So this is my first fanfic. Sorry for any misspelled words or if anything doesn't make sense. Please leave a review if there is something I should change or if you like it and just want to leave a review. Reviews are greatly wanted. I want to hear what you have to say, be it good or bad. So this was a story I had going though my mind for a while. I thought it would be a great idea for Manny to be a step father. His first mate (who will be mentioned later) had a mate before Manny but it didn't work out so Manny stepped in to help her raise her daughter. So without further adieu here it is. Enjoy and please review. ;p
It was a normal peaceful day for the ice age herd, well as normal as it could be. Crash and Eddie were tormenting Diego as usual. While Sid had food on the brain, not surprising. Ellie was walking through a field of flowers, picking some as she went along. What she didn't know was that Manny was watching her from a distance. It was one of Manny's favorite things to do, next to spending time with her. He couldn't get her out of his mind. All he wanted was to be next to her for the rest of their lives as mates. He would have said something by now but he was afraid that one, she wouldn't want to make such a commitment, and two, that it would be too soon and he didn't want to upset or hurt her so he kept it to himself. Though he was making great progress since they became boyfriend and girlfriend. It had been a little over a year since the flood had happened and the herd of one mammoth, one sloth, and one saber had opened their arms to the female mammoth and her two possum brothers.
Much to their surprise the two mammoths acted as though no tension happened between them and often were found gazing into each other's eyes and often lock trunks. That was how most days went for the odd herd. As Ellie finished picking some of the flowers she noticed Manny and waved for him to come over. He gave a small chuckle and walked over to his girlfriend. Like usual as soon as he got over to her he wrapped his trunk around hers and she gave a little giggle. "Aren't these flowers pretty?" she asked as she showed them to Manny. Giving her a small smile he said "Sure they're nice but nothing compared to you." This made Ellie blush and she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. "You are so sweet. You know just what to say." Both with smiles on their faces returned to the camp where the others were waiting.
Crash was chasing Eddie all around the campsite while Diego was taking a catnap and Sid was munching on some berries he found. As soon Ellie and Manny came into view, Crash and Eddie stopped chasing each other and ran up to their sister. "Ellie" Crash yelled as he and Eddie climbed up their sister's trunk and each landed on a tusk. "Come play tag with us, please?" Eddie begged. Ellie gave them a small chuckle and said "Alright. Just for a little bit." "Great cause you're it!" Crash yelled as he and his brother took off running. Ellie started to giggle and ran after her brothers. "I'm going to get you two." Ellie yelled as she tried to catch her brothers. "You wish" Her brothers called back to her at the same time as they ran from their oversized sister. Manny chuckled as he watched his girlfriend run around trying to catch her brothers, who would run up a tree trying to get away from their sister. After a while Manny noticed that Ellie and her brothers were gone. He was about to freak out when he felt a paw on his shoulder and saw it was Diego. He gave his mammoth friend a smile before saying "Don't worry. I'm sure they are close by. Crash and Eddie wouldn't let anything happen to their sister." "Besides she and her brothers have been on their own before." Sid said as he picked up on their conversation. Manny gave his friends a warm smile and settled back down.
As Ellie was chasing her brothers she heard what sounded like a trumpet. She stopped running and perked her ears up to see if could hear it again. Crash and Eddie noticed she stopped chasing them and Eddie asked "What's wrong Ellie?" Crash then piped up saying "She's most likely trying to trick us." "Shhhhh….. Will you two be quiet?" Ellie said as she turned her head to see if she could hear the trumpet again. Just when she thought she was imagining it she heard it again, this time it sounded louder yet weaker at the same time. "What was that?" Eddie asked as he hid behind his brother. "Uh Ellie? What was t…?" Crash started to ask when Ellie went barreling through the trees towards the sound leaving Crash and Eddie in a cloud of dust and dirt. As the dust settled the possum brothers saw their sister wasn't in sight. They tried calling for her. "Ellie." Crash yelled. "Ellie. Where are you?" Eddie yelled sounding really worried. "Eddie, we have to find her." Crash said looking around. "We have to go get Manny." Eddie said as he grabbed his brother's arm. They ran back to camp and as they got back Manny seemed to have read their minds that something was wrong for he got up with a worried look on his face. "Where's Ellie?" He asked the possum brothers now really worried since Ellie and her brothers always returned together. "We don't know." Crash said. "She said she heard something and next thing we knew there was a cloud of dust and she was gone." Eddie explained. After hearing this Manny went charging into the forest looking for his girlfriend. "Ellie, please be ok. Please give me a sign of where you are." He said to himself.
