ICE AGE SWITCHEROO ONE-SHOTS
HELLO, IT'S ME, Kenneth0. THIS IS MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT MAKING AN ICE AGE SWITCHEROO STORY. I REALLY LIKE ninjagogirl luvs iceage21's ICE AGE SWITCHEROO STORIES BASED ON THE ICE AGE MOVIES, SO I GAVE HER MORE IDEAS FOR HOLIDAY STORIES. I WANT HER TO KEEP THE ICE AGE SWITCHEROO SERIES ALIVE, SO I'M DOING IT FOR HER. BEFORE YOU GO AND ACCUSE ME OF STEALING HER OC's, LET ME TELL YOU ALL THAT I GOT PERMISSION FROM ninjagogirl luvs iceage21 TO USE HER CHARACTERS. SHE WAS VERY NICE ENOUGH TO LET ME BORROW THEM. SHE ALSO HELPED ME WITH MY STORY IDEAS, SO BE SURE TO THANK BOTH OF US. ALRIGHT, ON TO THE STORY.
STAYING WITH THE SLOTHS
(The Ice Age Switcheroo version of ninjagogirl luvs iceage21's New Life story Staying With The Sabers)
THE SABERS AND MAMMOTHS ALL HAVE TROUBLE FINDING NEW HOMES AND THEY ALL ARGUE. WHEN BROOKE LETS THEM STAY AT HER'S AND SID'S PLACE, SHE TRIES TO GET THEM TO STOP FIGHTING AND GET ALONG. WILL THE SABERS AND MAMMOTHS STOP ARGUING AND BE FRIENDS AGAIN?
Story written by and ninjagogirl luvs iceage21. We both did a lot of work on this, so don't forget to thank her as well. Enjoy the story!
It all starts out one morning when Diego and Shira are looking for a place of their own now that their kids have moved out.
"I'm getting really tired of searching, Shira." Diego told his wife.
"Come on, Diego. We can't stop until we find the perfect place." Shira told him.
"What's the point? No matter where we go, Manny and Ellie seem to find every cave first before we do and we argue about who's well-fitted to live there. In the end, we all see that the cave isn't a suitable place to live in thanks to the meteor shower, so we all leave and go our seperate ways."
"Diego, look!" Shira said, pointing to a cave they can live in. When the two sabers go inside, they see that the cave has already been taken by Manny and Ellie, who are both touring the place. The two mammoths gasp when they see the sabers.
"Oh no! No! No! No! Not this again! Get out!" Manny said. Diego and Shira, keeping their claws digged to the ground, don't move. Manny walks up to them and pushes the two sabers out with his trunk with such force, it causes them to scratch up the floor. "Me and Ellie have already found this cave. So finders keepers, losers weepers." He said while grunting as he still pushes them out. As he's now finished pushing them outside, Diego starts to lose his cool.
"You might as well just move out. Us sabers need some space."
"If you haven't noticed, mammoths are tallers than sabers. We need higher ceilings and wide open spaces."
"Well, maybe if you lose some weight, you and that wife of yours might be able to fit somewhere."
"You can tell me to lose weight all you want, but you've crossed the line when you tell me wife to lose weight."
"She's fatter than you are." Shira said, becoming a part of the argument.
"You stay out of this." Manny said, pointing at Shira.
"Don't talk to my wife that way." Diego said.
"Why shouldn't he?" Ellie asked. "She's got the temper the size of a whale. She shouldn't be allowed to butt in."
"You shouldn't, either."
"Don't talk to Ellie that way."
"Well, you did it to my wife."
"The only way we're gonna get along is if you guys let Diego and I have the cave." said Shira.
"Not gonna happen, sister." said Ellie shaking her head.
"I suggest you guys leave." said Manny.
"Not until you leave first." Diego said.
The four mammals all continue arguing, as they all talk at the same time which turns into yelling. Brooke can hear the commotion from her's and Sid's place and rushes over to see her friends arguing and yelling at each other.
"Everyone, stop!" Brooke shouted. They all stop arguing and look at her.
"Now what are you fellas arguing about?" she asked.
"We want to live in a new cave." Manny said.
"But every time we try to find one." Ellie said.
"We want to live in the exact same cave they find." Diego said.
"They wanted it and that's when the argument begins." Shira said.
