Okay, here is Chapter 4 of the Switcheroo version of Ice Age: Modern Life. Read and enjoy!

The herd looked in front of them to see seven humans staring at them. They didn't look like they had weapons or anything, but none of them were taking any chances. Manny and Ellie stood in front of their family, ready to protect them at all cost. Diego and Shira did the same thing and stood in front of their children and son-in-law as well as Lydia and Caroline and Ricardo. Brooke and Sid held onto each other like there was no tomorrow. Roshan stood in front of his wife and son.

The elderly woman saw the protection and chuckled, "Oh, please don't fear us. We bring you no harm. We simply would like to help you. May I ask if you were the mammals we saw inside the frozen display yesterday?"

"I…. suppose so," Manny said, walking slowly over to the woman.

"They have to be, Grandmother," the young teenage girl said, "They're certainly not from our world. Most animals these days don't walk on four legs anymore."

"That is true," the elderly woman said.

"Uh, excuse me. May I ask what you're talking about?" Ellie asked.

"Yes, of course. First, allow me to introduce ourselves. I am Kimi Maka. These here are my granddaughters, Nizhoni Catori Maka and Aponi Maka. We're full-blooded Native Americans," Kimi places her hands on Nizhoni's shoulders and holds gently onto Aponi's head.

"And these two guys are my friends. Stephen and Lucas," Nizhoni introduced her friends to the herd.

"What's going on?" Lucas asked, holding his hand up for a high five.

"Whatever," Stephen shrugged.

Nizhoni then introduced the herd to Stephen and Lucas' sisters, "And this here is Stephen's sister, Sylvia. And this here is Lucas' sister, Amanda."

"Hey, there," Amanda greeted.

"Hey," Sylvia said.

"Nice to meet you," Manny said, "I'm Manny and this is the herd."

"Hi, my name is Ellie," she greeted, "I'm still confused about being frozen and something about us being inside a museum."

"Ah, yes. I understand your confusion," Kimi said, "Why don't you come along with us? We can discuss more at mine and Nizhoni's home."

So the herd followed the humans until they were led to a wide open space in the woods where a bunch of huts sat. The place was called Koasati Huts. As far as the herd could tell, the people looked just like Kimi and Nizhoni. The place was mainly a beautiful land filled with Native Americans. Peaceful. Serene. Quiet. The only sounds you could hear were the sounds of nature.

"Stephen. Lucas. Sylvia. Amanda. Did you make sure to ask your parents if you could stay over for the night?" Kimi asked the four siblings.

"Sure did," Lucas told, "I'm pretty sure my mom's relieved. I'm too hyperactive at home."

"Don't forget about me, bro," Amanda said.

"Yeah, my parents won't care," Stephen said, taking out his phone.

"That's your answer for everything," Sylvia said, as she walks away to talk to Amanda.

Nizhoni walks over to Stephen and giggles, "Boy, I'm so glad that a kind, strong guy is here to protect us from the creatures that try to harm people at night. Do you enjoy coming over here, Stephen?"

Stephen rolls his eyes, "Sure, whatever."

Nizhoni looks over his shoulders, "What are you doing?"

"I'm reading a fanfiction story."

"What's it about?"

"I don't know. I just started on it."

Nizhoni sighed, "Well, let me know if you need anything."

"Sure. Whatever."

"Nizhoni, be a dear and help me set some food out for our prehistoric guests," Kimi told her granddaughter.

"Sure, Grandmother."

While the humans were inside the hut, the mammals were outside trying to get settled for the night. The herd was outside Kimi and Nizhoni's hut as they started preparing for bed. Brooke made a campfire and was happy to see that after so long, she still had her amazing skill. Diego and Shira were lying down, along with their children, Laurence, Lydia, Caroline and Ricardo. They were all happy to be surrounded by warmth after two awful nights. Manny and Ellie remained vigilant and kept an eye out for danger. Even the dino birds agreed to fly around and make sure nothing happened to their herd friends. They just wanted to make sure they were safe where they were at.

At that moment, Kimi and Nizhoni were bringing out food, "Come and get it!" Kimi said, "I made you all some fruit salad and cooked up some salmon."

"Eat up!" Nizhoni said. She walks over to Roshan and Cheril, "Just so you guys know, you are the first humans that I have ever met that came from the past. I have so many questions for you guys."

"Well, we'd like to answer them for you, but it is kind of getting late," Roshan said.

