CHAPTER 6

RIDE ON

The journey continued on as the three female mammals were in their way to find Cheril's human tribe before they made it to Glacier Pass. Brooke was having a hard time keeping up with the other two as she was huffing and puffing while walking up a hill. She wasn't used to moving up steep hill's as she was begging the other two to stop so she could keep up.

"Do you two mind stopping so I can keep up?" Brooke asked, "Ellie? Brooke? Please let me keep up. Girls." Finally Ellie and Shira stopped to let Brooke catch up as she smiled at the two females. "Oh, thank you, darlings. You are so kind." Little did she know that she was sitting on a small geyser that was big enough to sit on. "Give me a moment to rest, girls."

Ellie sighed. "Three.. "

"Two..." Shira said.

"One!" Cheril exclaimed as Brooke was shot up in the air.

The female sloth was shot up into a tree, struggling to try and free herself as she got stuck in between some branches. She looked to see that Ellie and Shira were walking by. "A little help, girls?"

"Well, that was hilarious on the inside," Shira said.

Later on, it was Brooke's turn to carry Cheril. They were playing a poking game. It had turned out okay at first, but once it started getting rough, they weren't having as much fun as before. It them turned into an all out poking fight.

Ellie started getting annoyed. "Don't make one of us come back there."

"Cheril started it," Brooke said.

"No, Brooky started it," Cheril said.

"I don't care who started it," Shira growled, "I'll come back there and finish it myself."

Some time later, they had to cross a river that had iced over. Ellie and Shira were making no process in trying to get to the other side, but Brooke was having a blast. She even did a few tricks. "Oh, I am having the time of my life."

"Would you stop showing off and help us out here?" Shira asked, becoming frustrated as she slid all over the place.

Soon, Brooke grabbed Shira's paw and made it over to Ellie and grabbed her trunk. She slung them both to non-slippery ground. Brooke dusted off her paws. "There we go." Grabbing Cheril, Brooke started walking away, but not before turning back to Ellie and said, "By the way, Ellie dear, I'm afraid to tell you that you must start losing some weight." Ellie sighed as she knocked Brooke over the head and continued on.

Later on, Ellie was groaning as she was frustrated with Shira. "I can't believe we're lost."

"We're not lost," Shira said.

"Wouldn't it be better If we stopped and asked someone for direction?"

"We don't need directions. I'm a saber. Sabers are trackers. There's no need to ask where we are when I know where we're going."

"Let's ask her." Ellie pointed to where Scratte was as she was looking for a place to bury her acorn. "Excuse me, sweetheat. Do you know the way to Glacier Pass?"

At that moment, Scratte was trying to help as she was giving them body motions due to the fact that she couldn't speak.

"Oh, I love charades," Brooke said, "Let me guess. You're pretending to be an arrdvark." Scratte shook her head. "No?"

"Oh, I know," Ellie said, "You're a dodo bird?"

"An eagle?"

"A beaver?"

Scratte was trying to show them that she had seen sabers passing by, but Shira flicked the small squirrel away with her paws.

"Why did you do that?" Brooke asked.

"She was about to tell us something," Ellie said.

"She was wasting our time," Shira said, "Just forget the past and keep going."

The three mammals and Cheril made their way to where the humans were passing up the cliff. Shira knew that she couldn't let Ellie or Brooke know that the humans were going the same route and that they were getting closer. No matter what, she was still loyal to Sierra and had to think of something fast or else the plan would be ruined. Luckily, she spotted a cave right up the path. She ran up to the others.

"Hey, great news," Shira said, "I found a shortcut."

"Really?" Ellie asked, "Where is it?"

"It's just up the path. Follow me."

"Do you think we can trust her instincts on this shortcut business?" Brooke asked.

"Well, all we can do is find out," Ellie said, following Shira up the path. Once they got there, Ellie was not amused. "Seriously? Do you think I'm that stupid? I am not going through there."

"It's the only way we'll beat the humans to Glacier Pass," Shira said, "Who knows? By tomorrow, you'll be a free mammoth."

"Aw, but I enjoy having Cheril around," Brooke said playfully.

