Disorder
Uh oh
Looks like the Royal Family's back home :/
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The sudden changes and forceful control of the Pridelands' herds had rendered Vitani's Guard utterly stumped on how to handle the coup. They were outnumbered and knew the consequences of facing large, hoofed, horned animals, and Vitani felt she couldn't just use the Roar of the Elders to blast them away, seeing as Ngurumo put the Guard's (let alone any predator's) reputation in a tight spot, why hurt them?
The herbivores had quickly overcrowded every surface covered in green; the trees were stripped naked, and the fields had many bare patches of dirt now. The prey animals had even fought each other for food and space, reflecting how much they'd been misplaced throughout the Pridelands, and wrongfully mixed with each other. It had been like the elephants' migration from Kilio Valley after it burned down not too long ago, but exponentially worse in multitude across various animals this time.
Now that the Pridelands' leaders had returned from the Tree of Life, they were met with numerous disasters of their own. Ma Tembo had disagreements with Zito. Vuruga Vuruga and Twiga shared indecision in their trust in Vitani's Guard. Bupu and Thurston quickly fell into the beliefs their herds blindly followed. Basi tried to wrangle violently protective hippos in his pod. Poor Laini tried not to get trampled by the displaced megafauna while looking for her scattered group. Big Baboon's troop was unaffected and indifferent. Makuu's Float was unharmed, but certainly unwelcome, back to square one for Makuu. Lastly, Mbeya was faced with a rather polarized crash, where members either desperately wanted him back, or thought that a new leader like Ngurumo was in order.
The mess amongst individual herds did not amount to the astonishment that radiated from the King and Queen, especially Simba. While he was used to handling constant stress in his life, it wouldn't be without utter dismay and reluctance every time. The kingdom hadn't been this unstable since his great grandfather's time as king. He wasn't to immediately pin any blame solely on Vitani, nor the rest of the Guard, but he still could not believe what the Guard didn't do.
Vitani visibly gulped, her mouth running dry from fear that had suddenly overcame her as her eyes met the King's.