So...I'm back! I am SOOOOO sorry I haven't been around for so many months! I hope anyone who will still read this can forgive me! I've had a lot going on and I've had to deal with it all. But now I. Am. BACK!

Kila's POV
It was a very hot day in Africa, made worse by the fact that we were travelling through the Outlands. There was no water anywhere and Lissy said it would be hours before we reached the Pridelands at this rate.

I was sitting on Lissy's back with Salena. All of the meerkats were riding on lions to speed up the journey. Salena had been talking for what seemed like the entire journey about something or other. Even though I wasn't listening it was really starting to irritate me. Still, it was better than her lecturing me about Timon.

Timon. I'd thought about him a lot in the past couple of days. I couldn't wait to see him again, but I was also dreading it. I know it's confusing, but that's just my life. I wanted so badly to see Timon again, but Salena was completely against it.

After what we've been through, I understand why. I know Salena seems overprotective, but she's really just looking out for me. We've both lost a lot in our life, and Salena doesn't want to see me get hurt. I know Timon won't hurt me, but saying no to Salena is hard. Maybe if she was just my sister, but she practically raised me after our parent's...accident.

"Kila? Are you even listening?" Salena said suddenly, distracting me from my thoughts.
"Salena please, I really want to sleep we were up so early." It wasn't a complete lie, I was tired. Salena had insisted we were up early so we could be ready on time.
"Ok, you can rest. I'm going to go find someone to talk to." Salena jumped off Lissy's back and onto the lion's next to us.

I decided I probably should try to sleep, since I'd told Salena I was going to. Besides, I was tired and once we got to Pride rock, Lissy told me that all the meerkats would have to travel even further to get to where we would be living.

I laid down on Lissy's back, resting my head on her neck. Truth be told I was exhausted, and it wasn't long before I was asleep.

No one's POV

It was about midday and still there wasn't any sign of the new pride. Every lion on Pride rock was waiting for them to arrive.

Once Simba had told Nala about his sister she'd been mad, but not because he'd kept it from her. Nala had insisted that he invite his sister's pride to the Pridelands, since they had more than enough food.

And now less than a week later they were arriving. Timon and Pumbaa were also waiting for the other lions, because almost everyone at the oasis had agreed instantly to let the other meerkat colony live there.

"Simba why did we have to be here so early? I could have been sleeping or, more importantly, eating!" Timon said impatiently. He seemed more impatient than normal today, but Simba decided not to mention it.

"Because Timon we don't know when they're going to arrive."
"Oh boy I hope they're here soon. I'm so excited Timon!" Pumbaa said;
"If they're not here soon I'll-" Timon was cut off when another lion yelled
"I see them!"

Excited murmurs broke out over Pride rock. By the time Simba and Nala followed by Timon and Pumbaa had reached the bottom of Pride rock the new pride was already there.

Kila's POV

"Kila! Kila wake up!" I was shaken awake roughly by Salena.
"What?" I said, more than a little annoyed at being woken up.
"We're here." Salena announced.

All my anger dissapeared as I was suddenly awake. I climbed up to Lissy's head to get a better view, and saw something amazing. Right in front of me was a massive rock, with caves all over it. There was a whole pride of lions looking down at us, and I couldn't help but be just a little bit scared.

While I was staring at the huge rock and all the lions, Lissy began talking to Simba. I looked over to them and saw another lion, and the warthog I'd met in the Outlands. I couldn't remember his name, but I wasn't worried about that. No, I wasn't thinking about anything as because I'd just seen Timon.

I slid back down Lissy's neck before he could see me. I wasn't hiding, I was just...waiting. I was distracted for a moment when Lissy turned and began talking to all the meerkats.

"OK, all the meerkats need to go with Timon and Pumbaa." She pointed towards them when she said it "They're going to take you to your new home.

Salena was immeadiately at my side, pulling me up.

"Come on Kila, we have to hurry if we want to be there by sundown."

I wanted to move slower just to annoy Salena, but she did have a point. I'd been asleep for a long time and the sun was already sinking towards the horizon fast. If we wanted to get to wherever we were going before dark we'd have to move fast.

"Come on, Jenny offered to carry us. I don't want you going near that Timon." Salena said, practically dragging me to our warthog friend.

I was a bit upset that Salena wouldn't even let me go near Timon, but at least she couldn't keep me away from him forever. If we were going to live together that would be virtually impossible. Fortunately-for me-there was a flaw in Salena's plan. Jenny wanted to talk to the other warthog, whose name I soon remembered was Pumbaa. And Timon was sitting on Pumbaa's back.

Of course this made my sister absoloutely furious, and she did a terrible job of hiding it. She kept talking to me to try and distract me from Timon, but whenever she got absorbed in whatever she was talking about I would sneak glances at Timon. She caught me a few times and scolded me and eventually I gave up.

We travelled for about an hour, and soon a jungle came into sight. It was a bit confusing, a jungle in the middle of the desert, but I didn't think about it. In fact, we were heading right towards the jungle. I remember Lissy telling me that we wouldn't be living in tunnels anymore, but I didn't expect anything like this.

The closer we got, the more excited I became. Even Salena stopped talking for once. Suddenly, we all stopped moving in front of what looked like a curtain of vines. Timon stood up on Pumbaa's back to get everyone's attention.

"Everyone, welcome to our Oasis!" He said, pulling aside the vines to reveal an incredible oasis. There were mountains rising up in the distance and waterfalls pouring down from incredible heights. There were hills covered in trees and plants extending past the mountains and in every direction.

Timon sat back down and Pumbaa led everyone down to the meerkat's colony. Once we got there things got confusing. The meerkats who lived there all rushed in to meet us, and as Salena started talking to another meerkat I saw my chance. I slipped away from her to find Timon. I was going to get an earful for it later, but I supposed it was worth it.

"Kila!" I heard someone calling me and turned around
"Timon!" He was right behind me.
"So, do you want the grand tour of the oasis?"

So, what do you think? Bit short but at least I'm writing again!