This has been on my mind since I've seen 'Ice Age: Continental Drift' and I had an imagination for this one as to what if Diego had a long-lost brother...who's also raised by wolves his whole life. I hope you guys enjoy it! Takes place a few months after the events of 'Ice Age 4'.

Saber Wolf

by: Terrell James

Chapter 1: Personal Quest

Early late afternoon somewhere in the Ice Age, a young saber-toothed tiger; dark blue eyes, weighs at 78 pounds, orange and black fur; is standing on the edge of a cliff, looking over at the ocean, just all alone in a quiet space of his own where no one else can interrupt him, like he's in a pretty good space in his life.

"Yo, Braxton!"

He turns around and sees a few of his brothers; all wolves coming towards him being energetic towards the tiger, which made him react the same way they are and he said, "Sup, bros?"

"Daydreaming again, ain't ya?" one grey wolf asked.

Braxton rolled his eyes at that response, then scoffed at him and said, "What do you think, Ravi?"

Ravi snickers at Braxton for a while and then comes to him and placed him on a headlock and said, "You're such a weird tiger, man!"

Braxton grunts for a while and after Ravi lets go of him, Braxton shook his head and said, "I may be weird, but at least I'm a classy weirdo."

"Oh, and I'm not classy?" asked Ravi.

"More like assy classy." Braxton added.

The other wolves howled with laughter after Braxton made that little wordplay reversable point and one white wolf exclaimed, "You got burned!"

"Well played, Braxton. Well played." Ravi snorted.

Braxton smirks at his wolf brother at this and he said, "You always told me to bring your A-game and I brought it."

"Yeah, but when it comes to girls, you have no game." Ravi said, smirking back at him.

Braxton rolled his eyes at Ravi for that particular comment on failing to impress the girls and he said, "I show off. That doesn't count."

"But you make a fool of yourself. It kinda makes it hard for them to give them what they might want from them." Ravi added.

"Not my fault."

One black wolf comes in between the two brothers and he said to them, "All right...Ravi and Braxton, can we like forget about girls for one minute? Braxton, mom wants you."

That perked up Braxton's ears a little bit and said, "What does she want?"

"Probably to cuddle up for some milk." Ravi pointed out.

The black wolf glared at Ravi and then placed his hindquarters to his face to get him to stop talking and Braxton looks at Ravi and said, "Sucks to be you, dude."

Braxton walks away while Ravi started to muffle in protest to tell his brother to get off of him while the black wolf lets out a small laugh and then he gets off and all Ravi could do is let out a big exhale of fresh air and said, "You butt stinks, dude!"

"No kidding. I almost wanted to dump on you." the black wolf said, with a smirk.

Ravi felt completely disgusted by what he just mentioned and he said, "That's really messed up, Munk."

Later on, Braxton walks over to his wolf mother; a grey wolf with black stripes and weighs in at 57 pounds, dark brown eyes; and he comes closer to her as he went beside her and said, "You wanted to see me, mom?"

His mother turns around and sees her only tiger son standing there and she lets out a smile and nuzzled him a little, making Braxton purr a little bit and she said, "How are you, son?"

"Just fine, I guess. Despite me and Ravi are going at each other again." Braxton answered.

She looks at Braxton in the eye for a minute and she lets out her little concerned face, which Braxton already figured it out for himself whenever something's wrong or if there's something that she wants to tell him, but wouldn't know how he would react and he said, "What's wrong this time?"

"There's something that I think I should tell you." his mother added.

"Are you having puppies again?" asked Braxton.

"No. I've already gave birth to your new brothers and sisters a month ago." his mother replied.

"Oh, thank goodness. Because I don't think I could handle having more little brothers or sisters other than the ones that really bug me." Braxton replied.

Then, his mother looked at Braxton in the eye and he was ready to brace himself for what's happening and he said, "Remember a few years ago when you told me where you came from?"

"Uh-huh. You told me that you found me deep in the snow when I was a baby cub and took me in as a part of the family. The only tiger that's raised by wolves while other sabers are extinct." Braxton replied.

"Actually...that part's not really true." his mother replied.

That sorta surprised Braxton and he widened his eyes after hearing what his mother just told him that all sabers are not extinct. He then looked at her and asked, "What?"

She looked down on the ground, a little nervous that she had hidden the truth from Braxton as he didn't want him to know until he was sure and Braxton said, "Mom...what are you saying?"

"The thing is...your birth mother gave you up after you were born because she was being threatened by this gang of other wolves. They were going after you and your mother and she tried her best to keep you safe, but with them close on her tail...it became much harder for her because she had no other options. So...she felt like the only thing she had to do is give you up. It wasn't because she didn't love you or that she didn't care about you, but it's because she would rather give up her life for you rather than watch you get killed. She died after that and I took you in as my son." she replied.

Braxton was almost speechless because he had always felt like he was the only tiger in a family of wolves and how he lived with them his whole life without even knowing the full story and he lets out a sharp exhale and then looked at her in the eye and asked, "Why didn't you tell me this?"

"You were too young to remember." she stated.

"You know, my whole life...I always felt like I was the only living saber-toothed tiger after their extinction. Are you saying there's more still alive?" asked Braxton.

"There might be...but I don't know."

Braxton lets out a deep sigh and blinked his eyes twice and then looks at his mother again and he walks up to her and said, "Maybe I can find out for myself."

His mother was a little surprised and a little worried about Braxton's choice he just made and she said, "You know how much I worry about you, Braxton. Ever since you were a little tiger cub, I would hold you in my paws and you said that you'd never let go no matter what."

He could see that his wolf mother was worried for Braxton's safety and they were never apart from each other and he came close to her and nuzzled her softly and said, "I also told you that you'll always be my mother no matter what and I always appreciate you taking me in. And for accepting my weirdness."

"Oh, Braxie...you're not weird. You've very unique." she said, rubbing his head.

Braxton smiled at his mother for that compliment that he's heard for years, but has always felt really weird to everyone else and he said, "Thanks, mom."

Later on, Braxton explains to his wolf brothers and sisters about what he told his mom about his past life and they were pretty surprised and shocked to hear this as they never knew that much about it before. Ravi was the most surprised out of all of them and he said, "Man, Brax...that's rough."

"I know. It just kinda made me think like...am I really the only surviving saber left?" asked Braxton.

"Was she serious?" asked another wolf.

"Yep."

"Man, are you okay?" asked Munk.

Braxton blinked his eyes for a second and he said, "I guess. But you know, I think I'll be fine. I just gotta know for myself."

One female wolf looked at Braxton in the eye and she asked, "You really think you can find one saber toothed tiger around these parts?"

"You know that I can do anything, Sabra. Even finding some gazelles so quick that you'd learn how to chase and eat them." Braxton said.

Sabra lets out a sarcastic smirk at her tiger brother and said, "Overachiever."

"Eh, whatever..."

"I don't know, Brax. Are you really able to do this?" asked Ravi.

Braxton sighed at this and was deep in thought at that particular question and he said, "I don't know yet...but my stomach tells me I should. I just gotta know."

What did you guys think so far? Originally, it was either gonna be Travis or Rex, but I came up with Braxton because it might fit. Next up, Diego!