Paintings and Predictions/Transcript

Fade to a wide shot of the Pride Lands.
Gazelle 	[from offscreen] *bleats*
 	Cut to an infant gazelle standing on a ledge, with its hoof stuck under a rock. The camera pans up to show the Lion Guard running up to the top of a cliff above the gazelle.
Kion 	Ono! Is he all right?
 	Ono swoops down and lands beside the gazelle. He examines the gazelle's hoof.
Ono 	He's fine. But his hoof is stuck under a heavy rock!
 	Beshte, Kion, and Fuli run up behind Ono.
Kion 	Beshte, see if you can move that rock. Bunga, [Kion looks at Bunga.] be ready to pull him free.
Bunga 	Right! [Beshte braces against the rock on the gazelle's hoof, while Bunga starts to tug on the gazelle's hoof.] I gotcha, gazellie!
 	Beshte pushes against the rock.
Beshte 	Twende kiboko! *grunts* Okay, Little B, pull away! [Bunga tugs the gazelle's hoof free.] *grunts*
 	Bunga and the gazelle begin to slide backward.
Bunga 	Uh-oh! [Bunga and the gazelle slide down a steep incline.] Whoa!
Kion 	Bunga!
Gazelle 	*bleats*
Bunga 	*yells*
 	Bunga and the gazelle slide down the steep incline. Fuli lunges for them, only to land on her stomach.
Fuli 	Ugh!
Ono 	Hapana! They're sliding towards that cliff!
 	Cut to Bunga and the gazelle sliding down the steep incline. The camera pans down to show a drop at the end.
Bunga 	Whoa!
Gazelle 	*bleats*
 	Kion runs down the steep incline.
Kion 	I'm coming, Bunga!
 	Bunga and the gazelle continue to slide downward.
Bunga 	*yells* [Bunga claws at the ground, slowing his fall.] *grunts* [Bunga's momentum stops.] *sighs* Yes! [Bunga looks behind him.] No!
 	Cut to the gazelle sliding toward the drop.
Gazelle 	*bleats*
Kion 	Grab him, Bunga! Don't let him fall!
 	Bunga leaps after the gazelle.
Bunga 	Zuka zama! [Bunga grasps the gazelle by its tail. He attempts to slow the gazelle's momentum.] Slow...down...
 	Kion lunges after Bunga.
Kion 	*grunts*
 	Kion grabs on to Bunga's tail. He digs his claws into the ground and slows their momentum. The gazelle's front side drops over the cliff, but it does not fall.
Gazelle 	*bleats*
 	The gazelle looks down at the drop. Rocks fall off the cliff. Bunga tugs the gazelle back onto land. He pats the gazelle comfortingly. In the background, stormclouds gather.
Bunga 	Awww, you're okay. You gotta admit, it was kinda fun.
 	The gazelle shakes its head vigorously.
Gazelle 	*bleats*
 	Cut to Beshte and Fuli approaching. Ono swoops into frame.
Ono 	I better see this little one home. It looks like it's about to... [Thunder booms, and rain begins to fall.] rain.
Fuli 	[sarcastic] Good call, Ono.
 	Cut to a wide shot of Pride Rock. Thunder booms, and lightning flickers overhead. Cut to the entrance to the Lair of the Lion Guard. Cut to Beshte, Fuli, and Kion striding into the Lair.
Fuli 	Ah, it feels good to be out of the rain.
 	Fuli shakes herself dry. Beshte runs past her.
Beshte 	You said it, Fuli.
 	A wave crashes over Fuli.
Kion 	*chuckles*
Fuli 	[sarcastic] Yeah. Very funny.
 	Fuli shakes herself dry. Bunga swings in on a vine.
Bunga 	Whee! [The vine catches on Bunga's foot.] Whoa! [Bunga swings backward by his foot.] Whoa!
 	Cut to Rafiki near a cave wall.
Rafiki 	There, at last.
 	Bunga swings into Rafiki's cave paintings.
Bunga 	*grunts*
 	Bunga hangs by his foot beside Rafiki.
Rafiki 	Finished! Ha, ha!
 	Rafiki taps a painting of a giraffe with his bakora staff, and it begins to walk.
Bunga 	Ah, I love that trick.
Rafiki 	Eh? No, no, no... [Rafiki taps the painting, and it stops moving.] The neck. It is much too short.
 	Bunga studies the painting. Cut to Bunga's perspective. The cave paintings and Rafiki are upside-down.
Bunga 	And he's upside-down, [Cut to Bunga hanging in front of Rafiki.] just like you, Rafiki.
Rafiki 	Mmm, yes. I can fix that. [Rafiki taps the vine around Bunga's foot with his bakora staff.] Ha, ha!
 	Bunga falls.
Bunga 	Whoa! [Cut to Bunga lying on his stomach beside Rafiki.] *chuckles*
Rafiki 	And now, I'll fix this. [Rafiki wipes out the painting of the giraffe. Bunga eyes Rafiki's bakora staff.] *hums* [Bunga sneaks toward Rafiki's bakora staff and grabs it.] One longer giraffe neck, coming up. [Bunga runs off.] And up and up...
