Author's note : This is my first fanfic so it might not be very good but I tried my best. This fanfic takes place right after the Meltdown.
Disclaimer: All characters you have heard of belong to Blue Sky Studios. All fan-characters you have never heard of belong to me.
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1. Snowpossums
Everything was normal with the herd; Sid was still annoying; Manny and Ellie were together and Diego hadn't fallen in love yet. The only difference was that Crash and Eddie could now cause chaos with fire such as trying to light a tree or trying to light Diego's tail which didn't go too well for them.
They were staying in this large cave next to a daisy field, a waterhole and a forest. It had nice Sid-the-sloth-made-designs which told everyone it was theirs. It was perfect and there weren't any carnivorous packs. Sometimes Diego missed having saber company though he never told anyone. His memories from his old pack weren't fond ones but it was still a sacrifice to be away from his specie even though he knew it was for the best.
''Manny are you coming?'' asked Diego looking back at his large friend.
''Yes. Just wait a minute,'' said Manny locking trunks with Ellie. Diego groaned but Sid smiled happily and clasped his hands together.
''It's soooo romantic,'' said Sid. Diego rolled his eyes but inside he was happy for his friend.
''Ellie are you okay staying here by yourself?'' asked Manny.
''Yes baby just get some food and relax. I'll be fine,'' said Ellie and they locked trunks again.
''Hurry up Manny,'' called Diego. Manny let go of Ellie and ran to Sid and Diego who was smirking.
''What?'' asked Manny.
''You are so obviously in love with her. Why don't you ask her,'' said Diego.
''Ask what?'' asked Sid.
''A question,'' answered Diego.
''What question?'' asked Sid who was lost.
''What do you think Manny would ask Ellie? '' asked Diego. Sid stared at Diego with his mouth open thinking.
''Are you going to eat that,'' tried Sid. Manny and Diego stared at him.
''No. Listen and think. What is the hardest question for Manny to ask Ellie,'' said Diego. Tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock.
''Oh now I get you. Manny ask Ellie to be his mate,'' said Sid loudly. Manny grabbed him with his trunk. They all looked back to see if Ellie had heard but she was too far away.
''Are you mad yelling that out,'' said Manny panicking.
''Help me,'' said Sid choking.
''Manny calm down. Let go of Sid slowly,'' said Diego. Manny let go of Sid who rubbed his neck gasping for air and ran closer to Diego for protection.
''Why don't you Manny?'' said Sid once he started breathing properly.
''I keep on remembering her last time with the extinction thing,'' said Manny.
''That's because you were rude and insensitive,'' said Sid. Manny glared at him and Sid jumped back.
''She loves you. She won't say no,'' said Diego.
''Do you think so?'' said Manny.
''Yes,'' said Diego smiling at his friend.
''If it weren't for you she would still be a possum,'' said Sid.
''Yeah you helped her with that. Even Sid noticed,'' said Diego. Manny smiled thinking about Ellie as Diego and Sid bickered.
''What do you mean even I noticed? That was an insult wasn't it?''
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''Ellie,'' called Eddie.
''Ellie,'' yelled Crash.
''Huh,'' said Ellie.
''Stop staring at Manny like that,'' said Crash.
''Yeah you are practically drooling,'' said Eddie. Ellie looked away blushing.
''I'm not drooling,'' said Ellie but she still continued watching Manny.
''Ellie,'' called Crash again. No answer. Crash and Eddie sighed and got some snow and threw it at Ellie with a slinger. That had taken hours to make so they were making the most of it.
''Ahhhhhhhhhhh,'' yelled Ellie. The twins high fived each other and started laughing.
''Run!'' yelled Crash as he saw Ellie's trunk aiming for him.
''Ellie breath in and out,'' yelled Eddie.
''We are innocent. Well at least I am,'' shouted Crash.
''Hey,'' said Eddie.
''Come back here,'' yelled Ellie. Crash and Eddie fell over each other in there hurry to run away from Ellie who was trying her best to reach them. Ellie stopped running and looked down panting.
''Slowpoke,'' called Eddie when they were out of her reach.
''Catch me if you can,'' said Crash.
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''Hey Ellie. I missed you,'' said Manny when he got back.
''Oh hello baby. I missed you too,'' said Ellie.
''What is this?'' asked Sid pointing at two huge piles of snow that were just outside the cave. Diego sniffed the snow and sniggered.
''What is that?'' asked Manny. As if answering Diego knocked off a bit of snow revealing Eddie's head. He did the same to the other pile and Crash's head appeared. They looked shocked.
''That was strange,'' said Eddie.
''I didn't know you could do that,'' said Crash.
''I'm learning new things everyday,'' said Ellie looking at Manny who smiled. Manny had taught her that she could use her trunk to shot snow and she had made the most of her lesson.
''You made snowpossums,'' said Sid going into the cave. Ellie and Manny locked trunks romantically gazing into each others eyes. Well they did until Crash and Eddie began to blow kisses at each other. Ellie and Manny let go of each other embarrassed. Diego smirked and Sid began to laugh.
''Stop it,'' said Ellie blushing. The twins groaned as if it was a treat being taken from them.
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That night Manny was staring at Ellie. She was sleeping on the ground next to Manny. It had taken a lot of persuasion from Manny for Ellie to move from her tree but in the end it had happpened. Manny sighed.
''When are you going to stop that so I can sleep?'' asked Diego.
''What?'' asked Manny.
''Sighing,'' said Diego. Manny rolled his eyes but continued looking at Ellie.
''I'm beginning to think Sid is right,'' said Diego.
''About what?'' asked Manny.
''You being afraid of girls,'' said Diego. Manny glared at Diego then sighed.
''Diego you don't understand,'' said Manny.
''Maybe, but I also know that you love her. The only question is do you love her enough to risk it.'' With that Diego layed his head on his paws and shut his eyes. Manny looked at Ellie. Diego was right. He had got this far and he loved Ellie more than anything. She was worth everything, she taught him how to love and how to be loved again.
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It wasn't very good but I promise it will get better. Read and review if you want more.