CHAPTER 8

A MAGICAL WEDDING

A few days later, everyone was gathering around for Snow Belle and Laurence's wedding. Everyone had already taken their seats. Even the dino birds were there.

"So Dad, I've been meaning to ask you something," Roger said, "Who were those guys that you said you were gonna hire to take care of Buck, anyway?"

"Just a trio of t-rexes that owe me a favor, but I figured we could handle this ourselves," Gavin said.

"What did you do for them, anyway?" Gertie asked.

"I saved their mother from having her mouth stuck inside a hollow log."

"Awesome!"

"Yeah, that seems kind of dangerous," Roger said.

"Ugh!" Cheril said, walking past everyone down the aisle, "I really wish I didn't have to handle this wedding myself." She made her way over to Brooke, who was busy settling her children down with Sid. Cheril gave the female sloth a stern look. "I really wished you had considered helping me with this whole thing. I'm doing everything myself."

"I'm on maternity leave right now," Brooke said.

"Sid, what about you? I'm sure you wouldn't mind helping me out."

"Sorry, I'm on paternity leave," Sid said.

"What's the difference?" Cheril asked. She then sighed. "Forget it." She continued walking down the isle. She started talking into a twig. "Where's the bride? Why don't I have the bride?" She didn't realize that she was walking past Junior and Stripes.

"'Cause you're talking into a twig," Junior said.

"Mom, I can't talk," a horned beaver said into a twig, "I'm at a wedding."

"What do you mean you can't talk?" asked the horned beaver's mother from the other side of the twig, "Who are you with?"

"Well, little bro, we finally get to see our little sister get married," Junior said.

"I've always thought that Laurence was a pretty cool guy," Stripes said, "If anyone deserves to be with our sister, it's him. Although, I will admit that I do feel bad for calling him a scaredy cat. He does have some bravery in him."

The two saber girls that interacted with Junior and Stripes before walked over to them. The tannish saber said, "Hi. I'm sure you know us, but you don't know our names. I'm Lydia and this is my best friend, Caroline."

"Hi," Caroline said. Her fur was really a dazzling silver gray color.

"I know this is gonna sound super forward, but is it true you helped save the world from an asteroid?"

The male sabers gasped. Junior smiled. "That's a very scary story. You think you can handle it?"

"Yeah," the two female sabers said.

"How scary?" Caroline asked, frightened.

"Don't mind her,"Lydia said, "She gets nervous about everything."

"Well, we were…" Junior started, but paused when the girls came closer to them. Junior smiled again. "It was five minutes to midnight and we were up against volcanoes, dino-birds, and the end of the world."

"Oh, and the zombies!" Stripes exclaimed, "Don't forget the zombies!" He came up to his brother's ear. "I knew the ladies would come for us someday."

"You're right about that," Junior told his brother. He turned his attention back on the girls. "So I turn to Bigfoot, and I say, 'Listen, big guy-"

"What's going on over here?" a voice asked.

Stripes and Junior looked to see their uncle Ricardo making his way towards them. "Uncle Ricardo!"

"There's my favorite nephews," Ricardo said.

"Dude, where have you been this whole time?" Junior said.

"Trying to figure out a way to stop the asteroid. That's when I found out that you guys had the solution this whole time."

"You have got to stop disappearing like that," Stripes said.

"What can I say?" Ricardo said, "I like doing things my own way. I have no reasons for doing so. That's my answer." He started walking away.

The saber brothers then looked to see their soon to be brother-in-law freaking out. Junior looked at the girls. "We'll have to cut off on the stories of our heroic deeds for another time, girls. We have a family emergency to attend to."

"Wanna hang out tomorrow night?" Stripes asked.

"Sure," Lydia said.

"See you then," Caroline said as they both started walking away.

Junior and Stripes walked over to Laurence, who was freaking out like nobody's business. "Oh, man. What am I gonna do? I am literally freaking out. What if she doesn't see me the way that she thought she did? I hate when I act nervous about everything."

"You okay?" Stripes asked.

Laurence screamed in fright. He sighed in relief when he saw who it was. "Sorry. I'm just...nervous. I'm about to get married. Life's about to hit me in the face. I know your dad allowed me to be a part of this family, but what if he still doesn't trust me? He may not even trust me to take his daughter out into the real world. What do I do? I have no idea about any of this anymore. About travelling, I mean. You guys have any advice?"

