(Documentary : Episode 6)
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[Name : Dr. T. Soma Tonson
Role : Lead researcher]
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"It was past halfway through the dry season in the Serengeti. It was not nearing the end of the dry season, but the land was getting there. The region was in its driest state yet due to the unrelenting heat and the lack of moisture. This was often referred to as the final leg of the yellow season," Dr Tonson began the episode with his voice over the footage of the savannah.
"Every animal was in a dire state. The lakes had shrunk to their tiniest state yet, and water was a resource every creature searched for and fought for. But during this time, there was one creature, one predator that was searching for something but it was not food or water," Dr Tonson said.
The aerial shot transitions perfectly to footage taken from the ground. There, a lioness was shown, healthy but not ridiculously muscular or big, so it was easy to tell she was not from Leo's pride.
"A lioness searching for a pride," Dr Tonson said, the camera focusing on the lioness as she searched for scents on the ground.
"It was not unheard of for a lioness to leave her pride in search of a new one where she could get a better position. And lionesses often leave their pride at the end of their pregnancy and early motherhood to protect their vulnerable cubs from the father," Dr Tonson said. "But the lioness you see here was doing neither."
"She was searching for an old friend, perhaps her long-lost lover," he said. "Whatever she was searching for, she had shown incredible determination and resilience. After all, she had been travelling all over the Serengeti for over a month now."
"At first, we pitied her. Thinking she was a lioness searching for a new pride and the Serengeti had only one due to the sheer dominance Leo had put on the land. We thought she was a lioness that couldn't find a new home," he said.
"We were wrong."
The camera focused on Nala as she moved towards a location after getting a new scent. There was purpose in her steps. She was not an animal that was simply trying to survive; she was living for more.
"What we are seeing is a living, breathing piece of Leo's past," Dr Tonson revealed.
The camera cut scenes to Leo, who was patrolling as usual. The audience could already tell what he was doing. Lions did not have much variety in their schedule after all, even Leo. It was patrol, fight, eat, mate, patrol and sleep. Over and over and over again.
But Leo suddenly stopped. His head lifted up and his nose twitched to take in the new scent. A low growl left his throat as his eyes narrowed. He looked around, but quickly focused on a certain direction where the scent came from.
"We've always wondered where Leo came from. What was his past before he came to the Serengeti? How did he lose his tail? How was he kicked out? Does he even have a family or was he this unholy abomination that God had put in the Serengeti just for shits and giggles?" Dr Tonson said, joking at the last part.
"Well. We are about to find out. Because you know what? Leo's past had caught up to him. A past he was trying to run away from all this time," he said.
The next scenes of the documentary focused on showing instead of telling. The camera shifted scenes as Leo and the lioness began moving towards each other, and at a rapid pace too.
A fitting music and soundtrack were used to highlight the tension in this scene. Soon enough, the lioness found herself in a tight position. She was backed into a rocky hill with no escape behind her.
And from the footage of the drone, you could see Leo's enormous body circling around her between the yellow trees and bushes. It looked dangerous, it looked like he was hunting her like he did to countless challengers.
After a bit of studying, he went out of the clearing and met the lioness face to face. They were standing far apart, but they were still close enough to examine each other.
Then there was a long moment of silence.
Dr Tonson's voice finally resounded through the footage once again. "At the time, we could admit it. But we all knew, at least a part of us did. We just never believed that such a romantic and dramatic love story could happen between two animals."
"But..."
After a long moment, way over a minute of deep examination, Leo took the first step towards the lioness.
But the lioness moved, launching herself so incredibly fast to Leo. The audience braced for impact. Because, from the looks of it, the lioness was attacking Leo.
But nothing could prepare the viewers for what happened next. The lioness succeeded in taking down Leo. She charged straight at Leo and after hitting him, Leo fell on his back with a deep thud.
A lion king, whom they were all too familiar with to be unbeatable and ruthless, was tackled to the ground by a smaller lioness. They could count the hundreds of corpses that tried and failed to take him down like that.
But the fight never came after the tackle. The two beasts took a pause and the lioness simply lay in the embrace of the king. It looked emotional, and quite frankly, romantic as Dr Tonson just mentioned.
"It was the reunion of long-lost lovers," Dr Tonson declared.
The footage zoomed in on their interaction. How they were licking each other's faces and touching each other's noses like they were kissing each other. The affection they showed each other was shocking. They had never seen Leo being so soft or gentle towards his own lionesses.
The music and the soundtrack had an abrupt change too. From one that created tension to a melody that movies would play in a montage where love bloomed.
The documentary began following that same format as well. It was ridiculous. The audience was watching a documentary that felt more like a movie.
After the reunion, Leo did not separate or try to return to his pride. His pride was completely forgotten, his challenges and duty thrown right out the window. Instead, the two lions began moving around the Serengeti, extremely playful at times and always touching their head every few minutes like they couldn't get enough from each other.
Last episode, the audience saw Leo as a cold-blooded killer who was extremely territorial and slew every challenger that dared enter his kingdom. Now they saw him as a loverboy so entrapped by a female. The contrast was honestly ridiculous. It was enough for the people to look at the title and make sure they watched the same documentary.
Leo had never been so fun and playful. He climbed trees, he played something akin to hide and seek and was always initiating contact and affection. In his pride, the females had to initiate every contact and do everything to earn his attention. But here he was, showering a lioness they never saw before with love.
Eventually, the two came to a buffalo herd and Leo took down one for a meal. He gave the lioness the best seat possible as he showed off and took down the buffalo.
