Characters copyright of Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Fox. Fan fiction of Ice Age (My version) Not much is written on ice age 3 yet but I am basing my idea (unprofessional) of what it could be like based on what on what I read about it
My Ice Age 3 will be presented as more of a book type idea, not a movie.
I will be updating as more as more plot details and character descriptions of Ice Age 3 become available. However, due to copyright laws and this being fan fiction, I will only use the basic movie concepts. In other words, if I have a scene from the actual movie I write about, it will have a different twist to it and completely different dialogue. Again, I will only use the basic concept of the movie and likely not make my own versions of too many scenes. I will be updating and revising this as information becomes more available but it will NOT copy the upcoming Ice Age 3 movie. Thanks for reading. Here's the story so far.
The night after the flood the herd found a cave to sleep in. Unfortunately, most of the trees in the area were destroyed from the flood though some lay ahead so everyone would be able to eat the next day. Manny looked at Ellie, still a little overwhelmed by her but starting to get comfortable around her and soon fell asleep. Sid was fast asleep and Diego was the only one awake. He wondered what the future would hold for Manny and Ellie though it shouldn't be his biggest concern.
The next morning, Diego woke early and decided to survey the area to look to see where there might be trees and grass for the rest of the herd which for him would hopefully bring prey. Outside, he looked at the flood's damage, logs lay many places and the river nearby appeared to be overflowing. No animals were in site but he suspected that some fields and forests lay a few miles south. With that, he left the cave as he normally did to go hunting before the others woke up.
Manny woke up next.
"Time to get up!" he hollered after giving the rest an extra hour of sleep.
The possums slowly started stretching and yawning, dangling from a branch Ellie had put in the cave the night before. Ellie was pretty fast to her feet but Sid just continued snoring. Manny nudged Sid and tried again. No response. Eventually Manny got tired of it and kicked Sid awake.
"Wow, what a nice morning!" Ellie exclaimed to Manny. 'Everyone's look'n bright eyed and bushy tailed."
"Except me." complained Sid, still recovering from his rough awakening and yawning widely.
The possum brothers laughed as they picked up their wacky behaviors as usual.
"Say, where's Diego?" asked Ellie.
"He'll be back soon, he's probably out hunting or looking for food like I told him." said Manny.
A bit later Diego returned excited but a bit cautious. He didn't even bother wait for anyone to ask how his quest went.
"Guess what, there's a field with lots of food a few miles south, but there is a mammoth herd. They're looking for a new leader. I don't know-"
Ellie leaped at the idea before Diego could continue further.
"A mammoth herd!" Ellie exclaimed before anyone could reply.
"We saw a mammoth herd yesterday." said Manny not catching onto Ellie's idea.
"Oooh, I think I'm catching onto something there, lots of food. That sounds good." said Sid, picturing the place.
"No, no, no, I mean what if we lived near the mammoth herd, wouldn't that be the greatest thing ever!" Ellie said to Manny. Manny considered it for a second, then agreed.
"Ok, as long as there is enough room to keep Sid out of trouble we can go there to check it out." Sid, the possums, and Ellie suddenly cheered.
As they left Diego kept quiet. He didn't want to get the idea across Ellie as Manny being the new herd leader, knowing his friend had just accomplished a lot the past few days. As they approached the area, Diego smelled the herd right ahead about ½ a mile away behind some trees exactly where they were headed. He paused, knowing this wasn't what Manny had intended. "Maybe we should go around, you know take the long way."
Everyone looked puzzled for a second, then heard a trumpet followed by several voices.
Manny, flinched, he realized this was the exact same mammoth herd that he had freed yesterday. His eyes widened as he thought he heard his name shouted.
Diego kept quiet about it.
"Let's go to visit them! It looks like they're accepting guests!" said Ellie, suddenly pulling Manny with her trunk in an excited rush.
Manny pulled back and suddenly there was an awkward silence. He thought he heard the words "Manny, new leader." All eyes switched to Manny for everyone else had heard too.
"Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned your name." said Diego nervously. Now everyone stared at Diego. He had just made another mistake, this time for his own mental state.
Diego sighed; he couldn't keep the truth from his friends. "I went over to that mammoth herd on my morning hunt." he started. Everyone watched, especially Manny. "Normally I wouldn't come near them but when they saw me they seemed quite interested in me." He paused. "They told me that they wanted you to be their new leader, Manny. I told them it was a great possibility and they seem to have taken it as a 'for sure'." He sighed again. "I forgot to mention that it wouldn't be a good idea for a while but they were very insistent. They talked excitedly about how great Manny would be good as a leader after seeing him with Ellie." Diego confessed, his expression showing guilt.