"And besides, it's almost time for Chaske's bedtime," Cheril said, as she starts cradling a sleeping Chaske in her arms.

"Aw, he's so cute," Nizhoni said, "I bet he and my little sister could be friends one day," she walks back inside the hut.

The herd feasted on fruit. Only the sabers and dino birds ate the salmon.

After a delicious dinner, they all sat around the fire. John was sitting on a log with Scrat and Scratte, his new pets. The little molehog was trying to think up of a good name for the saber-tooth squirrels, who were nibbling on their acorn.

He looks at Scrat, "Let's see. Maybe I could name you Rover?" Scrat shook his head no, "Okay, well how about Steve?" again, Scrat shook his head, "Marvin?" another shake of the head, "Ricky?" and another, "Douglas?" and another, "How about Harold?" once again, another head shake, "Hmm. What could be a good name for you?" he looks at Scratte, "Let me see if I have any luck for you. Would Margaret work?" Scratte shook her head, "Lizzie?" she shook her head again, "Maggie?" and another shake, "What can I name you guys?"

The possum twins come up to the three, "May we give you a few suggestions?" Crash asked.

"That's okay. I can think of something," John told.

"I have a good name for them already," Eddie said, "Mr. and Mrs. Nugly."

"Ha! I get it!" Crash said, laughing, "'Cause they eat nuts and they're ugly!" both brothers laugh, "Oh, here's another good one. Mr. and Mrs. Buttnut!"

Eddie laughs, "Good one! 'Cause they eat nuts and they have big, furry butts!"

"The squirrels are nuts, they have furry butts!" Crash said, as he and Eddie continue laughing their heads off.

"Really funny, guys," John said, rolling his eyes.

Scrat and Scratte continued chewing on their acorn, pretending to ignore the possum twins. If only they could talk. Then they might be able to tell them what their names are. Pretty soon, Manny tells everyone it's time to call it a night. The humans had already fallen asleep so now it was their turn. Hopefully things will turn out better tomorrow.

Which it did. Lucas and Amanda have decided to take the entire herd on a tour to the city, "Welcome to Icetropolis, Tennessee!" Lucas told them, "The coldest place in the south!" and boy did the herd have a lot to learn.

Lucas, also known as the Human Adventurer, and Amanda led the herd through the city of Icetropolis, Tennessee. The adventurous siblings introduced them to so many places. Showed them what the moving vehicles were on the roads. What kind of things were in the window displays. The herd was filled with awe seeing so many amazing things.

"Now that I know what some of this stuff is, I'm actually enjoying myself a little bit," Ellie said.

"What are all these tall towers everywhere?" Peaches asked.

"Yeah. They're taller than us," Julian said.

"So are mountains," Manny said.

"Allow me to introduce you to some of the greatest places in the world," Lucas said, as he continues showing the prehistoric mammals and humans the wonders of the modern city, "On some of these streets, you'll see places like movie theatres, a place to watch the greatest films of all time."

"The movies these days are so cool!" Amanda said.

"Then you have restaurants, places where people go to eat. Then you have stores, which are places you can buy clothes and food. And little things here and there. You also have boutiques, which are places girls go and shop at."

"That's not true," Nizhoni said, "Boys go to boutiques to buy girls nice things."

"Moving on," Lucas said, "Then you have parks, a place that has a playground and wide open spaces to run around. Then there are schools, a place that I call the most boring places in society."

"It's so boring and no fun," Amanda said, "Trust me, school is the worst."

"Then you have businesses that do whatever and there are bakeries that sell things like cakes and brownies and all that sweet stuff. You also have hardware stores that sell tools and arcades where young people go to play games at."

"Hey, I like playing games!" Crash said.

"Me too!" Eddie said, fist bumping Crash.

"Then I'll plan a trip to take you guys there. But back to the tour. Here you can see the butcher's shop and over there you can see a music store."

"Why don't you talk about what's left and right?" Stephen asked, "Over here on your right is snow and ice. And over here on your left, oh surprising, more snow and ice," he looks at his smart watch, "I wish I could figure out a way to read my fanfictions on here. My phone's almost dead."

"Looking at a screen all day ruins your brain," Sylvia said.

"Well, let's head back to mine and Amanda's place," Lucas said, "We can tour the city more tomorrow."

"I can't wait to see where you live," Ellie said.