They start to argue again. Brooke hates to see her friends argue so she clears her throat at them. "Well, it seems that all of you are having trouble. Since you are all in need of a place to stay, how about you come and stay with me and my family?"
"That's not gonna work, Brooke." Ellie said.
"Why not?" she asked.
"We've been arguing and yelling at each other for the past three weeks. As of now, the mammoths and sabers are not getting along." Shira said.
"That's why you need to stay with me and Sid. I can help work out your differences while Sid goes cave hunting for you. That way even though both couples will have their own caves, you won't be fighting anymore because after working out your differences with me, you'll get along better again. What do you say?"
"Okay, Brooke. We'll do it. At least give her a chance to help us." Ellie told the others.
"Are Sid and the kids gonna be alright with us living in the same place with them?" Shira asked.
"Oh, Sid's not going to mind. I'll bet he'll be very happy about this." Brooke said.
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"I am not happy about this at all, Brooke." Sid said.
"Come on, Sid. It's only temporary." Brooke said.
"Read my lips. No." Sid said as he goes to the living room and sits on the stone couch. Brooke comes to him on bended knees.
"Oh please, Sidney?" she begged her husband.
"We haven't even discussed about this issue yet."
"Okay, then let's discuss the issue now."
"Okay. I refuse to live under the same roof as Manny, Ellie, Diego and Shira, even if it's just for a few days. End of discussion."
"No, it's not. Sidney, how could say something like that? Manny, Ellie, Diego and Shira are our best friends. They're a part of our herd. Our family. And in a herd, we look out for each other."
"True, but I can't stand to be around all four of them after five minutes."
"Why?"
"They talk to each other too much and both couples argue to each other way more than that. They just bicker all day long. You can't say a word to them because they're always saying something to one another. The mammoths always going blah blah blah, while the sabers all go yap yap yap. It's very annoying. And I'll darned if I have to share our home with those ninnies. Face it, Brooke, they got to go."
"Not gonna happen. The only way to settle their differences is to try and get along with each other in the same room. And you need to go out and look for caves that they can live in."
Sid still didn't like the idea of having the half the herd living with them, but if he found them their own places, they'll leave faster. "Alright, they can stay. Hopefully, they'll behave themselves."
"Good, because they're on their way right now."
"Wait. As in now?"
"Yes."
They all hear the four mammals yelling at each other as they come inside the cave.
"Hello, dear friends." Brooke greeted them. "Make yourselves at home."
"We'll try." Diego said.
"It's really nice of you two to let us stay here." Shira said.
Manny sneaks up to Diego and trips his foot with his trunk.
"Ow!" He shouted. "You did that on purpose!"
"Did what?" Manny asked, playing dumb.
"Oh, don't act you don't know what you just did! I know you tripped my feet!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
Meanwhile, Ellie thwacks Shira in the head with her trunk.
"Ow! Why did you do that?!"
"Because I felt like it, that's why."
The four mammals argue again.
"And this, Brooke, is why I don't why I don't want the sabers and mammoths living in the same cave with us." Sid said to her wife.
"Stop complaining, Sid. Now you need to go out there and find a cave for them." Brooke said.
"Alright, I'll go." Sid leaves, hoping to find caves quicker for the mammoths and sabers to live in.
"Okay, now that Sid's off to find you a cave, I can help you settle your differences and we can all get along and be friends again. What do you say?"
"Yeah." the four mammals said unenthusiastically. Then the two couples mumble quitely to themselves about how much they're hating each other right now.
"Excellent! Now everyone to the living room!" Brooke said.
NEXT SCENE
Day 1: In the living room, Brooke gets the sabers and mammoths in a group to talk about their issues.
"Okay, now that we're all together in the living room, you can all talk about your issues. Manny, you start first."
"Alright." Manny said, "Every time me and Ellie find a cave that we can call home, the sabers just come in and barge into our lives!"
"You're nothing but a big fat liar!" Diego said, pointing his claw at Manny, "And none of that ever happened!"
The four mammals begin arguing again. So group therapy didn't work. But Brooke doesn't give up. She goes to a different room to think of another idea for the next day.
Day 2: Brooke gets the couples together to do yoga. She had everyone stretch in different positions. When there came a hand stand position, Diego kicks Manny in the leg.
"Ow!" Manny shouted. He returns with a smack from his trunk to Diego's leg. He roars in pain and glares at Manny.
"Hey!"
