"I was far ahead once again, and Manny and Sid were still catching up...Manny you're probably going to kill me for this, but I actually saw Pinky's tribe and I actually lied to you both that the cave I said which was a shortcut, but really wasn't." Diego said.
"So, you did see the babies herd, then. I knew we shouldn't of went in there." Sid said.
"If only you were more understanding at that time. We would of been done our little journey. Don't be sorry though, Diego. It's been thousands of years. We are over it." Manfred said.
"I'm surprised Sid and you didn't see Pinky's herd?" Buck said.
"I guess you both just didn't get a quick look around." Diana said.
"So, did you all end up going into cave?" Ellie said.
"Ohhhh, a cave. Scary, and creepy." Crash said.
"Ha, ha...Caves aren't that scary though. Maybe to me at least." Eddie said.
"I think caves scary!" Peaches said.
Egbert, Shelly, and Yoko began to shake for the fact they are afraid of caves too, but weren't feeling scared anymore, when their parents Momma and Papa told them everything was okay. "You two are so funny. Not as funny as Sid though." Alex said.
"Oh really?" Crash said.
"What a surprise." Eddie said.
"I'm not scared of caves at all as well." Ellie said.
"Java ain't afraid of caves." Java said.
"Well, of course you aren't, Java. You're a Caveman." Sid said.
"Java know that, Sloth." Java said.
"Wait, not Caveman. I mean Neanderthal...same thing. Caveman or Neanderthal whatever. I'll just refer to you as a Caveman. Since it's easier to say. If that's okay by you big guy." Sid said.
"Java doesn't mind what Sloth says. Can say either." Java said.
"Oh...alright then. Good to hear that then...and would you please stop calling me Sloth. We've known each other for a week and a half. My name's Sid." Sid said.
"Oh, sorry...uh...S-sd." Java said.
"Not, Ssd. Sid." Sid said.
"Alright, Ssyd?" Java said trying to pronounce it right.
Sid placed his palm on his forehead. "I can't believe you don't know how to say my name." Sid said really annoyed by this.
"Java trying. Sorry." Java said.
"Don't worry about it, guess it might take practice." Sid said.
"thank you, Syid?...Oh, Java still can't say it right." Java said.
"It seems Java here. Doesn't know how to say Sid's name." Sam said giggling.
"Looks like it." Diana said.
"Java. Let me help. It's like this. Repeat after me." Martin said.
"Okay, Martin." Java said.
Martin told him how to say it and then waited to see if he could say it right now. "Ssss...sssii...Sid." Java said.
"Good job, Java." Martin said.
"Sid. Java said it right." Java said.
"Good for you, Java." Sid said.
"Thank you...uh...of course, Sid." Java said.
Sid smiled for the fact Java finally knew how to say his name right. "Guys! Can we get back to the story before Diego forgets where he is?" Martin said.
"Please, totally. The sooner we get it over. The sooner we can all finally go to bed." Clover said.
"Sorry...alright everyone. Once again. Back to the story. Go on, Diego." Manfred said.
"So, before entering. Sid here told us to check this out, holding an icicle pretending it went through him. Of course as you all say. Sid's always the funny one." Diego said.
"Yep, Sid's my name. Funny's my game." Sid said.
"After that before going in. Sid didn't want too." Diego said.
"And I said. No thanks. I choose life." Sid said.
"So in order to have him come. I said then I suggest you take the shortcut!" Diego said.
"And I then said are you threatening me?" Sid said.
"To be truthful. You were kind of threatening, Sid." Diana said.
"I know, sorry I about the moment." Diego said.
"Nothing to be sorry about. We're all still pals here. But anyways. Once again just as always. Back to you Diego." Sid said.
"My pleasure. So I felt I was in a hurry and shouted MOVE SLOTH! My echo ended up causing an avalanche." Diego said.
"That must of been scary for you all. I wouldn't be afraid of it one bit." Buck said.
"No wonder, why Manfred said you are crazy, Buck." Clover said.
"Crazy and brave to be exact." Buck said.
Clover nodded before turning her attention back to the story Manfred, Sid, and Diego were talking about. "Did that scare you guys?" Martin said.
"Well we were scared, but we've had worst situations to survive." Diego said.
"Yeah, like when la-Oh nevermind. Don't want to give away the story." Sid said.
