And in true 'Ice Age' fashion, nothing is short of normal when it comes to this herd. And their reaction to Diego having a younger brother...very unusual.


Chapter 7: Unusual First Impression

Diego slowly opens his eyes and almost sees some of his friends checking on him to see if he's all right and as they saw him wake up, Manny asked, "You all right, Diego?"

Diego lets out a huge groan as he got up and replied, "Yeah, I'm fine. Just...I don't think I've ever felt this shocked before in my life."

"Look, dude...if this is a false alarm for the baby, you are on your own." Ethan added.

Diego responded to that with a growl and said, "No, it is not that."

Ethan breathes a sigh of relief after that and said, "Oh, good...because the first thing I would do with that water is spill it on ya."

Peaches clears her throat to diffuse the situation between him and Diego and she said, "Not helping."

Sid then ran towards Diego, obviously freaking out that he fainted and he said, "I know mouth to mouth resusitation!"

Manny groans in disgust and said, "Sid, no need for that. Diego's up."

Sid stops himself and then notices Diego was already standing up and awake and he exhaled deeply in relief and said, "That's good. Because I wasn't gonna get a chance to lick his butt to wake him up."

Diego glares at Sid and got close to his face and said, "If you did, you wouldn't even like what I would've done."

"Now...Shira told us that you fainted for some reason. I've never seen you faint since...actually, you never fainted." Manny said.

Diego then looks up at Manny in the eye and he responded, "Manny, you will not believe what I had just found out. It's not baby related, by the way. I had just realized that I met..."

"Hey, Diego! You okay?"

All of a sudden, Diego sees Braxton walking by and most of the herd were a little surprised that another saber tiger is in their presence and Diego lets out a slight groan and said, "This is my little brother."

"You have a little brother? That's so sweet!" Sid exclaimed.

"Sid...I didn't even know I had one. I thought I left my other brothers a long time ago." Diego responded.

Braxton gasped in shock after hearing what Diego had just said and he said, "You have another set of brothers? My day has never been luckier!"

Manny stared at Braxton and he tilted his head to the side and asked, "This is your little brother?"

"Of course he is. Diego's my long-lost big brother." Braxton added.

"Look, how did you get here anyway?" Diego answered.

Braxton lets out a sharp whistle and said, "Somebody's got a dose of the cranky juice."

"Diego's always cranky." Eddie spat out.

Braxton clears his throat and he replied, "Anyways...I got here by an iceberg ship. This big whale was kind enough to show me where you guys were because it told me he's familiar with you guys."

Shira was surprised to hear what Braxton just said and asked, "How'd you know what the whale said?"

"I speak whale." Braxton answered.

"That must be Precious. Did he ask you about me?" asked Granny, coming behind him.

"He kinda did mention you and told me to tell you 'hey'." Braxton replied.

"Yo, this kid is weird." Ethan spat out.

Braxton shook his head and then rolled his eyes in response to that, though it's not the first time that he's been called that most of his life and said, "I get that a lot. I'm used to that."

"You're used to people calling you 'weird'?" asked Manny, confused-like.

"Yeah. Most times, people ask me if it's weird being the only saber-toothed tiger in a family of wolves but I don't let it get to me." Braxton added.

Sid and Manny were a little unsure of how person like Braxton is raised with a family of wolves and Manny asked, "You're raised by wolves?"

"Yep. It's kinda the best thing." Braxton said.

Ellie walks in and she said to everyone, "I think we should cut Braxton some slack. I'm sure that he'll adapt to our herd well."

"Herd?" asked Braxton.

"Yeah. Who knows? Maybe you and Diego will get to know each other a little bit." Ellie said, smiling.

Diego looks up at Ellie and he said, "You can't be serious. I've already got enough to deal with and adding this kid to the mix...that's too much pressure."

"Diego, you can handle it. In fact, you can do both." Ellie told him.

Diego was reluctant to consider this deal, but he knew that he was familiar with those stripes before and if it's the case, he needs to put that to the test. Ellie then said, "Plus, we saved his life, so we owe it to him."

"All right. I'll go with it." Diego said, with a sigh.

"By the way, I'm Braxton. Put her there." Braxton said to Manny, offering a pawshake.

Sid immediately accepted the handshake and he said, "Boy, have I got some secrets to tell you about Diego."

Braxton's ears perked up after hearing that proposition and said, "Secrets? I'm up for it."

Diego's jaw dropped after hearing that Sid's gonna tell Braxton some secrets about him and Shira said to him, "I think he'll fit in our herd very well."


Think Braxton will make a new addition to the herd? Watch and see...