Disclaimer: I do not own Ice Age. Ice Age is owned by Twentieth Century Fox. All dialogue taken from the movie will be in bold.

Summary: What if Manny and Sid missed the humans at Glacier Pass? This is my re-write of the reunion scene in Ice Age and of Ice Age 2: The Meltdown if Roshan/Pinky had still been with the herd.

A/N: I am going to call the baby Pinky because Manny, Diego and Sid didn't know his real name and by the time Roshan has learnt to speak he's probably forgotten. That dealt with on with the story!

Prologue: Reunion

Manny, who is carrying Pinky, and Sid walk through Half Peak having just left Diego after his fight with Soto.

The scene changes and Glacier Pass comes into view. Runar is walking behind the rest of his tribe grieving the loss of his wife and son. He stops and turns around but the entrance to the pass is empty. This seems to be when Runar accepts that his son is dead. He walks to a small mound of snow and gently places the tie that had tied his son's blankets on to the snow. Runar sighs in sadness and stands to return to the group. He walks slowly away from Glacier Pass and out of sight.

With Pinky's 'grave' in the foreground, Manny appears with Sid walking beside him and Pinky riding on Manny's shoulders. The two animals stop when they reach the 'grave'.

'We've missed them,' realises Sid.

Manny doesn't reply but walks to the other side of Glacier Pass.

'I can't see them anywhere, they must have left hours ago,' said Manny.

He turns round and goes back over to Sid, using his trunk to put Pinky on the ground.

'There's no way we can find them now. Neither of us are trackers and even Diego the uber-tracker said it would be impossible once the humans got through here,' continues Manny.

Both animals are silent for a moment as they remember their fallen friend.

'What are we going to do, Manny?' asks Sid.

At that moment Pinky stumbles and Manny automatically steadies Pinky with his trunk. Pinky looks at Manny with such a look of complete trust and love that Manny feels his heart melt. In a moment of what Manny is sure is complete madness he answers Sid's question.

'We're going to bring him up. Pinky will be our son.'

'You hear that Pinky, I'm your new Daddy,' gushes Sid.

Manny just rolls his eyes as he picks Pinky up and settles him back on his shoulders. Suddenly, a voice behind them makes the three turn. Diego limps into view with a smile on his face.

'Poor kid,' teases Diego.

'Diego? You're OK!' cheers Sid as he runs over to Diego.

'Nine lives, baby,' he says.

'Yay! You're OK.' Sid continues to cheer as he tackles Diego in a hug and rubs the top of his head hard, 'You're OK.'

'Argh!' gasps Diego as Sid punches him.

'I could kiss ya.' Declares Sid before doing just that, ignoring Diego's attempts to get away.

'Yuck, yuck.' As soon as Sid realises what he is doing he starts to spit and wipe his tongue in an attempt to get rid of Diego's taste.

'Welcome back, partner. Wanna lift?' Manny offers while ignoring their friend's antics, 'Sid can carry Pinky.'

'No thanks,' replies Diego, 'I gotta save whatever dignity I've got left.'

Sid is about to reply when the sound of crying pierces the air. Immediately Manny puts Pinky on the ground so the three new fathers can work together to calm their baby down. Pinky instantly toddles over to Diego and clutches at Diego's leg in a vice-like grip. At once Pinky's cries die down.

'Hey kid, it's good to see you too,' said Diego a little awkwardly.

Manny attempts to pick Pinky up again but Pinky won't have it. Immediately he starts to cry again.

'I think someone's glad to see you,' Sid says to Diego.

'This is hopeless. How are we going to head south if Pinky refuses to be carried,' said Manny.

'I could carry him,' offers Diego, 'he can still hold on to me and we can migrate. Who cares if there's not much dignity in a sabre-toothed tiger giving a human baby a pony-ride?'

'You're hanging out with us. Dignity's got nothing to do with it.' Sid points out before adding to Manny, 'I'll take that lift.'

'Yeah, climb aboard.' Manny answers.

He picks Pinky up and places him carefully on to Diego's shoulders. Of course as soon as Pinky feels himself being picked up he starts to cry again. Until that is, he realises its Diego's back he is now sitting on. Not Manny's back or Sid's arms. As soon as Pinky realises this he starts to coo happily.

'Pick me up, buddy.' Sid instructs Manny.

Manny happily assists Sid up on to his back, happy to be part of a happy, if not slightly strange herd again.

'Yee-ha, mush!' Sid directs before he notices Manny's annoyed look and hastily adds, 'Or … not mush. Either way.'

Manny and Diego shake their heads fondly at Sid's performance. Before heading out of Glacier Pass.

'This is gonna be the best migration ever.' Sid declares, 'I'll show you my favourite watering holes. I turn brown when the fungus on my fur dries. I bet you'll love seeing that won't you Pinky?'

Pinky merely coos softly and buries his little hands further into Diego's warm fur.

'Attractive!' Manny responds before adding to Diego, 'he's going to be a bad role model. I can tell already.'

Diego just snorts softly, revelling in the feeling of the light weight on his shoulder blades, wondering how he could ever have thought of trying to kill this little boy and marvelling at the trust and love that Pinky clearly feels for him.

'This whole Ice age thing is getting old.' Announces Sid, 'you know what I could go for? Global warming.'

'Keep dreamin'.' Diego replies.

'No, really … 'Sid insists, 'and I could teach Pinky how to swim then.'

'Now there's a nightmare,' interjects Manny.

'Definitely.' Diego agrees. A chill running down his spine at the thought of this precious child anywhere near water. Not that he needs to worry, Diego reminds himself. Like this ice would ever melt.

A/N: So what did you think? Did you enjoy it? (I hope you did). Were the parts I added in character? What's it like in present tense? Would it be better in the past tense? What about the format? Do you like it in a story format or would a script format be better? Please let me know how you feel! Reviews are appreciated and constructive criticism is welcomed. Please don't leave flames though, flames make me feel depressed and in a bad mood where I don't want to do any writing. Hopefully the first scene of Ice Age 2 will be up soon.