"Stay here" Diego whispered as he crouched low to the ground. He made his way closer and closer to the creature, staying hidden. He suddenly pounced on a unfamiliar saber. Dakota stood up straight, getting a good view, and realized that the saber was actually her old friend, Cody.

"Cody, is that you?" Dakota asked, smiling in excitement. Diego got off of Cody, frowning.

"Dakota? Wow your looking good" Cody said. Diego let out a low growl.

"Where are you heading to?" Dakota asked

"Oh I'm just passing through" he answered "Sorry to leave so soon, but I have to run"

"No need to apologize" Diego snapped. Cody jumped a little when he spoke, forgetting he was even there.

"Take care of yourself, Dakota." She nodded as he ran off

"Who was that?" Diego asked

"Just an old friend" Dakota said back

Diego's jealousy got to the better of him "He seemed like more then just an old friend. Besides, if you were so alone why didn't you just go live with him? He seemed like the perfect guy for you"

Dakota looked at him, shocked by his words "I can't believe you just said that, you don't even know him!"

Meanwhile, everyone was back at the meadow. They decided to spend the night again.

"Isn't it great that Diego and Dakota got along so well?" Ellie said

"Yeah, I'm glad she came along. I think he was getting a little lonely" Manny said

At that very moment, Dakota came storming over to them "Your such a jerk" she yelled. Dakota walked past the meadow, keeping her head down.

"Were are you going?" Ellie asked

"Anywhere but here" Dakota mumbled as she walked away

Diego walked into the meadow and laid down instantly, resting his head on his paws. He was mad but about a minute after Dakota was gone, he regretted fighting with her. He absolutely felt horrible.

"What happened?" Sid finally asked, breaking the silence

Diego sighed "Nothing"

"Well obviously something happened. Dakota looked really upset" Sid said

He ignored Sid and stood up "I'm taking a walk"

No one tired to stop him. They all figured he was going to make up with Dakota. They were right. Diego searched for her but he couldn't seem to find her. He started to get very worried. If anything happened to Dakota, he would never forgive himself.

Meanwhile, Dakota was sitting on a big rock staring at the stars again. She missed her family deeply. The bushes started to move and Dakota looked alert. She sneaked up to it, and pinned it to the ground. Turns out, It was only Diego.

"Oh, Its you" She mumbled as she got off of him.

"Dakota, I'm sorry" he said

She smirked "I know, you were just being jealous"

"I was not! I just don't trust that guy" he lied.

"Sure, Sure" she paused "You didn't even let me explain. Cody offered for me to join his pack and so I did for a while. He has a family, with two cubs… But the whole time I was with them, I felt like a part of me was missing-- I never felt happy… so I left. You know me, I wanted to explore. Find bigger and better things." Dakota tried to hid the fact that she left to find love of her own. Truth was, she was pretty sure she already found it.

"Your not going to leave us, are you?" Diego asked

She smiled and shook her head slowly "No"