This is going to be a remake of "True feelings shows" because I didn't think the story was well in-depth enough it seemed to short and not much plot, so this is the new version with a lot more story and more characters but this story is still based after the 4th movie but instead of Ethan trying to win Peaches's heart more like her friendship at first but it grows slowly into something else later also I'm putting in Meghan, Louis, Sid and Diego along with one of his sons. So for all those ShiraxDiago fans they have cubs in this story, I am also putting a mystery mammoth in the story all I'll say is that the mammoth is a guy and he won't appear until later chapters.

A year and a half had passed since the animals came to their new home and won the battle against the pirates. Everything had change not just in families were growing with some new additions to our hero's herd as Shira and Diego were blessed with a litter of cubs. Two in fact, knowing that only two was small compared to the usually six but Shira was Diego were happy and grateful all the same, mostly Shira as she didn't have to go through the pain of giving birth six times. Anyway the two cubs both were boys, their names were Zion and Zambiz.

Zambiz was the wilder one of the twins, the more brave and outgoing. He is the one to go with his dad learning how hunt and roar, although his roar is no more than a kitten squeak. His main fur colour was white like his mother with very dark stripes, his body type is a slender and streamlined built for speed, he had already started to grow his fangs, though they were only one inch stubs but for a 9 week old cub it was pretty impressive. He wouldn't be able to sit down for to long without doing something but if there is food in front of him he would be able to sit through that no matter who long it took to eat.

Zion on the other hand had a rich golden brown for his main fur colour with only faint stripes on the lower halves of his legs, his neck and shoulder had thicker and heavier fur on him than his brother given him a more lion-like appearance. His body build was not as slender as his twin but what he lacked in speed he made up for in strength though he didn't really use it. Zion was the cub who was shy and gentle and who like to wonder about the world. Zion unlike his brother would be able to go through a whole without saying a word, the family members who he hangs out the most besides his mother and father are Sid, Louis, Peaches and the possum boys.

Though these two were more different than most twins their family loved all the same.

The cubs weren't the only new things that had come out (I am so sorry for the way that sounds but I just can't think of anything else to type for it) Meghan had told Ethan that she wanted to tell their friends that they were related, Ethan at first was a bit reluctant to do it because of what the group would think of him for keeping that secret for so long but he remembered that he had already told Manny and he was now considered to be his new dad also he had told the rest of Manny's herd together. Ethan reconsidered though they hadn't told Peaches, Ethan told his little cousin that he will tell her but in private and after they had told everyone else, Meghan agreed to that.

At first everyone was a little shocked mostly Steffie and Katie, because all four of them knew each other since they could, the burned mammoth just said "Whaaat!(?)" The rest of the group just rolled their eyes and a few sighed. Louis was the most understanding or more to the point he was the most calming in response "Wait a minute, aren't you going to tell Peaches?" Louis asked from below, his hair clumped with small grains of dirt.

"I am gonna tell her, but alone. One because she wasn't with you guys or her family at the time, and two I need to talk to her anyway" Ethan explained briefly to the rest of the group before turning back the molehog "Do you where Peaches?"

"Yeah sure, just follow me" Louis agreed to the request, and waited for the bull mammoth to say a quick goodbye and left Meghan to explain to rest a little a more.

Ethan nodded to Louis and the molehog buried himself and started to create a tunnel for Ethan to follow but he was going quite fast that Ethan had to trot to keep up. While Louis was tunneling nice and smoothly before a rock came in his path and "Ow!" Came after the loud clang sound from where Louis came towards the boulder head on, Ethan dug up the ground where it had stopped "Are you ok, Louis?" Trying so hard not to laugh "No I'm fine" Louis rubbed his head and laughed it off "Shall we continue?" He grinned "Are you gonna be alright?" Ethan asked with a smile but with a hint of concern in his voice, Louis gave a little nod before burying himself into a new tunnel path for the Ethan to follow and again he had to trot to keep up a nearly broke into a canter in some cases.

In about a couple of minutes Louis had finally got Ethan to Peaches "She's just through this cleaning and...are you ok?" Louis looked at the young bull and saw that he was huffing and puffing and having a lean against a tree "Do you...*huff*have to *puff* go so fast" Ethan gasped trying to get his breath back "Heh, sorry I am a prey animal so it's natural for me to move fast, if I want to stay alive" Louis explained.