"Yes, please. Don't give away the story." Crash said.
"Ruins everything." Eddie said.
"Everyone quiet. Do you still want Manny, Sid, and I to finish the story or what? More you all talk. The slower it will be." Diego said.
Martin, Diana, Java, Clover, Sam, Alex, Ellie, Crash, Eddie, Peaches, Buck, Momma, Papa, Egbert, Shelly, and Yoko all nodded and kept their attention once again to Manfred's, Sid's, and Diego's story. "Good. So where was I." Diego said.
"I believe you we were at the avalanche part." Manfred said.
"Right of course. So we made a quick attempt to the entrance and managed to get inside. However though. It blocked the entrance. So we had no choice, but to take my way." Diego said.
"So, we began going through the cave." Manfred said.
"I said to stick together. Because it would be easy to get lost." Diego said.
"Sid here got lost though." Manfred said.
"It was scary." Sid said.
"How you get lost, Uncle Sid?" Peaches said.
"Well, I wasn't paying attention to where I was going and ended up banging my nose on some ice that was sticking out from a wall. It caused me to fall. I tried getting up, but had a bit of a hard time. Because my tongue got frozen on the ground." Sid said.
"Oh, I hate it when those kind of things happen." Alex said.
"I know. So I finally got free and Manfred, and Diego were nowhere to be seen. I ended up taking a different way." Sid said.
"Funny thing is. We were really on this other side before Sid finally found us." Diego said.
"Which makes me wonder. We we're hearing you scream, Sid? Was there something that scared you?" Manfred said.
"Well...yeah. As I tried to find my own way to get back to you both. Iwalked up to some ice wall and got startled by this freaky looking fish frozen in ice. Didn't scare me, just startled me a bit, but this scared me freakishly. I turned around to see a Tyrannosaurus Rex frozen in ice. I screamed because of that." Sid said.
"How, did a Tyrannosaurus Rex, which Mr. and Mrs. Rex and their three kids are get frozen in ice?" Diana said.
"It's possible, maybe this was a T-Rex that tried to find his way into the hollow earth known as the Mesozoic Domain, but didn't make it." Martin said.
"I wonder, what Rudy is doing now living there." Buck said.
"Rudy is most likely hunting like what every carnivorous dinosaur does and is living the way he wants to live." Diana said.
"Rudy probably is." Buck said.
"Enough talking about Rudy. Sam is one of the smart ones here. What do you think happened to that T-Rex that got frozen in ice?" Alex said.
"I assumed. It went into the cave to take a rest, but ended up getting frozen in ice. Just like all of our animal friends here. Only now, their out and living where we all live." Sam said.
"Possible. Pretty good theory." Buck said.
"So, there I was. Still trying to find Manfred and Diego until seeing these strange creatures in a line. They kind of looked like me, when I notice stopping." Sid said.
"Really? What did they look like, Sid." Diana said.
"Well the first one was one that had eyes like me but no body, then the next one had those same eyes and a body and flippers on it sides. They all had the same eyes like me and looked like me. The third anyway looked like a fish version of me with webbed feet. Then the last one looked like a bulkier version of me." Sid said.
"You know Sid. Believe it or not, but those creatures might actually been your ancestors and you possibly evolved from them. A another perfect example of evolution." Sam said.
"Really. I'll be then. I always wondered what my ancestors might of looked. So I still continue to walk and finally then saw Manny and Diego and caught up. Thank goodness. I was no longer lost, before catching up. I stopped again and looked up to see this huge weird shape like rock with windows." Sid said.
"Wait! This is crazy, but that was a Alien Spaceship. How in the world did that get frozen?" Diana said.
"And I thought the T-Rex that you said that was frozen was strange?" Ellie said.
Crash and Eddie nodded agreeing with Ellie. "Strange much. If you tell me about it." Clover said.
"Who knows how it got there, but now I know what it is. I made my way again and finally really caught up to them for real." Sid said.
"And this is where the fun suddenly began." Manfred said.
"What fun?" Alex said.
Momma, Papa, Egbert, Shelly, and Yoko all nodded curiously. "Well, somehow, Roshan or Pinky. Whatever I want to call him got off my back and we notice that he was on some ice slide. We had to get him. So the three of us jumped on to get Roshan and be sure nothing bad would happen to him." Manfred said.
