Author's Note: Hey everyone! Now this is my very first fanfic EVER! so PLEASE be considerate! Reviews are encouraged, even critical ones! Now, I wrote this story c'uz I couldn't find many Diego-meets-other-saber type fics, SO, since my head is full of day dreams anyway, I thought I'd give it a shot. Please everyone, ENJOY! ^^
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the characters from any of the Ice Age movies. All characters from the Ice Age series are solely the property of copyright Bluesky Studios and Fox Entertainment. I only own the OC. Thank you!!
Chapter 1
Manny lifted a fallen trunk from the path, clearing the way for Elli. As he held his trunk out for her, she took it with hers, and he found that he was truly at ease, here under the snowy rocks and trees. Noticing his gaze, Elli looked up at him, eyes innocently questioning.
"What?" she asked.
"Nothing," he said. "Just thinking about how lucky I am. I've got the perfect mate, and the perfect baby."
She smiled up at him.
"Well, while it is nice to be alone now and again…" she drifted off.
"Yeah, I know. We just need Peaches here to make it whole." A worried look crossed his face, and his brows furrowed, "Are you sure we should have left Peaches alone with Sid?" He stopped walking. "'Cause I'm not so sure that it's – "
"They'll be fine," she cut him off warily, before he got started again. "Peaches always has a great time with Sid. And he loves looking after her."
"Yeah, but whenever they've been playing hide-and-seek recently, I don't know if Sid is really playing when he says, 'Where are you? '" He resumed walking again, matching Elli's stride. "I just don't think he should be watching her alone."
"Well that's fine." she said brightly. "Eddie and Crash are with him."
He raised a brow at her comment, as if she had proved his point. "You're right, now I feel much better."
She rolled her eyes at him as they made their way back home. "You're just overreacting. They're great sitters."
As they neared the playground where their herd was most likely to be, they saw Sid scrambling around, while Dash and Eddie climbed up trees or large boulders to look over the snowy ground.
"Peaches? Here little Peaches?" Sid called as he furtively looked behind rocks and around tree trunks.
"Uh-oh," Elli muttered, an anxious expression draping over her face as she spotted no sight of their small little mammoth. They both hurried over to the oblivious sloth.
Hearing they're arrival, Sid let out a surprised yelp, the two possum brothers darting behind him looked up with sheepish smiles with false enthusiasm. "Oh, h-hey Manny! Did, uh, did you have a nice walk?" He gulped nervously, having two towering mammoths glaring down at them all.
Manny's brows furrowed low as he strode over to the sloth, towering over him, murmuring in a deep tone that held both menace and exasperation. "Sid. Where's Peaches?"
End Notes: Yeah, sorry it's so short guys. It was late and I really just wanted you to get a sort of feel for my writing. I should be posting another soon, because I hate having to wait as much as any other totally-obsessed-about-to-kill-that-awesome-writer-who-never-updates fangirl. SOOOOOOOO please R&R. Thanks so much! Keep posted! ^_~
Updated: Also, I've come to realize that this chapter is somewhat "weak" compared to the others (as well as not completely necessary to understand the rest,) but if you didn't really enjoy this chapter, PLEASE try the next chapter! As I've mentioned this is my first chapter of my first fic, and I did get some good advice on improving my writing, so please keep reading, and I hope you'll find that the writing improves! Thanks so much!