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Troy Winter's Home

"YES!" Troy Winter shouted in triumph. At the current moment, the twenty year old was sitting in his room, playing Monster Hunter World on his Xbox One X console. He had just completed an investigation with the objective of capturing his favorite beast of the entire Monster Hunter franchise, the Glavenus. He had spent over thirty chasing and combating the beast, coming close to dying several times, but came out on top.

After returning his in game character to Astera, Troy saved his progress before closing the game, shutting off his console and TV before placing the controller on the table, standing up and moving to the bathroom. He had to go to work at the restaurant Ice Fox within the hour. He has been working there for over two years now. He originally started there as a bus boy, someone who cleaned off the tables after the customers leave, and he enjoyed immensely. However, a year after he started working there, the company had made the choice of retiring the bus boy position so profits could be better maximized. Now, Troy works as a host, someone who greets the guests when they enter the restaurant and seats the guests at either a reserved or available table. Now, the cleaning of tables was left to the servers. Troy quickly adapted to his new job, and while he did enjoy being a host, he did miss being a bus boy. As a bus boy, he was constantly on the move, eyes peeling for any dirty tables in need of cleaning. As a host, he is somewhat confined to the host stand, though the managers did say that it would be okay for the hosts who were once bus boys or girls to help out with cleaning.

After taking a hot shower and applying deodorant, Troy went back to his room and put on a red collared shirt, black pants, dress shoes, and a belt before moving back to the bathroom, combing his hair and beard. Smirking in satisfaction at his appearance, Troy walked out of the bathroom, into the kitchen and went down the stairs, grabbing his car keys and opened the door to the drive way, getting into his Honda Civic. He inserted the keys into the ignition, backing out of the drive way before driving up the street.

The drive to Ice Fox wasn't very long. Traffic was light today, and it wasn't very thrilling either, aside from seeing someone getting pulled over by the police. "Wouldn't want to be that guy." Troy quipped with a grimace as he passed by the scene.

Parking Complex

Before long, Troy had entering the parking complex which contained Ice Fox and numerous other restaurants and stores, though Ice Fox was the most popular restaurant within the area. Troy parked his car, removed the keys from the ignition and got out, locking his car before walking for his work place. Large, blue words with the visage of a blue fox hung on the wall above the double doors.

Smiling, Troy pushed open the doors that led into the small waiting lobby before pushing open another pair of doors and entered the restaurant itself. When he looked to the left, where the host stand was located and was greeted by three of his friends, Zack Hunter, Rex Anderson, and Sarah Robinson.

"Yo." Zack greeted.

"Sup." Rex nodded with a grin.

"Hi Troy." Sarah said flirtatiously.

Troy did his best to hide his grimace. It was no secret that Sarah was romantically interested in him, but Troy had eyes for another girl that worked here, Kayla McKnight, who Troy met a couple of weeks after he started working here. The two had talked a lot over the past two years, and Troy flirted with Kayla a lot, always making the girl blush. And tonight, after two years, Troy will finally ask Kayla out.

"Sup guys." Troy said to his fellow hosts as he walked around the host stand to join them. "How many do we have tonight?"

"See for yourself." Rex replied as he handed Troy one of the IPads.

Troy took the device in his hands and checked the number of covers they had tonight, and frowned. Only fifty, and that was including a private party of thirty people in the private dining room. He mentally sighed. He hates slow nights. They go by slower and its less money in his tip outs.

"Well, let's just hope we get a pop." Troy encouraged before he moved to clock in.

However, he paused when he saw Kayla talking to one of the bartenders, grinning when an idea came to mind. Over the past two years, Troy would take delight in scaring Kayla, and she would often try to get back at him, succeeding a few times.

Making his choice, Troy made his way over behind Kayla, his mischievous grin widening, before slowly leaning in toward her ear. "Boo!"

"Gah!" Kayla yelped as she whirled around to face a laughing Troy. "You!" She playfully slapped his shoulder.

"Oh man! I got you good!" Troy laughed.

"I'm gonna get you back, Troy." Kayla vowed teasingly.

"Try to, you mean?" Troy countered playfully as he clocked in at the bar console.

Kayla chuckled before she went back to talking with the bartender as Troy made his way back over to the host stand.

A Few Hours Later

The night did not get any busier as it progressed. A few walk ins had entered the restaurant, but other than that, the night was pretty much slow. Zack, Rex, and Sarah had long gone, but Troy remained at the host stand. As the closing host, he was required to stay until closing, which was ten pm. It was times like this Troy really missed being a bus boy. As a closing bus boy, he could still roam around the restaurant. As the closing host, he mostly had to stay at the host stand, unless he had to go around the restaurant with one of the IPads to do an update. But other than that, he was extremely bored, having no one to talk to unless the servers came up to talk to him.

At the current moment, Troy was just waiting for the strike of ten o clock pm to arrive. He had already done his closing work; wiping the doors, switching out dinner menus for lunch menus, doing the ash trays, stocking the men's bathroom, taking out host's trash can and bar's recycle and trash, etc. However, he still had one thing left to do.

