Again this scene has been delayed for about 3-4 days, it has been ready to upload for a while, and again unforeseen events say no to everything I plan. Anyway here is scene 5; a shout out thank you for the new people to favourite and follow is always nice... Right?

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Scene 5- MY CAVE!

Night had now descended upon Hyrax Island, Manny and Ellie have now been following Granny for quite a while now; Crash and Eddie had remained unconscious since Granny had thrown Sid at them and were still being carried around by Ellie, Sid had unfroze once and was eagerly asking questions about what was going on, but Manny got annoyed and whacked Sid over his head which froze him again. Finally Granny had led them to the place she had called 'Home', it was a large cave which would house the odd herd nicely and protect them from the element, but the figure of a large animal could be seen in the shadows.

Manny: "Finally, why can't she go faster when she's being watched?" *Notices the dark silhouette of the large animal* (Irritated) "Aw that's perfect."

Granny (Shouting): "HEY, LARGE BUTT I ALREADY TOLD YOU, THAT'S MY CAVE!"

Manny and Ellie watched as Granny began to waddling towards the large cave, looking more carefully at the shaded figure revealed that the creature that had taken residence in the cave was a Megatherium/Giant ground sloth; this species of sloth was bound to be as tall as the two mammoths and had two paws equipped with long, razor sharp claws and Granny couldn't seem to careless. Wielding that vicious cane of hers she started hitting the giant sloth on its head repeatedly, but the enormous creature didn't take any notice; in fact it appeared to be sleeping.

Ellie: "She sure is a batty old girl."

Manny: "That's one word for it, I can think of several others." *Pauses for a moment then begins walking towards the cave* (Shouting) "GRANNY?"

Ellie follows Manny, but Granny paid no attention to the two mammoths that were trying to get her attention and continued to smack the sleeping giant sloth with her cane.

Granny: "Talk about no respect for your elders." *Whacks the giant sloth again* "Move your butt or lose your butt." *Suddenly Manny picks her up with his trunk* "HEY!"

Manny: *Places Granny down on the opposite side of the cave* (Irritated) "Look, Granny he is asleep, he'll probably move on when he wakes up and if he doesn't we can ask him were another cave is."

Granny didn't look too happy with Manny and used her cane to launch a rock at the giant sloth, it hit the dead centre of its skull but still the giant sloth refused to wake up; the rock was still flying through the air after it had rebounded off of the giant sloth and hit Manny square in his left eye.

Manny: "OW!" *Rubs his sore eye with his trunk* (Shouting/Angry) "STOP IT."

Granny was about to launch another rock but stopped in mid swing once she heard the angry mammoth's voice, she put her cane down, frowned at Manny and then began to walk past him towards a pair of smooth rocks mumbling under her breath, not caring that both mammoth's could clearly hear her.

Granny (Mumbling): "It's always the old, fat one that ruins my fun." *Climbs onto one of the smooth rocks and glares at Manny whilst sitting down, leaning on the wall*

Manny (Thinking): *Glaring back at Granny* 'Lucky for her she's old or I wouldn't hesitate to flatten her with one stamp of my foot!'

Ellie: "You know this cave would be the perfect fit for our herd. It's got two average sized rocks for Sid and Granny to sleep on, there are some strong tree roots on the edges of the walls for me, Peaches, Crash and Eddie to hang from with mossy patches for you to sleep on; and that giant sloth is laying on a large rock which Diego and Shira can sleep on."

Manny: *Frowns and looks toward Ellie* "You really think that those two will share the same sleeping space? I mean they were enemies a few days ago."

Ellie: "Come on, you didn't see the spark between them? They couldn't hide it even though they're trying, soon enough they'll be all over each other."

Manny: "Yeah, but both of them are really stubborn, it could take months before they actually admit anything to each other or anyone else for that matter, and as for the large rock a giant sloth is kind of burying it right now."

Ellie: *Pauses and looks at the enormous sleeping animal* "I guess Diego and Shira will just have to settle with a mossy patch for now.