"Well, whether you want to or not, Shira found a shortcut, so we're taking it," Ellie said.

"Sorry, I choose to live." Brooke was about to walk away when Shira grabbed her tail. "Excuse me, Shira darling."

"I suggest you take the shortcut," Shira said, growling a bit.

"Are you threatening me?"

"Move, hippie sloth!" Shira's yell echoed throughout the entire cliff, causing an avalanche.

"Way to go, tiger!"

Everyone inside now!" Ellie shouted as Shira and Brooke followed the female mammoth inside the cave. Soon ice rocks fell and block the entrance, leaving the mammals with Cheril trapped inside. Above them were icicles that started shaking, but when the avalanche ended, the sharp icicles stopped moving. They all sighed in relief as Ellie said, "Okay, I vote shortcut." Just when she said that, there was a piece of the entrance that wasn't blocked off and suddenly another ice rock fell on top of it.

Meanwhile, the three females with Cheril on Ellie's back followed Shira through the ice cave. "Be careful, guys. It's easy to get lost in here."

"It sounds as though you've been here before," Brooke said.

"I haven't. Just try not to get distracted."

"No reason to worry about me." That's when Brooke gasped in amazement as she saw a strange looking fish in the ice. "Look at this fish. It looks so unique. Oh, and look at that dinosaur. I'm so lucky to actually see one. Oh, and from sloth fish to sloth form. The wonderful world of science right at our fingertips." Brooke gasped at what came next. A flying saucer. Something that was beyond what she's ever seen before. "Oh, my goodness!"

"Look at that giant bowl," Cheril said, having no idea what it really was.

"Brooke, keep up with us," Ellie said, "It's hard enough to keep track of one kid."

"Well, like Shira said, it's easy to get distracted in here," Brooke said, "Shira darling, would you like to know something?"

"No," Shira said.

"You don't even know what I'm about to ask you."

Unkown to them, Cheril had slid off of Ellie's back and was sliding on the ice. The three females didn't notice until after she had made it to a dead end and fell out of sight, but not before waving goodbye to the three mammals. "Bye, bye!" And down she went.

"AAAHHHHHHH!" the three females screamed in fright as they went after Cheril.

They all looked to see Cheril sliding away. Brooke was the first one to go after the young human girl as the other two followed behind. Ellie needed to catch up with Cheril in it's to make sure she didn't get hurt. Shira needed to catch her in order to make sure Cheril stayed alive.

On and on and on they slid, riding along on the ice as something happened. Twist and turns came along and all three ended up going different ways. Brooke was the only one that was close enough to Cheril. Ellie was sliding down a ramp one way while Shira went down a ramp the other way. All four mammals flew through the air in different directions. Even Scratte flew through the air, trying to catch her acorn she always kept losing.

Brooke stayed close Cheril as she was finally on the same slide as the young girl. Brooke was able to get close enough to finally grab little Cheril. "Gotcha!" Before she knew it, Brooke fell in a hole, letting Cheril continue sliding until she slid down and landed in a soft pile of snow.

Meanwhile, Brooke had fallen and landed on top of Shira, who glared at her. "Where did you come from?"

Brooke gasped, pointing straight. "Iceberg ahead!" They both screamed as they hit through the ice. They groaned in pain as Brooke was relieved to see Cheril. "Oh, Cheril, I'm so glad you're safe." Brooke looked to hear someone screaming as she noticed Ellie was sliding towards them. Brooke and Shira, with Cheril in the hippie sloth's arms, ran out of the way just in time. Ellie had crashed the party and caused snow to cover the entire cave.

Cheril giggled, but stopped when nobody else thought it was funny. Shira popped out of the snow. "Yes! Woo hoo! Who's up for round two?" They all stared at her as she giggled in mortification. "Uh, tell the kid to be more careful next time." Everyone sighed, glad the whole sliding fiasco is over.


I ALWAYS THOUGHT THIS PART OF THE MOVIE WAS HILARIOUS. THE NEXT CHAPTER I SHOULD WAR YOU ABOUT. IT WILL BE FILLED WITH LOTS OF EMOTION. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

WELL, SEE YOU FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER.

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