
By this time Nala could feel something that was like a thousand butterflies in her stomach.
"But I didn't tell you the whole story; ya see me and family were just eating lunch on our savanna, like we did everyday. But suddenly there was this loud bang from outta nowhere.
Everybody looked up and they all looked terrified. Then my parents pushed me foward and we all ran towards our home. But while we were running, another bang rang out and my mom fell to the ground.
My dad ran to her but told me to keep on running. Then I saw a human creeping up behind him.
I called to my dad to watch out but the guy had already slammed a cage on top of 'im. My dad fought back and started biting the guy which made 'im mad.
Then I saw 'im take out a really sharp knife and I guess I got really ticked off, because the next thing I knew, I jumped on the guy and started biting 'im. Then when I looked at my dad, I saw he wasn't moving.
That moment seemed to last longer than eternity, but the next thing I knew, there was this really sharp pain on my face.
It was like a huge thorn digging deeper into my cheek, until I finally realized what was happening and bit the guy one last time before I jumped off 'im and ran.
That last thing I heard before I left was another bang. I looked to my right to see a twig on a log I was running next to, snapping apart all by itself."
Then T grew silent, just looking at the ground. She failed to see the tears in Nala's eyes. But before T even knew what was happening, Nala hugged her tightly.
T was surprised at first but then just let her tears fall, silently because she didn't want herself to know she could be weak.
T and Nala cried for awhile, not letting any sobs escape. The bad memories seemed to flow away as T sat there with Nala, her head lying on Nala's (Shenzi's) shoulder, tears running down her cheeks.
Finally, they both stopped and calmed down. They let out shaky sighs, the kind you get only after crying, and smiled at each other.
"Better now?" Nala asked her. T nodded. Nala started walking back towards the skull.
"Hey Shenzi," T called out to her, quietly as to not wake anybody up. Nala turned her head around to her.
"thanks." T said.
"If you and Banzai and Ed hadn't 'a took me in, I dunno what would've happened to me."
Nala was completely surprised but was careful not to let T see it; she turned her head back around, her mouth open slightly and her eyes wide open.
But she calmed down, and turned back to T and smiled. T smiled back.
The story of how T lost her parents to humans finally told! So whaddya think? Too dramatic? Please R+R!