Chapter 11

Shira felt her heart stop immediately.

"Pregnant..." She whispered.

"Uh yeah! Obviously!" Said Ellie. Shira swayed and leaned against the nearby tree.

"Are you OK Shira..." Questioned Ellie.

Shira's eyes started to swell with tears. She closed her eyes and lowered her head.

"I can't believe this..."

Ellie remained silent. Shira kept whispering 'I can't believe this...' countless times. But then she looked at Elllie.

"I'm worried about the cub Ellie! I don't even know how to look after one!"

"You have me! I did have experience! And i'm sure your mom taught you as a cub-"

"My mother died when I was young Ellie. I had no one to teach me how to be a mother. Yes I had my father but he didn't teach me anything at all but to hunt..."

But Shira shook her head and pushed that thought aside and thought of the other problem;

"Diego..."

"What's wrong? I'm sure he will be a great dad-"

"What was he going to say about this? Is he going to go off and leave me to look after the cub myself?"

"Shira!"

Ellie sounded really serious as her trunk gripped Shira right shoulder really tightly.

"I will not let Diego do that to you if he tries to leave you. But I doubt that. He loves you Shira! I wouldn't even think he would leave you!"

Shira shook so Ellie's trunk would let go of her shoulder, but Ellie was still holding on, but not as tight. Ellie sighed and looked calm instead of serious.

"Look," she said with a small sigh "I was the same when I was expecting Peaches. I thought the same before Manny found out-"

Shira looked astonished.

"But Manny is so protective! He won't even let Peaches go to get a drink without panicking!"

"Well because he lost h-"

Ellie stopped.

"Lost what?" Shira asked.

"Nothing." Ellie said quickly. But then she smiled.

"And there is no need to worry about Diego. Question is when are you going to tell him?"

Shira thought for a moment.

"When I feel it's the right time." She said simply.

And they smiled at each other and went back to the others, vowing that they were not to tell anyone about their conversation.

Meanwhile...

Savannah built a fire to cook her successful catch with Diego. Granny, Peaches, Crash, Eddie, and Manny were there too. Said was still out with Sarah - Jane.

"And so my dear Diego," she said. "that's River dancing."

"Wow, that sounded really cool!" Diego said with a grin. Savannah smiled too.

"I really enjoyed today Diego. Thanks. It was the best fun I had since... well ever!"

"Glad you like it Savannah. I hope we can do it more often. Shira would like that too."

Savannah smiled at the ground.

"Shira sounded so protective when she thought I was actually dead! Sounded like my mother as you call it!"

"Well I think she cares about you... so do I..."

Savannah felt touched. She didn't want to say this to Diego but she wanted to so badly.

Well you two are like parents to me...

Diego looked at the sizzling antelope on the fire.

"Why can't you eat it raw?" He questioned.

"If I eat it raw, I could die or very ill from food poisoning." She said. Diego looked surprised.

"But I don't even get sick when I eat it..."

"Well your an animal, you have to eat raw,"

Diego nodded.

"But if I was Saber like you and Shira, then I'd be able to eat it raw. But am I a saber?"

Diego shook his head. But the aroma was killing his taste buds and his stomach started to rumble thanks to the smell.

" Well can I try some un-raw?"

Savannah smiled.

"Sure, but the word is 'cook'. There is no such word as un-raw."

She looked at everyone else.

"Would you like to try some guys?" She asked.

Everyone shook their heads, Manny if gagged.

"We are not meat eaters Savannah, but thanks for the offer." Said Peaches.

Savannah smiled.

"OK." She said.

She turned and continued to watch her meat.

A few minutes later, the meat was ready, and Shira had Ellie came back. Diego got up and rubbed noses with Shira.

"You OK now Shira?" He asked. Shira nodded slowly, not ready to tell her boyfriend the news just yet. She sniffed the air. Something was different about the air's aroma.

" What is that lovely smell?" She wondered out loud. Diego pointed over at Savannah.

" She un-rawed-"

"The word is 'cooked' Diego, not , 'un-rawed'" Corrected Savannah.

