Meanwhile, the Lion Guard was resting after another big adventure with the Night Pride.
"Poa!" Behste smiled at his bird friend. "Great flying, Ono."
"Thanks, Beshte. Sure is nice to have my sight back," Ono smiled back before facing his fellow bird. "Anga? Shall we see what we can see?"
"Yep." Anga nodded.
"See you later, Beshte." Ono nodded back before they both flew off together.
"Bye, Ono!" Beshte smiled before he heard some giggling. He looked over to see Baliyo, Rani, Kion, Fuli, and Orum around a sleeping Bunga as he started to make his way over to them. And due to what was going on, Orum and Kion couldn't help but laugh a little.
"No, Binga, you're the smelliest honey badger." Bunga said in his sleep.
"Hey guys, what's going on?" Beshte asked.
"See for yourself." Kion said with a smile.
"No, you. No, you." Bunga smiled in his sleep.
"Poa," Behste chuckled. "Bunga must really like Binga if he thinks she's smellier."
The others smiled at that before the honey badger began to wake up.
Bunga yawned before he saw that he had an audience surrounding them. "Uh... Uh, morning?"
"Morning, Little B," Behste smiled. "Sleep okay?"
"Yeah," Bunga smiled back as he got up. "Slept great."
"I'm sure you did." Fuli smirked playfully.
"Kion? Now that everyone is awake, perhaps you're ready to begin today's healing session." Nirmala said to the leader of The Lion Guard.
"Right." Kion smiled.
"Then let's get going." Orum smiled back.
"See you all later." Kion told his friends.
"Well, if Kion's off with Nirmala and Orum, I think I'll, uh, go find some grubs." Bunga soon said as he decided to get going.
"Tell Binga we said hi." Fuli smirked.
Bunga paused for a moment before nodding as he continued. "Will do. Bye." he then said on the way out.
Behste and Fuli laughed a little at that.
"Hmm... Looks like we have the morning free and I could use a run," Fuli decided before she soon took off running. "Catch you guys later."
"Have fun, Fuli," Behste said to her before looking at the dark lion. "Well, guess that just leaves you and me Baliyo. ...Baliyo?" he then asked as he didn't answer right away.
"Sorry Beshte, after patrolling all night I need some sleep." Baliyo yawned as he was shown on the ground.
"Oh, okay, guess I'm on my own then." Behste said softly.
"We'll keep you company." Muuguzi's voice smiled.
"Huh? Who said that?" Beshte asked as he began to look around until he saw Muuguzi and Adi.
"That would be us." Adi said.
"Oh, uh, hello there." Behste said to them.
"Good to see you," Adi smiled. "We see you're from that Lion Guard even if you're not a lion."
"Yeah, long story about that," Behste said. "Who are you?"
"I'm Muuguzi and this is Adi," Muuguzi introduced. "Why don't we hang out with you a little?"
"Well, sure! I'd like the company." Behste smiled.
"Yay!" Muguuzi smiled back.
The three of them soon traveled together to see more of what the hippo hadn't seen yet.
"Hope you're not cold." Adi said to the hippo.
"I'll be fine," Behste smiled. "This is kinda nice."
Muuguzi and Adi smiled back as they explored the snowy grounds.
"Poa, it's what you gotta do, Poa, yeah, coming through~" Behste sang before he suddenly slipped and fell. "Whoa!" He then tried to stand back up only to fall back down.
"Yeah, it get pretty slippery here." Adi said.
"You okay?" A new male voice asked.
"Oh. Hey, there. Yeah, I'm fine. Just trying to... Stand up..." Behste replied as he heard the voice and tried to get back up on his feet. "Where did you come from? I didn't see you anywhere."
"Us polar bears tend to blend in with the snow," The voice replied before he was shown to be a polar bear. "Hey, want a little advice? One big guy to another?"
"Sure." Behste smiled.
"When you're walking on ice, get as low as you can and really stomp. Like this." The polar bear advised before demonstrating.
