Promises

A/N: Hello! I know, I know, the beginning was horrible, but lets just get this out of the way, I don't own Manny, Sid, or Diego…kay? Good, on with the story!

Chapter 2- Another Misfit

Ok, now we're going to leave the animals for a second, this is the same day, only with a human.

A girl, to be precise, a girl who had a strange past, she had long black hair, which was wild and almost looked like a nest not to mention a few scars.

You see, she was raised by animals but was found by humans about a year ago and they accepted her into their tribe. But, she was…different…she could talk to animals.

A strange girl, but not just because of that, she had no friends, almost always got into trouble, gave her 'parents' a heart-attack at least once a day and was very adventurous…sound familiar?

Her name was Katriuna. At the moment, she was up in a tree, chatting with an ancient form of a bird "I don't understand why no one likes me…" she said sadly.

The bird hopped on her shoulder "I like you!"

She smiled "Yes but you didn't throw mud at me and you're not one of my kind."

He scoffed "Oh, but humans are so stupid! It's a good thing they don't like you! That means you're genius!"

Katriuna glared at him "Ok, I'm going…"

As she jumped out of the tree he followed her "Wait, wait! I-I didn't mean to offend you! Come back!" But she had gotten in view of her tribe and he was too afraid to follow.

Her 'mother' ran forward "There you are! Young lady, where have you been?" Before she could answer she was being dragged to camp.

"Come now, you must help us put up the tents!" she said. They did their work silently before Katriuna sighed "Mother…am I…odd?"

Her mother sighed "No honey, your not. You just got here…give them time, they'll love you just as much as do." Katriuna smiled and gave her a hug "Thanks mom…"

They continued to work and the day went on…but later that night, they had a problem. Her 'father' was the chief of the tribe so he was very strict with her, not at all like her mother.

With him, she was not allowed to talk to animals, or she would get hit, she was a reflection of him in a way so she had to do her work and always do as he said.

One of the tribe's men came to their tent. "Sir, terrible news. We don't have enough fur for the night also, we don't have enough food." He said. Katriuna looked up "What?"

Her father glared outside "Well…gather some men, make fire…it seems we'll have to do some late night hunting."

"Hunting! No, you can't!" she said suddenly. Her mother's eyes widened and she mouthed something. Both men looked at her but her father turned back to the other man "Get them, I'll be out in a second."

He nodded and left. Katriuna soon regretted what she just said, for he slapped her across the face then grabbed her by the hair and forced her to look at him.

"Listen girl. You're not my child and if Anai didn't love you then you wouldn't even be here! Now, you watch that tongue of yours or it'll be much worse…understand!" he almost shouted.

Katriuna struggled to keep her tears back, she refused to let him see her cry.

Anai stepped forward meekly "Harni…"

He looked at her then back at Katriuna, who was breathing heavily, trying to swallow the lump in her throat.

With a grunt of disgust, he threw her down to the floor and left. Anai made to help her up but she held a hand up and got up on her own.

"No…I'm going to stop him…" she said and ran after him.

Anai tried to get her "NO! Katriuna wait! Please…"

Katriuna ran after them but was soon lost…it was so dark, what happened to the moon? Thinking quickly, she remembered (after watching the men in the tribe of course) how to make a fire.

"Ah, that's better…now…where are they?" she wondered to herself. She walked for a long time before she realized "Um…where am I?" she was completely lost.

Everything looked the same, she soon became frightened, wishing she were back in the tent next to her mother, snuggling up and sleeping. Katriuna gasped "Wha…"

She had stepped on something fuzzy…a tail…that lead to…a mammoth! A baby, but a mammoth none the less, it's head resting on the side of a large rock...it looked to be bleeding...

Katriuna bent down "Hey, what are you doing out here all alone?" Itdidn't answer…it was still breathing but it wasn't moving other then that. "Hey…are you ok?" she asked in its ear.

Nothin'…it was also very cold. Katriuna looked around "Oh…how am I gonna…wait…"

In the village Anai was looking nervously for Katriuna when-

"AAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

The sound pierced the silence of night. Anai gasped "Katriuna!"

She wasn't the only one who ran to the sound, the men who had just retreated from a group of unusual animals, (at least it was unusual for them to be together and protecting one another) ran to the sound and they all arrived at the same time.

Anai ran up and hugged her "Oh Katriuna! Don't you ever run off like that again!"

Harni stepped forward "Well…"

She broke out of Anai's grip "F-father…I-I found this mammoth here and-"

He stepped past her and put his hand on the little mammoth's side, its head was bleeding, and apparently it hit its head on the rock it was lying on.

"Hm…good work girl. It's not much, but it should keep us until morning." He said reaching for a spear. But she stepped on it "NO! I won't let you kill her!"

Harni got ready to hit her but Anai got in front "Harni please! Don't! Just let her keep it! Please…for me?"

Katriuna glared at him.

He looked from her, to the mammoth, to Anai…then he sighed "Very well…but because you love your stupid little mammoth so much, you will give your dinner and you furs to those who need it…" with that said all the men turn to leave.

Katriuna smiled "Did you hear that? I get to keep her!" But Anai wasn't smiling "Katriuna…I love you, but please…please stop making it so difficult! I can only protect you for so long!"

She sighed "I'm sorry…but I couldn't let him kill her…I just couldn't…" Anai sighed "Fine…come on then…it's gonna take us a while to push this mammoth back to the camp…"

Katriuna smiled widely at this "So...I can keep her?"

THE END…of this chapter…

Yup, for now it is through! I tried my best, so let me know what you thought, kay? Ta-ta!