 	Cut to Bunga walking in front of a painting of a zebra herd. He taps it with Rafiki's bakora staff, and the zebras start running.
Bunga 	Whoa! [Bunga walks over to a nearby painting of a rock pile.] Hmm. [Bunga taps the painting with Rafiki's bakora staff, and a rock falls off the top of the pile.] *chuckles*
Ono 	[from offscreen] Everyone! Everyone!
 	Cut to Ono swooping into the Lair.
Kion 	Ono. How's the baby gazelle?
Ono 	He's fine. But now, we've got a zebra stampede.
Fuli 	*sighs* One of those days, huh?
Kion 	Yep. [Kion strides away.] Come on, Lion Guard. [Bunga carefully leans Rafiki's bakora staff against the cave wall.] Let's go calm the zebras down before they hurt somebody.
 	Cut to the Lion Guard running out of the Lair. Cut to the Lion Guard chasing after a stampede of zebras.
Zebras 	*bray*
 	Ono swoops over the herd.
Ono 	*gasps* Oh, no. [Ono's vision flickers, and he spots several hyraxes asleep in the path of the stampede.] Kion, the zebras are headed for a family of hyraxes.
Kion 	Then we'll need to stop them before they get there. Come on!
 	Bunga notices something.
Bunga 	Huh, look at that. [Cut to the herd stampeding toward a tall pile of rocks.] Those rocks look just like the ones in Rafiki's painting. The zebras look like the ones from Rafiki's painting too. Whoa! Zebras. Rocks. Zuka zama!
 	Bunga runs alongside Beshte.
Beshte 	What's the kerbubble, Little B?
Bunga 	Those rocks are gonna fall on the zebras!
Beshte 	How do you know?
Bunga 	I'll explain later. We gotta move the zebras away from 'em.
 	Beshte herds the zebras to the right.
Beshte 	Move it, fellas!
 	Bunga jumps onto Beshte.
Bunga 	*grunts* [Bunga jumps onto Thurston.] Yah!
Thurston 	Say. What's the big idea?
Bunga 	You got to get away from those rocks.
 	Bunga tugs on Thurston's ears. He angles to the right.
Zebras 	*bray*
 	As the zebras run, the rock at the top of the rock pile begins to teeter. Ono swoops under it.
Ono 	Kion, the rocks!
Kion 	Hevi kabisa! Fuli, forget about stopping them. Turn them!
Fuli 	Got it.
 	Fuli puts on a burst of speed. She steers the zebras away from the rock pile. The top rock teeters, then falls, breaking into pieces on the ground.
Bunga 	*sighs*
Kion 	Okay, Lion Guard. Slow 'em down.
 	Fuli runs in place in front of the zebras.
Fuli 	Easy, zebras. You're safe now.
 	Ono hovers over the herd.
Ono 	Slow down. No need to panic.
Bunga 	Whoa, zebra. [Bunga tugs on Thurston's ears.] Whoa!
 	The zebras pull to a halt.
Beshte 	There we go. Easy does it. [Beshte steps into the path of a few running zebras. They run into him and bounce off.] *grunts*
Zebras 	*bray*
Kion 	Nice job, everyone. The hyraxes are safe.
 	Bunga jumps off Thurston.
Bunga 	Un-Bunga-lievable.
 	Beshte approaches Bunga.
Beshte 	So, Little B. How did you know those rocks were gonna fall?
Bunga 	I'll show you. [to Kion] I gotta show Beshte somethin' back at the Lair. See you there.
 	Beshte and Bunga run off.
Kion 	Uh, okay. [to Thurston] So, what caused the herd to stampede?
Thurston 	Well, we were at our grazing grounds when, all of a sudden, there was a big boom.
Fuli 	A boom? What do you mean a boom?
Thurston 	You know, a great big boom.
 	Fuli flashes an annoyed look at Ono.
Ono 	I think he might mean thunder. And that storm this morning was near the zebra grazing grounds.
Thurston 	What's thunder?
Ono 	Um, it goes boom?
Thurston 	Yes. That's it exactly. A great big boom. It was loud and scary. So, we did what we always do when something scares us: [Thurston begins to run in place.] we panicked and ran.
Fuli 	[sarcastic] Good plan.
Ono 	Well, the storm clouds are gone. You have nothing to worry about.
Kion 	So, you can all go home.
Thurston 	Fabulous. Uh, now, which way's home?
Kion 	*sighs* Ono, make sure the zebras get home safe.
 	Ono salutes Kion.
Ono 	Affirmative. [Ono takes to the air.] This way, zebras. Follow me.
 	The zebras follow Ono.
Thurston 	How are we supposed to follow him? We can't fly.
Fuli 	Seriously?
 	Thurston stares, clearly thinking.
