DarkEcoOttsel: I'm back! Huzzah! I'm just gonna cut to the chase. Here's
chapter three!
Summary for Chapter Three: What're hyenas doing in the Pride Lands?! While Timon, Mira, and Pumbaa nearly escape death, questions are going around. Why do hyenas suddenly show up right after Mira came? Sure, there are questions but are there answers?
Disclaimer: I only own Mira.
Chapter Three ~~ Hyenas and Aroused Questions
"Hy-hy-hy..." Timon and Mira stuttered as they stared up at the hyenas. There were only two, but that's still enough to eat two small, defenseless meerkats.
"Well, lookie here," one hyena laughed. "A main meal with desert!"
"What're you guys doing in the Pride Lands?" Timon asked them, trying to sound brave even though he was scared out of his wits.
"Don't tell me you don't remember," the other hyena asked as he looked at Mira, "Mira."
Mira's eyes widened in shock and horror. She had no idea what they were talking about—she couldn't even remember where she lived for God's sake!
"Mira, what're they talking about?" Timon whispered and looked hard at her.
"I-I dunno," Mira stuttered. "I lost my memory, remember?"
"Oh, come on," a hyena giggled. "How could you forget us?"
"I-I—" Mira muttered, trying not to let her fear show. "I have no idea what you two are talking about. Besides, my name's not Mira, its Lila."
"Yeah," Timon said, catching on. "She's my little sister. And that's our uncle-in-law twice removed." Timon nodded towards Pumbaa nervously.
"How could I ever forget a face like that?" a hyena said as he glared at Mira. "Besides, I heard that Mira's brother died. A long time ago."
"Uh," Mira gulped.
"Hey, maybe if we finish the job, we'll get famous just like..." the other hyena hesitated and looked thoughtful. "Oh, now I remember! Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed! Yeah, that's them."
Timon tensed. He knew those three all to well. Were they lurking around as well?
"Great idea," the other hyena grinned and licked his lips. "I haven't had meerkat for a while."
"Uh, oh..." Timon gasped.
"Get 'em!" one hyena lunged at them and they only had a second to dodge.
"RUN!" Timon shouted as he and Mira jumped onto Pumbaa and the warthog took off for Pride Rock. It was still so far away—they would never make it and the hyenas were quickly catching up.
"Go that way!" Mira shouted as she pointed to the left.
Pumbaa turned as ran through the tall grass. Suddenly, the ground underneath his hooves vanished. All three yelped as they tumbled down a steep hill and smashed into some old elephant bones.
"Great plan," Timon mumbled as he knocked some dirt out of his hair.
"Sorry," Mira shot back as she stood up and looked back at the steep hill where they fell. The hyenas were slowly making their way down, laughing maniacally.
"Oh—" Pumbaa cried as he scrambled up.
"Split up—they won't go after all of us!" Mira shouted as she ran one way. Timon ran another, as did Pumbaa.
"Get the rats!" the hyena shouted to the other.
Pumbaa kept running, leaping over the decaying bones. He glanced back and didn't see anyone following him. He screeched to a halt, wondering where everybody went.
Timon scrambled over and under bones. He knew someone was following him and by the laughing, it was a hyena. He yelped as Mira suddenly appeared next to him.
"We're supposed to split up!" Timon shouted at her.
"Doesn't matter, they're only going after us!" Mira shouted back.
"Oh, great!" Timon sighed, trying to catch his breath.
"Gotcha!" a hyena shouted as he landed in front of them, blocking their path.
"T-that way!" Timon shouted as he pulled Mira into a thick elephant tusk. The hyenas bit and slashed but the tusk was too thick.
"We're safe," Mira breathed. "For now."
"Not for long!" Timon said in alarm as the bone began to crack underneath them and shatter, sending the two meerkats falling downward into darkness.
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She didn't know how much time passed from the time she fell from the time she awoke. All she knew was that she was in pain.
Mira opened her eyes. She couldn't see anything—just the eerie darkness enveloping her like Death itself. She began to panic, feeling around for anything that might help her. Her hands landed on something warm and fuzzy.
"T-Timon?!" Mira cried, her voice no more than a harsh whisper. Indeed, it was Timon's body. But he wasn't moving. She didn't even know if he was breathing.
"Timon! Wake up!" Mira said, a little louder, her voice echoing in the dark. She shook him gently and he moaned. He wasn't dead—thank God!
"Oy," Timon winced and sat up slowly. "Oh great, what a time to die!"