"Don't look at me! You're the one who started it!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"I for one agree with Diego! You were the one who started the leg kicking!" Shira said.
"No, Manny's right! Diego started it!" Ellie said.
The mammoths and sabers argue again. Yoga didn't work out either. Brooke goes to another room to think of another idea.
Day 3: Brooke gets everyone together again so they can meditate. She lets a deep breath and so do the others. Only five minutes of silence until….
"Ellie snores so loud at night." Shira mumbled under her breath.
Ellie opens her left eye, hearing what Shira just said. So she mumbles under her breath too. "Shira scratches the walls at night."
The mammals argue once again. Brooke sighs as she gets up and goes to a room to come up with another idea.
NEXT SCENE
Day 4: Brooke gets the sabers and mammoths in the living room again to play a game.
"Okay, everyone. Today we're going to play a calm, relaxing game. This game is called Story Telling. Here are the rules. You all are going to tell a story, but you all have to tell the story together. For example, let's say Shira starts off the story. She'll then choose someone else to help think up the next part of the story. Each of you will tell two parts each. Are we all good with this game?" Everyone nods. "Okay, let's begin. Shira, why don't you start? You can tell any story you like, but it has to have a moral."
"You mean like telling a story that can try to make us get along?" Shira asked.
"Sure, let's go with that." Brooke said.
Shira shrugs. "Okay, let's go for it. Alright, once upon a time, there were these four groundhogs that kept arguing continuously. They didn't know which could live in what hole since they were groundhogs and they live underground. So they argued about it. Ellie, you're next."
"Oh, okay," Ellie said, "Well, the groundhogs continued arguing about who would live in what hole and they had a friend who was a molehog. He said that he could help them figure out who would live in what hole by holding a competition. Whoever came in first place got the better hole. Manny, continue on."
Manny couldn't figure out what would happen next. "Uh…. um…. I don't know. Skip me. Diego, figure something out."
"That's not how this game works. You need to think of something. You're not gonna get out of the game that easily." Diego said.
"I'll allow it." Brooke said.
"You can't be serious. You said that-"
"He can go after you. Now continue."
Diego sighs and continues with the story. "So the groundhogs got ready for the race and whoever won first place received the better hole. There were four different types of groundhogs. A pretty groundhog, a handsome groundhog, a naggy groundhog, and a stubborn groundhog."
"Who's the stubborn groundhog?" asked Manny.
"Who do you think, fatty? It's you!" said Shira.
"Well, I'm pretty sure that Diego called you naggy." Ellie said to Shira.
"Actually I called you naggy, Ellie." Diego said.
"Excuse me?"
"Nobody calls my wife naggy." Manny said.
"I'm pretty sure you call her naggy in your sleep. She thinks you're stubborn." Shira said to Manny.
"I know I'm stubborn. You don't have to rub it in my face, fish breath."
"Whoa, whoa, wait a minute. What did you say about me?"
"I called you fish breath."
"I draw the line at name calling."
"You just called him fat." Ellie told Shira.
"That's because he is."
Then they all start arguing. Brooke doesn't give up, though. She goes into another room to think of a game for tomorrow.
Day 5: Brooke gets the mammals over to the living room again to play a new game. She thinks this new game will make them stop arguing, but just like the last game, the four mammals will do their own thing.
Brooke hands everyone a piece of chalk. "Okay, everyone. Today's game will be Pictionary. Here's how the game goes. Everyone will get a turn drawing something and everyone else has to figure out what that person is drawing. Simple rules. You can draw anything that comes to mind. Let's see. Diego, why don't you start off?"
"Sure, why not?" Diego takes the chalk and goes to the wall.
"And be fair with your drawing." Manny said.
"Shut up, Manny." Diego said as he now starts drawing something on the wall. Everyone starts guessing what it is.
"Oh, it's a tree." Ellie guessed.
"He only started with a straight line. It's a box." Shira said.
"It can't be a box. He's putting a line on the top and bottom. It's gotta be an elevator." guessed Manny.
"Wait a second. He's drawing a curvy line." Ellie said.
"It's a U-turn! It's a U-turn!" Shira guessed.
"Is he drawing a road?" asked Manny.
"He's drawing some mammoths!" guessed Ellie.
"Oh, Diego, what are you drawing?" asked Shira.
"Okay, Diego. Looks like you're finished." Brooke said, "Everyone take one more guess."
