Time for my second multi-chapter story to begin, to start it off I decided a quick prologue was needed to bring back an iconic Ice Age character, hope ya enjoy it!
Prologue- Arrival
In the skies high above the deep blue ocean flew a lone vulture, it was a tranquil scene, the sun had set allowing the moon and every single star to shine through the dark yet clear sky lighting it up in suns absence; the only noise that could be heard was the occasional beats of the vultures jet black wings and the sound of small waves gently crashing back down into the sea. Vultures are creatures that are often associated as deaths henchmen, always seen circling and hanging around other animals that are nearly at the end of their journeys, but this was almost serene. There was only one thing that spoiled this deceiving mirage and brought back the large scavenging bird's undesirable reputation, laying limp in the talons of the hungry scavenger was a small grey saber-toothed squirrel otherwise known as Scrat.
Scrat was displaying no signs of life, he just laid there motionless, a lifeless shell that had lost all of his will to live, the accursed acorn had claimed his life, his sanity and his very soul and had then abandoned him in a mere instant; there was nothing left for Scrat I this world. In the distance an island came into view beyond the horizon, licking her beak the female vulture looked down at her next meal, Scrats unfortunate life would soon come to a swift end; for now in his dreams he relived all the ups and (mostly) downs that came from his lifelong nutty pursuit. The beginning of the ice age is where it all began, it seemed like a simple task at first after all it's not something he hadn't done before and how hard could it be to bury and store one acorn, but this one acorn refused to remain buried for long; each time he tried something always happened that could have cost Scrat his life, almost as if this nut had a will of its own.
Through the ice age Scrat was almost crushed by glaciers and struck by lightning, during global warming he fought a vulture hatchling for his precious acorn and almost drowned when the ice barrier dam melted and fell apart with him on it, later on during an odd part of his life Scrat met a crafty female saber-toothed squirrel Scratte who he instantly fell in love with, but all she wanted to do was steal HIS acorn. During the ensuing squabble for the accursed acorn the two saber-toothed squirrels ended up crashing all the way down to dino world, the change of scenery didn't distract these two from their objective however and the fighting continued on as if they were still in the ice age; whilst they were in dino world Scratte ripped of Scrats chest fur and they had a dance off under the moonlight which resulted in Scrat taking a low blow. Eventually Scrat did manage to get Scratte to fall for him after he saved her life, but it didn't last long, once again Scrat was seduced by the accursed acorn and he abandoned Scratte leaving her all alone in dino world.
Finally during his last escapade Scrat found the infamous Scratlantis after finding a treasure map carved into an acorn during the continental drift, this had to be the happiest moment in his entire life which caused a smile to creep across his sleeping form. Scratlantis was everything he could have possibly wished for and much more, happiness to Scrat however is a fleeting thing though which only lasts for brief moments and soon enough Scrat managed to submerge Scratlantis by pulling up the plug that was in the shape of a huge acorn and then it was all drained away leaving him alone in the middle of a burning hot desert. The horrifying memories continued to hound and haunt Scrat as he began to toss and turn unconsciously in the vulture's talons as they arrived at Hyrax Island, feeling her meal beginning to move caused her to instinctively tighten her grip on the presumed dead saber-toothed squirrel to avoid losing the carcass as she swooped under the Hyrax of Liberty statue.
Looking around for a suitable perch to roost on the female vulture was spoilt for choice there were several trees and rocky cliff ledges that would be perfect to rest up on for the night just at first glance; after scanning every possible venue the female vulture came to a snap decision and headed for a cliff face that was shaded by an overhang and had a single tree branch protruding out of it. As she prepared to land on her chosen perch the Scat's dream world shattered when he finally saw his beloved acorn falling out of his reach and into a pit of never ending darkness, unable to watch his worst nightmare any longer he awoke launching himself forward and screaming at the top of his lungs.
Scrat (Shouting/Screaming): "AAAAAHHHHH!"
In his full blown panic he wasn't paying attention to the fact that he was being carried through the air by a very hungry and now disappointed vulture, but it didn't take too long for it to click with him that he wasn't on land when he looked down and saw the jagged cliff face leading down to the beach. His screaming came to an abrupt, slowly he began to cast his gaze upwards to see why he was hanging thirty foot in the air and he came face to face with the female vulture who has now looking quite annoyed that her planned meal had appeared to have come back to life.
Scrat (Frightened): *Eyes open wide* "Eep."
