Meanwhile, after a long run and escape from Lin Raju and from all the meerkats, Shufai finally arrived and then he entered the big and unfamiliar forest to search for a new place to call a new home, for he have decided to give up searching for Maisie, Riley and Cheeky, and so once he entered the forest, this is when he slowed down and started walking at a normal speed before he said "I guess that this unfamiliar forest will be a good home for me. Just for me and me alone, with nobody else around here with me.".
However, Shufai, moments alone were all short-lived when he suddenly heard a tiny female voice calling for him, thus causing Shufai to move his body and look all around to see who's calling for him, but when he looked back at his own tail, the adolescent male Indian elephant suddenly saw a tiny young female meerkat which was holding tightly and grabbing onto his tail, thus revealing to him that that tiny young female meerkat who is holding tightly and grabbing onto his tail is the only young meerkat who didn't fell off him when he shook all her friends off his own body and back, before Shufai screamed and then he kicked at his own tail with his right hind leg and foot, thus releasing the grip of the tiny young female meerkat, who then fell down but luckily landed on her feet and on solid ground safety.
However, once the tiny young female meerkat was standing on the solid ground of the big and unfamiliar forest, Shufai lowered his neck and head and he looked down at her to look at her in the eyes, before he then asked out loud with shock but it also mixed with anger at the same time "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE WITH ME, YOU LITTLE MEERKAT?! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN WHEN I RAN AWAY FROM THE DESERT AND WENT ALL THE WAY TO THIS HERE FOREST?!", but when the tiny young female meerkat heard him yelling that in her face, she rather said back happily with excitement in her voice rather than crying in fear "Well, Hi there, Mister Elephant! My full name is Desert Flower, but everybody simply calls me Flower!", but when Shufai heard her talking to him with happiness and excitement and without any fear or nervousness in her cute and beautiful eyes, he sighed before he said back to Flower (which was the tiny young female meerkat) "Very well then, 'Flower'. I'm so surprised that you're not even afraid of me after I just yelled at you like this, and I'm in so much shock as well to hear you willingly introducing yourself to me. That's something that I will never be able to forget.".
Then, Flower said to him back "Thank you so much, Mister elephant! You're really nice!", and then she added and asked "What's your name?", and then Shufai said to her "I'm Shufai, and as you can see I'm an Indian elephant.", but then Flower interrupted him and said "Wow! You're so big for an Indian elephant!" and then she asked him "Are you an adult elephant?", but then Shufai said back in his usual unpleasant tone "No! I'm just an adolescent, you stupid little meerkat! Now leave me alone!", and then he turned around and started to walk away, but as soon as he started to walk away, Flower soon started to follow behind him.
Later, on the way of finding a new home in the unfamiliar forest, Shufai spotted two humans, an adult male and a little baby boy having fun sitting down and eating foods fit in perfectly for their own ages as they're having their own picnic, and these two humans are none other than Yigal and his adopted little son, Dan Ashmor. Besides them, Shufai saw a large male purely black tiger sitting down and eating wild boar meat from a bowl next to both humans, and it was none other than Tony Black himself, but as Shufai got a little closer, he saw a large male crocodile crawling on the ground and slowly approaching them while they're all unaware of his presence, and that is none other than Lysander the shape-shifting crocodile, who is willing to eat them all, but his eyes and vision are mostly focused on baby Dan, as he was willing to eat the little baby human boy first.
However, Shufai had a plan in mind as he also wanted to take on both humans and on their black tiger, and once Lysander was close enough to attack baby Dan and snatch him out of Yigal's arms and hands, Shufai trumpeted and roared as he charged towards them and managed to expose Lysander to the humans and tiger's eyes, before he then said and declared "These humans and tiger are all mine! Go find your meal somewhere else, you ugly crocodile!", but when Lysander heard him saying that, he angrily snapped at him and said "I think you're underestimating the wrong opponent, young elephant!", before he then used his magic to transform himself into Shufai in front of Yigal, baby Dan, Tony Black and the real Shufai, before he then said with an evil tone "So, if you want to, let's fight! One-on-one!", but at first, Shufai was shocked to know that his new opponent was able to transform, but his shock state was soon washed away when the adolescent male Indian elephant snapped out of it and his eyes became determined as he became willing enough to fight Lysander, before he then said "Alright then! Bring it on!", and this when the two started fighting ferociously in front of Yigal, baby Dan, Tony Black, and even Flower (who followed behind Shufai the whole time).