"I think the two mammoths are about to cross a U-turn." Ellie said.
"I think they're trying to cross the U-turn on that weird looking road there." Manny said.
"I think you're both right." Shira said.
"Are they right, Diego?" Brooke asked.
"Nope." He said.
"Then what is it?" Manny asked.
"Well, for one thing it's not a drawing. It's a message. It says I Hate Mammoths." Diego shows them what he wrote.
"Hey, that's cheating. You're supposed to draw something. Not make words into a drawing and create a message." Manny said.
"Are you kidding me?" Shira asked, "That's still technically a drawing. So what if he drew a message. Plus Brooke said we could draw anything on our minds."
"Well, I have a drawing for you." Manny goes up to the wall.
"Manny, wait. It's not your turn." Brooke said but Manny draws anyway.
He starts drawing a picture of him pushing Diego off a cliff. It also shows Diego falling into an ocean and getting eaten by a pool of sharks. "This is what I think should happen to you."
"If anyone's gonna get eaten by a shark, it's you, fatty." Shira said.
"Don't talk to my husband that way." Ellie said to her.
"Well who's gonna stop me?"
"I can throw you out the window and make you fall off a cliff into a pool of sharks, tiger lady." Manny said.
"Are you threatening my wife?" Diego asked.
"Well she made it come to that."
They all start arguing again. Placing herself in an empty room, Brooke began brainstorming more ideas.
Day 6: The sabers and mammoths are all standing outside in front of a frozen lake. They all had hockey sticks with them while Brooke walked outside with a hockey puck in her paws.
"Okay, so it looks like simple games didn't work. Perhaps some extreme games will release all the anger out of your minds. This game will be played with two teams. Mammoths vs. Sabers. Whoever scores three points first will win the game. First up is Manny vs. Diego. Shira and Ellie will be the goalies. Let the game begin!"
She throws the puck on the ice as Manny and Diego start the game.
"I don't understand why we're doing any of this," Manny said, "This won't stop us from fighting, you know."
"Don't look at me. This wasn't my idea. This is all Brooke who wants us to get along." Diego said.
"She's gonna have to start understanding that the world isn't full of cupcakes and rainbows."
"You're gonna have to understand that my wife and I are better than you and Ellie."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Manny asked.
Diego distracts him by taking the puck and scoring a goal before Ellie could hit it.
"I just scored." Diego smirked.
"That's not fair. You distracted me."
"Diego got it fair and square," said Brooke, "Next up is Ellie vs. Shira. Manny and Diego, you two are the goalies. Score for the sabers. One to zero."
Shira and Ellie start playing.
"Looks like you and that fat husband are gonna lose." Shira said.
"Not on my watch," Ellie said, "I'll have you know that I am an expert at hockey. Manny taught me everything he knows."
"How? By getting distracted every time someone makes a score? That's not experience."
"It is in my opinion. The two of us are more experienced at anything."
"That's not true."
With Shira distracted, Ellie scored a goal before Diego could hit it back towards them. She smirks at the female saber.
"I think it is true."
"I'll score next time. Be ready for me."
So they play a couple of more games until both teams are tied two by two. Whoever scores next wins the game. Brooke decides to let both teams play all at once and she would be the goalie.
"You guys getting tired?" Manny asked the sabers.
"Don't try distracting us, Manny." Diego said.
"Well, why not? You're not gonna win, anyway." Ellie said.
"It's actually you and your fat husband that's not gonna win." Shira said.
"If you call him fat one more time, I will rip your fangs out."
"Not before I rip out your tusks."
"I'm starting to get fed up with your big mouth, fish breath." Manny said.
"Stop calling her that!" Diego said.
"Then tell her to stop calling me fat!"
"Well, she's not lying!"
They all start fighting again.
"Guys, please stop!" Brooke begged. She ends up getting knocked in the head with a hockey puck. She hits the ground and lands in the freezing water. Sid passes by and sees what happened. He rushes over and rescues his wife, taking her back home and let the others continue arguing.
NEXT SCENE
On Day 7, things are still not looking good between the sabers and the mammoths. Brooke still hasn't made any progress between the two couples. As Sid left to go cave hunting again, Cheril comes over for a visit.
"Hey Brooke." Cheril greeted.
"Oh, hey Cheril." Brooke greeted.
"How are you doing today?"
