A/n: Ok heres a chapter and if I knew what was gonna happen in this one id let u know… but I don't so just enjoy and review!

Ice Age 3: the sweet escape

Chapter three- A saber tooth in the dirt

Diego and Sid had explained the whole, Fundamental Friend Dependability nightmare to their whole herd that night. By now, the herd was all asleep… Except for Manny. He was wide-awake but he didn't know what was keeping him up! He glanced at Ellie by his side. She was so beautiful. With her long, brown fur. It was so nice, and pretty he loved Ellie so much and he would never let anything happen to her. Like he had let down his old family. Just the thought of them made him so depressed. He decided to get up. He walked out of that room being careful to not disturb Ellie he walked out and saw a half chewed bone and he saw a… bowl of Sid's disgusting mixture.

He looked around the cave. It was empty.

But still, he could hear Sid's snoring. It was so loud! And annoying. He sort of even laughed. Then he decided he would never get to sleep that night.

Manfred walked out of the cave. And down to the village. But it was completely deserted. Like a ghost town or something! He went up to a bush and got some leaves and down to the water hole and drank a lot of water. As he was walking home, he saw a valley path. He went that way. He had never gone that way before, this would be new.

The night smelled of misty air and it was a little muggy and foggy, but still it was a peaceful night. Manfred then herd voices… and they were… human cries! Manny looked up. He squinted, in the distance, he saw a little human campsite. He heard human calls.

Manny turned to go. But then he stopped. He was consumed by his curiosity. But he didn't want to go too far into the valley. He didn't want to get attacked by humans and leave his family forever.

But what was that the humans were doing?

Who did they have and were hunting?

Manny stepped forward to see what was going on. He decided to risk it and go dangerously close. Now, the only thing that separated Manny from dangerous beings was a thicket of bushes, shrubs, and trees.

Manny looked threw a little peep hole and saw spears flying, voices crying out in alarm, and a raging fire that the humans danced around and chased their pray! Manny looked at the animals these horrible people were killing, they were sabers!

'I guess not even the best of animals can withstand humans.' Manny thought.

The sabers cried out for help. Manny decided he should help them, as soon as he was walking out of the bushes, something stopped him… dare he thought of it- although he would never admit it, fear took over. The fear backed Manny up to the bushes.

Manny fought with himself. Come on, come on! I don't want those sabers living with half of their pack… destroyed! It was a whole family of sabers.

But, as much as Manny wanted to move, come forward and help the tigers, his feet wouldn't let him… what was this?

Manny glanced over. He saw a beautiful female saber she ran into the opposite direction as the female girl saw what looked like to be her younger brother being slaughtered. Manny just stared at her as she managed to run away with out the humans noticing her absence.

Poor girl, Manny thought to himself.

Just then… it all came back to him. His family's death.

Manny cried out to his wife, Rose. And to his little son- his first and only son! Benny.

"Benny, Rose." The humans surrounded them,

"Manny please save us!" Rose chanted!

Manfred turned to help them but then, his path was blocked off by the worst creatures to ever walk this Earth. HUMANS. There were about sixteen surrounding Manny! He tried to fight them off. When he herd his little boy shout, "Daddy help us."

Manny looked up, his Rose trumpeted as then he saw rocks smash his wife and son!

After their death, Manny left his heard.

Manny could barley smile.

Manny was just caught in his on feelings of regret and sorrow for his family. Then he met Sid, Diego and Pinky. And later on Ellie and the possums and he could smile again! Manny was lucky to have such good friends that had his back no matter what!

Wait a minute!

Manny snapped out of his daze, how long had it been since he was here? The humans were gone. Manny looked around the fight area. There was just broken weapons and some saber blood.

Manny sighed and started to turn and head home. As Manny walked home he came along something on the pathway home, it was a lone and bloody saber tooth. It must have been ripped out of the Saber's mouth. That sounds painful!

Manny picked it up, and examined it. It sort of looked like Diego's teeth but it was a little longer and it had a lot of bloodstains on it.

Manny put the tooth down and walked home.

A/n: well how was it? REVIEW please!!! The next chapter comes out 2 morrow!!!!