"You're not dead, Timon," Mira said quietly. "I think we just fell."
The two looked up and saw a faint outline of a hole in the ceiling. They stared at it until sunlight suddenly poured in through it, temporarily blinding the meerkats.
"Good—they're not dead!" a hyena laughed. "It's no fun eating a dead animal."
"Oh boy," Timon sighed. He stood up and grabbed Mira's paw, running down the small tunnel where a small light could be seen. The two meerkats stepped out into the sunlight...and fell.
They began sliding down a long backbone until they were shot off at the end. They screamed as they landed in a pile of bones.
"Ooh, dinner and a show!" a hyena said as he stalked towards the bone pile. "Too bad it's almost dinner time."
"Ow...why do WE always fall?! What's next?!" Timon muttered as he climbed out of the bone pile. He pulled Mira out and the two began running again.
"Huh?" the hyenas looked over the bone pile and saw that the meerkats had escaped through the back.
"What're we supposed to do?!" Mira gasped. "We'll never make it out of this graveyard alive!"
"Maybe that's WHY it's called a graveyard!" Timon answered. "But we can't give up!"
"BOO!" one hyena leaped in front of them and the other stood behind them.
"YAGH!" the two meerkats screamed and grabbed onto each other.
"Enough playing," the hyena in front said as he moved towards them.
"Yeah, dinner is served," the other said as he closed in from behind.
Mira was shaking with fear as she tried to hold her tears back. Timon had a protective arm around her but he was just as scared as she was. He shut his eyes and waited.
Suddenly there were several roars coming from all directions. They echoed throughout the graveyard.
"What the—?!" the hyenas yelped as Kovu leaped into view followed by Kiara and some other lionesses. The hyenas gulped and quickly made their getaway.
"K-Kovu, Kiara?" Timon breathed a sigh of relief and released Mira, who looked very relieved.
"Looks like we came just in time," Kiara sighed. "Are you two alright?"
"Well, aside from us being totally scared out of our skins, yeah," Mira said in a shaky tone and flashed them a smile.
"Hyenas, great," Kovu sighed. "Just what we need."
"Timon! Miss Mira!" Pumbaa scrambled up to them and smiled. "I'm so glad you're okay!"
"Yeah, we are too, Pumbaa," Timon smiled uneasily. "It was you who got the lions, wasn't it?"
"Yeah, the hyenas were too busy chasing after you two so I went for help," Pumbaa said and smiled.
"Why were they after you anyway?" Kovu asked.
"Uh, one said he knew me," Mira said, speaking up for the first time in a while. "But I don't remember him. I don't remember any of them."
"Yeah, on of 'em claimed he knew about how her brother died," Timon said, looking at Kovu.
"You had a brother?" Kiara asked Mira.
"I may have. I had this weird dream about a brother and me. He died in the end, though," Mira said quietly.
"So Rafiki didn't help," Kiara said finally. "What're you going to do now?"
"I..."
"She's coming to live in my colony just until she gets her memory back," Timon butted in.
"Ah," Kovu said. "Well, it is quite a place to live."
"You mean living underground?" Mira asked Timon.
"Heck, no!" Timon laughed. "We live in a lush, tropical oasis loaded with grubs and everything else that meerkats love! It's the only place to live."
"I find that hard to believe," Mira replied, folding her arms. "Even without my memory I remember what's real and what's not."
"But it is real, Miss Mira," Pumbaa said.
"I'm still not convinced," Mira insisted. "I'll have to see it to believe it."
"Okay then, if we're gonna go, we better go now," Timon smirked. "Bye, Kovu, Kiara. Tell Simba we said hi and bye."
"Okay," Kiara said slowly and Kovu nodded. "See ya around."
"W-wait, Timon!" Mira said as she ran to catch up with him. "What about the hyenas?"
"Aw, they're long gone," Timon waved it off. "Pumbaa, let's go. Time's a- wasting."
"I hate to say it, Timon, but Mira's right," Kiara said, stepping in front of Timon. "There's bound to be more than two hyenas wandering around."
Timon sighed and threw his hands up in defeat. "Okay, so what should we do? I promised Ma I'd be back a while ago."
"Maybe Simba could escort you to the boundary of the Pride Lands," Kovu said. "I'm sure he won't mid spending time with his buddies."
"I guess," Timon said. "But it'll just take more time."
"You gotta learn to relax, Timon," Mira said to him.
"You're right," Timon smiled sarcastically. "I'm starting to sound like my Uncle Max. Let's get back to Pride Rock. The sooner we get there the better."
