Welcome to part 2 of this fanfic sequel.
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Chapter 2: Troubled Heart
It was dawn and it was peaceful until Diego woke up to the sound of crying nearby. He jolted awake to find the wolf holding a sobbing sloth.
"It's okay Sid, you can forget about them." The wolf comforted the sloth.
"But it's true!" Sid said sobbing in the wolf's fur.
After hearing their conversation, Diego walked up to the mammals.
"What'd you do to Sid?" Diego said bearing his fangs.
"Calm down bud. Sid's just going through some...emotional issues. It's a shame you guys don't see it." The wolf replied to saber.
"We have, but Sid told us that he was OK and nothing was wrong with him." The saber explained.
"Oh...h-hey Diego...morning to ya." Sid said as he stopped crying for a bit.
"Are you OK?" He asked worried about his friend.
"I'm fine Diego. *sniff*" He said as he hugged the saber and the saber hugged him back.
The wolf smiles at the moment between the prey and predator and walks away without them noticing.
"Hey guys! Oh and when you guys are finished hugging, Ellie has some news for us." Manny said.
"Fine. Hey where's the wolf?" Diego said looking around the area for him.
"He must've left. That's a little too mysterious for a wolf don'tcha think?" Sid said.
"Uh, yeah, a little TOO mysterious. Anyway let's head back to the others." He said to the sloth.
"Yeah, let's head back." The sloth replied.
Diego and Sid traveled back to the herd where Manny, Ellie, Crash and Eddie are waiting.
"Oh, there you guys are and- huh? Where's the wolf?" Ellie asked them.
"I think he mysteriously vanished like always." Diego explained.
"I think he's a ghost!" Crash replied.
"I hate ghosts!" Eddie replied.
"If he was a ghost, then he wouldn't've touched Sid in the first place." The saber angrily replied.
"Besides, he was real enough to touch." Sid said.
"OK then, everyone we have an announcement." Manny said to the herd.
"Me and Manny...are expecting a child!" Ellie happily announced and the whole herd was surprised in shock.
"Congratulations, you two!" The sloth happily replied.
"Uh, yeah nice going you two. Well done Manny." The saber replied.
"I never thought this would happen." Crash said.
"I wonder if we're gonna have a niece or a nephew?" Eddie asked.
"Probably a nephew, bro." He said.
"I was thinking the same thing." The other possum brother said.
The herd was happy except Sid who was staring at the sky remembering his awful time as child.
=Flashback=
In the forest in the afternoon, a young sloth was sitting at the tree's base where he was picked by every
"What a loser." One animal said about him.
"He's a joke." The other animal said.
Sid was sitting at the base of tree looking the animals walking away. He was tired of being ridiculed by others because of his traits for being clumsy, lispy speeches and etc.
"I'M NOT A JOKE!" Young Sid shouted at the animals and sees his brothers in the group.
"Yeah, right." Young Marshall said to his sibling.
"You're nothing but a pathetic sloth." Young Zack said.
"A disgrace to other sloths elsewhere." Young Bertie added.
"I'M NOT A DISGRACE OR PATHETIC OR ANY OF THOSE THINGS!" Young Sid angrily shouted at his brothers.
"Of course you are one of those things and worse!" Uncle Fungus said coldly to him.
"I'M NOT ANY OF THOSE THINGS!" Young Sid shouted once more at them kneeling on the ground closing his eyes until heard a deep voice.
"Sid? Sid!" Diego's voice echoed through the flashback snapping Sid back to reality.
=Reality=
Back in the regular time, Diego was stilling calling the sloth's name.
"SID!" Diego calls out once more.
"Huh? Wha- Where was...? Oh, hey Diego." Sid said snapping out of his trance looking at Diego.
"Are you OK? It looks like you being possessed by something." He worriedly exclaimed at the sloth.
"Uh...yeah, I think." He said as he puts his hand on his head.
"Are you OK?" He asked him growing concerned.
"Diego, I'm fine." He said faking a smile.
Diego narrows his eyes at the sloth knowing something's wrong.
"Hey guys... Sid are you-?" Manny was cut off by the sloth's reply.
"I'm fine, just fine, thanks for asking." He said avoiding suspicion.
"OK, uh, well we'll be nearby if you if need us OK?" The mammoth said walking back to the others.
"I'll be going too, see ya Sid." The saber said following Manny.
Sid looks at the ground with a depressed look on his face.
"Should I tell them? No, I can't... I'll never tell them about me." The sloth said in his thoughts.
"Having difficulties Siddy?" The wolf said appearing behind him.
"Aah! Don't do that you freak! Sorry." He said to the wolf.
"Meh, it's fine. I want you to come with me for a sec." He said leading the sloth away from the herd.
Sid was led away from the herd about 10 yards away.
"So, what do you want to talk about?" Sid asked the wolf.
The wolf said nothing but chuckled sinisterly.
"Wh-What's so funny?" He nervously asked.
"So gullible...you and your herd." The wolf said darkly towards him.
"Wh-What?" The sloth said confused at the wolf's strange behavior.
"A simple hors d'oeuvre like you couldn't have found out I was trying to eat you." He said darkly again.
"But... you said at Half-Peak that..." He stuttered.