However, despite Lysander was strong and powerful enough to defeat Shufai, the adolescent male Indian elephant successfully managed to pin him down to the ground and defeat him first by trapping him under his forelegs and front feet, thus forcing him to transform back to his true form as a crocodile as he looked up at Shufai with a look of defeat in his eyes as the shape-shifting crocodile got defeated by an animal who is much younger than him, before Lysander then begged "Please, let me go, young pachyderm!", but then Shufai said to him "First, tell me who you are, crocodile. Then, I will let you go.", and thenI Lysander said "Alright, alright! I'm Lysander the shape-shifting crocodile, but I don't want to look for any more trouble now that you took on me and actually won before I can transform into something else!", but when Shufai heard him saying that, he said back "Well, it's very interesting to meet you and get to know why you're able to transform like you just already did, Lysander. I'm Shufai, the future leader of Queen Tukta's Indian elephant herd and one of her oldest grandchildren. Well, I was until she banished me away from my home in the Everfree Forest.".
However, when Lysander heard him saying that, he said and asked him "I'm so much in shock! Really? I thought you're a part of that pachyderm's herd and great family! Why did she banished you?", and then Shufai said to him back "Because of these three insolent little rats! Grandma said to me to find them, apologize to them for my actions and bring them back home, because if I don't - I will not come back at all! Now I don't have anymore any place to live in for the rest of my life!", but then Lysander said to him "Hey, it's okay, big guy! I think I can help you out with dealing with your pain! You can live with me and with all my friends at our home! It's not too far away from here! Let me show you!", and when Shufai heard him saying that, he finally lifted his own forelegs and front feet off Lysander's back and let him go, but before Lysander was about to lead him to the cave, the shape-shifting crocodile said "And Shufai, one more thing, and it might be the last - bring that little meerkat of yours with you!".
When Shufai heard what he said, he gasped in shock before he turned to his right and looked down to see Flower the tiny meerkat standing by his side and next to him, before he then said to her "Oh, not you again!", but then Flower said "I wanna come with you! It's going to be so much fun!", but then Shufai said "No! I don't want you to come with me! It's not even your business because you're just too small and too young to understand everything!", but then Flower said "I promise I will not be a trouble for you!", and then she asked in a high tone while showing up big, cute and lovable eyes "Please?!", and this made Shufai to finally give in as he sighed in defeat before he said, warned and asked "Fine then! You're in! But remember, I'm warning you! You do me some trouble, and I'm crushing you to death! Is that understood, little meerkat?", and when she heard what he said, Flower said back without any fear in her eyes as she had a cute and lovable smile on her face "Yes, Mister Shufai! I promise I won't do you any trouble!".
When Lysander the shape-shifting crocodile heard them saying these things to each other, an evil smile crept across his snout and face as he thought to himself "Hmmm, these two are such an odd couple! Maybe I can use this to my own advantage to destroy both of them! However, I will first have to talk to my friends to help me so we can take them down together when it's time! That cute little meerkat likes him so much, but he hates her for the most! It's so delightful! I bet even my African bush elephant friend, Terrence, will enjoy watching these two and will be satisfied with their unilateral friendship bonds! It's going to be so satisfying! Mwahahaha!", but then he soon interrupted and said to both Shufai and Flower "Now if you both excuse me, I have to go back to my home, because my friends were all waiting for me! And I suggest you two should come along with me because it's going to be so much fun!", and when Flower heard him saying that, she jumped up and down in excitement and said "Oh, yes! Please, take us with you! I'm so excited to meet all these crocodile friends of yours! It's going to be so much fun!", and when Lysander heard her saying that, he gave her a fake smile before he then said "Well, then it's settled! You two are coming along with me to my home to stay and live with me and with my friends as much as you want!", and then he turned tail and started to crawl away, and Shufai and Flower soon followed behind him as he started to lead them to his and to his evil friends' home - into their cave.