"Oh, not so good."
"Why? What's going on?"
"Oh nothing. It's just, Diego, Shira, Manny and Ellie have all been arguing over the past few days. I let them stay here and I tried and tried to help solve their differences, but nothing worked."
"Really?" Cheril asked, and then she looks to see the four mammals arguing in the living room. "So why are they fighting in the first place? I never seen them like this before. They used to be such great friends."
"It all started when they went to find some new caves to live in, but they all find the same cave they want to live in. And they've been arguing since then."
"Okay, so Diego, Shira, Manny and Ellie argued over who wants to live in a cave they find, so you let them stay here with you, Sid and the kids?"
"Yes. Sid is out cave hunting. I tried everything I could to get them to stop arguing. I tried group therapy, yoga, meditation, I invented some games for them to play and then ice hockey, but alas, they just won't stop fighting. I don't know what to do. I'm all out of ideas now." She sits down on the floor.
"I think I can you help you with your problem." Cheril said.
"Really? You're saying you can help me?" Brooke asked.
"Of course I'll help you. I got an idea. Go gather our friends outside to play some games that can help them get along and forget about their arguments."
"Oh goody," Brooke gets up off the floor, "What certain game did you have in mind?"
Outside, Brooke and Cheril get Manny and Diego to play ping-pong while Ellie and Shira watch. "Ping-pong is fun. Brooke, serve."
Brooke throws the ball at Manny who hits the ball at Diego, who hits it hard and causes Manny to miss.
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah!"
They both hit the ball faster as the others all watch.
"Well, they are playing together," Brooke said, "Do you think they're having fun?"
"Not sure." Cheril said.
"Diego is totally gonna roast that fat husband of yours." Shira told Ellie.
"No he isn't. It's Manny who's gonna win." Ellie said.
"You're wrong. Diego is going to win."
"No. Manny is."
"It's Diego!"
The two wives argue over which of their husband would win. Manny and Diego continue whacking the ball like crazy. Brooke and Cheril both look back and forth as if they're at a tennis match, which technically they are, and the two get dizzy and faint. The ball disappears.
"Who won?" the two wives asked.
"I don't know." Diego said catching his breath.
"Me neither. The ball must've disappeared or something." Manny said, who's also catching his breath. Brooke and Cheril both get up.
"Do you have any other ideas?" Brooke asked.
"How about miniature golf?" Cheril suggested.
The mammals are now at a miniature golf course. Shira hits the ball really hard and it heads towards Brooke and Cheril.
"I think they're having fun." Brooke said.
They both see the ball heading their way. The two scream and duck as the ball hits some course obstacles and knocks them down, including a lamppost. It also knocks over a windmill as the windmill starts flying out of control. Everyone runs away screaming in fear. The windmill knocks over a giant golf ball and it rolls to the hole.
"That counts. Hole in one." Shira said.
"No it doesn't." Manny said.
"Yes it does."
"I'm with Shira on this, she technically won." Diego said.
"That doesn't count at all." Ellie said.
"Does too!" The two sabers said to the mammoths.
"Does not!" The two mammoths said.
Brooke and Cheril both sigh and then they hear someone clearing throat behind them. They turn around to see a male sloth, who is the owner of mini-golf course.
"Excuse me, ladies. I'm going to have to ask you and your friends to leave." The owner said.
So the mammals all leave as the two couples are still arguing.
"Any more ideas, Cheril?" Brooke asked.
"I know!" Cheril said. Back at the sloth cave, the mammals are all sitting down playing cards. "What's more fun than cards?"
"Does anyone have any 6's?" Shira asked.
"No. Go fish!" Manny said.
"Go fish yourself!" Shira shouted and angrily throws the cards all over the place.
Brooke looks at Cheril. "So, do you have anymore ideas?"
"I hate to say it but no. I'm pretty much stumped now. I can't think of anything to get these guys to stop fighting, so I give up."
"It's okay. I give up too."
"I have to go now. Bye Brooke. I hope you somehow find a way for the mammoths and sabers to get along again." Cheril leaves the sloths' cave.
"Bye Cheril." Brooke said. She sighs again as the four mammals argue again. She just doesn't know what to do with her mammal friends right now.
On night 7, Brooke is sitting in bed looking at a cave drawing story. It's about a female sloth who travels upon a mountain to find her lost love. She sighs as Sid comes home covered in dirt and scratches. He was becoming angry at that point.
