A/N: I'm Baaaaaack! How's it going everybody? It's your favorite writing dolphin of Fanfiction, TDDolphin. Here to present you with the next chapter of Kingdom Hearts: Cody's Story. Yeah, I'm breaking tradition just this once, and uploading the first chapter of the Pride Lands. I'll upload the next two as soon as possible. Yeah, I said two. Because everything in this world was kinda important, I writing it in three parts again. I hope no one minds.

Alright! Let's get this party started, shall we? I hope everyone enjoys Chapter 29. I think ya'll will though. hahaha.


Chapter 29 - Adventures in the Savannah


Gummi Ship

Cody, Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay had left Halloween Town some time ago. Once they had left, their appearences had returned to normal. Noah was once again reading his spellbook. He was researching about level three fire, blizzard and thunder spells. As he read, he quickly realized that he wasn't quite strong enough to perform them yet.

Lindsay was once again sleeping peacefully in her seat. She dreamed that her and Tyler were hanging by the pool, with Chris McLean, dressed as a hobo, serving them apple juice.

Over by the pilot's seat, Cody was teaching Bridgette how to drive the ship. The surfer girl was piloting while the tech geek watched her closely while giving her pointers.

"So this joystick is how you steer the gummi ship?" Bridgette asked Cody, while gripping the control stick.

"Yep. Driving this thing isn't really hard." informed Cody. "Just turn on the ship, mind where you're going, and if we run into trouble, press that big red button to fire lasers."

"And be sure to avoid the big green one, right?" Bridgette pointed out playfully. Cody chuckled. Noah however, frowned at her words, remembering when he accidently pressed that button.

Bridgette looked at Cody's grin, then she smiled inwardly. Cody's mood seemed to have improved greatly. Considering how they had just left Halloween Town, she figured that the keyblade master might still be a little depressed. Their encounter with Gwen there wasn't a pleasent one. In fact, the goth girl had actualy tried to attack them with a large scythe. But, Cody seemed to have reverted back to his usual cheerful self.

After another half hour, Bridgette had gotten the hang of piloting. Cody smiled, she had learned more quickly then he thought she might. He now felt comfortable with her driving them around space now.

"We're approaching another world, you guys!" Bridgette announced. Cody and Noah looked up and saw a green, gold and grayish-looking world. Lindsay woke up from her nap and gazed out the window at their next destination groggily.

"Wow! That's a pretty big world!" exclaimed Lindsay. "I wonder what's down there?"

"Only one way to find out." answered Bridgette excitedly, she turned to her secret crush. "Shall we, keyblade master?"

Cody laughed. "Let's check it out. Onward, Bridgette!" he exclaimed, pointing humorously toward the new world, earning giggles from both Bridgette and Lindsay and an eyeroll from Noah.

Bridgette piloted the gummi ship forward to their next adventure.


Deep in a large gorge of a large grassland, a lion cub with gold fur was prowling around the area with a smile on it's face. He looked around for a small animal to play with.

It's smile fell when the cub felt the ground beneath him shake. The cub looked down to see rocks trembling. Then, he heard the sound of hooves. He looked up, now feeling rather worried, at the top of a cliff.

Animals were running as fast as they could down the cliffside. In fact, it was a herd of wildebeest. The cub was now completely scared, and unable to move for a moment. As the herd got closer however, common sense kicked in, and he ran as fast as his paws could carry him.

Despite how fast he was running, the little lion was too slow to outrun the stampede. Some of the wildebeest were passing him now. The cub avoided getting trampled, and then he spotted a tree in the middle of the canyon. He jumped up and began to climb it with his claws in the wood. Finally, he made it to the highest branch and wrapped all four paws around it tightly.

The stampede raged on, unaware of the young lion in their path. Something had obviously spooked them. One wildebeest hit the tree the lion cub clung too. He struggled to hang on as another animal hit the tree even harder than the last. The cub lost it's grip, and was flung into the air. He screamed as he fell toward the sea of wildebeest below him.

Suddenly, an adult lion had jumped up and caught the cub in it's mouth. This lion had gold fur like the smaller lion, but it also had a red mane. Mufasa had made it just in time to catch his son.