He still had to ask Kayla out.

Troy decided it would be wise to ask Kayla out after Sarah had left. But even after she did, Troy still hesitated in asking Kayla, the fear of being rejected being the cause for his reluctance.

Just when ten o clock hit, Troy wasted no time in rushing over to the bar console and clocked out. He turned around and saw Kayla walking toward the doors. Now was the time!

"Kayla." Troy called out, making her stop and directing her pretty gaze to him.

"What, Troy?" She asked politely as Troy approached her.

"I've been wanting to ask you something." Troy informed.

"Shoot." Kayla nodded.

Troy hesitated, losing his courage. "Come on, Troy." He mentally berated himself. "You got her attention, don't just stand there." He steeled himself, then asked, "Would you be interested in going out to dinner with me?"

Kayla's eyes slightly widened. The two stood in silence. Briefly, Troy wondered if he had creeped her out. Then, to his relief, a beautiful smile crossed Kayla's face. "It's about time."

It was Troy's turn for his eyes to widen. "You were expecting me to ask you out?"

"Troy," Kayla giggled, "I've been waiting for you to ask me out for a while. I was actually wondering if I should've made the first move."

Troy just stared at her, then snapped out of his state. "Okay, great. Uh, where would you like to eat?"

"How about at the Pearl Sapphire?" Kayla suggested. The Pearl Sapphire is another restaurant located in the same complex as Ice Fox.

"Alright, Thursday at eight?" Troy inquired.

Kayla smiled. "See you then." She gave him a wink before walking out of the restaurant.

Troy watched her leave, feeling as if he was on cloud nine. The girl he's had a crush on for over two years has agreed to a date with him. On top of that, he felt the nervousness within him vanish completely. Smiling, Troy walked out of Ice Fox and into the parking lot.

But fate had other plans in store for him.

Troy got into his car, inserted the keys into the ignition, and drove out of the parking lot. But just five minutes into his drive home, a strange flicker of light in the sky caught Troy's attention. Pulling over to the side of the road near the woods, Troy watched as the light came closer and closer. Then, his eyes widened when he realized it was a meteorite! In fact, it landed not too far away. Curiosity overriding his judgement, Troy got out of his car, making sure it was locked before scurrying over to the crash site. There, he found a small meteorite. Troy was truly astonished. It was not often one comes across a rock from outer space. It was a strange meteorite indeed. It pulsated and hummed loudly, glowing blue slowly. Throwing all caution to the wind, Troy slowly reached out to touch the meteorite. Once his hand made contact with it, he gasped loudly. The humming sound became louder and louder, and it glowed faster and brighter. Troy screamed in agony as the meteorite's energy coursed through him. Then suddenly, in a flash of light, both Troy and the meteorite vanished off the face of the earth.

However, the last thing Troy heard over the noise that was his own screaming before his world went black, was the sound of an eerily familiar roar. A roar that he should have recognized there and then, but couldn't because of the sheer pain he was feeling…

The roar of a Glavenus.

Pride Rock

Pride Rock, the home of the King of the Pride Lands, stood as magnificent as it always had over the years. A young lioness cub sprung out of the den entrance, stopping at the edge, her excited eyes roaming about. "Wow." Kiara breathed astonishingly as she stared out at the Pride Lands. A vast grassland stretching out as far as the eye could see. Since Scar's demise and Simba taking his rightful place as king, the Pride Lands has returned to its natural beauty.

Eager to seize the day, Kiara began to leap down the rocks, but a set of jaws reached down and gently picked her up. "Whoa." Simba said as he brought his daughter back onto the larger rock, placing her down. Kiara laughed and leapt away from her father, but Simba reached with his paw. "Where do you think you're going in such a hurry?"

"Daddy." Kiara whined as Simba lifted her up with his paw before placing her underneath him. "Let go."

"Now, I just want you to be careful." Simba said as Kiara lifted herself up. Spotting a butterfly, Kiara pounced at it and missed. She prepared herself to pounce again, but Simba placed a paw on the young cub's tail, stopping her. "Kiara, are you listening? Accidents can happen. You can easily get hurt-"

"Get hurt, or stepped on, or even get lost." Kiara finished for him as she rose to a sitting position, having heard this lecture one too many times.

"And remember, I want you to stay in sight of Pride Rock at-" Simba added.

"At all times, I know." Kiara continued as she stood up on all four paws to face her father. "And if I see any strangers, don't talk to them. Come straight home. Okay, okay, can I go now? Please?" The young cub pleaded, smiling innocently and sweetly.

"Hmmm, very funny." Simba hummed as Nala came over and sat next to her mate.

"Mind your father, Kiara." The lioness chided gently and warmly.

"Yes, mom." Kiara conceded.

"And stay away from the Outlands." Simba said as Zazu flew past the king and Nala.

"Nothing there but a bunch of backstabbing murderous Outsiders." The hornbill informed grimly as he landed next to Kiara.

