(A/N: thank you very much Bri! Everyone I am going to try a new spacing idea so bear with me. Thank you!)

Diego woke up and stretched out his paws gently, his mouth opening to a loud yawn. He was really shocked to find that Kanya was laying down next to him only a foot apart , her head buried in her front paws. In habit he shook the snow from his body as the early morning sun glinted off the snow making it seem brighter than usual. Sid was sleeping in a very uncomfortable looking position. Manny was awake looking at him. "Sleep well?" his brown eyes wandered to Kanya then back to Diego. He chuckled and Diego growled. " I have no intrest in her whatsoever!" Diego said defensively. Manny stopped and looked at him. "hey! I didn't say anything. You got defensive." Manny said and turned around. Diego growled again turning to look at Kanya then back to Sid. He sat up and cracked his neck. "Ow!" sid cried and shook his head becoming dizzy and fell over. Kanya was suddenly awake to and she walked over to Sid and picked him up by his neck. "Stay upright. I'm hungry." She said in a teasing tone. Kanya yawned gently, and began to stretch her legs out. Diego frowned a bit and growled aloud. "I think we better get going. Something is up in the air, a snowstorm I'm guessing." He said. Kanya nodded, sniffing the air. The sky darkened and the sun began to dissapear behind heavy clouds, with a soft growl Diego turned and began to walk. Kanya walked beside him her head hung slow so she was looking at the ground. He studied her for a little while, her face so stern and straight. That scar over one eye gave her such character it amazed him he found it anything but ugly. Her purple eyes were probably the main thing he loved, he had never met a saber tooth with purple eyes. Suddenly she looked up at him. "Stop staring at me unless you got a reason." She said testily and sped up a bit to walk next to Manny. Diego took a deep breath shaking his head looking at her then looked down. Sid came waddling up next to Diego. "You liiiiike her!" Sid said and snorted. Diego stuck out his front paw and Sid flipped over it. "Whoa hey Diego! Your foot kinda slipped out. It hurt!" he said rubbing his head. "Sid. Please, stop talking about Kanya. It's getting on my nerves." He growled. Sid grinned sheepishly. "Aw come in tigey! You can tell me if you really like her." Sid said and nudged him again. Diego stuck out his paw again but Sid jumped over it. "Ha! Missed me that time WHOA!" he screamed as Kanya had suddenly appeared on the other side of Sid and tripped him. But she grabbed him with her mouth again and picked him up. "Keep your guard up Sid." She warned and trotted forward again.

The snow blew hard against the four comrades and the wind beat against their fur like needles. "We need to find shelter!" Manny screamed. The sky was as dark as night and only Diego and Kanya could see, not that they could see much. They had to keep their heads down or the snow would burn their eyes. Kanya roared gently lowering her head some more. Suddenly, a even fiercer wind hit them making the three smaller animals collapse. Kanya suddenly screamed over the roar of the wind. "There's a cave ahead! Everyone please! WE better get there!" she yelled. The two tigers ran ahead heads still down. Diego was the first to reach the cave Kanya behind him. Manny next. "Where's the sloth?" Kanya asked as they all had time to catch their breath. Diego looked around quickly. "Sid?!" he called. "Sid if your hiding it isn't funny! Come out now!" Manny looked toward the enterance of the cave. Kanya moved toward the mouth of the cave. "We have to find him!" she said. She nearly scratched herself at hearing the words tumble from her mouth. Had she become attached to these animals? Did she really care about Sid? "We can't go out in that storm. We'll have better luck staying in the cave. Kanya, Diego." Manny said and ushered them from the enterance of the cave and sat them down as they all fell into quite fitful sleeps.