Hi guys. Thanks for the reviews I got from the last chapter. Anyway we've got two more chapters left before I start on the sequel again.
Percy: Yo. What's good with you?
Me: Nothing. Nothing at all.
Percy: Did I forget to mention that Shira's drunk?
Shira: If you go out in the woods tonight, there's gonna be some fries. The gazelle tasts exactly like… elephants. That's messed up. *Shira passes out*
Me: Anyway, how wants to continue with the rest fo the story?
Percy: Yeah. Let's continue. Oh, and Money doesn't own Ice Age. Nor does she own me. Enjoy. Oh, and Money does NOT own Ice Age.
A few more weeks had past. And Diego was starting to get nervous. The cub was suppose to be here two weeks ago. He felt that something wrong would happen when the time came for the cub to come. Lilly didn't care. As long as the hairballs stayed where they were, she was fine. She could care less if the rolly-polly creatures. She was just happy that she would get more time to spend with her parents. Lilly raced into the cave with Thalia behind her.
"Mom! Guess what?"
Shira lifted her head and looked at her daughter.
"yes Lilly what is it?"
Lilly sat next to her mother with her friend. she had a huge smile on her face.
"We found a HUGE cave full of shiny stones."
Shira smiled.
"You have to come see it."
Lilly said. Thaila nodded. Shira looked at the two cubs and smiled.
"You know I can't go with you. The cubs."
Lilly knew good and well that her mother wasn't going anywhere until the cubs were born. But she just wanted her mother to see what she and her friend found.
"I know. But pleeeease."
Lilly said in her annoying high pitch voice. She know that was the only thing she could use on her mother right now. Shira sighed and looked at her daughter.
"Oh alright. Let's go."
The two girls cheered and ran off. Shira followed after them.
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A few minutes later, they arrived at a small cave.
"C'mon guys. This way."
Lilly said as she entered the cave. The others followed. Lilly led them down a short hall, then she turned the corner. When she turned, she found herself in a huge room like cavern. The walls were sparkling with diamonds and crystals. Lilly and Thalia were thrilled to be here. Shira was too, but she felt oddly strange. It wasn't the place, she just felt weird.
"You guys look around. I'm gonna go lay down over here."
Shira said to the two cubs before she walked over to a nearby pool of hot water and rested herself beside it. The ground was nice and warm and felt nice under the tigress's body. She sighed and closed her eyes. Lilly and Thalia looked at Shira. Lilly sighed and walked over to a pile of white crystals. She picked one up and looked at it. It was a prism shape with a pointed triangle at the top of it. She looked at her friend.
"Why don't we put this in the water?"
Thalia nodded and the two cubs walked over to the pool of water. Lilly found a piece of vine and tied it up to the crystal and put it in the water. The crystal grew bigger and bigger. Thalia and Lilly looked at it in wonder. They pulled the crystal out of the water and looked at it.
"Wow. That was weird."
Lilly said. Thalia nodded. Then she walked back to the pile of crystals and picked another one up. She then licked it and smiled. Lilly walked over to her.
"It's a sugarcane crystal. See?"
Thalia said as she broke the crystal in half.
"Cool. This is just awesome."
Lilly took half of the sugarcane crystal and took a bite.
"This is great!"
She exclaimed. Thalia nodded and took a bite of the sugarcane as well. Then she had a smile on her face. She looked over at Lilly.
"You know who would love this stuff?"
Thalia asked. Lilly blinked.
"Who?"
"The twins."
Lilly nodded and gathered a few of the sugarcane crystals and started on her way out of the cave. But Thalia stopped her.
"Lilly?"
Lilly turned around.
"Yeah?"
"Your mom's still sleeping."
Lilly stopped walking and turned back around.
"Right. Forgot."
The two girls ran back to where Shira was sleeping.
"Mom! Wake up!"
Lilly shouted. A few minutes later, Shira slowly opened her eyes and blinked a few times.
"Yes, Lilly. I'm up. What is it?"
"two things. First, could you carry the huge crystal near the water. And it's time to go back home."
Shira looked at the crystal, then back to her daughter and her friend.
"Lilly, I can't do that."
Lilly's smile faded away.
"Right, sorry."
Thalia placed a paw on her friend's shoulder.
"We could get your dad to carry it. Im sure he'd be willing to do it."
"Umm, in case you haven't noticed, my father's not here."
"Okay, okay. Point taken. Now what?"
The two cubs slumped to the ground. Shira saw the sad looks on the cubs' faces. She finally gave in.
"Fine. I'll do it."
Thalia's and Lilly's faces lit up with excitement.
"Yes!"
They both shouted. Shira walked over to the sugarcane crystal and grabed the vine and started pulling. It was quite heavy, but Shira could manage. She walked past the girls and started on heer way out of the cave.
"C'mon guys."
Shria said and the group started on their way out of the cave.
…
A new minutes later, shira was starting to get tired. She couldn't go on much longer. But the cubs running ahead of her didn't seem to notices.
"Guys!"
Shira called. The two cubs stopped.
"Yeah?"
Lilly said to her mother as she stopped. Shira stopped and laid down.
"I have to rest."
The two girls sighed.
"fine."
Lilly said as she started to sit beside her mother. This baby is really starting to get annoying, Lilly thought to herself. Her mother was never so tired. Especially when she was playing with Lilly. I wonder what happens when you give Sugarcane to Mom? How would the baby come out? Hmmm… Lilly thought. Don't even think about hurting you baby siblings! Lilly jumped. Who said that!? These are MY private thoughts! That's why we don't have talking bubbles! Lilly shouted. How do you not recognize your best friend's voice!? Lilly blinked. Thalia? How could you read my thoughts? Thalia smiled. I'm telepathic. I can read minds. And I don't like what you're thinking. Lilly sighed and looked at her friend. but it's so tempting. Lilly pleaded. Thalia just looked at her. NO! Lilly flinched.