The king ran out of the stampede toward the edge of the cliff. He jumped up to a ledge, with his lower body hanging, and placed his son gently on the rocks. Before Mufasa could ask if the young one was alright, a stray wildebeest had knocked the lion back into the stampede.

"Daaaaad!" cried the cub. He started to look around the sea of stampeding mammals for a sign of his father. After a moment of searching, he was starting to get really scared.

Then something gold had jumped high out of the stampede and grabbed hold of the cliff. The young lion smiled in relief as he watched his father try to climb up the rocks. Realizing Mufasa may need help once he reached the top, the cub started to climb up himself toward the ledge that his father was climbing toward.

Mufasa, despite the struggle of climbing a rocky wall, was almost at the top. Then he looked up and saw another lion watching him. This one had auburn fur and a black mane, as well as a scar over his left eye.

"Scar!" cried Mufasa desperately, losing his grip. "Brother! Help me!"

Scar just gazed at his brother for a moment, then he smiled evilly.

The young cub continued to climb up the cliff. Then he heard a roar, he turned around and what he saw made his heart stop. The young cub watched in horror as his father fell from the cliff toward the stampede of wildebeest.

His father screamed as fell closer to the ground. Simba finally found his voice and shouted tragically.

"Noooooooooooooooo!"


Pride Lands - Oasis

"Noooooooooooooooo!"

A lion with gold fur and a red mane shouted in terror. Then he opened his eyes and looked around the area in fear. This lion was Simba, now an adult.

The lion looked around at the palm trees and the waterfall in the jungle's oasis for a moment before he finally realized that he was only dreaming.

But not just any dream. It was that dream. When he was small, and his father, King Mufasa, had rescued him from a stampede of wildebeest. And he had lost his father as a result. Simba never found out what had caused his dad to fall to his death.

But he remembered his uncle, Scar, telling him to run away. So his mother and the others wouldn't know that Simba had inadvertently caused the death of his father. He ran, ran, and continued to run, until he was on the verge of death, and was then rescued by Timon and Pumbaa.

Simba sighed. He looked next to him at the warthog sleeping on it's back, and the small meerkat sleeping on the warthog's stomach. He smiled as his friends slept peacefully. A part of him was envious of them. He wished he could sleep peacefully.

But Simba knew better. His face fell as he got up and walked over toward the cliffside. He gazed out into the jungle. Then he turned upward into the night sky and gazed at a large cloud formation, shaped like a lion.

Then the lion just fell carelessly onto his stomach, landing gently on a bed of flowers. Some of the petals had been blown into the air by the wind, and now the wind was carrying those petals away high into the sky.


Pride Lands - Gorge

In the middle of a small gorge, four beams of light shot down onto the surface. When the lights disappeared, four animals stood there.

"We made it." stated Cody. Then he looked around at the seemingly large canyon. "But... why do I feel so small?"

"Uhhhh... guys? Why do you all look like animals?" Lindsay asked in confusion.

"Wait, what!" cried out Bridgette. She then began inspecting herself. Cody and the other two immediately did the same.

Cody was shocked, as he realized that he had paws, and four legs. He had turned into a lion cub with brown fur, much like his hair color. He was no longer wearing clothes, but curiously, he still wore his crown-shaped necklace.

He looked toward the others. Bridgette had turned into a monkey with blonde-colored fur. She still wore her silver bracelet and had kept her hair style and ponytail. Noah had become a small chimpanzee with black fur. Like Bridgette, he still wore his red bracelet. Lindsay had turned into a white-feathered parrot with blue-tipped wings and a large, feathered tail.

"Wow, we really have become animals." said Bridgette. "Why though?"

"Well, remember what I said last time?" Noah asked them. "About visitors appearences changing for some worlds? It's the same as what happened at the last world we went to."

"Huh. I guess you were right about that hunch, then." said Cody.

The four animal-like teens looked around the place. They had landed in a small gorge, whose cliffs rose pretty high into the sky. There were pools of what appeared to be green liquid, which bubbled and had steam rising from them. There were rocks sprewn all around the edges of the canyon.