"Oh, thanks. I'll do that." Behste smiled at the advice as he began to use it and where he didn't slip or fall this time.
"Nice." The polar bear smiled.
"Thanks for giving Beshte that advice, Tangaagim." Muguuzi smiled at the polar bear from Beshte's back.
"It was the least I could do," Tangaagim smiled back. "So where are you going?" he then asked the hippo.
"Not sure. Just lookin' for amazing new animals. Like you," Behste replied. "Are there any other animals that do interesting things around here?" he then asked.
"Well, there are those penguins over there, eh?" Tangaagim chuckled before he looked over to see a penguin getting ready to go down an ice slide. "I love watchin' 'em slide down the hill to the lake."
"Whoo-hoo!" A penguin cheered as he slid down an icy slide and ended up in the lake.
"That was amazing. I gotta see 'em up close." Behste beamed at the penguins.
"Yep, that's what penguins do best." Adi smiled.
"They can be pretty fun," Muguuzi said. "But not as much fun as Orum was when he was a cub."
"Yeah?" Beshte asked.
"He sure had an interesting way of having fun." Adi chuckled in memory.
"Yeah, like this one time we were playing Hide & Seek." Muguuzi giggled.
"Orum means a lot to you guys too as well as the Night Pride, huh?" Behste asked.
"Well, of course," Adi smiled. "We found him and brought him over to the Night Pride after all."
"So then you know that Orum's from the Pridelands?" Beshte whispered to the two servals.
"We brought him into the Night Pride in the first place," Adi explained quietly. "He was in bad shape, so we had to get him to the Tree of Life as soon as possible."
"He looked like he could still go, so we wanted to make sure he would have a second chance." Muguuzi added.
"So... Orum is really Kion's long-lost brother?" Behste then asked them.
"Yes, and his name is actually Kopa." Adi informed.
"Whoa." Beshte said.
"Anyway, let's keep going; there's more to see." Adi said.
"Hmm... All right," Behste smiled. "This pride sure has interesting animals in it."
Adi and Muguuzi smiled back at that as they continued to show the young hippo around. Behste soon looked over at the penguins and decided to try to watch them up close.
"Be careful," Adi advised. "Some penguins are shy."
Beshte kept walking until he slipped and slid across and ended up with a mess on the ice slide as the hippo ended up at a rock on the other side with Adi and Muguuzi.
"Well, that could have been better." Adi said.
"For who?" Muguuzi smirked.
Adi rolled her eyes at that.
"This looks like a good place to watch the penguins slide," Behste said once he stood up, showing that he wasn't hurt. "Oh, here they come."
A trio of penguins soon came to the top of the slide.
"Excuse me. Beauty before age," One of the penguins told the other two with a smirk. "Last one in is a smaller, less attractive version of me."
"Showboat, much?" Adi scoffed at the penguin's behavior.
The penguins soon began to slide down and where it went well for a while until they saw the spot where Beshte left a mess. And where this caused them to stand up and try and get past it, but ended up looking like they were doing a stunt.
"That's new." Adi said.
"Oh dear..." Muguuzi said.
"Whoa!" Behste beamed. "They do stunts too!"
The penguins soon went flying from the slide and ended up in another part of the snow.
"Poa. That was great." Behste smiled at the penguins.
The penguins gasped and looked scared of the young hippo.
"Now to find some more amazing animals," Behste smiled at them before walking off as he sang to himself. "Poa it's what you gotta do, Poa~..."
"Who was that guy?" The boastful penguin asked the others. "And why did he ruin our slide?"
"Oh, he did not!" Muguuzi glared at the penguin.
"Um, well..." Adi said nervously as he pointed to the spot of the ice slide that made it seem like it was ruined.
"I don't want that kid to get in trouble." Muguuzi told Adi.
"I can't hide the truth." Adi defended.
Behste was soon wandering around until he met and heard some mountain goats. "Whoa... How do they do that?" he then asked himself.
The mountain goats were shown to be hopping around on the mountains with great skill.
"Um, those are mountain goats." Adi told him.