Thurston 	Oh! *chuckles* Hey. Wait for me.
 	Thurston runs after his herd. Once he is gone, Janja emerges from a nearby patch of grass.
Janja 	Mmm-mm. Look at all those tasty zebras.
 	The camera pans right to show Cheezi sitting next to Janja.
Cheezi 	*chuckles* Yeah. Look at 'em.
 	Chungu emerges beside Cheezi.
Chungu 	I'm lookin'. I'm lookin'. Ooh. All those stripes make me dizzy.
 	Chungu falls over.
Cheezi 	What are we gonna do, Janja?
Janja 	We follow 'em. Once Ono leaves, we can spook 'em, and then, those stripey treats will be ours for the takin'. Come on!
 	Cut to a zebra's hooves as it walks. The characters and scenery take on a surrealist style. Cut to the zebra's rear shaking as it walks. Cut to the zebra's muzzle as it walks. Cut to Cheezi and Chungu standing next to each other.
Cheezi and Chungu 	Stripey, stripey. Ooh, stripey, stripey. Stripey, stripey. Ooh, stripey, stripey.
 	Cut to zebra stripes covering the screen. Janja sneaks through the stripes, only appearing in the white ones.
Janja 	Zebras, they have a certain appeal. [Janja walks toward the screen, and the zebra stripes dissolve.] Those stripes get me going. They're a gourmet meal. [The camera pans left to show several zebras huddling together and walking to the side.] But you can't pick one from the rest of the herd, [The zebras pause. The screen flashes different colors, and the zebras vanish.] so it's nice their defense is so absurd! [The camera zooms out from a zebra's stripes to show zebras running back and forth.] Panic and run!
 	Cheezi jumps into frame.
Cheezi and Chungu 	Hey!
 	Cheezi ducks back down.
Janja 	Panic and run!
 	Chungu jumps into frame.
Cheezi and Chungu 	Ho!
 	Chungu ducks back down.
Janja 	Lots of mischief to be done.
 	Cheezi and Chungu jump into frame, back to back.
Cheezi and Chungu 	Yeah!
Janja 	Chasing zebras is so much fun [Cut to Janja, Cheezi, and Chungu crouched in some nearby grass. Janja watches the zebras run by in delight. He begins to chase one.] when they panic, panic, panic, [The zebra dashes offscreen. Zebra stripes cover the screen. Janja's face briefly appears, then vanishes.] and run.
 	Cheezi and Chungu come into frame, facing each other.
Cheezi and Chungu 	Stripey, stripey. Ooh, stripey, stripey. Stripey, stripey. Ooh, stripey, stripey.
 	The camera zooms out to show several zebras dancing in a congo line.
Janja 	The zebra herds are a crazy sight. We're just real lucky, see, they ain't too bright. [Janja spins like a ballerina toward the zebras.] They think they're safe with their stripety trick, [Cut to an overhead shot of the zebras. They spin around Janja, and Cheezi and Chungu join in, all in spotlights.] but one little scare, and we'll take our pick! [Cut to Cheezi dancing with a zebra in a spotlight.] Panic and run!
Cheezi and Chungu 	Hey!
Janja 	Panic and run!
Cheezi and Chungu 	Ho!
 	Chungu comes into frame and begins dancing with another zebra.
Janja 	Lots of mischief to be done. [Cheezi, Chungu, and their zebras dance offscreen. Janja comes into frame, dipping a zebra in his arms. He tosses the zebra away.] Chasing zebras is so much fun when they [Cheezi and Chungu come into frame beside Janja.] panic, panic, panic, and run.
 	Cut to Cheezi and Chungu chasing zebras back and forth across the screen. They turn and run into each other. Janja runs past, chasing a zebra. All three hyenas run offscreen, then run back onscreen and crash into each other. They chase a zebra offscreen.
Cheezi and Chungu 	Ooh, we're gonna get ya. Yeah, we're gonna get ya. Get ya. Get ya. Ha, ha, ha!
 	Cut to Janja chasing a zebra.
Janja 	Panic and run! Panic and run! [The zebra dashes offscreen. Zebra stripes cover the screen. Janja comes into frame.] Lots of mischief to be done.
 	Cheezi and Chungu come into frame beside Janja.
Cheezi and Chungu 	Yeah!
 	The camera zooms out to show Janja, Cheezi, and Chungu striding side by side.
Janja 	Chasing zebras is so much fun [Zebras run back and forth in front of the hyenas.] when they panic, panic, panic, and run. [Cut to Janja, Cheezi, and Chungu standing on a ground made of zebra stripes.] Panic and run! Panic and run! [Cheezi and Chungu duck offscreen. A line of zebras, whose arms are linked, marches along behind Janja, coming closer and closer to the screen.] Lots of mischief to be done.
 	Cheezi and Chungu come into frame beside Janja.
Cheezi and Chungu 	Yeah!
 	Cheezi and Chungu duck offscreen.