Ethan gave look "Yet you have three mammoths, two sabre tooth tigers, two possums and a sloth, who's got your back" He smirked, Louis slapped himself in the face "Well, it's for back up" He snapped "Anyway go and tell Peaches" Louis pouted, feeling a little sorry for him Ethan reached and gave him a pat, a pat that wouldn't have staggered a mammoth but made the little molehog nearly fall over if it wasn't for the hole supporting him "Oh alright, thank...anyway you know where she is, good luck" And with that Louis disappeared under the earth.

Seeing that he was gone, Ethan walked towards to the bush where Peaches was behind of, Ethan got the clearing and saw Peaches was eating her early lunch, Ethan just wanted to stand and gaze at the sweetness in front of him for a moment. He found that Peaches had changed a lot in her physical appearance, her face still looked the same a part from that she had lost her puppy fat but she still had her cute round face, her top-knot hair had grown down to her chest and had thicken a lot, giving her face a softer look.

Her body had become more mature by that her hips had become more rounder making the rest of her body look more curvy. Ethan had almost forgotten why he was there, if it wasn't for Peaches giving off a cough. Ethan shook off his fansteys as there was no way that Peaches would never like him "like that" again ever since that day when he insulted her family but over the months he did manage to win back her friendship and he told Meghan that he would rather have Peaches as friend then not have her in his life at all.

Ethan cleared his throat and walked into the area where the female was eating "Um morning or rather early afternoon, Peaches" Startling the female a little, nearly causing some of her food to get spat out "Bulch!*cough* Wha-what...Ethan! You nearly choked me" Peaches half cried and half coughed trying to get her breathing back to normal, Ethan walked up closer and gave her a pat on the back "Are you alright now?" He asked as her breathing started to calm down, Peaches gave a small nod then sighed with a smile "Yeah, I'm better" She gave a few more breaths "Now, what do I owe to your greeting this morning"

Ethan had totally forgot, what with Peaches nearly choking. Ethan mentally slapped himself "I've come to tell you about a secret that me and Meghan" Peaches's stomach gave a twisted flip as if she was jealous "Wha? Why did my stomach just. I should be happy for Meghan and Ethan. But why do I feel so jealous, it's as if...No way!" Peaches forced on a smile "Well, you and Meghan have always a cute couple, I'm happy for you two" She lied.

The male mammoth look at Peaches in confusion "What are you talking about "couple" me and Meghan ain't together" Peaches seemed to of light up "Really! I mean why? You seem to really like each other and I've seen both of you nuzzling"

"Fair do's but we're not going out. We're cousins, it would be a little wired. Not that I have a problem with cousins dating. But me and Megs ain't. Actually that was what I came here to tell you, about us being related" Ethan explained.

Peaches felt like a ton rocks had fallen on her head, how could she have been so judgemental "Oh...right, heh heh, sorry about that. But the way you were coming on about a secret"She faded from the sentense, not know how finish it, but Ethan didn't need to hear it he knew what she was trying to say, he gave Peaches a small pat on her shoulder "Hey come on now. If it make ya feel better you're not the first one that thought that"

"Really? Who else did?"

"Steffie and Katie and boy were they mad, saying that were going to scream their hearts out or rip Meghan's hair out if it was true, and seeing the sheer terror on Burns's, Louis's and Meg's faces was enough to speck in the fastest possible sentence of my life" Peaches was surprised by this "But then again Steffie and Katie are kind of like spoilt brats when it comes to boys, they'll do get whatever they want. Goodness they're like children, so it's not really suprising but going so far to say their gonna hurt Meghan like that is just plain stupid" The female grumbled in her thoughts "But as soon as I told them they calmed down and Steffie being Steffie said "Oh right, oh I knew that" Ethan did a high pitch voice and did a sassy shake of his shoulders with his trunk in front of his face and making the end of it flap up and down as it was a mouth as he did a impression of Steffie.

Peaches tried so hard not to laugh, instead her eyes widen as she tighten her mouth but the air that came out caused half laughs that escaped "You can let it out you know, it was meant to be funny" Ethan said giving a smirk, Peaches soon then laughed, giggled, chuckled, she couldn't make up her mind what to do "I have to say, that was the best impression of Steffie I heard in a long time" She gasped whipping a tear that escaped from her tear duct "How on earth did you become so good?" She asked sarcastically, but Ethan replied all the same "Oh well, when you've being living near her for the past, oh I don't know 19 years you get accustomed to the voice, the screaming, yelling and the way she moves" He spoke with humor.