"This place... kinda gives me the creeps, you guys." whispered Cody timidly.

"Yeah, me too." added Bridgette, then she turned around and gasped as a gray-furred hyena had suddenly appeared and was staring at them hungrily. This hyena had some long strands of black hair on it's head.

Cody turned to see what had made the surfer monkey gasp in horror and saw the hyena. Then he heard something in front of him, he turned back and saw another hyena gazing at them, licking it's chops.

Noah and Lindsay turned to see a third hyena in front of them. This one had it's tounge hanging out of it's mouth and looked at the four junior heroes with a rather dumb expression.

Suddenly, Cody looked up and saw hyenas, about fifty of them, standing all around the canyon walls, gazing down at the animal teens with hungry eyes. The teens had been surrounded, and they hadn't even been aware of the predators' presence.

"Are they Heartless?" asked Lindsay fearfully.

"I don't think so, Lindsay." answered Bridgette. "I'm pretty sure their just regular hyenas."

"And I think we just landed in their den." added Noah fearfully.

The hyena with it's tounge hanging out, suddenly laughed hysterically and waved it's paw at the teenaged animals. The other two began to circle the group, smirking at Cody and the others.

"Don't mind us!" muttered Cody, laughing nervously. "Just passing through. We won't be any trouble."

"Don't be silly." answered the hyena with hair in a feminine voice. "We'd love for you to stick around for lunch."

"You can talk?" Cody asked the hyena in complete shock.

"Of course we can." replied Shenzei, still smirking and circling Cody's group. "But enough about that. Shall we have lunch, Banzai?"

"I think that's a great idea, Shenzei!" answered the other hyena, chuckling darkly as he continued circling the four teens.

"Umm. We didn't bring anything to eat." Lindsay informed the predators.

The three hyenas laughed. "That's not gonna be a problem!" replied Banzai menacingly.

"You idiot, WE'RE lunch!" Noah groaned at Lindsay. The white parrot mage squawked in fear in response.

The third hyena laughed stupidly again as he joined in on the circling. Then he licked his lips loudly.

Cody's eyes widened in horror. "Everybody run!" he shouted to his guardians.

They each ran in a different direction, or tried to. Cody immediately began to trip over himself as he tried running on four legs. Bridgette couldn't get anywhere walking on her monkey legs, and Lindsay just ran on her talons, and didn't even try to fly away.

Cody had tripped finally, and landed on his back. The hyena Banzai approached him, not even bothering to run, and looked down at the keyblade master with a smirk on his face.

"Going somewhere?" he asked, still smirking evilly. Shenzei and Ed had joined their comrade's side and gazed down hungrily at Cody.

"Cody!" Bridgette screamed in fear. She, Noah and Lindsay were against the cliff, surrounded by about twenty more hyenas.

Banzai and Shenzei reared back, preparing to bite into the teck geek cub. Cody shut his eyes, not wanting to see what would happen next.

Suddenly, a very loud roar sounded in the distance. Which caused the hyenas to stop their attack. Cody opened his eyes and looked around for the source of that roar, while Bridgette, Lindsay and Noah looked around as well. Banzai and Shenzei turned around and growled furiously.

"Man, that Scar's got the worst timing!" yelled Banzai bitterly.

"Just let him roar, we got food here." said Shenzei.

"Nah, we better go see what he wants. Sounds like he's grumpy enough already."

Shenzei sighed in frustration. "Fine!" They, Ed and all of the other hyenas ran out of the gorge in a hurry.

Cody layed there stunned, feeling grateful to this Scar, whoever he was, that he was able to call the hyenas away from him and his friends. The other three walked over to him.

"Are you alright, Cody?" Noah asked him. Cody nodded as he got back to his paws.

"Yeah. I don't know what that was about, but I'm glad it's over."

Bridgette, Lindsay and Noah sighed in relief. Cody inspected his cub body and then whined "Everything's harder on four legs..."

"Yeah, we better start practicing how to walk and fight in these bodies." Bridgette agreed.

And so, they all began to practice getting used to their new forms. Cody started by walking. Once he got the hang of that, he started trying to run. Both Bridgette and Noah practiced walking on their hands and knuckles, while Lindsay learned how to fly.

