So in case some of you are confused, Ellie and Diego suspect Jewel is pregnant, Roshan and Ryan know for a fact, while Manny still doesn't know but will find out soon, and the possum twins and Sid are completely clueless about it. Troy knows now that she is pregnant and hasn't told Elizabeth yet. This chapter focuses on Elizabeth's herd as well as the herd Jewel was in before taken. So with that said let's get back to the story.
Meanwhile Troy was hiking through the forest. After the herd left the lake, Troy immediately took off to meet up with his herd. He knew they would be close by since this was the way they came to head back to their home land. As Troy made his way through the forest he had no idea someone was following him. This mysterious being was a light brown bull mammoth who looked a lot like Ryan only he was taller than Ryan but shorter than Troy. He had been following Troy around ever since he herd lost someone precious in a panic involving a human tribe. The leader of his herd told him to follow Troy in hopes of being able to find their stolen herd member. He was following Troy when he came to a lake in a clearing. He looked to see Troy standing in front of a young shemmoth who was propped up against the tree. He looked closer to see it was a pure white shemmoth and knew it was her and that she must have gotten away somehow and Troy was tracking her down. The light brown bull mammoth was going to help her when suddenly a large dark brown bull mammoth came out of the forest and stood between the young shemmoth and Troy. He stayed in the shadows as more animals came running out of the forest one of them being a human made him nervous until he saw this human boy could talk and was helping to protect the young shemmoth.
It surprised him to see the mix-matched herd of a sloth, a saber, a human boy, and two possums; the only one that didn't surprise him was the older shemmoth. He watched as it looked like it was going to get ugly but then another bull mammoth he recognized came into the clearing. He knew this bull mammoth was a part of Troy's herd but was surprised when this bull mammoth knocked Troy into the lake. He stayed hidden watching as the herd of mix-matched animals walked back into the forest and Troy went the other way into the forest. He questioned whether or not to go and get his fellow herd member while he could but knew she would be ok after seeing the dark brown bull mammoth he remembered what the leader of his herd had said about a dark brown bull mammoth with brown eyes and continued to follow Troy knowing he would be going back to his herd. The light brown bull mammoth figured if he followed Troy back to Troy's herd he could find out what Elizabeth's next move would be and could inform his leader about it. As Troy walked through the forest he saw his herd and sprinted down to find Elizabeth. "Elizabeth. Elizabeth!" he called out. A large pure silver shemmoth turned around at the sound of Troy's voice. "Ah Troy. There you are! Well?!" She asked as he came to a stop. "I found Jewel but things got complicated." He told her as he looked down not wanting to the seeing the anger in her eyes. "How?! What happened?!" asked with an irritated tone to her voice.
"Well I was going to bring her back but that traitor Ryan appeared out of nowhere and shortly before that a large dark brown bull mammoth and this really annoying human boy interfered and…." Elizabeth's eyes widened at the mention of Manny. "Wait! Did you say "A large dark brown bull mammoth'?" Elizabeth asked with fire in her eyes making Troy back up as he nodded. Elizabeth began to pace back and forth. "Was it just him?" She asked as she stopped pacing and looked at Troy. "No. There was an older shemmoth, a sloth, a saber, two possums, the human boy, and Ryan." Troy said as he watched his herd leader begin to pace again. "So Manfred is involved now. This just more difficult. He is one mammoth to be careful with. He is very strong, smart, patient, and somewhat wise. He is also fast too for being such a fatso.(Back at the cave Manny's ears burning like someone was talking about his "Poofy Fur" and shrugged it off.) Elizabeth said as she looked at Troy with a serious expression. 'Troy. I don't want you or any of the others to engage him or any of his so called "Herd". Understand?" Elizabeth said as she eyed them. "Understood." Troy said hesitantly, not wanting to stay away from his prize but knew want would happen if he disobeyed his herd leader's order. "They'll have to go through Blizzard valley to get to Glacier Pass. We can catch them just before they pass through Glacier Pass. We will be able to make it through Blizzard Valley with plenty of time while they try to get through and will get caught in the coming blizzard. They will never see us coming." Elizabeth chuckled evilly before walking to inform the rest of the herd.
They young light brown bull mammoth heard every word and knew his leader needed to hear this. He took off running towards his herd's meeting point. With the pace he was going it took him an hour to meet back up with his herd. "Roman! Roman!" He called out as he ran towards the herd drawing the attention of the other members of the herd. An older dirty blonde Shemmoth, who looked similar to Ellie except the hair on her top knot was similar to Jewel's and she had light brown eyes, saw him and stopped him. "Markus! Slow down. What's going on?" She asked as she tried to calm Markus down. "Carla. I really need to talk to Roman!" Markus said as he tried to catch his breath. "What did you find out Markus?" A deep voice came from behind them. Markus turned around to see a large dark chestnut bull mammoth with dark green eyes standing in front of him. "Roman! I know what Elizabeth is planning. And I also found her." Markus said before he collapsed from exhaustion as Roman eyes' lit up. "You found her?! You found my Jewel?!" Roman asked his eyes shimmering with excitement at the mention of his daughter was located and was safe since Markus didn't bring her back he knew that meant she was somewhere safe or with someone safe. Markus could only nod. Carla motioned for some of the other mammoths of the herd to help move Markus somewhere more comfy. Before they could Markus got back onto his feet. "Jewel is with that bull mammoth you always talked about. He protected her from Troy." Markus said as he looked at his leader. Roman's eyes widen at the mention of Manfred.
"You sure it was him?" Roman asked and Markus nodded. "Who is he anyway?" Markus asked. "His name is Manfred and he is Jewel's stepfather." Roman said as he placed his trunk on Markus' shoulder as he saw Markus' eyes open wide with shock. "Come. Let's get you somewhere where you can relax and you can tell me everything." Roman said as he led Markus further into the herd with Carla walking next to him. Markus told Roman and Carla about how he followed Troy, about what happened at the lake, and that Elizabeth's plan to ambush Manny and his herd just before they entered Glacier Pass. Roman thanked Markus and told him he should get some sleep which Markus gladly did as he closed his eyes and was asleep in no time. "Roman. What are we going to do?" Carla asked as she stood next to him looking up at him. Roman thought for a second before looking down at his mate and took her trunk in his. "We are going to find Manfred before he and his herd make it to Blizzard Valley and warn them and help them fight off Elizabeth and her herd if we need to. I won't let her hurt Jewel or Manfred again." Roman said as he led Carla to where they have been sleeping for the past few days and they both fell asleep preparing for the long day tomorrow.
So that's chapter 7. So Roman is Jewel's Father, he was also Manny's best friend when they were growing up and they both fell in love with Anna. (Hold it! This would make for a great prequel to the story, hmm. Here I go again. Another story coming maybe…. ;) we'll see.) Anyway…. The next chapter is going to be a bit more romantic for both mammoth couples and a certain phrase is going to be said. That's all I'm going to say for now you'll have to wait till I put up the next chapter to see what I'm talking about. ;) I know I'm evil. ^_^