For the viewers who had seen him hunt countless times, it was easy to tell the flair with which he hunted. It was obvious he was trying to impress the female and some could not help but facepalm and laugh fondly at it all.
To make it all worse, Leo actually let the female have the first bite and let her eat the organs which were usually strictly reserved for him.
He was gentle, kind, nothing like they had ever seen before. And when the sun sets and night began, Leo did not leave to go back to his pride. Instead, he pulled the lioness under him and spent the night with her.
"I can imagine the shock you all may feel at this moment. But think for an instance, how flabbergasted we were as researchers when we saw this. We had no knowledge of who this lioness was or what she meant to Leo yet. And our heads were filled with questions as we were shocked with everything he did for her," Dr Tonson said.
"But in the following months we will find answers to everything," he said.
The scene captured the two lions sleeping together and also added the background of the moon and the stars that were clearly visible in the dry season without rain clouds. It was, without a doubt, better than most trashy romance that came out these days.
"The lioness, which we named Nala, did not only come to reunite with her lover. She came here with a purpose, seeking Leo to help her from the events that were plaguing their home," he said.
"In this part of the story, Leo was undoubtedly the hero. A hero that must face his past and finally bring peace to the chaos he left behind," Dr Tonson said.
"Nala was here to take Leo back home," Dr Tonson revealed and the footage panned out. The sound of chaos and the future conflict that was going to happen soon played out like a foreshadowing.
The audience could hear the laughter of hyenas, the screams of hyenas, the growls of lions seemingly at war. A crooked roar and finally, a roar so loud that it was unmistakable to be Leo's victory roar.
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[3rd POV]
The documentary continued covering Nala and Leo in the morning. Leo finally remembered about his pride and went back with Nala behind him.
The introduction went along and Nala was welcomed to the pride. All the lionesses were curious to get to know this lioness who seemed to have stolen Leo's heart in one day.
"Contrary to our expectation, there was no tension when Nala arrived. She was welcomed, seemingly without any blood which probably had to do with Leo and how he always maintained an iron rule over the pride," Dr Tonson said.
The whole day was spent with Nala and the pride getting to know each other. Meanwhile Leo followed his usual routine and patrolled in the afternoon. But even in his absence, no one was trying to do anything to the new member of the pride.
After Leo returned, he spent the night with Nala once more. This time, they even went as far as doing the deed. Leo mated with Nala on that very night.
"This is another proof that the two knew each other before. No matter how irresistible Leo was to females, it is simply not possible for a lioness to spread her legs that fast for a male. But personally, I suspect that there was a higher motive from Nala. She wanted and quite frankly needed Leo to return back home and fix the trouble that has been plaguing her old pride," Dr Tonson said.
"And Leo did not waste any time because on the very next day, the pride made their way south to the Serengeti. Which completely contradicted their usual travel around the Serengeti," he said.
"Leo was leaving the Serengeti to return home, and miraculously, his whole pride followed him. Usually, if a lion king decides to leave the territory, he forfeited the pride too. But that was not the case for his pride as they followed him like loyal subjects."
The documentary followed the two day travel of the pride. They were moving towards the south where it was even harsher than the central or the northern Serengeti. They were not stopping like they did as a nomadic pride, instead they were constantly moving other than taking time to sleep.
This was an obvious clue that they were travelling somewhere, not just moving inside their territory.
"In two days, the pride reached the southern edge of the Serengeti. But of course this wouldn't be a Leo documentary without some killing and badass fight now and then," he said.
The camera turned to five lions moving toward Leo and his pride during the darkness of the night.
"A five lion coalition that had been hiding in the less visited southern Serengeti. Leo in his journey inevitably had to pass them. The coalition, thinking they finally got the golden opportunity, decided to strike in the night."
"But of course our drone was not the only one in the sky," he said and the scene cuts to Grim flying towards Leo to inform him about this attack.
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Comments :
Victor Mendez: Bro… I came here to watch lions fight and now I'm emotionally invested in a long-distance relationship between two giant murder-cats.
Leo really went from Demon King to Disney Prince in 0.2 seconds.
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not that important: I swear this documentary has more plot twists than the entire MCU.
Also me when Nala tackled Leo: "OH SHE DEAD "
Nala cuddles him
"…Never mind, she won the whole game."
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KeyShawn Lewis: The huzz really made him climb a whole tree like a baby. She must be quite special.
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JTSSE: I swear to god he never do all that when hunting a buffalo. But I guess you gotta add the flair for the fair lady.
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Ken Jenkins: Bro was quick to stuff her. I respect that.
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Zane Pope: Imagine being one of Leo's lionesses watching him suddenly become the softest man alive for a stranger.
I'd be like "Sir?? Sir we exist??"
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Dre Lauderdale: Five lions and a buffalo to Aura Farm. We can't let him keep getting away with this.
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Kaizel: The colation were the best wingman. I got you, now impress your lady type of energy. They gave their life for the act too.
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Dino Vermeulen: I really wish I can see their backstory. I really wanna know how he lost his tail or how these two were lovers. I don't think they are lovers though, theyd be cubs when they know each other. It does't make sense.
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Eman: I laughed out loud when they played the roamtic music. The production team for this is so goated. They don't give a fuck about trying to sound smart or formal.
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Saul Aguilar Luna: Now I shall witness the rise of wattpad stories about a billionaire aplhpa male lion and his long lost lover.
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Carlos Gabriel Yanex Lopex : I understand you Leo. She is kinda hot.
Reply : We must take away your freedom of speech. You are abusing it.
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