6. Strange Trust
''I'm...er...sorry for stopping you eating again,'' said Diego confused. For some reason he felt he had to apologize as well.
''You couldn't let me eat your friends,'' she said reasonably. Diego sat down, this female didn't seem too bad. He would still keep an eye on her though.
''Name's Diego.''
''I'm Mia.''
''The sloth was Sid and the possum twins were Crash and Eddie,'' added Diego as if to remind her why they had met.
''Do you think they will forgive me for trying to eat them?'' asked Mia.
''Well I've tried to eat them before and they forgave me,'' said Diego and Mia sniggered.
''Can I ask you something?'' said Mia. Diego nodded.
''How did you join up with Sid, Crash and Eddie? Don't you have a pack? Did you ditch them?'' Diego raised his eyebrows and Mia blushed slightly. Diego wasn't sure if she could be trusted, she had after all tried to eat Sid, Crash and Eddie but she did seem sorry so Diego told her the whole story of how Sid, Manny and him had become friends and how Ellie, Crash and Eddie had come along. He missed out the part about Sid helping him overcome his fear of water though.
''That is the strangest thing I have ever heard,'' said Mia after Diego had finished.
''Yeah, it is pretty weird,'' said Diego,''What about you? Where is your pack?''
''I ditched them because I was fed up of the leader,'' said Mia.
''So you're, like, completely alone,'' said Diego. Interesting.
''Yeah but I'm toughing it,'' said Mia smirking.
''I think I should go. The others will be waking up soon,'' said Diego.
''Okay...er... bye then,'' said Mia.
''Bye,'' said Diego and he walked off smirking.
Mia smiled as she saw Diego leave. He wasn't such a bad guy.
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''Where have you been?'' asked Manny.
''Calm down. I was just hunting,'' answered Diego. Unfortunately his stomach chose that moment to growl in hunger. Diego winced. After all that talking he actually hadn't caught anything.
''Something tells me you aren't telling the whole truth,'' said Sid raising his eyebrows.
''It isn't my fault I didn't catch anything,'' said Diego truthly.
''Yeah. We believe you,'' said Sid sarcastically.
''What are you suggesting sloth,'' snarled Diego taking a step towards Sid who for once held ground.
''Well I think you might have been somewhere with a certain tiger who tried to eat me,'' said Sid.
''Just shut up Sid,'' said Diego snarling.''And her name is Mia,'' he added.
''Slow down tiger,'' said Sid. Diego blushed slightly as Sid, Crash and Eddie laughed. Diego was about to hurt Sid when Manny stopped him and Diego slumped on the ground annoyed.
''Is she nice?'' asked Ellie.
''Yeah tiger tell us,'' said Sid but Diego ignored him and turned to Ellie.
''She is okay,'' said Diego. Manny looked at him, Diego wasn't usually that trusting.
''She might just be a good liar,'' said Diego quickly when he realized Manny was looking at him curiously.
''If she is nice I wouldn't mind meeting her,'' said Ellie sighing.
''Why?'' asked Manny worried he had done something wrong.
''Manny don't worry. It's not you,'' said Ellie noticing Manny was upset,''It's just I miss having female company.''
''I'm sorry Ellie,'' said Manny.
''It's okay baby. It isn't your fault,'' said Ellie locking trunks with Manny. Crash and Eddie groaned but Ellie and Manny were already used to them so they just ignored it.
''Maybe I could introduce you to her but only after I'm sure she doesn't have second intentions,'' said Diego.
''Thanks Diego,'' said Ellie leaving the cave with her brothers.
''Do you trust...um...this Mia?'' asked Manny.
''Well, she seems harmless but you never know,'' said Diego. Manny sighed.
''What's up,'' asked Sid. Manny didn't answer.
''What's wrong Manny,'' said Diego a bit more sensitively than Sid.
''I just feel sorry for Ellie. No one to talk to,'' answered Manny.
''Sid you'd better get a girlfriend fast,'' whispered Diego to Sid. Manny heard and chuckled.
''It's not fair,'' said Sid tapping his foot on the ground.
''What?'' said Manny.
''You have a mate and Diego might get a girlfriend...'' started Sid.
''What!'' said Diego,''Who?''
''What about Mia. I don't think it a coincidence you two keep on seeing each other. It must be destiny,'' said Sid. Manny laughed at the look on Diego's face.
''I hardly know her,'' said Diego glaring at Manny who turned his laughter into a cough.
''Yeah right,'' said Sid.
''You've never even had a girlfriend,'' said Diego,'' what would you know.''
''I have had lots of girls after me actually,'' said Sid.
''Yeah right,'' said Manny rolling his eyes.
''I could get a girlfriend with my eyes closed,'' insisted Sid.
''It's true,'' said Diego. Manny and Sid looked up at him shocked.
''In your dreams,'' finished Diego.
''Good one,'' said Manny and they both burst out laughing.
''Okay then. I'll leave you two sorry-for-your-selves here and I'll go where they love my company,'' said Sid and he left the cave.
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''Sid, what happened?'' asked Ellie when Sid got up to them.
''Diego and Manny are jealous of me and my talents with girls so they were being mean and I left,'' said Sid and Ellie tried not to giggle at his story.
Eddie and Crash were far of playing so Sid went up to see them. Eddie and Crash both glanced up, they looked at Sid with two identical evil grins and both threw mud at Sid and ran off laughing.
''Ouch,'' said Sid,'' Come back,'' Sid started chasing them far into the forest.
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Sid, Crash, Eddie come back! What is going to happen to them in the forest?
You don't know, she doesn't know, they don't know, he doesn't know but I know.
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