Janja 	Chasing zebras is so much fun [Cut to a zebra looking around in fright.] when they panic, when they panic, [The zebra flees. The camera zooms out to show Janja's eye in its normal style.] when they panic, panic, panic, and run!
 	The hyenas run alongside Thurston's herd in the Pride Lands. They pause atop a nearby ridge.
Cheezi and Chungu 	*laugh*
 	Cut to the cave painting of the giraffe. Rafiki's thumb comes into frame, and he begins painting on the giraffe.
Rafiki 	Uh-huh. [Rafiki dips his finger into the gourd shell that he is holding, but it comes out without paint on it. He inspects the empty shell.] Hmm. All out of mango.
 	Rafiki walks offscreen, leaving his bakora staff leaned against the cave wall. Bunga emerges from behind a nearby rock. He grabs the bakora staff and ducks back down. Cut to Bunga walking toward Beshte, who is standing in front of the cave painting of the rock pile and the zebras.
Bunga 	Okay, Big B, look at this. [Bunga taps the zebras with the bakora staff. They start running.] The zebras are running. [Bunga taps the rock pile with the bakora staff. The top rock falls off the pile.] And now, the rocks are falling.
Beshte 	*gasps* That's just like what happened today.
Bunga 	I know.
Beshte 	But what's it mean?
Bunga 	Don't you get it? These paintings show what's going to happen before it actually happens.
Beshte 	They predict the future? Poa. [Beshte notices something.] Hey, [Cut to a painting of a lion cub in a tree.] doesn't this one look like...?
Bunga 	Kion!
 	Beshte and Bunga exchange glances. Bunga taps the painting with the bakora staff, and the lion cub begins to fall out of the tree.
Beshte 	Oh, no!
Bunga 	I don't wanna watch!
 	Bunga pulls the bakora staff away, and the lion cub freezes mid-fall.
Beshte 	Bunga. If these paintings tell the future, that means...
Bunga 	Kion's going to fall off a really high tree.
Beshte 	He could get hurt.
Bunga 	Or worse. We got to warn him. [Beshte and Bunga run out of the Lair. As they run, Bunga tosses the bakora staff over his shoulder, and it lands on Rafiki's paints, spilling them. Beshte and Bunga run past Rafiki as he walks back into the Lair.] Hi, Rafiki.
Beshte 	Bye, Rafiki.
Rafiki 	Hmm? Mmm. [Rafiki pauses, taking in the sight of his spilled paints. He picks up his fallen bakora staff.] *groans*
 	Cut to Thurston's herd running across the savanna. Ono flies overhead.
Zebras 	*whinny*
 	Thurston pauses next to a mother and her foal. Ono flaps in place in front of them.
Ono 	Here we are. Zebra grazing ground. [Ono flutters to the other side of the zebras.] You're all back home.
 	Thurston looks around.
Thurston 	Really? Hmm. I guess it does look familiar. [Thurston begins to graze.] *munches*
Mother zebra 	Thank you for getting us here safely, Ono.
Ono 	My pleasure. Keeping everyone in the Pride Lands safe is the Lion Guard's duty.
 	Ono lands next to the mother zebra and her foal. Cut to Janja and Cheezi surveying the zebras from behind a nearby rock.
Cheezi 	So, Janja. We've followed the zebras home.
 	Chungu emerges from behind another nearby rock.
Chungu 	Can we chase 'em now, Janja? Can we?
 	Janja rolls his eyes.
Janja 	Not yet. Stick with the plan. We wait 'till Ono leaves. [Janja juts his head at Cheezi and Chungu.] Then, we chase the zebras.
 	Cheezi nods.
Cheezi 	*laughs* Yeah, you heard him. Stick with the plan. Stick with the plan. Right.
Chungu 	*laughs*
Cheezi 	[after a beat] Uh... What was the plan again?
 	Janja rolls his eyes.
Janja 	[annoyed] Oh, just wait 'till I say, "Go."
Cheezi 	Right!
Chungu 	*giggles* Uh... What's he gonna say?
Cheezi 	Go!
 	Chungu charges out of hiding.
Chungu 	I'm going. I'm going.
Cheezi 	*laughs* Wait for me.
 	Cheezi charges after Chungu.
Janja 	Oh, those fur-brains. I said, "Wait 'till I say, 'Go.'" [realizing] Oh, and I just said it. Hey, hey! Wait for me!
 	Janja charges after Cheezi and Chungu. Cut to the zebras.
Janja, Cheezi, and Chungu 	[from offscreen] *cackle*
 	The zebras lift their heads. Ono pauses in preening his feathers.
Ono 	*gasps* [Ono takes to the air.] Hyenas? Hapana! I've got to get the rest of the Guard.
 	Ono flies offscreen. Thurston's head bursts into frame.
Thurston 	*gasps* [Thurston begins running in place.] Panic and run! Panic and run!
 	Cut to Cheezi and Chungu running.
Cheezi 	*cackles* Janja was right. Look at 'em go.
