Olive and Jiminy flew down the dirt path, eventually coming across a small rainforest. "I don't recognize this Jiminy, do you?" Olive asked as Jiminy flew beside her.
Jiminy scratched his head as if he was trying to remember. "Look, over there!" Jiminy stated, point ahead. Olive looked down to see a warthog and a meerkat crossing a long log over a couple of waterfalls. Olive knew who these two were and together flew over to say hi. "Timon, Pumbaa!" Olive called out.
Timon jumped at the sound of Olive's voice. He ran over to Pumbaa and grabbed his leg "Pumbaa, did you hear that? I think there is a ghost following us!"
Pumbaa rolled his eyes "impossible, ghosts don't exist."
"Up here!" Olive called from above them. She and Jiminy waved as they looked up in shock. She then landed in front of them with Jiminy landing on her shoulder.
"A human!" Timon said in shock "what a human girl like her doing in the pridelands?!"
"It must be important, humans don't usually come into our territory unless it's important." Pumbaa stated "so what can we do for you kid?"
"My name is Olive, I'm the truest believer and am looking for a gift." The two animals looked at each other then back at olive.
"The truest believer, we better get her to king simba!" Pumbaa stated as Timon hopped on his back. "Come on." He gestured for them to follow "pride rock is only a few miles up the trail!" Both Olive and jiminy jumped into the air and followed them.
Down in the outlands layed a group of starving hyenas. They were just laying around, sweating the flyers that came to bother them. Life was boring for them, no one understood their pain. Except for their leader who turned on them! So the hyenas just layed there, waiting for the world to take its course. Or for the perfect time to strike pride rock once more and take it for themselves.
Ed Soon came running in. He rolled around frantically into Banzai and Shenzi, trying to get there attenchun. Getting annoyed Shanzi yelled at Ed "what do you want Ed?!" Ed pointed in the direction of which he just came. A lion, with brown fur and a black mane accompanied with a giant scar across his left eye, entered. The hyenas looked at him with surprise and snarled at him.
"Scare? How can he be back?" Banzai asked, getting up.
"You shouldn't be surprised at what people can do in this world." Scar said as he walked over. Of Course he was referring to Hades' power to bring back a soul from the dead.
"Don't bother taking another step." Shanzi stated as the hyenas growled "You know you're not welcome here anymore!"
"Oh but I think you'll want to hear my little proposals.you see, I've got a better idea of how to dispose of those foul lions once and for all. All you've got to do is help me catch a girl."
"A girl? How are we supposed to catch a girl out here, besides no human's dare come to this part of the kingdom." Banzai sated.
Scare crossed over to a stone, taking a squat on his hind legs. "Oh but this girl is vital to mine and my friends' cause." He looked down at his paw as if to examine it "I believe you all have heard the legend of the truest believer?"
The hyenas looked at eachother, confused, that is, except for Shanzi, Banzai and Ed. They had heard the story before, and knew exactly who this girl was. "Why should we help you?" Shanzi asked with a suspicious look.
"Help me, and I'll make sure this kingdom is yours." He then put a paw on his cheat "letting you rule it how you see fit."
The hyenas look at eachother, grinning happily. All the meat they could want, plenty of land to roam, a home that could truly be their own.
Scar grinned as well "do we have a deal?" The hyenas nodded their heads in agreement. "Good! Now we must prepare for her arrival, I've been informed she is making her way to pride rock as we speak!"
The hyenas laughed evilly, they were finally gonna get the kingdom they deserved. Wail Scar would get his paws on the brat!
Meanwhile, our group made their way out of the rainforest and into the hot savanna. "Wow, I've never seen so many animals in my life!" Olive stated as she looked around. The pride lands were home to many animals like giraffes, to baboons, hippos, to crocodiles.
"Come, pride rock is just up ahead." Timon potinted ahead. Pride rock was a lot bigger in person to Olive. It was more like a mountain than a giant rock. When they arrived at the base of pride rock, Olive and jiminy landed as a group of female lions greeted them.
"Timon, pumbaa, what's with the girl?" One of them asked as they all got off the ground.
