A/N: Thank you for the reviews and favorites! I'm really glad this story caught your attention and I really hope you'll like it as it keeps going! Roxanne has finally come to contact with Manny and Sid and has finally been rid of her family, all that's left now is to wonder what's next in store?
The three of us kept our way on, away from my family and away from the animals who were migrating without a care, completely unaware that three of the most unlikely animals were traveling together. I had grown to learn that the sloth was named Sid and I had further on called Manfred Manny instead, since Manfred was bitter on my tongue.
Currently, the three of us were building shelter for our own since the sun as going down soon. Manny managed to find enough wood to cover himself as a ceiling, whereas Sid had only found two of the smallest sticks. I, as a bunny, grew accustomed to making my own burrow in the dirt. Once it was big enough for me to sleep in, I had followed Manny around, talking. Well, I did most of the talking and he did most of the ignoring.
"...and I've had my fair share of crushes back in the day, but I just always felt there was more for me in the world than romance-" he had finally cut me off.
"Enough with the sap fest, you've got me. You are so inspiring," he said sarcastically. I glared and crossed my arms, "Rabbit wise, I am!"
Sid stopped beside us, dropping his tiny sticks. "Whoo! I'm wiped out."
"You call that a shelter?" Manny insulted.
"Hey, you're a big guy and you have a lot of wood, she's a girl with a hole, and I'm a little guy." Sid whined. I felt my eyes widen and my ears fall at the sound of the innuendo at the sentence.
"You've got half a stick," Manny said.
"Yeah! But with my little stick and my highly evolved brain," he poked himself in the eye, "Owe! I shall bring fire!"
"Fascinating," Manny sighed.
"I say give him a chance! I am a bit of a pyromaniac!" I grinned, looking at Sid with a soft smile.
"Thank you! We'll see how much brain does against brawn tonight, pal!" Sid said, settling himself down and starting.
After hours of nothing, I crawled into my burrow and curled around myself shivering. A storm was starting. I was left with my thoughts as it brewed. What if Mom was looking for me? Did she even notice I had left? I shook my head, tucking my ears around me like a blanket. I would dwell on it in the morning.
When dawn came, I was the first to be up. Crawling out of my burrow, I saw Sid nestled underneath Manny's rear and Manny with his back to me. I giggled behind my paw and approached them slowly, whistling innocently. Once close enough, I yanked harshly at Manny's tail, before retreating back several steps to watch the aftermath.
He yelled out and ran back in a panic, managing to accidentally kick Sid out of the way in the process, who woke up with a similar yell and fell face first into the ground. I burst into laughter, sitting back on my haunches and trying to catch my breath as I did so."Th-That was priceless!"
"You did that?" Manny asked, flabberghasted. "What is the matter with you?"
"You could've killed something valuable!" Sid cried, jumping back to his feet to stand beside Manny and glare down at me.
"What? A girl can't get a little chaos now and again?" I brushed them off. "Please!" Standing straight, I leaned back to crack my spine a bit and stretch. "Let's get a move on, Manny, to whatever destination you were heading to."
Manny grumbled and began walking fast, obviously trying to lose Sid and I but failing miserably. It was about an hour long walk before we came across a sea of red trees with apples hanging from the lower branches, to which Sid had took one.
Speaking of Sid, he was telling us a story, to which Manny was ignoring and I was listening to intently. "...And she picked this hair off my shoulder and she said, 'Hey, look if you're gonna have an extra mating dance, at least pick a female with the same color pelt.' And I thought like, woah, she's gonna go praying mantis on me, you know what I mean?"
"Not really. Back in my fa - I mean, back when I had lived in a village of bunnies, we just looked for a mate that would provide good children. Quite frankly, it was really disgusting," I shrugged.
"You know, Sid, if you find a mate, you should be loyal. Or in your case, grateful. As for you, Roxie, why not go find these bunnies again and provide yourself a good family? Now get away from me!" Manny groaned.
"I told you already, I want more than just romance!" I protested.
"Well, I think mating for life is stupid. I mean there's plenty of Sid to go around, ri-" Sid ran into Manny's rear, causing me to run into Sid. Jumping back, I yelled my disgust. His fur smelled like rotten elk milk. Glaring at Sid, I moved around Manny to see what the hold up was, until I finally saw it myself and froze.
"Manny? Roxie?" Sid asked, moving under Manny and to the front. "Hey, guys!" He followed both of our gazes and gasped. Before us was a human female, carring a bundle in her arms. I had come across my fair share of humans with my family and we were always almost captured but managed escape. But this human seemed injured and absolutely exhausted.
"Is sh-she...okay?" I whispered, before yelping as she began swimming towards us. When she got to shore, she grunted and set the bundle on the rock, trying to keep it there, but it seemed impossible, until Manny managed to hold it there and bring it so it wouldn't slip off.
I stared at him in surprise, before looking down on what the female was so persistent on saving, until I saw a pair of lively brown eyes stare up at me. It was an human infant, wet but healthy.
"He's okay!" Sid smiled.
"But is she?" I asked, looking up, before gasping. The woman had disappeared. "She's gone..."