The Lion Guard S2 E5

## Plot

The Lion Guard is busy saving all sorts of animals during the dry season. Everyone is tired, thirsty, and hungry. Also, pay attention to the painting Rafiki is making. It becomes important in season 3. Janja's clan is attacking the elephants. Kion almost uses the Roar, but if he does, he might hurt the elephants too. The Guard sends the hyenas back to the Pridelands, and don't notice that they run over Ushari, who is tired of always being trampled by the Lion Guard. The elephants still haven't found a new water source. It's Ma Tembo's first time leading the search, since her father Aminifu died during season 1. They have to try and listen to water running underground. She tells Kion that caring for others during the dry season is more difficult than she realized. He knows what she means, and has Ono keep an eye on the herd in case the hyenas attack again. The others head back to the lair, and Kion talks to Mufasa. Unbeknownst to him, someone is watching them. She's Makini, a mandrill like Rafiki. She knows that Kion was talking to his grandfather Mufasa. She's Rafiki's new apprentice. She's training to be a Royal Mjuzi just like him. If she's quiet, she might even be able to hear the Lions of the Past like he does. She never stops talking though. Ushari overhears them, and realizes that Kion always outsmarts the hyenas because he gets advice from Mufasa. Ono tells him that the hyenas have started attacking the baboons, who are following the elephants. He almost uses the Roar in anger, but notices in time, and sends the hyenas flying. The baboons always follow the elephants to new water sources during the dry season. The Guard wishes they could do more to help Ma Tembo, and Kion decides to talk to his dad about it. Makini is having trouble being quiet and listening to Rafiki. He sends her on a quest to find her bakora staff. Simba tells Kion that there's not a lot they can do to help Ma Tembo. Ushari offers to help the hyenas finally beat the Lion Guard by talking to Scar, like how Kion can talk to Mufasa. He decides to follow Makini to get the information he needs, and the hyenas follow him to make sure he isn't lying. He claims that he's friends with the Lion Guard. Makini tells him that only the lions in Simba's pride and the Royal Mjuzi can hear the Lions of the Past. She doesn't know if they can speak to evil lions like Scar. She'd have to ask Rafiki. She finds her bakora staff. She tells Rafiki that she heard the Lions of the Past when she touched her staff. He ties two gourds to it: One for the future, and one for the past. Ushari can't slither fast enough to keep up with them. He asks his skink friends to spy on them for him. The leader, Shupavu, sends Nyeusi to spy on them. Rafiki and Makini enter the Lion Guard lair, and he introduces her to everyone. It turns out that Fuli is the first female animal to ever join the Lion Guard. When Makini was born, the Lions of the Past told Rafiki that she would be the next Royal Mjuzi. Now that she has facial markings like him, it means she's old enough to begin her training. Her staff can bring paintings to life, just like Rafiki's. She asks him if there's a way to listen to the bad Lions of the Past too. The Great Lions of the Past are in the sky. The Roar can also summon the worst lions. They appear in fire. Once they're summoned, the bakora staff can be used to talk to evil lions. Ushari heard the whole thing. The royal family and Kiara's friends meet Makini. Kiara is given permission to learn to work with Ma Tembo at finding a new water source, and Makini comes along too. Ushari and the hyenas plan to steal Makini's staff and lure Kion to the volcano in the Outlands and make him roar to summon Scar. His roars are big when his friends and family are threatened. Kiara and Makini look for signs of underground water. Now the zebras and galagos are also following the elephants. The hyenas grab Makini's staff and take Kiara. Makini heads back to the lair and tells the Lion Guard. Ono sees that Janja's clan is taking Kiara into the Outlands. Makini blames herself, because she wasn't quiet when Kiara asked her to be. At the volcano, Kiara burns her paws on hot steam. Kion decides to pretend like he's by himself and distract the hyenas while the others go in another way and rescue Kiara. However, only Janja talks to Kion, and he won't use the Roar unless he has to. The others fight the hyenas and rescue Kiara. Ono tells Kion, but Janja says it doesn't matter, and threatens to actually kill his family or Bunga next time. He makes Kion angry enough to use the Roar, which blasts him away, and also causes the volcano to erupt. Beshte is able to walk over a bridge, but it collapses before Bunga and Fuli can get out. Luckily, Fuli jumps over the gap with Bunga riding on her. Everyone heads back to the Pridelands. Janja is angry that Ushari's plan seemingly didn't work, and throws the bakora staff into the lava… which summons Scar as a spirit, voiced by David Oyelowo. Makini tells everyone that Ma Tembo needs quiet to find the new water source, and she finally finds it. Rafiki tells Makini that more than one stick can be her staff. What's important is who's holding it. However, everyone is unaware that Scar has returned.