Disclaimer- Okay, not mine. If they were mine, I wouldn't' be doing this. I'm making no money from this, so don't sue me.
Author Notes- Okay you guys asked for it, so here we go, This is now a chaptered story. From now on however the chapter will be from different people's point of view instead of the three in one. Okay? Get it? Good.
When We Get to the South
Chapter 2-Glowing Eyes (Manny's POV)
We had stopped to make camp several hours ago. I glance around and realize we seem to have fallen into a pattern. I sleep closest to the wall, and Sid normally sleeps close by, Diego on the other hand, sleeps across the camp, on the outskirts. I assume its so he can go to hunt without drawing attention. Sid had long since fallen asleep, and Diego sits across from me, I don't think I'll ever get use to the fact that his eyes glow in the dark.
"How's the wound?" I ask softly, he's weight lies on his hind legs and one paw is held slightly off the ground. He attempts to lower it to the ground at my question.
"Better." He answers a little to quickly. I know he's keeping something from me. And I think he knows that I know. Why he won't tell me, I can't be completely sure of, It could be because he's to proud, or it might be a more deeply rooted reason. I won't know until he deems it all right to tell me.
"Your still limping."
"Its getting better." We lapsed into a slightly uncomfortable silence.
"What do you think Sid's family is gonna do when he catches up with them?" I ask, watching the sloth shift in his sleep, and trying to break the awkward silence.
" I'm sure they'll be absolutely stunned." Diego replies, a slight smile crosses his face.
"What about you?" I ask quietly. His gaze flickers to the ground, and he rolls a small pebble around under his paw. "What will you do?"
"I'll probably hang on my own." Diego mutters. There's something in his voice that tells me not to push it any further.
"Okay." I reply quietly. Neither one of us speaks and we fall into another uncomfortable silence. Only this time I can't think of a conversation topic to get us of the silence. "I think I'm gonna turn in. Good Night." I finally say, thinking it would be the only way to escape without causing more damage, I can see the silence bothers him just as much as it bothers me.
"Night." Diego replies lightly. I leave my eyes open the smallest bit, so I can still sort of see. Diego sits for a while, just sitting, glancing around him. It almost seems as if he's judging if there is an immediate threat, like he's watching to see if he can leave us alone. When he deems it safe, he gets up and silently limps away. I re-open my eyes and watch where he had limped off into the forest. I vaguely wonder what on earth he catches with the limp. I'll ask him about it some other time.
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I'm not sure what it was that woke me. Honestly, I couldn't remember even falling asleep. I look around, Sid hadn't moved at all, so I doubted he was the one to wake me. Thinking maybe Diego had returned I glanced around the camp. When I didn't see him, I thought maybe I had just woken up for no apparent reason, though it hadn't really ever happened before. For some reason my eye line settles on the forest in front of me. And I see a pair of glowing eyes. Thinking it was Diego, I watched the eyes. Like a thunderbolt the realization came slamming into me. Those eyes didn't belong to Diego.
Dun Dun Dun! haha, Sorry guys, I like cliffhangers. Well let me know what ya thought and if you request more. I hope it was okay.
Author Notes- Okay you guys asked for it, so here we go, This is now a chaptered story. From now on however the chapter will be from different people's point of view instead of the three in one. Okay? Get it? Good.
When We Get to the South
Chapter 2-Glowing Eyes (Manny's POV)
We had stopped to make camp several hours ago. I glance around and realize we seem to have fallen into a pattern. I sleep closest to the wall, and Sid normally sleeps close by, Diego on the other hand, sleeps across the camp, on the outskirts. I assume its so he can go to hunt without drawing attention. Sid had long since fallen asleep, and Diego sits across from me, I don't think I'll ever get use to the fact that his eyes glow in the dark.
"How's the wound?" I ask softly, he's weight lies on his hind legs and one paw is held slightly off the ground. He attempts to lower it to the ground at my question.
"Better." He answers a little to quickly. I know he's keeping something from me. And I think he knows that I know. Why he won't tell me, I can't be completely sure of, It could be because he's to proud, or it might be a more deeply rooted reason. I won't know until he deems it all right to tell me.
"Your still limping."
"Its getting better." We lapsed into a slightly uncomfortable silence.
"What do you think Sid's family is gonna do when he catches up with them?" I ask, watching the sloth shift in his sleep, and trying to break the awkward silence.
" I'm sure they'll be absolutely stunned." Diego replies, a slight smile crosses his face.
"What about you?" I ask quietly. His gaze flickers to the ground, and he rolls a small pebble around under his paw. "What will you do?"
"I'll probably hang on my own." Diego mutters. There's something in his voice that tells me not to push it any further.
"Okay." I reply quietly. Neither one of us speaks and we fall into another uncomfortable silence. Only this time I can't think of a conversation topic to get us of the silence. "I think I'm gonna turn in. Good Night." I finally say, thinking it would be the only way to escape without causing more damage, I can see the silence bothers him just as much as it bothers me.
"Night." Diego replies lightly. I leave my eyes open the smallest bit, so I can still sort of see. Diego sits for a while, just sitting, glancing around him. It almost seems as if he's judging if there is an immediate threat, like he's watching to see if he can leave us alone. When he deems it safe, he gets up and silently limps away. I re-open my eyes and watch where he had limped off into the forest. I vaguely wonder what on earth he catches with the limp. I'll ask him about it some other time.
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I'm not sure what it was that woke me. Honestly, I couldn't remember even falling asleep. I look around, Sid hadn't moved at all, so I doubted he was the one to wake me. Thinking maybe Diego had returned I glanced around the camp. When I didn't see him, I thought maybe I had just woken up for no apparent reason, though it hadn't really ever happened before. For some reason my eye line settles on the forest in front of me. And I see a pair of glowing eyes. Thinking it was Diego, I watched the eyes. Like a thunderbolt the realization came slamming into me. Those eyes didn't belong to Diego.
Dun Dun Dun! haha, Sorry guys, I like cliffhangers. Well let me know what ya thought and if you request more. I hope it was okay.