Ok, such a horrible thing just happened. Sid got beaten to death by a monkey that was at school! So now what will Ellie and Manny think of this?

Chapter 10: The argument

Diego ran out of the cave to do some hunting, and Crash and Eddie tried to forget about the horrible situation, and go play together. Manny and Ellie also left the cave, leaving Kylie with Sid.

"Manny," Ellie started, "I can't take any more chances."

"What do you mean?" Manny asked.

"I'm talking about what just happened, Manny. Did you see those horrible marks on Sid?"

"Ellie, I'm sure he's going to be fine. The medicine will help."

"That's not the point. The point is that this happened at school, Manny! What's going to happen next there?"

"Ellie, this was a very rare thing."

"It is NOT rare when somebody gets beaten to death! Manny, I bet if Diego didn't stop that monkey, Sid would die. Anything else could happen!"

"Ellie, we can't give up on this!"

"Why?! Why shouldn't we? They were doing just fine without school. Crash and Eddie hate it, they got in huge trouble. Sid is suffering in school, also! I have asked him every single day if he learned anything, and he said no. You know why? Because he hates it! We can't do this!"

"They have to get use to it. Besides, the military class worked!"

"I don't care!"

Manny was shocked. How could she say that? The military class did help them with respect.

Ellie lowered her eyes, starting to calm down. "I want my brothers back. I want all of them back. They're not going back to school again." Ellie walked away from Manny, heading toward her brothers.

Manny couldn't believe it. He really wanted Sid, Crash, and Eddie to go to school and learn, but Ellie was right. They never said anything about learning, and they told horrible stories of their social life. Crash and Eddie had made no friends, and everybody hated Sid for no reason. The mammoth began to doubt about it, even though he wanted them to continue with school.

Crash and Eddie jumped all around, having fun. They played leaped frog, tag, and laughed.

"Crash, Eddie?" Ellie started, as she walked into the scene.

"Hey Ellie!" Eddie exclaimed, who ran over to the female mammoth with his brother.

"You guys ok?"

"Yeah," Crash replied.

"Good."

The possums looked at their sister curiously, thinking that she was going to say something.

"Listen, I know school has been tough."

"Yes, it has," Crash replied. "It's boring, and there's nothing interesting about it."

"Ok. But haven't you tried to listen to what they have been teaching you?"

"Who cares?" Eddie asked. "We have you, and our herd, and our lives are good like that. School is a waste of time."

"But what about friends? You haven't made any friends yet?"

"We have each other," Crash answered. "Nothing can separate us."

Ellie could ask no more. They were right. They had their family, each other, that's all they needed. And Ellie didn't disagree at all. She smiled at the two, who had suddenly changed the subject, and asked their sister to play with them. So she did.

"You're gonna be alright, Sid," Kylie told the sloth, who breathed, but was calming down.

"I..." Sid suddenly coughed. "I don't like..." He gasped, "the medicine."

"Yes, I know it hurts. But we have to keep these leaves on until tonight." Kylie looked at the sloth who breathed some more, but had a face, showing he wanted her to stay until he got those leaves off. "But I'll stay until then."

Night came, and the whole herd gathered in the cave. Diego lay down, and Ellie and her brothers talked with each other, ignoring Manny, who didn't say a word.

Kylie sighed nervously, and sat on her knees, ready to take the leaves off of Sid's body. "Alright, we're going to get these off, now."

"You need any help, honey?" Ellie asked, who suddenly broke the conversation between her brothers.

"No, I can do it."

"Ok." Ellie went back to talking to her brothers.

Kylie started from the arms, one bye one, taking the moist leaves off of Sid's sours. She then took then off his leg.

Sid didn't cry out once, and just relaxed. But that didn't last for long. "Ah!" he screamed, as Kylie picked the leaves off of his neck.

"It's ok, Sid," Kylie replied. "You're fine." After she finished the neck, she came to the last, Sid's stomach. Sid cried the worse there, but calmed down, as he moaned a bit, when she was finished.

Kylie looked at Sid's body. The marks were still visible, and she had no idea how this would work. His stomach looked the worse, because it was the worse. "How is this going to work after one day?" she asked the others.

"We will have to do this day after day, until his soars get better," Manny replied.

SP-ok, sorry that was so short. But there it was! You're probably wondering a few things. Are they going back to school? You'll that out later. And are Kylie and Sid back together? You'll find that out in the next chapter! But I hope you're enjoying this so far!