This is sequel to the "Meltdown Aftermath" fanfic.
Blue Sky Studios own Ice Age and their characters.
(PS I own an OC in this story.)
Chapter 1: The Old Guanlong
After a few years of the herd's underground adventure has passed, they were constantly enjoying their time with the young mammoth, except for a certain mammal. Sid was remote from the herd because he was trying to hide his melancholy that he was experiencing from the underground world. He remembered it happening to him inside Momma's cave.
=Flashback=
A few years ago, it was night and the sloth was inside Momma's cave thrashing in his sleep. Sid got up and walks towards to the back of the cave.
"Why? Why can't I be loved? I've done nothing but try respecting others and being their friend. And what did I get in return, nothing but hate and rejection from others!" Sid ranted loudly in the back of the cave about his horrible misfortunes.
The sloth stops for moment and looks to see if he didn't wake Momma or her kids. The sloth went back to ranting about his misfortunes, but it was loud enough to wake the t-rex to see the troubled mammal.
"Hey there, miss… I was-" He was cut off by the mother picking him up placing him near her kids.
"Thanks…" The sloth thanked the reptile.
=Reality=
"Maybe, I should tell them about… NO! I shouldn't…" Sid sadly stated.
"Not much of a bold mammal, are ya now?" An old voice replied.
"Who said that?" The sloth asked while looking around his surroundings.
"Right here, Sidney!" The voice said.
"Wha?" He said as he turned around to see an old reptile that about his size wearing a leafy cloak.
"Hi there!" The guanlong greeted.
"Hey, how do you…" He was cut off from the guanlongs reply.
"A wolf told me. And he said that you're the most troubled mammal he's ever met!" The guanlong stated.
"Oh, yeah… I like being with him, but Diego's always getting jealous every time when I get near him." The sloth stated.
"The saber you're living with?" He answered.
"Yeah… How'd you know?" He asked the reptile.
"Hmm hmm hmm… The wolf told me about your 'herd' and you're with 3 mammoths, 2 possums and a saber, am I right?" The guanlong stated as he smirked at the sloth's shock expression.
"Were you watching us?" Sid asked him.
"A little… I always come here from the Plates of Woe to Snow Valley to observe mammals." He explained as sat at the base of the tree.
"How? Buck destroyed the path to the Dinosaur World!" The sloth explained.
"Heh heh heh… If ya don't believe me, I happen to be a great jumper." The guanlong said and smirked at him.
"*snicker* You're the best jumper out of your pack? Please…" Sid asked while he laughs in disbelief.
"You'll see… come…" The guanlong said as he gets up and led the sloth into the clearing.
Both creatures went into the clearing and they both came to a halt.
"So what are you showing me, gramps?" Sid asked the guanlong.
"You think I'm wrong sloth?" The old reptile said as he grins darkly at him.
"Of course, there's no way a carnivorous dino like you can jump a huge gap in the cave to the Dino World." He said while smirking at the dino.
"Well then, watch this... RRRAAAHHH!" The guanlong said as he runs from the sloth and jumped from the ground and onto the branch.
"Wh-Wh-What in the world…?" The sloth said speechless at the guanlong's amazing jump.
"Kyahahahaha! I take it you're amazed by my robust leap?" The reptile teased the mammal.
"Much! Does any of your kind do the same jump you do?" The sloth asked as walked to the tree where the reptile is on.
"Not really… I'm the only one who does this sort of thing." He answered.
"Wow!" The sloth stated.
"I see you're close friends with the wolf and you might even my granddaughter, Sidney." He stated.
"Yeah, so what are their names?" Sid asked him.
"You met the wolf, so you ask him if you see him. And my granddaughter… well… she's my adoptive grandchild, so I can't tell you her name either." He stated again.
"You're just the wolf, being all mysterious and what not. And what's your name, gramps?" The sloth stated slightly upset.
"Like the wolf, I can't you… Maybe, just wait a few years then I'll tell you." He replied.
"Are you going to live another few years, gramps?" Sid asked him.
"Heh heh heh… I'm still a long living dino… In a lot more years, I'll be gone depending how long I have to live." The guanlong replied.
"That kinda sound's like my grandmother." The sloth said.
"Sid!" Diego called out from far away.
"Uncle Sid!" Peaches called out also.
"Oops! I was away from them for so long!" Sid said as he heard his friends' calls.
"Well, you should get home then and tell them your plight." The guanlong said as jumped down from the tree and walked off.
"Did the wolf tell you my…" He was cut off from the reptile response.
"Yes… Adios, sloth." He said as he walks into the woods.
"Yeah… See ya, gramps." He said as he waves at the guanlong.
"Uncle Sid!" Peaches shouted as she tackles the sloth.
"Oh, hey Peaches." The sloth said as he turns and pets the young mammoth on her head.
"Out on your long walks again, Sid? That's the tenth time we've had to look for you!" The saber replied.
"What? I love taking long walks!" The sloth replied.
"Sid, the last time we found you were sleeping at a tree, relaxing at the forest clearing and all the other places you've dawdling at." Diego explained.
"Would you guys stop worrying? I'm fine on my own walks, thank you." Sid replied to the saber.
"What about Peaches? She doesn't know what to do if you went missing." The saber explained.
"It's true." Peaches shortly replied.
"Sorry, Peaches… At least Manny doesn't panic easily, right?" He asked the young mammoth.
"Uh… Actually Uncle Sid, Mom and Dad was searching high and low for you every time you 'vanish'." The young mammoth stated.
"Oh… Never mind then. So, shall we get going?" The sloth stated.
"Oh yeah, let's go back." She said as she walks with the sloth.
"I don't know, but I find it very odd for Sid to have very long walks." Diego pondered as he follows Sid and Peaches back to the herd.
Sid met an old dino and the reptile knows much about Sid and his herd. Who is he? And why does the sloth kept meeting mysterious animals? Also, Diego is getting even more suspicious about Sid's odd behavior.
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