"I've literally found nothing." He said.
"Still no luck?" Brooke asked.
"No matter where I go, no matter what cave I find, they all look like they've been attacked by fire and infested with rodents. I even had a baby rat that thought I was its' mother." Sid pauses to hear the mammoths and sabers yelling at each other. "Brooke, I can't take this anymore. I can't find anything suitable for those knuckleheads to live in. And they can't live here."
"So what are you saying? We should just kick them out?"
"It's better than having to listen to them fight."
"Well, if you want them to leave, then go tell them that."
"Oh, this wasn't my idea. You let them stay here, so you can throw them out."
"Sid, just give me one more day."
"I've given you the last six days and you still haven't made any progress."
"Just give me this chance. I have a plan. You're not gonna like it, but it's a plan nonetheless."
"Okay, what is it?" Sid sighed.
Brooke begins whispering the plan to Sid. He didn't like it, but he would do anything to have his home back so he went along with it. They went to bed, preparing for tomorrow.
NEXT SCENE
The next morning, Sid and Brooke wake up to see the mammoths and sabers eating breakfast. Nobody was speaking a word. They were all trying to ignore each other at that point. Sid sat down at the table with the kids while Brooke got breakfast ready for her family.
"Good morning. How are you all doing?" Sid asked the four mammals, but none of them said a word.
Diego was trying to reach for the last apple, but Manny snatched it before the male saber could even get his hands on it.
"You took that last apple on purpose!" He said to the mammoth.
"Why do you wanna eat one anyway?" Manny asked the saber, "Sabers don't even like apples so there's no reason to to have a fuss about it."
Diego growls angrilly as Shira puts her paw on his shoulder.
"Just let it go, Diego." She told him.
"Shira, there's no use calming him down since sabers are so stubborn." Ellie said.
"You're the stubborn one!" Shira said back to Ellie.
Once again, another argument comes up. The arguing turns into yelling, but they started yelling so loud that Stephen and Rose started crying. They were tired of all the fighting. Sid took them away from the table to calm them down. He nodded at Brooke before she nodded back to Sid.
"Stop!" Brooke shouted, everyone stares at her. "I have tried and tried to make you four get along, but it seems as though you don't want my help."
"Brooke, that's not true. We know you're trying to help us." Ellie said.
"Then what's the point of continuing the fighting?"
"Because the mammoths won't give us what we want." Diego said.
"We found it first!" Manny said.
"Hey! This has gone on long enough! I'm through trying to help you all settle your differences! Until you all start getting along, you can live here without me and my family!"
"Brooke, don't do this." Shira said.
"Too late. My mind is made up. Get the bags, Sid."
"Bags?" Manny asked.
"Come on, Brooke. Don't make us chase you out of your own house." said Ellie.
"It's your fault." Shira said, pointing at Ellie.
"How is it my fault?"
"Now you see why I've given up. Until you four can settle your differences, you can have the cave to yourselves!" The sloths leave the cave, smiling to themselves. Everything was going as planned.
"We can all agree that this is the sabers' fault." said Manny.
"Our fault?" Diego asked.
"You're the ones that started up all the fights in the first place. Seeing who should have the cave. Seeing who was better. I have the right mind to throw you both off a cliff."
"You can throw me off a cliff if you want, but my wife remains standing."
"I'd rather get eaten by sharks than live without you, babe." Shira told her husband.
"Okay, we'll feed you to the sharks and throw Diego off a cliff." said Ellie.
"Since when did you start becoming violent?" Shira asked.
"Since we started this herd. I've been doing my best to help protect everybody."
"Well so have I."
"Well, Ellie's been doing a much better job than you have." Manny said.
"My wife is better than your wife and you know it, Manny." Diego said.
"Well, Manny's better than you." Ellie said.
"Oh, Diego is way better than fatty here." Shira said.
"You see? This is the reason why we're fighting. We all think that we're better than others and the others think their better." Manny said.
"This is starting to get old." said Diego.
"Well you started it." said Ellie.
"Well then you guys finish it." Shira told them.
"We certainly will." Manny grabs some rock and chalk and draws a line to seperate them. "This is our side. You stay on your side."