After about half an hour, they had mastered the moving patterns of their animal forms. They next started learning to fight. Cody got pretty good at swinging his keyblade in his mouth, even if it did make it hard to talk. Bridgette swung her trident well, and even learned to carry it with her tail while she was walking and running. Lindsay performed her spells by holding her star wand in her talons while she flew around.

After an hour. Cody, Lindsay, Noah and Bridgette had gotten the hang of handling their new bodies. They sighed with relief, then they looked down an opening in the canyon.

"I wonder where that leads to?" wondered Cody. He ran toward the entrance, with Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay right behind him.


Pride Lands - Elephant Graveyard

The four animals had wandered into another canyon. This one however was much larger, and there were multiple trails that branched off from theirs. Cody looked around uncomfortably, as the area was littered with the bones of dead animals. In the distance, Bridgette noticed an enormous elephant skull sitting a good distance away from them.

"This place gives me the creeps, you guys." whined Lindsay, looking at the skeletal remains of an antelope.

"Yeah, I here you on that, Lindsay." replied Cody. He gazed over toward the elephant skull. It looked pretty withered, like the skull had been here for centuries, and it's tusks were broken.

"What is this place?" Bridgette asked, somewhat horrified. "Some kind of animal graveyard?"

Before any of her friends could answer, they all heard another roar. This one wasn't as loud as the one before, and it was somewhat higher pitched. Cody's group immediately summoned their weapons and turned to where the roar came from.

In a large part of the trail next to them, Cody noticed a lioness running toward them. The lioness had peach-colored fur and a tuft of brown hair on her tail. At first, the tech geek was petrified. He wasn't sure if he or his friends could take on a wild animal like this, especially since lionesses were the hunters of the lions.

But to his puzzlement, and relief, the lioness stopped a good distance away, spun back around and growled at two large animals that appeared to be chasing her. Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay were watching this as well. As the two large animals got closer, the teens noticed that they weren't animals at all.

They were Heartless. Large, animal-like Heartless. Their torsos were blue and furry, and they ran on two legs, whose toes were bony. They also had long, bony tails with spiked balls at the end. But their heads were what caught the teens attention more than anything else. They were skulls, that were shaped like that of a dragon's head, with horns, sharp teeth and large, yellow eyes in the empty sockets.

"Uh oh! Heartless!" shouted Bridgette. "Come on, let's stop them!"

"Are you joking?!" grumbled Noah, he watched as the Living Bones closed in on the lioness. "Why should we help that thing? What are the chances that it'll attack us if we save it?"

"Maybe she's not like those hyenas. Besides, predator or not, I can't just stand here and watch an animal get killed."

After a few seconds of thinking, Noah groaned, a sound that Cody knew meant that the black mage had relented. With keyblade in mouth, Cody dashed toward the two demonic-looking Heartless. As the Living Bones approched the crouched lioness, Cody, Bridgette, Lindsay and Noah got in between them and faced their enemies.

"Stay back!" Cody told the lioness, who just stared in confusion at the lion cub, monkey, chimp and parrot that had appeared out of nowhere holding weapons.

The Living Bones charged at the teens, who dodged the attacks. Cody and Bridgette began slashing their weapons at one of them, while Noah fired Fira and used Thundara spells on the other. Lindsay would fly around, point her clawed feet outward and use Reflera to protect her friends should they need it.

After many, many hits on each Living Bone, both Heartless burst into black mist. The animal-like junior heroes put away their weapons and turned to each other.

"Well, it seems like we've got the hang of fighting in animal form." proclaimed Cody with a toothy smile. "Great job, everyone."

"Yeah. As long as we don't get fleas, I think we'll manage just fine like this." said Noah.

"Oh no! Not fleas!" screamed Lindsay, flapping her wings wildly. "That would be SO disgusting!"

"Thank you." said a voice behind them. "You really saved me." Cody and his guardians turned around to see the lioness in front of them. The tech lion cub was a bit surprised, he didn't expect the lioness to thank them. He expected her to attack them once the Heartless were gone. He sighed inwardly in relief.

