Scratte was looking at the precious acorn that Scrat had accidentally dropped back into the land of the dinosaurs, but she felt no victory. Along with her recently ex-boyfriend, a lot of her friends were up in the Ice Valley.
Living with dinosaurs my whole life? I don't want it! I want to have some purpose, but if it isn't with Scrat then what?
Scratte would have to deal with living in her new home, there were many places a small creature like her could reside out of reach of the big dinosaurs she never wanted to see.
It had been a week, her life felt like it was nothing more than collecting berries to store in her home inside a bush for when she was too empty inside to move. She would simply eat the berries and let her thoughts bulldoze her well-being.
One day, she had heard multiple loud calls of her name. They sounded like two male ones and two female ones that were all too familiar.
My friends! They came for me!
Scratte leaped out of the bush and followed the sound intently till she saw them, a blue saber-tooth squirrel with orange stripes named Dan, an orange one named Luna, a light purple one named Kitty, and a dark grey and white one named Arin.
"Scratte! You're okay!" Dan gasped with glee as he stumbled over and hugged her. Luna glared at her while Kitty hopped to Scratte and hugged her as well while Arin just waved.
"What happened Scratte? We thought you were dead!" Kitty exclaimed over-dramatically.
"No, I'm not. I...I met a guy." Scratte revealed. "He didn't even have colorful pelts like we do, his was like brown and gray. And we fell in love."
"So this is your sad little tale about heartbreak?" Luna asked her tauntingly.
"Hey, quit it Luna. We've seen you go through more boyfriends then a squirrel does acorns." Dan's ears flattened when he heard Scratte begin to cry behind him. "Was it something I said?"
"That's the thing, he broke up with me over a bloody acorn!" Scratte snapped, scaring Dan and Kitty. "How'd you four get down here?"
"The ice at the surface, you just chew and claw at a certain spot long enough and you just jump down the hole into the Dinosaur World." Arin explained. "Though, we're never going to get out of here. You probably know that by now."
"And now we'll be spending our miserable lives down here all because you went missing." Luna hissed. "Over some dumb boy!"
"You decided to come with us." Arin muttered angrily. "It was your choice, you did not have too."
"Did too..." Luna whispered, looking at Dan comforting Scratte.
"It's okay Scratte. We're going to stay with you alright?" Dan told her gently, rubbing her shoulder.
Scratte would normally shake off the blue squirrel's paw, but she seemed to be wanting the touch of a mate again.
No, fight it. You don't even love Dan, not like you loved Scrat.
Oh no, he's haunting my dreams again...
Scratte realized as she was in the murky scenery that this would be another dream whereshewas swept off her paws by Scrat. But since everything was in black and white, she knew this wasn't real.
"Scratte, I never meant to leave you for that dumb acorn." Dream Scrat said with big eyes full of regret. "Will you come back with me? We could find a way out of this dinosaur land...have kits my love."
Scratte fell over on her butt and covered her face with her big tail sobbing, knowing her subconscious was torturing her mercilessly.
"Scratte? Please I hate to see you like this." Dream Scrat begged.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!" Scratte sobbed, picking up a rock and throwing it at the illusion.
It went right past him and his ears flattened, slightly offended that the rock had been thrown to begin with.
"You knowthis is a dream huh." Dream Scrat deadpanned.
And with that said, everything faded and moments later Scratte was tugged out of sleep.
"C'mon, Scratte! We can always run from the dinosaurs and hide in burrows! That's always fun!"
Scratte shrugged at Dan and just continued to set up more furniture in the big tree hollow the five of them moved into.
Despite their begging, she refused for them to live in the same tree hollow her and Scrat were about to move into. It had been two weeks, and one day looking for food, she had came across the volcano her and Scrat fell in love at.
She looked up to see an icy ceiling, the volcano bringing her ever so closer to it. If she could just climb a tree and leap, then fly as high as the flaps under her arms would let her, then maybe she would have a chance of touching the ice.
And using her teeth and claws to break the surface...and find Scrat. And be with him again. It would no longer be a hopeless dream.
It would be reality.
But suddenly she remembered, her friends. They decided to spend the rest of their lives down here just for her, and how lousy would it be when they notice that she doesn't come back?
They'll figure it out eventually, and then by the time they make it up to the Ice Valley, they'll see me with Scrat and forgive me. And even if they don't, Scrat is all I need.
Scratte glided over the sharp boulders and climbed up the tallest tree till she reached the top leaf. She took several deep breaths, knowing she had to do this right.
She backed up several feet and then made a mad dash off the leaf and into the air, spreading her flaps and soaring up and her heart raced with excitement.
It was when her claw brushed against the ice that she realized...she wasn't going to make it.
Her heart plummeted as she fell, her flaps didn't help her as she fell faster and faster to the ground.
It wasn't till she felt the sharp end of a rock stab through her body that she realized how dire her consequences would be for her foolishness.
She laid on the rock, the impact took her breath away and tears fell down her face as everything she wanted washed away in an instant.
She fell off the rock, and as she landed on the dirt her blood surrounded her like a crimson blanket. She felt relieved, after all she'd rather die than live her life without Scrat.
"Scratte!"
Scratte's vision began to blur when she heard Dan's frantic voice. She saw a blue and orange blur and felt Dan's paw hold her's.
"Oh no, nonononono!" Dan sobbed frantically. "Scratte! Who hurt you?! I'll kill them!"
Dan sobbed into her shoulder where there was no blood. He lifted his head and looked at her desperately.
"Scratte! Please don't leave! I love you!"
"Dan." Scratte whispered, her life running out. "Don't let love take over your common sense, it'll be the death of you."
Scratte left Dan with those last words as she closed her eyes and let death take her away from the hopeless wasteland that was without her true love. She was so happy and sad.
It was all over.