Cheezi and Chungu 	[mockingly] Panic and run. Panic and run.
 	Cut to Fuli and Kion standing on the promontory of Pride Rock.
Fuli 	Think the zebras made it home safe?
Kion 	Ono's keeping an eye on them. We should know soon enough.
Bunga 	[from offscreen] Kion!
 	Kion and Fuli turn around. Beshte and Bunga stride up the promontory toward them.
Kion 	Hey. What were you showing Beshte?
Beshte 	You're not going to believe this.
Bunga 	Rafiki's paintings, [dramatically] they predict the future.
Kion 	You're right. [Kion strides toward Beshte and Bunga, then stops.] I don't believe it. There's no way Rafiki's paintings can predict the...
Ono 	[from offscreen] Kion! Kion! [Ono swoops toward the Lion Guard.] We have a big problem this time.
 	Ono lands on Beshte's head. Fuli rolls her eyes.
Fuli 	Oh, let me guess, zebras again.
 	Ono nods.
Ono 	[deadpan] Yes, [more excitedly] but they're being chased by hyenas.
Fuli 	Hyenas?
Kion 	Then there's no time to waste. Ono, lead us to the zebras.
Fuli 	And fast.
Ono 	Affirmative.
 	Ono flies offscreen. Fuli and Kion run after him.
Bunga 	But, Kion, the paintings.
 	Kion pauses and looks over one shoulder at Bunga.
Kion 	No time for paintings, Bunga. We need to stop the hyenas.
 	Kion keeps running.
Bunga 	[to Beshte] But what if Rafiki's painting comes true while we're fighting the hyenas?
Beshte 	We just need to make sure Kion doesn't climb any trees.
 	Beshte and Bunga walk away. Cut to the zebras running. Cheezi runs up and pauses close to the screen.
Janja, Cheezi, and Chungu 	*cackle*
Cheezi 	Wow! These zebras are fast.
Janja 	Great. I love fast food. [Janja snaps his jaws at a passing zebra.] *grunts*
Zebras 	*bray*
 	Cut to Chungu running in circles among the zebras.
Chungu 	I wouldn't mind if they slowed down a little. I'm getting dizzy.
 	Chungu pauses, his eyes rolling. Cut to the Lion Guard emerging atop a grassy hill. Cut to the hyenas chasing the zebras in a giant circle.
Kion 	There they are. [Cut to the Lion Guard.] Ono, lead the zebras away from the hyenas. Try to calm them down.
 	Ono salutes Kion.
Ono 	You got it, Kion.
 	Ono flies away.
Kion 	You three take care of Cheezi and Chungu. Leave Janja to me. 'Till the Pride Lands end...
Beshte, Bunga, Fuli, and Kion 	Lion Guard defend!
 	The Lion Guard charges down the hill. Cut to Janja chasing the zebras.
Janja 	I'm gonna get ya. I'm gonna get ya.
 	Cut to the Lion Guard running toward the hyenas and the zebras. Cut to a zebra fleeing Janja.
Zebra 	*brays*
Janja 	*growls*
 	As the zebra, then Janja runs by, Kion leaps out of some nearby grass, just behind them. Janja begins chasing the zebra around a large rock with a dead tree on top of it. Kion circles the rock on the other side, as if to cut them off. Kion looks up at the dead tree. He puts on a burst of speed and begins to climb toward the tree. Cut to Cheezi and Chungu chasing a zebra.
Zebras 	*bray*
Cheezi and Chungu 	*growl*
 	Cut to Bunga running. He notices something and pulls to a halt.
Bunga 	Kion, no! [Cut to Kion climbing the dead tree.] Not the tree!
 	Bunga runs toward Kion. Cut to Cheezi and Chungu chasing a zebra.
Cheezi 	*cackles* These zebras never even saw us coming.
Chungu 	That's 'cause zebras ain't too smart.
 	Cheezi and Chungu run into Beshte.
Cheezi and Chungu 	*grunt*
 	The camera zooms out to show Beshte and Fuli standing in front of Cheezi and Chungu.
Fuli 	*scoffs* They're not the only ones.
Chungu 	Hey, the Lion Guard?
Cheezi 	We never even saw you coming.
 	Cut to Kion climbing the dead tree. It creaks beneath him.
Zebra 	[from offscreen] *brays*
 	The camera zooms out to show Janja chasing the zebra toward Kion's position.
Bunga 	[from offscreen] Kion, look out!
 	Kion looks over one shoulder. Bunga charges toward Kion.
Kion 	Bunga. What are you...
 	Bunga tackles Kion, and they fall off the tree.
Bunga 	Whoa!
 	Kion and Bunga land on top of Janja. The zebra runs off, leaving Bunga, Kion, and Janja in a heap.
Janja 	*grunts* [stammering] Where did you even come from?
 	Bunga and Kion climb off Janja.
Kion 	Doesn't matter. I know where you're going.
