A/N: Yeah there has been a lot of great reception to this rewrite. Onward!

The Lion King 1 1/2 (A Late 16th Anniversary Rewrite): Chapter 2: The Life Of The Meerkat Colony/"Digga Tunnah"/A Skylight!

*Shouldn't be too hard to guess what everyone in the cinema is seeing on the big screen as I speak, should it?*

Pumbaa: (acting all dramatic offscreen) Pride Rock!

Timon: (also admiring Pride Rock offscreen like Pumbaa's doing) So majestic.

Pumbaa: (still being overly dramatic) So powerful!

Timon: So...bizarrely named. (Pauses the scene) Pumbaa, would you care to explain to me just HOW a rock, of all things, can be proud? I mean, come on! It's a rock! And a big POINTY rock at that!

Pumbaa: Well, I think it's mostly due to the fact that a "pride" is what people often call a group of lions, Timon.

Timon: (sarcastically) Oh, wonderful. JUST peachy. So, the lions get Pride Rock. Big deal! But what about any of us meerkats? After all, where I come from, we didn't even have NOTHIN' to be proud of! Why, (clears his throat and begins to sing) when I was a young meerkat!

Pumbaa: (joining in very loudly) WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG MEERKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT! (Blows Timon off of his seat by accident)

Timon: Whoa-OOF! (Sarcastically again) Very nice.

Pumbaa: (oblivious to his friend's sarcasm) Thanks.

Timon: (gets back onto his seat) But maybe, how about rather than sing about it like we'd normally do, we just SHOW everyone where I came from instead, hmm? Somehow, I feel that doing that would definitely be a whole lot safer for me.

Pumbaa: Oh boy! You mean we're gonna get to see where you grew up?

Timon: (bummed out) Yeah, Pumbaa. But it ain't pretty. I guess that makes it lucky that it's just you and me here watching this then, eh, pal?

Rafiki: (enters the cinema with Zazu) Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! Not for much longer!

Timon: (shocked as the new arrivals enter) What the-?! Rafiki?! ZAZU?! (Facepalms) Oh no! Not you two! Who let the both of you in here? This is a PRIVATE screening! (Rafiki hits him on the head with his staff) YEOUCH! Hey, what are ya trying to do me? Give me a HEADACHE?!

Pumbaa: (begins getting excited again) Rafiki! Zazu! Boy, am I surpised to see you here today? Hey, Zazu, did I tell you yet that Rafiki's name is just so much fun to say? Rafiki, Rafiki, Rafiki!

Zazu: (rolls his eyes) Ugh. Do get ahold of yourself, Mr. Pumbaa. We are in NO mood for any of your childish shenanigans right now.

Pumbaa: (a little bit disappointed) Oh. Well...what ARE you both here for then?

Rafiki: I have brought Zazu and myself here to watch what Timon's past was like and how he became an outcast. Apparently, he's been ever so curious about it since the last time he visited the two of you with those registration forums.

Zazu: Oh, come on, Rafiki! I may be curious about it, but I'm not THAT curious about it!

Timon: What?! Show YOU TWO my past?! (Begins getting indignant) Oh no! Nuh-uh! No way! No how! Not now! Not ever! NO, NO, NO! Besides, you know pretty much all there is to know about it already being the wise old all-knowing blue-butt monkey you are, right? Why don't ya just go back where you came from and tell him the tale yourself? We're REALLY...sorta busy here!

Rafiki: Well, you know, I would if I could. But why should I when I can instead give Zazu the full experience by just sitting here and watching the story with you?

Timon: (stammering) B-b-but...

Pumbaa: (practically begging at this point) Oh, go on, Timon! Please let them stay and watch our story with us! They are our friends after all!

Timon: (still being stubborn) No way! (Gets bonked on the head by Rafiki's staff again) YEOUCH! OKAY, OKAY! FINE! You two can stay and watch! Just PLEASE stop hitting me with that thing! SHEESH!

Pumbaa: Yay!

Timon: (Sighs reluctantly) Make yourselves comfortable then. (Rafiki and Zazu sit down in two seats next to him and Pumbaa) But do trust me on this when I say...(gulps)...my past TRULY isn't pretty! (Unpauses the scene) Please remain seated while the camera is in motion.

*As the scene is now unpaused, the camera suddenly zooms away from Pride Rock at high-speed passing a few zebras grazing in the grasslands, then past the home of the hyenas known as The Elephant Graveyard, then over a really DEEP gorge, past marshlands, through the deserts, until finally, the camera suddenly comes to a stop outside one of the STRANGEST Meerkat Colonys ever seen with a front gate and a back gate and a bunch of meerkat hills inside made to look like it's a city with big buildings. It is indeed, as I said, the STRANGEST Meerkat Colony to ever exist in this world.*

Timon: (offscreen) Welp, here we are. From Pride Rock to...(sighs glumly) my old home.

Zazu: (offscreen) THIS is where you used to live?! It doesn't even look anything LIKE a Meerkat Colony!

Timon: (offscreen) Oh, and what would you know about what Meerkat Colonys are supposed to look like, bird-brain? You don't even LIVE in one!

Zazu: (offscreen) Well...um...as far as I know about meerkats, Mr. Timon, a Meerkat Colony would be nothing but a dry plain of low mounds of dirt with underground tunnels to dig and live in.

Timon: (offscreen) Actually, that "Pit Of Shame" your referring to is just right next to this colony. (The screen then shows said "Pit Of Shame" that's not too far away from the fancy looking colony) See?

Zazu: (utterly confused... while still offscreen) Wait, WHAT?! You mean to say that you meerkats had TWO homes to live in?! B-b-but WHY?!

Timon: (offscreen) In case the first colony/home got destroyed and trampled on by bigger animals such as predators or cobras! What did ya think, ya mook?! My family was always one step ahead of everything! That's why we had two homes! And if you do not know the ways of everyone in my family, well then, let me tell you, my "friend", those meerkats were the strict and efficient species!

Zazu: (offscreen) Ugh. I don't believe you.

Timon: Somehow, I thought you wouldn't. But you don't have to take my word for it. Just watch the scene for yourself and you'll see what I mean.

(Disclaimer from RolePlayer48: This chapter is, at the moment, still a work in progress and thus, not 100% perfect yet. I'm kind of having a few difficulties with both writing and combing the life of the meerkats from the episode "Once Upon A Timon" with the life of the meerkats from "The Lion King 1 1/2". So... it probably might take a while to get this chapter done properly and perfectly and I'm hoping our new reviewers are alright with that. Until then, we'll leave the chapter as it is for now until either me or Dede42 get back to it. Again, sorry if this chapter isn't perfect yet. Keep up with the nice reviews though.)

A/N: Yes, this chapter is moving along, and both Roleplayer48 and I will be working on it as much as possible when we both have time.

Bye for now! R&R everyone!