Nothing much to say here, except that the italicized part of this chapter is written in a 3rd person point of view.

Disclaimer: Don't own anything, except for the plot.

EDIT: I'm re-uploading this chapter, 'cause somehow it's not showing up in the public.

"Dad," Peaches comes up to me. "Can I go hang with Ethan and his friends?"

I frown, considering it. "I don't know... You know I don't trust that boy."

"Daaaaaaad."

I sigh in defeat. "Fine, fine. Go ahead. And where's Wie- I mean, Louis?"

Peaches shrugs. "He was busy all day yesterday, and ended up sleeping really late. He hasn't woken up yet, so I decided not to disturb him."

Crash and Eddie pop up. "Aw, but it's no fun without Wiener to make fun of!"

My daughter and I both roll our eyes.

Crash looks at Eddie. "Should we wake him up, bro?"

Eddie looks back. "Yeah, duh! He's got enough sleep already!"

Both head in the direction of Louis's burrow.

"Uh, I wouldn't do that if I were you," Peaches calls out after them. "His mom told me that he hates it when others wake him up while he's still tired."

"Tch, how bad can that be?" Crash scoffs.

"Yeah, he's just a little molehog!" Eddie adds.

"Isn't he bigger than you two?" I question.

"Only by a few inches!"

20 minutes later

"No, Sid, it's not possible for a sloth to win a fight against a saber," I say rather matter-of-factly.

"Aw!" Sid complains.

"Knew it," Diego grins.

"You always take Diego's side in these things!" Sid whines.

"That's because he's usually right," I sigh.

"Yeah- Wait, 'usually'?" Diego looks at me.

"Don't get too ahead of yourself, Mr. Double Agent," I answer, referring to the time when we first met. "That's why I'm the leader of this herd."

A regretful Crash suddenly comes in, carrying—or dragging—a crying Eddie.

"What trouble did you guys get into this time?" I ask, though I'm not really that interested.

"W-W-We should've l-listened to P-Peaches," Eddie sobs. "Louis is t-t-terrible when he's woken up!"

I stare at them, curiosity now piqued. If it was bad enough to scare these two and make them call Louis by his actual name, I have got to hear this.

"Oh, come to think of it, I did hear someone yelling in the distance," Sid says thoughtfully. "But I thought it was just Diego shouting at Lola again."

"Please, Sid," Diego groans. "Spare me the stress of thinking about that again."

I ignore both of them. "What exactly happened?" I ask.


Crash and Eddie snuck into his burrow, and sure enough, Louis was sleeping soundly near the entrance.

"Aw, he looks so cute and innocent," Crash cooed, though an evil grin quickly crept up onto his face. "I almost don't wanna wake him up."

"Got any creative ideas on how we should do it?" asked Eddie, who was wearing the exact same grin.

"Splash some cold ice water on his face."

Eddie frowned. "Dude, that's old."

"Is not!"

"Is too!"

"Is not!"

"Is too!"

"IS NOT!"

"IS TOO!"

They were so caught up in arguing, they failed to notice that their antics had woken a certain molehog up.

"YOU'RE AN IDIOT!"

"OH YEAH?!" Crash raised his fists. "BRING IT!"

"Who gave you filthy rats permission to enter my burrow...?"

Both possums froze, as they slowly turned to face the new speaker. Louis was now awake, and very, very angry. There was an almost-visible dark aura seeping through him.

Eddie laughs nervously. "Oh... You see, your parents let us in... We're friends, aren't we?"

Louis was not amused. "Both of you... GET OUT OF HERE!" Out of nowhere, he took out the knife (HOW DID HE DO THAT?!) he used during the battle with Gutt. "BEFORE I SLICE YOUR TAILS OFF!"

Crash and Eddie both screamed girlish screams before scurrying out of the ground. Louis grumbled to himself, putting the knife away and going back to sleep.


Crash finishes the story, with Eddie now crying harder than before.

The three of us just stare at them.

Sid eventually starts crying along with Eddie. "That's so scary! You poor little things!"

Diego just looks at me. "Never thought I'd ever say this, but... That's scary."

I sigh for the millionth time. "Diego, please... Don't be so hypocritical."

Diego becomes confused. "What are you talking about?"

"Never mind," I mutter. "I'd prefer not to recall the memories."

Diego looks even more confused now. "Okay?"

Sid hugs Eddie, patting him on the back. "There, there. It's all over. There's no scary molehog out to get you now."

Louis pops out from the ground. "Did someone say molehog?"

Crash and Eddie yelp and run up a tree. Sid fearfully grabs a stick and holds it in a defensive pose.

Louis has a questioning look on his face. "What's wrong with them?"

I wave my trunk dismissively. "It's not that big of a deal... Weren't you asleep?"

Louis stifled a yawn. "Yeah, but I just woke up. Have any of you seen Peaches?"

"Yeah, she went to hang out with the other mammoths." I pointed in the direction where Peaches had gone.

Crash and Eddie finally find the courage to stick their heads out of the tree leaves. "Um... Don't you remember anything about threatening to slice off me and Crash's tails?"

Louis looks at Eddie weirdly. "No...?"

Crash drops down on to the ground indignantly. "What?! So you're saying that we went through all of that, and you don't even remember?! Why I oughtta-" Eddie silences him.

By this point, Louis is extremely perplexed. "Um... Is Mister Crash okay...?"

I wave the situation off again. "He's fine. He's just going through...hallucinations. We all have those from time to time, don't we?"

Louis nods, understanding. "We do. Especially since dreams are technically hallucinations. Well, I'm going to go find Peaches. Bye." He goes back underground, digging his way through, occasionally hitting a small rock now and then.

Eddie finally takes his hand off of Crash's mouth. Crash gasps for air, glaring at his brother. "Dude! What was that for?!" Eddie shrugs in return and jabs him. Long story short, this turns into a full-out slap fight.

Diego watches them. "Well... At least Wiener and those two forgot about what happened... And seriously, what did you mean when you said I was being hypocritical?"

"Yeah, what did you mean?" Sid enters the conversation.

"Nothing," I lie. Best not to say it.

Before you ask... Yes, you will see what Manny means when he calls Diego a hypocrite (in the next chapter too. Cough, cough, for once I have the next chapter all planned out... Okay, partially planned out, but that's better than nothing).

Ah, I'm glad I actually made room in the spotlight for Louis... I've been ignoring him the first three chapters. Only mentioned once in the last one. D: ...Wait, I've been ignoring Granny too. NUUUUUUUUU -goes to sit in the corner- Ah well, I'll come up with a chapter that centers around her... Don't know when though, haha.

And I actually managed not to put in any Dira moments (Shira's obviously not even in this one) for the very first time! Yay~ ...Wait, why am I cheering? o.o

Yeah, this was a quick update... But I really wanted to get this one down as soon as possible. ;P

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