 	Janja stands unsteadily. Cheezi and Chungu run past Bunga, Kion, and Janja.
Cheezi and Chungu 	*whimper* Panic and run! Panic and run!
Janja 	Good idea, fur-brains.
 	Janja charges after Cheezi and Chungu.
Bunga 	And don't come back!
Kion 	Bunga, why'd you do that?
Bunga 	I don't want them to come back?
Kion 	No. Why'd you knock me out of that tree? I was trying to take Janja by surprise.
Bunga 	[sheepishly] Oh, yeah, about that...
 	Beshte and Fuli approach.
Fuli 	*chuckles* Well, that's a new way to run off hyenas. Fall on them.
Kion 	That wasn't exactly the plan.
 	Bunga runs up to Beshte.
Bunga 	[in an undertone] Hey, did you see that? Kion fell from the tree, just like the painting predicted. Good thing I saved him.
Beshte 	Looked to me like you pushed him, and Janja saved him. Besides, what if that wasn't the right tree?
Bunga 	Then he's still in danger. At least the zebras are safe, and we can head home. There aren't any trees in the Lair.
 	Ono swoops overhead. He flaps in place in front of Beshte, Bunga, Fuli, and Kion.
Ono 	Everyone, we have a problem. I did a quick count of the herd, and we're three zebras short.
Fuli 	What?
Kion 	The hyenas didn't get them, did they?
Ono 	No, no, no. I've spotted the missing zebras. But they're stranded on the other side of Maji Baridi Falls.
Beshte 	How'd they get way over there?
Fuli 	I'm guessing they panicked and ran.
Kion 	Well, however they got there, we've got to help them get back. Ono, lead the way.
Ono 	Affirmative.
 	Ono flies off. Fuli and Kion follow.
Bunga 	[to Beshte] So, how are we gonna protect Kion now?
Beshte 	Don't worry, Little B. Maybe there aren't any trees between here and Maji Baridi Falls.
 	Beshte and Bunga walk off. Cut to the Lion Guard strolling through a grove of trees.
Bunga 	Everywhere you look, [Bunga looks around in terror.] trees, trees, trees.
 	Fuli pauses and looks over one shoulder at Bunga.
Fuli 	And just now you're noticing?
Bunga 	*yells* [Bunga points.] A tree branch.
 	Cut to Kion walking toward a long red object on the ground.
Beshte 	Bunga, it's on the ground. How could Kion fall from it?
Bunga 	He could trip. [Kion hops over the object.] Look out!
 	Bunga tackles the object, and it is revealed to be Ushari.
Ushari 	*yells* Bunga!
Kion 	Bunga! Leave Ushari alone.
 	Kion continues walking. Cut to Bunga trapped in Ushari's coils.
Bunga 	Sorry. Thought you were a tree branch. [Ushari squeezes Bunga.] My bad.
Ushari 	I should bite you, Bunga, but the last time I did, [Ushari slithers away.] I couldn't get the taste out of my mouth for days.
 	Bunga licks his arm.
Bunga 	Your loss, Ushari. I taste great!
Kion 	Oh, [Kion jerks his head.] come on, [Kion continues walking.] let's find those zebras.
Beshte 	Come on, Bunga. More trees ahead.
 	Beshte and Bunga continue walking, only to halt because Fuli is in their path.
Fuli 	All right, you two. What's going on? You're acting even stranger than usual.
 	Beshte and Bunga exchange glances.
Bunga 	Okay. [Cut to a wide shot of Beshte, Bunga, and Fuli as they continue walking. The camera pans up to show Kion walking ahead of them, with Ono flying beside him.] So, I was looking at Rafiki's paintings. You know how his staff can make them move? [Bunga's voice fades, indicating a time skip.] And the zebra stampede and rock fall were just like the painting.
Fuli 	Seriously?
 	Beshte, Bunga, and Fuli begin climbing a rock pile.
Beshte 	Yeah. And then, we saw Kion fall off the tree branch.
 	Cut to the Lion Guard walking along a cliff. Beshte, Bunga, and Fuli lag behind Kion and Ono.
Fuli 	Mmm. Still sounds hard to believe.
Beshte 	But what if it's true? How would you feel if Kion got hurt?
 	Fuli pauses.
Fuli 	*sighs* Okay, let's go warn him.
Bunga 	We tried. He didn't believe us.
 	Beshte notices something.
Beshte 	Uh-oh.
Fuli 	*gasps*
Beshte 	Look.
 	Cut to Ono flying toward a tree. Kion bounds down a cliff after Ono, who alights in the tree.
Ono 	Kion. You can see the zebras from up here.
Kion 	Great. I'll take a look.
Fuli 	Calm down. I got this.
 	Fuli runs offscreen.
Bunga 	Fuli!
 	Beshte and Bunga run after Fuli.
Beshte 	Wait for us.
 	Kion bounds toward the tree. Fuli races toward him.