The Megatherium had already proven that it wasn't going to move or be moved so there wasn't any point for the mammoths to expend energy needlessly, instead they began to settle down as it was certain that this cave was going to be their home for the night at least. Ellie hung up Crash and Eddie by their tails on one of the roots coming through the cave ceiling and Sid had unfroze yet again from the effects of the geass berries. Manny put Sid down and was beginning to worry over Peaches, no one had seen her since they had left the ice boat and it had been nearly an hour ago since the sun had set; the fact that Hyrax island was mostly unexplored did not ease Manny's nerves, anything could be lurking around the next corner or behind any rock and not knowing if there was predators (besides Diego and Shira) on the island was sending Manny into a nervous meltdown.

Whilst Ellie attempted to calm her mate's nerves she sent Sid to collect some firewood but made sure to keep Granny inside the cave, she would be more likely to cause the freezing effect of the geass berries to activate again rather than help Sid if he did freeze up.

Manny: *Pacing back and forth*(Worried/Panicking) "Where is she? It's pitch black outside. What if she's hurt or worse, what if there are predators on the island?"

Ellie: *Sigh* "I thought when he saw Peaches take on that ape he would lighten up a bit and stop this overprotective habit. She can defend herself if she needs to."

Sid: "I bet he was this worried about me when I froze up the first time, right?"

Ellie: *Pauses* "Yeah… Sid do you want to collect some firewood whilst I calm down Mr knotted trunk?

Sid: "Sure thing Ellie."

Before Sid left he walked up to Manny and told him "Don't miss me too much Manny, I'll be back soon." The male mammoth didn't understand what Sid was talking about and just looked at him funny which turned into a frowned when he realised what he meant, before Manny had a chance to say anything back Sid was walking out the cave and Ellie had grabbed his trunk to prevent him from following the sloth.

Ellie (Calm/Soothing): "Manny, Peaches is a teenage girl, she's taken on a pirate ape and won, and like you said she is not your little girl anymore."

Manny: *Sigh* (Calm/Worried) "I know Ellie. It's just that he know next to nothing about this island, I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if she got hurt because I was careless enough to let her explore this place without supervision."

Ellie: *Locks trunks with Manny* (Calm/Soothing) "Relax, you've finally given her some freedom, don't worry she can defend herself and she isn't stupid; you're doing the right thing, you are letting her live her life and you will both be happier because of it. If she makes a mistake that's what we're here for, to guide her back to the right path. We are not here to control her life.

Manny: *Pulls Ellie closer so their heads are touching* (Calm) "You're right… Thanks Ellie."

A few minutes after their heartfelt talk Sid had returned with some fire wood, with help from several hyrax, and soon there was a blazing fire lighting and warming up the cave. Peaches returned half an hour late but Manny remained calm and she apologised, he was just happy to see her back safe and unharmed; Louis had left earlier to find where his family had made their home. Peaches told her parents and Uncle Sid about the Triple Drop that the teens had hung out at which did seem to make Manny uneasy but he managed to keep his overprotective side from shouting out loud; this surprised Peaches because normally her dad would have exploded in panic, but this time he listened to her without telling her that she was far too young or that it was far too risky which made her feel like her farther finally trusted her and this warmed the teen mammoths heart.

The only members of the herd who were not present in the cave was Diego and Shira, this raised a few suspicions on what the two saber's were up to, a few ideas were that they were bonding or hunting, but Manny and Sid turned childish and said that they were probably getting a lot closer to each other whilst making suggestive gestures. The concept horrified Peaches and Ellie scolded the two males for making such gestures in front of Peaches, but the two males continued to laugh and joke and in the end Ellie through them out of the cave; all this time no one had kept an eye on Granny, the crazy old sloth was planning something and was staring at the unconscious hanging possum brothers.

Granny: "Time for Granny to lay down the law."

Only one or two chapters left until this story comes to a close, I think it's a decent size considering this is just meant to be an Ice Age short.

Well, is this chapter good, bad or somewhere in-between that's for you to decide, if you decide to leave a review I can hear your opinion which is always nice. Thank to everyone who has read and read + reviewed this scene and hopefully the next update will be a bit quicker, see you guys then eh.