Female Vulture (Agitated): "Well that's no good, can't eat you alive now can I." *Smirks evilly* "Oh well, it's an easy problem to rectify isn't it."
Landing on the hanging tree branch the female vulture childishly waved at Scrat after she finished her sentence and throw him down sending him hurtling towards the sharp and rocky cliff face, death seemed to be inevitable at this point as Scrat continued to scream at the top of his lungs as he fell to his doom. Covering his eyes and curling into a ball Scrat waited for the sharp pain, but it never came, when Scrat took a peak by opening up his fingers he found himself sliding down the steep and jagged cliff face on a chunk of solid ice and with that he began to scream again; speeding along down the cliff face his small ice sledge began to break apart as it was shredded by the friction generated by the small yet jagged surface leaving Scrat with a tiny circle of ice that he was using one leg to balance on. Suddenly the steep cliff face turned into a complete vertical drop and with no way to stop himself Scrat once again found himself free falling straight for the beach, grabbing a pair of large leaves from an over turned palm tree he attempted to use them as wings as he flapped his tiny arms, but it didn't work and he continued on his collision course with the ground.
Landing head first in the sand Scrat ended up completely buried with only his bush tail sticking out and pointing straight for the sky, ten seconds pass before a dizzy and nauseous saber-toothed squirrel bursts out from his sandy grave stumbling around failing to keep his balance; tumbling over the remains of his ice sledge Scrat watched several acorns spin around his head. As his vision began to straighten out again the spinning nuts all merged into one, rubbing his eyes in disbelieve Scrat couldn't believe his eyes, the accursed acorn was right in front of him sitting on an small iceberg that had drifted onto the island; the only negative thing in Scrat's mind right now was the fact that his acorn was under the paw of a young male saber. This saber had a dark grey pelt with a white under belly and down his back trailed a jet black stripe which branched off several times along his body, also his left fang was missing, only a jagged stump remained while his other fang has small at only six inches long; this was going to be tricky for Scrat to retrieve what was rightfully his, luckily for him this saber seemed to be out cold.
Sneaking up to the unconscious saber as quietly as he could manage Scrat crept onto the iceberg determined to once again be reunited with his nut no matter what the cost, turning his attention back to the mass of saber next to him again Scrat looked into the male saber's jaws and looked at the rows of razor sharp teeth that would be turned on him if he wasn't cautious. Gulping in fear Scrat hurried along to his acorn when he heard a silent yet low growl rubble from the saber's throat, now an arm's length away from his goal he was faced with the challenge of removing his acorn from underneath the saber's paw without waking him up; it didn't take long for him long to think of a plan when he spotted some twigs drifting in the water. Now armed with three twigs Scrat strategically used the twigs to balance the saber's paw which allowed him to finally grab the accursed acorn, with haste he removed the acorn and surprisingly the twigs did hold up the saber's paw as it didn't fall down and he remained asleep; Scrat was now unable to contain his happiness as he lovingly embraced the acorn and began to crazily dance around with it above his head emitting high pitched squeals and squeaks.
After he was done doing his little dance he stopped at the front of the iceberg with the saber's jaw directly in front of him, childishly Scrat began waving the acorn around in front of the unconscious saber's face whilst making taunting noises like he had beaten him in a competition, but then he made a fatal mistake. Scrat placed the acorn on the iceberg and used it to prop his left arm up as tensed up his right arm to display his small bicep and that's when an all to memorable cracking noise was heard, looking back at the acorn he picked it up and began to inspect it for any damage but found nothing wrong with it then his eyes widened as a shadow formed around him. Turning back once more to gaze upon the male saber Scrat found that he was now up and staring down at him, unable to move Scrat emitted a small grim chuckle and then he was sent flying through the air with one hard swipe from the saber's paw.
Scrat (Screaming/Shouting): "AAAAAHHHHH!" *Flies towards the forest*
Next the dark grey saber jumped onto the beach as the small iceberg shatters into ten different pieces, opening his eyes to reveal a pair of deep sapphire coloured orbs.
Male Saber: "A new home… A new beginning."
Yay I'm finally getting this posted after I've had it stuck in my mind for so long, lets see how it plays out eh, anyway did you guys like this first scene? Be sure to let me know by leaving a review of what you thought and I'll get the first scene up as soon as I can.
(Unfortunately it may take a while for the next scene because of college work and a zoo trip coming up next Friday, won't be back til late next Sunday, so yeah, sorry if it's a long wait)