"No time to explain, we need to speak with Simba and Nala, so if you'll excuse us." Timon said as he and Pumbaa stepped through the pack. Olive followed with jiminy on her shoulder, but jumped back when a paw with sharp claws swatted at her.
"No unfamiliar faces up on the rock!" The lion growled.
"Please it's urgent, we need to speak with king simba about the true believer!" Jiminy tried to persuade them.
The pack of lions looked her up and down. "She doesn't look like the true believer."
"Trust me I am, otherwise why would I have any of this stuff!" She gestured to her belt full of magical items. But the lions weren't buying it, continuing to growl at her. They began inching closer when a loud roar was heard from behind them. Everyone turned their heads to see Nala coming down the side of pride rock.
"Let her in!" She instructed. The pack of lions bowed as they stepped aside, except for one. "Your majesty, with all-do respect how can we let her in. She is an outlander and a human!"
Nala gave her a stern look "what she says is the truth! Now let her through."
The lion who stood alone shot Olive a look of 'don't try anything' before stepping away. Olive gulped as she rushed by the lions, praying that they wouldn't jump at her. She stopped in front of Nala, as her and Jiminy bowed.
Nala merely smiled, and shook her head. "No need for that, now come. Simba is waiting to speak with you." She then turned and made her way up pride rock, Olive following not far behind. Once they reached the top, king Simba, along with Timon, Pumbaa, Kiara, Kovu, and Rafiki were all waiting for them.
King Simba came forward, Olive and jiminy bowing in his presence. He simply smiled "you must be the one who had come to save our world from evil?" Olive straightened herself and nodded "indeed your majesty."
"Please call me Simba. Now what is it that we can help you both with?"
"I'm not actually sure, I need to find the next gift."
Simba turned his head to the group behind him. "Rafiki, do you happen to know of this gift?" Rafiki put his paw up to his head, scratching it "the only thing I could think of would be the roar."
Jiminy then grabbed onto olives earload making her wince a bit. "The mirror Olive, maybe you could ask it what the next gift is!" "You're right!l and Olive grabbed the mirror from her belt. She held it to her face and asked "show me the next gift!" An image appeared, showing a male lion similar to Simba that roared. On his hip was a some sort of lion tattoo. She turned it to show simba who only spoke two words "the roar!"
He turned his head to the group once more "where's Zazu?" "Last I saw he was out on a fly, why?" Kiara asked. "Stay here, I need to go look for someone." And with that simba took off down pride rock and into the pridelands. Olive looked confused, she didn't know who the male lion in the image was or who simba would be going after.
Rafiki stepped forward, noticing the confusion on Olive's face "come, there is much to discuss." He shows them all down to a secret entrance below priderock. It looked like the one from the lion guard, though Olive never sat down to watch it. She had seen bits 'n pieces from when her brother, Scott, was younger.
Rafiki walked over to one of the cave paintings and taped his staff against it, making the painting spark to life. "Once, a long time ago the lion's ancestors harnessed something known as the roar." He explains how it was passed down to the youngest lion in each generation. "One day, Scar gained control over the roar. But it didn't last long before he became over powerful, eventually losing it, getting him banished to the outlands. Sadly years later, he came back, taking over the pridelands, though I'm sure you know the story." Olive nodded as he continued, taping another painting where Kion and the lion guard stood. "Kion eventually gained control when his time came, but gave up the roar to Vitani."
"I'm sorry." Olive piped in "but who's Kion and Vitaini?" "Kion is my younger brother, and Vitani is Kovu's younger sister who is now incharge of the lion guard." Kiara explained.
"So if this is the next gift, then how do I gain control of it?" Everyone shrugged. No one knew how a human was going to gain control of the roar.
"Alright!" A new voice echoed off the cave walls as the sound of footsteps could be heard "where is she?" The group turned to see a lion, similar to Kovu but younger and feminal looking. She, along with a few other lions around her age strolled in, along with king simba.
"Vitani, you're here!" Rafiki cheered as she came in.