"So, we all tried to get Roshan, before taking different tunnels, which caused us to fly into the air. So were separated at this point." Diego said.
"I saw Roshan caught up finally getting him." Sid said.
"Safe and sound. Just what I wanted to hear." Alex said.
"But, I ended up letting go, when I fell into this hole landing on Manny. Then Diego came falling and got onto Manny." Sid said.
"And it hurt so much. Diego clawed into me to hold on." Manfred said.
"Wouldn't blame you." Martin said.
"We then saw an obstacle ice thing and manage to stop, but it end up breaking and we continued on. Roshan then finally appeared and I caught him. We then realized we we're heading towards an ice wall. The first being Sid, then Diego. Then me." Manfred said.
"That's something that really must of hurt. Much more than the Dodo you said that bit your tail." Crash said.
"Yeah." Eddie said.
"I hope you were all alright." Sam said.
"We all were. Roshan too. Diego though felt it was fun and said anyone up for round two. We weren't in the mood though." Manfred said.
"And I said to tell Roshan to be more careful." Diego said.
"What happened next now?" Buck said.
Manfred realized the next part they were going to tell was something he suffered and the cause for his attitude back at the start of the story, but thought to himself that he might they might as well continue. Although he had a another wife and child, which was Ellie and Peaches. He was happy about that. However he still felt he also missed his old wife and child, which began to come back into his mind finding it really hard to tell everyone here since it would give him too much pain to talk about it. He decided to let Diego speak still. "Can you speak still Diego." Manfred said.
"Sure wh...oh yeah...of course...sure." Diego said.
"Of course what?" Diana said.
"You'll all find out soon." Sid said.
Manfred sat quietly not saying anything. After all the years, of getting over it. Manfred began to feel upset about it again. Without anyone noticing. A tear slid down his face and felt he now didn't want to have it be mentioned. He sat there quietly as Diego kept telling everyone what was happening next. Diego though began to feel speechless as well with Sid. Everyone felt confused. "Manfred...Sid...Diego...? Aren't you going to keep telling us?" Martin said.
"We like to know what happens. Please." Clover said.
"...Well...the next thing...next thing...that...Excuse me a minute everyone." Diego said.
Everyone nodded as they waited. Diego turned to look at Manfred. "Manny. You like to speak what happens next?" Diego said.
"...No either you or Sid. It gives me too much pain to speak about it." Manfred said.
"Well, alright." Diego said.
"Wait? Manny. What gives you too much pain to speak about?" Ellie said.
Manfred didn't respond to his wife. "Manny?" Ellie said.
"I'll explain it. Okay, we found a area full of cave paintings. That's when Sid here notice a cave paintings of what appeared to be a family of three Mammoths." Diego said.
"So?" Crash said.
"...Truth is, guys. Manny actually had a wife, and child way before." Sid said.
The sudden word called family caused Manfred to feel even sadder and upset. More tears began to form at the bottom of his eyes. He wiped his tears away, but kept having more forming. Manfred tried all his might to hold them back for as long as he can until he couldn't any longer. "He did?" Sam said.
"Manny...you never told me, you had a other wife and child...Manny...why are you crying? You okay, dear." Ellie said.
"Daddy...Daddy you okay?" Peaches said.
Martin, Diana, Java, Clover, Sam, Alex, Crash, Eddie, Buck, Momma, Egbert, Shelly, and Yoko all notice looking at the teary Manfred and kept asking him what was wrong and about this family he had once. Sid and Diego were the only ones who knew about Manfred's past, but now everyone was about to find out. "If you did have a family before Peaches and I. What happened to them?" Ellie said.
"...Tell them, Diego." Manfred said.
"Sure, pal. Everyone listen up. This made Manny in too much pain to talk about it. Yes, he had once did have a wife and child. This was before Sid and I met him and before all of you. It's very very sad. This was also the whole reason Manfred was so grouchy and didn't care about moving south. Now you know." Diego said.
"What happened to Manfred's old wife and child?" Buck said.
"...maybe I shouldn't tell. We should just skip this part." Diego said.
"Just tell them Diego. I'll be alright." Manfred said.
"You, sure?" Diego said.
"Yes, I'm sure." Manfred said.
