Disclaimer: I do not own the Lion King, its characters, settings. I do own the circus, plot and Tallulah (my OC)
The bit in italics and underlined is the 2 parts of his brain talking. :)
Zazu's Diary
Wednesday
I awoke at the crack of dawn so that I could compile my morning report and get all that out the way. After all, I had one thing on my mind today. I hadn't told a soul about my plans to find this girl today. And I certainly didn't want to be given the third division when I got back. I had a nice hot shower and blow dry before I went to make sure I looked my best. A voice in my head still asked me why I was bothering. That she was too lower class for me. I think my love at swallowed all my prejudices.
When I got there, the crowds were still thick around the ticket office as the word had spread of the talents that featured in the show. I decided to just fly in the back to save time. I passed some rough looking clown zebras, some drunk wildebeest and some singing vultures that were working on their harmonies. It didn't take me long to find her. She stood out from the crowd. She has pinky-red feathers and a beak that lit glistened in the hot morning sun. She also had that 'just-got-out-of-bed' look that made me drool.
" Oh hi! Oh god I look such a mess! Tallulah's my name, nice to meet you"
"Zazu. Oh don't worry you look fine"
I didn't know whether she felt the chemistry at first, but before I knew it she was sitting next to me and stroking my wing.
"Zazu, I love you, and this would be great but..."
"L...l...love is a s...strong word T..T..Tallu- but what?
"I have a mate! But he is not here so..."
"No Tallulah! That would be wrong! I mean I couldn't! A hornbill has MORALS and RESPECT for others. I don't know what goes on in this gypsy slum, but I am the majordomo of a King. I stick to what is right."
"GYPSY SLUM? How dare you? I may not be the same class as you, but I thought you loved me and wanted to be with me! But NO! Mr Fancy-Pants here would rather crush his emotions!"
She was nearly in tears. It pained me to watch her. I had to get out of there as quickly as possible.
"We'd never even spoken before today, we can't make commitments this quickly! Well if you excuse me, Mr Fancy-Pants would like to leave immediately."
I did nothing this afternoon. To many thoughts were whizzing around my brain and I couldn't think straight. I even had to put off my rendezvous with the ambassador of the Kalahari.
Zazu, you did the right thing, she's already with someone!
But he's not here! Take your chance whilst you can!
You have morals! The rules which you live your life by!
She's your soulmate! You are made for each other!
You gotta give the other guy some respect Zazu. He will hardly ever see Tallulah, it must be hard for him.
If he really loved her then he would travel with her! Their marriage is probably dead.
You guys only met today and had an argument already! That shows you are not right for each other!
And so on and so forth for at least 2 hours. I nearly flipped a coin for it. (I must be going mad) Then I heard a fluttering of feathers at the window.
"Follow me" she whispered.
Tallulah took me to a tree right on the outskirts of the Pridelands. When we finally arrived there was an awkward silence. I had to break it.
"So...why are we here?"
"I just wanted to talk..."
"About what?" (god Zazu, you can be so thick sometimes)
"Us you nitwit! Look, I know you don't want to break up a marriage, but I love you so."
"I love you too, but...Oh well Tallulah, you are just so beautiful..."
Author's Note: I know this chapter is shorter (and probably not so good) but i have tried to rattle out a second chapter to keep people interested, so the next chapter might be a while) Hope you like Zazu in loveeeee :) Read and REVIEW please!