Hello, everybody, it's me!
So, I'm back to writing Ice Age fanfics.
And finally I've decided to write a fanfic
about the herd, instead of only about Buck.
In case anyone is wondering, I am not planning
to finish 'Back to the Underworld'. I'm sorry for
that. But I have more Ice Age fanfics in mind,
And some of them will also be with Buck, for
those who are interested in reading more about
him.
Anyway, enjoy.
...
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Our Land.
Prologue.
"Your grace, your grace!"
The old wolf looked up and sniffed the air. He smelled the scent of one of his followers.
"Who is there?" he said, his voice soft and low like the sounds you hear at the beginning of a thunderstorm.
"It's me, Hamlin," the young wolf said.
"Hamlin," the old wolf said. "My loyal right hand wolf. What is the matter?"
"I've seen strangers on our land, your grace," Hamlin said. "A strange herd of all kinds of creatures. They didn't look like prey to me."
"What kind of animals?" the old wolf asked. Hamlin now had his full attention.
Hamlin summed up the members of the herd. "Three mammoths, two sabers, two sloths, two possums and a molehog."
"Mammoths?" the old wolf said, as he suddenly stood up. "What are they doing here?"
"I don't know, your grace," Hamlin said.
"Of course you don't" the old wolf snapped at him. "Go get Seth."
"Seth?" Hamlin asked. "But your grace…."
"Do it!" the leader said. "Now!"
Hamlin ran away with his tail between his legs.
"I'll go get him, I'll go get him." He whimpered.
….
Manny looked around with a satisfied look on his face.
"This seems like a wonderful place to live." He said. "Far away from all those noise-makers. Peace and quiet."
"More like peace and boredom," Peaches said, rolling her eyes. "there's nobody here. Certainly not any mammoths of my age."
"Good, even better," Manny said.
"Dad!" Peaches said, irritated.
"Oh, come on honey," Ellie said to her daughter. "I'm sure you'll have fun here."
"And you've got me," Louis sad, looking up at her with his big, brown eyes.
Peaches smiled back at him. "Yeah, at least I know you won't abandon me."
"And you've got us!" Crash and Eddie said.
Peaches just rolled her eyes at her two uncles.
They walked through the forest. It was indeed peaceful and quiet. All the animal that they could see were some birds in the trees and a grey squirrel trying to get an acorn into a tree.
After walking for a while, they found an open space in the forest close to rock-wall. But in the wall was a big cave.
"Look at that," Manny said. "a perfect home. Dry, warm and big enough for all of us."
"Just needs some decorating." Ellie said.
"Boring!" Crash said.
"Let's go and explore this place!" Eddie said.
And off they went already.
"Wait for us!" Peaches said, as she and Louis ran after the two possums.
"Are you sure we'll all fit in there?" Shira asked.
Diego took a look inside the cave.
"Yeah," he said. "Enough room for all of us."
"Great, I'm tired of walking." Granny said, as she walked into the cave a lay down on the floor.
"Wait, Granny," Ellie said. "We still need to make it more comfortable to live in."
But Granny was already asleep, and it was impossible to wake her up.
The herd laughed at crazy old Granny.
Then Manny looked at Ellie, and she looked back at him.
"Finally, everything is going to be fine." He said.