Manny, Diego, and Sid were tracking through snow in their usual manner. Sid talking endlessly, leaving Manny and Diego to try and ignore him or throw in some 'shut ups'. Sid was going on about a 'funny' story when he went migrating, babbling about rhinos and dung beetles and other seemingly pointless stuff. Diego had his ears laid flat against his skull in irritation, grumbling under his breath when he stopped. Sid noticed first and stopped talking long enough to turn around and look at Diego. Manny turned around shortly after knowing something must be wrong if Sid had stopped talking. Many looked first at Sid then to Diego. Seeing Diego's scrunched up eyebrows Manny walked a few steps back over to Diego.

"Hey, you alright?"

Diego snapped out of what ever he was concentrating on and looked at Manny "I smell blood…a lot of it"

"Where from?" Manny asked all business. If there was blood someone must have caused it to spill.

Diego didn't answer right away but did after a minute of quiet "a few yards in front of us"

Manny turned and looked but saw nothing that looked threatening.

"You sure about that, Tiger?" Sid questioned, also seeing nothing

"Yes I'm sure." Diego hissed, getting close to Sid's face, his teeth bared slightly. He waited until Sid backed away from him before walking forward, his face close to the floor. Manny and Sid followed behind their friend, wondering if Diego was losing his mind. They continued to walk for about three minutes before Diego came to a stop.

"Here!" he was looking at a mound of snow.

"That's just a pile of snow" Manny stated dryly

Diego ignored him and started to brush the snow out of the away with a paw. As the pile lessened, the snow started to turn pink. Seeing this Diego pushed the remaining pile away and froze at what he saw. Sid and Manny noticing Diego stop came up beside him and looked. Sid gasped dramatically while Manny looked taken a back.

"Is…is she still alive?" Manny asked staring down at the Saber Tooth covered in blood.

"How can she? Look at her wounds." Diego said eyes glued to the carcass. Manny placed his trunk over the Saber's chest and waited, trying to feel a heart beat. He only had to wait 30 seconds before he felt a small, fible drum.

"She's still alive!" Manny wrapped his trunk around the Saber as gently as he could and placed her in front of his feet.

"What do we do?" Sid asked in a panicked voice. Manny turned to Diego and Sid.

"Go get wood."

They nodded and ran off. As they went Manny checked the Saber's wounds to see if they were still bleeding. They weren't. Some still looked a little moist but for the most part the were scabbed over. Manny lay down and wrapped his trunk around the Saber's unusually slim body. Trying to warm her up. Manny looked down at the Saber. Eyebrows pulled together. The patches of her fur that were visible were a light almost white sandy brown which was matted together with dry blood and dirt. Manny knew that Sabers weren't the biggest mammals around but most wouldn't mess with them and this Saber's wounds were too many to say that she just fell. Manny looked up at the sound of running paws and saw Diego with a mouth full of wood and Sid holding two rocks so he could make the fire. The two of the hurriedly set the wood up and within no time a small flame was going. Manny moved closer to the fire and place the Saber down as close to it without her catching on fire.

"What do we do?" Diego asked quietly repeating what Sid asked earlier, his ears flat against his head but for a different reason this time.

"Wait and see if she pulls through." Manny told him, lying back down. Diego and Sid followed suit and sat down.

"I wonder where she came from." Sid asked no one in particular but then he looked at his two friends "where's her pack?"

No one answered but they were all wondering the same thing. They seemed to be wondering a lot about the pale Saber. Where'd she come from? How'd she get hurt? Why didn't her pack help her? Where was her pack? Sabers rarely traveled alone. The three didn't talk, not even Sid, but instead just watched the Saber.

The sun had already set and the moon was up before they saw any difference in the Saber. First her nose twitched and then she started making low, breathy growls scaring Sid. She continued growling for a few minutes, her paws starting to kick as well before she suddenly sprang to her paws with a defying roar. The three jumped up and backed away slightly, staring at the female Saber warily waiting for her to attack. But they didn't need to worry since just as quick as she was up, she was down. She hit the floor with an 'umprf' and looked at the Mammoth, Saber toothed cat, and Sloth in front of her. Seeing that they weren't the ones after her she relaxed. She looked at them apologetically, her ears flat.

"Sorry I thought you were someone else." Her voice was surprisingly clear and strong, considering her state. Before they could say anything though she got back up on her paws, her whole body shaking.

"h-hey wait you should rest" Manny told the female. She just smiled and forced her body to stop shaking.

"It's ok. I'm fine. Thank you for taking care of me but I'll be leaving. Sorry for burdening you." She said as she started to walk away. She took five steps before falling. She growled.

"You shouldn't be walking. My names Sid." He told her, running in front of her with a bright smile. She brought her head back slightly in surprise.

"What's your name?"

She blinked "I'm Kyra." She said slowly.

"That's Manny and Diego." Sid said pointing over to the Mammoth and Saber tooth cat. Kyra turned her head and dipped her head in greeting before looking back at Sid

"Where'd you come from?"

"From the south."

"Where's your pack"

She tensed slightly but no one seemed to notice

"not with me."

"how'd you get so hurt?"

She tensed even farther, catching Manny's and Diego's attention.

"Ok enough questions." Manny said giving Sid a stern look. Relief flashed across Kyra's face as she once again tried to get up. Manny gently pushed on her back though making her lay back down.

"And you rest."

She stared up at Manny before cracking a grin "kind of hard to argue with a ten ton furry monster." The way she said it wasn't insulting so it caused Manny and the rest to grin back. They all positioned themselves in front of the fire and settled down for sleep. Everyone except Kyra. She stared into the flames and thought. She would rest for today and then leave. The sooner the better. That way no one would get hurt.