"They can do that because, well... We're not really sure." Muguuzi said.
"Not bad." One mountain goat smiled at the other.
"Thanks." The other mountain goat smiled back.
"Poa," Behste smiled from atop of the mountain before walking off. "On to the next amazing animal."
This then accidentally made some rocks fall as Behste made them fall, but not on purpose, but this worried the mountain goats.
"Augh! Rocks!" One of the mountain goats cried out as they tried to move out of the way.
They soon jumped over one side and lunged out to another and one was about to fall until the other carried her with his horns so she wouldn't fall.
"Who was that? And why did he throw rocks at us?" The first mountain goat wondered.
"What a bad guy." The second mountain goat frowned.
"Uh, he didn't mean to!" Adi told the mountain goats. "It was, um, just an accident! He's just a kid!"
"Well, maybe the next animals we meet there won't be anything bad to do by accident." Muguuzi said.
"Poa! It's what you gotta do, Poa, yeah, I'm coming through~" Beshte sang as they kept going.
"You hear somebody singing?" A male water shrew asked the female as they were in their pond.
"Poa it's what you gotta do~" Behste continued to sing.
"Oh, yeah," The female water shrew replied. "Let's go check it out."
The two water shrews soon skittered across the water to see the young male hippo.
"Poa it's what you gotta do, Poa, yeah, I'm coming~..." Behste continued until he saw the water shrews coming toward him as he looked amazed. "Those little guys can work on water. Poa." he then beamed as he jumped in the water.
The water shrews screamed as the water made a giant wave that pushed them back in the air before going back into the water.
"And they do flips, too," Behste laughed before he walked off, letting them back in the water. "Poa! That was great, little guys."
"Sorry, that was an accident." Muguuzi told the two water shrews.
"Yeah." Adi added.
The water shrews looked unsure of that.
The two servals then went off as the two water shrews decided to talk with the Night Pride.
"Stand back, shrews, coming through." The female mountain goat told them.
"Sorry, but we need to talk to the Night Pride," The male mountain goat added. "Right away."
"Really? So do we." The male shrew replied.
"Yeah," The female shrew added. "A great big stranger caused a tidal wave in our pond."
"A great big stranger threw rocks at us." The female mountain goat informed.
"He's not just a great big stranger. Uh-huh," The penguin added as he walked by with Tangaagim the polar bear. "He's a great, big bad guy."
"I didn't know he was a new big bad guy. He told me he was just lookin' for new animals." Tangaagim said.
"And then he destroyed our ice slide. I'm going to tell the Night Pride." The penguin added.
"So are we." Both of the mountain goats retorted.
"Okay, but let ME do the talking. I remember every detail about him," The penguin retorted. "Especially that sinister thing he shouted after destroying our slide: Poa."
The animals soon joined together as they had a similar goal in mind.
"He's wider than an iceberg, He's taller than a tree, But, don't you get too close to him, Take it from me~," The penguin began to sing to himself. "He's on a path of devastation, He's a demolition beast, And, I'm sure if he's hungry, The Tree of Life will be his feast, Poa!, Is the sound that makes penguins weep, Poa!, Sends the shrews flying off their feet, Poa!, Makes the mountain goats afraid to leap, Beware of Poa the Destroyer, His stomping makes the earth shake, His bellows fill the air, And, his giant mouth will give you more than a scare, He's on a path of devastation, He's a demolition beast, And, I'm sure if he's hungry, The Tree of Life will be his feast, Poa!, Is the sound that makes penguins weep, Poa!, Sends the shrews flying off their feet, Poa!, Makes the mountain goats afraid to leap, Beware of Poa the Destroyer, He's the biggest, baddest guy that you've ever seen, And, not just that, my friends, oh, no!, He's really really super mean!, Poa!, Is the sound that makes penguins weep, Poa!, Sends the shrews flying off their feet, Poa!, Makes the mountain goats afraid to leap, Beware of Poa the Destroyer~"
The penguin and the other animals were soon seen with Baliyo.