Once they were out of the elephant graveyard, questions began to stir.
"What are hyenas doing back in the Pride Lands?" one lioness whispered to another.
Mira pretended not to hear anything but she caught every word.
"Yes...it's strange that hyenas start showing up right after that female meerkat comes."
"That's true, true, but what connections would she have with the hyenas? She's only a child!"
"What difference does it make?"
"Still, she claims she lost her memory. How do we know she isn't lying?"
Mira tensed in anger and frustration. She wanted to jump off Pumbaa and give them an earful, but she resisted and continued to listen.
"How do we know that she's not a fibber and an outcast? She could have teemed up with the hyenas to get to Pride Rock!"
"That's also true but what proof do we have?"
That's not true! Mira's mind screamed. I never saw those hyenas in my life! I can't even remember most of my life! Why don't they trust me?
"She could be part of some plan. The hyenas may be using her—"
"SHUT UP!" Timon shouted as he leaped off Pumbaa's back and glared at the two lionesses.
"Timon..." Kovu started but Kiara silenced him with a glance.
"You have no right to talk about Mira that way! You don't even know what she's like! So who are you to point fingers?!" Timon continued to shout.
Mira stared at him in awe. Had he heard everything they were saying about her, too?
"I trust her! Heck, I'd trust her with my life! I believed her when she said she couldn't remember anything and you should, too!"
By the time Timon was done, he was seething with anger and he was panting. He kept his eyes glued to the shocked faces of the two lionesses. He leaped back onto Pumbaa in front of Mira.
"Move it, Pumbaa," Timon said, his brow furrowed.
Pumbaa began walking again under the stares of everyone but most of them were directed at Timon.
Mira leaned forward and whispered quietly into Timon's ear, "Thank you."
"N-no problem," Timon replied and couldn't help but smile.
Soon everyone was back on track to Pride Rock, with a star sprinkled cloak of darkness slowly covering the sky above them.
~~~ to be continued ~~~
DarkEcoOttsel: Not much of a cliffhanger here, I know. Some of you may rejoice and others will cry. Anywho, stay tuned for the next chapter. Sorry if Timon's out of character and all but you shouldn't flame me for that. You shouldn't flame me at all, darn it! Thankies to those who reviewed! TTFN!
Summary for Chapter Three: What're hyenas doing in the Pride Lands?! While Timon, Mira, and Pumbaa nearly escape death, questions are going around. Why do hyenas suddenly show up right after Mira came? Sure, there are questions but are there answers?
Disclaimer: I only own Mira.
Chapter Three ~~ Hyenas and Aroused Questions
"Hy-hy-hy..." Timon and Mira stuttered as they stared up at the hyenas. There were only two, but that's still enough to eat two small, defenseless meerkats.
"Well, lookie here," one hyena laughed. "A main meal with desert!"
"What're you guys doing in the Pride Lands?" Timon asked them, trying to sound brave even though he was scared out of his wits.
"Don't tell me you don't remember," the other hyena asked as he looked at Mira, "Mira."
Mira's eyes widened in shock and horror. She had no idea what they were talking about—she couldn't even remember where she lived for God's sake!
"Mira, what're they talking about?" Timon whispered and looked hard at her.
"I-I dunno," Mira stuttered. "I lost my memory, remember?"
"Oh, come on," a hyena giggled. "How could you forget us?"
"I-I—" Mira muttered, trying not to let her fear show. "I have no idea what you two are talking about. Besides, my name's not Mira, its Lila."
"Yeah," Timon said, catching on. "She's my little sister. And that's our uncle-in-law twice removed." Timon nodded towards Pumbaa nervously.
"How could I ever forget a face like that?" a hyena said as he glared at Mira. "Besides, I heard that Mira's brother died. A long time ago."
"Uh," Mira gulped.
"Hey, maybe if we finish the job, we'll get famous just like..." the other hyena hesitated and looked thoughtful. "Oh, now I remember! Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed! Yeah, that's them."
Timon tensed. He knew those three all to well. Were they lurking around as well?
"Great idea," the other hyena grinned and licked his lips. "I haven't had meerkat for a while."
"Uh, oh..." Timon gasped.
"Get 'em!" one hyena lunged at them and they only had a second to dodge.
"RUN!" Timon shouted as he and Mira jumped onto Pumbaa and the warthog took off for Pride Rock. It was still so far away—they would never make it and the hyenas were quickly catching up.