Later that day, Diego and Shira end up getting hungry, so they started making their way to the kitchen to get something to eat. They had forgotten about the line and looked around to make sure Manny and Ellie weren't around to catch them crossing into their side of the cave. Unfortunately, they were caught.
"Where do you think you guys are going?" Manny asked.
"We got hungry, so we thought we cross the line to get something to eat." Diego said.
"Sorry, but this is our side of the cave. You want food, go hunt for it outside." Ellie said.
"And leave you guys here so you can eat all the food and luxurious items? Not gonna happen. Now move your big fat butts out of the way." Shira said.
"This is our side of the cave." Manny said.
"So you're just gonna let us starve to death?" Diego asked.
"I would care less if you just went ahead and dropped dead."
"That's it!" Diego has had enough as he roars and pounces on Manny and starts attacking him. Manny swings his trunk around everywhere while Diego kept trying to claw him. Manny's trunk soon hits Shira, who scratches what she thought was Manny's face. It turned out to be Ellie's. The female mammoth slapped Shira in the face, but the female saber snarls and climbs up and starts pulling Ellie's hair while meowing like an angry cat. This dispute between the four of them continued for a few minutes until Ellie swung Shira off her.
"Everyone stop! This fight is pointless! We need to call it off!" she said to the others.
They saw that while they were fighting, they made a huge mess of the cave. Pictures were hanging off the wall, vases were shattered all over the floor, cloth covering cushions were torn and scattered everywhere. The four started cleaning up the mess they had caused. The three tried to speak, but Ellie stops them before any of them could say a word.
"There's no point in arguing so we should just concentrate on cleaning up the place." The four mammals continue to clean up the cave. They continue hating each other for a while.
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A few hours have past after the fight. After Shira and Ellie finish cleaning up the place, they find Diego and Manny watching a movie on the show hole. Diego is lying on the floor while Manny is sitting on the couch. The girls join them, Shira lying next to her husband and Ellie sitting next to hers. They're silent throughout the whole movie. After it ends, they all start discussing about the movie show. It's about a kung fu rattlesnake who is getting back at the government for trying to sabotage the island. Manny and Diego begin discussing about what a government was while Shira and Ellie discuss about how handsome that rattlesnake actor was.
Later that evening, Ellie and Shira had made dinner. They made a salad with a side of fruit salad, fish scales for the sabers, and mango juice as their beverage. They get to talking about some of the gossip and rumors going on in Switchback Cove.
"I kept hearing my friend Thomas talking about how this sloth guy named Nathan is talking about buying another bank on the island." Manny said.
"Another one? The guy's rich enough as it is." Diego said.
"He's also greedy. He'll do anything in order to make some money."
"Well, I heard from my friend Betty that his girlfriend that he's been dating the past year dumped him." Ellie said.
"Why shouldn't she? He spends more time with his money than he does with the girls he dates. How many girls has he dated, though?" Shira asked.
"Counting that one girl that just dumped him, I say about fourteen."
"Fourteen? That guy keeps a dollar longer than he keeps a woman." said Diego.
"You got that right." said Manny.
After dinner, they wash up and sleep soundly throughout the night. The next morning, they wake up and have some breakfast, which was jam, eggs for the sabers and fruit.
"As I speak for myself and all of you here, me and Ellie would like to apologize. We were so stubborn about cave hunting." Manny said.
"We should be the ones to apologize. It was mine and Shira's fault for causing the arguments to happen in the first place." Diego said.
They all saw that they caused a ruckus, and what's worse, they chased Brooke and her family out of their own house.
"We need to find Brooke and Sid and apologize to them." Ellie suggested, so they all make their way out to find the sloths.
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The two couples go out to look for the sloths until they come across a big cave, bigger than any other cave they ever seen.
"Wow. This cave is double the size than most of the ones we've seen." Shira said.
The four mammals look through the window and see Sid and Brooke, holding Stephen and Rose on their laps, sitting on the couch looking at the show hole.
"Come on. Let's go." Ellie told as she and the others go to the door. She knocks on the door and the two sloths after setting the kids down on the floor goes to door. Brooke opens it to see the four mammals standing there.
"Uh, hi." Manny greeted.
"How's it going?" Diego asked the two sloths.
"Oh, nothing really. We're doing just fine. Thank you for asking." Brooke said.
"What are you guys doing here?" Sid asked.
"We've been looking for you guys." Shira said.