Meanwhile Ellie was getting closer to where the trumpets came from. As she ran through the forest she came into a clearing with a small lake. As she entered the clearing, she walked up to the lake and took a drink. She heard a sound coming from her right. She turned towards the sound to see what looked like the silhouette of a young mammoth. Ellie took a few steps towards the young mammoth before noticing he or she was crying. When Ellie got close enough to touch the young mammoth she saw it was a young pure white female with crystal clear blue eyes, who looked to be at least 16 years old. The young shemmoth stopped crying long enough to realize the adult shemmoth was standing above her. The young shemmoth began to get up when Ellie spoke up "Hey easy there sweetie, its ok. I won't hurt you." She gave the young shemmoth a small smile which made her relax. "What's your name cutie?" Ellie asked. "Jewel. My name is Jewel." The young shemmoth said.
Ellie smiled at her and said "Awesome to meet ya Jewel. My name is Ellie." Jewel returned her smile. "That's a nice name." Jewel said. "So what's a sweet young thing like you doing out here alone? Where's your herd?" Ellie asked. Jewel looked away trying not to let Ellie see the look on her face but unfortunately Ellie already saw it and knew that look. It was a look she knew all too well. It was the look of someone who was separated from her herd. Ellie used her trunk to lift Jewel's chin up so Jewel's eyes met hers. Jewel saw the look Ellie was giving her and knew that Ellie understood. Jewel started to tear up and Ellie pulled her into a hug to try to calm her down. For the first time in years Jewel felt as though she had a mother figure in her life again. As Jewel exhaled deeply she pulled back and gave Ellie a small nod thanking her.
Suddenly the wind picked up and Ellie saw Jewel start to shiver and knew she had to get Jewel somewhere warm. She then got an idea. She would have Jewel go back to the campsite with her and help her find her herd. She knew Manny wouldn't argue if it was her idea. "Hey, how about you come back with me to my herd and out of this wind? What do ya say?" Ellie asked. Jewel looked at Ellie with both shock and joy. "Really? You would open your home to me?" Jewel asked. "Of course sweetie. You're out here all alone plus its getting colder out here and I would hate to know you were out here in the cold alone." Ellie said. "Thanks so much Ellie. I would love to go with you. This means a lot to me. Thanks again Ellie." Jewel said with tears in her eyes. Jewel was feeling grateful for all that Ellie was doing for her, her, a stranger to the adult shemmoth who knew nothing about her yet was helping her like a mother would help her child. Just thinking about the fact that Ellie might take her in as her daughter filled Jewel with hope and made her smile brightly. "Well let's get a move on then." Ellie said as she led Jewel back towards the campsite. "Coming!" Jewel said as she ran right next to Ellie and walked the same pace so she would stay right by Ellie's side.
