Hola! Look, I'm baaack! Heh, I've checked chapter 3, and then I saw that I actually wrote that the writing-club 'will stop my fanfiction writing... I meant more like 'slow down'... I'm trying to finish this fanfic: I know how annoying it is to read a fanfiction with no end...

And thanks to everyone who rewiwed!

Well, here's chapter 4!

"I'm going to check the area", Diego told the motionless mammoth. Manny looked straight at him without answering. Diego shrugged, if Manny wanted to ignore him, fine. Even thought he had to stop him from telling Manny he was acting like child. He simply turned around and ran.

Diego slowed down. 'Check the area', right… Like that was what he was doing. No, he had caught the scent of wolves. Close. From what he could tell, it was two males, slightly smaller than him. The two of them weren't a threat, but Diego feared they were scouts.

He followed the scent east, always tracking them upwards. Then he finally saw them. He quickly hid behind rock, hoping they wouldn't notice him. Luckily, the wind blew from their direction. He scooted closer, so he could hear them.

"-and I'm hungry", he heard the smaller wolf whine.

"Shut up, or I'll make you", the other one snarled. "As soon as we tell Boss we'll get our food.

"Do you think Big Boss is going to attack the mammoths?" the small wolf asked excited. Diego frowned. It was an unusual admiration on their voices when they talked about "Boss".

However…Diego smiled a bit. The small wolf reminded him of Zeke. Same silly excitement, talking, even the body language….

"Of course", the other one said with no doubt.

The smaller one seemed to be a bit sceptic "But…they got a saber…"

"Boss can easily take him down", he snorted. Suddenly the wind changed direction, and blew from Diego. The sabers eyes widened in horror.

The wolves noticed him immediately. "Saber!" the smaller screamed in terror. The other one snarled and jumped on Diego. He roared and met the wolf in mid-air. Soon the small wolf attacked him as well. The rest was a blur of teeth and claws. One of them, the small one actually, managed to bite Diegos left hind leg, right above the paw. He growled in pain and slammed his claws in the wolfs head.

The bigger one finally fell, obviously dead. Diego turned to the other one with a snarl. The poor wolf yelped as Diego threw himself at him. The wolf panicked, and ran right over to the edge of the clip. Diego blinked. What the…? He walked closer to the edge and looked down. He couldn't even see the ground. Did that wolf just kill himself?... He simply stared for a while, before shrugging and walking away.

Little did he know that the wolf survived.

Diego limped over to a small brook. He lay down close to the water, trying to wash his paw. He flinched at the sudden pain. That darn wolf got in a good bit, he thought grimly. He carefully licked it.

Diego silently cursed the wolves. He didn't want the herd to know about hi little meeting with the wolves. Especially not Manny.

He stood up and tried to walk. It hurt, but it had to work for now. He checked after blood. No blood visible, time to go. He knew, that if Ellie would know about that wound, she would not let him walk. Diego shuddered. Well, I've checked the area long enough…

Diego walked towards the herd. Another problem…they needed to sleep. There was a lot of caves, yes…but which one was save from wolves? The saber started to look for a shelter. This time he was lucky: it didn't take too long to find a cave without any trace of wolves. Blessing in disguise, he muttered to himself. That's what his father would've said…

He silently approached the herd. Then he heard raised voices. Was that…Ellie and Manny? Arguing? He heard Ellie yelling Manny to stop- stop what? Then-

"FINE, I'll do it!" he heard Manny bark.

Diego decided to step in as quick as possible. "Umm…Am I interrupting something?" he started. Both mammoths whirled around.

"D-Diego", Manny managed to get out. "Oh, no no, we just-"

"Don't worry about that", Ellie said calmly. "Was it something you wanted?" Diego told them that he found a cave, and Ellie was quick to agree. She whispered something to Manny, causing him to groan. Diego frowned. He really wondered what that was about…

The herd was finally settled in the cave. It was big enough for two mammoths, maybe even three. Diego watched as Manny woke Sid, who yawned, and made a fire. He whined a bit of 'too little sleep', and fell asleep again. Eddie and Crash just kept sleep. Peaches snuggled closer to her mother, and Ellie closed her eyes with a small smile.

Diego turned away from the others and lay down in front of the cave. The coldness was intensive. If he would live in a pack everyone would lay close to each other to stay warm… Diego wanted to smack himself. He silently repeated the well known term; Stop thinking about them!

However, he couldn't help being tired…So easy to just close his eyes, sleep like the others… No. He had to stay awake, watch for wolves, protect…

"You really should get some sleep, you know." Diego flinched at Mannys voice. He turned hi head to the bull mammoth. Manny came and stood beside him.

"Ah, no", Diego said, trying to make his voice alert. "I'm perfectly fine here."

Manny shuddered. "Don't you think it's cold out here?"

"Not really", he lied. They fell silent.

Manny was the one who begun to talk again. "So…um…I just…wanted to apologize for what I said earlier."
Diego could only stare. Manny? Was apologizing? He was tempted to say something like 'who are you, and what have you done to Manny', but in the end his stupid reply was; "What?"

Manny sighed. "Well…I know I lost my temper, and that we really didn't have anywhere else to go, and that you only wanted you help, that I was a jerk-"

"Manny-" Diego tried to interrupt.

"-and I'm sorry for bringing up your family, and-"

Diego finally hit Mannys shoulder…or leg.

There was a small pause. "Thanks", Manny muttered.

Diego suddenly realized what Manny and Ellie had argued about.

"Ellie talked you into this?" he asked with a smirk.

"Yeah", he mumbled. "But I'm still sorr-"

"It's nothing", Diego said quickly. "Really."

"Well…good", Manny said. Both Manny and Diego were uncomfortable with that kind of discussions.

"…Goodnight, I guess", Diego finally said. Manny muttered something back, before walking into the cave.

Diego cursed himself. He should have told Manny about the wolves. Really, why didn't he? He just…didn't want the others to worry?

Diego groaned. He looked at his paw. It didn't look to good. I've had worse, he told himself.

He couldn't resist the sleep anymore, and finally closed his eyes. He had always been a light sleeper, so surely he would wake up…

He dreamed for the first time for long. It was a dream he both hated and loved.

It was a dream about his family.

Aaaand rewiws makes me write more!

Gotta go, mum wants to be on her computer, too...it's getting late, you know...