"No worries." answered the surfer monkey. "We're just glad you're okay."

"Were there anymore Heartless around here?" Noah asked the female lion.

"Heartless... Is that what they're called?" wondered the lioness. the four teen animals nodded in response. "I'm not sure if there are any others... I don't usually hunt outside the Pride Lands."

"Pride Lands?" wondered Lindsay.

"It must be what this world is called." Cody whispered to the white parrot mage. Then he addressed his friends. "Well, if the Heartless are here, it's a good thing we're here too." Bridgette, Lindsay and Noah all agreed.

"Wait! The Pride Lands are dangerous!" exclaimed the lioness. "Scar and the hyenas have made things unbearable for everyone. There's no food left here, they've driven off all the prey. We're about to starve."

"We can handle a little danger." proclaimed Cody confidently, walking closer toward the lioness.

"Yeah, you watched us beat those Heartless, didn't you?" added Bridgette, joining Cody.

Noah groaned inwardly. "Looks like we're going to meddle once again." The lioness looked at each of the teens. She thought for a moment, then smiled a little. "I guess you're right... You could be just what the kingdom needs. Maybe you can help us." she finished, sounding a little excited.

"You mean you want us to take down this Scar guy and all those hyenas?" Noah asked.

The female lion nodded. "Yes, Scar took over when our last king, Mufasa, died."

That was something the four animal-like teens weren't expecting. "Wait, so this Scar is you're king? And you want us to take him down?" Cody asked the lioness, who nodded simply.

Cody and Bridgette turned around to look at Noah and Lindsay. The parrot smiled, while the Chimp groaned again, but he still nodded in agreement. The cub keyblade master and the surfer monkey looked at each other next, they nodded and smiled. Once Noah and Lindsay joined them, Cody told the lioness their decision.

"Okay. We'll help. It sounds like this Scar isn't a very good king anyway."

"Thank you all." the lioness said happily. "I'm Nala. What're your names?"

"Oh right!" exclaimed Lindsay. "Well, we're Cody. Bridgette. Noah. And Lindsay." she told Nala each of their names, pointing them out with her talons.

"It's nice to meet you all. I'm gonna go ahead and warn the other lionesses. Meet me at Pride Rock."

Nala took off, but Noah shouted after her. "Wait! Where's Pride Rock!"

Nala stopped and shouted back. "Just take the path I'm on to the savannah! You'll know once you see it!" She turned back around and sprinted away.

"I'm not sure about this Cody." said Bridgette suddenly. When Cody looked a bit confused, the monkey elaborated. "I'm not sure I'm comfortable knocking kings off their thrones."

"Don't worry, Bridge." replied the tech geek. "You heard Nala, this isn't a very cool king."

"Yeah, considering how he's managed to make all the prey leave their hunting grounds." added Noah. "It might be better if we take this guy down."

Bridgette hadn't thought of that. It was a good point. Feeling reassured, she grinned and followed the others out of the canyon.

Or tried to follow. The teens realized after several minutes that this Elephant Graveyard was like a maze. Nala forgot to tell them that. They would also occassionally run into Heartless. Shadows, Soldiers and Living Bones would hinder their way as they tried to find the exit.

They eventually found an opening, surrounded by large tusks, that led toward a large field. Sighing in relief, Cody, Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay ran and flew down the path toward the savannah.


Pride Lands - Savannah

"Oh my gosh. What happened here?" Bridgette whispered in shock and devastation.

They all looked around at the large savannah they had entered. It didn't even look like a savannah. The ground was hard, dry and covered in cracks. There was no grass for miles. The few trees that Cody could see were completely dead, and devoid of leaves. He was able to see the sky properly for the first time, which was very gray and smoggy.

Looking in the distance, Cody could plainly see a very large, mountain-sized rock, with another rock connected perpendicularly to the larger one.

"I guess that's Pride Rock." Cody pointed out to his guardians. "Let's go guys."

They all ran and flew as quickly as they could. The teens learned quickly just how much faster they all were as animals, because it only took them about ten minutes to run about a mile and a half and reach the other end of the savannah. However, before they could leave, a group of Heartless appeared and blocked their way.