A silence came on the two, both of them wanting to talk but not sure what to talk about in case the other mammoth weren't interested, Peaches looked around for something, until her heard something that sounded like thunder, she turned to where the noise came from and found that Ethan was cowering a little with his eyes averted in the other direction in what look like embarrassment, it was his stomach "Sorry about that"

"What are you sorry for, your obviously hungry have some of my food, I'm getting pretty full now" Peaches offered but Ethan hesitated "I'm not sure, I mean this is your food" He told but Peaches was having none of it "No your body is needs food and so do you, so please eat Ethan and by the way I'm getting full now" She kicked some folegde to the male mammoth, Ethan looked down at the food in front of him and his stomach growled more, he felt liquid forming in his mouth and started to drool, it was only when he found out about it was when Peaches said "Ethan your drooling" It was a sign that Ethan or rather Ethan's body really want that food "Can't believe that I let her that, how embarrassing I feel like kid, but I can't control myself when I'm really hungry in front of food" Peaches sighed, rolled her eyes and kicked the food closer to the redden male "Just eat it, your gonna cause a flood" She giggled, Ethan wasn't all that amused "I don't drool that much" He stated but soon his hunger got the better of him, his trunk swooped down and grasped some of the roots, shrubs and leaves that Peaches had gathered and quickly munched down and it soon calmed his hunger.

A second trunk join him "I thought you said you were full" Ethan sarcastically asked with one eyebrow cocked up, Peaches froze in mid rasing the food to her mouth "Extra filling" She shyly grinned "For someone who wild and free like you, that excuse was pretty well...weak"

"Yeah yeah! Don't rub it in" She snapped averting her eyes before stuffing the food into her mouth, a few seconds past and she looked back at Ethan and gave warm smile to show him that she was fine with what he said and giggled and laughed shortly afterwards soon join by the now relaxed Ethan.

The two finished off the food pile and Ethan burped in appreciation "What do you say?" Peaches asked, Ethan rolled his eyes "Man she's like my mom at sometimes"

"Pardon, but that is a sign that the tank is full" He smiled then a memory sparked to life and his eyes gave an excited sparkle "Hey Peaches, I wonder if you like to come with me and Louis to urr somewhere we wanna show you something" Peaches gave a confused look "May I ask what?"

"Nope it's a surprise" He grinned, all Peaches could was sigh "Ok may I ask when?"

"Right now if you want" Not a moment later a small mound of earth started to move and a little spiky head of a molehog poked out the ground "Good timing Lou" Ethan said catching the attention of the backwards facing molehog "What? Oh hey you two, you ready to go?"

The two boys looked at Peaches to see if she was ready, she took a moment to think before nodding her head "Alright let's go" Ethan began to walk but Louis spoke again "Um I may have asked Meghan to come along to if she wanted to and she said yes so she may be coming along...later" He said rubbing the back of his head.

"Well I would like that. In fact I think having another girl would be better" Peaches smiled, looking up and giving Ethan her big puppy eyes, making his knees go weak *bumb bumb* "I wish she wouldn't do that, I think she knows how cute she looks when she gives that look to someone. But then again she looks adorable all the time *BUMB BUMB!* Ow! That hurts, Peaches stop looking like that please, your breaking my heart. This keeps going crazy, I guess it means I'm crazy about you" Ethan thought fighting the need to clutched his chest, he sighed knowing very well he wasn't going to win against those big green orbs as they board into his soul and to make it worse Peaches said the cutest line to win "Please" Battering her eyelids.

"Alright! She can come" He whined finally defeated turning away to hide his weakness "Later I hope" He felt some weight on his shoulder, he turned back and saw that Peaches had hugged him in thanks. He smiled until he saw Louis's face and saw that he wasn't happy by this with the scouring expression and his arms folded "I guess he still has crush on her" Ethan gave worried thought, knowing what the little molehole was capable of.

"Come on now Peaches we better get going" Getting her attention before gently pushing her away, the female nodded.

Louis then dug himself into the ground and began to show the tunnel ahead and Ethan and Peaches began to follow.

"I wonder where these boys are taking me, oh well I'll have to wait"

(The part where Ethan impersonates Steffie is a take off for those of that haven't watched Ice Age 2, it's was when Manny did interpreted Ellie when she said "Bravey is just dumb, maybe you should just run away more")