"Even in my thoughts you're loud."
Thalia laughed.
"Someone's gotta stop you from doing stupid stuff."
The two cubs laughed before hearing Shira groaned. Lilly looked at her mother.
"Mom?"
Shira didn't answer. She just stood up.
"Okay guys. I think its time to go back home."
Shira said with strain in her voice. Luckily, the two girls didn't catch that in her voice. The two girls nodded and started on their way home.
"Wait!"
Thalia shouted.
"What about the sugarcane?"
Shria turned around. She didn't want to disappoint her daughter and friend, but she knew she couldn't pull the sugarcane crystal anymore. She looked at her daughter's face. I just hope Diego doesn't yell at me. And I hope my baby will be okay. She sighed and grabbed the vine that was tied to the sugarcane crystal. Then they started on their way home.
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When they got home, Shira was panting from exhaustion. Diego ran up to her.
"hey guys. Where have you been? I've been looking all over for you guys."
Diego asked his family. Lilly was the first one to speak.
"We went to this really cool place that had all sorts of crystals and sparkly stones. Diego sighed. But then he turned to Shira.
"I thought I told you to stay in the cave until the cubs get here."
Shira looked up at her mate.
"They begged me."
Diego sighed once more.
"As long as you're safe."
He then nuzzled her.
"C'mon. I just went out hunting. Alana and I caught some good deer."
Shira.
"thank you… Softie."
Shria said with a laughed. Diego spun around with face anger in his eyes.
"If you call me that, I'll…I'll…"
He looked at his mate.
"I'll thank of something."
Shira laughed. Thalia and Lilly looked on. Then Alana and her family walked in. as soon as the twins saw Lilly, they started purring. Siegfried walked over to her with his brother following.
"Hello me love."
Siegfried said as he started nuzzled her face. She felt someone breathing on her back fur. She turned and found Gunther.
"Gunther!"
She heard Alana shouting at her son. They turned to her.
"Mom, I see Dad do the same to you! What's the big deal?!"
Caster walked over to them.
"DON'T YELL AT YOUR MOTHER!"
The boys took a step back. Their father only shouted like that when he was defending their mother. Plus, they never really heard him speak a full sentence.
"Sorry Dad."
The twin said with their heads bowed to the ground. Casper lunged at the two boys. But before he could do any damage, Alana walked over to them.
"Casper, stop. You know you can kill them when you're angry. Please stop."
Casper looked at his mate. He knew what his anger cold do. he had a tendency to kill. Casper got up from his sons and looked at his mate.
"Sorry."
Alana sighed. She loved her mate, but sometimes she wished he would just be easier to handle.
"It's okay Casper. I forgive you."
Casper smiled. then Alana hugged him.
"okay now. Let's go eat."
Casper jumped around with excitement. Then the two started on their way to the kills. Now left alone, Thalia and Lilly took the two boys over to the sugarcane crystal.
"Okay buys. This is called sugarcane. The whole thing is made from cugar crystals. It's all ours, on one condition; stop bothering Lilly."
Thalia said in the mother motherly way she could. The two boys looked at Lilly, then back at the sugarcane crystal. Then they made up their minds. Then ran over to the sugarcane crystal and started to eat the crystal.
"That should keep them busy for a little bit."
Lilly nodded and started on their way to the kills.
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Later that night, as everyone was asleep, Lilly was having the worst nightmare of her life. She was in the cave alone. That's then she heard tiny mewing. She turned and gasped. Laying in the center on the cave, was a baby saber cub. She turned, but came face to face with two more saber cubs. She heard even fore mewing. She turned and saw even more saber cubs. Their tiny mewing echoed in her ears.
Mew, mew, mew, mew.
They all called to her. They started squirming their way to her, trapping her in a cercal of fizzy cubs.
Mew, mew, MEEEEW, MEEEEW!
There they were again. Those annoying high pitched mewing sounds.
"No! stop! Get away from me!"
Lilly shouted and the cubs. But they just kept soming that's when Lilly noticed something. The cubs were multiplying. Soon, all the cubs were on top of her.
"Cubs, so many cubs. No! get away. AAAAHHHH!"
Lilly shouted. She shot up. For some reason, none of the herd members woke up.
"Just a dream."
She told herself. Then she looked at her mother. She got up and walked over to her mother's stomach.
"Listen here and listen good. You cause trouble here, and I will have to kill you. You here me? Kill, you."
Then she walked back to her sleeping stop and started to drift to sleep.
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A few hours later, Lilly found herself being shoved to the other side of the cave. She looked to see how was shoving her. It was her mother. Shria was panting.
"Mom?"
Lilly asked sleepily.
"Go…get…your…father."
Shira said before falling to the ground.
"Mom?"
Lilly asked more urgently.
"Lilly, the cubs are coming. Get you father before I claw you face off, NOW!"
Shira shouted, sending Lilly running.
"Lille rat's already causing trouble…"
Lilly kept talking to herself as she searched for her father. She found him near the lake.
"Dad, something's wrong with Mom."
Diego's eyes widen and he ran back to the cave. Whe nthey got back, the rest of the herd and Alana were there. Lilly was told to stay ourside with the other cubs. And so she did, thinking of ways to kill the new cubs.
Okay guys. How'd I do?
Percy: You sucked.
Me: Your opinion doesn't count.
Percy: I still say you sucked.
"me: Whatever. Anyway, hope you guys enjoyed the chapter. Please R&R peoples. And let's hope lilly doesn't kill the cubs. Oh, and the whole sugarcane crystals thing I cot from a Chinese cartoon. Okay, that's it for this AN. Just one more chapter left, then we could start the sequel, yay. anyway, review. :)