There were Shadows, as well as a Living Bone. The Living Bone immediately spun in a circle and shot itself toward the teenaged animals. Cody couldn't get out of the way in time, and was knocked away by the attack.

"Cody!" shouted Noah, who retaliated by using a Thundara spell on the large Heartless. Bridgette and Lindsay had fought off all of the Shadows already, and joined Noah on attacking the Living Bone.

The Heartless used it's spinning move and knocked them away however. Bridgette backflipped and landed on her feet, Lindsay flapped to stop herself from hitting the ground, and Noah landed on his hands and flipped back to his feet. They all charged and began attacking the Living Bone relentlessly. Cody got back to his feet, still hurting, and joined them in attacking. After a moment, the Living Bone burst into dark mist.

Lindsay healed Noah and Bridgette. Cody said painfully. "Did anyone get the license plate of that bus that hit me?" Bridgette chuckled. Lindsay then healed the keyblade master.

"Are you alright, Cody?" Lindsay asked, landing beside Cody and stroking one of his arms.

"Yeah. That Heartless just really nailed me." answered Cody.

Noah turned to look at Pride Rock. "Come on you guys, Nala's waiting for us."

Cody nodded. He led Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay into the rocks that led toward the largest rock in the distance. A part of Cody was really nervous, he didn't know what to expect. What if they ran into Scar? Then another part reasoned, Scar was just a lion. Even with all of those hyenas, they couldn't be as powerful as the Heartless. This shouldn't be much of a problem.


Pride Lands - Pride Rock

Cody, Lindsay, Noah and Bridgette had made it to the base of Pride Rock. They realized quickly just how much larger the rock was up close. The long rock stuck out sort of like a bridge, but ended in nothing but a large drop that Cody was pretty sure would have been fatal if he fell from there. The four started walking closer to the rock.

There were lionesses laying all around the rocky floor near the teens. They rose their heads up and gazed at the four small animals as they passed them. Thankfully, Bridgette could see that the lionesses weren't looking at them hungrily, but just curiously. It seemed that the lions were much different than the hyenas in this world.

"Here she comes, you guys." exclaimed Lindsay. Everyone turned to see Nala coming down a stone rampway that connected to the upper area. With her however, were two other animals. One was a hornbill, with blue feathers and a white underside, and an orange beak. The other was a mandrill, with a long, hairy, white beard, gray fur and brown fingers and toes. He also carried a long stick, with two large nuts hanging by some hair.

Nala, the mandrill and the hornbill stopped in front of Cody's group. "That's him, Rafiki." Nala told the mandrill, looking at Cody.

Rafiki walked over to the teens, and got right up close to Cody's face. This creeped the tech cub out a little. "W-What..." he stammered nervously. Rafiki didn't answer, he just put his fingers to his chin as he continued inspecting the lion cub.

Finally, the mandrill backed away. Then he went over and circled around Bridgette, taking in her appearence. Then he inspected Noah, and then finally looked Lindsay up and down. After looking over the four animals, he walked back over to Nala and started whispering in her ear. The hornbill flew up and hovered over Rafiki to hear what he was saying.

The other lionesses were watching attentively. Was there a chance that these four could get rid of Scar for them? Nala's head shot up at whatever Rafiki whispered to her. The mandrill then shook his head. Nala's face fell, and the other lionesses layed back down feeing disappointed.

Rafiki walked past Cody's group and the lionesses and left Pride Rock. "What's going on?" Lindsay asked Nala curiously.

"I told Rafiki and Zazu you might be able to help us force Scar and the hyenas out of the Pride Lands." replied Nala. "But Rafiki says it won't work."

"What makes that baboon so sure!" grumbled Noah irritably.

"Well, you see, whoever saves the Pride Lands will be our next king," answered Zazu, the hornbill. "and he has to have the right qualities to rule this land."

"Meaning?" wondered Cody.

"What it means is," answered Noah in a mock business-like voice, "you do not fulfill the requirements necessary for this job." Cody glared at his cynic friend, who snickered in amusement.

"I'm sorry you came all this way." apologized Nala sadly.

