Disclaimer: I don't own Ice Age

A large berg in the shape of a ship slowly drifted the sea with its inhabitants bored out of their minds. It's been a few days since they all met and still haven't gotten used to being around each other. The fact that they were all going to live together didn't really help either. After all, who would think a group of moody teenagers on a ship in the middle of the ocean would be a good idea, not that they had a choice.

Although the event they experienced just a few days before was exhilarating, having to live with strangers and away from their homelands felt... Odd. And slightly nerving for others.

Raz stood a few feet away from the edge of the ship. She surveyed the vast sea and shivered a little. Being used to a warmer climate, Raz felt it would definitely take her a while to get used to literally living on ice. The water surrounding them made her worried. Kangaroos couldn't swim. If she were to slip, which often happened to all of them, and fall off the edge, who knows what would happen.

'I'll drown, tha's what would 'appen.' She thought bitterly. Water certainly wasn't her element.

But there was one who didn't seem to care about the surrounding water. In a way, she envied him. If he were to fall off the ship, he would be fine since he could swim. She scowled, his happy-go-lucky attitude irritated her. The moment it was official they would all stay together, she knew he would be her least favorite.

"Hey there Raz! Whatcha doin'?" Speak of the devil.

She sighed, "Hey Flynn. Just starin' out ta sea."

Flynn flopped next to her, smiling like an idiot, "Boy this gonna be so much fun huh Raz. Sailing the sea and being pirates. I can't wait for our first plunder together!"

"The anticipation is killin' me." She replied bluntly.

He gasped, "Killin' you!? What's killin' you!?"

"It's an expression ya gumby!"

"Oh. Haha that was a funny one, it was."

Raz rolled her eyes and attempted to hop away, but only made one before gasping slightly from sudden pain.

Flynn looked at her, "Are you alright Raz?"

"Ah'm fine. One a' these weapons stabbed me again," She reached into her pinch and pulled out a dagger, "I don't think I'll eva git used ta this."

"Why don't you tell the captain? Wouldn't want ya to hurt ya self."

Raz put the dagger back in her pouch and looked at Flynn questioningly, "Why da you care?"

He smiled widely, "Cause friends are supposed to care for each other."

Before Raz could answer, the ship suddenly jerked and everyone slipped and slid along the ice trying to grab a hold of something. Amos looked up to find the side of the ship scraping against a giant rock protruding out of the water. How he or any of the others missed it will always be a mystery to him. Clutching onto the ice, Amos semi-crawled to the helm and turned it so the ship would hopefully turn away from the rock.

When the ship was no longer scraping against the rock, Amos called down Silas, who was flying above. Silas landed in front of him and looked down. Amos glared down on him, "What part of 'keeping an eye out for anything' did you not understand!?"

Walking past him, Amos turned to the rest of the crew, "Everyone alright?"

Moans and answers of being okay arose form the rest of them. Flynn sighed, "Boy, that was scary huh Raz?"

No answer.

"... Raz?"

Flynn searched around himself for Raz, but didn't see her. He gasped. Even though he was the dumbest of the crew, it didn't take long for him to realize what must've happened.

He moved to the edge and searched to water. Not too far away, he spotted something splashing in the water and called out to his captain.

Raz struggled to keep above the water. Her legs fought to keep her afloat long enough for a breath of air before she sank back down. Water poured in her pouch, making it harder for her to stay above. Saltwater stung her eyes, blinding her. Every time she opened her mouth for air or to cry out for help, she got a mouth full of saltwater. Eventually, she submerged completely.

This was exactly what she feared would happen, drowning out at sea. Just as things seemed to be the end for her, something swam underneath her and pushed her back up above. Coughing out any water in her lungs, Raz tried to take deep breaths. Her eyes still stung from the water, so she couldn't see what was going on. All she knew was that something was helping her stay above water and swimming away with her in tow.

When the moving stopped, she tried to open her eyes. Before her was the side of the ship and a hanging vine.

"Raz!" She heard Amos cry, "Grab hold of he vine! We'll pull you up!"

Listening to her captain, Raz grabbed for the vine and made sure she was holding on to it securely. She felt herself being lifted to the top. When she was close enough the to top, Raz reached out and pulled herself up the rest of the way. Immediately, the others surrounded her and asked if she was okay.