So Lucas and Amanda start leading the herd to their home. When the herd arrived at Lucas and Amanda's home, they were amazed by the outside of it. Lucas and Amanda lived in a cul-de-sac. All the other homes around theirs looked nice, but their home was the best looking of them all. They come upon a nice looking four bedroom home that was a teal color with a steel white roof. The windowsills grew roses and sunflowers, even in the cold weather. The grass was freshly cut, the hedges were trimmed, the flowers were watered and the windows were washed. There was even a garden gnome outside the front door.

"Looks like Dad did some outside chores before heading to work this morning, sis," Lucas said.

"He just does whatever it takes to get the job done," Amanda said, "Besides, he won't let you use the lawn mower."

"Can you blame him?"

"Are both your parents at work?" Nizhoni asked.

"You know it. They won't back 'til dinner. Which means we have the whole house to ourselves."

"I hope your mother won't mind if I bake cookies," Kimi told to Lucas.

"I'm sure she won't care."

They all went inside the house. Except for the mammoths and dino birds. They were too big to fit inside. Lucas and Amanda made sure to open all the windows so they could see everything in the house. Once that was situated, the siblings started touring everyone around the house.

"The inside looks as beautiful as the outside," Brooke said.

"Make yourselves at home everyone," Lucas told, "Where we are walking inside of right now is the living room. Through that green door over there leads into the kitchen. And through that brown door over there leads into the dining room."

The herd discovered many things that didn't exist in the Ice Age. Basically stuff such as flat screen televisions, radios, telephones, computers, dishwashers, toasters, ovens, and pretty much anything that was considered a machine.

Then comes along a machine called a blender. While Lucas and Amanda were giving the mammals a tour of the living room, Crash and Eddie scurried inside the kitchen. Afraid that the two possum brothers would create mayhem if they were left alone, Louis and Bethany followed them with John following behind his parents and Scrat and Scratte were trailing behind. By now, the possum twins have actually gotten along with Scrat and Scratte, even though they said rude things about the squirrels. The seven small mammals start looking around the kitchen, enjoying every sight they see. On the kitchen table was a blender. Scrat and Scratte actually look at the blender and become curious. They climb on top of it and hop inside. They realize that it's a bit of a tight squeeze. Louis looks over at the kitchen table to see what the two squirrels were doing.

Louis walks over to John, "Uh, John, what are your pet squirrels doing?"

John gasped and rushes over to the blender, "Uh, oh. Hold on, little guys. I'll figure out a way to get you out."

Crash scurries on top of the table and laughs, "Seriously, some people know not to do that when their as small as a squirrel."

Eddie scurries to the table too and notices some buttons on the blender, "Say, I wonder what happens if you push one of these."

"I wouldn't press any of those if I were you," Bethany told, growing nervous.

"Relax," Crash said, "What's the worse that can happen?"

Eddie presses one of the buttons, but the one he pressed was the power button. When the blender turns on, Scrat and Scratte start getting spun around. They keep spinning until they're flown out and land face first on the stove. When they stood up, they were so dizzy and fell to the floor. Bethany and John rush over to make sure they were okay.

"That was awesome!" Eddie said.

"It's like a fast merry-go-round!" Crash said.

"That's a ride I'd never wanna get off!" Eddie hops inside the blender along with Crash, "Hey, Louis. Press that thing so we can spin."

"I don't think this is safe," Louis told, "You saw what happened to my son's pets. But if you insist, I'll do it."

"This is gonna be awesome!" Crash said.

Once Louis pressed the power button, the blender starts spinning. The possum twins start having the time of their lives. When it starts getting too fast, the twins are thrown out of it and are smacked against a wall. But they still had fun, as usual.

While the smaller mammals of the herd are raiding the kitchen, the rest of the mammals and dino birds are busy exploring the rest of the house.

The mammoths and dino birds were outside checking out the bedrooms and bathrooms that were upstairs. The sabers, sloths, Teddy and Terrie are all downstairs in the living room. Lucas and Amanda are in there with them, introducing them to all the latest new gadgets. Sid, Stephen, Rose and little Chaske discover a remote control on the sofa. Sid picks it up and shows it to Lucas and Amanda.

"Hey, Lucas, Amanda," he said, "What does this little thing do?"

"Is this a show hole?" Stephen asked, pointing to the TV.

"We used to have show holes back in the Ice Age," Rose said, as she looks at the remote, "Does this thing work with the show hole?"

"Oh, that. It's a remote control," Lucas told, "It works with the TV."