Surprisingly, Manny didn't lose his temper. "I uh, I hadn't intended for me to become part of any other herd." He said finally, more shocked someone would accept him as herd leader than angry. "Maybe we should they should look for somebody else." He said, thinking of how it could separate all of them.
Ellie didn't read his thoughts. "Aww, come on, why wouldn't you want to be with them?" asked Ellie, putting her trunk supportively on his face.
"Why wouldn't you?" echoed Sid.
"No." he said, his voice growing more angry.
Ellie gave him caring eyes urging him to do it because she knew it would be a big step forward meaning she understood a few things about it. Manny's expression softened but he just shook his head, almost sadly. "We'll go around the herd." he said stated calmly, restraining his anger and trying to be caring towards Ellie. By now, Ellie knew that she couldn't urge him any longer. She motioned in the direction Manny pointed and they started walking. Sid was going to say something but no sooner had they started traveling around the herd did an elderly but cunning-looking armadillo appear. Manny's decision was to steer around him, as he resembled Fast Tony and looked like he was selling something despite how Fast Tony had been right about the flood. No sooner had everyone taken a step in Manny's direction than everyone heard a loud voice shout, "HALT!" Everyone paused, "by order by my long lost grandson Fast Tony's talkings to this herd, I am told that one of you is going to be the new leader!"
"Who are you?" said Crash, slightly suspicious.
"Elder Titan at your service, my possible clients."
Everyone eyed each other, knowing what he had come for was Manny.
Sensitively and quietly, Ellie asked again "you wanna do it Manny?"
"What's that I hear?" exclaimed Elder Titan, obviously tuned in on the quietest talking.
Sid repeated what Ellie said louder into Manny's ear.
"What's that you say again, my noble sloth?"
Sid was about to say something but Diego shoved him. Elder Titan repeated louder and louder, until one the possum brothers. Eddie yelled "He wants to be herd leader!"
"Very well then, I'll give you your runner up and could-be herd leader.
COOOOMMMMMMEEEEE!!!!" the old armadillo yelled at the top of his lungs. A loud trumpeting and shaking of the ground was followed. By this time everyone's fur was on end and Diego, Sid, Manfred, Ellie, Crash, and Eddie struggled to cover their ears.
Cut to Scrat Burying His acorn in a Short Tree Stump:
Scrat had just returned from a tree almost fully recovered from the meltdown with his third acorn, something he normally wasn't able to accomplish. He put it through a low lying dead branch that lay about a foot from the ground where it fell to the bottom of the stump. He had done this thinking no one would be able to steal his acorns. Suddenly, an unbelievably loud voice echoed and his first instinct was to hide but soon he realized his nuts were in danger. Out of a bush and a sudden stomping accompanied by loud mammoth sounds, several dozen mammoths appeared and trampled Scrat just in time for him to make it to his treasured tree trunk. At the end of the stampede, Scrat could be seen terrified and even more upset when he saw the tree trunk and the acorns crushed, desperately clinging to the last stampeder's tail.
Cut back to our characters' herd.
Everyone felt like they had gone deaf except for Manny and Ellie which had ears adapted to such loud elephant sounds. The herd of mammoth's focused on their new leader. Manny felt like he was on the spotlight but everyone else in his mismatched bunch seemed nervous, especially Diego who looked about to break down but then again Crash was struggling to keep his brother Eddie from playing dead.
Elder Titan asked for silence. Sid was sure Manny or Diego would have seriously injured Elder Titan had the situation not been so overwhelming. Suddenly, just when all was still, a large, young, cunning looking mammoth with dark black hair and staring, easily penetrating eyes moved as the herd parted for him as if he deserved great respect. Everyone remained on the nervous side but Ellie who tried to cool everyone off by saying "At least the competitor looks hairy, maybe a little too rough for everyone around the edges." Ellie turned back to Manny, taking huge notice that Manny's expression had gone from very scared to stately and determined after the runner up had emerged.
"May I introduce you to your runner-up, Cedric!" exploded Elder Titan.
The herd looked a bit nervously at Cedric though a few trumpets of applause were heard.
"Your first contest will be jumping off that mountain in the distance." Titan said, his voice taking on a quieter and calmer salesperson-like manner pointing to a huge mountain in the distance. Cedric pleasantly showed off some low impact skinners he had been carrying in a human hunter's bag.
Sid's lower lip trembled as Diego, yelled now equally loud, "What contest!" which got everyone's attention because he was a saber. "You think a leader has to go through a test just seconds after you startled the living daylights out of us?" Diego snapped circling Elder Titan as if he was Diego's next meal. "I'm not stupid, you think you can drag the bunch of creatures that approaches these herds' grounds and order one to be leader. Well, I have some news for ya, Elder Titan, if you hold that contest as it is and it threatens my best friend's life, I will see that you not see the end of me as I will gorge on your guts as sabers are ment to do!" Got that clear!" Diego said to Elder Titan walking faster as Titan began to shake slightly and back up while Diego took on a sinister, evil look.