Shira stepped forth and told them to her some air. For that Raz was grateful, she wasn't looking forward to all of them crowding around her, especially Flynn. Speaking of Flynn, where was he?

She looked forward Amos and saw he was still heaving something up the side of the boat with difficulty. It didn't take Raz long to put two-and-two together.

Amos reached for Flynn's flipper and pulled him up. Once everyone had finally settled down, Amos started, "Well... I think some of us have learned a good lesson today. Silas I don't want to find you slacking off again."

"Oui mon capitaine. It won't happen again, I swear."

"And now we all know not to stand too close to the edge," He glanced at Raz, "You're very lucky Flynn noticed you weren't on board."

Raz looked at Flynn, "Y-yeah. Lucky."

Later in the evening, Raz was looking out at sea again, but this time from the center of the ship. She didn't want another near-death experience. The next time she may not be so lucky.

Lucky.

Was it really luck that saved her?

She didn't even know anymore. They all knew Flynn could swim, but she didn't think he would actually jump in and save her from drowning. That brought her back to what he said earlier about them being friends. Raz didn't consider anyone of them a friend, and it was obviously mutual feeling for the rest of the crew, but Flynn somehow considered her one.

What about the rest of the crew? Did he consider any of them a friend as well?

Gupta suddenly passed her laughing with an angry Squint hot in pursuit. From the looks of it, Gupta had taken Squint's favorite dagger and was making the rabbit chase him for it. The scene made her laugh silently to herself.

Maybe the feeling of friendship did exist between all of them, they all just hadn't realized it yet.

"Lookin' out to sea again, Raz?" Flynn scooted near.

"Jus' thinkin', tha's all. Thanks, by the way, for earlier."

Flynn blushed, "Oh t'was nothin', jus' looking out for a friend is all."

"If ya don't mind me askin', why do you consida me a friend?"

"Cause you're a girl, and girls are nice." He answered plainly with a smile.

Raz frowned, "Ah'm not the only sheila on the ship."

"... What's a sheila?"

"From where ah'm from, a sheila is a girl."

"Oh," that's funny," he giggled, "Shira must be a scary sheila then."

A chuckle followed after, "True. So how do you suppose ev'ryone else will get along?"

"I was hopin' I'd make friends with them too! Everyone needs a friend. See, even Gupta and Squint are good friends already!"

Flynn pointed at the two fighting mammals some feet away. Raz chuckled at what Flynn thought was a friendship between the two.

"We are friends, right Raz?"

She looked at him and thought about it. He had saved her life, it's a she least she could do, "Sure we're friends."

The next thing Raz knew, she was being hugged very tightly by a very happy Flynn, "Oh this is great! My first friend on a pirate ship!"

"Yes... Fantastic... Flynn can... You let m-... Me go now.. I-I can't breath."

Flynn let her go and laughed with joy. After taking some deep breaths, Raz shook her head, but had a smirk on her face.

Amos watched them from atop the mast. He smirked and wondered how long it would take the others to start calling each other friends. Of course, just by looking he could tell there would be some bumps in the road.

After all, a group of teenagers out at sea, there was no doubt gonna be drama. Friendships, rivalries, maybe even some family-like relationships. But that's all in the future, who knows what'll happen in the future.

Jesus their accents are a bitch to write. As much as I like the idea of the pirates being friends as kids, in my head canon they are all teenagers. I figured since they're more mature as teens than kids, finding yourself with a group whom you hardly know isn't going to start out smoothly. Like young Gutt said, there will be drama.

Now why would I write a friendship fic with Raz and Flynn? Because when I watch a movie, I tend to keep my eye on my favorite character, in this case was Raz from the pirates. So I was watching her and I noticed that in almost every scene of her, she's either right next to Flynn or near him. So yeah that got me really interested and this was developed.

This was intended to be a one-shot, but after writing it I kinda wanna do relationships between the rest of the crew. Maybe about how life is growing up as a pirate. So yeah, this is probably going to turn into a collection of one-shots concerning the pirates. If you have an idea for some of the characters you can PM me about it, but not in your review. After a past experience, I don't want to have to delete this because I'm taking requests via reviews.

Aaaaaaaand... I'm done. Enjoy!