"TV?" Sid asked.

"Yeah," Amanda said as she walks over to the television and shows it to Sid, his kids and Chaske, "See? This is the TV."

"Oh, that's a TV. How does it work?"

"It's entertainment," Lucas said, "You watch stuff like TV shows, movies, cartoon, whatever you want. Let me show you how to use the remote. All you have to do is press the red button and it automatically turns on."

"Okay," Sid turns on the TV which shows an episode of Disney Mickey Mouse, "Cool! Is this all the TV shows?"

"Nope," Lucas told, "Press the gray arrow button pointing to the right."

"Alright," Sid said as he presses the gray arrow and starts flipping through channels. He continues flipping until he stops on a channel that's showing SpongeBob SquarePants, "What's this show called?"

"Oh, man! We love this show!" Lucas said, "This is called SpongeBob SquarePants. It's about this sponge guy named SpongeBob who lives under the sea and does a lot of cool stuff. And this is our favorite episode. This is the one where SpongeBob and Squidward have to deliver a pizza. And get this. They work at a fast food restaurant that doesn't sell pizza. They only sell burgers called Krabby Patties."

"Mr. Krabs will do anything for money," Amanda said.

"This sounds like my kind of show," Stephen said as he plops down on the sofa with his dad, sister, and baby Chaske.

"Mine, too," Rose said.

"We'll leave you to it," Lucas said.

Over on the other side of the living room, Brooke was busy learning how to use the laptop. Lucas and Amanda walked over to see how she was doing.

"This thing is confusing me," Brooke told, "What are you supposed to do with it?"

"Here's one thing I like to do with it," Lucas told her, "All you have to do is slide your finger on the flat mouse here and click on any of these files. Here's one I love going to," he clicks on YouTube and shows a funny skateboarding video gone wrong, "Ha! This is my kind of entertainment!"

"It's not really mine, actually. I'm more into yoga."

"Oh, well they have videos about that, too. They pretty much have everything," Lucas types in the word YOGA and shows Brooke a video, "There you go. Now you can learn all types of yoga moves."

"Awesome! Stretchy exercises!" Amanda said.

"Now this is more my style," Brooke said.

"Well, have fun watching," Lucas said.

Lucas and Amanda spot Roshan and Cheril in the dining room trying to use Lucas' cell phone. They went inside to check on them.

"You guys need help with anything?" Lucas asked.

"How do you use this tiny little box?" Cheril asked.

"And why does it have these weird pictures?" Roshan asked.

"It's called a cell phone," Amanda said, "You use it to call, text or go online."

"You can read books on it, watch shows and movies or play games," Lucas said.

"Books?" Cheril asked.

"What are movies?" Roshan asked.

"You guys have a lot of learning to do here," Lucas said, "Here," he goes on the movie app and puts on the movie Puss in Boots, "We'll teach you more later."

While Lucas and Amanda headed into the family room, Nizhoni walked into the computer room to see Diego, Shira and Ricardo trying to search for something on Google.

"What are you guys trying to search for?" Nizhoni asked.

"Our own species, but we can't get this thing to show us anything," Shira told.

Nizhoni giggles, "Let me help you guys. I'll start teaching you guys how to type once you get settled in," she types in the word SABERS, "There you go."

The sabers look at images of their species on Google and are not happy, "What is this?" Diego asked, "That's not us."

"These are horrible drawings of us," Shira said.

"They look hideous," Ricardo said.

"Here, let me find a website that explains more about you guys," Nizhoni told them.

While the sabers were receiving a history lesson about themselves from Nizhoni, Stephen walked inside the living room to see Teddy, Gladys, Earnest and Terrie trying to use the landline house phone, but were having trouble using it. They look at Stephen.

"Hey you!" Gladys called to Stephen. He looks up from his game at her, "You mind showing us how to use this thing?"

"We wanna make some prank calls," Teddy said, "Ever since the twig call was invented by in our time, we've always wanted to prank people by calling them."

Stephen takes a phone book off the coffee table and tosses it to the couples, "Use that. Call whoever you want," he goes back to his game and walks off.

"Oh, this is gonna be funny," Earnest said.

"I've always wanted to do this," Gladys said.

"Press that speaker button," Teddy said.

"Find a number in the phone book."

Teddy searches for a number and finds one, "Press this one in."

Gladys pressed the number in. They wait for the other line to pick up, "Oh, this is gonna be good."