"And his name is Poa the Destroyer." The penguin told Baliyo.
"Poa the Destroyer? And he's here at the Tree of Life? You sure?" Baliyo asked.
"Sure we're sure," The penguin replied. "We all saw him."
"He's as tall as the Tree of Life." The female mountain goat added.
"The ground shakes when he walks." The male shrew nodded.
"And he causes destruction wherever he goes." The penguin warned.
"Okay, well, you did the right thing telling me," Baliyo told the animals. "So, uh, go on home. Whoever, or whatever, this guy is the Night Pride can handle it."
"Well, okay," The penguin soon said before he walked off with the other animals. "See that you do."
Beshte was soon heard humming after the penguin and other animals left. "Hey Baliyo, you were right; there are a lot of amazing animals here." he then said with a smile.
"And where I think now might be a good time to tell him what he's been doing by accident." Adi whispered to Muguuzi.
"If we must," Muguuzi replied. "Uh, Behste?"
Sorry, Beshte. Can't talk. I gotta find Rani and maybe even Orum." Bailyo said urgently.
"Whoa, what's the kerbubble?" Behste asked in concern.
"There's a bad guy on the rampage." Baliyo warned.
"A bad guy? Oh, no." Behste panicked.
"Oh, yes. He attacked the shrews, knocked down the mountain goats, and. destroyed the penguins' slide." Baliyo nodded.
"I just saw all those guys. The bad guy must have come right after me," Behste said in worry. "I'll go back and make sure they're all okay. Maybe I can even find the bad guy."
"Thanks, Behste. I'll go tell Rani and Orum," Baliyo nodded. "They need to know about this too." he then said before going off.
"Behste, we know who this bad guy is." Muguuzi said, trying to stop the hippo.
"Yeah and, um, you might not like what you hear." Adi added.
"But really need to know this before things get worse." Muguuzi urged.
"Whoever the bad guy is, I'll make him pay," Behste glared. "I can't believe someone would do such a thing."
"It's you." The two servals soon said.
"Huh?" Behste asked.
"Behste... It's you," Muguuzi said with a sigh. "Those animals were talking about you."
"You accidentally ruined the penguins' ice slide when we slipped across it." Adi said.
"And you accidentally caused some rocks to fall down almost, hitting two mountain goats." Muguuzi added.
"And you also accidentally caused a giant wave that pushed the back in the water shrews into the air before going back into the water." Adi concluded.
"What?! No, they were doing tricks!" Behste replied. "We were just having fun."
"Maybe so, but they think that you hurt them," Adi told the young hippo. "We know you didn't mean it though."
"I gotta apologize to them," Beshte said. "And I'll try to be more careful."
"That sounds like a good idea," Muguuzi nodded. "We'll also need to tell the Night Pride."
"Thank you for telling me; I better go and find those guys." Behste nodded as he went to find the animals he met.
Muuguzi and Adi then split up from Behste and went to go see the Night Pride.
"I'll go tell Orum, wherever he is, while you tell Rani." Adi told Muguuzi.
"You got it." Muguuzi nodded.
The two servals ran as far as they searched for both members of the Night Pride they were looking for.
Behste was soon running off by himself.
A fox soon came out after hearing a rumbling and gasped at the sight of the hippo. "That must be Poa. The bad guy everyone is talking about!" she then gasped before running out to hide.
Behste soon ran over the hole that the fox lived in, but then accidentally collapsed it without seeing her.
"Oh! My den..." The fox frowned. "Pingunio was right. That Poa really is a destroyer."
"First, I gotta talk to the water shrews." Beshte said as he made his way to where the water shrews were.
The water shrews were back in the water, relaxing themselves.
"Hey, little shrewers," Behste called. "Are still here?"
"Poa's back, hide." The female shrew said to the other.
"Just checking up on you," Behste said as he went to look for the shrews before seeing that they were nowhere to be found. "I wanna talk to you about this bad guy? ...Oh, well, guess they're not home."
"Whew. That was close." One shrew remarked once they were alone again.