"Yeah," Junior said, "Don't stress out about it."

"Come again?"

"Dude, don't stress about this. Yeah, you have your heart set on travelling and all that, but don't forget about why you want to. You wanna show Snow Belle the world. Give her a chance to see what it's all like."

"It's an adventure out there, but don't forget about the adventures you have with the herd," Stripes said, "Plus, we wanna apologize."

"For what?" Laurence asked.

"For calling you scaredy cat and telling you that you're not a brave guy and all that," Junior said, "We never thought that you were like the other sabers, but boy were we wrong. You have all the natural instincts that a normal saber would have. Can you ever forgive us for making fun of you?"

"Guys, that was in the past. Water under the bridge. I forgave you guys a long time ago back when the continents were drifting apart."

"Really?" Stripes asked.

"Of course," Laurence said, "I may be fierce, but I'm not cold-hearted."

"Well, we wish you and Snow Belle good luck," Junior said.

"Thanks." Laurence did the bro handshake with his soon to be brothers-in-law.

Snow Belle looked to see Laurence talking to her brothers, helping him remain calm. She sighed and started pacing. "I don't know. I don't know! What am I gonna do?"

"Sweetie, listen to me," Shira said, "This is normal, okay? Everyone gets nervous."

"What's going on?" Diego asked, walking over to his wife and daughter, "What happened?"

"It's just...I can't go," Snow Belle said, "How can I go? I don't wanna leave you guys."

Diego knew exactly what was going on. After the catastrophe with the asteroid, Snow Belle was freaking out about travelling into the real world. Sure she would be with Laurence, but would they actually be safe? So many thoughts about the dangers of the world started giving her second thoughts. Diego walked up to his daughter. "Hey, my little flower, remember the first time that we played hockey? You were so afraid to get on the ice because it was slippery? Remember how I held you up while you started to skate? And when I knew you were ready, I let you go."

"Aw, Dad," Snow Belle said.

"I know you're ready. Now you have to let go."

"I always knew it would take someone very special to match your spirit," Shira said, "And you found him. Just like I did. It's your time, sweetie. See the world, chase your dreams."

"And whenever you decide to come back, we'll be here, okay?" Diego said.

Snow Belle smiled with tears of happiness in her eyes. She hugged her parents tight as they hugged her back. When they got out of the embrace, Diego placed a flower band on her head. She nodded to them, letting them know that she was ready. "Okay."

The three of them walked down the aisle. Everyone looked at them, especially Snow Belle, who was looking back at the herd, who were teary eyed and smiling at her, happy to see that she was about to be with the man that she loves.

Diego have her away to Laurence. The two stared at each other with loving eyes. A hyrax popped up and started at the both of them.

He first asked Snow Belle if she wanted to take Laurence as her husband. She smiled and said, "I do."

The hyrax them asked Laurence if he wanted to take Snow Belle as his wife. He smiled and said, "You bet I do."

The hyrax pronounced them saber husband and saber wife. The two nuzzled each other affectionately as everyone cheered for the happy newlyweds.

Brooke and Sid were happy for their niece to be married. They both felt a paw on each of their shoulders as they turned around to see who it was.

"What's going on?" Young Granny and Young Pappy said.

Sid gasped. "Granny? Pappy? Is it really you guys?"

"How did you turn young again?" Brooke asked.

"Would you believe that a working crystal fell inside the hot tub and turned all of us young?" Teddy asked.

"I'd believe it," Sid said, "Anything can happen over in Geotopia."

"I thought you guys were gonna stay," Brooke said.

"Well, we figured this herd needed some family into it that it's used to having," Young Granny said.

"So we came back," Young Pappy said.

"With two new herd members," Terrie said.

"Well, it's wonderful that you two came back," Brooke said.

"Well, isn't it nice to see our great-grandchildren again," Young Granny said.

Cheril looked at the sloths and rabbits, seeing how happy they are to be reunited. She sighed and took out the cave drawing of Roshan. She nodded him more than anything. He was the only one that ever fell in love with her and understood her for who she truly was.

Cheril overheard some cheering and excitement and went over to see what all the commotion was about. She looked to see Julian lowered down in front of Peaches.