"We've came here to apologize." Ellie said. "We're really sorry for fighting too much. We not only caused a ruckus for ourselves, but for you and your family. We should've been more respectful and followed your advice on trying not to get each other killed."
"Yeah, we feel just terrible for driving you out of your own house." Shira said.
"I'm feeling like a real heel right now." Diego said.
"We're really sorry, Brooke, Sid. Will you forgive us?" Manny asked.
"Sure." Sid nodded.
"Apology accepted, dear friends." Brooke said.
The sloth couple has forgiven the four couples and they both see that the four mammals are looking around the big cave in an interested way.
"This place is huge," Manny said, "There's so much room in here. Wide open spaces and plenty of rooms."
"I feel like I'm in a mansion," Ellie said, "I can already tell which room is which. I think the kitchen and dining room should be the left rooms."
"That room over there on the far right could be the bathroom," Shira said, "It's closer to those three rooms over there."
"The doorway to the room on the left is smaller than the room on the right," Diego said, "I think the right room would be too big for Shira and I."
"We call the left room." said Shira.
"We call the right." said Manny.
"Guys, we can't just take the place. We took Brooke and Sid's home away from them." Ellie told the others.
"No you didn't. It was all a test." Brooke said.
"A test?" Shira asked.
"Yes. I thought that if you four were left alone in the same place for a while, you would finally get along. And you did. It did work, right?"
"It sure did, Brooke." Manny said.
"You are a miracle worker." Ellie told Brooke.
"We've said it before and we'll say it again. We're lucky to have you in the herd." Shira said, patting Brooke's head.
Brooke smiled, happy to know her friends finally made up with each other. "Every time feels like the first time."
"Can we still have this place, though?" Diego asked.
Brooke chuckled. "Yes, you can still have the place."
The sloths moved out and the mammoths and sabers moved in. Now that they were no longer arguing, they can live under the same roof.
NEXT SCENE
The next evening, the sabers and mammoths were having dinner inside their new cave. A lot of commotion is going on between them. They had invited Sid, Brooke, Stephen and Rose to have dinner with them as well as Snow Belle, Laurence, Junior, Stripes, Peaches and Julian. Louis and Bethany along with their baby son, John joined them. Along with the two humans Cheril and Roshan. Crash and Eddie came too, as the two hang upside down eating grapes. Granny Gladys, Earnest, Teddy and Terrie come over too to enjoy dinner. Buck swings a vine through the window and joins the herd. Shira's brother Ricardo arrives late and was the last one to arrive at the table. Needless to say, the entire family joined in. The four mammals all tell the others how they discovered the cave and how they've been arguing over the past few days and everyone else is pretty shocked to hear that they nearly killed each other, especially their children.
"Gee, Mom and Dad. I can't believe you two were in a fight with Uncle Manny and Aunt Ellie." Junior said.
"Yeah, you literally tried to maim each other. I for one am truly shocked." Stripes said.
"Yeah. I mean, gosh, I can't believe you guys were all arguing up to the point you snap and attack each other." Laurence said. "Haven't you all heard of hospitality?"
"Laurence, can we drop the subject now?" Diego asked. "You've been talking about the same thing since dinner started.
"Well, I was hoping you'd learn some respect."
"I think we have, Laurence." Shira said.
"Well, I'm glad to hear that you and your husband patched things up with the mammoths." Ricardo said to his sister.
"Uncle Ricardo's right." Snow Belle said, "Not only you guys are friends again, but you can all now live under the same roof."
"We sure can, sweetie." Shira said, "We will never argue with each other again."
"I hope so." Peaches said, "I don't know what would become of us if you kept fighting."
"This goes out to Manny, Ellie, Shira and Diego." Julian said raising his cup in the air. "May we all wish you the best of luck right here in your new home."
"Yeah!" Everyone said while holding their cups in the air.
They all eat dinner and celebrate. Like they always say: There's no place like home. All's well that ends well.
The End
Voice cast:
Queen Latifah as Ellie
Jessie J as Brooke
Jennifer Lopez as Shira
Ray Romano as Manny
John Leguizamo as Sid
Denis Leary as Diego
Victoria Justice as Cheril
Kirby Morrow as Junior
Michael Adamthwaite as Stripes
Drake Bell as Laurence
Selena Gomez as Snow Belle
Keke Palmer as Peaches
Adam DeVine as Julian
Antonio Banderas as Ricardo
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