"Heh heh heh, that was just a lie. Honestly, I can't believe you fell for it." He replied.
"You jerk! I knew that you were going to eat me when we met!" The sloth angrily replied back.
"Whatever you say and by the way..." The wolf stopped as he pounces on Sid.
"I'm more than happy to kill you" He said growling.
"Not on the menu!" Sid said as he kicks him off of him.
"Not bad, for a sloth." He said as he lunged at Sid.
Sid dodges the wolf's attack and tackled him to the ground.
"You're not bad for a wolf." The sloth replied.
The wolf kicks the sloth off of him and lunged at him again this time, biting his arm. Sid covered his mouth with his claw to prevent himself from screaming so that the herd won't hear him.
"I thought you were faster." The wolf said with Sid's blood in his mouth.
Sid punches the wolf with his bitten arm and caused him to wince from pain. The wolf attacks again and Sid grabs the wolf's forelegs and threw him aside.
"Whoa, I know it wasn't easy provoking the sloth, but he's gaining a little experience." He said in his thoughts.
The sloth charged at the wolf and he got up and did the same. The wolf crouched down and rammed into Sid's stomach and clawed at his underbelly and chest. Sid was down on the ground and stood up again refusing to back down.
"You're not tired yet?" The wolf said.
"No, are you?" Sid replied.
"Me neither, let go!" He replied back charging towards Sid.
"Yeah, let's!" He said as he also charges towards the wolf.
The two mammals charged towards each other and clashed with the dust surrounding them. As the dust clears, Sid was on the ground in pain and the wolf stood over him in triumph.
"You're a decent fighter Sid." The wolf complemented.
"Thanks, so are you going to eat me now?" Sid said covered in bruises and scratches.
"Heh heh, I lied stupid." He confessed.
"WHAT? You said-" He was cut off from the wolf's reply.
"You really are gullible and funny at the same time." The wolf laughed.
"Gee, thanks. Now maybe I should...arrgh!" The sloth falls back on the ground on pain.
"Hold on." He said as he picks up Sid and chucks him to a nearby snow pile.
"Aaahhh! This stings, like a lot!" The sloth said as slowly gets up from the snow pile.
"Lay back down. If you move more, you'll bleed a lot more." He warned with blood all over his mouth.
"Um, why do you have-" The sloth was cut off from the wolf's response.
"I was lapping up your blood you left." The wolf explained as he licks himself clean and licks the sloth.
"Y-You just-" Sid was cut off again by a paw over his mouth.
"It's fine, just relax man." He said as he continues licking him.
"That feels nice and-" He was cut off by a deep voice.
"And just what the hell do you think you're doing?" Diego said as he walks up to the animals.
"Oh, I was just-" The wolf was cut off from Diego's reply.
"Why do I smell blood? And it's coming from...Sid?" The saber said as rushed over to the sloth lying in the snow.
Diego grabs Sid by the scruff and sees a puddle of underneath him. The saber stares at the sloth who then laughs nervously and turns growling angrily at the wolf.
"What...did...you...do...to...him?" The saber growled menacingly.
"Um, Diego look, I was the one who-" He went silent as the saber shot a murderous look at him.
"Me and Sid was in a scuffle and I sorta went too rough him." The wolf said as he scratches at the back of his head.
"So you heavily injured the sloth?" Manny said as he walks up to the wolf, saber and sloth.
"I know that sloth can fight... but he's not like that, right? Sorry about that Sid." He apologized to the sloth.
"It's fine, thank you. I was wondering when I'm better, let's spar again sometime." Sid said to the wolf.
"Yeah, we should do it again sometime." The wolf said to the sloth.
"Sorry, but I said he's-" Diego was cut off from the wolf's response.
"Stop with the jealousy Diegy. You can try licking the sloth if you want. See ya around guys." The wolf said as he left.
"See ya and it's Di-e-go!" The saber corrected the wolf who just left.
"Hey, it's a nice nickname and I kinda like it." The bull commented.
"Don't push it." He said much to his chagrin.
"Well, my body stopped bleeding and I'll walk back with you guys." Sid getting up from the snow covered pile.
"OK then, let's go." Manny said.
"Yeah." Both Sid and Diego said.
The trio walks to the others and the saber walks too close to the sloth. Sid sees Diego walking too close to him feeling uncomfortable.
"Um, Diego? You're...too close." Sid said he blushes.
"Is that a problem?" Diego said raising a brow at him.
"Oh, no no, it's just...that I...um...uh..." He stuttered as he blushes harder.
"It's OK Sid. I think of you as a…kind sloth." He said as he starts blushing too.
"Yeah and you're a…kind saber." He replied back.
"Uh, thanks...I think." The saber blushes harder.
"And th-thank you buddy." The sloth said nervously still blushing.
"You two could make great couple." Manny joked.
"Huh?" Sid and Diego said shocked.
"I was joking." The bull smirked at them.
"Oh, nice one." They replied as they looked at each other and looked away blushing.
The trio continued walking back to the others while Sid and Diego secretly showing feelings for each other. Manny doesn't seem to mind one bit about his friends' behavior.
The wolf left the herd alone for now. Sid and Diego are secretly expressing their feelings to each other. Speaking of secrets, Sid made a pact to himself that he wouldn't tell the herd his horrible past.
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