Author's Note: Ok, so here's a rather short chapter that just needed to be put in, as all the movies have short little tidbits of these two characters, and it seemed like a good idea to put them in. Also, someone reviewed, and said that it might be a good idea. So, thanks for the idea, and I hope you like it! :)
Chapter Three
Holy Acorns
Peaches is sitting around waiting for Ethan to arrive. Then the camera pans up to a tree above the clearing, and you see Scrat out on a branch reaching for that same acorn.
Just as he's about to reach it, *crack* the branch snaps. Scrat's eyes pop. Uh oh. He thinks. Then the branch falls, and Scrat screams.
Once he hits the ground, Scrat sits up to look for his missing nut, and sees it a few yards away; on the top of a cliff, hanging over a gorge. Scrat quickly gets up and heads over to the cliff, and begins to climb.
Once he reaches the top, Scrat hauls himself over the last bit, and lies on the top breathing heavily. Once he recovers his breath, he begins the walk to the edge of the cliff.
Now, this cliff is very rickety, and there are many cracks along the part which Scrat must walk across. But, does he care? No.
Scrat is now only inches away from his precious acorn. He smiles, reaches out for it, and the cliff cracks. Scrat freezes. Was that a crack he just heard? Sure enough it was, and he is soon plummeting to his doom.
Just as Scrat was prepared for the worst, he was caught by something flying below him. He looked down, and realized who it was. It's Scratte, his long lost girlfriend. Oh, how he'd missed her, well, actually, he didn't miss her all that much, but he sure is glad she saved his life.
When they reached safe ground, Scratte put Scrat down, and the pair just looked at each other, since neither ever says much. Then Scrat sees the acorn a few feet behind Scratte. Now, he must make the tough decision; his girlfriend, or the acorn.
Now, he remembers what happened last time, when he chose the acorn. He got dumped, and didn't even end up getting the acorn. So, this time, he's going to be smart, and choose Scratte. Well, at least for the time being. I mean that acorn looks so good, but, no, he can't think like that. He has Scratte now; his one, and only love.
Suddenly music begins to play and the two begin to dance together as the acorn watches on sadly. Wait a minute. Scrat thinks. I didn't know that acorns have feelings, or can watch people. Hmmm…I just must have never noticed.
He then promptly proceeds to drop Scratte, who utters a startled humph, and runs gleefully over to the acorn, jumps on it, misses, and proceeds to fall off the cliff; without the acorn.
Ok, so it's very short, but in the movies the Scrat/Scratte sections are very short anyway. And hey, I found it pretty hard to write a lot about an animal who doesn't talk. Don't get me wrong, I love Scrat, but he sure is hard to write about…So, I hope you guys enjoyed, and look out for Chapter four. It will be out shortly.