"Alright...it was that day when Manfred witness the fate of his old wife and child in front of his own eyes. Manfred, his wife, and child were spending time together. His child went to have fun, but suddenly came back running for his life." Diego said.
"This is where things are going to get sadder." Sid said.
Diego shook his head agreeing. As Diego kept speaking Manfred still sat there quietly still thinking about his old wife and child. "What was Manfred's child running from?" Sam said.
"A tribe of humans. Manfred tried to do his best to defend them, but couldn't. That's when he couldn't do anything as some Humans cornered his wife and child at the cliff wall. There were humans on top...which then threw boulders down crushing them." Diego said.
From hearing all of this. Everyone all gasped now speechless feeling very sorry for Manfred on how he lost his old wife and child. They all looked at Manfred. Manfred who was still trying to hold back his tears couldn't hold them much longer and began he crying about the lost of his old family 20,000 years ago once again. Everyone decided to comfort Manfred. "Oh...Manny. I'm so sorry." Ellie said.
Ellie hugged Manfred for comfort. "Daddy, please don't cry. You're going to make me cry too if you cry." Peaches said.
Peaches hugged her dad for comfort as well. "...Oh...Manfred...y-you poor thing. You poor poor thing. I just can't imagine how much pain you were in on that day." Alex said.
Alex stood up and walked towards him hugging him along with Ellie and Peaches. Everyone stood up to comfort Manfred. The girls hugging him, while all the guys patting him for comfort. "We understand why you felt so grouchy on that day. I really don't blame you, Manfred. This really makes me feel so bad for the fact Martin, Diana, Clover, Alex and I are humans which did this to your old family." Sam said.
"Yeah, totally. I know, but now humans like us are changed which we told you before and I know how it feels to lose ones you love. What a rough life it must of been. We feel your pain, Manfred. Wish nothing like this ever happened to you. I can't stand to see a beloved creature like you cry." Clover said.
"Yeah, Manfred. Don't cry...We're all here for you." Alex said.
"You may of lost your old wife and child, but at least you now have us." Diana said.
Manfred stopped crying and spoke. "Thanks...everyone...it was just that day made me so upset, but I really shouldn't be crying about it anymore...because I now have Ellie and Peaches here and the fact that some humans like you are kind and nice as well. Also it was a long time. I shouldn't still be upset about it, though I still am." Manfred said.
"That's right, Manny. May your old wife and child rest in peace." Ellie said.
"Yeah, you're right...um everyone. I'm much better now. Can you all let go?" Manfred said.
Everyone responded and let go and all sat aroudn the fire again. "Manny. I am very very sorry and I mean deeply sorry to hear what happened to your old wife and child. Everyone feels the same when they lose ones they love." Buck said.
"It's very much alright, but thanks Buck." Manfred said.
"You're welcome." Buck said.
"Daddy...can you, Uncle Sid, and Uncle Diego continue story now?" Peaches said.
"Sure, Peaches..." Manfred said.
Manfred looked at his daughter. At least he now had a new family, though he'll always miss his old family and never forget about them. Manfred placed his trunk on Peaches patting her. "Now that I'm feeling better. I'll continue instead of Diego." Manfred said.
"Knock yourself out, Manny." Diego said.
"Well, as I kept looking at it. Sid and Diego here felt my pain. Roshan then cheered me up, when he placed his hand on the painting of my old child. I picked him up and looked at him before he hugged me. This is when I began to care for him." Manfred said.
"We all knew you would of end up caring for him sooner or later." Crash said.
"Why wouldn't he?" Eddie said.
"So, then what?" Diana said.
"Well, we proceeded to continue on." Manfred said.
"And...I guess this is when I began to hold respect for the you both. Manny and Sid." Diego said.
"Something tells me that spending time, with Manfred along with Sid softened you up." Diana said.
"To tell you the truth. Yes." Diego said.
"Not surprised at all. Mammoths are benevolent animals like most other elephants." Sam said.
"I notice that. I'll tell what happened next now. So we still continue on our way to return Roshan to his tribe and." Diego said still talking.
Everyone all listened to Diego, and Manfred, and Sid when they want to take over. Martin, Diana, Java, Clover, Sam, Alex, Ellie, Crash, Eddie, Peaches, Buck, Momma, Papa, Egbert, Shelly and Yoko kept listening as Diego kept speaking.