" OK, OK, she cooked the antelope we caught today. It's tastes good! Come try some," said Diego. And Shira did. And she liked it too.

After the meal, everyone had a nap. And Savannah had another scary dream...

Dream scape...

Savannah saw the shaw woman again.

"Oh it's you again!" She said.

Savannah wasn't sure if she was being nice or this lady didn't want her there, it was hard to tell.

" What am I doing here?" Savannah asked.

The shaw woman licked her lips so she could speak, but it was also getting saliva everywhere.

"It's going to happen."

Savannah raised an eyebrow.

"What is?" She asked.

"Well two things are going to happen."

One claw went up at the shaw-woman's head level.

" One. Your inner animal will come soon,"

Another claw came up.

"The bond between you and fat boy will come very, very soon."

A third claw went up.

"And the journey will take place, but it'll"

Savannah stopped her there.

"You said two things are going to happen. Not three!"

Shaw-woman narrowed her eyes.

"Sure you asking for me to hurt you? You better not, because I can hurt a lot more then the mammoth! Let me finish!"

Savannah nodded quickly.

Shaw-woman sighed.

"And it'll be different. The mammoth needs to get your trust and you need his, because you'll be gone from your real parents if you don't get your hairless kester in there and bond with him!"

Savannah froze at the words 'real parents'.

"What do you mean by 'real parents' ?"

Shaw-woman clammed her mouth shut.

" Oppsy daisy! Did it again! Gotta go! But remember what I told you...

Darkness...

Reality...

Savannah woke up screaming. Everyone jumped up, Manny glared at Savannah.

" What is with all the screaming!" He shouted.

Savannah said nothing but looked at the ground in shame. Diego and Shira took her side immediately.

"Give a break Manny!" Said Diego firmly. Manny glared at him too.

"Stop taking her side! Why would you meet some weird kid, who magically appeared out of nowhere, and suddenly act like your her dad!"

Peaches kept telling her dad to shut up. So did Ellie, but Manny ignored them. Diego and Shira started to get angry.

" Well maybe their are some animals here that actually like her." Shira said.

"Unlike you!" Said Savannah. Everyone stared a her in surprise, even Manny.

"When I first came here, you didn't want me here when you first caught site of me! You didn't give me a chance to show you what I'm like! OK, I didn't try to gain you trust but these dream I've been having are telling me that I have the chance to find my real parents!"

Manny glared at her again.

" All the humans here are dead!"

"Well the dreams have also told me that I don't belong in the modern times!"

Savannah was boiling over with rage. So was Manny.

"That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard! You don't belong down here! Go back to all your little friend up in your world of craziness!"

"I wish I could! But no one wants me up there! My so called 'parents' died when I was a baby,"

Everyone gasped. Manny was now starting to wish that he kept his mouth shut. Savannah let a single tear drop.

"I could speak to animals there. Everyone thought I was nuts. That's why I can understand you all. I was living on the streets for years, stealing what I needed, and getting animals like rats and dogs and cats to steal for me. I never had a real family. But when I met you all, I felt like I was home. And then these dreams came along, telling me that everything I thought that was my life wasn't meant to be. A lie! Was I meant to be here with a mammoth goes around trying to become a serial killer while his family welcomes me with open trunks or paws or claws. Why you be like them?"

Savannah finally broke in tears and ran away. Peaches and Eliie went after her.

Manny was gobsmacked by what Savannah had just said. Diego and Shira was too. Then Said came you of nowhere.

"Hey guys," he said. He looked at their expressions, laughing at granny's expression. Her eyes were bulging and her choppers (teeth) were on the ground.

"What did I miss?" He said.

Everyone just stared at one another, and then at Manny.

None of them had words that could express what they had just encountered. Especially the guilty mammoth.

But all they could really say was that he missed out so much.

OK guys there is chapter 11 really hope you all like it!

And yes I am back from my holidays! I did I would never ever picture myself to do; Horse riding!

Chapter 12 coming soon!