Note: I do not own the ice age characters, but I do however own Whitney and Chelsea

Chapter 6:

The herd had finally reached the south forest. They were going to be here for a while now, so the girls set up a little tree house to keep everything together in. Chelsea decorated her side with blue berries, while Whitney's was red. They had just finished painting when they heard a knock at the door.

"I got it." Whitney said as she strolled across the room. When she opened the door, she saw the boys standing in the doorway. "Oh, hey guys. Come on in!" Whitney invited. The boys walked into the room and looked around.

"Nice set up." Eddie complemented, walking over to Whitney. The girls smiled.

"Come on, let's go talk to the others." Chelsea offered.

They found the herd under a large tree, watching Peaches play. The baby mammoth smiled as she saw the possums approach.

"Dada, pothumz cum pay?" Peaches asked Manny. He laughed at her baby talk.

"Yes sweetie. Possums come to play." He answered her. Peaches squealed happily and ran over to meet the rodents. The girls laughed and hugged the baby when she stopped in front of them.

"Hey girl! What's up?" Chelsea asked the mammoth. Peaches shook her head

"Nufin, Buck pay'n wif may!" She said. The twins looked over at the herd. Buck was asleep on the branch of a tree over head of the group.

"Did you tire him out good?" Whitney asked playfully. Peaches smiled.

"Yep buck sweeping." The group laughed, and they went to lay under the tree with everyone else.

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The two couples sat there, watching as the sun set beyond the large glacier. "Beautiful. Just beautiful." Whitney sighed happily.

"Yep, you sure are." Eddie told her. Whitney smiled and nestled her head on his shoulder. She looked over at Crash and Chelsea, who had gotten up and were walking over a little bit off.

"Where are they going?" Whitney asked. Eddie smiled.

"You'll see." He said happily.

Chelsea and Crash walked down the edge of the cliff, holding hands.

"There's something I need to ask you" they said at the same time. They both blushed.

"You go first." Crash offered. Chelsea smiled slightly.

"Well since Buck showed up, you've been spending most of your time with him, and you haven't really talked to me that much." Chelsea admitted shyly. Crash looked at her, confused.

"I spend lots of time with you." He told her.

"Not since Buck showed up." Chelsea argued.

"What, so I have to spend all of my time with you now?" Crash remarked.

"Well ya know, when people are together, they may need to spend at least a bit of time together." Chelsea retorted.

"Well ya know what?! I don't think I wanna spend any of my time with you." Crash said, crossing his arms and turning away from Chelsea.

"Wha- what?!" Chelsea said. She could feel the tears burning in the back of her eyes. But she wouldn't cry. Yet.

"You heard me." Crash said, refusing to look at her.

"Well ya know what. I don't want to see you either." And with that Chelsea turned on her heels and stormed through the trees.

"Chelsea come back…" Crash pleaded, watching the place where she had entered the forest. Whitney, who was watching the scene looked at Eddie, who was watching the two as well.

"You knew he was gonna do that to her? Ugh!" Whitney said before scurrying off after her sister.

"Whitney, Wait!" Eddie called after her. He looked up at his brother and glared daggers. "What'd you do?" Crash shrugged.

"I was gonna ask her, but before I could ask, she was fussing at me dude." Crash said, defending himself. Eddie shook his head.

"Come on, before something happens." Eddie told his brother

Whitney whipped at limb after limb, searching for her sister.

"Chelsea!!" she called. She called and called until she had lost count, and her voice was giving out. "Chelsea…" she yelled one more time, her voice giving.

"Go away!" Chelsea called. Whitney filtered through the last few branches before finding her sister crying on a log.

"Chelsea…" Whitney said, cautious. Chelsea looked up at her, the tear steaks noticeable as the darkened her red/orange fur. Whitney headed toward her sister. She stopped in her tracks when she heard a high pitched caw. The girls looked up to see a hawk closing in. Chelsea's eyes got big

"Whitney!!" she said, running toward her sister. But before Chelsea reached her sister, the hawk swooped down and snatched Chelsea up in it's claws.

"CHELSEA!!!!!!!!!!" Whitney called. But Chelsea was already gone.

OH-NO!!! Chelsea's gone and heartbroken! Will they find her? And what was Crash gonna ask her? Find out tomorrow! Stay tuned! More to come! R&R