"Don't be. It's no big deal." replied Bridgette.

Nala got a little closer and whispered to the four of them. "You all better go before Scar finds out you're here."

"And not just him, but those nosy, stupid poachers that we call hyenas as well." added Zazu. "It's best you be off before you get into any trouble."

"It's too late for that!" someone snickered from behind.

Scared out of their wits, Cody, Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay turned around swiftly to see the three hyenas from before. They were blocking the path out of Pride Rock, and they grinned evilly at the lion cub, parrot, monkey and chimpanzee. More hyenas were blocking the other lionesses from getting involved, while four more pushed Nala and Zazu toward them.

Shenzei, Banzai and Ed closed in on the teens. "Hey- a snack." said Banzai happily.

"Snack? Nah uh, we got us a four course meal." added Shenzei. Ed just laughed stupidly.

Suddenly, there was a deep roar. The hyenas immediately looked up toward the upper level of Pride Rock in fear. Cody, Bridgette, Lindsay and Noah turned and looked up where everyone else was looking.

On the long rock was a lion. This lion was obviously male. It had auburn colored fur, and a mane of black hair. There was a large tuft of black hair on it's tail. The lion gazed down and smiled evilly. Bridgette immediately got that familiar feeling that she had when they had met Hades and Jafar. This lion reeked of darkness.

"Look at that, here comes the king." said Banzai with a snicker.

So this lion was Scar. The king ran and jumped off of the rock and landed on his feet. Cody watched this in shock. Scar had just jumped down over a hundred feet and landed unharmed. The red lion walked regally over to them. When Scar got close enough, Cody noticed a scar over the lion's left eye.

Scar looked at the other lionesses. "Go back to the den ladies. I'd like a word with our guests." he told them in a darkly authoritive voice. The lionesses, including Nala, reluctantly walked up the path toward the upper level. Scar grinned evilly as he turned back to Cody's group.

"Well, I have to say, you've arrived sooner than I expected." growled Scar.

"How do you know who we are?" Bridgette asked fiercely.

"Ahhh, I know all about the four of you." continued the evil king with a sneer. "I know that you are not really denizens of my kingdom." he then turned and grinned at Cody. "Ahh yes, I've been watching you for some time now, keyblade master."

Cody's eyes widened. How did Scar know who he was? And how has he been watching him and his friends? Bridgette, Noah and Lindsay also looked stunned that the lion knew who they were. After trying to mull all this over, realization finally struck Cody.

"You're a friend of Maleficent's, aren't you?!"

"Yes, keyblade master, I'm glad to see that you're much smarter than you look." sneered Scar.

That remark angered Cody greatly. He summoned his keyblade and prepared to charge, but the hyenas had dashed in front of him and were now guarding Scar.

"Maleficent, myself, we've been watching you're journey since the beginning. Slaying Heartless, sealing keyholes, yeees, you've been quite a thorn in our sides, haven't you?"

The hyenas began to close in on Cody and his guardians. Scar continued, grinning once again. "But no more." he whispered darkly. Then he muttered clearly to his minions. "Kill them."

The hyenas pounced, however Cody, Bridgette, Lindsay and Noah summoned their weapons and retaliated. Now that they knew how to fight while as animals, it wasn't very hard to take the hyenas out. After a few moments, about twenty of the predators layed on the ground, dead. Shenzei, Banzai and Ed had stayed back, looking hesitant about attacking the teens.

"So, you've mastered fighting on this world, eh?" hissed Scar. "Very well, then I'll just kill you all myself!" The king growled and prepared to pounce. Cody and Bridgette got into defensive positions.

Then, Scar was unexpectedly tackled to the ground by one of the lionesses. "Run!" yelled Nala desperately. The three hyenas had been caught off guard by this attack. So, Noah took the opportunity and shot them with ice spells, which knocked them to the ground. He and the other three ran and flew as fast as they could down the path back toward the savannah.

"Follow me!" Nala told them as she had caught up with them at last. They all ran as quickly as they could away from Pride Rock.


Pride Lands - Savannah

Nala had led Cody, Bridgette, Lindsay and Noah back to the barren wasteland that was the savannah. They had run as fast as they could to get away from the evil king. Now, they were all trying to catch their breath.

