Hiya, folks!! Yep, I'm back with yet another idea here, and I owe muchos kudos to my sis for givin' me this idea!! ^^ This particaular story is inspired by a scene from Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing', and I just had to write it. For those of you that have seen the MGM version of the story with Kenneth Braugnah and Emma Thompson, this fic will be strongly influenced by that with some of the dialogue n' stuff. Anyhoo, now you'll get to meet my chacter/alter-ego, Saria!! ^^
Disclaimer: The only characters that I own in this story are Saria, Zero, and Tulia. No touchy!!
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Chap 1: Intro/Timon vs. Saria
The next few years of Timon's life after Simba became king floated by with much activity. The only thing really worth telling of was that not long after the colony went to live in the oasis, two rogue meerkats stumbled into the picture. The first one was Zero, only a bit younger than Uncle Max, but also just as feisty, loud, and pessimistic.
Then there was his daughter, Saria. She was a little under Timon's age, with dark brown hair and green eyes. She was a spirited and beautiful girl, but she had a snappy attitude as well. When she first came to the colony with her father, she wasn't very social and polite, for she just stood there in silence and scowled at the ground as if it had done some unforgivable thing to her.
The colony willingly allowed them to stay in the oasis. However, Timon had picked a bad time to introduce himself to Saria. Maybe it was because he had called her 'Sweetcheeks' as a first impression, but whatever the reason, Timon and Saria hit it off badly. Pretty soon they started to argue about random things, and after 2 years, they hated each other's guts. Timon just couldn't figure out what it was that had made Simba go positively gaga for Nala. He simply did not understand girls. He had long sworn he never would since he was 8.
But the story here began really when Saria went back to a cache one morning where she had stored a couple of bird eggs she had hunted from the previous day and found them gone. During the night, a wily old rat had moseyed in and stolen them away. Infuriated, however, Saria immediately turned and blamed Timon for the robbery.
"What?!" Timon retorted. "Why would I want your stupid bird eggs?"
"Cause you know you can't catch your own food!" Saria snapped. "You just wanna muscle in on my meal!"
"Hey, I was sleeping! See, I sleep at night and stay awake during the day, chick. I'm funny that way!"
They continued to argue until Ma and Zero practically had to pull them apart.
The families of the two rivals were disappointed. They had hoped that the two of them would get along. Zero had mentioned how lonely his daughter had been lately, and he told about how her mother Tulia had died only a couple of weeks before they had stumbled upon the oasis. Ma had also noticed lately that Timon was feeling lonely himself. He had lived his bachelor's life with his pals Pumbaa and Simba, and then returned to live with his family, friends, and colony in the oasis. Still, he was beginning to feel the want for a wife and children.
"They're perfect for each other." others would say. "They just don't give each other a chance to prove it."
It was the morning after the first rain of the season had come during the night and coated everything with fine dew when inspiration hit, of all people, Pumbaa. After breakfast, he secretly gathered together Zero, Ma, Uncle Max, and Kiara and voiced his plan. The five of them were intent to play matchmaker for the rivaling meerkats. They split up into two groups, one consisting of the boys, the other of the girls, and put their conspiracy in action.
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Whee!! Ain't Shakepeare kewl? ^.^
Disclaimer: The only characters that I own in this story are Saria, Zero, and Tulia. No touchy!!
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Chap 1: Intro/Timon vs. Saria
The next few years of Timon's life after Simba became king floated by with much activity. The only thing really worth telling of was that not long after the colony went to live in the oasis, two rogue meerkats stumbled into the picture. The first one was Zero, only a bit younger than Uncle Max, but also just as feisty, loud, and pessimistic.
Then there was his daughter, Saria. She was a little under Timon's age, with dark brown hair and green eyes. She was a spirited and beautiful girl, but she had a snappy attitude as well. When she first came to the colony with her father, she wasn't very social and polite, for she just stood there in silence and scowled at the ground as if it had done some unforgivable thing to her.
The colony willingly allowed them to stay in the oasis. However, Timon had picked a bad time to introduce himself to Saria. Maybe it was because he had called her 'Sweetcheeks' as a first impression, but whatever the reason, Timon and Saria hit it off badly. Pretty soon they started to argue about random things, and after 2 years, they hated each other's guts. Timon just couldn't figure out what it was that had made Simba go positively gaga for Nala. He simply did not understand girls. He had long sworn he never would since he was 8.
But the story here began really when Saria went back to a cache one morning where she had stored a couple of bird eggs she had hunted from the previous day and found them gone. During the night, a wily old rat had moseyed in and stolen them away. Infuriated, however, Saria immediately turned and blamed Timon for the robbery.
"What?!" Timon retorted. "Why would I want your stupid bird eggs?"
"Cause you know you can't catch your own food!" Saria snapped. "You just wanna muscle in on my meal!"
"Hey, I was sleeping! See, I sleep at night and stay awake during the day, chick. I'm funny that way!"
They continued to argue until Ma and Zero practically had to pull them apart.
The families of the two rivals were disappointed. They had hoped that the two of them would get along. Zero had mentioned how lonely his daughter had been lately, and he told about how her mother Tulia had died only a couple of weeks before they had stumbled upon the oasis. Ma had also noticed lately that Timon was feeling lonely himself. He had lived his bachelor's life with his pals Pumbaa and Simba, and then returned to live with his family, friends, and colony in the oasis. Still, he was beginning to feel the want for a wife and children.
"They're perfect for each other." others would say. "They just don't give each other a chance to prove it."
It was the morning after the first rain of the season had come during the night and coated everything with fine dew when inspiration hit, of all people, Pumbaa. After breakfast, he secretly gathered together Zero, Ma, Uncle Max, and Kiara and voiced his plan. The five of them were intent to play matchmaker for the rivaling meerkats. They split up into two groups, one consisting of the boys, the other of the girls, and put their conspiracy in action.
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Whee!! Ain't Shakepeare kewl? ^.^