Rani's Birthday

Kion is eager to get Rani what she wishes the most as a
birthday gift, a bouquet of peach blossoms, found in China. For him to get
there, Rani handles Kion and his friends a pouch of Tree of Life magic nuts,
which are used by members of the Night Pride to teleport wherever they want.
Will the Lion Guard use them wisely, find the peach blossoms, and return in
time for the birthday party at the Tree of Life?
One morning, Kion woke up. He was ready to proceed with his
daily activities. The problem was, that he didn’t remember what he was going to
do that day. Luckily, he had a big leaf that worked as a calendar, so he
checked the events of this month. He got very surprised when he found out that
day was Rani’s birthday!
“Today is her birthday? Today is her birthday?!” He
repeated.
He went to have breakfast with his family.
“Mom, dad, today is Rani’s birthday!” Kion told them “Did
you know it?”
“No, Kion.” Simba said. “I had no idea.”
“That’s good, Kion.” Nala said. “I wonder how her family
will celebrate her birthday.”
“Me too.” Kion said. “I wish I could give her a gift, but I
still don’t know what she likes.”
After breakfast, Kion went with his friends to tell them
about Rani’s birthday.
“Poa! I didn’t know that!” Beshte
said.
“I’m pretty sure they will make
her such a good birthday bash!” Bunga said.
“Since she’s a very good friend
of us, we shall give her something special as a gift.” Fuli said.
“I know, but I don’t know what to
give her, nor what she likes.” Kion said.
Then, Ullu arrived with them.
“Hi, Ullu!” Anga said. “How’s it
going?”
“Watching over the Tree of Life,
as always. Everything is under control.” Ullu said. “Kion, here’s a letter from
Princess Rani to you.”
“From Rani? Hevi kavisa! Let me
check it out!” Kion said.
Then he read the letter.
“Dear Kion.
You and your friends are invited
to my birthday party at the Tree of Life. I know you want to give me a present.
There is one thing I’d always liked to have, peach blossoms. But I can’t go
where they are right now. I’m having a special training this evening before my
birthday party. It’s a tradition from here. So if you’d like to get me this
gift, here’s something that might help you.”
Kion unfolded the lower part of the
letter and found a small pouch with some weird nuts. He kept reading:
“These are magic nuts from the
Tree of Life. We members of the Night Pride use them to teleport as an escape
method from the Night Pride Ninjutsu. But it can also be used to travel to many
places. You just have to think where you’d like to teleport (if you wish you
can say it out loud), and eat it. Then… poof! You will appear wherever you want
in no time. Cool, isn’t it? You don’t have to get the peach blossoms if you
don’t want to. But if you do, I wish you the best of luck and wait for you and
your friends for my birthday party.
Sincerely, Rani.”
“Wow, how did she manage to write
all that in one letter?” Bunga said.
“All right, everyone. If we’re
gonna get Rani her present, we have to use this magic nuts wisely. We must
think together where we must go. Then, we get the peach blossoms, and return to
the Pridelands the same way. Got it?”
“Affirmative, Kion!” Ono said.
“You got it!” Bunga said.
“Let’s do this!” Beshte said.
“For Rani!” Anga said.
“Don’t worry, Kion.” Fuli said.
“Til’ the Pridelands end…”
“LION GUARD DEFEND!”
Then, everyone said at the same
time.
“We wish to go to where the peach
blossoms grow!”
And each one ate a magic nut. In
a colorful flash of light, they disappeared. As they were teleporting to their
destination, beams of all colors surrounded them, like if they were travelling
through hyperspace.
Finally, they arrived. They found
themselves in a forest of what appeared to be China.
“That… was…” Beshte said.
“UNBUNGALIEVABLE!” Bunga said.
“I was going to say Poa, but I agree
with you.”
“Now I know what I want for
Christmas! Let’s do it again!”
“There’s no time for that.” Kion
said. “Remember, we mustn’t waste the magic nuts. Let’s see if we can find the
peach blossoms. Ono, Anga, could you give us a hand?”
“I think you mean wing, Kion” Ono
said.
“Sure, Kion. Anga lenga!”
Both birds took off to the skies
and used their keen sight to search for a peach tree. Luckily, they found one,
but it was a little far.
“We found one, but we’ll have to go
a long walk to get there.”
“It doesn’t matter.” Kion said.
“As long as we’re together as a team, we can get anywhere we want.”
Then they headed toward their
destination. But, after a while, they got tired.
“Um, why don’t we just use more
of the magic nuts to get to the tree?” Bunga asked.
“I don’t think that will work,
Bunga.” Kion said “We’re in the same place we wished to be teleported since the
beginning, so if we wish that, we would probably be teleported back to where we
first arrived.”
“Then we would have to walk a
long way all over again! Ugh!” Bunga said.
“Doesn’t seem like a problem to
me.” Fuli said. “Because I’m fast.”
“We know that, Fuli.” Beshte
said.
“Besides, we have just 12 magic
nuts left. Let’s just keep going.”
In the middle of their way, they
found a strange den.
“Look, that seems like a good
place to rest!” Anga said.
“Wait a tick.” Ono said. “It
probably belongs to someone.”
“You’re right” Kion said.
He cleared his throat, and
called:
“Excuse me, is anybody home?”
A noble tigress called Varya
answered to the call.
“Oh, hi there!” she said. “My
name is Varya. What are you doing around here? You don’t look like the other
animals that live around here. Where are you from?”