"Go that way!" Mira shouted as she pointed to the left.
Pumbaa turned as ran through the tall grass. Suddenly, the ground underneath his hooves vanished. All three yelped as they tumbled down a steep hill and smashed into some old elephant bones.
"Great plan," Timon mumbled as he knocked some dirt out of his hair.
"Sorry," Mira shot back as she stood up and looked back at the steep hill where they fell. The hyenas were slowly making their way down, laughing maniacally.
"Oh—" Pumbaa cried as he scrambled up.
"Split up—they won't go after all of us!" Mira shouted as she ran one way. Timon ran another, as did Pumbaa.
"Get the rats!" the hyena shouted to the other.
Pumbaa kept running, leaping over the decaying bones. He glanced back and didn't see anyone following him. He screeched to a halt, wondering where everybody went.
Timon scrambled over and under bones. He knew someone was following him and by the laughing, it was a hyena. He yelped as Mira suddenly appeared next to him.
"We're supposed to split up!" Timon shouted at her.
"Doesn't matter, they're only going after us!" Mira shouted back.
"Oh, great!" Timon sighed, trying to catch his breath.
"Gotcha!" a hyena shouted as he landed in front of them, blocking their path.
"T-that way!" Timon shouted as he pulled Mira into a thick elephant tusk. The hyenas bit and slashed but the tusk was too thick.
"We're safe," Mira breathed. "For now."
"Not for long!" Timon said in alarm as the bone began to crack underneath them and shatter, sending the two meerkats falling downward into darkness.
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She didn't know how much time passed from the time she fell from the time she awoke. All she knew was that she was in pain.
Mira opened her eyes. She couldn't see anything—just the eerie darkness enveloping her like Death itself. She began to panic, feeling around for anything that might help her. Her hands landed on something warm and fuzzy.
"T-Timon?!" Mira cried, her voice no more than a harsh whisper. Indeed, it was Timon's body. But he wasn't moving. She didn't even know if he was breathing.
"Timon! Wake up!" Mira said, a little louder, her voice echoing in the dark. She shook him gently and he moaned. He wasn't dead—thank God!
"Oy," Timon winced and sat up slowly. "Oh great, what a time to die!"
"You're not dead, Timon," Mira said quietly. "I think we just fell."
The two looked up and saw a faint outline of a hole in the ceiling. They stared at it until sunlight suddenly poured in through it, temporarily blinding the meerkats.
"Good—they're not dead!" a hyena laughed. "It's no fun eating a dead animal."
"Oh boy," Timon sighed. He stood up and grabbed Mira's paw, running down the small tunnel where a small light could be seen. The two meerkats stepped out into the sunlight...and fell.
They began sliding down a long backbone until they were shot off at the end. They screamed as they landed in a pile of bones.
"Ooh, dinner and a show!" a hyena said as he stalked towards the bone pile. "Too bad it's almost dinner time."
"Ow...why do WE always fall?! What's next?!" Timon muttered as he climbed out of the bone pile. He pulled Mira out and the two began running again.
"Huh?" the hyenas looked over the bone pile and saw that the meerkats had escaped through the back.
"What're we supposed to do?!" Mira gasped. "We'll never make it out of this graveyard alive!"
"Maybe that's WHY it's called a graveyard!" Timon answered. "But we can't give up!"
"BOO!" one hyena leaped in front of them and the other stood behind them.
"YAGH!" the two meerkats screamed and grabbed onto each other.
"Enough playing," the hyena in front said as he moved towards them.
"Yeah, dinner is served," the other said as he closed in from behind.
Mira was shaking with fear as she tried to hold her tears back. Timon had a protective arm around her but he was just as scared as she was. He shut his eyes and waited.
Suddenly there were several roars coming from all directions. They echoed throughout the graveyard.
"What the—?!" the hyenas yelped as Kovu leaped into view followed by Kiara and some other lionesses. The hyenas gulped and quickly made their getaway.
"K-Kovu, Kiara?" Timon breathed a sigh of relief and released Mira, who looked very relieved.
"Looks like we came just in time," Kiara sighed. "Are you two alright?"
"Well, aside from us being totally scared out of our skins, yeah," Mira said in a shaky tone and flashed them a smile.
"Hyenas, great," Kovu sighed. "Just what we need."
"Timon! Miss Mira!" Pumbaa scrambled up to them and smiled. "I'm so glad you're okay!"
"Yeah, we are too, Pumbaa," Timon smiled uneasily. "It was you who got the lions, wasn't it?"
