In the centre of Switchback Cove, the herd all sat in the clearing where they all lived. The clearing was at the heart of the island and was surrounded by trees that bordered the forest. In the clearing there were 3 caves and an underground burrow. Not to far away -probably about a 5 minute walk- there was a huge mountain with lots of hidden caves in the sides of it. These caves were great for if you wanted a little time to yourself away from everyone... or if you wanted to escape Sid. Most of the herd was in the clearing: 3 Mammoths, 2 Sloths, 2 Possums and a Molehog. Only two members were missing.

Mannny, the mammoth, was sat alongside his wife, Ellie, and their Teenage Daughter, Peaches; Crash and Eddie, Ellie's Possoum brothers, were chasing eachother up and down through the trees that bordered the strange herds home. Sid and Granny were looking through the camp in order to try and find Granny's teeth -She had lost them AGAIN. Lastly, Louis, the molehog, was sat next to his best friend Peaches as the wo chatted aimlessly amongst themselves. Sid and Granny walked over to sit with the Mammoths and Molehog after a while. The searh for Granny's teeth had been successful and they'd found her teeth in a tree... No-one knew how she got them there in the first place and whilst she had her woodne cane in her hand they weren't about to ask for the fear of gaining a concusion; Now as Sid sat down, Granny knawed on a piece of fruit, for once being quiet.

"Hey Manny, Where's Diego? I haven't seen him all day!" Sid asked the Male Mammoth.
"Probably where he always is... Following his Siren around like he always is now-adays." Manny smirked while Sid giggled recalling the memory of their visit to the Siren Cove during the Continental Drift.
"Manny, Leave Diego be. He deserves to have someone with him. It can't be easy on him. A Sabre having to change everyhting he knows, so he can live with Herbivores without any company of the same Species can't be easy on him. He deserves to have Shira around, for him to talk to." Ellie used a firm tone towards the two males.
"Your right Ellie. And anyway, I just want him to admit he likes her. We can all see it." Everyone, except Granny and the Possoums (who were still playing Tag through the trees), agreed to this Statement.

Meanwhile, on top of a cliff over-looking the vast Blue Ocean, a Sabre was sat listening to the sound of waves lapping against the rock and breathing in the crisp salty air around her. This Sabress was different to most, her fur wasn't the usual Golden/Brown/Dark Yellow colours that most Sabres had, she was a silvery colour with Black Stripes along her back. Her eyes were a piercing Blue colour and she had Two earrings in her ear that jingled slightly as the wind blew through them. The Sabress had gotten the earrings when she was apart of a Pirte crew, however seen as she spent most of her life on the ship she can't remember exactly how or when she got the earrings. She lay on the edge with her head on her soft paws and her eyes closed, relaxing in the silence of her surroundings.

Her ears pricked forward sightly as she heard a twig snap behind her, however she wasn't concerned by this. Since she joined the herd, she was used to being followed around.
"Hey Diego." She called, with her eyes still closed. She heard a sigh and a few leaves move as the male Sabre emerged from the trees. His Goldeny-Orange Fur lit up in the light and his Emerakd Green eyes were glowing.
"Everytime. I think living with herbivore has made me loose my edge a little." He sat down beside her over-looking the ocean.
Shira opened her eyes and looked over to him. She wouldn't admit this but Shira was coming to realise that she, the ex-pirate, had fallen head-over-paws for this rugged male. Living with herbivores had made him Soft, but she loved it... and she was always waiting for a chance to call him Softie just to see his reaction.

"Might help if you didn't step on twigs..."
"I meant to do that..." He sounded embarassed. The two laughed at Diego's embarassment and for the next few hours they just sat talking about anything. As time went on they decided to head back to the herds clearing.

When they arrived back, the herd was all sat around a fire -Most likely made by 'Lord Of Flame' (Sid)-
Everyone greeted them as they lay down by the fire. Crash and Eddie had long since finished their game of tag and now were trying to snuggle up against Shira. The two Possoums, as soon as they met Shira, had liked her -usually complementing her on her beauty and how good a couple they'd make- and they regularly got into a mini-argument over who loves Shira more. Shira had given up on trying to stop them so now just let them get on with it, because Ellie had informed her that ater Shira had been with the herd for a while the Possoums would forget about the crush and leave her be. On the other-
hand, Diego hated seeing the Possoums got to be all snuggly with Shira, because he knew they had the confidence and/or idiocy to try and be like that.

Out of no-where Sid jumped up smiling and shouted "LET'S DO KARAOKE!"
The herd exchanged glances with eachother before saying in unison "No Sid."
"Aww C'mon" Sid whined. Granny hit her Grandson over the head and said "Shut up Sidney. Here... chew this Kiwi for me!" Holding up a Kiwi to Sid's face.
"Seriously? You lost your teeth again? But we just found them!"
"Don't shout at an old lady Sidney! Precious! Momma's calling you! Precious," Granny walked up to Shira and said "Hey Snow White, have you seen Precious. Did Banana Breath chase he away?" Before even witing for an answer, the crazy old sloth walked off into her and Sid's cave.

Later, the herd got themselves organised for bed and said their goodnights before walking off to their caves. The clearing had three caves in it. In the middle cave the Mammoths and Possoums slept, as this cave had a tree in it. The cave next to it is where Sid and Granny sleep. And finally, the cave closest to the Tree-line is where Diego and Shira sleep, so that if any Dsnger comes out the forest during the night they can be ready first. At around midnight, a large gust of wind swept through the Sabre cave and made Shira shiver in her sleep. Diego had awoken due to the gust of wind going along his body and saw Shira shiver. The moon was also shining through the cave and it made Shira's fur glow in the darkness. She shivered again and Diego made a cautious decision.

He got up hesitantly and slowly walked over to the sleeping Sabress. Carefully, so not to wake her, he lay down against her -her back against his chest- and curled his body around hers and placed his foreleg around her stomach and pulled her closer to himself. Resting his head next to hers, he slowly fell back to sleep. Unknown to Diego, Shira had woken up when Diego pulled her closer to him; smiling a little at his lovong act, she went back to sleep enjoying the feeling of his fur against hers and the attention she was reciving from the male Sabre.