"That... was a close one." panted Cody, laying on his side.

"Well... at least... now we know why the Heartless are here." Lindsay exhaled, resting on her talons.

"I'm sorry I got you all involved in this." apologized Nala. The teens had gotten back to their feet (except Lindsay, who was flying again).

"It's no big deal." replied Bridgette with a wave of her hand.

"Yeah, Cody wouldn't have made a good king anyway." Noah snickered.

"Hey!" complained Cody, glaring at his sarcastic friend. Noah's king comment had brought up an idea in Bridgette's head however.

"Uh, Nala, is there anybody else who could be your king?" the surfer monkey asked the lioness.

Nala's face fell. "There was... but he died when he was just a cub." she answered sadly. "He was the son of our last king, Mufasa. If only Simba were here..."

Bridgette's face fell. Then, unexpectedly, her stomach began to grumble. She blushed in embarassment as everyone looked at her with raised eyebrows. She chuckled. "I guess I'm a little hungry."

Cody smiled in understanding. "Nala, is there anywhere we can go to find food?" he asked.

Nala thought for a moment. "Well, there is a jungle past the Wildebeest Valley that I've never been to. We could try finding food there. Plus, Scar won't follow us if we go there."

"Where is Wildbeast Valley?" asked Lindsay, mispronouncing Wildebeest.

"It's that way." Nala answered, looking out toward another end of the savannah.

"Okay. Let's go find something to eat then, shall we?" said Cody. They all ran toward the valley on a quest for food.


The wind was blowing, carrying a blizzard of white and pink flower petals. The wind was carrying them toward a large baobab tree.

At the highest point of this tree, a mandrill sat on a branch, gazing out at the grasslands. It was then that Rafiki noticed the petals blowing toward him. As a shaman, he knew that wind had a way of carrying messages all across the savannah. He raised a hand and caught some of the flower petals.

The mandrill shaman sniffed the petals. He grunted, then he jumped off his branch and grabbed onto another with one hand as he fell down toward his canopy. He then ran down a trunk of the tree into his home. There were shells, fruits and nuts hanging from the ceiling. And there was a picture of a lion cub drawn on another trunk.

Rafiki grabbed a large turtle shell and placed the dome on the wooden floor like a bowl. The shaman sat down and placed the petals into the shell, then proceeded to shake it for about a minute, humming a merry tune as he did so.

He then picked up, then split a piece of fruit in half and began to eat one of the halves. It was then that something in the bowl peaked his interest. After analyzing the meaning of this message, Rafiki gasped in realization.

"Simba?!" he grunted in complete shock. He gazed up at the painting of the lion cub. "H-He's alive?" he then began to laugh. "He's alive!"

He continued to laugh ecstatically as he got up and swung himself on his long hands. He picked up his staff, then hurried back to the painting. The mandrill scooped up some red, thick-looking juice into his fingers from the other half of the fruit he split.

By this point Rafiki was laughing hysterically, but still very happily. He used his red soaked fingers and painted a mane on the picture of the lion. After he was done, he gazed at the picture in excitement. There was hope for the Pride Lands after all!

"It is time!" exclaimed Rafiki in excitement.


Oh man, this was a long one wasn't it? It's definately the longest chapter I've put out so far. But like I said, everything in this world is kinda important. So, what will happen now? Will Cody's group find food? And what will Rafiki do now that he knows Simba's alive? Find out next time.

So yeah. I realize that in the game Sora told Nala that Simba was alright. But, considering this is Cody, someone who's never met Simba, I obviously couldn't do that. But at least Rafiki is aware of this now. Also, I hope I did a good job with Cody's interaction with Scar. I didn't think the one in the game was that special, so I wanted to improve it a bit. Hell, Scar himself was kinda boring in the game, in my opinion. I hope everyone liked the animals I chose for Cody, Bridgette, Lindsay and Noah to change into. Oh, and that I added Zazu.

Soooo, what did you guys think? Let me know how you liked it. And I'll get the next two chapters uploaded soon. So "Be prepaaaared!"