She made the treacherous journey to someplace, looking for someone who might have seen Timon pass by. She got lucky on the third try.

"Yes," said an elderly meerkat friend she made. "I saw him awhile ago. But it wasforever ago dear. Understand that. He might not even be there anymore."

"Tell me," she said.

"He went to Pride Rock," she said. "With the lions." That was all Lydia could get out of the old meerkat.

It was getting dark. Soon, she heard someone calling the name.

"Timon!" It was someone big. It was a female voice. Lydia made herself visible.

"Help!" she called toward the voice. It stopped calling Timon's name and headed towards her. Suddenly, an adolescent lioness poked her head in the grass.

"Well hello!" she said cheerily.

"Do not eat me yet, please!" begged Lydia. "My name is Lydia and I am looking for the meerkat who goes by the name Timon. Have you seen him?"

"Yeah, he lives with us," she said. "Come on! By the way, I'm Kiara."

"Are you the princess?" she asked.

"Yeah," said Kiara. "But as soon as I get married, I'm gonna be queen! How are you connected to Timon?"

"He's a friend of my family and I must speak with him," said Lydia, trying not to give too much information away.

"Okay. Come on! I'll take you to him!"

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"Wait a second!" said Simba. "If this was all happening years ago, then when did you meet me and Pumbaa?"

"Well," said Timon. "I know how impolite it is to interrupt, especially a story being told by my upendo, but I will answer anyways. It was right after Lydia was born, actually. Taylor had left me to return to the colony. I was trying to make her be more… Carefree and she didn't like it. With her gone, and me all alone, I went off to the jungle, looking for a place to stay. I met Pumbaa there, and then we found you, Simba. The rest is history."

"Okay," said Simba, getting the picture.

"Are there any other questions before Lydia finishes the tale?" he asked.

"Nope," said Nala.

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Lydia had just reached Pride Rock and found Timon. He was awestruck, looking at the features on this female meerkat's face that resembled his own so much.

"Are you Timon?" she asked.

"Yes, who are you?" he asked.

"I am Princess of the colony you once came from. My mother, Tatiana, has fallen deathly ill and wishes to speak with you."

"All right," he said uneasily. "Who is your father?" He hoped for the answer to be anything but his name. But how else could he expain the familiar features of this meerkat?

"That is what she needs to talk to you about," she said.

"You mean?"

"Yes, I am your daughter, Timon." Timon fainted right then and there. It was about another hour or two before he came around.

"I'm a father?"

"You're a father?" was most of the replies to his alreadyasked question.

"Yes!" shouted Lydia for the tenth time. "I am Lydia, daughter of Queen Tatiana and Timon."

"How long have you known?" asked Rafiki, whom had been around to revive Timon.

"Since a while ago," she said, unsure of the exact day.

"Pray, tell us the story," said Nala, always loving stories involving her friends.

"Dad, would you care to start from the beginning?" she asked.

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"And that is what happened," Lydia concluded.

"So you didn't know about her until just now?" asked Zazu, not letting go of his previous question.

"Well, I had ideas, but I was never really certain," he said. "But I must leave now. But I will return."

"Where are you going?" asked Kiara.

"To be with Tatiana," he said. After a pause he continued, "And Taylor."

"Will you come back?" asked Pumbaa, worried he might lose his friend.

"I will. When all is well," said Timon. "I know you all see me as the one with nothing to do, but now I realize that I must go."

Timon and Lydia started off on their journey. About two and a half months later, they returned, with a few guests.

"Everyone," said Timon. "I'd like you to meet a few characters."

The first was a beautiful meerkat with golden blonde hair and a crown. "This is Tatiana, Lydia and Samuel's mother. Queen my colony."

The second was a boy, about Lydia's age who had red hair. "This is Samuel, Lydia's brother. My son."

The third was another boy, about Lydia's age as well, and he had black hair. "This is Stan, Lydia's possible future mate." Timon looked lovingly at his daughter and the thought of her being married brought him an awkward joy.

The fourth was a handsome meerkat, Tatiana's age. "This is Aldi. The presumed father of Lydia and Samuel, and king of my colony."

The fifth was the elderly meerkat that Lydia had met before. She had grayish white hair and she had helped the group find their way back to Pride Rock by using her Swahili skills to find others to help. "This is Suzette," said Timon. "She kept us from getting lost."

Lastly, the sixth meerkat he introduced was about as old as Tatiana. She had a strawberry blonde color hair. She was also pregnant. "Everyone, this is my wife, Taylor," he said. "And these are our children." He pointed to her enlarged tummy.

"When are they due?" asked Kiara, a big romance fan.

"In a couple weeks," replied Taylor.

"Man! You guys are lucky! Only eleven weeks for a gestation period! We lionesses have to go for twelve weeks!" cried Kiara, as if one week made a huge difference.

"Wait, wait, wait," said Zazu.

"What?" asked Timon.

"You said, "My colony," when you introduced Tatiana and Aldi. Does this mean you're leaving?" he asked. Much as he hated the little guy, he didn't want him to leave. The Pride Lands would be much to quiet without him.

"Well," said Timon. "I don't know if you'd exactly want a whole bunch of meerkats running around."

"We don't care!" cried Simba, Kiara, Pumbaa, and a few other lionesses of the pride that had become attached to him.

"I'm sorry," he said. "Our place is with our colony. If we run away, they'll be divided forever."

Yes, the rest is history, but no one was sure what to do after this. Timon was leaving! Timon had become part of the pride, and now he was going. What could be done to stop him? Suddenly, Simba had an idea…

"The story's over!" shouted Simba. "Timon, you can't leave!" Everyone nodded his or her head in agreement.

Timon spent the night in his favorite crevice in the den of Pride Rock. How would he decide?

That morning, he had come to his decision.

"We must go," he said. And all of the meerkats went away. There were tears in the Pride Lands for many days. But soon, all to soon, Timon returned. Alone.

"What happened to everyone?" asked Nala.

"I found a nice male meerkat for Taylor to be with and raise my second generation of children. Tatiana and Aldi are expecting; Samuel's not thrilled. Lydia is getting married in two months to Stan. Suzette is at her home in the grasslands. And I'm here!" he said.

"But, what about your colony?" asked Simba.

"I decided I would go visit them every other weekend. And stay here the rest of the time," he said. "I missed you guys too much."

There was a joyful reunion of the friends…

But as you know: The Great Circle Of Life never ends. Sequels upon sequels upon sequels are to be had after this adventure. May the Great Kings Of The Past be with you in all your journeys. And remember these two things: 1) who you are and 2) your place is with your family- if you run away, they'll be divided forever.

The End

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I AM FINALLY DONE! I am so excited to be DONE with this story...

PLEASE READ THIS A/N!

A/N: Ok, so you know that last part that looks like an author's note? Well, it really isn't... It was supposed to be a moral or something, if I remember correctly. Even though those are REALLY cheesy lines. And now that I read it again... I can't believe Timon just ditched his TWO families like that... I LOVE Timon... I'm a certified Timonaholic, but I can't believe what a JERK I made him in this story! I'll have to write a new one (a better one) later when I have more time... :) I hope you liked it more than I did! (That wouldn't be hard.)

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