Vitani gave Olive a strange look, she had never seen a girl like her before in the pride lands. "So you're the true believer?" She questioned as she slowly circled Olive. Olive and jiminy just stood there, watching her.
"What am I supposed to do with her?" She asked Rafiki.
"She is in search of the roar!" He stated.
Vitani looked dumbfounded. "The roar, but I'm the ruler of the guard, I still need it!" She looked at Olive with disgust and snapped "besides what could she do with a lion's roar!"
"Vitani!" Kovu said, getting her to pipe down.
Olive looked down at her small red gem she had around her neck. Remembering what Yensid said at the beginning of her journey, she knew just how to get the roar. "My gem." She spoke aloud and everyone looked at her. "Yensid said it would be my way of capturing spells, it might also be the way of getting the roar!"
"But will it take my power away?" Vitani asked, displeased with the discovery.
"I'm not sure, I haven't had to take power yet." Olive jittered a bit, not sure what Vitani would do.
Vitani rolled her eyes and growled in frustration. "Alright, let's do this outside." So the group followed her and the rest of her guard outside to a tree. She stared at the tree, standing closer than Olive and the rest of the group. Without warning Vitani roared super loud. So loud in fact that it became very windy, blowing all the leaves off the tree and making the hair of Olive's head blow in the wind. Jiminy had to hold onto Olives dress to keep from blowing away. She could swear she saw a lion shaped cloud helping her in the sky. But was quickly diverted to a glow coming from the gem around her neck. It was working!
When the roar died down, Vitani looked over at Olive, whose gem now stopped glowing. She then looked at her shoulder, the mark of the guard stayed. She smiled "I still got my roar!"
Jiminy looked at Olive "did it work?"
"Only one way to find out." She wanted to test it on something easy, so she walked over to the pile of leaves vitani had made. She took a deep breath in and reliced a lion-like roar. The leaves blew all over the place, her hair flapping in the wind. The group of animals cheered as the roar died away. Olive cheered "it worked! The gem can copy magic!"
She quickly walked over to Vitani and gave her a hug. "Thank you!" Vitani just froze, she didn't really know how to handle affection. But she gave Olive a small smile.
Olive then let go and turned to the group of animals. "Thank you all for your help as well. But I must be off to the next kingdom. Do you know where that may be?"
"That depends on where you are heading my dear." Rafiki said. Olive gave him a confused look. "There are two different kingdoms from here, it all depends on which way you wish to go." He responded.
With one option, Olive took her mirror off of her belt and asked "where's the next gift?" A picture of a fox appeared that looked like Robin Hood. It zoomed in on the bow he was holding, that must be the next gift! "Nottingham '' she responded as she put the mirror back in its holster.
"That means-" Kiara said in shock. "Shill need to go through the outlands to get there." Kovu finished. Olive's eyes widened at the response. "She can't go there, the hyenas will surely attack her." Nala said.
"Oh yes she can!" Simba said, looking over at the guard. "You will take her though and make sure she gets to the border safely.
"But king Simba, we can't go back there!" Vitani exclaimed. Simba gave her a displeas look and growled a little. But Vitani along with the guard stood firmly with the decision.
"Vitaini please, you know that land far better than any of us. Not to mention it's your duty as the guard to protect and defend the pridelands." Kiara spoke out "that means protecting the believer as well."
Vitani sighed, knowing she wasn't going to win this fight. "Alright, we will do it." She looked at Olive signaling for her to hop on. So she did, grabbing onto her fur gently so she wouldn't fall off.
"Hay kid, a world of advice for ya!" Timon shouted. "Always remember Hakuna Matata, it means-" but before Pumba could finish the sentence Olive piped in. "No worries, I know!"
With that said Vitani took off for the outlands. "Stay close guard, be on the lookout for anything suspicious!" Vitani called as they approached the outlands. Once inside they came to walking speed, taking their time though it. It was about five minutes befor they could hear the laughter of hyenas.
"Do you hear that?" One asked. Everyone nodded. "Quickly, let's move. We're not that far from the elephant graveyard." Vitani spoke softly as they rushed off. But with one truned of a corner, they ran into a pack of growling hyenas.
