Chapter 27: Confession


Meanwhile at the Ice Age world, Manny was at the river still feeling ashamed for what had happened between his strained relationship with him and Sid. Soon Louis walked up to the male mammoth and softly spoke out, "Mr. Manny, sir? A-Are you OK?"

Manny didn't speak to Louis and made a gesture to him as he continued looking at his reflection at the river with silent guilt.

"Sir, Peaches never meant to be harsh on you...Sh-She was just trying to make you see through your errors and maybe help you out for what had happened," Louis explained.

"I know Peaches never meant to upset me, Louis. I just feel like she was right as well as the others...Maybe I am a bully, just not seeing pass through people like Sid on who they truly are and how important he is to us..." Manny spoke out to the molehog.

"What do you mean?" Louis asked as he tilted his head a little.

"Well, before I met Ellie and had Peaches, I had another wife and child but I lost them both to humans," Manny confessed which made Louis gasp.

"I'm so sorry, sir," Louis apologized.

"It's fine...Before I even became part of the herd, I hated myself and the world that I just wanted to escape from all of this but...that was until I met Sid," Manny continued.

"What happened?" Louis asked.

"Well...I got stuck with Sid after I faced two rhinos who wanted to kill Sid just for a dandelion and then shortly I met up with Diego...For a while I never wanted to do anything involving them but as the days go by, I realize that we look out for each other and thus Sid concluded us a herd," Manny said.

"So I assume you took the position of being leader?" Louis asked.

"Well, that happened when we were facing the Meltdown. I was considered to be the only mammoth in the world until I met Ellie, but at first she was convinced that she was an opossum due to her being lost from her true family as a baby before she was found by Crash and Eddie along with their mother. Sid offered them to come with us but I, however, was against it," Manny continued.

"Why?" Louis asked

"Well would you like it if Diego and Sid tried to match you up with someone because you're the last mammal of your species?" Manny asked the molehog.

"Beats being alone," Louis shrugged.

"...Good point," Manny nodded before he looked up at the sky and said, "To be frank, I never realized it till now that because of Sid, we're all in this herd together and we survived...Without Sid, Ellie would continue to think she's an opossum, I would never find love, Peaches would never be born..."

"Ellie and the opossums would have drowned, and I would never have met you guys," Louis added for Manny.

"And not to mention, I would still be in the pack as the runt of the letter and I would have drowned too if Sid never taught me to swim…"

Manny and Louis turned to see Diego and Shira with them before the female sabre added, "Thus I would never meet Diego nor you guys if I never met this herd."

"I guess we were a bit ignorant to see that and should have taken Sid more seriously than we did," Manny said with a nod.

"Do you guys reckon...Sid got us out of the Dinosaur World because he wanted to protect us from those wolves?" Louis asked.

"It's possible. If I know Sid, he cares for us so greatly that I believe he did want to protect us," Manny said in agreement with Louis' theory.

"But he can't do this on his own even with Buck, not that I'm saying he can't do this but no one should face danger alone. Sid needs us like we need him," Diego said.

"You're right, Diego. What say we set things right with Sid once and for all?" Manny happily fired up with the others.

"Yeah!" the others agreed.

"Then let's go!" Manny cheered.

"M-Mr. Manny?" Louis spoke out. "Before we go, may I speak to you alone?"

"Um...sure," Manny replied.

Diego got the idea on what Louis wanted to talk to Manny about as he said, "We'll inform the others you two will be back shortly."

"Thanks, guys," Manny thanked.

As the sabres left, Manny and Louis were all alone as the mammoth added, "Go ahead, Louis. What do you want to talk to me about?"

"Mr. Manny...I have a confession I need to make to you," Louis asked.

"What kind of confession?" Manny asked.

"Well...it's about your daughter," Louis nervously started.

"Peaches? What's wrong with Peaches?" Manny asked in confusion.

"Nothing's wrong with Peaches, sir. It's just what I want to tell you that...that...that I..." Louis gasped as he was scared to confess the truth.

"That you what, Louis? Spit it out," Manny said.

"You're going to hate me for this," Louis whimpered.

"Why would I hate you? Just tell me what you want to say," Manny replied in confusion.

"Manny...I...I'm in love," Louis confessed.

Manny looked at the molehog with a surprise expression and chuckled, "Louis, that's wonderful! Why were you nervous about-?"

