Chapter 3

"Peaches!" Called Manny. He was walking around searching for his only child. He found Sid and took him along. Sid was shaking.

"P-P-Peaches?" He said shakily. Manny looked at him.

"What's wrong with you?" He asked. Sid looked at him.

"Was that kid hitting you with a stick again?" Asked Manny. Sid shook his head.

"With his tail, then 17 more kids came!" He said. Manny shook his head in frustration.

"We'll discuss this later. Right now, we have to find Peaches before this... thing gets her first." As he said this, they heard Peaches laughing. They followed the sound of her voice, and saw her coming their way.. Manny and Sid ran up to her.

"Peaches where have you been? There's a thing on the loose and..." Sid said, then he saw the thing beside her.

"Huah!" He screeched, he jumped on Manny's back. Back at the napping place, Diego, Crash, Eddie, and Louis could hear him and they got up and went to where the screaming was coming from, leaving Ellie and Shira sleeping. Sid clung onto Manny's head, still screaming, until Manny slapped him. He calmed down. Manny looked at the thing beside Peaches; Brown fur on top of the head, green eyes, naked on the arms, unknown non furry stuff on the rest of her body... the thing that Mrs T was talking about! Manny pushed the thing away and stood in front of Peaches, with Sid wrapped in his trunk like a weapon. The thing had her back to the tree, clearly terrified.

"Dad! What are you doing?" Said Peaches.

"Protecting you from that... that thing!" He said. Sid bared his teeth at the thing, trying to looked scary... But Sid looked like he was constipated... Badly Constipated...

Manny put him down and swung his trunk at the thing when she attempted to get away. His trunk got her right in the face. Peaches kept screaming at Manny to stop as the thing braced herself to be crushed by the mad mammoth. Then Diego and the others came. It took one short look at Diego and jumped up the tree.

"Why does everyone think I'm gonna eat them? I only eat antelopes and gazelle's. Not humans." He said.

"Oh I don't know... maybe because you're a saber - tooth tiger?" Said Crash sarcastfully.

"With Sharp claws and teeth." Added Eddie. Sid looked up the tree. Then he looked at Diego and gestured the tree with his thumb.

"It's a human?" Said Sid. Diego nodded. Manny walked up to them both.

"It doesn't matter what it is, but great job Diego. It won't come down when a Saber-tooth tiger is around." Said Manny. Peaches pushed him out-of-the-way and looked up the tree that the thing climbed up.

"Savannah! Please come down!" She called.

"Savannah?!" Said Manny, Sid, Diego, Crash and Eddie in shock.

"No! Not with them down there, especially that mammoth!" She muttered, but no one heard her. Peaches turned around to them, giving a sigh.

"I was going for a walk, when i got caught by a vine. Savannah came along and helped me down, i was scared at first, thinking she was going to kill me, but then I realized she was really nice, only wanting to help me. Now she won't come down because of you dad!" She said, giving Manny an angry look.

"It was self defense! That thing could of killed you!" Said Manny.

They heard a little splat on the ground beside Peaches, they looked down and saw a little red puddle. They looked up and saw Savannah starting to climb down slowly. Savannah had a bruise on her head and a scarlet fountain coming down out of her nose, and some more coming out of the top her eyebrow..

"Manny. What did you do? Try to kill the poor creature?" Said Sid, jumping down from Manny's back. Crash and Eddie climbed up the bark of the tree and stopped when they saw Savannah.

"She has red water coming out of her nose." Said Crash. Eddie climbed back down and looked at the red puddle that had become bigger. He stuck his finger in it and then stuck his finger in his mouth. He spat it out.

"It doesn't taste very nice." He said between spits.

"It called blood." Said Savannah, jumping down to the ground. They stared at her and screamed, but not Diego.

"Sh-she-c-can-talk?" Said Sid. Savannah looked at him.

"Look who's talkin." Said Savannah, wiping her bloody nose with the back of her hand. Diego looked at the others.

"She is a human. They can talk too guys. But may not understand us, but look at Savannah, she learned how to talk to us." He said. He stuck out his paw. Savannah took a step back. Diego knew why.

"It alright. It's just a paw shake. The names' Diego." He said. Savannah smiled weakly and shook his paw.

"I'm Savannah." She said, she kept eyeing Manny. She was shaking very badly, even in the hot sun. Peaches felt really guilty.

"I'm so sorry for what my dad has done to you!" Said Peaches. Savannah looked at her and smiled, blood still gushing out of her nose.

"It's not much really. I get this all the time in my world." She said, though she was still giving him cold stares. Manny stared back. Sid shook her hand. Savannah tried not to gag at the smell.

"Hi. My name is Sid. Z-I-D." Said Sid. Savannah looked at him uncertainly. But nodded. She walked off to the lake she met Peaches to wash her face. Ellie and Shira came up.

"Where did you all go?" Asked Ellie.

"Went to find Peaches, and we found her." Said Manny.

"Did you find the thing yet?" Asked Shira. Peaches nodded.

"Well the thing found Peaches." Said Crash and Eddie.

Peaches showed Ellie and Shira where Savannah was washing her face, with the others behind them. When Savannah looked up, she gasped when she saw Ellie, thinking she is going to stamp on her too. Ellie gasped at her nose, eyebrow and bruise.

"How did you get hurt?" Asked Ellie. Savannah stayed quiet and looked at Manny. But Peaches told her. As Ellie is telling off Manny, Granny sloth came out of nowhere.

"Where did all you go? Leaving a poor old lady on her own! Shocking!" Said Granny.

"Eh... You went for a walk granny, saying you were bored that nothing interesting happens." Said Sid, only getting a hit on the head with her stick. Granny stared at Savannah, who was cupping her hands into water and washing the last of the blood off her face. Savannah stared back.

"What kind of sloth are you?" Asked Granny, taking Savannah's arm and examining it carefully.

"Oh i'm not a sloth. I'm a human. Which is completely different to sloths." Said Savannah, taking her arm back. Granny looked at her up and down. Savannah did the same. Then they were interrupted by a tummy rumble. Granny rubbed her tummy.

"Sorry. I gotta eat. Now i saw some berries around here somewhere..." Said Granny. Savannah held out her hand to reveal black berries. She gave them to granny.

"Were they the berries you were looking for?" Asked Savannah. Granny smiled.

"I like you kid. Good thing sweet cheeks found you! Did you lose your family?" She asked. Savannah stayed quiet for a minute.

"Well I made a friend with some squirrel from this world, which somhow came to my world, and i feel down this cave, and i found myself here." Said Savannah.

"Do you know the way back home?" Asked Diego. Savannah shook her head.

"Looks like i'll be staying here, in a tree somewhere." Said Savannah.

"Aw... You poor thing! You should live with us!" Said Sid. He turned to Manny and Ellie.

"NO WAY!" Said Manny.

"Can we keep her? Please?" He pleaded. Manny shook his head, Ellie looked unsure. Peaches was pleading too.

"Dad. You have to make up after what you did to her." Said Peaches.

"No. Like she said, she'll go live in a... trunk somewhere." Said Manny. But granny wasn't going with the answer no.

"I'm keeping her.I ain't gonna let you boss me mister! Sweet cheeks can play with her whenever she isn't taking a nap. I'll call you Precious No. 2." Said Granny. Savannah wasn't sure about this, but nodded. And they all went back to the napping area. Though Manny didn't want this kid around with them...

Chapter 3 done and dusted!

Looks like Granny found herself another pet! And My Golly biscuits! I never knew Manny could turn violent when he is trying to protect his only girl! But at least Granny is happy!