The caller on the other line picks up and says, "Hello, Greg's Grub and Hub. How can I help you?"

"Hi, can we speak to Romano?" Gladys asked, stifling her laughter.

"Romano?"

"Yeah, Romano. Last name is Ray."

"Yeah, hang on," the caller on the other line said, "Is there a Romano Ray here? Romano Ray!" laughter is heard in the background. The caller growls, "I'm getting tired of you punks calling me. Next time I receive a call from you, you're dead," he hangs up.

Gladys laughed, "I love prank calls."

"Let's do another one!" Teddy said.

"Let me and Earnest do one," Terrie said, taking the phone book.

"Find a number and I'll type it in," Earnest said.

Terrie looks through the book and points to a number, "Here's one."

Earnest pressed the number in. They wait for the other line to pick up, "Oh, I've been waiting to do this my whole life."

The caller on the other line picks up and says, "Geeks Tech Gear. How may I help you?"

"Hi, can I speak to Latifah?" Earnest asked, stifling his laughter.

"Latifah?"

"Yeah, Latifah. Last name's Queen."

"Sure, let me check," the caller on the other line said, "Is there a Latifah Queen here? Latifah Queen?" laughter is heard in the background. The caller sighs, "I wish you guys would stop prank calling us. Nerds deserve respect, too," he hangs up.

Earnest laughed, "This is awesome!"

"Let's do more!" Terrie said.

While they did so, Lucas went upstairs to his room where he saw Junior and Stripes looking at his Wii. The two sabers saw him come in.

"This thing looks so cool," Junior said, "What is it?"

"It's a Wii," Lucas told, "I got it for my birthday."

"What does it do?" Stripes asked, "How do you use it?"

"This here is the best entertainment of all. You use it to play video games. It's one of my favorite things to do."

"Mind showing us how to play?" Junior asked.

"Sure," Lucas said, "Watch and learn."

While Lucas was teaching Junior and Stripes how to play with the Wii, Caroline and Lydia were in Amanda's room looking at an MP3 player. Amanda comes in to see how they were doing.

"I see you two have discovered the MP3 player," Amanda said.

"Definitely!" Lydia said.

"What does it do?" Caroline asked.

"It plays music," Amanda said, "Wanna listen to some jams?"

"Sure," Lydia said.

Amanda turns on the song "Fireworks" by Katy Perry, "Oh, I love this song!"

While Amanda is jamming out with Lydia and Caroline, Sylvia is in the kitchen with Snow Belle and Laurence. She was pretty much giving them a boring tour around the house.

"And here we have the microwave," Sylvia said, monotonously, "We use it to warm up food or cook food and all that stuff.

"So it's kind of like a fire?" Snow Belle asked.

"I guess you can say that."

"Are you sure there's nothing fun you could teach us about?" Laurence asked.

"The only fun thing I can do is show you how the microwave works," Sylvia said, "Let me go get some hot dogs."

"Sounds good to me," Snow Belle said.

While they went over to the other side of the kitchen, they saw the smaller mammals were busy rummaging through the refrigerator, cabinets and freezers. The possum brothers were discovering leftovers in the fridge that contained food such as hot dogs and cheeseburgers. The molehog family were inside the freezer and discovered frozen food such as corn dogs and pizza. Scrat and Scratte were scurrying around inside the cabinets, knocking out bags of potato chips and chocolate candies. They were all having a blast. Kimi was unaware of what was going on around her as she continued making cookies.

Stephen walked inside from the other door and didn't noticed the mess at first since he was too busy playing a video game. He finally looked up when he stepped on a cheeseburger and found the whole kitchen a mess.

"I'm disgusted by the way animals of the past act," Stephen said, "They're such pigs."

"Stephen, be respectful," Kimi told, "They're our guest."

"Yeah. Filthy guest."

"Who are you calling filthy?" Crash asked, sticking his head out of the fridge.

"You, of course," Stephen told, "And don't even think about coming near me. I know you rodents have diseases. I've watched plenty of the nature channel to know."

"People like you sound boring," Eddie said.

"Fine by me."

A huge boom from next door rattled the house. Luckily it only knocked off a few vases. And some tiny herd members. This brought up worry to the herd and scared the children. They weren't sure if it was an earthquake or something normal that happens in this time period.

Okay, that's it. Next chapter will introduce some new characters. Characters you never saw in the original story. Reply below on what you think of this.