Suddenly Manny remembered saying something about Peaches as he began to get the idea and asked, "Hang on. When you said you wanted to tell me something about Peaches, are you saying what I think you're saying?"

"Y-Yes," Louis nodded.

"You are in love with my daughter?!" Manny asked in bewilderment.

Louis shivered and squeaked out, "Yes!"

"What?!" Manny exclaimed in alarm.

"P-Please hear me out! I know we're not the same but I love her so much, sir. She's the most beautiful, kind and amazing woman I've ever seen...She's always there to guide me through the saddest hours as I had for her! I know I'm not a mammoth or perfect for her. I don't need to kiss her or do anything that's not appropriated to you, but I want you to know that I care about your daughter so much and would never ever hurt her!" Louis panicked as he confessed the truth.

Manny looked at the molehog in bewilderment as he was so surprised that Louis, a molehog, would be in love with his own daughter. True he did say no man was ever perfect for his daughter, but Louis was a different case. He may be a small mammal but he holds a kind, caring and obedient nature. No matter how many times Manny sternly brings him down, Louis never argues and never disrespects or even brings him down as well. In fact, it was the opposite way around. Louis was always nice to Manny, never questioning much of his choices and always listened and obeyed him whenever Manny ever told Louis something. No matter how harsh Manny was to Louis, he treated Manny with kindness. Always with kindness.

"D...Did you tell Peaches this?" Manny softly asked.

"N-No, sir. Diego actually found out but never told anyone to be honest...but you're the only one I've ever told about my feelings for Peaches, sir," Louis answered.

"Why me?" Manny asked.

"B-B-Because you're the father of Peaches and I would rather tell you first because I know how much you love Peaches and want what is best for her...I know what you're going to say. You're going to say that I am no good for Peaches and I'm the most idiotic wiener to even have such feelings for your daughter," Louis confessed before looking up at the mammoth. "If that's the case, then I understand. You can throw me out of the herd if you wish, but I want you to know that I truly love your daughter and she will always hold a special place in my heart."

Manny looked at Louis with more bewilderment as he honestly could see that Louis was telling the truth and his confession of him loving Peaches was true to his every word. To Manny then as he saw in Louis, for a molehog, he had the heart and bravery of a mammoth even if he was small and not like Peaches. He would be true to his every promise for the herd, especially Peaches and Manny himself.

Manny soon slowly reached his trunk out for Louis, who began to panic.

"P-Please, sir! Don't give me the silent treatment or kill me for this! Sh-Shout at me, scream at me or even kick me out of the herd! I'll do anything! Just please! Say something, sir!" Louis cried as he was wrapped up by Manny's trunk and hoisted to the mammoth's face before the molehog whimpered, "O-OK, I won't look at Peaches again! I promise! Just please, sir! Please...I just wanted to tell the truth about my feelings!"

"Louis..." Manny started as the molehog looked at the mammoth face-to-face. "I'd be happy if you'd be with my daughter."

"W-What?!" Louis squeaked.

"I will be honest that I was harsh on you from the beginning but after getting to know uou since the Continental Drift, I learned that you are a kind and caring mammal like my Peaches is. You have the heart and bravery of a mammoth, and that's saying something," Manny said with a warm smile.

"You really wouldn't mind if I love Peaches, even if I'm not a mammoth?" Louis asked.

"Long ago I would but now that I see past through you, I don't. I keep on remembering the lesson I need to keep which one of them was never to judge a mammal by its cover," Manny confessed.

"So...you're not mad at me?" Louis nervously asked.

"No, Louis. In fact, I'm very proud of you," Manny replied.

"Really?" Louis asked in a little bit of bewilderment.

"Of course. What you did confess to me was very brave of you. You actually took the guts to tell me your secret and normally, no mammal like you does that...even for a stubborn mammoth like me at times," Manny chuckled.

"I see," Louis said with a nod and a sigh in relief.

Manny putted Louis on one of his tusks and said, "Do you want to go see Peaches and tell her the truth?"

"D-Do you think I can do it, sir?" Louis asked.

"I know you can, buddy," Manny encouraged the molehog.

"T-Thank you, sir," Louis thanked.

"Call me Manny, OK Louis?" Manny asked.

"Sure, Manny," Louis said with a nod before the mammoth began to head back to the herd with the molehog.


What happens next?

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ALSO PRETTY PLEASE GIVE CREDIT TO DUSK19, FOR NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT HIM