Whew! Second chapter's here now. Sorry for the wait- but that school is just so-! Weell, I'm sorry that this chapter is so short... Things will get way much easier when I get my laptop back...

Whew! Second chapter's here now! Sorry for the wait- but school is just so-! Okay, I think eveyone agrees that school sucks...

Tigey Wigey, KaylaDestroyer and Mwang, thanks for the rewievs! And yes, Tigey Wigey, Diegos old family will probably show up- somehow...

Weeell, I'm sorry that this chapter is short... Things will get way much easier when I get my laptop back...

The rain slowlystopped. The storm clouds were still there, but sometime you could see the sun. The herd, however, wished that Sids singing would stop.

"-I'm walking on sunshine, wooah! I'm walking on-"

"Come on, it's not even sunny"; Crash cried out.

"I can't take it anymore!" Eddie yelled, and the twins jumped up on Sid and pushed him down from Ellie.

"Ow! Ellieee!" Ellie sighed and was just about to turn around, but Manny stopped her.

"Just let him walk", he whispered "Hopefully he gets tired and stops singing."

"Personally, I agree with Manny", Diego muttered. "If I listen to that again I fear my head will explode…"

"Guys, wait for me!" Sid came running up to them. "Ellie?"

"Sorry Sid, you'll have to walk."

"But Ellie-"

"No, Sid." Sid begun his 'feel-sorry-for-myself-talk', witch means, a lot of whining.

Eddie sighed dramatic. "Oh, evil sloth, don't you care about this poor ladys feelings?.."

"…or her nose?" Crash filled in. "Poor Ellie's going to smell for days…"

"Yes, I think we get it. Let's go", Manny said.

Well, Manny was right; Sid didn't sing anymore. But listening to his whining wasn't nice either.

"Isn't it something we can do to make him stop?" Manny groaned.

"Besides tie him up and leave him here? No", Ellie said.

"Can't we do that?" Crash asked hopefully.

"No."

"We could always let Diego eat him", Eddie suggested.

"Sounds good", Crash grinned and gave his brother a high-five.

"Not a chance", Diego rolled his eyes.

The twins grinned broadly "Aww, the big saber cares about the slo-"

"I don't care about him, it's my health I'm worried about."

"Diego doesn't eat junk food", Manny explained to Ellie.

"…I see.."

"He doesn't have to eat him, just kill him?.." Crash tried.

"No one's going to do anthing get it", Ellie said sternly.

"We could always…scare him", Diego said.

"Can we do that?" the twins exclaimed.

"No, because you'll just play another prank", Ellie sighed tiredly.

Diego simply smirked. Then he raised his voice so Sid could hear him "Manny, I think there's some wolves around here."

Manny looked totally confused, before he got it. "Don't tell me they're hungry."

Eddie and Crash, who understood they would "scare" Sid, wanted to play along ""They don't eat possums, right?"

"No. They like…" Diego paused "sloths."

Sid, who –as planned- overheard the conversation, and ran up to them. "W-what?" he gulped.

Crash smiled nasty. "Oh, just some big, bloodthirsty wolves hanging around here, who likes to slice sloths to peaces-"

"-and kill them when they begging them to finish it…" Eddie whispered with evil voice.

"Okay boys, that's enough", Ellie said annoyed. Not that she liked Sids whining, but scaring the poor, gullible sloth was just mean.

"Err, Ellie? Could you please let me up?" Sid asked terrified.

"Alright, alright", she sighed "but no singing!"

The herd once again travelled in silence. The twins slept hanging from Ellies tusks, and Sid was still afraid of wolves.

"Although the twins exaggerated, that was genius", Manny whispered to Diego. Diego glanced up at the mammoth. He was obviously satisfied with the silence. Diego felt a bit guilty. He hadn't really told them about the wolves… And if he knew Manny at all, it wouldn't be a pleasant conversation…

"Err, Manny?" he started. "There's something you should know…"

"Yes?"

"The wolves…live up here."

Manny stopped abruptly. Nice move, saber, Diego mentally groaned.

"What?" Manny hissed.

"It wasn't just a joke to scare Sid with"; Diego said lowly.

Mannys face turned furious. "And you're leading my wife and daughter to a pack of wolves?" he barked.

"Listen, I know you're upset, but-"

"UPSET? No, why would I be upset? Oh, yes, maybe because my family's about to get killed at any moment!"

"Manny, I understand-"

"Understand? How could you understand? You never had a family!"

Diego forced himself to stay calm. He did have a family…once. "Maybe I don't", he answered coolly. "But those wolves are small, and their brains are just as big as Sids. Besides, they're not really that dangerous. Sabers can take down a mammoth. Wolves would be crazy to even try."

Manny leaned closer to Diego. Maybe the wrong thing to say right now… "And that makes me wonder why Sid and I trusted you in the first place", he hissed, before he stalked away to the others. Diego staggered backwards. He stared after the mammoth. The saber was in shock: why did Manny react like that? Sure he'd knew he would be upset, but… After the shock came the hurt. And the shame, for being what he was. Just overreacting, he tried to tell himself. But, sadly, it wasn't that easy.

"What was that about?" Ellie asked in confusion as Manny stormed past her.

"Never mind", he muttered.

She turned to Diego who slowly walked towards them. "What happened?" she asked.

"Nothing", he mumbled. And they say women are difficult, she thought to herself.

"What-" Sid begun.

"I don't know, Sid", she sighed. She watched them closer. Manny looked…furious. Worried, ashamed?.. And Diego… Calm, stedy, cool. As always. She shrugged, thinking it was nothing seriously.

Oh, how wrong she was. Even if Diego looked calm, his mind was a chaos. Mannys words repeated over and over again. …never had a family! ...why Sid and I trusted you in the first place.. Diego shook himself. Don't think about it now… You have to focus, protect the herd… So he pushed away the memories of his family, and the words Manny spitted out. He forced himself to think clearly. But still… They didn't trust me then.

And here ends chapter 2... Sorry, it's a bit messy... Yes, I agree that Manny turned all too angry...

So, once again: Rewievs are loved!