Fuli 	Kion, no! [Fuli tackles Kion.] *grunts*
Kion 	Hey! [Fuli and Kion fall onto the tree trunk, which is slightly horizontal.] *grunts*
Fuli 	*grunts*
Bunga 	Hang on, Kion. We're coming! [Bunga trips.] Whoa!
 	Beshte trips. Both Beshte and Bunga fall onto the tree trunk next to Fuli and Kion.
Beshte 	*grunts*
Bunga 	*grunts*
 	The tree begins to creak and crack.
Ono 	Whoa!
 	Ono flaps in place. The tree falls over. Kion stands.
Kion 	*groans* [Kion climbs off the tree.] *shudders* What are you guys doing? What's going on?
Ono 	[from offscreen] Kion. [Ono lands on the tree next to Kion.] I just spotted a shortcut to the zebras.
Kion 	Great. Show us the way.
 	Ono points.
Ono 	It's this way, through the trees.
Beshte, Bunga, and Fuli 	*gasp*
Bunga 	Hey, I know an even shorter shortcut. [Bunga begins pushing Kion, who slides forward in a sitting position.] Uh, this way.
Fuli 	Bunga's right.
Beshte 	Yeah.
 	Beshte and Fuli follow Bunga. Cut to Kion and Bunga wading through a river. Beshte and Fuli paddle along behind Bunga. Ono swoops down to join them.
Ono 	Guys? This is not a shortcut. What's going on?
Bunga 	We're trying to save Kion.
Ono 	Save him? Save him from what?
Fuli 	Remember how Bunga knew to steer the zebras away from the rocks?
Ono 	Yeah?
Beshte 	Well, there's a reason he knew.
 	Kion wades out of the river. He pauses, shakes himself dry, then keeps walking. Cut to a fast-flowing river. On the opposite bank, Thurston, the mother zebra, and her foal graze. Kion surveys them from across the water. He eyes a nearby log that crosses the stream, then takes off toward it. Cut to Beshte, Bunga, and Fuli wading out of the river, with Ono on Beshte's back.
Ono 	If you're right, I better help. Kion's in danger.
Bunga 	Not anymore, Ono. Now that you know, [Cut to the Lion Guard standing together. In the background, Kion begins to cross the log.] Kion has the whole Lion Guard looking out for him.
Beshte 	Yeah. And we'll make sure he doesn't get anywhere near a tree.
Kion 	Lion Guard. I found the zebras.
Beshte, Bunga, Fuli, and Ono 	*gasp*
Kion 	We can cross the river on this big tree branch.
Ono 	Don't worry. I'll save him!
 	Ono flies toward Kion.
Fuli 	Me too!
 	Fuli races toward Kion. Beshte and Bunga follow.
Bunga 	Let's all save him.
 	Cut to Kion crossing the log.
Ono 	[from offscreen] Kion. No.
 	Ono lands in front of Kion, who pauses.
Kion 	*gasps* Ono?
Ono 	Sorry. Didn't mean to startle you. [stammering] But Fuli, Bunga, and Beshte... [Ono notices something.] Oh, no!
 	Cut to Beshte, Bunga, and Fuli running toward the log.
Fuli 	Look out!
Bunga 	Me first!
Beshte 	Wait for me.
 	Fuli begins climbing along the log by her claws. Bunga swings by on her tail.
Bunga 	Whoa!
 	The log begins to creak and quiver. Fuli looks over one shoulder.
Fuli 	*grunts*
 	Cut to Beshte running onto the log. Kion struggles to hold on.
Kion 	*grunts* [rapidfire] Fuli. Beshte. Bunga. Stop! [Kion is flung into the air.] *grunts*
Bunga 	Whoa!
 	Kion and Bunga land on the opposite shore.
Beshte, Bunga, Fuli, and Kion 	*grunt* [Beshte and Fuli fall next to Bunga and Kion.] *groan*
 	Beshte looks up blearily at Bunga, who is on his head. Cut to Kion standing on a rock above his friends.
Kion 	What is going on with everybody?
Fuli 	We were just trying to save you.
Kion 	Save me? From what?
Ono 	The tree branch!
Kion 	The tree branch?
Bunga 	Rafiki's painting showed you falling from a big tree branch.
Kion 	Bunga. There's no way Rafiki's paintings tell the future. Now, let's focus on getting these zebras back to their herd.
 	Cut to Fuli straining to get out from underneath Beshte.
Fuli 	[straining] Could you get up? Please?
 	Beshte stands.
Beshte 	Oh, sorry.
 	Beshte backs away from Fuli and knocks into a large round rock, which begins rolling down the hill.
Ono 	Oh, no!
 	Cut to the rock rolling toward the zebras.
Kion 	Zebras, look out!
 	The zebras look up from grazing.
Thurston 	Panic and run! Panic and run!
 	The zebras run around frantically.
Zebras 	*bray*
 	The zebras narrowly dodge the rock. They continue running and jump into the nearby river. Cut to the zebras being carried downstream.
Mother zebra 	Lion Guard. Help!