"Oh, yeah sure, I'll come up with it by morning."
With that the armadillo told the mammoth herd to go and as he ran away, the mammoths, Cedric with a vulture suddenly landing on his shoulder, and him all heading in separate directions. Manny looked at Diego stately like he wanted something as everyone cleared and Diego looked utterly threatened, thinking he had made an immeasurable mistake with Manny that he might pay for even though he had never seen something like that in Manny's nature. As it turned out Cedric had been looking back at Manny with a menacing glare that Manny equally returned. After everyone cleared, Manny turned and walked a few steps with Sid watching his every move, his mouth open in shock.
"So, think I handled everything out there ok?" Diego asked Manny, hoping to change whatever bad thoughts Manny had of him on his mind.
Manny, hiding he was just recovering from all the trauma and saying calmly "I thought you did good, got a few people in line." Manny gave Diego a non-threatening glance but Diego could tell that by his eyes Manny knew that this was all because of him.
"So were are we going?" Sid asked the others, still shaken as everyone including the now half playing dead possums exchanging nervous and awkward glances.
"Far, uh, over there." Many gestured to a far off valley just visible in the sun with a downward incline that looked like it might not be too steep. The odd bunch spent the rest of the afternoon in the valley Manfred had pointed to. After they arrived and settled down, Manny stood slightly from the others, seemingly in deep thought. Ellie was the first to approach, concerned about what happened earlier while Diego snuck behind her to talk to his friend out of guilt.
"Are you ok?" asked Ellie, trying to pick up on his thinking.
Manny cared very much about what she had to say and he was thankful that she supported him but now his mind was somewhere else. For some reason, voices echoed from the days before in the meltdown, going extinct, meeting Ellie, and the horrifying replays of his first family being killed that seemed to play over and over. Trying to gather himself, he forced all thoughts out of his head than what had happened so far that day. He had found out Diego had done something much worse to him than Sid had ever done but had admitted they were best friends so he had pulled back his temper. Then there had been Elder more of a scandal than Fast Tony had ever been and somehow he seemed to control the herd despite his obvious crazy behavior and downright deadly contest for him for neither he nor Cedric were prepared. He would normally backed out of being leader without a second thought yet somehow Ellie's encouragement, Diego's sudden defense of him, and a secret urge to help the herd that seemed under perfect control by only an elderly but large armadillo seemed to draw him. As for Cedric, Manny figured he was young and wouldn't know what he was up against Manny yet he seemed to possess the ability to rule with his piercing glare. Manny could tell that words would not change him, eventually there would be a fight between them and that Elder Titan needed to be eliminated as soon as possible without getting the herd mad because they seemed to somehow value him. Still, Manny was stubborn in his ways and his impression of Elder Titan was criminal. He would never want anyone to die but it seemed Diego had already
made plans about this if the armadillo didn't shape up in the morning. Manny
's mind still wasn't able to draw an exact conclusion about how this would work out as it never could when this kind of situation. Manny's mind began to spin as he realized that he would have to change once more, this time to confront everyone and become a leader. Soon Ellie's voice and a very worried image of Diego appeared as Manny fell out of his trance. Suddenly Ellie and the rest of his small herd was by his side, still, he felt like he was too much bin a dream-like state to respond.
Finally Ellie sprayed some cold water on Manny which seemed to wake him up.
He focused
"Whoa, you had be scared for a second." exclaimed Ellie.
"More like 20 minutes." added Sid as if what had happened didn't bother him.
Diego shot Sid one of the nastiest of his looks.
The possum brothers for once seemed infinitely concerned.
"What happened?" asked Diego.
Straightly, Manny replied "I need to figure out how to become leader of this herd."
"And you know that we'll help you every step of the way." said Sid, edging closer to Manny.
"But take it easy for the rest of today, you've done enough." added Diego who now felt closer to Manny than he ever had before admitting him as his best friend. Manny nodded but the possums had questions for Ellie as soon as she left.
"Did they that armadillo guy do something to him?" asked Crash.
"What's going to happen to us?" they both asked at once.
"Everything'll be ok." said Ellie reassuringly. "You'll see when we meet Elder Titan tomorrow." For the rest of the day the herd rested in the small valley. Diego took this opportunity to think and clean his paws.
I know this might have come out too deep but it's not supposed to be like the movie will in 2009. I also had trouble correcting it from its earlier version. Enjoy and review. lol
Update: Looks like the names of some characters changed as well as some being added/taken out. I'll revise like I said when I find more information. Thanks for your patience.