Chapter 2; Untitled (By Simple Plan)
Characters; Manny, Peaches.
Genre: Hurt and Comfort
Request: TimberPaw.
The darkness fell upon the Hyrax island as a familiar Mammoth, two sloths, and two sabers settled for the night in the bushy glen. All were sleeping apart from the mammoth, who was know Manfred, or Manny for short. His mind had deep thoughts. So many... so... deep... it prevented him from sleeping peacefully. Manny looked at Sid, and his grandmother sleeping soundly, their heads resting on a log. Both snored loudly as they re-flexed, sleeping in odd angles and sound like little baby dinosaurs. He saw Diego sleeping by Shira's prison spot. She was curled up in a ball as Diego's head tilted to the side right on cue. I wished he was able to sleep like them at the moment. He was only able to go for bare five minutes...
Before his slumber brings back dark memories...
The death of his first family...
Losing his second-
"DAD!"
Manny sprang up within seconds. That voice...
"DAD!"
It's...
Peaches...
"Peaches? PEACHES!" He yelled. He ran towards the edge of the cliff.
"P-E-A-C-H-E-S!" He yelled. His echo trailed on long after he stopped yelling. He looked on where he could see the current that can take him back home. It made him have a vision.
*Flashback*
His eyes opened to see the world around him crumbling away in front of his eyes. Manny's eyes averted downwards to see that he was surrounded by water. Sid and Diego were there too, but he mind was on only one thing...
His wife and daughter.
"DAD!"
There went Peaches' voice again...
"Manny!"
That's Ellie! There they were at the edge of the cliff, watching him drift further and further away from them.
"NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES," he yells. "I WILL FIND YOU!"
His efforts to get back, his friends trying their very best to get back too... but it was no use. It only made their home shrink... until it was out of view. Along with all their loved ones...
*End of flashback*
He shut his eyes as he tried to get rid of the vision, inhaling and exhaling heavily as he fell to the ground ever so close the edge.
"No." He told himself. "I don't want to see it anymore! Stop... please..." He shook all over for a matter of minutes, before he opened his eyes once more. Looking up to the moon that shone upon him, soothing him with his gentle rays as he sang softly.
Manny:
I open my eyes
I try to see but I'm blinded
By the white light
I can't remember how?
I can't remember why?
I'm lying here tonight...
And I can't stand the pain
And I can't make it go away
No, I can't stand the pain
How could this happen to me?
I've made my mistakes
Got nowhere to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?
Meanwhile, back home. Peaches was looking up at the night sky as she laid down. She couldn't stop thinking about her dad. She was worried about him... her uncles... Granny...
How was she going to cope with living if her dad wasn't there to lead her through the right path? The last thing they did together was fight.
"Your dad is the most stuck up, stubborn man I've ever met!" Her mother's voice echoed in her head. "He'll come back for us... That's a promise..."
I hope mom is right... Peaches kept telling herself.
Soon she began to sing;
Peaches:
Everybody's screaming
I try to make a sound
But no one hears me
I'm slipping off the edge
I'm hanging by a thread
I wanna start this over again
So I try to hold onto a time when nothing mattered
And I can't explain what happened
And I can't erase the things that I've done, no I can't
How could this happen to me?
I've made my mistakes
Got nowhere to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?
Both:
I've made my mistakes
I've got nowhere to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away!
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream!
How could this happen to me?
Tears rolled down Peaches' face as Ellie looked at her daughter worried when she finished singing.
"Peaches..." She whispered. Peaches hopped up and hugged her mother.
"I want him to come home..." She sobbed. Ellie soothed her daughter as they both looked up to the moonlit sky.
"He will be back." She whispered.
And with Manny?
Well he was thinking the same thing.
"I'll return soon..." He said aloud, before curling up under the tree.
Soon...
I promise.
This is Timber Paw's Comment:
Song: Untitled by Simple Plan
The Chapter is set when Diego, Manny, Sid and Granny are on the ice shore, after the herd became separated. Manny starts singing (maybe at night) because he miss his family and feels guilty.
Thank you so much for the idea TimberPaw!
And there you have it!
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And Shiego, I liked your song suggestion, but you'll have to be more specific with the theme!
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