"Zazu's right." Simba confirmed. "You can't turn your back on them."

This perked Kiara's curiosity. "Really? How come?"

Simba sighed. She was too young to know why. "Never mind. Just run along now." He gestured to the land ahead.

"But dad, I-"

"You'll understand someday. Go on, now." Simba again gestured to the vast land.

"Daaad." Kiara whined, but ultimately gave in and nuzzled her small body against her father's leg before taking off down the rocks and into the grassland.

"And stay on the path I've marked for you!" Simba called out.

Nala chuckled, having a sense of déjà vu. "Simba, who does she remind you of, hmm?"

"Huh, what?" Simba was actually confused. As he attempted to figure it out, Nala smirked. "Who?"

"She's just like you were when you were young." Nala answered as she nuzzled Simba.

"Exactly." Simba agreed. "Do you realize the dangers we put ourselves in?" He added, referring to the Elephant Graveyard incident years ago.

Nala smirked before she knocked Simba down on his back, causing to grunt in surprise. "You mean the dangers you put us in." Simba chuckled as Nala nuzzled him again before pulling away. "She'll be fine." With nothing more to say, Nala walked away toward the den entrance as Simba picked himself up.

The king contemplated. On the day Kiara was born, he silently vowed to keep his daughter safe at all costs. Deciding it would be best to send someone after Kiara, Simba turned his attention to a certain duo, a wisecracking meerkat and warthog. "Hey, Timon, Pumbaa, come here."

The two were currently at the edge, staring out into the distance, with Timon atop of Pumbaa, and the warthog came over. "Good morning, mon Capititan!" Timon saluted.

"I want you to keep a close watch on Kiara. You know she's bound to run off." Simba assigned them their task.

"Don't worry, Simba. We're on her like stink on a warthog." Timon assured him.

"Hey!" Pumbaa rumbled, offended.

"It's a hard truth, Pumbaa. Live with it." Timon shrugged.

"Guys, I'm counting on you." Simba said urgently. "Danger could be lurking behind every rock." He added before moving away.

"Aha." Timon murmured mischievously before he and Pumbaa turned their heads in opposite directions before the warthog ran off in the same direction as Kiara.

Near the Watering Hole

Troy groaned loudly, his eyes still sealed shut. He attempted to open them, but for some reason, they felt extremely heavy, as if a lead weight was sitting on them. Then finally, they flew open. But his vision was disoriented. His world was spinning rapidly. Adding to that, his head was throbbing. He felt as if he had just woken up after a night of one of Zack's wild parties. Fighting through his condition, Troy attempted to stand up, but fell back to the ground. He didn't register the loud thump emitted from his crashing back to the ground, nor did he feel the earth shake slightly.

Finally, Troy stood up. It was day time now. How long had he been out? Obviously, for a-

Wait, the area around him seemed unfamiliar. No buildings, no car filled streets, no street lights. Troy blinked. What was going on? Is he dreaming? The slight breezing of wind told him otherwise. He was starting to get more confused and panicked. Attempting to calm himself, Troy took a deep breath, only to be startled by the sound of it. It sounded… animal like. He took another deep breath, and heard the animalistic sound behind it. It was him making that noise, all right.

Then another thing struck Troy. He seemed so much taller, the ground was further away from him. He looked down and let out a loud animalistic gasp. His feet… they had three large blue clawed toes on them, the middle toe being the longest. He instantly recognized their designed. Whipping his head back to the left, his eyes widened again when he caught sight of something.

A tail… a bladed tail. He moved it and gasped again. It was his bladed tail. That should have been enough confirmation. But the denial within him was still ever strong. Needing some way to confirm, Troy anxiously looked around, spotting a watering hole, where giraffes, antelopes, rhinoceroses, and hippos were gathered. Instantly, he bolted for it. The ground shook with each step he took, and even though he was doing that, he still refused to accept it. The animals gathered at the watering hole saw him coming and they all fled, emitting frantic and panicked noises.

Troy paid no mind to them. He had to know. He stopped at the edge of the watering hole, leaning his face down to stare as his reflection, too scared of what he was about to see. He closed his eyes again and took a deep breath, once again refusing to believe he was making the noise. He was praying to God right now. He opened his eyes, instinctively expecting to see himself as human.

But alas, his prayers were denied.

The reflection of a Glavenus stared back at him. No. He still refused to believe. He tilted his head, and the water reflection mimicked the action. He opened his monstrous maw, and the reflection did the same. This wasn't the reflection of a Glavenus looking at him. It was his reflection. He is the Glavenus. The denial finally faded within him.

Unable to contain the hurricane of emotions raging inside him, Troy lifted his gaze up to the heavens and opened his maw as wide as he could. Had he been human, it would have been an ordinary scream.

But he was human no more.

His maw unleashed a deafening and bellowing roar. A roar, despite it being laced with shock, fear, and confusion, so thunderous and mighty, it echoed loudly across the Pride Lands, reaching the ears of every animal within hearing range.

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