Meanwhile Manny, Sid, Diego, and the possum brothers Crash and Eddie were searching for Ellie. It was hours now that she was missing and Manny was far beyond worried. "We have to find her. We just got to. If anything happens to her…." "Don't worry Manny. We'll find her." Diego told him as he walked up to his friend. "Maybe we should take a break and look for her in the morning. I'm sure she'll be ok till then." Diego continued. Manny was about to object when he heard a familiar sound. It was the sound a giggle. More importantly it was the giggle of an adult shemmoth. He turned on his heels and ran towards the sound with a saber, a sloth, and two possum brothers following close behind down the path
What either party didn't know was that they walked past each other without even knowing it. Ellie had just finished telling Jewel about how she grew up and how she met the weird herd she called family. "Wow. Sounds like you had an interesting childhood too." Jewel said as she and Ellie walked through the forest. "So what was your childhood like Jewel? If you don't mind me asking?" Ellie asked. At first Jewel was not sure she wanted to tell her but she thought it was only fair since Ellie told her of her childhood. She took a deep breath and began to tell Ellie of her childhood. "Well, my childhood was somewhat normal. I had a wonderful mother. She was the kindest and gentlest mammoth I have ever known. Apart from you now." She said and gave a small giggle. Which made Ellie giggle too so she continued.
"My stepdad would call me mini Anna since I was so much like her. Anna was my mother's name." Jewel said with a smile as she looked at Ellie who had a look of confusion on her face. "Your stepdad?" Ellie asked. "Yeah my mom and dad didn't get along as I got older and my mom told him to leave and to never come back. I knew it wasn't my fault but I still missed my dad when he left. It wasn't long after that my stepdad came into the picture and I loved him just as much as my mom did." "He sounds like an awesome guy." Ellie said as they reached the campsite. "He was. I miss him dearly." Jewel said as she and Ellie stepped foot into the campsite. "Hey everyone I'm back and I brought a friend." Ellie said. She then realized no one was in the campsite. "Where could they all have gone off to?" Ellie wondered. "Oh well. We'll just have to wait till they all come back to make introductions." Ellie said with a smile. Jewel then smiled at her and followed her to the cave.
Meanwhile the boys were still following Manny. They eventually came to a clearing with a small lake (the same one Ellie and Jewel were just at). Manny started to pace back and forth which caused a certain saber to get dizzy. "Manny stop pacing. I'm getting dizzy over here just watching you." Diego said as he sat down. "Sorry. I'm just really worried. I heard her voice in this direction and I thought she would be here but I guess I was wrong." Manny said as his ears fell flat against his head. "I know you're worried but why don't we head back to the cave. It's getting late. Besides I don't know how much more the trio of fleas over there can handle." Diego said as he pointed over to where Sid, Crash, and Eddie had collapsed from exhaustion. "Yeah maybe you're right. I just hope she'll be ok." Manny said as he picked up the three exhausted mammals. "Don't worry. It's Ellie we're talking about. I'm sure she is on her way if not already back at camp as we speak." Diego said as they headed into the forest and back to camp. Neither of them had noticed a tall dark figure watching them.
The tall dark figure was a bull mammoth. He watched the saber and mammoth disappear into the forest. Then as quickly as he appeared he disappeared into the shadows. Manny and Diego were heading into the campsite when all of a sudden a pine cone went flying passed Manny. Then a streak of white ran right into Manny and Diego which knocked Diego over and only caused Manny to take a few steps back due to his size. Manny looked down at a totally flattened saber and a small white female mammoth. He went to help the young shemmoth up as she started to apologize. "I am so sorry. I didn't mean to run into you like that. I was trying out some tricks with this pine cone. I just didn't see you. Again I am so sorry." She said as she looked up at the bull mammoth she so rudely ran into. "It's alright." He said as he handed her the pine cone. "Accidents happ…."he began to say until he saw her eyes and took a closer look at her and recognized her right away. "Jewel?" he asked. As soon as he mentioned her name she knew who it was. She knew only a few bull mammoths and it turned out to be her favorite who was standing in front of her. "Manny!" She yelled out in pure joy and happiness as she embraced the one mammoth she truly trusted. Her screams of joy were enough to wake up the three sleeping mammals and to alert Ellie of something.
Please forgive the sudden change to the summary. I made a mistake and it was only until I reread it that I found the mistake.