"Hay vitani!" Banzai called out "we've been expecting you!"
"Banzai, step out of our way. I don't want to harm you or the others!" Vitaini growled as the hyenas came closer to them.
"Oh I'm afraid we can't do that, you see we kind of need that girl." Shanzi said as drool dropped from her face "and you are gonna hand her over!"
Vitani and the guard growled at them as they formed a circle "you're not geting her!"
"Alright, hay Banzi, Ed, are you in the mood for lion tonight?" Ed nodded while Banzi replied "I thought you never asked." With that they all jumped at the guard. But the guard was smart and scampered off into different directions.
"We need to get out of here!" Vitani shouted.
"But I need to get across!" Olive argued.
"Well you're not gonna get past them alone!"
Olive thought for a moment before remembering her gift. The guard may not have a chance, but she alone might. She then stood on vitamins back making Vitani slow down significantly. "What are you doing?!" She shouted. "Trust me!" Olive called as she grabbed the pixie dust for the pouch and sprinkled it on her and jiminy. She then jumped and vitani came to a hult.
Olive turned and looked at the hyenas that were coming towards her. "You want me?" She asked "come and get me!"
"Olive no!" Vitani shouted as Olive took a deep breath in and then released the all night roared sending the hyenas tumbling into a rock. They looked up in shock and fear as they shook themselves back to a standing position.
"What? How? How can a human girl have the roar?!" A hyena asked.
"Cause she's the true believer!" A male voice cried out. They all turned to see a male lion approaching. He had a huge scar over his eye and a brown mane. "Scare?!" The guard, Olive, and Jiminy asked with surprise.
"Surprised?" He asked as he casually strolled out. All the fighting stopped once he entered, getting closer to Olive. She hovered in the air higher, fearing he might just pounce on her.
"What do you want, lousy lion?" Olive called down to him.
"Oh please, out of anyone here you should know why I have returned." He said calmly, sitting on his hind legs. Olive could only think of two reasons. 1 to take over the pridelands once again or, what olive was mostly a thing, to capture her.
"If you think I'm going with you then think again! I've got all the magic I need to outsmart you!" She hoped that would scare him away but boy was she wrong.
Scare smiled "well then come down and will settle this. Lion to human, one v one."
Olive gulped at scars words, she didn't think this would be the outcome. But she knew with magic on her side, she could do it. "Very well, but if I win you will leave the pridelands alone."
Scar smiled at the negotiation "and if I win, you come back with me!"
"Deal!" She said without hesitation. "But just us, no help from your hyenas or my guard." Scar nodded and Olive flew to the ground.
"Olive, you're gonna get yourself killed!" Vitani called put.
"She's right Olive, back out of this before it's too late." Jiminy whispered in her ear.
But Olive didn't listen, cause little did they know she was forming a plan in her head. She watched as Scar began circling her. "Now where to begin?" He asked, both said waiting for the first pounce. Eventually he made a move, but Olive dogged it by jumping in the air and coming back down. "Cleaver one, aren't you?" Scar snickered. He took another dive for her but olive doged again. He growled at her but Olive smiled in triumph.
"So you like going for flights?" He muttered. But Olive only smiled "how's about you try taking a flight with the wind!" She took a deep breath in and let out the roar once again. This one was way bigger than the previous one, it made the ground rubble sending scar and hyenas in several directions.
Olive turned to the ground while they were disoriented "go warn king simba his uncle has returned!"
"But what about you?" Vitani asked.
"Don't worry about me, we're only a few feet away from the graveyard. Now go!" With atm the lion guard ran off. Olive however, flew over the hyenas that were finally coming back to reality.
Scar roared in anger as olive flew away, weaving between the giant rock piliers the lined the pridelands. "After her!" He shouted. They chased after her all the way though the rest of the pridelands and elephant graveyard. It wasn't long till they reach the border between the lion king relm and the next kingdom. Olive quickly zoomed off as Scar called out behind her "will find you girl, and when we do you'll be lion chow!"