"Too bad, I just wanted to come by and apologize I better go fight the mountain goats and apologize about the rocks and tell them it was just an accident." Beshte said as he made his way to the mountain goats next.
"Did you hear that?" One of the shrews asked the other.
"I sure did." The other shrew said with a nod.
"Hm... I guess Pinguino was wrong." The first shrew remarked.
Behste looked around before he saw the two mountain goats and went to go and see them. The mountain goats looked over as they saw the young hippo.
"Um, hey," Behste smiled hopefully. "Were you guys told about a bad guy?"
"Bad guy? What? No? Who said anything about a bad guy?" The male mountain goat smiled nervously.
"No bad guys around here." The female mountain goat added.
"I know what happened and I'm sorry, I wasn't trying to throw rocks at you," Behste said to them. "I was just watching you."
"Really?" The male mountain goat asked.
"Really," Beshte told them. "It was just an accident."
"Well, we forgive you, Poa the Destroyer." The female mountain goat said.
"Poa the Destroyer?" Behste asked curiously.
"Yeah, that's what Pinguino called you." The female mountain goat said bashfully.
"Well, that's not my name," Behste replied. "You can call me Behste."
"Well, then it's nice to properly meet you, Beshte." The male mountain goat smiled.
"Alright, next I have to go apologize to Pinguino." Beshte said as he started to make his way to the penguins.
The mountain goats nodded and smiled at each other.
"What a nice couple of goats." Behste said on the way out.
"What a nice kid." The female mountain goat said to the male.
As Beshte made his way to the snow part of the land, he soon slipped and fell on the snow. "Oh, yeah. I gotta walk like the polar bear showed me," he then said to himself before starting to walk like how Tangaagim showed him. "Poa!" He then saw the polar bear in question a few feet away from him. "Hey, buddy," he then said. "Remember me?"
"Oh... Hello..." Tangaagim greeted him softly.
"Look, I'm sure you've heard about someone bad going around, but I wanna tell you I'm sorry for what I did," Behste said to the polar bear. "I'd never wanna hurt anybody."
"So all those things were just accidents?" Tangaagim asked.
"Exactly," Beshte smiled. "My name's Behste by the way, not Poa the Destroyer."
"Oh, well, then it's nice to meet you again, Beshte." Tangaagim smiled back.
"Behste, that's right," Behste smiled with a nod. "Now to find those penguins."
"I guess I should've known better than to listen to Pinguino," Tangaagim remarked. "He's so full of himself sometimes."
Finding the penguins wasn't going to be hard as they came out of the water with one of them having a fish in his beak.
"Hey, penguins," Behste called once he found the penguins, though one dropped the fish from his beak in shock at the sight of the young hippo. "Did any of you tell Baliyo they saw a bad guy?"
"Bad guy? What bad guy? Who said anything about a bad guy?" Pinguino shrugged innocently. "Any of you say anything about a bad guy?"
"Nope. Not us." The other penguins shook their heads.
"See? Nobody said anything about a bad guy." Pinguino then told the young hippo.
"Oh, well, okay, I just want you to know that you don't have to worry about him 'cuz I didn't mean to cause trouble for you guys earlier." Behste then told the penguins.
"You didn't? But then why did you ruin our ice slide?" Pinguino asked.
"It was an accident; I slipped across the ice and I guess it must have got covered with extra snow." Beshte said.
"Hmm... Well, accidents do happen." Pinguino said.
"I'm really sorry about that," Behste said. "I promise it'll never happen again."
"I guess it was all just a huge misunderstanding." Pinguino then said.
"Yeah," Behste nodded. "I was just trying to meet some new and interesting animals like I used to in the Pridelands."
"Understandable and I think I should go and inform the Night Pride of this misunderstanding." Pinguino said as he made his way to the Night Pride.
Behste smiled as it looked like he was in the clear. Part of the slide soon broke and fell from where Behste stood as he stomped through the snow and the penguins were hit.
"Ooh! Sorry!" Behste said nervously.
"That's okay..." The penguins replied wearily.