The journey across the valley was still going incredibly slow. Ellie and the possums were more interested in having fun. Sid was still pushing Manny to pursue a relationship with Ellie, which he still tried avoiding. Diego was still going along with it, which Frida still disagreed with. The possums slowed down their progress big-time when Crash decided to pull a bad joke involving playing dead.

Right now, as the sun was setting, the group was still traveling. Manny was moving falling logs off the path. Diego noticed how he was watching Ellie play with the possums without a care in the world.

"She's not half bad", he said. "Crazy and confused, but...sweet."

"So?" Manny asked.

"So, what's holding you back?"

"My family."

Frida and Diego looked at each other, feeling bad for Manny. Sid crawled into the log Manny was lifting up.

"You can have that again, you know", he said.

"No, Sid I can't", Manny said swinging the log.

"Okay, b-but, if you let this go, you're letting your whole species go! And that's just...that's just selfish!"

Manny glared at Sid and threw the log off the path. Frida rolled her eyes. Sid saying the wrong things again. Diego just smirked as he walked by knowing Sid's reasoning wasn't working.

"I think I'm starting to get through to him", Sid cheerfully said.

Frida sighed and watched how Manny went off with Ellie. Looked like they were going to spend some time together. She looked at Diego longingly. If only they could get together the way Manny and Ellie appeared to be. Frida continued down the path, going ahead of Diego and Sid who looked back at Manny and Ellie.

"Frida?" Diego said.

She continued down the path and sat down in the grass, watching the sunset. Diego pulling away from her was really hurting her and she was unsure if she could continue to let him do that. She was honestly thinking of giving him an ultimatum. Either give a relationship with her a chance or lose her as a friend. Frida wasn't sure if she could just stay his friend. Looking at Diego every day knowing they could've been more would hurt so much.

"Frida."

She turned and looked at Diego who caught up with her.

"Diego..."

Frida leaned in and nuzzled him softly. He looked at her and just nuzzled her back. They had a long and exhausting day. He figured she was just tired. Sid watched the two of them and smiled. He picked up a couple of rocks to start a fire as they settled down for the night.

"Boy, Manny sure took a big leap with Ellie today", he said.

"He sure did", Diego said laying down.

"He stood on the shore of uncertainty and dove right in. Splash! Kind of brave, huh? The way he faced his fear."

"I wouldn't know", Diego said. "Sabers don't feel fear."

"Really, Diego?" Frida chuckled. "Then what do you call freezing up at the water today?"

She giggled as she watched him flatten his ears against his head, having no answer for that.

"Come on, all animals feel fear", Sid said. "It's what separates us from, say, rocks. Rocks have no fear."

He tossed the rock in his hand into a puddle behind him.

"And they sink."

"What are you getting at, Sid?" Diego asked uninterested.

"It may surprise you to know that I, too, have experienced fear", Sid said.

"No!" Frida smirked. "You?"

"Yeah. Yes, as impossible as it seems, the sloth has natural enemies that would like to harm or otherwise "kill" us."

"I wonder why", Diego rolled his eyes.

"Jealousy, mostly", he answered. "But the point is, fear is natural."

Sid gasped as Diego walked up to his face, growling and baring his teeth.

"Fear is for prey."

As Frida watched as Sid gave basic lessons on swimming to her and Diego, she couldn't help but watch Diego. His voice saying fear was for prey made her weak in the knees. If only he would give her a chance.

"You know, most animals can swim like babies", Sid said demonstrating. "And for a tiger, it's like crawling on your belly to stalk helpless prey. But faster, okay?"

He hung from vines to show them how to move, much to Diego's annoyance.

"Now, claw, kick, claw, kick. I'm stalking the prey. Claw, kick. I look back over my shoulder to see if I'm being followed. And I'm breathing. And I'm stalking and I'm stalking and I'm..."

Diego finally stuck his claw out, snapping the vine, making Sid fall to the ground.

"I'm falling."

"Correction", Diego said standing over him. "You're sinking...kind of like a rock."