 	The Lion Guard runs up to the riverbank.
Bunga 	Zuka zama!
 	Ono flies over the river, and his vision flickers.
Ono 	Hapana! [Cut to Ono's perspective. The zebras flounder in the water. His vision pans up to show a waterfall at the end of the river.] The zebras are heading towards Maji Baridi Falls.
Kion 	Hevi kabisa. [after a beat] I have an idea. Come on. [Cut to the Lion Guard approaching the edge of the waterfall. Cut to a wide shot of the waterfall, which shows a tree clinging to the side of the cliff beside the falls.] I've got to roar from that branch over the waterfall.
Bunga 	But, Kion, the painting!
 	Bunga touches Kion's shoulder.
Kion 	I don't care. It's the only way to save the zebras.
 	Cut to the zebras being carried downstream.
Zebras 	*bray*
 	Cut to Kion standing on the ledge beside the waterfall. Beshte, Bunga, and Fuli listen attentively.
Kion 	After I roar, make sure the zebras are okay.
Bunga 	You got it, Kion!
 	Kion climbs onto the tree trunk, which is slightly horizontal. He slides onto a thin branch.
Kion 	*grunts* [Kion regains his balance.] *exhales*
 	Cut to the zebras being carried to the edge of the waterfall.
Zebras 	*bray*
 	Kion stands.
Kion 	I hope this works.
Zebras 	*bray*
Kion 	*roars*
 	Kion uses the Roar of the Elders on the waterfall. The water is blasted upward, forming a curve that catches the zebras and shoots them back up the falls. Cut to the Lion Guard watching in awe. The water falls onto the riverbank, depositing the mother zebra and her foal.
Beshte, Bunga, Fuli, and Ono 	*gasp*
Thurston 	[from offscreen] Whoa! [Thurston falls onto Beshte's back.] *grunts* Oh, comfy.
 	Cut to Kion standing on the tree beside the waterfall. Bunga looks down on him from the ledge beside the falls.
Bunga 	Kion, you did it! The zebras are safe!
 	Kion climbs back up the tree trunk. As he reaches the top, he slips and falls out of view.
Kion 	Whoa!
Beshte 	*gasps* Kion! No!
Fuli 	Kion!
Bunga 	Kion! No!
 	Kion leaps back onto the ledge beside the tree.
Kion 	I'm okay!
Beshte, Bunga, and Fuli 	*sigh*
Bunga 	I wasn't worried.
 	Beshte, Fuli, and Ono glare at Bunga. Cut to the underside of Pride Rock.
Rafiki 	[from offscreen] These paintings? Tell the future? [Cut to Rafiki standing in front of the Lion Guard in the Lair of the Lion Guard. Behind him are the paintings of the rock pile and the zebras.] *laughs* Bunga! Why would you think such a thing?
Bunga 	[haltingly] 'Cause... 'Cause we saw the zebras run and the rocks fall, and then, we...
Rafiki 	*laughs* [Rafiki baps Bunga on the head with his bakora staff.] First, do not take Rafiki's staff. Second, these paintings? You did not see what you think you saw. You watched them backwards. [The rock pile painting comes to life. The top rock falls.] The rocks fall, [The camera pans right to show the zebras running away from the rock pile.] and the zebras run! And all of this happened in the past!
Beshte and Bunga 	The past?
Rafiki 	Yes, yes. [Rafiki gestures to his paintings.] These paintings, they show the history of the Pride Lands.
 	Bunga runs off.
Bunga 	What about this one? [Bunga pauses and points at the painting of the lion cub.] It shows Kion falling!
Rafiki 	*laughs* [Rafiki strides toward Bunga and pokes him in the chest.] Leap to conclusions, and you leap to confusions!
Bunga 	We leap to what? I'm confused.
 	Cut to the painting of the lion cub.
Rafiki 	That is not Kion. [The camera pans down to show Bunga and Rafiki looking up at the painting.] It is Nala's father, Kion's grandfather, when he was a cub. [Rafiki pokes Bunga in the nose.] And you did not watch the whole thing. [Bunga rubs his nose. Rafiki taps the painting of the lion cub with his bakora staff. The lion cub begins to fall from the tree.] Kion's grandfather did fall from a big branch, [The lion cub lands among a circle of full-grown male lions.] but he was saved by the Lion Guard of his day. You see? These paintings do not predict your future. Except for this new one.
 	Rafiki uses his bakora staff to point to a painting of a honey badger. Bunga rushes up to the painting.
Bunga 	Is that me? What am I gonna do? Something fun? [Rafiki taps the painting with his bakora staff. The honey badger begins to clean the floor with leaves.] Cleaning the floor? That doesn't look like fun! [Rafiki holds out leaves to Bunga. Cut to Bunga cleaning the spilled paints with leaves.] *sighs* I think I like the other paintings better.
Beshte, Bunga, Fuli, Kion, Ono, and Rafiki	*laugh*
 	The credits roll.
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