"Yeah, the hyenas were too busy chasing after you two so I went for help," Pumbaa said and smiled.
"Why were they after you anyway?" Kovu asked.
"Uh, one said he knew me," Mira said, speaking up for the first time in a while. "But I don't remember him. I don't remember any of them."
"Yeah, on of 'em claimed he knew about how her brother died," Timon said, looking at Kovu.
"You had a brother?" Kiara asked Mira.
"I may have. I had this weird dream about a brother and me. He died in the end, though," Mira said quietly.
"So Rafiki didn't help," Kiara said finally. "What're you going to do now?"
"I..."
"She's coming to live in my colony just until she gets her memory back," Timon butted in.
"Ah," Kovu said. "Well, it is quite a place to live."
"You mean living underground?" Mira asked Timon.
"Heck, no!" Timon laughed. "We live in a lush, tropical oasis loaded with grubs and everything else that meerkats love! It's the only place to live."
"I find that hard to believe," Mira replied, folding her arms. "Even without my memory I remember what's real and what's not."
"But it is real, Miss Mira," Pumbaa said.
"I'm still not convinced," Mira insisted. "I'll have to see it to believe it."
"Okay then, if we're gonna go, we better go now," Timon smirked. "Bye, Kovu, Kiara. Tell Simba we said hi and bye."
"Okay," Kiara said slowly and Kovu nodded. "See ya around."
"W-wait, Timon!" Mira said as she ran to catch up with him. "What about the hyenas?"
"Aw, they're long gone," Timon waved it off. "Pumbaa, let's go. Time's a- wasting."
"I hate to say it, Timon, but Mira's right," Kiara said, stepping in front of Timon. "There's bound to be more than two hyenas wandering around."
Timon sighed and threw his hands up in defeat. "Okay, so what should we do? I promised Ma I'd be back a while ago."
"Maybe Simba could escort you to the boundary of the Pride Lands," Kovu said. "I'm sure he won't mid spending time with his buddies."
"I guess," Timon said. "But it'll just take more time."
"You gotta learn to relax, Timon," Mira said to him.
"You're right," Timon smiled sarcastically. "I'm starting to sound like my Uncle Max. Let's get back to Pride Rock. The sooner we get there the better."
Once they were out of the elephant graveyard, questions began to stir.
"What are hyenas doing back in the Pride Lands?" one lioness whispered to another.
Mira pretended not to hear anything but she caught every word.
"Yes...it's strange that hyenas start showing up right after that female meerkat comes."
"That's true, true, but what connections would she have with the hyenas? She's only a child!"
"What difference does it make?"
"Still, she claims she lost her memory. How do we know she isn't lying?"
Mira tensed in anger and frustration. She wanted to jump off Pumbaa and give them an earful, but she resisted and continued to listen.
"How do we know that she's not a fibber and an outcast? She could have teemed up with the hyenas to get to Pride Rock!"
"That's also true but what proof do we have?"
That's not true! Mira's mind screamed. I never saw those hyenas in my life! I can't even remember most of my life! Why don't they trust me?
"She could be part of some plan. The hyenas may be using her—"
"SHUT UP!" Timon shouted as he leaped off Pumbaa's back and glared at the two lionesses.
"Timon..." Kovu started but Kiara silenced him with a glance.
"You have no right to talk about Mira that way! You don't even know what she's like! So who are you to point fingers?!" Timon continued to shout.
Mira stared at him in awe. Had he heard everything they were saying about her, too?
"I trust her! Heck, I'd trust her with my life! I believed her when she said she couldn't remember anything and you should, too!"
By the time Timon was done, he was seething with anger and he was panting. He kept his eyes glued to the shocked faces of the two lionesses. He leaped back onto Pumbaa in front of Mira.
"Move it, Pumbaa," Timon said, his brow furrowed.
Pumbaa began walking again under the stares of everyone but most of them were directed at Timon.
Mira leaned forward and whispered quietly into Timon's ear, "Thank you."
"N-no problem," Timon replied and couldn't help but smile.
Soon everyone was back on track to Pride Rock, with a star sprinkled cloak of darkness slowly covering the sky above them.
~~~ to be continued ~~~
DarkEcoOttsel: Not much of a cliffhanger here, I know. Some of you may rejoice and others will cry. Anywho, stay tuned for the next chapter. Sorry if Timon's out of character and all but you shouldn't flame me for that. You shouldn't flame me at all, darn it! Thankies to those who reviewed! TTFN!