“My name’s Kion, and they’re my
friends, Fuli, Bunga, Anga, Beshte and Ono. We’re the Lion Guard, a team that
protects the Pridelands.”
“The Pridelands, what is that?”
“Oh, right, The Pridelands is
where we come from, in Africa.”
“Oh, you are tourists!” Varya
said. “I’ve never seen tourists before.”
“We were heading to a peach
blossom tree located far from here. But now, we’re tired, especially Bunga.”
“Could you give us a place to
stay, please?” Bunga asked.
Varya tought of it for a minute,
and said:
“Ok, you can come in. Feel
yourselves like at home.”
They entered the den, and Varya
called:
“Feliks, Pasha, Polina, we have
visits!”
Her little cubs, stopped playing
and greeted their visitors. They seemed to like Bunga very much.
“Excuse, but for some reason, I
think we already know you.” Fuli said.
“Really? I’ve never met you
before… but, I can also feel it, at least from another reality. Oh, well! Food
is ready!”
“Food? Zuka Zama!” Bunga said.
Afterward, everyone had their
bellies full, and the Lion Guard was ready to keep going with their travel.
“Lion Guard, wait!” Varya said.
“I remembered it’s time for me and the cubs to take our daily walk. Since we
like you… can we go with you, please?”
“Sure.” Kion said. “Let’s go.”
While they were heading to the
tree, Varya asked:
“So, why do you want to get to
the peach blossom tree?”
“Today is the birthday of a
friend of mine, Rani.” Kion said. “And she asked us to get a bouquet of peach
blossoms as a gift. Her birthday party is at the Tree of Life back in the
Pridelands this afternoon.”
“Really? Well, then you must
hurry, it is almost already afternoon.”
“Hapana!” Ono said. “I must check
how far we are from the peach blossom tree.”
He flew into the sky and saw the
tree a mile away from them.
“Guys, we’re almost done! The
tree is close!”
“Great, let’s hurry, everyone!”
Soon, they arrived to the peach
blossom tree. But suddenly, as they got close enough to take some blossoms, a
clouded leopard called Yun Mibu came down from the tree, hanging with his tail,
scaring Kion and making him drop his magic nuts pouch on some rocks.
“Stop right there!” Yun Mibu
said. “This is Yun Mibu’s tree! You can’t take flowers from it without my
permission.”
“Oh, sorry, sir.” Beshte said.
“We didn’t know it was your home.”
“Excuse me, Mr. Yun Mibu.” Kion
said, picking back up his pouch. “But, we need some peach blossoms. They’re for
a birthday gift for my friend, Rani. They will make her very happy. Can we
please have them?”
“Oh, ok. You can have some.” Yun
Mibu said.
“Wow, that was easy.” Anga said.
“Well, what did you expect me to
do? Tell you a riddle, and if you said the correct answer, I would give you the
flowers? I’m not so good with that stuff.” Yun Mibu said, smiling.
“Heh heh.” Fuli said. “I like you
already.”
“Thanks, Yun Mibu. Rani will be
pleased.”
“By the way, who is she?”
“I’m Varya, these are my cubs,
Feliks, Pasha and Polina. And they’re the Lion Guard, protectors of the
Pridelands.”
“Nice to meet you.”
“Well, Lion Guard, we’ve got the
bouquet. Let’s go home.”
“Bye, cubs. I like you too!” Bunga
said.
“Goodbye, Varya! We will miss
you!” Fuli said.
Everyone thanked their new
friends for everything and said goodbye to them before saying at the same time:
“We wish to go back to the
Pridelands!”
They ate the nuts and vanished in
front of Yun Mibu, Varya, Feliks, Pasha and Polina’s eyes.
“What was that?” Yun Mibu asked.
“I didn’t know they could use
magic.” Varya said.
Once back in the Pridelands, Kion
and his friends hurried to get to the Tree of Life.
“Wait, wait!” Makini said.
“We’re coming, too!” Jasiri said.
The gang arrived just as in time
for Rani’s birthday party.
“Kion! Guys! You made it!” Rani
said. “I knew you could do it.”
“Here’s your birthday gift, Rani.
I really hope you like it.”
“Thank you, Kion. You know, since
you and your friends learned to use the magic nuts, perhaps we could use some
new ninjas in the Night Pride.”
“Really?”
“Just kidding! Ha ha ha! You
don’t even know how to use the energy from the Tree of Life. Besides, I know
the Pridelands need you. It’s your destiny.”
Kion laughed and hugged Rani.
Then he and the rest of his friends began to have a blast at Rani’s birthday
party.
“You know, Kion.” Bunga said to
him. “I’m gonna miss Varya and her cubs so much.”
“Me too, Bunga.” Kion said. “I
wonder how are they and Yun Mibu right now.”
Back at China, Yun Mibu, Varya
and her Cubs found some magic nuts lying on the ground. They had fallen out of
Kion’s pouch when it fell on the rocks.
Each one grabbed a nut. Varya
said:
“Look, kids. They left us
something to remember them”
Yun Mibu said:
“They were such good guys, though
I thought they were intruders at first. If only we could go to the Pridelands
and visit them.”
“Me too.”  Varya said.
“We too.” The cubs said at the
same time.
Then they ate the magic nuts.
Suddenly, a colorful flash of light surrounded them and they disappeared…
THE END
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