"Peaches, you are the only one I have ever seen as the woman that I want to spend the rest of my life with," Julian said, "I love you and I hope that you want to spend the rest of our lives together. So, I lower myself down to ask you this." He held her trunk in Peaches' and took a deep breath. "Will you marry me?" Everyone awed at that comment.

Peaches smiled with tears in the corner of her eyes. She nodded. "Yes, Julian. I will marry you."

"She said yes!" The two had a moment to give each other a passionate kiss. When they removed their lips from one another, Julian looked into his fiancee's eyes. "Peaches, you have made me the happiest mammoth alive."

"Same here."

Louis cleared his throat. "Attention, everyone. Bethany and I have an announcement to make. We've known about it for a week now and we just wanted to tell you about it."

"We're pregnant!" Bethany exclaimed. More cheering was heard as the guys started giving Louis noogies and pats on the backs while Bethany got hugs from all the girls.

Cheril turned away, sadden that all her friends were beginning new lives. She then looked up to see somebody behind some antelopes and yaks. Did her eyes play tricks on her? She rubbed them, only to open them back up to see Roshan looking around, trying to find her. Her eyes widened. "Roshan?"

Roshan looked to see Cheril and gasped. "Cheril!"

"Roshan!" The two ran up to each other as Roshan held Cheril up in the air before they landed on the ground. Cheril smiled. "This is amazing! You're young again. And somehow, I'm still single."

"I guess the universe was smiling on us," Roshan said.

"I have so many questions for you. What happened? How'd you find me? Have you tried the shrimp?"

Roshan placed a finger on her lips. "Shh. Close that pretty little mouth of yours. You're talking too much. I think it's time we out some jams on, don't you think?"

"That sounds like an awesome idea and I know just who to sing it for." Cheril made her way over to the wooden microphone. "This is dedicated to the man of my dreams."

"That guy?" a human guy in the crowd said, "She fell for that guys? He fell for her? For real? He can do so much better than her."

Roshan punched the guy in the face. "She's got all the qualities I admire. Hit it, baby!"

Oh, Roshan

Roshan, baby

You make me so happy

Oh I never knew I

Would make it out

And come this far

Oh I never knew I

Would see the day

We come together

Oh, it's not like anything I've ever felt be-

Everyone was having fun dancing, including Snow Belle and Laurence. Everyone stopped and gasped when Laurence bumped into Diego. That's when Diego started tapping his paw and getting his groove.

You

You make me happy

You keep me laughing

You make my world a better place

My superstar

My superstar

You shine so bright

Into my heart

My superstar

My superstar

You shine so bright

Into my heart

Everyone was dancing now, including Buck, who has decided to stay with the herd and take care of his pumpkin daughter Bronwyn. That doesn't mean his life of adventure was over. Not only was he dancing, but so were the three weasels in his head.

Roshan made his way up to the stage and started singing in his own microphone.

My super crew

Stick together like super glue

We got the moves like yeah

We're shining bright

Throw your hands up to the blue sky

Soon, Cheril and Roshan were singing together.

You

You make me happy

"Cheril?" Diego said, "I never thought I'd say this, but you did a great job on the wedding. I owe you bigtime."

"You sure do," Cheril said while holding Roshan's hand, "Here's my bill."

"What?" Shira asked.

"Father of the bride pays for the wedding. It's a tradition I just invented."

"Wait a minute, this is ridiculous," Diego said, "Look what you're charging for flowers!"

"Flowers ain't cheap," Cheril said.

"No! They're free! We're in a forest! This bill is outrageous!"

The band continued playing as everyone continued partying. It was the greatest moment of a lifetime. The world was saved and everything could go back to normal again.

Going back up into space, a red planet could be seen. A speaker once again appeared and it happened to be Neil de Buck Weasel. "Mars. The Red Planet. Cold, dry, inhospitable to life. But billions and billions of years ago, Mars looked like this." An image of Mars being shown like Earth appeared. "There were lakes, rivers, oceans, the perfect conditions for life to form. So, what happened? Why was life unable to take hold? Where did the water go?" Coming down was Scrat and Scratte, smashing their ship onto Mars and ending life, causing the red planet to become what it is now. "We may never know."

The two saber-tooth squirrels looked to see what they did to life on Mars. Looks like they caused another mess to happen. Not wanting to take the blame, they ran back inside the ship and flew off, disappearing back into space.


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